The Suicide Squad... ARE BAD GUYS??? Shadiversity Cries

[@Nikodraws149]

The way shad talks about superheros and comics makes me feel like he's never actually engaged with superhero media beyond the cultural osmosis of certain characters being so popular you kind of know about them whether you read comics or not

[@tevenpowell8023]

Shout out to Shad's "review" of My Hero Academia, where 80% of his praise for the show was how hot the teenage girls were. Because western comics "don't allow girls to be hot anymore"

[@andrewparsons2391]

There's an alarming amount of people in the X-Men fandom who regard all media starring members of demographic minorities (or merely even members of demographic minorities being given equal narrative weight as characters who are straight white Christian men) as 'woke trash'. Because if there's anything X-Men is about, it's minorities being kept firmly under the majority's heel... :(

[@SaitoGray]

Superman is awesome because it's not about treat, it's about his humanity. He's the beacon of hope for the world, what matter isn't what bad guys his fighting, but his morality as Clark and Kal el.

[@nicolasmeisel]

Basically watch superman vs. The elites (or what's so funny about truth justice and the American way if you read comics)

[@DeathEatsCurry]

Criticizing the Suicide Squad game should be the easiest W of 2024. Shad still managed to make it into an L.

[@Kill3rrockstar]

its a good game people are just pissy because its not another arkham clone

[@Blackname51230]

@@Kill3rrockstar What do you like about it?

[@tevenpowell8023]

​@@Kill3rrockstar Do you honestly believe that's the only reason people don't like it?

[@aureliodeprimus8018]

Jup, it says something, when my father has better takes on superhero media. And his basic take is: "Only Americans need some magical super human to solve their problems. There is nothing heroic about it. Heroic means triumphing against all odds."

[@domm5715]

@@aureliodeprimus8018every culture has super human beings that save/help humanity with their problems, what is your dad talking about? Does he not know/read anything about other cultures? That’s a very uninformed take that is just plain wrong, I’m surprised you even believed that, you’ve never heard about Merlin from the king Arther stories? That’s a uk super human, or read the Bible? There’s lots of superhuman beings in there, or the Mahabharata? Tons in there, or listened to any indigenous tribal stories? Lots in there. I could literally go on for the rest of time, cuz it’s an inherently human thing to create superhuman heros in our stories and mythology. Maybe your pops should look into his own culture and reexamine it looking a little more carefully… they don’t have to be literal superheroes… the us idea of superheroes is just a specific way of telling stories that humanity has had forever. I’m just assuming that your pops is not American, but I’d be willing to bet that his culture or where he grew up has superhuman beings in its stories and mythology. He might think it’s dumb, but it’s universal.

[@theressomelovelyfilthdownh4329]

We are huge comic fans, yet can't name more than five characters anybody could name. They just mumble once they have used up the few they can remember.

[@kakyointhemilfhunter4273]

Also can't name more storylines than The dark knight returns and the killing joke I bet lol

[@bleakautomaton4808]

How many Lantern corps do you think they could name without looking it up? Lol

[@theressomelovelyfilthdownh4329]

@@bleakautomaton4808 Or just time them individually on how long it takes them to name twenty. They don't even need to be part of a comic line, just any twenty totally random heroes. That's some pretty baseline knowledge right there for even a casual fan of comics.

[@bleakautomaton4808]

@@theressomelovelyfilthdownh4329 Depending on the series or if they say they are big DC and/or Marvel comics fans. Dark Horse and even Image have had good series that don't have the rosters that the big two do, though that's no actual excuse after all lol.

[@TasTheWatcher]

i can't believe you kill the Justice League, in a game called Kill the Justice League the woke mob has gone too far this time

[@psychosalad6653]

There are reasons to be mad at the suicide squad game. This is not it

[@DarthStuticus]

I have no idea if you are correct or not, but I wouldn't be surprised. I don't play super hero games (at least the ones with comic book source material) because they are almost always bad.

[@MossyToomes]

​@@DarthStuticusI play the game and it really isn't that bad. Though I do understand why players experiencing the bug where you can't even log into the game are mad.

[@darkmetal2412]

​@@MossyToomes until they add an offline feature to the live service game I'm going to continue to hate it out of principle. Once that gets fixed I'll happily play it

[@MossyToomes]

@@darkmetal2412 They said they were going to this year dude. Calm tf down.

[@darkmetal2412]

@@MossyToomes no u

[@Oreoro]

They are angry bout the justice league being controlled? Prob one of the most basic plotline for the justice league to ever exist

[@BarefootCM]

I don't know how they can be comic fans and call this any kind of superhero character assassination or whatever. I don't really like to gatekeep but "what if X character is evil now" and "X character dies in this one" is so ubiquitous is comics that it's a meme. You're allowed to not know that but you can't realy comment with any kind of authority with a surface level awareness... but that's the Shad special

[@devforfun5618]

isnt the first justice league history about starro mind controlling them ?

[@alackofgames913]

I saw someone in another video's comments say, "Arkham Batman would never be controlled by Brainiac. He would see it a million miles away." And I'm just sitting here like, "What? Have you played the games? He falls for traps all the time! It's the framing device for both of the first games!"

[@Zarastro54]

Isn’t this _literally_ one of the main reasons the Suicide Squad was created? To be a check in case the JL went rogue or got controlled?

[@alackofgames913]

@@Zarastro54 like, literally

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

I've always wanted to make a good-natured Batman parody where the main character actually uses his wealth and intelligence to personally aid individuals in need and solve systemic issues, and his villains end up being all the people in places of power who want to perpetuate those issues in order to inflate their own abundant resources. The "Joker" analogue would have to be, like, some billionaire who thinks he's way more intelligent and funny than he actually is, posting bad memes everywhere and acting like he's clever and meaningful.

[@dorianleakey]

"The "Joker" analogue would have to be, like, some billionaire who thinks he's way more intelligent and funny than he actually is, posting bad memes everywhere and acting like he's clever and meaningful." That sounds incerdibly far fetched and also quite a depressing concept, imagine living in a world where a billionaire was actually doing that, imagine one of our real billionaires doing that right now!??!!!?!?!?!??!??!?!?

[@orthochronicity6428]

And you don't even need to get rid of Batman's traditional rogues, either. A lot of them are very dependent on that same system for completely opposite reasons from the people at the top and would still be against Batman. Which gets you interesting team ups against Batman or three way conflicts. At the same time, some characters (Catwomen and Mr. Freeze come to mind) could stop being antagonists as they now align at least somewhat with Batman's new perspective on justice.

[@BoarSongSaga]

I feel like this was Batman The Animated Series.😊

[@MrElionor]

So Elon Musk?

[@ConnorLonergan]

The only problem is that as Bruce Wyane he does spend his money on those things, the only reason we don't see such efforts bareing fruit is because the capitialist nature of our media. Hard to keep Gotham a crime ridden hell hole if the root causes are getting solved by the heros

[@rambofan334]

Wait, you mean to tell me that you kill the Justice League in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League? I thought the game was about baking cakes with a title like that.

[@geraldgutsueii3324]

Batman actually does tackle the systemic issues under the guise of different Wayne charities. He also uses his Bat-tech to keep the city propped up. for example: it was revealed in an issue from the new 52 run that his secret power grid was actively keeping the city power stable.

[@metalfan4u]

Batman, Superman, and the flash are some of the most deeply misunderstood characters in DC imho. Like even jakes summarizing Superman is clearly derived from the jokes/ memes about him. I could write paragraphs on how Superman is more than just "alien man strong and unbeatable".

[@nkemnoraulmanfredini7286]

Yup@@metalfan4u

[@christophergreen6595]

People like Shad gave us the comics code.

[@kermitthorson9719]

shad wants obsoletely no complexity in his stories. he wants to be feed their white bread, white men saving the day as they sit in their high chairs wearing their fake chain mail bibs

[@confusedcabal342]

Fun fact: Boomerang tries to piss on Flash’s corpse, *but the other characters stop him and call him out on his shit.*

[@avenger1340]

Couple things... Shad and crew are demonstrably NOT fans of superheroes based on their public bitch sessions. Second if anyone said the Invincible comic series was bad, I would never ever trust that person's takes on comics ever again.

[@mrshittles9424]

I've just seen clips of Invincible...but that series looks great.

[@jldavis337]

@@mrshittles9424 both the comic and the show are great.

[@qwellen7521]

The comic is got its issues; but to say it bad is a shit take.

[@tevenpowell8023]

Shout out to Shad's "review" of My Hero Academia, where 80% of his praise for the show was how hot the teenage girls were.

[@Lobster_Lars]

@@tevenpowell8023 What the fuck.... Are you serious? I mean it wouldn't surprise me.... but.

[@aandromaliuss]

Its always when their father surrogate character dies that they suddenly start crying about quality writing which is hilarious cause its always the kind of people that have horrible media literacy and who come up with the most "im 13 and this is cool" rewrites

[@LauraTeAhoWhite]

Shad: I have a question, why? Just why? Because when people make certain decisions, that are completely unnecessary, it makes me wonder why they did it. This was my exact reaction reading through Shad's book 'Shadow of the Conqueror'.

[@chilibeer3912]

Thank you for reading it so we don’t have to.

[@sbushido5547]

So I'm guessing they never heard of the Injustice games. Superman literally kills the Joker in the opening cinematic (for very understandable reasons), but then the Justice League goes on to be the tyrannical villains of the story. That was 10 years ago. And I'd be extremely surprised if something like that hadn't been done before that point...

[@alackofgames913]

iirc the game was an adaptation of an existing comic line

[@sbushido5547]

@@alackofgames913 That would make sense.

[@kakyointhemilfhunter4273]

And before that the Justice league show and Justice league unlimited had an ep about an alternate universe justice league that turn tyrannical in the mid-late 2000s

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

The comic started in Jan and the game came out in April of the same year, they probably were already working on it. Also, nobody tell Shad about Shazam in Injustice.

[@sbushido5547]

​@RancorousSea Well, there are certainly a lot of -"non white"- "woke" people in the FGC... So they might be extremely uncomfortable.

[@93lozfan]

Shad doesn't have the ability to critically analyze media it's a huge character flaw

[@solomonverrico]

One of so, so many.

[@PlatinumAltaria]

I'm sure he has the ability, it's just that he doesn't actually care about any of these things. This man has NEVER read a comic, his sole interest is in spreading the culture war to the nerd demographic, which has been the right wing's project for a decade now. All he knows is that the party line is "game woke", therefore he needs to make up reasons it's bad for a 20 minute video. These people don't play video games or watch movies, genuinely. They don't know what any of this stuff is, they just want to target the men who enjoy them to try and get them into the right wing cult.

[@UberNoodle]

And it's such a strangely common correlation between people with next to no critical thinking skills and people who are in restrictive and oppressive religious systems.

[@93lozfan]

@PlatinumAltaria I think it's much more simple. I have only ever seen him give positive reviews of movies books etc. that explicitly have "the hero's story" as an obvious through line. But not just that they need to have a main character that he can relate to and themes that he would enjoy. Take the movie Juno for example it has the hero's story, it focuses on the decision to keep or abort a pregnancy (something most conservatives love to talk about) and ultimately the main character has the baby which Shad would like but I guarantee he would HATE it because Elliot page plays a woman as the main character, nevermind that he's trans.

[@93lozfan]

@UberNoodle that's not correlation that's causation. Time spent in restrictive environments (not just religions) train you to avoid critical thinking to avoid discomfort.

[@ratbou]

Squirrel girl is great, she beat kraven the hunter by telling him how much cool stuff is in the ocean, and he ran off to get a sub and hunt giant octopuses.

[@metalfan4u]

Ambush bug > Squirrel girl honestly

[@musicf3b]

People like him get so mad at the simple fact that the world isn’t the way they want it to be

[@Nuvizzle]

I mean so do I, that's probably the only normal thing about Shad. We should probably be mad that the world is shitty. Of course if the world was the way Shad wanted it to be, it would be even shittier.

[@dorianleakey]

They project that its everyone else doing that and they want more of the world the way it naturally is.

[@Flower_Mom]

With a title like Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, I'm certain it's about the Suicide Squad organizing a bake sale.

[@merbst]

I'm just glad Barbie was able to escape that Arkham Asylum!

[@melbatoast.]

Barbie can do anything! One day she’ll take over Gotham City ✨

[@Shane-hx4xp]

10:14 the suicide squad aren’t anti hero’s, they are villains.

[@jimbojones6830]

Contextually they are anti-heroes in this and a few other instances.

[@boomboomskidskid]

They are actually being forced to be anti villains. A lot of the people in the suicide squad are antihero’s tho

[@DevareayWilliams]

@@jimbojones6830Yeah. But most of the time they are just villians hired by the govt to do cladestine activities for their freedom. They are villians that are forced to work for the govt, doing illegal operations lol

[@FrancisR420]

The idea that they made a video game about killing the Justice League cuz they think Justice is cringe is hilarious, Do they think Batman kills Superman in the Batman versus Superman stories because they hate Superman and only like Batman? So childish.

[@Zarastro54]

Well, BvS was a trash movie regardless, but knowing these buffoons, they’d criticize it for the dumbest reasons anyway.

[@Gloomdrake]

Even funnier that they’re this worked up about a comic book character dying. There’s no less weighty death than that of a comic book character

[@ConnorLonergan]

I mean that was his intent in the Snyder BvS till Superman pleaed to him to save his mother

[@mineflameblade8788]

If Jake wants non goofy lanterns. He should check out The Red Lantern Corps. A group of anti heros/sometimes villains full of people and victims who've been through horrific shit. Especially Dexstar. Poor cat didn't deserve to be treated like shit. At least Attriitcus takes good care of him.

[@nkemnoraulmanfredini7286]

The Red Lantern corps are supervillains.

[@mineflameblade8788]

@@nkemnoraulmanfredini7286 Nope. Not all of them. Some are more anti heros.

[@nkemnoraulmanfredini7286]

All of them@@mineflameblade8788

[@_tking]

the Telltale Batman game actually kind of addresses the issue of Batman existing and the harm he unintentionally causes. Its sadly fallen into obscurity because that company fizzled

[@boomboomskidskid]

No they haven’t…wolf among us 2 is coming out soon

[@_tking]

@@boomboomskidskid they did go defunct in 2018, but I didn't realize that they reformed under a different name. apparently there was even a re-release of that Batman game

[@boomboomskidskid]

@@_tking the were bought again, but it’s still telltale

[@boomboomskidskid]

@@_tking they released a new game last year as telltale games. It’s the expanse

[@tevenpowell8023]

Alot of comics, shows and movies do that. It's a pretty standard topic that's covered in Batman media

[@Wulfspyder]

I'm ready for Shad to rant and rave for 20 minutes about a female character having the audacity to wear pants.

[@manticorephoenix]

Oh his Princess Peach rant

[@bleakautomaton4808]

Hasn't he gotten mad about Wonder Woman before? I bet it also involved pants at some point because he's that predictable.

[@Wulfspyder]

@@bleakautomaton4808 I think so yeah.

[@chilibeer3912]

Oh man judging by his AI “art” he absolutely loves a mini skirt

[@kermitthorson9719]

omg ive never looked hard, HES NOT EVEN WEARING MAIL its a fucking print hoodie. and he still wants to be treated seriously

[@seraphonica]

16:44 tell me this isn't the Joker with two hostages wishing they knew how to leave or stop the conversation.

[@dreaddjinn9623]

side note. SHAD i want a duel. im heavy armor certified, fight me bitich.

[@chilibeer3912]

He obviously would never agree but you best believe if he did he would have so many weird ass stipulations

[@megamike15]

most people complaning about the game are mroe upset about how they handeled it shad is upset they did it at all.

[@metalfan4u]

I feel like the people upset are the handling are putting their own shit on to it. Mainly the "it feels set in the Arkham universe" etc. I have a strong feeling none of them have read a single suicide squad story let alone the one they riffed this game off of.

[@ratbou]

17:47 maybe read the white knight, it deals with joker becoming sane and suing batman for the shit he does

[@Necrodancer1312]

Batman comics do have him attempting to address systemic issues. They do it pretty frequently too. It's practically a meme among Batman fans that every other comic will start with him announcing some new initiative or charity or something to address the issues in Gotham. The horror of Gotham City is that even with his vast resources, it's not enough. Off the top of my head the stories Cataclysm, No Man's Land, and The Court of Owls all happen as a direct result of Bruce trying to make systemic changes outside of the Batman persona.

[@Crowley9]

That discussion of Batman and systemic issues reminds me, there's a recent Spider-Man story (Spider-Man Beyond, to be precise) which presents an interesting concept: Big money companies back both superheroes and supervillains because it provides a _great_ distraction to the news cycle, and you can maneuver their battles to take place in locations where troublesome individuals disappearing gets chalked up to collateral damage.

[@nobo1982]

Tell me you havent read superman comics without telling me you dont read Superman

[@theressomelovelyfilthdownh4329]

How many X-Men do you think these three wannabes could name, without resorting to google? By that, I mean all the X-MEN spin off comics like X-FACTOR etc. Anybody who isn't a main character in one of the films is gone for a start. Do you think they know what heroes were purged during AOA, or who got brought back, switched sides etc? What happened to Tony Stark, what was different about Wolverine?

[@kakyointhemilfhunter4273]

Even among main characters theyd probably only name Wolverine, the professor, cyclops, jean grey and magneto

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

​@@kakyointhemilfhunter4273 I would bet all the money in my pockets that they call Magneto and Xavier the same person.

[@sophitiaofhyrule]

Just as I thought Shad couldn't get any worse, he says he doesn't like Harley Quinn. Imagine being this wrong 💀

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

No no, he said he doesn't like *Harlequin.* 😂

[@sbushido5547]

@@bazzfromthebackground3696 I was gonna say. Comic Book Fan™ shad couldn't even be bothered to get the name of one of the most recognizable characters right.

[@chubbubdreamer6904]

Shad sucks, but Jake can't have Superman takes anymore lol

[@nikdual]

Not the biggest on Superman but OSP made such a good case for him that I gotta agree.

[@zenbear9952]

The one big mistake of this game I feel is that it's based in the arkham universe and is supposed to be a sequel to the last arkham game. I would have preferred it just did it's own thing rather than tying itself to that for no reason. Other than that the gameplay is just kinda mid. It's not even a bad game just kinda meh.

[@JackgarPrime]

I think the big mistake is being a forced looter shooter.

[@metalfan4u]

​@@JackgarPrimeeh it fits inline with the spirit of suicide squad if you ever read the comics and didnt just watch the movies. They are all greedy back stabbing bastards being held together by the fact they will have their head blown off of they dont stay on task. They are charming in their own ways yes. But bastards none the less so them having a game based around looting and shooting/ killing tons of baddies is on par with how a mission of theirs would go. Also you can go straight melee if you want to use boomers boomarangs like in the comics

[@JackgarPrime]

@@metalfan4u It's more that I find it kind of an uninspired and boring choice of genre for something like this than it just not fitting thematically. It certainly fits better than Avengers doing a similar thing, but my interest definitely plummeted when it turned out that was the case.

[@shayokami7410]

I love how at moments Jake's batman voice temporarily becomes like a Dave Mustaine voice, in which case if we're talking about rich people who act like the rules don't apply to them and behave "cold and alone" and generally violent, makes perfect sense

[@howlingnerdwolf6971]

To be fair to Batman, he's actually pretty invested in rehabilitating his villains and does use his money for that. It's just not that well-known or used outside of specific comics because it's just not what most people consume Batman media for (one of the downsides of attracting all the edgelords I supposoe). But yeah, the comics even give a supernatural reason for Gotham being as bad as it is. Bruce literally would not be able to fix Gotham with all the money in the world because the city is cursed. Like actually cursed. That's why their crime is so bad. It's hilarious.

[@timothy3450]

I love the story from the justice league cartoon where batman is caught by the bad guys and he bribes one of them and that guy just goes back to prison without a fight

[@tanithetiger]

"black batman would be great" i am begging Jake to learn about Jace Fox EDIT: Jake forgetting circ du soleil exists smh

[@nkemnoraulmanfredini7286]

I love The Next Batman(Tim Jace Fox).

[@AgentForest]

Squirrel Girl is apparently according to villains defeated in the lore the strongest marvel hero to exist. Her base powers are solid but not overpowered, but they have her overcome characters way above her weight class making her canonically the strongest marvel hero.

[@jossypoo]

Anyone who is genuinely concerned about a character being killed in a single plotline, is a fake comic nerd.

[@EloimMBueto]

"What do you do in the game Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League?" A gamepass

[@stawnpawnthe3rd991]

More Shad coverage! Plz! But you should cover his crazier videos so you don't get bored

[@jldavis337]

Black batman exists. Its Black Panther.

[@ConnorLonergan]

And Bat-Wing and a Black Bruce Wyane in some alternate earth since DC has a Multiverse

[@phaikia13]

Shad would be the guy who 100% believes that Imperium of Mankind in Warhammer 40k are ACTUALLY the good guys.

[@vksasdgaming9472]

They are not as bad as worst guys in that setting, but not as good as better guys either and those better guys aren't that good either being caste-based oligarchy.

[@Guitarmeister93]

Look, I'm a DC baby, I'm blissfully unaware of any storylines outside of the films, games, and animated films. Here is the handsdown best suicide squad narrative. Warner Bros, if you use this you owe me money. BATMAN has been kidnapped by DR. HUGO STRANGE and is being held captive in ARKHAM asylum. AMANDA WALLER is charging THE SUICIDE SQUAD with springing Batman and detaining Hugo Strange, as Waller has found evidence that Strange has leveraged Batman's wealth to enrich himself. The squad go on a wild adventure as MARTIAN MANHUNTER shows up to try to stop them from reaching Batman. This complicates things as he takes the members of the squad on a nightmare trip through their psyches. The squad eventually reach Batman, but he doesn't want to leave, as he's realized he's not well and is tired of fighting criminals. The Squad squares off with Batman in an attempt to take him away, but they can't win, and finally they all concede, and accept the fact they're dead meat. It's at this point that Martian Manhunter appears, revealing himself to be Alfred using his guerilla training. Batman has been going to therapy and realized the only way to help the suicide squad was to trick them into doing therapy too, with a little encouragement. Batman sees that his wealth isn't fixing Gotham and was using strange as a cover to slowly defund Waller's governmental programs and slowly improve Gotham's access to social programs, as he knew Waller would never accept his withdrawal of financial support. Batman's game has been completed and he asks the Suicide squad to help him Stop Waller, haven't thought past their, cape-shit ensues, the end. Love y'all, also DC I'm for real, if you use this pony up.

[@metalfan4u]

Ehh Waller wouldn't give a shit. Read the comics dawg.

[@kermitthorson9719]

flash would require some sort of super strength to carry people.

[@GundogPeacock]

Jake's opinion on Superman actually triggeree me, as much as Vaush's opinion on music triggered Jake.

[@dreaddjinn9623]

HEY. now that i have your attention. fuck shad, why so weird dawg?

[@NicholasMarshall]

Because he realized that the conservative anti-woke grift pays more then poorly researched medieval history.

[@MaxibonHR]

There is a black Batman currently in print, Jace Fox

[@nicolasmeisel]

30:52 - "and we are starting with Justice League again. Which is one those super edgy violent Justice League clones." What the what?

[@TheZombiemofo]

What is it with both Shad and Dim Fool with the constant mouth pops? Though at least Shad's can be partially blamed on bad audio calibration, Dim mouth pops whenever he says something incredibly stupid that he thinks is profound.

[@Techno_Bunny433]

I hate the suicide squad game because its a bad game, shad hates the it because it's about villains doing villain shit. We are not the same

[@solomonverrico]

I'm genuinely still baffled by the obsession DC has with pushing Suicide Squad into absolutely everything. They've made Amanda Waller an insufferable joke. Once upon a time she was interesting, now she's just if Batman had twice the plot armor and all the edgy.

[@goblined]

@@solomonverricobecause it’s the team “lead” by Harley. It’s purely a marketing thing. People like Harley Quinn, shove as many products with her in it as much you can.

[@Crowvoxia]

​@@solomonverrico Waller has always been a b*tch tho

[@NicholasMarshall]

I still don't get why people like Harley Quinn.

[@Techno_Bunny433]

@@NicholasMarshall she's kinda funny

[@kyuubisgirl3232]

Looking at the chat trying to talk about DC comics but some of them sound as knowledgeable as shad and his peasants here lol One person said “Teen Justice show” as if that was a thing that ever existed and one said Batman is a Gary Stu. Not defending Batman but that’s definitely not the right term to describe his character…

[@nkemnoraulmanfredini7286]

What do you mean by not defending Batman???

[@kentroberts2545]

Jake, i can agree to disagree but Im really confident you'd like Superman if you read Superman. He's pretty based and honestly they do what you said dragon ball does and just give him villains strong enough to hurt him.

[@NoFormalTraining]

1960's Adam West as Bruce Wayne actually did have a couple of charities going on to help reform criminals in his show. That's the campy, comedy classic that certain people think ruined The Bat, because of the comedy and lack of seriousness and so on, but at the same time, that show had Batman/Bruce Wayne trying to help ex cons become better people. I wouldn't be surprised if other iterations of Batman has Bruce Wayne doing this, but I think Batman in general has more of a rep for beating the living crap out of street level thugs rather than helping them live better, non criminal lives.

[@christophergreen6595]

28:15 Peacemaker is AMAZING. props to Cena for being a really woke jock.

[@sbushido5547]

gah...I always get that theme song stuck in my head. I guess now I have to go listen to it again.

[@MetaSynForYourSoul]

😂 Anybody else get a Suicide prevention ad before the video??

[@kermitthorson9719]

fluffy looks sooo sad and ashamed to still be there next to shad, he's just like "yea like whatever your mad about shad........kms"

[@lucasbechtol4126]

Gotta love the other two guys on the show. One just has a blank stare and the other has a "dear God, what is he really doing this" look.

[@groovegnome]

You ever play that TMNT game on NES @actualjake ?

[@Buddhabebop]

his name is literally impossible without "diversity". he needs to be quiet. ha

[@kermitthorson9719]

what is their complaints about the several evil justice league stories?

[@John-oh7st]

wait till they see the comics then they really will be triggered

[@kronos1794]

Martian manhunter aka better more compelling Superman.

[@albertcapley6894]

Inspector Gadget is a better Green Lantern than Green Lantern. I wanna like Green Lantern, the color scheme is cool, I dig it, magic ancient aliens ring of the history channel in HD? Little silly, but I'm down. But what he does with the ring is a web images search, and ever since Ask Jeeves or Dogpile became a thing I've liked lantern less and less. Go go Gadget thing-a-ma-jig? Now that shit slaps. Hard to tell if he's funny on purpose or on accident. Love that goofy cyborg.

[@albertcapley6894]

I can't believe these grown men are having like a "council" meeting to discuss how it hurts their fee fees to see a depiction of their favorite supers getting their asses handed to them. On it's face, this is an absurd contradiction of everything they are LARPing themselves to be, all the "warrior honor" bullshit, I've met religious people who could get past their favorite character being killed off, I mean c'mon

[@PressEnter42]

Is Shadiversity and How to be a Great GM the same person? I honestly can't tell

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

No. Guy is not even from the same continent as Shad thankfully.

[@mockingbird4346]

I usually agree superman sucks but I do think he can be a useful tool for a good story. Hes at his best either A. When he's evil or B. When the story is more about his psyche than action. He cant be the center of an action based story because he just always wins with minimal effort.

[@Havelinakyle]

the Suicide Squad game is basically just what if The Boys but actually in the DC universe

[@cardbazaargaming6012]

"Why is Batman problematic?" Another way to ask this same question is: "have you thought at all about the character we might pay you to write?"

[@dannymirjanovic8453]

The fact that its a live service game where you shoot generic shit with purple tumors for 15 hours isnt an issue tho

[@seanl7804]

Nobody show Shad Injustice.

[@LaBlueSkuld]

James Gunn's Justice League did poorly in the box office because of COVID issues, being released to HBO Max really quickly and people were hesitant because of the first one being a mess. But it WAS well-received critically.

[@ConnorLonergan]

Even more so when you account that James Gunn was hired to be the creative mind for the DCU

[@davidblank420]

The Avengers, Avenge? Well how dare they!

[@anymouse5056]

Thomas and Martha Wayne tried to solve these problems systemically. The other billionaires hired the mob to whack them. The problem with Bruce is that he never realized that what his parents tried could work, that he can't just get offed the same way because he's fricken batman, or went after the billionaires that had his parents killed directly.

[@jaimefillingim2293]

I didn’t play the game, but I watched a play through of it and the dialogue and story were actually really really good. 👍

[@ianking7511]

I'm sure the other two are assholes also, but I kinda feel like having to sit next to Shad for several hours is a punishment in itself. They never look happy about it.

[@FrancisR420]

Has he ever read a comic?

[@dorianleakey]

Only a few seconds in and wondering if Shad is going to be hypocritical over this use of the characters

[@dorianleakey]

And he is incredibly hypocritical over it, it's amazing how far he is taking his hypocrisy.

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

Uh oh... Nobody tell shativersity about Injustice. His poor little brain couldn't take it. "Heroes fighting heroes, OH THE HUMANITY!"

[@CrabCrow]

A truly "woke" game would be called: "Self-harm: Save your friends". Boomerang would not piss on the flash because that would be a macro aggression.

[@domm5715]

Jake, Batman, do donate to charity/ puts his money to systemically change the society, in every version of it I’ve ever seen… if you think one guy with billions can end all the crime in the city by giving it or buying ppl houses,etc is childish thinking…

[@ConnorLonergan]

He might not end all crime but he would do a massive dent to it

[@ianking7511]

I wonder what Shad's opinion of Game of Thrones is... I have a lot of critiques of GoT which are very similar to the things he says here, but I suspect for him blood and tits means it's really good actually.

[@ConnorLonergan]

Given he follows along the anti-woke narriative it is more likely "everything up till season 7 and 8 was fine." and maybe some anti-house of the dragon because a back guy till the show came out and he shuts up becuase the audience widely praised the show while Rings of Power came out roughly the same time and is disliked

[@Lucidtherealone]

The best superhero property is The Boys because honestly it's how it would be

[@NicholasMarshall]

I bet Shad thought that Homelander would get a redemption arc.

[@metalfan4u]

Specifically the show because the comic honestly sucks. 90% of it is just Garth being mad at DC for comic versions bratpack or invisibles do it way better. But also no they shouldn't all be like that dipstick.

[@armedweiss5531]

​@@NicholasMarshallI bet Shad thought that Homelander was the hero of the story

[@kingofsting19]

Rare Jake L take on Superman, especially to also like Goku. "I want Superman but with no weaknesses and I don't even have to think *once* while reading a story he's in." Edit: Also "Batman Found Family" is like 90% of the "creative" output for the character right now and it sucks. Every issue is: >Damien Wayne acts like a brat >One of the other sidekicks gets annoyed >Batman can't parent because he's emotionally constipated >Alfred tells him how to feel and what to do >Lame heart-to-heart >Repeat It's like Full House.

[@grutsthefoodman3645]

Dn, i came here to see shad be foolish not listen to vaush tier suphero takes

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

Why Squirrel Girl taking strays? She beat Thanos and Galactus, put some respecc on her name!

[@drew6145]

Weird I don't remember any mention of Bruce's race. And wealth barely made out to be the issue with him. Jokes at most. Was something about his take over like rest of JL. And fact playing as the SS the story isn't trying to cure them because villains

[@melbatoast.]

Okay but seriously Batman sucks. He could single-handedly pay for good mental health treatment but he’d rather beat them up. He won’t put them out of their misery but he sure will maim them

[@sophitiaofhyrule]

You should watch the 2022 Batman movie

[@EveCat2343]

Multiple depictions show Bruce funding mental health programs. He's also shown funding clinics, education, soup kitchens, and orphanages, among many others (there's like a whole Wikipedia page dedicated to his charity work). He tends to be depicted as the only thing keeping the city afloat. It's also shown that Bruce will not only former criminals but even his notable rouges to give them a 2nd chance. Bruce, when he's written well, is all about believing that people can change.

[@lathrios]

Idk….. it is an Avengers’ dating sim?

[@Blackname51230]

Yeah, its a game where you kill the Justice League. Could've been well-written and payed respect to the arkham games (which this is meant to be a sequel for) but they didn't.

[@The5armdamput33]

"Are we the baddies?"

[@Mulletdog1]

Good superman media is good when despite the opportunities to abuse the overwhelming power he has, he still end up doing the right thing and putting the needs of others before himself. Bad Superman media generally just does the “god among men” thing, but that ignores the fact that he was Clark Kent before he ever knew he had power. His humanity defines him

[@TootieVirus]

Also, I guess the people who made Force Unleashed hate Star Wars and its characters because Starkiller gets to violently massacre the entire Rebel Alliance and all of the protagonists in its AU levels 😂

[@TheFuronMothership]

Spider-Man is the best hero ever Shad can fucking fight me.

[@thebigreddub]

It's nice to hear that Jake agrees with my opinion that Batman is better when he's Dare Devil.