The Flash - Multiverse of Badness

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

Thanks to both Mr Brown Alliance and Ozkii for their help editing this video. Give them a sub! Mr Brown: www.youtube.com/@MrBrownAlliance Ozkii: www.youtube.com/@ozkii95 If you're here for the launch, the premiere will redirect at the end to a livestream I'm taking part at on Mr Brown's channel, breaking down The Phantom Menace. If you're here after the premiere, you can watch that back here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYeag4CDf6Z3mck&ab_channel=MrBrownAlliance We're trying some new things with the audio EQ in this video. I know nothing about all that, so very much open to feedback and advice!

[@GigaChadh976]

Let’s be clear on something, Oscar Wilde went to prison after having sex with a 15 year old boy.

[@johnnycrown5097]

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[@johnnycrown5097]

I'm not ignoring the flash based on the studio and not based on what Ezra did... I'm boycotting it because we have so many evidence and he's not rotting in jail and also everyone, including KZbin critics who insult him and shit in the flash are still covering up for him using the mental illness issue... This is obviously drugs, I know this because I've had a friend who went through and we didn't defend his behavior once but instead always told him what he did was wrong and forced him into rehab rather than calling it mental issues or we feel sorry for him... And if it's mental issues, he shouldn't be an actor, being famous can make it worse... He should get help rather than be rewarded with my money... You think conservatives didn't stop watching winestein's movies when he was exposed??? You really don't know anything about us... Michael Jackson was wrongfully accused and yet even the conservatives that were convinced don't listen to his songs anymore... But saying Hollywood does it is us punishing crimes that hasn't been proven guilty... Innocent till proven guilty, remember... Until evidence comes out on particular actors and actresses, we won't boycott the whole of Hollywood for assumptions... Ezra Miller has a giant load of crimes on camera and he's still not in jail... There's no way we're going to reward that behavior... How can you see all that and say we shouldn't boycott him... Amber heard is getting boycotted and she didn't do as much as Ezra Miller did... Why the hell is getting special treatment??? Does this guy have superpowers??? And stop bringing in cancellation in this matter... We are just boycotting his movies not cancelling him... He's still on social media, we're not threatening his workplace to force them to fire him, we just said we won't watch his movies, the company can decide if they're willing to fire him or not, we're not starting up a protest at the company... He needs to get help... Are you saying he should just keep on working, getting more fame, assaulting more people and avoiding jail because he's famous??? Or how do you expect us to put an end to his nonsense and let his family and friends get him the help he needs because if he's earning way more than them and he's more famous than they are, it would be very hard to control him and talk him into rehab because he would believe he doesn't need his friends if they tell him this, he would leave them or they would leave when they can't take it anymore, he would spiral more and hurt more people but still get protected for his fame, status and sexual confusion... When would he stop... How can you say we shouldn't boycott him for this??? What the hell??? You really didn't think too much about this, did you... You can't guilt trip us into rewarding depravity... Stop calling everything mental illness... My mom died of it and it's quite insulting to equalize an obvious drugs possession as mental illness... You're truly not helping the true aggressive mentally heal people... You would tell they are, they would not be able to give excuses like I'm a person of a protected group and their rant would be because of confusing logic or wilder things that don't make sense and shouldn't even warrant aggression or their aggression would be targeted and their excuse would make them wildly claim to be the victim with confusing logic and they won't behave obviously high because they won't have successfully bought it and they won't be able to act in movies without us noticing in the way they speak, that's why mentally ill people don't act in movies... And if you're talking about mentally troubled people who went through issues like depression from a troubling childhood or loneliness etc, that's not mental illness, that's just depression, and that means you were still in control of your actions and in the case your actions came from being under the influence, you're still responsible for going under the influence when you know you get aggressive after... You're not a child to be pitied and excused... Doing that won't help him, remember, doing things like that led to this victimhood era whereby, being a victim is now currency because you would be pitied and people would excuse your actions and behaviors and treat you like a kid to make you feel better instead of helping the actual victim that was assaulted or defamed in the case of words... I have no intention of propagating that any further... This was not a very good argument and it's sad because you've had an 100% score with me that I didn't think was ever possible with westerners, especially Brits (only carl Benjamin so far) and that's why I'm not using any insults because I do that to people who expect me to treat an adult like a kid or pity him for depraved aggressive acts... But I'm giving you a benefit of the doubt because most centrists don't bother to learn anything about conservatives and think all right wingers are conservatives when in reality, people fighting for liberalism and the ability to say the truth without being punished for it as well as free speech in general and people who believe in the constitution and free market and small government and not being taxed to death and traditional relationships (gay or straight) of love and hate depravity and abortion have all been pushed to the right since we since those also are our beliefs but we still have a lot more that makes it s different from these new visitors that makes us conservatives but we have to first keep that aside in order to maintain the unity of the new right wing so we can stand against the leftists who basically control everything... So you guys don't know much about us and you don't know what makes the right wing different from the left wing so you just use the opposite of leftism that you as a centrist don't agree with and label it has right wing beliefs and then you call our main weapon of punishment which is boycotting, cancellation just to pull up a parallel between us and the left using a slippery slope fallacy that has not slipped since centrists started saying this when the s all started years ago as a way to show they aren't biased and to show they still don't like the right despite both groups fighting against the leftists mob tyranny... We don't cancel, we just refuse to reward people insulting us or openly going against our core beliefs with our money since it's not compulsory for us to give it to them and then people start calling it cancellation because they support what the company is doing, they hate us but they still need our money to keep the company going and siding with them... They want us to pay to be hated, yeah no, that's not happening anymore... If you can't differentiate between cancellation and boycotting and see how they're basically opposite reactions as boycott is us avoiding and ignoring their products only and cancellation is basically doing the opposite of avoiding and ignoring, they gun for, pester and threaten the company, friends, family, neighbors of their target who is always a person not a product and doxxing sometimes is always involved, all these to force everyone to ostracize the person and they don't stop until they get their way because it's all about control, boycotting is a person choosing to ostracize away from himself or herself, cancellation is forcing everyone else to ostracize away from the society, boycotting is breaking off and distancing yourself whilst cancellation is banishment and distancing the target from everyone... If you can't see the difference and you think one would lead to the other, then you're not as smart as I was certain you are and I'm still certain that you are, you didn't just think too much about this topic and spoke to other people who were also thinking the same things and would never call themselves right wingers and would want to distance themselves from our wing... You guys unawarely created an echo chamber unwillingly so I won't blame you for that... But you're on thin ice buddy, Ezra Miller did a lot of really depraved things that we know he did because it's on camera and you still telling us not to boycott his products because allegedly a lot of elites in Hollywood do similar things since it's Hollywood, without any evidence except some unproven accusations, topping it off with you thinking we're still watching winestein's (I can't even spell his name anymore) movies as conservatives and finally comparing boycotting, the only way to punish a private enterprise to cancellation which was s basically harassing people into exile, yeah, all these took quite a shaving out of my good faith for you and I seriously hope the meat of this video is a banger as usual to start the replacement... Sorry for the click bait when I said I don't care about what Ezra did when I clearly do, just wanted to make you keep reading like click baits do... But even though you don't agree with me, I would agree to disagree as long as you don't go guilt tripping us into your own beliefs because we can do that as well but it's going to be counterproductive to start a three prong war over something pointless when we have a common adversary (is that too strong, maybe opponent is better, I might dislike them but I don't hate them, just their ideologies) in the left and their ideologies and starting a passive aggressive guilt tripping war against each other when we agree in a lot more than we disagree even though most centrists don't want to believe that, that would be the final straw of unity... You see how dangerous victimhood is to a society??

[@Fyrecide]

There's also the issue that Flash's mom is killed AFTER his dad comes back from the store; he's in the driveway and hears the commotion that resulted in her being stabbed, so whether he's shown at the store or not, he still very much was in place, chronologically speaking, to be able to kill her. The footage is literally inconsequential to fucking begin with, face or no face!

[@johnnycrown5097]

I don't believe in this pronouns nonsense or in trans rubbish altogether but except during professional, public and formal interactions, i only respect the pronouns of people i love, admire and respect as long as it's between the two genders (i can't respect anyone who thinks there are more than two genders so those two things can't mix)... I refer to them as their pronoun out of love for them because respect is earned not expected and i have no obligation to respect strangers and use their pronouns and i have enough talent to earn money on my own to not be scared of them plus i gained my very many skills because i was ostracized and lonely throughout my life through no choice or actuons of my own because i was never given a chance to even introduce myself before I'm dismissed like me talking to them is an insult to them including my family, still am although I'm used to it now... I had plenty of free time to learn many skills that i can use without showing my face outside my house afterall, i became a creative director at age 24, 2 years ago... And before I got my job, i was earning money without showing my face outside using my drawings, comics, ghost writing, animations, story editing (editor), videography and editing, photography, paintings, 3d modelling, graphic designs, web designs, app designs, digital marketing, promotion, advertisment and social media managing... Yeah, i had a lot of free time... So I'm used to being alone and very expectant of it since I've accepted it as my fate, and if i get cancelled for it, i have a booming freelance side gig that is earning me almost as much as my job does and that's without KZbin which i intend ro start pretty soon and read my comics out to people, not my original works, only fanfics as a graphic audio audiobook... So i don't have to be afraid about being bullied into participating in this dog pile to suffocate truth, biology and reality from existence... I have nothing to lose but ny integrity, principles and values as well as the reality i live in... I'm ready to die on this s hill... You want me to call you the opposite sex, then earn it, it isn't yours to demand or guilt trip me into... It's not impossible to do so... The gays did it...

[@FuzzWoof]

Even disregarding everything else, I still find it amazing that they managed to cast someone who runs like a labrador having a stroke to play a character whose entire purpose is to run.

[@declanward6888]

That’s insulting to Labradors, bigot! /s

[@punishedmatteson7108]

​@@declanward6888I hate you for using the/s

[@alexfriedman918]

He runs about as well as Baby Leia in Obi-Wan, and with equally improbable success! 😂

[@TuriGamer]

Id like for you to show off your speed of light run impression in slow motion

[@kool4209]

he runs like a fish giving its impression on what it's like to run.

[@makito106]

Describing Ezra's crimes in Hawaii like a movie killed me. LMAO

[@hollycjensen]

Yes….. even paralleling the two Barrys with Ezra Miller using they/them pronouns was a lovely touch, and I’m glad it wasn’t just brought up to crap on people who use they/them

[@RanMouri82]

On point, though, with Miller thinking he's the hero of the story instead of the villain.

[@1SpicyMeataball]

​@@hollycjensenPeople who use they/them are narcissists who deserve every bit of crap that comes their way.

[@Alexander59059]

@@hollycjensen He still insults non-binary people a few minutes later

[@HeiserPlays]

@@Alexander59059He doesn’t insult them; he calls them narcissistic. Which they invariably are. You cannot convince yourself that your specific individual identity is so unique as to transcend biology itself without believing, whether or not you’re even aware of it (much less willing to admit it), that you think the world revolves around you.

[@ridleyroid9060]

you could honestly have ended this at the 5 minute mark with that brilliant intro and absolutely no one would be upset. Absolute fucking masterpiece.

[@bigprobllama]

Don't you love it when the movie review is more entertaining than the 300 million blockbuster movie it criticises...?

[@theinnerlight8016]

Used to it by now😂

[@kaykutcher2103]

"Blockbuster".

[@nnnnmhughuuhhjiijj9457]

​@@kaykutcher2103Just use 'Buster' straight busta.

[@Cman04092]

​@@nnnnmhughuuhhjiijj9457naw, i think blockbuster is fitting, because hollywood is going the way of Blockbuster videos at this point, lol.

[@Cman04092]

@marksconplaystasy7328 go watch it then, why are even you here, lol.

[@lonekirin905]

The fact Henry Cavill was let go but a sociopath like Ezra keeps his role makes me sick. And since he plays the role of Flash, one of the superheroes I hold very dear to my heart, makes me think this world has no such thing as justice.

[@lonekirin905]

@drludwig4624 I grew up with the animated shows and the first two seasons of the CW show

[@majoratwili7312]

Warner has one fucked up policy, it seems. You're accused of abuse? Fuck you and your career! That was their stance with Johnny Depp. You're a known and charged abuser? Yeah, sure, you can keep your parts with us! Abusers welcome! Clearly their mindset with both Amber and Ezra

[@warpspeedscp]

The flashpoint paradox was the first and last bit of flash related content i saw and that movie was glorious

[@BWMagus]

Well, Cavill and Gadot and the others were let go because the entire DCEU is being dropped; this film was already in production and so they kept going with it, but they cancelled all future projects. So they didn't, like, fire Henry because of a beef with him or something.

[@Crosse1215]

Hank wasn't into Lil boys and girls. So he got dropped, couldn't find nothing controversial or degenerate with him.

[@shadowdramon01]

Ezra Miller as Barry Allen is, without question, easily the most miscast superhero in the history of the genre.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

He's perfectly cast for whoever this awkward annoying character is. It's supposed to be Barry Allen but it's clearly not.

[@shadowdramon01]

@@BiggieTrismegistus - Yes. I could see if he were Barry’s grandson Bart Allen/Impulse. But he’s not Barry.

[@elizabethanthony3916]

Grant Gustin is a far better Flash.

[@Begeru]

He does a good job playing an awkward nerdy guy. Which is what they were doing for in this movie.

[@neilgodwin6531]

​@@BegeruFine, but Barry Allen was never an awkward, nerdy guy. If anything he was a typical middle class professional

[@Doc-Glock]

Gotta say, the part in The Flash where Ezra Miller suddenly pulls out a copy of "A Modest Proposal" and goes on a 30 minute rant about the benefits of babies as food was highly disturbing to me.

[@magma_fire_bagwan]

I honestly can't tell if you're joking or not lmao

[@OneDapperFrog]

@@magma_fire_bagwan he's definitely joking. There is no way that's in this movie.

[@thespectresociety]

This, if true, might have been more interesting to watch and hate than seeing a rat in a flash costume no?

[@TravisHi_YT]

@@OneDapperFrog There's literally a scene in a movie where he's putting babies in microwaves. Thanks Hollywood, very cool!

[@lilheinz9496]

@@TravisHi_YTmy favorite part was when he chucked that kid at the wall, going mach7....

[@Crippledsasquash]

Theres a difference between "cancel culture" and not rewarding someone's bad behaviour. Im not telling anyone else to avoid him or writing to bosses saying dont hire him or trying to get him arrested. Its as simple as yes if there is someone that i think or has been proven to be a horrible human then you dont get my time or resources.

[@davidmingle5910]

Exactly, we shouldn't reward Ezra for being a woman beater and a child predator

[@Coconut-219]

I think the crucial distinction that fence-sitters miss is that speech is not crime, but the actions of almost all of these people who would wish to jail YOU for speech are themselves actually committing crimes. This is just "consequence" culture.

[@DeadlyPlatypus]

Correct. There's a difference between creating a harassment campaign to "unperson" someone by demanding they be fired, never be hired again, and called names that end in "-ist" and "-phobe" that do not apply AND refusing to give a person any of your time, money, or mental/emotional energy, while explaining to others the reason why you are doing so. With the exception of Joeseph McCarthy (who has been proven to be correct about most of what he said), the two types of behavior are bimodally distributed between political worldviews.

[@Gapeagle]

I wouldn't say I'm "boycotting" the movie due to Miller, but with the presence of Ezra, my enjoyment of the movie would be very little. No need to waste the money

[@lancesilvis4085]

less-bad people have gotten “cancelled” for less-bad stuff.

[@Gezajozsi]

"Your wallet is more impactful than any vote you ever cast and ever will" in the consumer society we live in this is so hauntingly true it baffles me. Beautiful sentence that shall stay with me for a while. Well researched and written episode by the way.

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

Glad you liked it!

[@spencerhamm8615]

That’s why I pirate the ones I don’t wanna support monetarily

[@RandomInternetProfile]

People don’t care about anything anymore. No self respect, no dignity. All they need is to consume shite product.

[@zawarudo1041]

it would be if not for extremely toxic companies like blackrock, that are sponsoring this disaster out of our 401k accounts

[@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access]

@@spencerhamm8615 Yo ho, mate

[@gabler7992]

Ezra Miller is like a fucking real life Scarlet Witch but with cringe instead of magic

[@DaMaster012]

Are you implying Scarlett Witch isn't cringe?

[@chaotic-doxxer]

@@DaMaster012at least she hasn’t committed real life crimes and doesn’t identify as part of the suicide squad

[@sita9071]

@@DaMaster012At least she doesn’t groom little kids.

[@spencerreid2086]

you'll never know what Ezra Miller sacrificed for you.

[@MeltonCrest]

By the power of Groomskull! I have the Cringe!

[@thelaughingrouge]

I'm not saying Ezra Miller is a child predator, but I am saying he's looking at that baby like I look at a burger on cheat day.

[@grandarkfang_1482]

Babies have more calories than a burger... 😋😋😋😋

[@Stealth86651]

Why not just call him a child predator? He preyed on children, that's what he did, and I assume that's what he still does. Alongside assaulting random women, don't forget that. Dude's a psycho and needs to be separated from normal society. Just goes to show how fucked up you can be and the terrible things anyone can do so long as they make the right people some money.

[@redjirachi1]

I know, it looks like he's gonna Cronus the kid

[@Raidon484]

So he's a bloody cannibal? Better than a predator....I guess?

[@osmanyousif7849]

Erza: You callin' me a child predator?! WE AIN'T CALLIN' YOU A CHILD ENSAFERER!!!!

[@Jaggith]

It's really weird to me that Barry wasn't curious who murdered his mom.

[@eli2210]

He murdered her that’s why lol. He’s reverse flash

[@SonOfSparda03]

It was me barry

[@shashwatsharma2596]

@@SonOfSparda03 oh no, I remember that reference

[@jessilynallendilla5014]

@@SonOfSparda03 I expired your milk!

[@Crystal_Moon248]

​@@jessilynallendilla5014 It was me Barry! I was the one that had a threesome with your parents! (God help me)

[@PXCharon]

Ezra Miller is an absolute monster and I can not understand how anyone thinks this is a good casting choice for anything.

[@ShadowKamehameha32]

Even if one were to overlook Ezra's crimes, thier acting abilty overall is simply not good, it always feels over the top bar the occasional gem

[@TuriGamer]

Eh calm down

[@petriew2018]

i can't understand why an actor with so little talent got the role in the first pla.... oh yeah, they also cast Gal Gadot, nevermind.....

[@nanakakitano9724]

@@ShadowKamehameha32 _his_ acting ability

[@3Overhaus]

​@@ShadowKamehameha32"their" Are you unable to recognize human males?

[@kingagrabowska9366]

There are many reasons why this movie is bombing at the box office: - Ezra Miller being genuinely a terrible person. - It being just a bad movie. - DCU getting rebooted/retconned/whatever, so people just gave up on watching what is left. - DCU being a mess and not many people being fans of it anyway. - Cinemas getting expensive. The scene with a baby in the microwave made me especially uncomfortable because people have killed babies that way and given Ezra's past of ''mental problems'' I wouldn't be surprised if he did it in real life. Also, the whole exchange about going to therapy. Seriously? They couldn't edit it out? Was it really essential to the themes of the movie and character development?

[@cyberklashnikov3062]

They at the very least did not have to have him out a baby in a microwave

[@Lucien135]

U forgot multiverse fatigue, superhero fatigue, and some are sad to lose people they liked watching like henry cavill or even the Rock. However, idk if the last point counts as part of the rebooting point.

[@thecod2345]

On top of all that, the flash came next to across the spider verse, a movie with vastly more hype, significantly more faith from fans, more passion baked in, and also dealing with the multiverse.

[@planescaped]

@@Lucien135 I have always been sick of multiverse and time travel stories. I was so disappointed when I found out Bayonetta 3 was a goddamn multiverse story....

[@jcs7206]

Source for the microwave baby?

[@CatholicElectrician]

That’s the best CGI excuse ever “It’s supposed to look like an amateur did it. We wanted it that way”

[@istrumguitars]

That baby falling scene… it makes me think they were trying to pull off some Deadpool type humor that landed about as well as Ezra Miller throws a punch.

[@elgusaniiiodeljuego6823]

Or a chair 😅

[@AJadedLizard]

I've gotta say, I do *really* love Batman being Barry's mentor. We don't get to see BatDad too often in the movies and it's one of the most important parts of his character.

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

Same. I think that *could* have been a really strong dynamic. Sadly this is the first (and likely last) hint of it we’ll get, at least in this DCU iteration.

[@AJadedLizard]

@@TheLittlePlatoon According to Affleck himself, the five or so minutes he was in this film (I choose to believe that does not include the Approved Tumblr deconstruction of Batman he gets when he holds the lasso) was his favorite tenure as the character, and apparently the first time he ever really understood him (which says a great deal about the other films up to this point, moreso than I, who has never seen them, can certainly). Anyway he seems to think so too, so that's three of us now.

[@Clawed9]

@@TheLittlePlatoon ah dammit. I would have LOVED to have Keaton be the oldman Batman w/ some young actor like in the Batman Beyond. That would've been wonderful!

[@AJadedLizard]

@@Tone_Of_Dials I don't even know what the fuck a dormie is.

[@hephsforge9236]

@@Tone_Of_Dials tbf, a lot of the confusion as to Barry’s character is because of DC’s decision to copy paste Wally characteristics onto him.

[@Daniel_Capital]

If calories are so vital, why on earth would he depend on a sandwich from a cafe every day and keep his fridge empty at home (which was shown a few scenes later)? What if he had to save lives after the cafe closed? Everyone has to die because Barry couldn't be bothered to buy a loaf of bread and a jar of peanut butter for about $5 total

[@NorthernPlainsAero]

Or about $8 - $10 in Biden economy dollars...

[@retsaMinnavoiG]

@@NorthernPlainsAero ... you need a hobby

[@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access]

@@retsaMinnavoiG No no, he’s depressingly correct. Dont let your political allegiance blind you to the what reality is.

[@retsaMinnavoiG]

@@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access I'm not even from the US 😂

[@VantasticJackson]

My headcanon is that the CGI and effects suck because they spent too much money on keeping Ezra out of jail and trying to make him look good with commercials (especially that Superbowl commercial)

[@kingofthegrill]

I wonder if Barry says his iconic catchphrase "there's nowhere to run" during this movie.

[@no.1spidey-fan182]

Ah a fellow Madvocate enjoyer🤝

[@ThePower1000]

I hated the universe cameos at the end of the film (imo they should’ve replaced that with a proper Dark Flash fight) but just one cameo from Grant Gustin could’ve been a reason for more people to show up. I dream of Grant Gustin Flash with movie quality.

[@kingofthegrill]

@@no.1spidey-fan182 I was just watching the Season 4 video last night

[@kingofthegrill]

@@ThePower1000 they should've had Captain Cold show up and hit Barry with the freeze gun. Could've been a really humanizing moment.

[@ThePower1000]

@@kingofthegrill could you explain how?

[@RhJones]

The heroic tale of Ezra Miller feels like we’ve just seen into his mind. A true work of art.

[@stoneymahoney9106]

The opportunity to listen to the dulcet tones of this man dissecting the movie for twenty minutes longer than it's runtime is justification enough for it's existence in my book

[@AJadedLizard]

I don't think it can be fully stated just how aesthetically pleasing it is for a British man who is neither a drunk nor an insufferable prick to launch into a roughly two hour dissertation on why a bad movie is bad. I'm so glad I found this channel.

[@guol1806]

It’s good enough that I keep coming back to finish it 30 minutes at a time.

[@warpspeedscp]

​@@AJadedLizardbut i have to say, i do like when the long man verbally murders people

[@AJadedLizard]

@@warpspeedscp Which one is he, Mauler? I've only watched a couple of his videos and he's...meh. I don't find his takes to be as annoyingly superficial as I do Drinker's.

[@SSSharpeProductions]

@@AJadedLizardcritical drinker burn 😂

[@PrometheanRising]

'Batman tries spinning because that's a good trick' made me lol.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Sheev did it and got three Jedi master within seconds. Including Kit Fisto, the jedi with the must suggestive name of all the Jedi masters!

[@pleopod]

The fact that no one throughout the whole process chucked out the Batman lasso of truth scene is pretty telling.

[@sebastianrubin7476]

Yeah... Look, I have made that very argument myself, tongue in cheek. But, to have Batman himself spill it, in that fashion? How? Why?!

[@WatanukiProductions]

Batman literally is a model philanthropist: he donates huge amounts of money, he has charitable foundations focused on solving poverty and crime at the root, he personally invests in the rehabilitation of villains he catches, he raises money from Gotham's elite for social causes, he spends as much money as it's possible for him to spend sustainably, and sustainability is important if he wants to keep all his charitable foundations running in the future. Bruce cannot just 'end' poverty and his current efforts are genuinely more effective than giving away all his wealth would be. It's one thing for idiots within the story to think that he could, it is however quite another thing for Bruce himself to say so under the influence of the lasso of truth.

[@kalashnikovdevil]

Yeah people act like Bruce Wayne doesn't combat crime via full spectrum methods. Which is weird because it's a major part of the Bruce Wayne half of his identity. Mixing long term therapy with short term staunching of the bleeding for a more effective cure.

[@atsukana1704]

The fact that both this and Gotham Knights said the exact same line is almost scary

[@agiksf.8998]

Which is why I hate the latest re-boot of Batman with Pattison - he is such an emo selfish brat when without mask. Hollypoop is dead set on Batman's character assassination. Bruce Wayne is not some alternative second personality that we can forget about, he does a lot of things with his time.

[@Pero-zl4jp]

It’s funny when Hollywood execs lecture us on using our money to help the poor. LOL

[@SolarisKane]

If everyone is rich no one is rich. Prices would skyrocket. I swear leftists are so dumb.

[@cyberklashnikov3062]

I just can't believe they kept that baby scene in considering Ezra Millers crimes

[@smd1876]

Believe it !! ~ Naruto

[@darthgamer9861]

@@smd1876Thank you Lord 7th

[@Mike-ds4ht]

This movie really seemed fixated on endangering children. First the babies, then the school kid bowling pins, then the kid grabbed by the world engine.

[@SolarisKane]

Regarding the candy bar problem, Stargate Sg-1 actually had an episode that addressed exactly this. The team gets access to highly advanced wristbands that give Flash-levels of speed, and so obviously they use a ton of calories. You see them eat a lot, but relavent to your point, they bring energy bars with them. Also Jolly Ranchers are called hard candy. I've never heard anyone call them a candy bar.

[@chazzitz-wh4ly]

If I recall, in one of the many Justice League animations, he has food in his belt.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

I could see Barry snacking on stuff in every scene where he doesn't have to fight. A talk with the Justice League? Snickers! Sitting with Batman in a car shadowing a criminal? a sandwich Brooding over how to save his mother? a plate of nachos That way the whole caloric clock isn't an issue in normal superhero duty, but it can become a plot point when he runs out in the climax. Even in the scene where the babies are falling and he goes for a snack first would be a nice comedic beat, without going out of character or neglecting his superhero duty. He is fast, that is his whole gimmick, so making a detour or using it for silly shenanigans would ne great to give depth.

[@thatwaygaming8679]

Didn't the flash show address this by having Barry invent super caloric bars for himself?

[@syra1541]

yeahhh no one calls jolly ranchers candy bars lmaooo

[@dandywaysofliving]

​@@HappyBeezerStudios if u incorporate real life running physics, his body could adjust to covering greater distances with less snack breaks. . Maybe the speed force could supply him with energy but as a beginner he's not used to it. He runs on calories and does need them but people can fast 🤭 For like a day and be okayish at least in the moment. . He could cover his runs on low calorie and in the future cover more distance on less. . Run 5 miles for the first time vs running after a years amount of consistent training. . You won't need as much water *in the moment You won't be as sore or hungry and won't need to catch your breath as often. . But even if u adapt you still need water and food and breaks. I'm sure as time passes separate from him making nutrient/calorie dense snack bars. He learns to build stamina and not just need "calories" since the speed force is it's own thing maybe he learns to move himself with it vs using it to move faster, explaining why over time he gets faster

[@Ars-Nova258]

You make some of the best intros I’ve ever witnessed. From your bit on America’s inability to let things die in your Hawkeye review (as an American I can’t agree more). To your dramatic summary of Ezra Miller’s desk-humpingly batshit quest of perverted violence and narcissism. I still have 2 hours and 40 minutes left, and I’m already hooked.

[@professor_artoo]

What a total mess. Imagine what Batgirl must have been like for it to be canned, given that they still went forward with this?

[@RanMouri82]

That intro is everything. ❤ Thank you.

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

Glad you like it!

[@PrincessFionaYT]

Ploots is the only one who could make a video that I have already thoroughly enjoyed before not even having seen it. He needs to start a new channel entitled “ Adventures in Uploading” The fact that the studios clearly have it in for him ( they single out and strike his videos at a rate much higher than other KZbinrs) is a very good indication that Hollywood doesn’t want you hearing his take on their movies. That alone is enough reason to watch.

[@matthewcarroll2533]

Preach~

[@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access]

Ploots 💀💀💀

[@darknessviking]

stop simping

[@Lezzyboy87]

How does his dick taste?

[@iamthewizardwhoknocks2845]

​@@darknessvikingNah.

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

Not even the powers of the mad goose wizard could save this film.

[@Arrowhead1972]

Well played kind sir....Well played 🎩😆

[@T1S_Mixes]

Whether it's BSUP, FNT, Open Bar, EFAP, you name it.... Your comments are a delight that I always look forward to. Thank you, sir. 🫡

[@theinnerlight8016]

Do not underestimate the power of the dark side... 😉

[@rockbottom2822]

I never saw a single hospital with a maternity ward being in the top floor. In case of an emergency - i.e. fire - they need to be evacuated as easily and quick as possible.

[@Tsukuyomi28]

Also, I don't know if those babies would be enough to break all the windows. They make those pretty tough. Some would break from other heavier stuff hitting them at least.

[@xxbot]

Wait... So his dad got jail time for not looking at the camera? That means he paid in cash, had no receipt, had no cell phone that could ping his location at that time, nor any camera outside that could pinpoint him or his vehicle. That is a lot of contrivance for this plot to work.

[@petriew2018]

the better question is what other evidence they had against him, because even if he was at the store at the time he said he was.... establishing time of death is not a down to the minute sort of thing, and nobody called 911 until after the dad got home, something the movie establishes beyond argument. They would only have the father's word that he came home and found her, meaning him being at the the store means fuck all if nobody found the body until after he got home.... the evidence Barry is looking for is kind of irrelevant in the first place He needs evidence that someone else was in the house, because otherwise even with the camera footage, his dad is still the prime and frankly only suspect, given the circumstances shown in the actual film.

[@ReinBelmont]

I believe the word you are looking for is "contrivance"

[@xxbot]

@@ReinBelmont Thank you, I was going mad for not finding it :P

[@Mister_Clean]

Apparently, the court of law does not exist as we know it in the DC universe

[@DangerZone200]

even if it did.......his got super speed why didn't he break his innocent father out of prison and run him to another country 😅i don't think doing that is morally evil not to mention his got connections with batman who could easily give him another identity

[@PHHHP]

The amount of youtube videos treating Ezra Miller like he's a real life slasher movie villain is great! Out-of-context Ezra Miller is almost as terrifying as in-context Ezra Miller.

[@davemccage7918]

Left unchecked, Ezra will probably attack a grammar school with a bow and arrow eventually. Life imitating art.

[@dengisten-speer6659]

He should have become the DCU Joker though even the Joker had morale standards.

[@TheCapitalWanderer]

​@@dengisten-speer6659na na nah, the joker deserved a better actor, not a predator

[@22BulletProofKid22]

​@@dengisten-speer6659he's not charismatic enough to be joker

[@JesseVenturaHat]

​@@davemccage7918you people joking about this but if he's ok with choking a woman like he did in that video then he's most likely committed other violent crimes and will reoffend

[@IAmTraceBeats]

I gotta say, you and MauLer are the best ever film critiques on KZbin. The depth of the analysis, the connections you make between different philosophical and thematic elements and of course, the humor. Incredible work!

[@ShadowSonic2]

Nah, MauLer freaks out anytime he sees a woman or nonwhite in a lead role

[@IAmTraceBeats]

@@ShadowSonic2 What are you talking about? All his criticisms, as far as I can tell, are always specifically tied to the films. He dissects things from that perspective.

[@solan7978]

What about the Despot of Antrim and the Critical Drinker?

[@IAmTraceBeats]

@@solan7978 They are raw and direct but I do not connect with their presentation style.

[@justafan9399]

@@ShadowSonic2 Proof enough that you have never watched a single moment of his true critiques.

[@exploshaun]

I feel like the moral of this story on how some mistakes can't be fixed, is something the studio learned firsthand when they tried to fix this movie and it still bombed hard.

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

Plenty of ironies like that in modern cinema. Jurassic World complaining about cash-hungry corporations, Indy V moaning about people intent on abusing history…

[@jacquelineking5783]

Not a movie but that stupid Apple commercial sucking themselves off about their new environmental policy I say the Despot go over. Ah yes the company that puts out several versions of a phone every year talking about their awesome sustainability policies.

[@georgeray1906]

​@@jacquelineking5783 I know what you're talking about since I've what Despot of Antrim's video about it and yeah it was nothing more but Apple looking good than doing actual good.

[@nogoodgod4915]

I bet Ezra makes the movie 10x better at being a really bad movie.

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

I may have had some fun at dear Ezra’s expense in this video.

[@AtakenSmith]

@@TheLittlePlatoon Then we will as well ^^

[@MichaelVuolo]

He's not even a mediocre actor.

[@mackmulhall7595]

ezra is the best part

[@matthewcarroll2533]

He managed to make this film bomb as fast as the SpeedForce.

[@markanthony1004]

Bro how did you make something so serious absolutely hilarious? The shots of his borderline psychotic actions went perfectly with you dialogue🤣🤣🤣

[@bo7341]

They cast Ezra Miller because they thought he was a great actor since they nailed the "creepy awkward dude" thing, but actually he just IS creepy.

[@MasterofInterspace]

I think it would have been really strong to see Zod feeling regret and sadness at Clark's death. Krypton would be gone at that point, and Clark dying from the process of extracting a codex he didn't have should hit him hard. His whole motivation was the rebirth of Krypton, one of its last people dying needlessly should sway him.

[@ivanthemadvandal8435]

The thing is that in this interpretation, Kal-El is an abomination to him, an insult to the Krypton that Zod wants to restart. Think German-Jews in the 30s, and you won't be far off.

[@randomperson-up5vt]

@@ivanthemadvandal8435 he might be in his eyes but hes the key to saving his people, the only key.

[@TheTerribleToph]

The change to Kara having the codex was just weird. It would have been much better if say Clark had the codex but Kara had either a decode in her (to prevent the missuse of the codex) or Zod needed DNA from a living relative of Clark for some reason. What would have happened if they Terraformed earth and Kara was still in the steel testicle and buried snow? Would Zod just go against his ideals and started procreation like Jor El?

[@MitridatedCarbon]

@@TheTerribleToph Or just change that Zod had extracted the codex correctly and killed Kal-el. It would turn Zod in an even bigger threat as he basically should have an army of Kryptonians invading earth, or create perfect hybrids like Doomsday. That would make Flash changing the future for the worse even more impactful.

[@psychoticdaizyproductions569]

​@ivanthemadvandal8435 lol you're comparing a first natural born being of a test tube baby species to a group of people hated for being accused of controlling money and politics?

[@irontuzi3453]

2:19:30 Here was a moment for a bit of Multiverse humor. We could show Michael Keaton Batman telling Berry "You can't fix everything" as he dies. To cut to the younger flash running to fix the timeline. Cut to Val Kilmer Batman telling Berry "You can't fix everything" as he dies, and cut to young flash running to fix the timeline. Then Cooney, then Bale, and so on until you get to someone put there for a joke. Robert Downey Jr would be fun just for the memes.

[@dandywaysofliving]

Truly beautiful and sad that contracts and pay rates prevent this stuff happening irl but say how it should have ended could have done something like this if they ever wanna go all in and make remakes of what exist xc

[@tylerskiss]

Imagine the dramatic potential if Flash was presented a Sophie’s Choice type situation and no matter how he plays it, he has only one option and no matter how fast he is, he knows he will never be fast enough to solve both issues.

[@nyutrig]

That is the plot.

[@GigaChadh976]

@@nyutrigbut it isn’t

[@BenjaminWSong]

When he realized the significance of his action, all he had to do was to go back to the moment he arrived the first time and simply say, "Dude, not worth it."

[@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access]

“Shit! Thanks for saving me uncountable amounts of time and effort!” “No prob. We should do this more often to save trouble.” “Oh dude bet”

[@LoneWolf-gz9mr]

I think you, Little Platoon, put FAR, FAR more thought into the time travel aspect of this story then the writers even came close to.... MOST writers/directors do NOT comprehend the consequences of time travel or multiverses and on the "off chance" they do a LITTLE bit... They inevitably break their own mechanic, before too many scenes pass, because they cannot keep track of their own explanations.

[@NorthernPlainsAero]

I would suggest that with the similarities in production values and scenes shot between the Arrowverse Flash series time travel plot and scenes that the screenwriters may have used a slight rewrite of that part of the plotline to avoid plagiarism accusations and called it good. So many of the scenes look so similar it's laughable.

[@tiggle5485]

I don’t remember the “Batman deconstruction” scene. The movie I saw has him being lassoed up by WW and then saying “my ego prevents me from saying thank you to anyone else” Which is also a really weird line. I don’t see Batman as having an ego, nor do I think he’s too proud to say “thank you”

[@chazzitz-wh4ly]

In the older cartoons, he said thank you to his teammates.

[@JinxeBlaq]

He says it right after he says the thank you thing, while he’s trying to get it off his hand.

[@KaladinVegapunk]

Eliminating poverty does help alleviate crime, look at Scandinavia, but its also yeah not 1:1, and obviously doesnt apply to batmans villains hahah. The issue in the US is that we made a bunch of things criminal that werent before in nixons era to stock up our prisons haha, we make north Korea look like freedom central. A crap ton of crime is desperate or circumstancial, Funding education, healthcare and other programs definitely puts a dent in desperate and dumb people, as well as militarized cops..but its naive to think its a cure all, but its definitely a good start.

[@tonysmith9905]

Sorry, but batman absolutely does have an ego. The 3 most dangerous events that ever surrounded him were all caused because of his own hubris. The Justice League being attacked by his own plans, The Batman Who Laughs, and of course the ai that I can't quite remember the exact name of right now. All because of his ego.

[@DHynes5]

He even says thank you to Alfred in Zack Snyder's Justice League, which is supposedly canon in The Flash so it just makes no sense in that context either

[@ThatPurpleGirl81]

I gotta admit, having you say you weren't alive for Keaton's Batman, and referring to his stuff as "old timey" may have given me an existential crisis.😢 And I also have to say this was a great video, although it made my head hurt (movie's fault not yours) and made me hate time travel (again, movie's fault not yours). Thank you for all your hard work 👍💜.

[@caitlinsuerth4859]

Right? Keaton’s last role as Batman was in 1992 which means, if he wasn’t born yet, then The Little Platoon is under 30 years old!

[@HinataUchiha_22]

@@caitlinsuerth4859 I think he’s probably about 25 but British accents sound more sophisticated so its a mystery without the visual

[@JoakimOtamaa]

I'm 94 and remember seeing Keaton, Kilmer and Clooney over and over again if I wasn't watching the animated series. Yeah, I completely left DC for a whole thanks to X-Men and Spider-Man until I saw The Dark Knight in 2010.

[@andynonya1490]

I respect Ezra Miller's pronouns as much as he respects women.

[@rollandingo760]

In regards to Flash needing a supply of food. Young Justice did a pretty good of this and had Kid Flash's suit come with a lot of hidden pockets and pouches built into it to store snacks for Wally West when he needed to run for long periods of time.

[@GeorgeMonet]

Considering the distance he runs he would need so many hundreds of thousands of calories it wouldn't be possible to store or carry enough. It would be more believable for the powers to provide the energy he needs just like they prevent his bones from piling through his feet or his muscles from falling apart.

[@GBDupree]

I forgot about that, but it doesn't make sense to me. I don't know why they keep trying to make it seem like the Flash has a fast metabolism because of his powers. Its not actually how it works. There are many interpretations of a "speedster" but the way that the Flash's powers work cover much of the issues that others have. So, for more "natural" speedsters, like Quicksilver, they just move physically fast, which means they are expending tons of energy and therefore need more food, and in some cases, they are essentially ALWAYS moving fast and have to act slow in order to appear normal. In cases like this, they do have to be careful about moving people as well, but most of them don't bother. However, The Flash uses the "Speed Force" which is essentially a protective energy that allows him to go into super speed when he taps into that energy (as shown with the lightning). This energy therefore protects him against friction and other ill effects of super speed, since from his perspective he is running at normal speed, and everything is slowed down. This is even the reason that he doesn't need to worry about inertia and can stop instantly without needing to skid to a halt for several feet. In fact, this energy also spreads out from him and therefore brings other things he touches into his speed, which allows him to breathe air as the oxygen is capable of moving into him as he breathes, and how he is able to transport people without harm (technically they should be able to see in super speed while he does this too, but for effect they always show them as being surprised by how far they moved "in the blink of an eye", even though it actually wouldn't be in their perspective). So, all this is to say that the only reason he would need to be concerned about bringing food with him is the same reason EVERY hero should, because you are doing a lot of work for an extended period, so you need to eat to replace that energy. But he shouldn't have a faster metabolism, though he should be more tired and hungry from our perspective because a 12 hour day would be more like a 24 hour day to him if he uses most of it in super speed.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

​@@GeorgeMonetIn the comics everything is explained by the Speed Force.

[@TheTerribleToph]

​@GeorgeMonet in young justice it's explained that the bars of food he has hidden in his suit are just calorie bars specifically for speedsters. Something like 50,000 calories per bar that if a regular human ate em, they'd die.

[@PerfectTroy1]

Excellent video. This is the level of discourse we should all be having.

[@neilgodwin6531]

Journo girl drives away, gazing at Barry, instead of looking where she's going IN A CROWDED CITY. Cue carnage, mangled pedestrians, cars piled up as they tried to avoid her erratic driving and customers in shops diving for cover. Or perhaps her ears are fitted with cameras

[@ajanis95]

And with that opening I now have a much better understanding of the phrase 'every villain is the hero of their own story'.

[@b_g_c3281]

@ajanis95 🤣😂😂Spot-On!!!😂😂

[@othertalk3313]

In this case, every villain is the hero of they/them own story. Let's not go committing federal hate crimes by forgetting his preferred pronouns. Ahhh shit... well, see ya in prison.

[@rokkraljkolesa9317]

@@othertalk3313 neither of those pronouns is grammatically correct

[@SatanLiterally]

There are so many times in my own writing where I keep asking myself "does this make sense? Does this make sense? I think it makes sense, but does it make sense?" and I'm wondering if anyone who writes these scripts asks themselves that even once.

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

Pretty much never, but that means you’ve learned the simplest and most important lesson. I credit MauLer & the EFAP crew, along with Drinker, for vast improvements in my own writing because, basic though that lesson seems, it’s so easy to overlook when you believe you’re on to a good thing.

[@hittingyouoverthehead]

Same. Even when I write a simple short story, I know I want to take the story to X ending but I don't rush to get there. I think why would by character do that? Does it make sense for them to do that? Do the circumstances allow for that to happen? Would there be any potential unforeseen side effects? How would my character handle that? But with these movies nowadays, and especially big budget movies, it's more like, "let's get this character from point A to point B. Just make any sh*t happen, I want that to happen so the next step of my story takes place."

[@FringeSpectre]

I'm currently agonizing over a script I'm writing because every time I think I have a good idea for something, I realize later it breaks something I had written earlier. Writing stories is hard when you actually care about the craft.

[@jonnoble5624]

Every time I see this movie I can't help but remember how Robert Patrick studied running to add dimension and dread to a character for whom running - outside of a couple iconic minutes - is not important. Then again, Terminator 2 gave me a newfound appreciation for an entire genre while The Flash just gives me a greater appreciation for whatever I'm going to watch next.

[@grandarkfang_1482]

Reminder that this film only happens because Evil Flash has the memories of a version of Flash that doesn't exist yet at that point.

[@jaysmall5586]

Of course, once he's saved his mother, then Flash-Prime has the memories of a Flash that no longer exists at that point. That's what you call a paradox, which is ancient greek for "This makes no goddamn sense."

[@Ramsey276one]

WTAF 0_o

[@ankurdesai8370]

you know the worst part is if instead of creating their own interpretation of time travel if they just stuck with back to the future rules i.e going back to the past changes stuff and butterfly effect is applicable all of this could be much clear and understandable. And the original source material (comics) do exactly this! they have been doing this even before back to the future was conceived as an idea! not only are you sticking to the source material you are also being original!! DC did it first after all. I had fun and enjoyed this movie, not a great movie but an ok one, a 5 to 6 out of 10 It wasn't until I saw this and 1 other review I realized that fans had a big problems with the time travel element It was then I realized I had unconsciously ignored the time travel and multiverse explanation and replaced it with the way it works in DC comics and a film that is at best a 4 was elevated to a 6!

[@ghostprojekt]

My favorite part was when Ezra said "It's flashin' time!" and flashed everyone at the movie theater

[@HumbleHonkingEnthusiast]

I usually find these comment types pretty cringe but 😂😂😂😂😂

[@redjirachi1]

I would unironically watch Morbius over this movie. At least it had a non-a-hole actor I like having fun with the role

[@BeastMaster46]

Phrasing.

[@NocandNC]

Ok this one got a chuckle out of me.

[@jamiekamihachi3135]

Don’t give Ezra Miller ideas

[@notacompleteidiot...1285]

1:37:40 Welllll...I don't really want to defend this film, but... There are implications in these DCU films that appearing under a yellow sun doesn't immediately grant Kryptonians superpowers. It takes time for the exposure to build up a store of energy. A period of metabolizing. Then powers slowly start to develop. My assumption (and it is an assumption) is that Kara was probably captured very quickly after she arrived, then hidden away from the sun. Quite possibly around the time of Zod's appearance. The pertinent question is "why?". Zod and the other Kryptonians hadn't shown any unusual abilities for anyone to determine, much less associate with, solar powered powers. So why stuff her deep underground, away from the sun? 🤔

[@chaotic-doxxer]

The actress who played Barry’s mother was pretty good in the role, just imagine that final goodbye scene if Barry was played by someone who could actually act and show real emotions. Would have been a good if not great scene

[@enriquecarro8413]

She is a Spanish actress called Maribel Verdú, very famous here. She's been one of our best actresses for years, and I had a mighty crush on her when I was a teenager. She is the protagonist of Guillermo del Toro's masterwork Pan's Labytinth, if you want to check one of her best roles. She gives a really powerful performance in that movie. It would have been great to see her in a good Hollywood blockbuster (like another Spanish actress, Elena Anaya, got in Wonder Woman), but alas, this is not the case...

[@santi_super_stunts2573]

I didn’t , his name is Barry Allen not barry Gonzales , Barry’s mom from the cw was so much better , that scene from the end of season 1 when she recognizes Barry is her son

[@enriquecarro8413]

@@VampiricBard I completely agree

[@jakelastname1465]

@@santi_super_stunts2573 I’m pretty sure there Italian not Spanish bro

[@jakelastname1465]

Ezra’s acting was good idk what you guys are tslking about

[@SniperSX]

I cannot for the sake of me understand why they haven't changed Erza for Grant Gustin. It would not save the movie, but would probably improved it a bit.

[@theinnerlight8016]

They didn't have enough talking about feelings in hallways scenes for him in it I guess. 😂

[@SniperSX]

@@theinnerlight8016 Would it be worse? I don't think so. 😅 Erza isn't that great of an actor as well...

[@theinnerlight8016]

@@SniperSX Gustin is a decent enough actor in my opinion. Ezra doesn't qualify as an actor at all. Just cringe.

[@thegamingprozone1941]

​@theinnerlight8016 There's no where to run.

[@michaeltudyk8660]

Wrong about multiverses in general.

[@bilson7523]

Your opening to this video is completely on point, and I love the juxtaposition of Ezra's crimes as they are with how Ezra probably THINKS of them. I'm sure at this point, it doesn't matter since the superhero fad is effectively dead, but I don't know if I will ever forgive the DCEU for sticking by Miller after doing Cavill and Affleck so dirty. Especially given the context of this movie, it is practically a plot hole they DIDN'T recast Miller. EDIT: And to be fair to your consistency point, I'm fairly libertarian here. I don't think you seeing the Flash or not says anything about your moral character, nor do I need to think art needs to be beholden to my morals. Honestly my only desire in this is to see Ezra Miller encounter some sort of accountability. Not in a "cancel culture" way, which is often improper, excessive, and cruel, but in an "actual justice" sense. Although I'll admit I can't help but feel their connection to Hollywood plays a role in enabling a concerning pattern of behavior that goes beyond the typical Hollywood self-destruction and is becoming something else.

[@BB-ed4om]

Who says they’re sticking with him? What current dc projects is he working on? Also, what crimes has he been convicted of?

[@bilson7523]

@@BB-ed4om It isn't relevant if Ezra is out of DC now, because my gripe is with THIS film. Despite rebooting the DCEU entirely and confirming this film isn't a part of the reboot, DC kept THIS FILM. As far as what Ezra has been convicted of, technically the only things that have survived the legal process and they were convicted of was an assault charge at a Kareoke bar and a burglary charge at someone's house in Vermont (which was pleaded down to trespassing so they could avoid jail)... But there have been a lot more issues of which Ezra has effectively gotten away from, including strangling a woman, a campaign of around 10 incidents on a trip to Hawaii that involved two allegations of assault, and kidnapping/grooming a minor. That last group of charges have all been settled without Ezra being formally charged. Which is the other point I was making. Ezra is getting away with a lot of what the average person would not be, and these aren't self-destructive issues: Ezra is being violent towards others. Still, despite a list of charges and allegations that would see the average American serve jail time, Ezra's Hollywood connections seem to result in their ability to (essentially) terrorize people. Hollywood knows this, and we know they know this because they publicly talked about delaying the film as a response to the kidnapping allegation. Again, just to be crystal clear: Not asking for Ezra to be "canceled," as I despise that practice. I'm asking for the legal systems we have in place to do their job: 1 incident is a mistake, 2 is a coincidence, 15 is a pattern.

[@tylerholden1548]

@@BB-ed4om diss #4! Wow, I don't even need to try here, erique said it beautifully. I will say it's definitely an interesting stance defending someone who has allegations comparable to your average cult leader! Especially when the original comment was about how they kept Ezra for these projects but didn't keep Cavil and Affleck. Maybe the point that he's not been convicted holds true in isolation, but it doesn't at all when you compare his outcome to Cavils. You're 0 for 4 on comments BB, not looking good!

[@attackmanatee02]

You're so well-spoken and punctual when you want to be. Its impressive, honestly. You're like a living, breathing thesaurus. I have no doubt poetry and books from artists like Tolkein and Poe have rubbed off on you. I wish i could speak as intelligently as you do.

[@TheLittleCan]

Thank you lord ... I have been going crazy watching reviews and now one mentioning how the tomato's on the trolley would cause both parents to die potentially.. also, your mention of how the time loop of evil vortex flash actually doesn't follow the films rules is great! You did an excellent job with this this one. Thank you

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

Thank you!

[@BB-ed4om]

Wouldn’t the dad leaving (with what we might assume is the only car in the family) trigger the intruder to enter? If the dad doesn’t leave, the intruder doesn’t attempt to go in the house. They assumed we’d figure this out on our own.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

If you establish how time travel works in your world, stick to that decision. Don't make up new things on the fly. Either have linear time, branching timelines, stable timeloops, etc. But make a decision how it works and use that explanation. And if someone or something violates that rule, explain how. Basically the "Magic A is magic A" trope. You don't have to follow real life rules of physics, but if you add some scifi, magic, supernatural, etc elements and establish how it works, you set yourself rules to follow. It makes it feel less like you pulled stuff out from your butt, and the watcher/reader can anticipate what is possible and what is impossible.

[@TheLittleCan]

@BB-ed4om the intruder is reverse flash bro... he ain't scared of barrys dad and he could kill her infornt of Barry's dad and leave... it don't matter its reverse flash. And if you're like aye he doesn't wanna kill her infornt of the dad maybe he does it another day I mean it's so dumb.

[@Gainn]

@@TheLittleCan They were aiming for Reverse Flash never existing in the fractured timeline, but the exposition required to point it out because of their shitty writing was cut.

[@TeutonicKnight92]

So instead of breaking the laws of time to get his dad out, why not just use flash powers to break him out of jail. I’m sure Bruce could set him up with a false documents

[@retsaMinnavoiG]

Exactly. I understand that the law is the law and he's supposed to be a good guy but if he knows that somebody is innocent for a fact than breaking them out is absolutely understandable (not just his father but anybody). Also he's so fast that he could absolutely do it without anybody ever knowing and he doesn't have to hurt anybody or destroy anything.

[@micaelasparrow650]

So, I don’t think the security camera footage actually spares his dad. His dad did arrive home prior to the mom dying, which means he must have been there within a few minutes of the attack, which means he still could have done it after coming home from the store. It might actually give them reason to suspect premeditation because it would look like he tried to give himself an alibi and failed. “No, I didn’t do it, I had to go to the store to buy one can of tomatoes and just happened to come home right after it happened.“

[@hashvendetta7226]

The fact barry doesn't spend 5 minutes to go back and see who killed his mom and instead travels to the grocery store and fucks with tomatoe cans shows you how brain dead the writers are and how stupid they think the audience is

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

And since the security footage is recovered only later, he still went to prison without it. And yes, it proves he was at the store, but he also was at the crime scene. I'm not sure how well a coroner can determine time of death, but to nail it down to the minute doesn't feel realistic, even if it happened basically just now. Did she got stabbed while he was out or after he came back? What speaks in his favour is that he was (presumably) still at the scene when emergency services show up.

[@daverobson3084]

Good point

[@culturaldefault9054]

The writing, audio, and editing to this video, particularly the introductory first 10-15 minutes.... honestly... brilliant. Makes me realize how much I need to up my game.

[@Turd_Rocket]

Am I the only one who was also excited to see Michael Shannon as well as Michael Keaton? Anyhow, I agree with your observation of how horrific and awful the people who run these big budget studios actually are, and how unapologetic they are about their terrible behavior.

[@garypasquill2355]

Back in the 80's nick nolte was,always in jail for dui,drugs but people were prepared to still go to the cinema for his performances ,bad behaviour from actors is nothing new.

[@hashvendetta7226]

​@@garypasquill2355being a drunk or drug addict is different than the public finding out your a satanic psychopath who grooms children and tried to run a cult.

[@Turd_Rocket]

@@garypasquill2355For real. However, I was referring to The Little Platoon's observation of the studios themselves hypocrisy and poor morals, displayed in paying lip service to said bad behavior yet also chewing up child actors and spitting them out, enabling cretins like Weinstein to operate with impunity, and continuing to hire actors who indulge in such bad behavior despite pretending to condemn it - the system itself not strictly the individuals comprising or paid by that system.

[@Flaris]

The flashback scene isn't a huge deal, but I still find it funny. It's playing out like it's from the Flash TV show. There it makes sense for Barry to run out of the house. They are actively under attack by the Reverse Flash. He can't call for help inside the house since the house isn't safe. So running away from the situation works. But here...why is he running out of the house? His mother is bleeding out, call a damn ambulance!

[@ninjanibba4259]

Except in the show he was zoomed out by older Barry to keep him safe from Thawne, he never ran out

[@MrArbaras]

One of the things I think shows Hollywood's general misunderstanding of comic book stories is how the opening action scene plays out. Batman doesn't operate in the middle of the day, and he doesn't chase people through busy cityscapes. He's a detective, he operates in the night. It's the reason he looks the way he does. Comic book Batman would place a tracker on the villains and follow them to their destination. He would have already planned out every possible complication and wouldn't suddenly need the Flash without prior notice. Everyone in Hollywood seems to think Spiderman is the only hero that exists, because they all operate in the same way he would.

[@NorthStarBlue1]

It also doesn't help that many of the directors and producers brought on for these projects either assume the audience is too stupid to understand the basic concept and that they need to have the premise condescendingly explained to them, or they don't understand it themselves and don't care enough to understand it. That basic lack of respect for the audience is why the MCU has been taking the last few years and why the attempt at a DC version never even got off the ground.

[@scottybawlz9147]

Your writing and scripting have become S-tier!

[@SethAbercromby]

For the baby falling joke, I would have probably tried to go for escalating absurdity, which I think was the idea, but they still tried to play it as a completely serious thing, which completely borks the tone. The sequence in my head is something like, shot on falling baby, cut to Flash shouting "Oh no!", cut to baby with glass shards with Flash shouting "Oh no!" again. Pan to baby with poison, another more shocked "Oh no!". Pan to the tray and shelf crusher, with a slightly confused "Oh no?" and then finally a baby inside of a bizarre Rube Goldberg contraption of falling objects. Flash of course saves all of them (maybe paying off the Rube Goldberg machine with a visual gag), and once the tension is out of the scene and audience, he can crack the baby shower joke.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

That would've been great. Isn't flash known to joke around a bit anyway.

[@ot7biasedmashups]

Yeah but to achieve that you'd need a good sense of humor. They don't. Also, Ezra absolutely would not be able to pull it off either lmaoooo

[@topster888]

Ezra Miller's one-man war on the citizens of Hawaii would be a better film than what we got.

[@boltvanderhuge8711]

The red light, or more specifically light of the same frequencies of the original red Kryptonian sun, depletes superman's power but doesn't injure him. This plot point has been used many times including in Red Son and Flashpoint. Its use in flashpoint actually parallels this film in that superman had been apprehended as a baby and kept by the government, but in that it was much more effective narratively as he emerged as an emaciated feral husk and died killing his captors.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

To be specific that's the _Flashpoint_ movie. In the comic he's freed by Barry, Thomas Wayne, and Cyborg to help them but freaks out then goes into hiding when he realizes how powerful he is. In the midst of the final climatic battle he shows up to be a hero because he's Superman and that's what Superman does. Barry even says "Knew it".

[@TG-ge1oh]

@@BiggieTrismegistus But he never quite recovers. I remember in a multiverse arc he steals kidnaps another earth's Lois and that earth's superman has to then go rescue his very pregnant wife from his emaciated counterpart. I can't remember what the arc was called though...

[@KaNoMikoProductions]

Wouldn't simply being kept out of daylight for sufficiently long also drain him of his powers?

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

@@KaNoMikoProductions Keep him in the dark, fully in darkness, never lettim him see the sun.

[@DefaultName-du3kr]

@@KaNoMikoProductions His cells keep the solar energy unless he is drained with the red light/red sun.

[@Incog-e1z]

I think it’s funny that you seem to be the only person to talk about how tragic Ezra Miller’s life must be. He has no one to help him when his life spiraled out of control. It is a shame, but that tragedy, as you said, does not shield him from consequences.

[@Ramsey276one]

Fully agree

[@AmeliaBodilia]

That’s assuming he is mad by chance and not by choice or consequence of choices?

[@TheCapitalWanderer]

​@@AmeliaBodiliahow are you supposed to be mad by "chance"?, aint nobody turned into thr joker from a gacha roll

[@AmeliaBodilia]

@@TheCapitalWandererMental illness can be inherited, hence the by chance remark. As far as I know we can’t choose our own genetic background.

[@22BulletProofKid22]

​@@AmeliaBodiliathat still wouldn't excuse them for their crimes. If Weinstein had biomarkers for schizophrenia or antisocial personality disorder, is he suddenly excused?

[@jeremypayne5078]

Gotta love that Barry's dad isn't wearing the baseball cap when he leaves or returns to the house. Failed basic consistency with something super important to the story.

[@JohnDoe-vm5rb]

I honestly want to see more of this super girl. She had potential, harnessing her grief to keep going and protect despite what happened.

[@hue_jazz59]

I just why her to get her damn hair out of her face . She looked like an edgy 7th grader . Tbs, I liked her more than I expected

[@KenLinx]

I don't. They assassinated her character when they glossed over the fact that she now wants to protect humans against her own kin even after she's been tortured at the hands of humans. They just explain it away in a single scene with her at a rooftop and they never talk about it again. A better motive would've been her finding out that Kal-El was killed by Zod _before_ she goes and risks her life to fight him.

[@MoviesAtTheBar]

She's cute too

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Her turn came to quickly. She had no time to establish her moral point. Humans imprisoned her, and Zod is kryptonian, like her. So she should be much more aligned with him. Be it out of revenge against humanity or to be with her people. Only later have her turn to show that her moral compass is more aligned with a superhero than a galactic conquerer. And yes, Zod being distraught about Kal-El's death would've given him more depth and shown that he is more than the Zod of the prime timeline. That could even be a point of conflict between the two. If this were a well done DC animated series, we would've gotten that kind of character development.

[@JohnDoe-vm5rb]

@@HappyBeezerStudios Sure. As I said, there was massive potential for this sort of darker-and-edgier incarnation, as you and the others replying to my op showed.

[@kevinmccabe7263]

You really nailed the poverty/crime slogan! The people parroting these idiotic political slogans are almost exclusively the incompetent rich who feel guilty for having money despite contributing nothing.

[@punishedmatteson7108]

Woah big guy cool it with the antisemitism !

[@bentowle3478]

Thank you. Poverty does not drive crime. It's actually the inverse

[@punishedmatteson7108]

@@bentowle3478 I would actually argue that crime is cultural and, as culture is directly downstream from genetics, racial. Now, one may argue that.race doesn't exist or genetics doesn't exist or culture, even, doesn't exist. However, certain groups will demand that these exist yet deny the factual basis that insists the rational adherence that wholly depends on it.

[@platypipope328]

@@bentowle3478 crime comes from low standards and poor upbringing, not wealth. rich or poor, if you are raised with neither discipline nor standards you will end up a criminal almost certainly

[@bentowle3478]

@@platypipope328 both things are true

[@bill_4615]

Ezra is on fire. He has already signed up for his next role as Jared in the biopic on Jared Fogle. He is truly bringing representation to the role.

[@bastiangugu4083]

The quote about ending crime by ending poverty is also in the brain-dead Gotham Knight series. I know this because Disparu made a video about Gotham Knights, not because I saw it. That's very important to note. :-)

[@bilalghani8308]

I find it thoroughly heartbreaking that nobody cares enough about Ezra on a personal level to have stopped him

[@SSSharpeProductions]

money smh

[@Mikedude]

All they did was unlawful trespass

[@lonelyloser9376]

@@Mikedudehe’s definitely done much more than unlawful trespassing

[@Mikedude]

@@lonelyloser9376 Wrong. Care to name the actions?

[@Mikedude]

@@azal4232 My point exactly. KZbinrs, ESPECIALLY this one. Spread false lies and misinformation. Literally every single thing in the beginning of this video didn’t happen.

[@machine123e456]

Nobody talkin about how this man just called a Jolly Rancher a candy bar

[@retsaMinnavoiG]

Nobody talking about Murica being weird

[@jonfurgeson5574]

This also means that every different actor in any dc role is officially a different timeline, which goes against the stories of the old Batman movies.

[@AlfonzoPussigetti]

the narration of erza's life while showing the plot of the flash is hilarious hahaha

[@burnum]

There's a couple of other scenes where him needing food after the beginning scene. One of them being continued from the sandwich shop and later on with the pasta scene with Keaton Bruce. He didn't complain about food when he was dealing with the wiring, he was complaining about being the janitor of the JL. He did bring up the food before the east wing started coming down. Young Flash not just moving the bullet is due to him not knowing he could do that, this is backed up by a scene only a few minutes later when he gets shot. Kara drained of any power was due to being denied any access to the yellow sun. Which is why she gained temporary consciousness in order to deal with her initial captors. Which was from Flashpoint.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Still a few more scenes with Barry just munching on stuff would've been great. Just as something he does when he is around.

[@mizu7662]

"Can you be both lazy and creative at the same time", some of the most creative people in existence are lazy people coming up with creative ways to minimize how much work they have to do.

[@no.1spidey-fan182]

This really is some big brained food for thought🤔

[@vla1ne]

"Sometimes I hate working so much i invent new ways to get work done."

[@Vicus_of_Utrecht]

​@@no.1spidey-fan182I've said that for years. "I'm incredibly efficient because I am incredibly lazy"

[@gimpygamer1315]

This is hands down your best video yet well done! 👏

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

Thank you!

[@sabnwcj5592]

Maybe it is giving them too much credit but I was under the impression Prime batman, being rational, intelligent, and experienced in the loss department, knew it wasn't worth the wasted breath or chase to change Barry's mind. He knew barry had the power, motivation, and compulsion to change things. He knew barry would do it, if not now then later. The other batman, after realizing that barry has done something to the timeline, and knows him as batman in other lines, would realize that he too wouldn't be able to stop barry - that barry would just keep trying until he either came to the conclusion himself or until everything ceased to exist. That would explain why he didn't care that zod was going to destroy the world - whatever barry had done he was either going to undo it or redo it until everything broke. It's the difference between knowing something abstractly and actually experiencing it.

[@cubencis]

I was surprised I listened to this whole thing. Thought i would just listen to a bit but youre a good writer and have a very calming voice

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

Glad you liked it!

[@AARon11414]

That vintage Pokémon game reference after the “solar powered” got a loud chuckle out of me at work.

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

The baby-shower line really would have been great if the Joker said it.

[@guaranteedtopwn]

That would be a good Joker plot, you're right.

[@lance134679]

I sure like when Little Platoon is a guest on Open Bar. Thanks for all the insightful commentary on the state of entertainment and storytelling in movies.

[@audreybailey5139]

His voice alone is enough of a reason not to hire him for any movie.

[@JesseVenturaHat]

​@marksconplaystasy7328was flash annoying and g*y in the comics?

[@iamthewizardwhoknocks2845]

​@@matalostodos_you want to hurt meeeee_

[@1SpicyMeataball]

​​@marksconplaystasy7328Perfectly miscast.

[@reval1989]

I'm so tired of the "Batman doesn't help the poor and hurts them' Harley Quinn - Doctor The Riddler - Genius Poison Ivy - Doctor Mr Freeze - Doctor Ra's Al Ghul - Billionaire super villain Mad Hatter - Genius inventor scientist The Penguin - Rich mafia crime boss Two-Face - DA and Lawyer Hush - Neurosurgeon Scarecrow - Psychiatrist and scientist Hugo Strange - Psychiatrist Yeah i'm REALLY feeling the poverty in his Rogue's gallery. They're totally not all well-to-do intellectuals

[@retsaMinnavoiG]

That's because he turns everybody else into a vegetable. He goes easy on these guys because they're from his circle, so they can keep doing what they do.

[@SaramatheUnchained]

You know the video is gonna be fantastic when it’s longer then the movie

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

Oh, it could still be garbage, but I hope it isn’t!

[@danielhaynes2373]

As a 62 year old Yank, these old Batman flashbacks bring back a lot of fond memories. Especially those brief clips of "Big Rick" Zumwalt as the Penguin's Strong Man henchman who Batman blew up with dynamite. I had the extreme privilege of speaking with him by phone once in the early 90's when I lived in California. Great guy. R.I.P. 🙏❤️✝️❤️ ~ THAT said, THANK YOU for your sacrifice in watching this rubbish. Been a subscriber for a while and love your reviews.

[@Feanor1988bis]

I can't help but rewatch this from time to time, this video is so good.

[@mildlydazed9608]

Ezra also cameo'd on The Flash tv show showing alternate timelines during Crisis so regardless of Snyder or Not Ezra's flash was shown this before the Snyder cut came out. Either he learned it from the Arrowverse crisis or he learned it during Snyderleague. It's not a new power for both versions of this character.

[@FeatherRanching]

The lasso of deconstructive interpretation is a terrible weapon indeed. Torturously tearing apart its victims at the meta level, to the cruel jeers of the production team. Most are reduced to shambling husks of their former selves.

[@dontcallmeshirley5786]

Besides Ezra The Twat Miller being a terrible existing thing, I never liked him as the Flash. I will stick to the comics and animated versions because they have more personality and more of a purpose to his speed.

[@lawrencewilson3862]

The only downside about your videos are they inevitably come to and end. Can't wait for the next one. Cheers