When Heroes Were Real

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[@brandonspain12345]

When you look at these pics, it goes to show you that you can totally give characters colorful spandex in realistic gritty environments and they don't look out-of-place, laughable or kitschy looking.

[@Marchew1200]

Even if it looks kitschy it still looks pretty awsome

[@bryceontheloops]

ive been saying this for ages, a truly skilled filmmaker could easily make it look realistic

[@royleyva197]

"What if these comic stories weren't merely fictional creations, what if they were cryptic records of actual figures" Sounds a lot like Mr. Glass's theory from Unbreakable Edit: Just finished the video, nice work

[@WarpingFist]

oh, I haven't seen Unbreakable so I'm surprised that concepts been explored.

[@royleyva197]

@@WarpingFist Yeah, the movie does a solid job of doing it, so I recommend it

[@artispatterson5427]

This is true of Marvel and DC. I personally have telepathy and can influence and control minds among other things. I have seen a couple other people with capabilities that one would consider “superpowers”. I have a theory that characters like Batman were created to inspire individuals to join agencies the FBI and CIA, the same way the movie Top Gun may inspire one to join the air force.

[@Chuck_EL]

I mean there's records of people who can stay in water that's as cold as liquid nitrogen without any side effects A boy born blind was able to use echolocation that was superhuman Humans able to see infrared light and can see the entire UV electromagnetic spectrum A man who was beaten up to the point he was a coma , woke up and is able to do any math equation within seconds without a calculator A woman who is able to read any book and can remember every single word to a T A woman who was Frozen for 5 hours was clinically dead and survived with no side effects

[@Ash-Winchester]

@@artispatterson5427 You were born psychic?

[@callmejacob3234]

I miss when people actually appreciated superheroes and didn't criticize every little thing they do.

[@rvght_]

same

[@seanemery1917]

Same here. Now these days, fundamentalists especially hate them due to their origins being connected to ancient gods, which are demons to the fundies, or believe that they are trying to take God's place

[@gastari429]

Same, but imo the problem is the studios overproduction of the superhero media, it was better when they were confined to the comix realm and had occasional self contained movies or series that may reference other heroes but ultimately are NOT part of a broader cinematic universe

[@skandto]

maybe these companies should put actual care into writing again

[@ellugerdelacruz2555]

​@seanemery1917 Ironically, some superheroes are actually based on Biblical Characters: You have Moses/Jesus with Superman and Apostle Paul with Iron-man. Even Nightcrawler, Daredevil, and Zatara are religious.

[@BlueInk404]

The green goblin footage was definitely my favorite, it seemed like one of their battles and just some person recording it

[@thegreatacolyt1277]

@@BlueInk404 cool

[@WarpingFist]

Yeah, it gives off such a weird feeling

[@crispedraptorstudios8729]

​@@WarpingFistDo you have the link to the video?

[@theuncannymrwilks]

It’s from an old universal studios stunt show, Disney Dan did a pretty good video on them recently.

[@theamazingasherbukenya9]

@@WarpingFist where is the source of the video?

[@SpideyMinion5432]

the clip where green goblin was fighting spiderman was at universal

[@dukeheavens9990]

Shut up , it's about Superman

[@SpideyMinion5432]

@@dukeheavens9990 its about super heroes

[@dukeheavens9990]

@@SpideyMinion5432 superman

[@SpideyMinion5432]

@@dukeheavens9990 no super heroes

[@SOULFORESAKER]

When I was a kid and teen, I considered El Zorro more as a historical person than a fictional character. Especially since I never saw a book or drawing of him to even cathegorize him as fictional.

[@ashura9706]

I’m 21 and this is how I found out Zorro is a fictional character. I thought he was based on a real person, or myth at least.

[@cochayuyo1084]

He was based on Joaquin Murrieta

[@Purpleboi0]

all the clips and photos from the 60s and 80s just give me this undeniable sense of comfort and hope ESPECIALLY the Superman and Spider-Man ones. there really does need to (in my personal opinion) a short document style film about a superhero

[@tobiaspegues7318]

Those Bvs airline commercials were amazing

[@WarpingFist]

I was hoping for a BVS kfc commerical as well

[@yansantiago8309]

It makes me think of the idea that maybe much later on in humanity's history, people will look back at these figures that were deemed as fictional super-heroes into actual myth? Similar to some of the deities and heroic figures from ancient religions / stories.

[@WarpingFist]

Condiment King rising to the levels of greek legend? sign me up baby.

[@starlit2135]

Big wheel becoming a god like figure? Sounds good to me

[@beans4126]

@@WarpingFist can't wait for my descendants to be a part of the church of Dog-welder

[@allanorme2093]

Kite-Man becoming the next King Arthur would be amazing

[@WarpingFist]

@beans4126 sounds more like a cult

[@SnakeRoadComicsOfficial3677]

Mark Millar's Wanted had the same idea: Superheroes once existing in the real world until the villains won and erased everyones memories of them existing outside of media.

[@jamesjackson6563]

To me, when it comes to artist work, Alex Ross always made superheroes seem real, just through his portraits. Like, really, i love how he paints Superman and Spider-Man. But to all of us, these characters are real. 💯 good video warping fist.

[@doopdoopdopdop7424]

He brings Adam West and Christopher Reeve style suits to life.

[@AshrafAnam]

Well yeah but the costumes looked cheap cosplay. He should've made the costumes look realistic too.

[@doopdoopdopdop7424]

They did look realistic. Unless you want absolutely everything to look like rubber armor.

[@jamesjackson6563]

@doopdoopdopdop7424 he definitely does. I like the Large S he puts on superman's chest.

[@doopdoopdopdop7424]

Definitely the most faithfully anyone’s translated the original deigns into a realistic form.

[@theotakupunk3484]

Alan Moore claims that he met John Constantine in real life and there are other writers who claim the same thing

[@lewisaino]

Grant Morrison lol

[@WarpingFist]

yeah, it was me

[@marko-gj1uj]

Alan Moore sounds chill like this sometimes. That's what I like about him.

[@AudibleFist]

I wish more superhero movies had this element of real gritty grounded photos and videos in them instead of relying on the characters being in it themselves. Like some of it should be as blurry as a bigfoot video since not everyone is an expert.

[@AshrafAnam]

@AudibleFist Zack Snyder's movies make them look very real and grounded even in fantastical or escapist settings.

[@tbynlogan]

Mark Millar wrote the comics Wanted and, its sequel after many years, Big Game about this, where superheroes were real one time, but all the villains teamed up and got rid of them, and then erased everyone else's memories to forget about them. However, people had a tiny part of them that were straining to remember, and this came out in the form of comics, movies, and tv shows.

[@gold_italian]

And then the goat himself, Dave lizewski AKA Kick-Ass brought back the concept of heroes single handedly

[@shaikhfaruque5573]

*There's a Star-Man Waiting in The Sky, He'd Like To Come And Meet Us, But He Thinks He'd Blow Our Minds*

[@JoeChillton]

This reminds me of the speech from Unbreakable where Jackson's character theorizes that comics are just translations passed down from previous thought of myths but proven to be true.

[@WarpingFist]

Man, I gotta watch that film soon

[@JoeChillton]

@@WarpingFist it's spectacular. Feels so quaint now.

[@derekpayneszubliminals7723]

I remember a classmate of mine joking that superheroes are actually in hiding and in retirement like in Incredibles and one time after a video on Mark Millar's WANTED where the dude talks about how the comics and movies were actually based off in-universe superheroes being real but no one knows because they were just passed off as just fictional characters.

[@WarpingFist]

At this point, i'd like to believe that heroes did exist and we just all forgot or something.

[@allanorme2093]

@@WarpingFist Charles Xavier erased our memories

[@kwayneboy1524]

​@@allanorme2093Brain Blast

[@SickIncKamikaze]

Maybe it's like Dragon Ball Z. They exist in our world, but they wipe our memory every time they beat the villain and reverse whatever world-ending cataclysm thinned the population. That's why we never remember.

[@doublestarships646]

We have a strong connection with these archetypes that they manifest into our world in a charming say. They're important.

[@bobsheese6690]

The picture of Homelander in 2:14 and the context of this video gave me a sense of dread.

[@fredalejandro9932]

This such a facinating concept. The fact that such figures existed not so long ago that you have compeling evidence of their existance but enough time has passed that there is still doubt about they're existance. It is both inspiring and melancholic, nostalgic even.

[@WarpingFist]

Who knows. Maybe your great grandfather was a hero

[@TheLostChromosome]

I personally think (if earth is still around) this is how the species of the future will view Comicbook characters. As Mythological creatures of a forgotten time. The same way we now view Greek Myth.

[@yeez13]

I’m reminded of Flex Mentallo by Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely here. Some have even mentioned meeting John Constantine (pronounced Kahn-Stan-Tyne) IRL, which is another subtle allusion to what Morrison wrote about in Flex Mentallo. [Spoilers if you haven’t read it; you should because it’s just incredible and life-changing stuff…] One of the major themes he talks on is how Fictional Characters are or were actually “real” in another universe/timeline and they send out messages to us in another world as “ideas” or “concepts” that we’d either learned to forget from societal conditioning or have always known all along but weren’t ready to “go there” to explore them. Kind of like a dying universe sending its very own record/findings out to whoever can “tune into it” and transcribe them into stories/fiction. So, in a way, Fiction is just a different reality than our own and we don’t know it (or even comprehend how)! I could go on for DAYS about what the story goes into, but I feel like this idea is similar to how characters we created in our own reality are modeled after ones that existed or possibly did and how those factors inspire us 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@KuWota2k]

1:12 Hi Ultraman 4:05 Hi Godzilla 4:15 Hi Ryuga 8:14 Hi Behemoth

[@DrFranklynAnderson]

I’d love to see a found footage movie from a full-on superhero universe. Not like Chronicle, more Cloverfield except the normal people are running from a supervillain attack and catch footage of their established, Avengers-style team battling bad guys and saving citizens.

[@highspeedtarantado]

love this video, it totally got me into perspective, was expecting actual real life heroes, but the implication of shots being taken or found footage and how this effect is achieved was really great

[@kwayneboy1524]

I suggest looking up Gotham 1919

[@highspeedtarantado]

@@kwayneboy1524 it looks amazing, the joker looks scary

[@kwayneboy1524]

@@highspeedtarantado you should see the Manbat and Harley designs as those are creepy.

[@originalmothman1]

There were many competing theories but researchers have found Spiderman's identity was a man named Ben Reilly.

[@WarpingFist]

Weird. I heard it was peter porker

[@ryanlozano9086]

@@WarpingFistI heard it was Peter Parker

[@WarpingFist]

@ryanlozano9086 cap, no way that nerd is Spider-Man

[@ryanlozano9086]

@@WarpingFist he never was the same after he got bit by that spider and his bully who turned into that spider abomination that makes you into its skin

[@donnae1899]

I Thought It Was Miles Morales

[@sebastianrizvic]

I've compiled these types of photos for so long and I have absolutely loved the feelings of realness they invoke. Seeing someone make a video exactly about that is so fucking awesome.

[@WarpingFist]

You...me....same

[@royallynifty5150]

You picked a really cool subject for this video! Youre always on that shit man youre one of my favourite youtubers

[@bensadfleck9972]

This video reminds me of the book Gotham 1919 to 1939 It's basically a story of the batman mythos if they happened in the 20th century, I really love how they capture the old camera style

[@Darius-b4q]

4:13 the way Batman looks here is creepy

[@therealriddler2173]

To be fair, striking fear into criminals is kinda his whole thing.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

This is what Batman looks like in the perspective of Gotham citizens and in the eyes of criminals.

[@Coldishere]

When warpingfist uploads its always fire 🐐

[@DuvanetteDavies]

Ultraman in real life would be scary af

[@TheI.M.R]

Great video! I remember watching a video called "THE BATMAN 1983: LA PELICULA MAS FIEL A LOS COMICS JAMAS HECHA"" wich uses a particular thumbnail of a realistic batman that video awakened in me the feelings that you describe in your video

[@randoapplebigcheese6169]

Watchmen showed to me that yeah superheroes should just stay in fiction

[@cadden9938]

I feel like these photos have a similar vibe to liminal spaces.

[@Socksydeeryenaboi]

This is a cool theory, I wanna get into these images and imagine just what it would be like if these heroes and villains were real and just lost to time

[@khaiyyaamzaman2287]

4:12 that batman image just scared me

[@TheFilmFanatic_Handle]

Just discovered your channel and dang its awesome!

[@WarpingFist]

Thanks

[@wnerko7484]

These photos capture a vibe that the movies cant

[@donnae1899]

Imagine Video Game Characters Like Mario And Sonic In These Scenarios

[@step2807]

I love the phone footage of a different angle at the start of flash season 5 episode 4 when barry and nora stop the satelite and arrow season 7 episode 12 which is a documentary

[@WarpingFist]

I haven’t seen The Flash in years so I had no idea they did something like this.

[@GLUBNOIR]

Looking at things like these, it just makes me wonder what our world would look like of these superheros were actually real people.

[@samhighvoltage]

Vid goes hard Altho "maybe that they belong to such extraordinary worlds isn't such a bad thing" Me: "Why isn't it possible?!"

[@emeraldphoenix5868]

I didn't know about this until now.

[@WarpingFist]

It’s a cool idea but pretty niche i’d say

[@DexterWhite-v8i]

When you're old enough to recognize the footage.....

[@Ash-Winchester]

Alan Moore (the man who made v for vendetta, Watchmen and The league of extraordinary gentlemen) literally met john Constantine, the John Constantine he created, twice. Not some cosplayer, this was after the character was first created, so no one really knew about him, yet. The first time alan met John was in a sandwich bar where john just looked at him and nodded at him. The second time was on the streets of london where john told alan: I'll tell you the ultimate secret of magic. Anyone could do it. (He didn't say anyone he said any c-word could do it, but my comment might get deleted if I spell it out.)

[@POWMedia17]

When I was a kid, those airline commercials made me think Gotham and Metropolis were real places

[@sneakyfox5]

I love this concept! I think it about it quite often myself!

[@kwayneboy1524]

This reminds me of that Gotham 1919 book

[@VHSHero]

If you are interested in a fantastic example of this, you'd love 'Gotham 1919-1939' by Giant Panda King. It's a book written as if it were a real historical account of an early 20th century Gotham with in world historical images and documents. It's a great topic to make a video over too, if you so feel.

[@WarpingFist]

Id love to talk about it eventually

[@Man77772]

Is it an actual DC novel ?

[@redmax6167]

for aliens could be reality (it was your best video)

[@thepeanutgallery6100]

My friend and I one time had a theory that what if the things we create become reality in another universe. Like what if we could create different universes with our imagination?

[@NadeemShekh-uy9zn]

Sounds like unbreakable and split

[@Man77772]

Split and glass were low key weird movies. Glass went from horror movie to a weird superhero type movie. I didn’t like the change of pace the two movies randomly had

[@poolboyinla]

Great job on this.

[@altalia07]

Oh man I absolutely love Alex Ross art-style. some parts in the books I have to wonder if he even drew it or if it's a awesome photo

[@zoinksscoob5077]

The pic of ultraman at 1:13 feels surreal. Awesome video dude

[@joelmartinez-ortega347]

It's all fun and games until you turn to the back and says "based on a true story"💀💀💀

[@kwayneboy1524]

Imagine it said that during the credits to Endgame.

[@Wafuo]

i wish superheros were real sadge

[@d.j.mulcahy1657]

Interesting video. Gives me a lot of ideas for my own stories. Another example I’d mention is the film adaptation of Watchmen, because one of its bonus features on DVD was a fake documentary about past events in the Watchmen universe.

[@evanneal1039]

Here's a sobering idea: what if in a prior timeline or lifetime, superheroes did exist... and they had their own Secret Wars/Crisis on Infinite Earths event. Yet before the universe could be rebooted, the sole surviving hero made a harrowing realization: this will only happen again, and again, and again. For as long as superheroes exist, humanity will always get the short end of the stick. So as one last heroic act for the better of mankind, they allowed a new timeline to start, one without superheroes, and that... is our current timeline. Yet their sacrifice was not in vain, as Gardner Fox put forth, our comic writers foresaw memories of past exploits from prior universes, taking it as "inspiration."

[@The_Real_DrMagic]

I thought this video was gonna be about Phoenix jones😂

[@rpmblack7892]

I love this video please make 12 more milked to death parts. This just captures my child like imagination and hey I saw kamen rider in there.

[@therandomcarguy77]

1:12 Ultraman referenced🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[@ScarletStudios001]

Ultraman and Kaiju fan here! 🤝

[@HR-ZR-wn5ql]

I’m not gonna lie. I was really into the RLSH stuff for a while. I was hardcore really into the whole Phoenix Jones thing and stuff. It’s a little unrelated, but I really wish that it was still popular. The idea of superheroes existing in our world was just freakin’ awesome to me.

[@CB1018ZRofficial]

4:15 that's cool shot of Kamen Rider Ryuki

[@KuWota2k]

Ryuga, actually. It's from the movie.

[@CB1018ZRofficial]

@@KuWota2k I see I haven't seen Ryuki yet

[@cicadaplum]

The new Superman bts photos evoked this exact feeling.

[@Socksydeeryenaboi]

I wish Superman was real

[@Legendary4869-5]

Agreed

[@jared3747]

I thought I was the only one who secretly suspected the superheroes got "thanos snapped" from our timeline pls help get our heroes back to our dimension!

[@ishguy524]

You should cover the tron films, i like how this documentation was done

[@ArcTrooper269]

@@ishguy524 100% Agree, that saga is a masterpiece, specially Uprising

[@Some_Joker]

Art imitates life. An artist finds inspiration from the real world.

[@veryupstandinguy]

Warpingfist please never stop uploading

[@jeffreycoogan09]

A world without Heroes Is like a world without a Sun You can't look up to anyone. Without Heroes And a world without Heroes Is like a never-ending race Is like a time without a place A pointless thing, devoid of grace. In a world without dreams Things are no more than they seem And a world without Heroes Is like a Bird without wings Or a Bell that never rings Just a sad and useless thing. (Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Lou Reed and Bob Ezrin)

[@VibingJon]

This video is really well made and such a fun though expe- 4:15 KAMEN RIDER?!?!?!

[@thecrAZYconrade]

that spiderman is the best spiderman in that one clip that is the spiderman Hollywood will never get right.

[@Deadpool_hates_the_universe]

If Superman was real I hope he didn't hear us use the bathroom.

[@MrWhchrd]

You might be interested in Gotham 1919-1939. It's a fan book about Gotham if it was real during those times and the effect Batman had on Gotham at the time. It go through his whole history and villains. There are even pages about the justice league, or at least has a photo of all the members together (I don't actually own the book myself, I'm trying to get my hands on it). There is a KZbin series on each chapter of the book, each video being a different villain. The series is by Batfeed

[@dingleberry7593]

4:15 Based Any chance you’ll do a video about Kamen Rider Ryuki or other Kamen Rider shows?

[@Sparlsmaster]

This is hilarious but cool to watch.

[@icarusgaming6269]

You really need to watch the Gotham 1939 docuseries

[@ironbot2226]

KAMEN RIDER MENTIONED RAHHHHH 💪💪💪💪💪

[@wnerko7484]

Anthony Michael Hall...didnt know he was in the Nolan classics

[@phantomtennisasmr]

2:14 "Uh-oh"

[@wnerko7484]

New movies REALLY need to reevaluate how they are made

[@bigcat7508]

real

[@Freddyzilla]

real

[@pizzatime4204]

real

[@javelin-4442]

real

[@RamdeenStudios]

Please do a telling of the cancelled Fantastic Four 3 (Rise of the Silver Surfer sequel)

[@johnremizeztomilloso158]

4:15 is that Ryuki!

[@KuWota2k]

Ryuga. Notice the eyes. The shot is from the movie.

[@johnremizeztomilloso158]

@@KuWota2k what specific movie of ryuki?

[@KuWota2k]

@@johnremizeztomilloso158 Episode Final. It's specifically Ryuga's introduction. The picture itself is behind the scenes of that moment.

[@johnremizeztomilloso158]

@@KuWota2k Oh no wander i didn't recognize Ryuga!

[@Toatekaha]

2:13 now that guy, is the real hero.

[@lewisaino]

So Earth Prime being here ?

[@WarpingFist]

Yes, we are the earth in which all spun off from

[@lewisaino]

@@WarpingFist So Hokuto no Ken is a Nuclear War Warning?

[@CarderoConstant-zb1wc]

Technically we live on Earth 1218 where superheroes are fictional and media but people in the real world dress up as superheroes and fight crime that’s the Real Life Superhero Movement we basically live in a real life superhero universe where superheroes are costumed vigilantes like Kickass

[@danielgiessen7525]

My brother really put a image of shin ultraman like noone would notice

[@Montagne1234]

Heros are real They just dont wear capes

[@abhishekmukherjee1680]

In Hinduism it's said that there was a character called ashwatthama who had survived battle of Mahabharat and is still roaming around jungles of India, even for lord Hanuman 🙏🏼

[@thejedikid7624]

Some people would disagree with that statement at the end and say that an ordinary existence sucks I mean I think it's boring

[@ImJusMoney]

amazing video! happy 4th of july

[@Gomora-w8x]

4:06 so let me get this straight. The Japanese military in an alternate universe has to deal with Godzilla if so, they all screwed.

[@raheemaslam7363]

4:15 Ryuki?!

[@JonathanGift-b3t]

lovely as always

[@harshitdubey3224]

homlander is uncanny old baby

[@chechilcheeser]

4:17 KAMEN RIDER RYUKI

[@chechilcheeser]

Or Ryuga

[@rhinuu045]

4:36 mans sitting like L

[@janhanger]

elon musk is a gamer that is the closest thing he is iron man