| 1 | Quotes from ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall''. |
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| 5 | [[folder: Theme Songs]] |
| 6 | ->''Welcome to ''Atop the Fourth Wall'', where bad comics burn.\ |
| 7 | Linkara's gonna teach you all a lesson you won't learn.\ |
| 8 | Brodsky-— You're not the smartest\ |
| 9 | [[Creator/RobLiefeld Liefeld]]-- You're not an artist\ |
| 10 | Anyone who's had a bad comic published— It could be your turn\ |
| 11 | LINKARA! HE IS A MAN! *PUNCH*! Wears a purdy hat\ |
| 12 | LINKARA! He has a magic gun... Where'd he purchase that?\ |
| 13 | LINKARA! Coins, robots, Amazons, and trucks.\ |
| 14 | LINKARA! This! Comic! SUCKS!\ |
| 15 | Linkara sits down nonetheless, and forces himself through it.\ |
| 16 | A poorly-written, ugly mess, but someone's gotta do it.\ |
| 17 | And it's right about time he did;\ |
| 18 | They made ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'' without the slimy squid!\ |
| 19 | And he'll have you know that that's pretty low,\ |
| 20 | but not quite like the standards of the 90s Kid.\ |
| 21 | Setting ablaze crossovers, one-shots, and tie-ins,\ |
| 22 | Linkara stands in reality-defiance\ |
| 23 | Atop the fourth wall, looking down on us all.\ |
| 24 | "Of course! Don't you know anything about science?"\ |
| 25 | There would be better books on his show,\ |
| 26 | but [[Creator/JoeQuesada Quesada]] sold them to [[ComicBook/OneMoreDay Mephisto]],\ |
| 27 | and now there's nothing left to do\ |
| 28 | but share the scrapings at the bottom of the barrel with you.\ |
| 29 | LINKARA! (Atop the Fourth Wall) HE IS A MAN! *PUNCH*! What's that on his arm?\ |
| 30 | LINKARA! (Atop the Fourth Wall) Can't seem to fix the Continuity Alarm.\ |
| 31 | LINKARA! (Atop the Fourth Wall) Rock and roll, [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Insano]], some feller in a tux.\ |
| 32 | LINKARA! (Atop the Fourth Wall) This! Comic! SUCKS!\ |
| 33 | LINKARA!'' |
| 34 | -->-- '''Vincent E.L''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poI5dBNien0 Gunslinger Theme, original version]] |
| 35 | |
| 36 | ->Welcome to Atop the Fourth Wall, where Yuletide Candles burn\ |
| 37 | Linkara's gonna give you all a present you've not earned\ |
| 38 | Creator/DougMoench, he's not the brightest\ |
| 39 | Creator/FrankMiller, you're off the Nice List\ |
| 40 | If you're a comic writer who misuses a licence, your gift will be returned!\ |
| 41 | Digging through the shelves, for the kind of comic books\ |
| 42 | That would turn Santa's elves, into common crooks.\ |
| 43 | He reads them and he weeps, while down the chimney creeps\ |
| 44 | Bill Jemas with a ComicBook/{{Marville}} Trade to watch him when he sleeps\ |
| 45 | Linkara!\ |
| 46 | He builds a snowman! *PUNCH!* Now it has a hole!\ |
| 47 | Linkara!\ |
| 48 | Eight maids-a-milking and a ComicBook/{{Youngblood|ImageComics}} Troll\ |
| 49 | Linkara!\ |
| 50 | Only one [[Creator/CharlesDickens Dickens]] homage away from going Chestnuts!\ |
| 51 | Linkara!\ |
| 52 | This Christmas comic sucks! |
| 53 | -->-- '''Vincent E.L.''': The Gunslinger Theme (Christmas Version) |
| 54 | |
| 55 | ->Welcome to Atop the Lightbulb, [[RunningGag where bad lamps burn out]]\ |
| 56 | Linkara's gonna teach you all, a couple things about\ |
| 57 | Lightbulbs that catch fire\ |
| 58 | Lampshades that also catch fire\ |
| 59 | If you don't like lamps, you're a liar, and you can get the fuck out\ |
| 60 | Linkara!\ |
| 61 | He's not a lamp! But! [[LampshadeHanging He wears a lampshade!]]\ |
| 62 | Linkara!\ |
| 63 | He has a magic lamp! Where was it made?\ |
| 64 | Linkara!\ |
| 65 | Wire! Plugs! That's a Chandelier!\ |
| 66 | Linkara!\ |
| 67 | [[BlatantLies No! Comics! Here!]]\ |
| 68 | LINKARA!! |
| 69 | -->-- '''Vincent E.L.''': The Gunslinger Theme ([[WebVideo/ForgetAboutIt SadPanda's version]]) |
| 70 | |
| 71 | ->I'm sitting on my couch, reviewing comics\ |
| 72 | The worst ones that you will ever see\ |
| 73 | It's said that comic books are for geeks\ |
| 74 | But they're not, they're for everybody!\ |
| 75 | Linkaaaaara!\ |
| 76 | Linkaaaaara!\ |
| 77 | If you doubt that I am a man...\ |
| 78 | [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I. Am. A. Man!]] |
| 79 | -->-- '''Soren Beck''': ''[=AT4W=]'' closing theme (used sporadically since 2009, but not fully used until late 2012) |
| 80 | |
| 81 | -> ''Welcome to'' Atop the Fourth Wall, ''where bad comics burn.\ |
| 82 | Linkara’s gonna teach you all a lesson you won’t learn.\ |
| 83 | What’s with these awkward subjects?\ |
| 84 | Why’s all this art so rubbish?\ |
| 85 | To anyone who’s had a bad comic published, it could be your turn.\ |
| 86 | LINKARA! HE IS A MAN! *PUNCH*! Wears a purdy hat!\ |
| 87 | LINKARA! He has a magic gun…where’d he purchase that?\ |
| 88 | LINKARA! Cows, muscles, some trope he deconstructs!\ |
| 89 | LINKARA! This! Comic! SUCKS!\ |
| 90 | Linkara sits down nonetheless, and forces himself through it.\ |
| 91 | A poorly-written, ugly mess, but someone’s gotta do it.\ |
| 92 | It may look like this time he’s screwed,\ |
| 93 | And you might just find him in a fiery mood,\ |
| 94 | And if it may seem a bit extreme,\ |
| 95 | That’s fine in the eyes of the 90s Dude.\ |
| 96 | Setting ablaze crossovers, one-shots, and tie-ins,\ |
| 97 | Linkara stands in reality defiance\ |
| 98 | Atop the fourth wall, looking down on us all.\ |
| 99 | “Of course! Don’t you know anything about science?”\ |
| 100 | There would be better books on his show,\ |
| 101 | But Quesada sold them to Mephisto\ |
| 102 | And now there’s nothing left to do,\ |
| 103 | But share the scrapings at the bottom of the barrel with you.\ |
| 104 | LINKARA! (Atop the Fourth Wall) HE IS A MAN *PUNCH*! Sporadically a grouch!\ |
| 105 | LINKARA! (Atop the Fourth Wall) He has his own spaceship, but he’s always on his couch.\ |
| 106 | LINKARA! (Atop the Fourth Wall) Ghosts, gods, a universe in flux!\ |
| 107 | LINKARA! (Atop the Fourth Wall) This! Comic! SUCKS!\ |
| 108 | LINKARA!'' |
| 109 | -->-- '''Vincent E.L.''' Gunslinger Theme, new version (first played in Episode 600, becomes permanent following the start of 2021) |
| 110 | |
| 111 | ->Stood [[TitleDrop Atop the Fourth Wall]]\ |
| 112 | Mocking for y'all\ |
| 113 | Comics appalling\ |
| 114 | Feet strong,\ |
| 115 | Still standing tall\ |
| 116 | Not gonna fall\ |
| 117 | Gonna follow his calling\ |
| 118 | [[ShroudedInMyth Some say]], [[MemeticMutation he is a man]]\ |
| 119 | Just a comic book fan\ |
| 120 | But nobody's certain\ |
| 121 | [[TheHero A champion]]\ |
| 122 | Magic gun in his hand\ |
| 123 | Fighting since it began\ |
| 124 | Until after the Curtain\ |
| 125 | Our magnificent comic defender is here\ |
| 126 | [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast with a name that makes publishers tremble in fear]]\ |
| 127 | Linkara! [[TitleDrop Atop The Fourth Wall]]\ |
| 128 | He knows what to do when the world is in flux\ |
| 129 | Also, he's read your book and he thinks that it sucks\ |
| 130 | Linkara! Atop the Fourth Wall\ |
| 131 | From a parallel world,\ |
| 132 | Stepped Doctor Linksano.\ |
| 133 | They say it's not science,\ |
| 134 | But hey, what do they know?\ |
| 135 | He's not really a threat\ |
| 136 | For a genius, he hasn't accomplished much yet\ |
| 137 | ...Unlike some unwelcome gifts\ |
| 138 | That also have managed to slip through the rifts\ |
| 139 | But [[MultiversalConqueror Lord Vyce]], is a thing of the past\ |
| 140 | And it seems [[EvilDoppelganger Mechakara's]] been finally trashed...\ |
| 141 | [[TheEndOrIsIt ...Right?]]\ |
| 142 | When evil, growing like cancer\ |
| 143 | Got Boffo the Clown, and the Ninja-Style Dancer,\ |
| 144 | Linkara, stepped up to the plate\ |
| 145 | Grabbed onto the fate\ |
| 146 | Of the world and defeated the hate\ |
| 147 | Inside 90's kid\ |
| 148 | Doing again what he always did the best...\ |
| 149 | ... For that's what he does,\ |
| 150 | All the while burning bad comics because...\ |
| 151 | Our magnificent comic defender is here\ |
| 152 | [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast with a name that makes publishers tremble in fear]]\ |
| 153 | Linkara! [[TitleDrop Atop The Fourth Wall]]\ |
| 154 | He knows what to do when the world is in flux\ |
| 155 | Also, he's read your book and he thinks that it sucks\ |
| 156 | Linkara! [[TitleDrop Atop the Fourth Wall]]\ |
| 157 | [[Wrestling/UltimateWarrior When Destrucity strikes]],\ |
| 158 | He stands in the way,\ |
| 159 | With Harvey Finevoice, Pollo, and Nimue.\ |
| 160 | As both allies and enemies come and go,\ |
| 161 | [[MidReviewSketchShow A changed status quo never disrupts the show]].\ |
| 162 | With shallowness blatant on every page,\ |
| 163 | Expect in return Adamantium Rage.\ |
| 164 | All issues addressed,\ |
| 165 | But his job is not done,\ |
| 166 | There's no day of rest\ |
| 167 | [[CoolStarship Aboard Comicron-1]].\ |
| 168 | Our magnificent comic defender is here\ |
| 169 | [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast with a name that makes publishers tremble in fear]]\ |
| 170 | Linkara! [[TitleDrop Atop The Fourth Wall]]\ |
| 171 | He knows what to do when the world is in flux\ |
| 172 | Also, he's read your book and he thinks that it sucks\ |
| 173 | Linkara! [[TitleDrop Atop the Fourth Wall]]\ |
| 174 | Linkara! WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall! |
| 175 | -->-- '''Vincent E.L.''': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdXtMPkHnqI The Ballad of Linkara]], from the 200th episode and 300th episode. |
| 176 | [[/folder]] |
| 177 | [[folder: Review Segments]] |
| 178 | ->"What plan?! She ''planned'' for Air Force One to be brought down? She ''planned'' to get knocked unconscious by Franchise/{{Batman}}? She ''planned'' for the Bana to purportedly to be the real enemy only they're not, thus making their entire sub-plot utterly, totally, completely worthless??!" |
| 179 | -->-- '''Linkara''''s commentary on Circe's "[[GambitRoulette master plan]]" in ''ComicBook/AmazonsAttack''. |
| 180 | |
| 181 | ->"Let this be a lesson, kids--when debating, solve your disagreements not with words, but by screaming 'I AM A MAN!', and punching them in the guts." |
| 182 | -->-- '''Linkara''' in his ''ComicBook/SupermanAtEarthsEnd'' review, unknowingly introducing what would become one of his {{catchphrase}}s. |
| 183 | |
| 184 | ->"[[WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief Suspension of Disbelief]] doesn't throw away all logic. It just allows me to believe that there are [[Franchise/TheFlash people that can run really fast]] or [[ComicBook/MartianManhunter aliens that can shapeshift living among humans.]]" |
| 185 | -->-- '''Linkara''' |
| 186 | |
| 187 | ->"Is there no honor among ninjas and ninja-style dancers?! Such a feud could likely result in [[CoolVersusAwesome an alliance between pirates and ninja-style dancers]]! I’m sorry, but I frankly think the phrase “Ninja-style Dancers” is up there among greatest comic book lines in all of history." |
| 188 | -->-- '''Linkara''' on ''Nightcat'''s "ninja-style dancers" |
| 189 | |
| 190 | ->"And so he upgrades his rig into a technologically advanced super-rig with ''radars'' and ''weapons'' and the like. But the most patently ridiculous part of this is the remote control he has for his truck ''that's inside of a silver dollar''. And next he'll teach us how to put a TV remote inside of a quarter! Or how about a gun inside of a nickel!?" |
| 191 | -->-- '''Linkara''', "Top 15 WTF Moments in Bad Comics": #6: US-1's silver dollar remote control |
| 192 | |
| 193 | ->"Gee, it's almost as if the villainous, psychotic, manipulative, crazy-green-scientist-man who calls himself 'The Jackal' was lying or something. Who would've guessed?" |
| 194 | -->-- '''Linkara''''s commentary on ''[[ComicBook/TheCloneSaga Maximum Clonage]]'' when the Jackal orders Spidercide to kill Kane to Kane's surprise. |
| 195 | |
| 196 | ->'''Linkara:''' You know, what is it about {{Ancient Egypt}}ian artifacts that they always seem to have magic powers? Think about it: ComicBook/BlackAdam got his powers from ''another'' mystical scarab, all the [[{{Mummy}} mummies]] that pop up because of necklaces and jewels... Oh, and let's not forget about the artifact that makes you [[Franchise/YuGiOh want to play card games for the rest of your life]]. And to get through all this crap, you have to pass insurmountable odds in Franchise/IndianaJones-esque fashion, and more than one person would ''die'' along the way. It seems to me that Ancient Egypt was a freaking death trap! Screw archaeology! Ever think there was a '''reason''' this crap was buried?! |
| 197 | ->'''Disclaimer:''' Warning! The views of Linkara may not reflect the views of the producers of ''Atop the Fourth Wall''... which is actually Linkara, so make of that what you will. |
| 198 | -->-- ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'' Tribute |
| 199 | |
| 200 | ->So begins them [[[Comicbook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Triplicate Girl and Karate Kid]]] traveling around trying to find a cure for his [Karate Kid's] disease. Wait a second, I just realized something. These two are running around looking for a cure. Bob [the Monitor]'s group is running around looking for Ray Palmer. [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Jimmy [Olsen]]] and Forager are running around looking for the ComicBook/{{New God|s}} killer. [[Comicbook/TheFlash Trickster and Piper]] are running around looking for a way out of their handcuffs. They should have just called this series ''Running Around Looking for Crap''! |
| 201 | -->-- '''Linkara''', ''[[ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis Countdown]]'' review Part 1 |
| 202 | |
| 203 | ->(after explaining Film/SantaClausConquersTheMartians) And yes Virginia, there is a Film/SantaClausConquersTheMartians comic! |
| 204 | -->-- '''Linkara''' in his final Christmas review of 2010 |
| 205 | |
| 206 | ->There are two kinds of magic in the world: [[MagicAIsMagicA Magic as a force that can grant the wondrous]]... and then there's narrative magic. The kind where we get the classic phrase:[[AWizardDidIt "It's magic we don't have to explain it".]] |
| 207 | -->-- '''Linkara''' in his review of ''Superman: Distant Fires''. |
| 208 | |
| 209 | ->Yes, people, I have heard of Sonichu. I really wish I ''hadn't'' heard of Sonichu. I would be a much happier man if I hadn't. |
| 210 | -->-- '''Linkara''' on '''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}''' |
| 211 | |
| 212 | ->I'm sorry, I didn't realize there wasn't a difference between "I do not care for this and it looks weird, but I heard a lot of people like it" and "This is the worst thing ever". |
| 213 | -->-- '''Linkara''', explaining what he said about ComicBook/TheMaxx in response to a HePannedItNowHeSucks backlash. |
| 214 | |
| 215 | ->'''Linkara:''' "What the hell?! It's... It's one panel. One ''tiny'' little panel in the ''corner of the page!'' With ''normal-sized'' font for the scream, only ''one'' exclamation point, and he's not even holding the word longer! [[YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe You have got to be freakin']] ''[[YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe kidding me!!]]'' They gave more panel space for Kirk calling Khan a bloodsucker! ''IS THIS SOME KIND OF JOKE?!'' The most ''MEMORABLE'' scene in the movie! The ''thing'' that ''EVERYBODY'' thinks of when it comes to this movie! The ''epic YELL'' of ''rage and frustration'', so ''powerful'' and so ''forceful'' and so ''LOUD'' that we ''see and hear'' it ''echo'' across Regula I... '''''AND IT'S ONE TINY PANEL?!?!''''' [[EpicFail FAIL!]] ''[[EpicFail YOU]] '''[[EpicFail FAIL!!!]] HOW DO YOU SCREW THIS UP?!?'''''" |
| 216 | -->--'''Linkara:''', on how the comic version of ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' handled the movie's most well-known scene, that of Kirk screaming '''[[SayMyName "KHAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!"]]''' |
| 217 | |
| 218 | ->Allow me to share a revelation I've had... For all of his bluster about [[CatchPhrase "With great power comes great responsibility,"]] Peter Parker is one of the most irresponsible superheroes ever. [[AesopAmnesia He never]] ''[[AesopAmnesia learns]]'' [[AesopAmnesia from his mistakes.]] [[ItsAllAboutMe Never takes into consideration how his life as Spider-Man affects everybody else.]]\ |
| 219 | Now some would say that's the core concept of the character: [[BecomingTheMask the constant struggle between the mask and the man.]] But he never actually gives any consideration to the man, preferring to make excuses about it. He disappoints people around him all the time because "something more important" was happening as Spider-Man. But instead of trying to find ways to balance his two lives properly, he will go out of his way to make excuses and just be sad that being Spider-Man hurt his personal life. If he places more importance on being Spider-Man, [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies then he should distance himself from relationships that would hurt that]]. If he places more emphasis on being Peter Parker, [[RefusalOfTheCall he needs to sacrifice his time as Spider-Man]].\ |
| 220 | Now, that's not always going to be the case for everyone in the real world. But Peter never actually ''changes'' as a result of his actions. [[HereWeGoAgain He just makes the same mistakes over and over.]]\ |
| 221 | During a storyline called "The Other", when Peter was dying from an untraceable condition (this was also written by [ [[Creator/JMichaelStraczynski the author of]] "One More Day"], by the way), he admits that he doesn't even have life insurance. Peter has never made a plan about what would happen to his family if he were killed by a supervillain. He's never thought about the repercussions of his life if he should be maimed or killed while wearing the costume, to his wife or to his ''constantly dying aunt!''\ |
| 222 | In a recent issue of "Avengers Academy", a group of teenage superheroes thought of several ways that he could have capitalized on being Spider-Man without revealing his identity to anyone. Now, admittedly, he was just a young, dumb teenager when he started out and didn't think of those things. But Peter is and has been an adult for ''decades'' now! [[Creator/JoeQuesada Forget about whether you like Spidey being married or not.]] ''The character himself'' still seems to operate like he's in high school -- never growing up, never seems to recognize adult relationships, and [[WhatTheHellHero never actually taking responsibility for his life and the choices he's made]]. This is one of the reasons I decided to finally review "One More Day". [[DealWithTheDevil The deal with Mephisto]] is symptomatic of a bigger problem for the character and the people who write him: [[NotAllowedToGrowUp the unwillingness for the character to become an adult]]. He's supposed to be roughly twenty-five years old at the time of this story -- maybe closer to thirty. And yet he repeatedly approaches his problems like a sixteen year old would, and is never actually prepared to act like a mature adult.\ |
| 223 | I've made several jokes in the last two hundred episodes about how Peter Parker's life is an endless spiral of shame and misery, what with his friends and loved ones dying all around him or becoming supervillains ''because'' of his life as Spider-Man, ''and I mean it.'' The truth is that if Peter Parker ever cared about taking responsibility for his actions, he would have given up being Spider-Man a long time ago.\ |
| 224 | But hey, maybe that's just the reasoning of a jaded individual looking at this stupid-ass comic in hindsight. Of course I don't want Peter Parker to stop being Spider-Man. What I ''want'' is for him to be written like a ''goddamn adult'' already! [[WritersSuck But the writers]] -- [[ExecutiveMeddling and Marvel editorial]] -- seem to steadfastly refuse to let that happen. Spider-Man is just escapist fantasy to them. The reason why they don't think there's "drama" in marriage is because marriage is an aspect of ''real'' life, and they don't want the escapism of Peter Parker swinging through the air and stopping bad guys being infected with the drama of things that people have to endure in the real world.\ |
| 225 | And that's just [[SarcasmMode hilarious]] since Spider-Man is ''supposed'' to be the character who ''does'' face the real life challenges of the world! That was what made his character so appealing to begin with: his ability to relate to the reader. But the truth is that the reader has grown up. The reader got married, had kids, has relatives that die, and they have to move on. The reader changed. But Peter Parker has not.\ |
| 226 | You know, recently, there was a rumor that Marvel was doing its own reboot to compete with the one DC did last year. They're not, of course, they're just releasing whole bunch of new Number Ones. But you know what? Maybe they ''should'' reboot Spider-Man. After all, if the creative teams are unwilling to let him get out of his high school life, ''[[ArmorPiercingQuestion then why the hell isn't he still there?]]'' |
| 227 | -->-- '''One More Day Review Part 1''' |
| 228 | |
| 229 | ->'''Linkara''': This freaking comic just said that the reason people play video games and enjoy escapist fiction ''is because they're losers who want something more with their lives''! I don't know if it was Creator/JoeQuesada or [[Creator/JMichaelStraczynski JMS]] who wrote this, but considering JMS' body of work concerning speculative fiction ''and'' the fact that issues 3 and 4 of [[ComicBook/OneMoreDay One More Day]] were ''heavily'' rewritten, I think it's fair to assume that Joe Quesada wrote this, in which case, I have something to say...[[SuddenlyShouting YOU INSULTING, PATRONIZING]] '''''[[SuddenlyShouting DICKHEAD]]!''''' How '''[[WhoDares DARE]]''' you! How '''[[WhoDares DARE]]''' you insult video game creators and players! [[{{Hypocrite}} How]] '''[[{{Hypocrite}} DARE]]''' [[{{Hypocrite}} you criticize people for enjoying escapist fiction when FRIGGING SUPERHERO COMICS ARE ESCAPIST FICTION!]] |
| 230 | -->-- '''One More Day Review Part 2''' |
| 231 | |
| 232 | ->'''Linkara''': What's that? You want me to make jokes about how useless Aquaman is? Ha ha ha! ''(deep breath)'' Aquaman is the king of Atlantis, whose domain pretty much encompasses the entirety of the oceans. He owns seventy percent of the planet. He is super-strong, super-fast, and he can summon Cthulhu to eat your soul if he felt like it. The perception of Aquaman as useless is based on the Superfriends cartoon series, where Aquaman's superpower is that he owns a jet-ski. I don't make fun of Aquaman. |
| 233 | -->-- '''Brave and the Bold #54''' |
| 234 | |
| 235 | -> Boner. Boner boner. Boner boning a boner.\ |
| 236 | {{beat}}\ |
| 237 | Boner-boner.\ |
| 238 | {{beat}}\ |
| 239 | Erect penis. |
| 240 | -->'''Linkara''': ''Top 15 Comics I'll Never Review'' |
| 241 | |
| 242 | ->'''Linkara''': Even ''you'' wrote about his refusal to have guns back in ''The Dark Knight Strikes Again''! Next thing you know the bat-cave is gonna have some massive ridiculous chaingun and [''cut to [[FanNickname Bearded Idiot]] with his massive chaingun''] Oh, goddammit! |
| 243 | -->-- '''All-Star Batman and Robin #5''' |
| 244 | |
| 245 | ->'''Linkara:''' The ''[[ComicBook/AllStarDCComics All-Star]]'' line was meant to be an entry point to new fans, similar to the [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Ultimate]] line of books, by creating iconic, definitive stories for heroes with top-tier talent working on them. However, only ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'' and ''All-Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder'' were ever released. While ''All-Star Superman'' has its flaws, it is recognized as a massive success in how it showed the best parts of Superman: his kindness, decency, and [[TheCape everything about the character that made him so beloved an icon]]. It was ''so'' critically lauded that it got an [[WesternAnimation/AllStarSuperman animated straight-to-DVD adaptation]] written by the late, great Creator/DwayneMcDuffie. Conversely, ''All-Star Batman & Robin'' feels like a sick joke, a parody at best of the characters, lacking any of the elements that made Batman such an enduring character.\ |
| 246 | Critique him for [[SlidingScaleOfRealisticVersusFantastic realism]], or [[HisOwnWorstEnemy how his mission is ultimately self-defeating]], or [[ReedRichardsIsUseless how he could be more constructive if he used his money in other ways]] (which he does, but nevermind that), but I see Batman as a figure ultimately of [[MiseryBuildsCharacter how one can rise above tragedy to do good in the world and improve yourself]]. He is brusque, yes, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold but not heartless]]; [[GoodIsNotNice aggressive, but not unethical]]. [[WellIntentionedExtremist He drives himself to the extremes that he does]], sacrifices himself and his happiness at times for one goal: so that no other eight-year-old child will ever have to go through what he did. Sometimes, he goes too far and sometimes he makes mistakes, but that's because [[HumansAreFlawed he's not a god, nor should he be. He is human]]. If Superman represents the [[HopeBringer hope]] and [[AllLovingHero compassion]] that humanity is capable of, Batman represents the [[{{Determinator}} determination]] and [[BadassBookworm intellect]] that we are also capable of. Superman's [[ArchEnemy worst foe]] is ComicBook/LexLuthor, [[CorruptCorporateExecutive a wealthy genius who uses his power for evil]], but Superman's [[HeterosexualLifePartners best friend]] is Batman, [[HonestCorporateExecutive a wealthy genius who uses his power for good]].\ |
| 247 | [[DesignatedHero The Batman of this story]], however, is not ''any'' of those things. He is [[BloodKnight violent]], judgmental, [[{{PsychopathicManchild}} immature]], [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]], [[ItsAllAboutMe self-important]], and most disgusting of all, cruel. [[KickTheDog He is cruel to the people who love him]], equally cruel to [[HeWhoFightsMonsters those he fights against]], and he is cruel to the one person he should know better than to be cruel to: [[MirrorCharacter a young boy who lost his parents like he did]].\ |
| 248 | I finally figured out why we have [[HeroAntagonist all those other superheroes]] in this when this should just straight-up be about Batman, and the answer is: because it ''is'' still about Batman! These other heroes are supposed to be here [[{{Foil}} to be compared to Batman]]. In this universe, [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality if you don't follow Batman, obey his rules and his methods, you are ineffectual, naive, foolish, unprepared, or driven for the wrong reasons]], and as I said back in the review of issue 8, this Batman is [[{{Allegory}} reflective]] of [[Creator/FrankMiller Frank Miller's]] own ideologies; thus the only way he can prop up his viewpoints, [[MightMakesRight his terrible ideas of what makes a hero]], is to make other heroes, other ideologies, look bad by comparison. |
| 249 | -->-- '''All-Star Batman and Robin #10''' |
| 250 | |
| 251 | ->'''Linkara''': I think by now, you should know how I feel about ''ComicBook/{{Youngblood|ImageComics}}''. In case you don't, it sucks! You can yell until you're blue in the face about how the concept of a proactive superhero team that has merchandising and appears on talk shows and are celebrities and crap is such a wonderful idea, and it's just the execution that fails, but in the end, it doesn't change that ''Youngblood'' sucks! You can tell me about the runs from Creator/AlanMoore or the revived series from 2011, and that's great if they really are good, but it just keeps bringing me back to the question of why the hell anyone would want to do anything with this series when there is so much friggin' baggage with it!! Look, my rant against the ComicBook/XMen in my "Next 15 Screw-Ups" was [[IWasJustJoking half joking]]. I don't hate the X-Men and there are plenty of bad stories out there that have nothing to do with them, and there are great runs on the X-Men books. But Youngblood is a team that does not deserve all the hard work of creators! It's a bunch of unmemorable ripoff characters, growling and gritting teeth, and saying really stupid things, and squinting and doing over-exaggerated poses and all that crap! Let Youngblood die, already! Just let it die! Creator/RobLiefeld does not deserve [[CreatorWorship the amount of loyalty that he somehow has engendered]]! |
| 252 | |
| 253 | ->What's that? Rob Liefeld is really enthusiastic about the industry and is really an awesome guy if you know him in person, and loves comics and everything about the medium? Yeah, well, I'm really enthusiastic about the medium, but no one says that I should be drawing comic books!! |
| 254 | |
| 255 | ->[[WritersSuck Rob Liefeld can't write!]] [[OffModel Rob Liefeld can't draw!]] Rob Liefeld can't create! And don't go telling me about how he created ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} and ComicBook/{{Cable}}! One--he didn't create Deadpool! [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness He created some boring-ass mercenary who spoke in yellow-colored speech bubbles!]] [[MyRealDaddy Nobody would give a damn about him if not for the work of everybody else but him!]] And as for Cable, most of my knowledge of the character comes from [[WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries the animated series]], but even if Cable really is all that awesome and iconic a character, well, congratulations. [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative You have found one, all of one character that Rob Liefeld created that's actually good]], except a good creator is capable of making more than just one good character! Liefeld, on the other hand, settles on inventing 60,000 characters, and none of them are good! |
| 256 | |
| 257 | ->But to cite that Deadpool example again, is he really the one who created him if [[MyRealDaddy everything about the character that people like that was done by others]]? You show me a Rob Liefeld character that people like, and I'll show you the other creators who are responsible for you liking him. |
| 258 | |
| 259 | ->The point is, companies, stop giving him work! Consumers, stop buying things with his name on it! And my fans, stop telling me about movies that are supposedly being made with his characters! Ooh, a Godyssey movie! I'm sure I'll see that NEVER, because [[DevelopmentHell not a single movie that Rob Liefeld's characters have been developed for has actually ever been made]]! And don't bring up [[FanNickname "Not Deadpool"]] in the [[Film/XMenOriginsWolverine Wolverine movie]]! I should not have to explain that again - Deadpool's not really his character, [[InNameOnly that wasn't really Deadpool]], and he wasn't the main character of the damn movie!! [[note]]This rant was written three years before Deadpool got [[Film/Deadpool2016 his own movie]] that was [[{{Understatement}} vastly superior]] to the aforementioned ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine'', and the [[Film/Deadpool2 sequel]] to that film had Cable in a supporting role. However, since Linkara doesn't see Deadpool as a true Liefeld creation, and because Cable was not the main character in ''Deadpool 2'', it's unlikely he counts either of these.[[/note]] |
| 260 | -->-- '''[[http://youtu.be/acTJdq3sQkA?t=2m17s/ Youngblood #5]]''' |
| 261 | |
| 262 | ->[[UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt "The only thing to fear... is a giant yellow space bug that might turn you into a mass-murdering psychopath."]] |
| 263 | -->-- '''Linkara''', ''Top 15 Worst Heroes Becoming Villains'' |
| 264 | |
| 265 | ->You know, I sometimes get asked why ''Film/{{Camelot}}'' of all films is my favorite movie. And the reason is because it actually changed my life, or at least focused my beliefs into something that was a good solid foundation for a personal philosophy. [[ComesGreatResponsibility Those who have power should use it to do good]], that violence is not strength, compassion is not weakness, [[CycleOfRevenge that revenge is utterly pointless]]. Superheroes are basically the equivalent of modern day [[KnightErrant knights errant]], they go out and help people and fight injustices. But a lot of the best superhero comics are the ones not actually about superheroes hitting supervillains or [[LetsYouAndHimFight each other]], anything like that. It's the ones that show that superheroes are about kindness and decency and something far more noble than the adolescent power fantasies that people often critique them as. I think I hate this comic more than any other I've ever reviewed, because it is the complete antithesis of everything I believe in. ''Holy Terror'' says that you should be unkind, it says you shouldn't trust people, it says [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished compassion will be repaid with violence]], and [[ViciousCycle that violence can only be answered with more violence]], and that [[MightMakesRight violence is strength]]. That hurting others is not only enjoyable and desirable, but that it should be employed first when dealing with threats. It says that if you have power, [[SmugSuper you should lord that power over others and do harm to them]]. It says that revenge ''is'' a worthy cause. It treats women as either [[DamselInDistress victims]] or enemies, and don't assume Natalie Stack is immune to this criticism, trust me, the book ain't over yet. It tells us we should fear [[AbsoluteXenophobe the other, the foreigner, the dark-skinned, the religion that's not your own]]. And you know what the damndest thing of all is? I am honest to God afraid of terrorism. Terrorism is real. There are people out there who want to kill me either because I'm from a different country or just because they're some angry misanthrope with a gun. That applies to both foreign and domestic terrorists. Terrorism is about making someone so afraid that they'll do what you tell them to. And the grand message of Frank Miller's ''Holy Terror'' is: Be afraid. Be terrified. And let's give in to that fear. And embrace every [[HumansAreBastards dark, sick and inhuman part of our souls]] as a result, and [[HeWhoFightsMonsters do everything to them that they will do to us]]. Frank... you must be so proud. |
| 266 | -->-- '''Linkara''' on why he hates Frank Miller's ''ComicBook/HolyTerror'' |
| 267 | |
| 268 | -> Let's talk about where I stand on the whole [[SuperRegistrationAct "Pro or anti registration" thing.]] [[TakeAThirdOption I'm... mostly anti-registration, but am completely open to voluntary registration.]] Not necessarily of secret identities, but at least with the government knowing you're out there and who to contact about you. ''Some'' bureaucracy, [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot but sure as hell not what we get in this event.]] One of the things that came out of this was the 50 State Initiative: each American state having at least one superhero team of their own. The thing is though, as we ended up seeing, ideas like the 50 State Initiative, at their core, were ''not'' about training and accountability, but conscription and militarization. [[ButThouMust If you have superpowers, you]] ''[[ButThouMust will]]'' [[ButThouMust follow this mandate, even if you don't want to use them as a superhero.]] [[OlderThanTheyThink It's the next of kin to the dreaded Mutant Registration act that always hung over the]] ComicBook/XMen. (Ironically, the X-Men were mostly neutral in this conflict because of crap going on in their own books.) Don't get me wrong: collateral damage, both in buildings, and in human casualties, ''is'' a problem. There should be accountability when things go wrong, and hell, there ''should'' be formal training in people's powers. Despite what Vision claimed in [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar the movie version of the comic,]] the rise of super powered beings did not mean an escalation of damage: [[Film/TheAvengers2012 the Chitari were going to invade whether there were super humans or not,]] [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger HYDRA would still have been a thing,]] [[TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed etcetera.]] People like the Avengers are not ''trying'' to cause problems. Their presence does not automatically mean there will be collateral damage. ''They're a response to the rising threats.'' These are the people who have been granted incredible gifts [[ComesGreatResponsibility and use them to help people to the best of their abilities]], often times at a sacrifice not others are willing to make. Because the thing is, we already ''have'' a term for beings who have incredible powers beyond the average human, that use their powers without regard for life, property, and the well-being of others: '''Super villains.'' Super ''Heroes'', on the other hand, ''do'' care about collateral damage. They ''do'' feel guilty and traumatized and remorseful for what has happened, but they're not the ones who ''started'' it. Disregard anything your parents ever said about "It not mattering who started it". If that was true, no one would be allowed to defend themselves or others. Superheroes exist for a reason within these universes, because we don't live in [[TakeThat the stupid world of]] Film/ThePurge, [[HumansAreBastards where people just wanna be assholes all the time and hurt others or crap like that.]] [[RousseauWasRight For the most part, people want to help each other, to do good and make the world better.]] That's what superheroes wanna do. But there are some people who are selfish, greedy, misguided, criminally insane, or just sadistic enough and wield power that cannot be stopped by ordinary humans. If they could, there wouldn't be a ''need'' for superheroes... The Registration Act turns these very people, who risked life and limb to save people over and over, into criminals. You are punishing people for trying to do the right thing. Forget about all the stupid, immoral jackassery on display in this event, the real reason that unites these two sides is that they want to be superheroes. They want to help people and to stop the bad guys. But the only thing that the creators did with this comic was [[HeWhoFightsMonsters turn the good guys into the bad guys.]] |
| 269 | -->-- '''Linkara''' on why he hates ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'' |
| 270 | |
| 271 | ->So… yeah. Let’s talk about this event for a moment and what it’s really about beyond just a sequel to [[ComicBook/CrisisonInfiniteEarths Crisis on Infinite Earths]]. |
| 272 | |
| 273 | ->Nostalgia can be toxic. Now bear in mind I did not say that it ''is'' toxic, but that it ''can'' be toxic. This assumption that because we have pleasant memories of something, that it was always good all the time. A desire to get that back ignores all the good that’s come since then as well as all the bad stuff that was there too, and it poisons you, making you more susceptible to deception, to your own greed. Who’s to say that your own past is more important than someone else’s future? And because you want something that may not have been real at all the farther the goalposts gets, because you can’t really reclaim it, so it just gets worse and worse. And you get greedier and more desperate for it because what you really want is never going to come; until, in the very end, you become the thing you hated in the first place. You become more concerned with chasing some imaginary feeling that you forget where you are and that you can create real attainable goals right now. To this mindset the past is more important than the future. |
| 274 | |
| 275 | ->The Earth-2 Superman thinks that he can reclaim everything by bringing back something from his past. Superboy-Prime exemplifies this most of all, and in issue #4 his character works because it’s an actual tragedy. Someone who thinks he’s reclaiming something that’s his when, of course, it isn’t his. He’s too fixated on this ideal version of the world that he can’t believe that anything else is possible. |
| 276 | |
| 277 | ->The reason I mock Superboy-Prime and other works is because he stopped being this cautionary tale and instead became a farce. A method for the writers -- Creator/GeoffJohns in particular -- to complain about angry fans who didn’t like his work. “Oh, they don’t like change. They only want something from ''their'' past”. But, as I said before, Geoff Johns is guilty of this too. |
| 278 | |
| 279 | ->The man has never met a retcon he didn’t like. He likes to pretend plot points happen a certain way because it suits the story he wants to tell. Conner Kent is a perfect example of this. Geoff Johns is the one who introduces the retcon that Conner was also a clone of Lex Luthor because it served the story he wanted to tell. He is guilty of the exact same toxic nostalgia, wanting to recreate a world from his past by sacrificing the past of everybody else. And sometimes that world was better. [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Hal Jordan’s]] [[ComicBook/EmeraldTwilight turn]] [[Main/FallenHero to evil]] was a bad, bad idea and fixing that was the right call. The difference between Superboy-Prime and Geoff Johns is that Geoff Johns is capable of fixing those mistakes while not sacrificing everything else that went along the way. Bear in mind, when he brought back Hal Jordan he didn’t kill Kyle Rayner just because “Well, you gotta clear the way for Hal”. It’s more about repairing the future rather than changing the past . Sure, he stills screws it up on occasion (Prime himself is the best example of that). But he’s usually intent on serving the larger picture. Superboy-Prime, however, is trapped in this sense of entitlement: ''[[Main/ItsAllAboutMe his]]'' [[Main/ItsAllAboutMe reality,]] ''[[Main/ItsAllAboutMe his]]'' [[Main/ItsAllAboutMe sacrifice is the only thing that matters to him. He feels he deserves it all and doesn’t care who he has to hurt to get it back]]; and, despite his constant proclamations, it’s because he’s not Superman. Superman is a promise to serve the world, all of humanity; hell, all of life itself. He puts the world before himself because that is the man he’s grown to be. |
| 280 | |
| 281 | ->Superboy-Prime, though… well, he’s a teenager who suddenly got superpowers, lost his entire planet, got shoved into a glass prison with two old people and a weird, creepy guy who was technically only a few days old, and he gets to watch everybody else on Earth getting the happy ending he thinks he was supposed to get. [[Main/CosmicPlaything Dude’s got issues]]. |
| 282 | |
| 283 | ->Infinite Crisis is trying to be critical of this mindset but it also has no answer to the rightful criticisms that mindset lobbed at the DC Universe. It ''has'' gotten too dark. The heroes ''[[Main/WhatTheHellHero have]]'' [[Main/WhatTheHellHero done morally questionable things that have ended up hurting themselves and others.]] And, while it’s stil shaking its finger at all that, it revels in those same elements: Excessive violence, death, the heroes failing. All of it is personified in a teenager bawling his eyes out while literally ripping people apart and screaming “YOU’RE RUINING EVERYTHING!”. |
| 284 | |
| 285 | -->-- '''Infinite Crisis Review Part 2'''. |
| 286 | |
| 287 | ->"Let's break down exactly why ''this'' works and not One More Day, shall we? The first reason should be the most obvious—Peter Parker and Miles Morales are not the same character. Peter is an adult who, from his characterization, does not compromise or make deals like he did with Mephisto, especially when the sacrifice would be his ''marriage''. He has the life experience as an adult that should tell him that his aunt would not want this (plus the actual in-universe story that said she wouldn't want this, but that's neither here nor there), and that he has to accept that his aunt was going to die sometime, even if it was because of his role as Spider-Man. She accepted the risk when Peter talked to her about unmasking himself. Miles, on the other hand, is a teenager. He doesn't have the same complete and utter moral compass that Peter would—mostly because of his inexperience. Hell, being a teenager means his emotions would be considered stronger and overriding any rational thought he has. |
| 288 | |
| 289 | ->Which brings up the second point: Peter had a whole day to consider the offer from Mephisto with Mary Jane, and he accepted it when all reason should tell him ''it was wrong and a bad idea.'' Here, Mephisto tells Miles that he needs to decide quickly or he'll change his mind, so he doesn't have time to think of the potential ramifications of his decision and what Mephisto might actually be after. |
| 290 | |
| 291 | ->And then there's the third point with that: with Peter, Mephisto actually demanded something that should have been more important to him—his love and marriage to MJ—for what could have been a trick. Like, maybe he heals her bullet wound but then Aunt May dies in a car crash a day later or something. Here, Mephisto was claiming 'no strings attached', not knowing the lesson that the Kingpin once spoke: |
| 292 | |
| 293 | ->[[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries "The best puppeteers never use strings."]] |
| 294 | |
| 295 | ->And finally, most importantly, Peter and MJ's memories were erased that the deal ever happened, robbing us of the potential story opportunities that would have made it ''slightly'' more palatable—the guilt and regret over making such a decision and realizing too late that it was a mistake. It just makes it a stupid retcon with no actual consequences for the characters. Here? Not so much. Miles remembers everything. And it tears him apart." |
| 296 | -->—'''Linkara''' explaining the difference between [[ComicBook/OneMoreDay Peter Parker's]] and [[ComicBook/Champions2019 Miles Morales's]] respective deals with Mephisto, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRzYeMnR-bA "The Champions, vol. 3 #1-4: Beat the Devil"]] |
| 297 | |
| 298 | ->It's easy to look at the terrible things happening at any given point in history and see all the examples of greed, corruption and evil... But it's also easy to overlook the compassion. The decency. To see people being nice and good and wonderful! That's my "{{Deconstruction}}" of superheroes. [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre People can be,]] [[HumansAreGood and are, kind]]. So why wouldn't someone with incredible abilities be kind too?" |
| 299 | -->—'''Linkara''' discussing Superhero {{Deconstruction}} stories in his ''ComicBook/WhatsSoFunnyAboutTruthJusticeAndTheAmericanWay'' review. |
| 300 | |
| 301 | -> Here’s what I’ve been leading up to this entire time with my frustrations with this book: [[CluelessAesop it does not understand fascism]]. It thinks it does, and it seems to be leaning in the direction of it — what with this whole “they think they’re strong” thing — but unfortunately, the comic has kind of spent its entire length reinforcing the lie. |
| 302 | |
| 303 | -> See, [HYDRA-Cap] was still only able to lift the hammer because of “strength.” It kind of bought into [[MightMakesRight the greatest lie that fascists ever told: that it is strong. That it is orderly. That it is might and power and deference to might and power]]. For the longest time, the popular belief about Nazi Germany was that it was an efficient war machine that took a broken people and almost conquered the world. [[FascistButInefficient The truth is, the methods they used were inefficient, corrupt, and ultimately self-defeating]]. [[MilesGloriosus They cared more about propaganda and pushing out an image of fortitude than actually doing anything that would truly help themselves]]. [[RabbleRouser They used scapegoats, bigotry, anything they could to try to get people on board with the programs, even while they suffered under them]]. |
| 304 | |
| 305 | -> And yet, at every turn, [[DoNotDoThisCoolThing the comic keeps trying to make HYDRA look like some unstoppable juggernaut: utilizing seemingly cool iconography]]; [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans improvements on the world like advancing science, and better test scores, and more jobs]]; and sure, the concentration camps and restrictions on free speech and stuff are ''mentioned'', but more like [[WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide glanced over and ignored]], especially since we got our "benevolent leader" Steve Rogers who ''just wants to help''. |
| 306 | |
| 307 | -> [[DirtyCoward Fascism is cowardly]]. [[ItsAllAboutMe It is selfish. It is self-serving. It is corrupt and greedy]]. [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic The writing keeps trying to make HYDRA-Cap sympathetic, like he’s just regular old Steve Rogers, but bending the rules a bit]] — and thanks to both the Punisher’s talk and the Omega issue, it’s revealed he totally planned to just restore everyone who had been killed in all this to life; not even the “rebooting the universe” thing of Hal Jordan; just undo all the damage and everything would be hunky dory! He’s ''so tortured'' by all the ''terrible things'' he had to do or let others do. ''[[WellIntentionedExtremist He just wants to make the world better! Is that so wrong?]]'' |
| 308 | |
| 309 | -> [[NoJustNoReaction Yeah, no]]. [[DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans Fascism is not kind. It is not decent. It does not care about the individual, because the individual is subservient to the state, and in particular, whoever runs that state]]. It is not compatible with Steve Rogers. |
| 310 | |
| 311 | -> [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Fascism does not fight for “the greater good.”]] It fights for the exultation of the inhuman, the commemoration of cruelty, and [[AbsoluteXenophobe the hatred of the different]]. [[EvilWillFail Fascism is a loser ideology]]. [[TheThemeParkVersion This story thinks that fascism is just a generic dictatorship]], and that’s especially why it doesn’t feel as relevant as Marvel and Nick Spencer wanted it to feel. There’s no mention of how many become fascists nowadays: the radicalism, preying on the downtrodden, and using them as scapegoats, [[JustJokingJustification giving would-be fascists a taste for it by being “edgy”]] and bucking against a system that wants understanding and empathy, but they claim is just a “nanny state” or “policing your behavior.” It doesn’t show how that transitions into [[FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence starting to hate others for simply being alive]], how it takes advantage of their selfishness, [[BecomingTheMask turning irony into outright bigotry]]. It doesn’t show the tactics wherein [[PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes they try to come across as the “civil,” “reasonable” ones, when really they’re just trying to get a platform to spread their gospel]]. It doesn’t show [[OpportunisticBastard the boot-lickers, the ones who are happily ready to sell out their fellows because they smell power and opportunity]]. The ones who do so in the book? Just the misguided, the blackmailed, or the mind-controlled. It doesn’t show that it’s not really about trying to make the world better; someone changing from insecurity to cruelty, and the cruelty is the point. |
| 312 | -->--'''Linkara''' explaining why ''ComicBook/SecretEmpire'' fails at being a serious depiction or condemnation of fascism |
| 313 | |
| 314 | ->And I hate that I still have to say this after all this time, but while I am critical, while I am disparaging this work, and it deserves to be disparaged... ''for the love of God, DO NOT [[XPacHeat ATTACK THE CREATORS]]! DO NOT SEND DEATH THREATS!'' It's a bad story, and we should criticize a bad story, [[HeWhoFightsMonsters but don't become a goddamn super villain yourself]]! [[DisproportionateRetribution Tom King got death threats over this]], and ''that'' is ''so much worse'' than a bad story! |
| 315 | -->--'''Linkara''' calling out [[InternetJerk certain people online]] who attack creators of things they dislike, ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis'' |
| 316 | |
| 317 | ->This scene... and Superman's action right here... This is what finally killed [[Film/ManOfSteel the film]] for me, killed any interest I may have had in further DC projects set in [[Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse this universe]] or with this Superman. The rest of the film sucked, but in a "ugh, whatever, move on" kind of way. But this... This is what made me ''hate'' the movie. |
| 318 | |
| 319 | ->[[TheParagon Superman is supposed to be better than us]], and even this movie told us that Superman is meant to be something better, the light to guide humanity ''to'' something better... and a Superman that kills most certainly is not ''any'' of that. In ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', the modern Superman told his Earth-2 counterpart that his world ''couldn't'' be perfect, because a perfect world doesn't ''need'' a Superman. And I say that our world doesn't need a Superman that kills, because it makes the world that much worse. |
| 320 | |
| 321 | ->In my opinion, and you can disagree with me, but I'm going to keep saying it because it's my show... [[ThouShaltNotKill Superman should never, ever, ever... EVER... kill. Ever.]] |
| 322 | |
| 323 | ->And I know that some of you are just LINING up in the comments: "But wait! What about ''this'' comic story where he ''does'' kill or is okay with it?", or "He killed in ''this'' comic, but he felt really bad about it!" Those few times when, in modern comics, Superman has taken a life, citing them as some sort of "But it's comic-accurate, Linkara!" kind of things. |
| 324 | |
| 325 | -> And to that, I say... Franchise/{{Batman}} hates rock and roll, except he's also a big fan of Music/TheClash. Franchise/WonderWoman worked at a Taco Bell for a while, but didn't know how to pump gas. [[ComicBook/BlueBeetle Ted Kord]] was a money-grubbing jokester, always making "get rich quick" schemes... and also, he was a serious crimefighter and a genius that allowed him to be a multimillionaire with his company. Sometimes, what's in the comic books isn't consistent, and different writers do different stupid things, and sometimes, comic writers are just plain wrong! I mean, I'd really hope, after me doing this show for fourteen years, you'd recognize ''that''! |
| 326 | |
| 327 | ->This scene is ''wrong''. This is offensive to me as a Superman fan. This scene is why I hate this movie more than ''[[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice Batman v Superman]]''. All the other stuff was bad; it would have made this just a bad movie already... but this was where I decided that the DC Cinematic Universe would never, ''ever'' be anything close to what it could be. Because it starts with the greatest superhero of all time taking a life. |
| 328 | -->--'''Linkara''' explaining why he despises the infamous NeckSnap scene in ''Film/ManOfSteel'' |
| 329 | |
| 330 | ->Hmm... Are they, though? See, the funny thing about human history is that time and again, what we repeatedly see in times of struggle and hardship is that most people will actually try to act decently and help others. |
| 331 | |
| 332 | ->There are ''major'' exceptions, of course, and it's easy to see the rich and powerful acting like jackasses time and again, but a recurring motif of those kinds of people are that they were already jerks throughout their lives. They didn't get told "no" enough; they didn't face hardships, and therefore, couldn't imagine other people dealing with hardships; or they were ruthless enough so that it didn't matter how many they had to step on to get where they are, taking advantage of people's kindness or trust to enrich themselves at their expense. But that just means that most people are decent and trusting ''because'' some will take advantage of their generosity, and it can be difficult to spot those exceptions ''because'' of people's inherently good natures. |
| 333 | |
| 334 | ->Now, it's easy to fall into a belief that people generally aren't as good when we see very loud, repeated examples of people being assholes (like, say, during a pandemic), but I wonder how many of them aren't also a case of being fed a certain belief system that emphasizes "screw you, got mine" or equates caring about others as "taking away your freedom", because they trusted the words and opinions of people who ''don't'' care about others already. And it's easy to take a pessimistic view of humanity in turn when media tends to emphasize stories of people being jackasses over stories of people helping others, which, of course, happens ''just'' as frequently, if not ''more'' so, than the jerky ones. |
| 335 | |
| 336 | ->Or, as one of America's leading philosophers, [[ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} Garfield Arbuckle]], once put it... "You are not immune to propaganda." |
| 337 | -->--'''Linkara''' on human decency, ''ComicBook/MaximumCarnage'' |
| 338 | |
| 339 | ->Now, some people have a real problem with this solution, that it's just too ridiculous; a gun that shoots "feel-good rays", and after all this story, it's just too silly. ''[beat]'' These people are wrong. Ah, I kid, I kid; difference of opinion, and all. |
| 340 | |
| 341 | ->I get why people can't accept this and find it just goofy; for me, this is the only way this story ''could'' possibly resolve satisfactorily. Throughout it, they've been dealing with violence, murder, and aggression; negativity and evil from people who find the very concept of love a sick joke, to the point where they declare themselves a "family" centered around abuse and hurting people, mocking the very idea of people who care about each other. The heroes throughout the story have tried to meet them head-on, fight fire with fire, or even just use traditional superhero tactics of punching them and tying them up. But these are villains utterly ruthless and relentless; when you're dealing with a relentless, implacable enemy, you can't necessarily fight them on their own terms. They've tried fighting violence with more violence every step of the way... and it's gotten them nowhere. |
| 342 | |
| 343 | ->Sure, the writers could've just had Spider-Man punch each of them out and let that be the end of it, but what would that have proven? What would that have said in the philosophical theme of the story, about human decency, of engaging the enemy with the same lack of ethics that they possess? It'd just be ''ComicBook/SupermanAtEarthsEnd'': [[BrokenAesop a gun-toting Superman saying that guns are evil... while resolving the situation by using guns.]] |
| 344 | |
| 345 | ->But instead, they use the villains' evil plan... and turned it back on them. If she could inspire evil in people, then they can inspire good. |
| 346 | -->--'''Linkara''' defending the "good bomb", ''ComicBook/MaximumCarnage'' |
| 347 | |
| 348 | ->''ComicBook/MaximumCarnage'' is overall great, as I hope I have demonstrated. It is not without flaws, of course; you could easily cut out a ''lot'' of Part 10, condense down the final part, cut Nightwatch entirely, maybe cut the nightclub attack and... basically trim this down to a much more acceptable twelve-part saga. And of course, the violence is pretty hard, and there's a heavy death toll on this one when it comes to civilian casualties, but in the end, hope does prevail. |
| 349 | |
| 350 | ->The problem with ''Maximum Carnage'' is that a lot of people took it at face-value; that it's just 90's excess, with murder and mayhem and horror with tons of characters crossing over and interacting for no good reason, and that it revels in its violence. That's not the idea at all; ''Maximum Carnage'' is a story about ''rejecting'' that. Because constantly throughout the story, everyone's trying to push Spider-Man into becoming one of those kinds of uber-violent vigilantes, that he has to kill and destroy and grit his teeth... but in the end, he refuses. |
| 351 | |
| 352 | ->It's a story about hope, of humanity's better angels prevailing against evil. It gets muddled in a few spots, particularly with tacking on another issue when things resolved themselves pretty well in Part 13 -- you didn't need to have the fake dead Carnage; just have Carnage be unconscious -- but ultimately, this is a story of how Spider-Man looked darker, more edgy and anti-hero tactics right in the face... and made ''them'' blink instead. |
| 353 | |
| 354 | ->I get why people don't like it, especially the resolution... but this is a superhero story. Shriek laughed at the ''[[ComicBook/TheInfinityWar Infinity War]]'' stuff as being "too hokey for words", but this is the story of a man with spider powers teaming up with a woman dressed as a cat, a living vampire, a cyborg, a woman with fire powers, a guy dressed in American flag colors who was frozen in ice from World War II... Superheroes ''are'' hokey, because they present a world sillier and more fun than our own; solving problems in ridiculous, optimistic ways is great. Superheroes are a genre of ''optimism'', dang it, that people ''are'' worth saving and helping, even if it means putting on a mask to do it. |
| 355 | |
| 356 | ->It's weird to think about the fact that this was a year before ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga'' started. The thing I always read about in regards to the lead-up to it was how Spider-Man had gotten so dark, the character was being rejected by fans because of the paces they were putting him through, and the belief that maybe it was time to shake things up for the better, but, like... here's Spidey in 1993, going through a ''very'' physically and emotionally draining storyline, yet coming out on top renewed and happy. I mean, sure, we have the "robot parents" reveal, Aunt May in the hospital, the machinations of Harry Osborn left behind after this; it's a lot, but I was under the impression that the darker turn for Spidey had been over the course of, like, two to three years before ''The Clone Saga'' began, not just a single year. |
| 357 | |
| 358 | ->Then again, when you're printing four or five ''Spider-Man'' books at the same time, I guess it's a few years' worth of stuff all happening at once. |
| 359 | -->--'''Linkara''' summing up his thoughts on ''ComicBook/MaximumCarnage'' |
| 360 | |
| 361 | ->Oh, Creator/FrankMiller. People have softened on you quite a bit the last few years. Not that the awful works you've done in the past are being re-evaluated; just that Frank has noticeably kept his mouth shut since that 2018 interview where he said he was really sorry for making ''ComicBook/HolyTerror''. |
| 362 | |
| 363 | ->Well, actually, he ''didn't'' say that, but a lot of people seem to ''think'' he did. As a reminder, he simply said that "I wouldn't erase any of my past works, but I'm not capable of that kind of book again." That's not acknowledging, "I was wrong to say a lot of bigoted things against Muslims."; that's just, "I'm older, and it's harder to stay angry all the time." |
| 364 | |
| 365 | ->I want him to not be racist, homophobic, or sexist. I want EVERYONE to not be those things! But part of the process of not being those anymore is acknowledging, "Wow, I did that, and it was wrong." It's really not enough to just say, "Yeah, that was pretty bad, but whatever."; if there was any remorse for his actions, then either bad journalists didn't write them down, or he refuses to say it out loud out of personal embarrassment, and frankly, I find that attitude cowardly. |
| 366 | |
| 367 | ->I've talked before about my own shames, past works of mine I'm embarrassed by, attitudes and opinions that I held that I now recognize were wrong. You go forward, you apologize, you acknowledge, and then you DO BETTER. |
| 368 | |
| 369 | ->'''[[WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman Todd Chavez]]:''' You can't keep doing shitty things and then feel bad about yourself like that makes it okay! |
| 370 | |
| 371 | ->Still, the fact that we haven't had any new horribly offensive interviews floating around from him in the last few years ''is'' a good sign, at least, that he may not be as awful a person as he was. ''[beat]'' Pity he's still not that great a writer anymore. |
| 372 | -->--'''Linkara''' on Creator/FrankMiller[='s=] "apology", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbKo2ylPctg Superman: Year One (700TH EPISODE)]] |
| 373 | |
| 374 | ->Around August 2008, I was kind of directionless. I had written a bunch of reviews of terrible comics for my blog in the style of Website/TheAgonyBooth or Jabootu's movie reviews, but that was time-consuming for a hobby, and I felt like I wasn't really getting much out of it. My blog transitioned into more of a general "talking about comics" kind of thing (especially complaining about the two ''[[ComicBook/TeenTitans Titans]]'' books at the time), but I felt like I needed to actually do something for a career, or at least turn my passion for talking about bad comics into something that could make me money. |
| 375 | |
| 376 | ->And so I hit upon the idea: a book full of reviews of some of the worst comic books ever made. I got to work on those reviews -- obviously, in hindsight, there are ''much'' worse out there than the ones I chose to do -- but standards were different, and some I didn't even know about. So behind the register at the Barnes & Noble I worked at, I got to work; I wasn't allowed to do anything behind that counter but write, so write I did, scripting a review of this... goofy, stupid, idiotic book about a trucker superhero with a metal plate in his head, and he controlled his big rig with a remote control in a silver dollar. |
| 377 | |
| 378 | ->And then, in October of that year, I started making video reviews instead of text ones, and for my seventh episode, I adapted that review of the trucker comic into a video. And that was the first time I talked about... ''US-1''. |
| 379 | |
| 380 | ->Hello and welcome to ''Atop the Fourth Wall'', where bad comics burn. I'm big into celebrations; the world sucks enough as it is, so give me something to party about, I say. This year is the 15th anniversary of ''Atop the Fourth Wall'', but I sadly haven't really had much in the way of representing that celebration... but we do have this review. |
| 381 | |
| 382 | ->''US-1'' has been with this show since December 6, 2008. I haven't done anything more with Creator/JuddWinick's crappy ''Titans'' book; ''Sinnamon'' got one other review; and it'll probably take us another 20 years to finish off ''Doom's IV'', given the pace of that series. But ''US-1''? There may have been some gaps here and there talking about it over the years, but we keep coming back to it over and over, and here we are at the final issue. |
| 383 | |
| 384 | ->Yeah, yeah, yeah, we're not done talking about Ulysses Solomon Archer, for he's made plenty of appearances in other books over the years (particularly in ''ComicBook/SheHulk''), but this is still the end of an era. |
| 385 | |
| 386 | ->I mean, the original theme song mentions the truck, for crying out loud. What a ride it has been with this character: hypno-whips, biker gangs, demonic truckers, aliens, blimps, chicken races, betrayal, heartbreak, sentient vehicles, and of course, the most important thing of all... |
| 387 | |
| 388 | ->'''[[WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd Rex Viper Rigs]]:''' Drivin' around in fuckin' trucks! |
| 389 | |
| 390 | ->And all this from a ''toy tie-in book'' about slot car racers! |
| 391 | |
| 392 | ->''US-1'', I salute you. When I started this journey, I thought you were one of the worst comics ever made; 15 years later, I realize how wrong I was and how full of unnecessary anger I was at just the silly premise... but then again, how the hell could I have predicted ''ComicBook/{{Marville}}''? |
| 393 | |
| 394 | ->With that, let us get into this, the final issue of ''US-1''[='s=] solo series. In our penultimate issue, we discovered that Jeff, U.S. Archer's beloved brother and supposedly murdered by the Highwayman, was in fact the Highwayman himself; Jeff, it turns out, had always been jealous of his brother, and he was finally given the opportunity to act on it. Jeff had been abducted by aliens to act as some kind of representative of theirs... but only because they messed up and originally wanted Ulysses; in fact, they were the ones who put the metal plate in his head that gave him his incredible abilities and made a contest of it: see if U.S. was really better than his brother... and he never won a decisive victory. As such, it all comes down to this final issue: the way to determine which of the two gets to work for the aliens. |
| 395 | |
| 396 | ->'''Nimue:''' And now, the conclusion. |
| 397 | |
| 398 | ->Let's dig into ''US-1'' #12 and see how this saga ends. |
| 399 | -->--'''Linkara'''[='s=] intro to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bei30-SI78s US-1 #12]] |
| 400 | |
| 401 | ->This comic is a great finale. It's got action, it's got resolution on the characters, it's got heart, and it's got a lot of goofiness, which is especially hilarious when you think about how this is a comic promoting slot cars... and now they're flying through space, meaning you can't even pretend they're on a racing slot anymore. |
| 402 | |
| 403 | ->There are a few critiques I have. Some of the art is... questionable, especially when they vary the usual angles we see our heroes, but it's not too often. Retread never really had anything happen to him in all the time he was part of the cast; maybe there were some plans to do something with him and his backstory before the book was canceled, but otherwise, he was just there so U.S. had somebody to talk to. |
| 404 | |
| 405 | ->And the big issue I have is that Jeff in space was the last time we saw him in the book; I would've preferred some kind of wrap-up with him, some way of the two finally making up with each other and Jeff realizing that even after everything that happened, his brother still loved him, and maybe U.S. would invite him to join him in space and the two could have a fresh start together. But no; next time we see Jeff in the comics, he's still a villain, and in fact, would make a deal with Satan to become a legit supernatural threat. |
| 406 | |
| 407 | ->As for U.S. himself, as I've been saying, this is not the last time we see him, but the end of his solo series means the end of this version of the character. Al Milgrom wrote the book during its whole run and injected so much fun into it. |
| 408 | |
| 409 | ->''US-1'' has been a delight since the first time I showcased it; sure, back then, I played up the anger and vitriol, but the truth is, I had a lot of fun with this, giving me so much material to the point where I thought that this was one of the best early episodes to show off a good script. But now? I'm just glad we've gone on this adventure together; from a trucker superhero to a trucker in space, I have indeed enjoyed the ride, Ulysses, and I look forward to seeing your adventures from here on out. [[Anime/CowboyBebop See you, space cowboy.]] |
| 410 | -->--'''Linkara''' summing up his thoughts on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bei30-SI78s US-1 #12]] |
| 411 | |
| 412 | ->This manga is fun, cute, and funny, and I think it's a nice way to put a cap on the ''Ring'' reviews. |
| 413 | |
| 414 | ->The ghost girl who died alone, betrayed, hated, and feared finally gets to let go of her hatred by having fun through creation, finding love and appreciation via her videos and building friendships with others. It may not bring one to tears like ''Sadako at the End of the World'', but it'll bring a smile through humor and Sadako getting to experience some true happiness through the art of something that we all enjoy: video creators. |
| 415 | |
| 416 | ->The greatest gift that I ever receive in doing this job is being told that I helped people through a difficult time in their life, that my goofy, snarky reviews where I say "boner" a lot and put on a silly Batman voice has actually made their life better, and I think that's true for any [=YouTuber=]. |
| 417 | |
| 418 | ->It's not an easy job; as I've hinted at, long hours, mental health issues, stress, becoming nocturnal, pressure to perform and be successful, a bit of self-loathing if you hate your own voice or face or anything. But this is still the best job in the world, and I'm proud to have done it for 15 years and got to make you out there laugh. While some wince at the term "content creator" -- because it implies just someone churning out content mindlessly -- I like to focus on the second word there, because this is a creation, and the act of creation -- of art in particular, be it a comedic review, a painting, or as with Sadako, a cursed video -- is incredibly liberating and fun. |
| 419 | |
| 420 | ->Aya Tsutsumi, the manga artist who made this book, loves ''The Ring'' -- even the novels, that I don't -- and made this affectionate parody, a breezy comedy that pokes fun at the franchise while also celebrating it and its main character, as well as celebrating and poking fun at [=YouTube=] culture, and I really enjoy it. It's not going to win any big comedy awards or do some kind of daring, edgy new material that'll revolutionize how we see things, but it doesn't have to; it just needs to be fun. And while it doesn't have a big ending that it's been building to, sometimes just an ending is enough, and I feel like we've come to a good ending for our favorite ghost girl who loves retro physical media. |
| 421 | |
| 422 | ->If you do seek this one out, bear in mind that a lot of its formatting seems more aligned with gag-a-day strips (owing it to originally being planned as a web-only release), with some plot threads abandoned halfway through a conversation to focus on something else, but that ain't bad, either. These three years of looking at ''Ring'' manga have been great, and I only hope the next three -- whatever I end up looking at -- are just as fun. |
| 423 | -->--'''Linkara''' summing up his thoughts on ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haMhHMurFPQ Sadako-san and Sadako-chan]]'' |
| 424 | |
| 425 | ->Well, I can definitively say that the Empire did, in fact, strike back, fulfilling the ''one'' thing it needed to accomplish. ''[beat]'' Unfortunately, this comic kinda sucks. |
| 426 | |
| 427 | ->It's not entirely without merit; it is still ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', after all. But while you can forgive some adaptation choices of condensing stuff or leaving in lines that would eventually be cut in the finished movie, you really have to wonder why the artists, Al Williamson and Carlos Garzon, kept failing to include really visual, important moments of the movie, and instead just pulling back and letting the narration do the heavy lifting. |
| 428 | |
| 429 | ->Sure, even as a movie adaptation, this was probably made using the Marvel Method, where the writer would just include so much narration, almost distrustful of the artists to get the point across. But I have to imagine they knew how significant some of these shots are, but instead letting dialogue and narration captions ''tell'' us what's going on instead of ''showing'' us. I will grant it that it manages to condense the movie into six issues of less-than-average length, and it doesn't feel like it's too overstuffed, but for a movie that had great cinematography, the art failed to convey how good the movie looked. |
| 430 | |
| 431 | ->I started this review with the question, "What makes ''The Empire Strikes Back'' the best ''Franchise/StarWars'' movie?"[[note]] I actually accidentally forgot to ask that question in the beginning and somehow didn't catch it until the end of editing. [[/note]] And I think it's a lot of things: competent heroes; competent villains; tense situations; the "war" of the title; the big moments being treated ''like'' big moments; and the terrible, tragic events ''treated'' as the terrible, tragic events they are. |
| 432 | |
| 433 | ->We see the triumphs of the villains and want our heroes to rise up that much more... but can't just yet. And I think that's one of the big factors of its success, the thing I keep speaking about when it comes to why I love superhero comics: It leaves us wanting more. It leaves us ''wanting'' the next chapter, to see our heroes finally ''get'' that victory they so rightly deserve. |
| 434 | |
| 435 | ->Having a dark story is one thing, but it's not about wallowing in misery; it's about getting back up and ''resolving'' the darkness in some way that leaves the audience satisfied. It does what it promised it would do: push our heroes to their breaking point, as the Empire proves how strong they are even without a Death Star. And yet, our heroes make it through; they haven't won through yet, but we know they will. |
| 436 | |
| 437 | ->And it gets us to think about the Force in new ways, too: as a way of bringing these people together, just as ''all'' things are joined by it. The dark side came out on top today, but not tomorrow. |
| 438 | -->--'''Linkara''' summing up his thoughts on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OZb9W91i8I the Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back comic adaptation]] |
| 439 | |
| 440 | [[/folder]] |
| 441 | [[folder: Story Segments]] |
| 442 | ->I'm not some pretty boy with marital problems. I don't have some confused psyche or unresolved parental issues. You're not dealing with a Franchise/SilentHill protagonist here! Time and again, someone got it into their head that they could defeat me. Time and again they beat me down, they knocked me out, and they tried to make me give up. You come at me with insecurity, self-doubt, and angst? You try to make me doubt who I am? I am the man who [[Franchise/SilentHill defeated]] [[ImplacableMan Pyramid Head]]. I am the man who conquered [[ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis Countdown]]. I am the man who fought off the [[VideoGame/StarTrekEliteForce Vohrsoth]] and destroyed Mechakara! I am [[SelfServingMemory the liberator of]] WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}! I am a [[Franchise/StarTrek Starfleet captain]]! I am a [[Franchise/PowerRangers Power Ranger]]! I'm [[WebVideo/AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses That Guy With The Hat]]! [[BadassBoast I am Linkara]]! |
| 443 | -->-- '''Linkara''', '''Silent Hill''' Dead/Alive Issue 5 |
| 444 | |
| 445 | ->This is Linkara, Calling Lord Vyce. If you are receiving this signal, then you may wanna take that huge-ass helmet off you head and listen for a minute. Listen, I just wanted to tell you how deeply honored I am. You see, I was once told you were the stuff of nightmares for gods and monsters alike. And that's why I'm so ''honored'', you see. You've seen fit to show me your true colors-and the main one is a ''big bright shade of yellow'', All that you see, you conquer, huh? Well, I guess you never did really set your eyes on ''me'' then, you were too busy ''looking the other way'' and ''running for your life''. And it's a ''good thing'', too- you've shown just how inadequate you are. You're not up to the task of facing this "Entity" you're so afraid of. Tell you what- why don't you go tuck your cape between your legs and run home, while ''I'' deal with it- after all, it's what you're good at. However, if you want to prove me wrong, '''you know where to find me'''. |
| 446 | -->-- '''Linkara''' taunting Vyce, ''Youngblood #3'' |
| 447 | |
| 448 | ->"Beneath the seas, beside the flame |
| 449 | ->Off the coast where the lost beast came |
| 450 | ->To bring the world misery and shame |
| 451 | ->A piece of the world is missing" |
| 452 | |
| 453 | ->"The path you should have never crossed |
| 454 | ->The beast exacts a heavy cost |
| 455 | ->The number of the beast is lost |
| 456 | ->You will know it by its hissing" |
| 457 | |
| 458 | ->"The bones from hell you cannot tame |
| 459 | ->Devour your life and all your fame |
| 460 | ->That is the price to play its game |
| 461 | ->And all while you're reminiscing" |
| 462 | -->-- '''The poem of [[EldritchAbomination Entity]]''' |
| 463 | |
| 464 | ->"'A piece of the world is missing'. [[spoiler: It doesn't mean that it's gone... It's your NAME]]!!! |
| 465 | -->-- '''Linkara''', in his show's biggest WhamLine to date. |
| 466 | |
| 467 | ->'''Linkara (voiceover):''' There is a sound in my nightmares. It is a hiss, a screeching of notes that comes from a game that I played as a child. It is shrill and high-pitched, grating on your soul like nails upon a chalkboard. This was not the sound of any natural creature. This is an abomination; a perversion of the programmed perfection of the world. In other times and other places and in my book, they called it 'The Lost Beast'; but to me, it shall always have a different name... |
| 468 | ->'''Linkara:''' [[spoiler: Missing№]]. |
| 469 | -->-- Recap Reveal |
| 470 | |
| 471 | ->I am the Voiceless. |
| 472 | ->I am the Never-Should. |
| 473 | ->The Beautiful Horror. |
| 474 | ->[[ShoutOut I am Error.]] |
| 475 | ->I am Glitch. |
| 476 | ->I am all things terrible and wonderful and all things in-between. |
| 477 | ->[[PunctuatedForEmphasis I. Am. Missing.]] |
| 478 | -->-- '''The Entity/[[spoiler:Missing№]]''' |
| 479 | |
| 480 | ->''Linkara walks into the living room and faces [[spoiler:Missing№]].'' |
| 481 | ->[[spoiler:'''Missing№:''']] Welcome back, [[VerbalTic hyuuumaaaan]]. Is this the part where you fight me? |
| 482 | ->'''Linkara:''' No, no. There's really nothing for me to do. I could shoot you with increasingly larger guns, but it wouldn't work. I could pull some exciting new morpher out of my pants and hope it would give me the power to defeat you, but we both know that wouldn't work either. |
| 483 | ->[[spoiler:'''Missing№:''']] No, it would not. |
| 484 | ->'''Linkara:''' There is no way to fight you. |
| 485 | ->[[spoiler:'''Missing№:''']] I am an Outer God, hyuuumaaaan. You are tiny. |
| 486 | ->'''Linkara:''' And there you have it! I could never hope to beat you; it's impossible. The only choice I have is to surrender, because there is [[PunctuatedForEmphasis simply. Nothing. Else. I can do.]] |
| 487 | ->[[spoiler:'''Missing№:''']] Then welcome to my glory, [[VerbalTic hyuuumaaaan]]... |
| 488 | ->'''Linkara:''' Uhh, before I become one with your glory and everything, there i--there is just one thing... a question. |
| 489 | ->[[spoiler:'''Missing№:''']] You may speak... |
| 490 | ->'''Linkara:''' After I'm... consumed by you, [[AndThenWhat what're you going to do next]]? |
| 491 | ->[[spoiler:'''Missing№:''']] I will spread throughout this universe until it and I are the same--till it and I are the same. From there, I shall do as I have done before: I shall travel from universe to universe and they shall become extensions of my being, simultaneously piece and whole. Every star, every cosmos, every dimension, all things living and dead shall become meee... No empty space, no limit, nothing existing except for me. Existence shall become solely defined by me because I ''am'' existence! |
| 492 | ->'''Linkara:''' Oh, [[AndThenWhat and]] ''[[AndThenWhat then]]'' [[AndThenWhat what're you going to do?]] |
| 493 | ->[[spoiler:'''Missing№:''']] [[FlatWhat What?]] |
| 494 | ->'''Linkara:''' I was just curious. What're you going to do after you finish your goal? |
| 495 | ->[[spoiler:'''Missing№:''']](confused) I... will exist. Everything will be me and--. |
| 496 | ->'''Linkara:''' Yes, yes, yes, we know that part, but what are you going to ''do''? You will exist, ''[[SarcasmMode neato!]]'' What're you going to do to ''pass the time''? You will have absorbed -everything-, and I do mean ''everything''. You will not just be the only being in the universe, you will ''be'' the universe! So... whaddaya gonna do -as- the universe? Will you ''create'' things? Well I suppose you wouldn't 'cause creating something would mean it would be ''different'' from you, and you'd just -reabsorb- it back in anyways, so... again, I ask: ''what are you going to '''do''' once you've completed your goal?'' |
| 497 | ->[[spoiler:'''Missing№:''']] Existence is... existence is... important part... |
| 498 | ->'''Linkara:''' Yes, but why do you ''want'' that goal? |
| 499 | ->[[spoiler:'''Missing№:''']] Ev...erything should... and must... be me... everything should and must be me. |
| 500 | ->'''Linkara:''' And when everything is you, what are you going to do ''next''!? What is your purpose when your purpose has been fulfilled?! What will be your meaning when you have made the ultimate achievement?! Is 'existing' just an end in itself? Well that can't be it, because you're already existing, and are therefore ''fulfilling'' that part of it!\ |
| 501 | (visual effects ensue as he walks ''around'' [[spoiler: Missing№/90's Kid]])\ |
| 502 | '''Linkara:''' "So go ahead and create your kingdom of the Never-Should! Let the Glitch be everything, the distortion the reality! Become everything there is down to the ''tiniest'' particle until you are ''literally existence itself''! In the end, you'll still have the same damn problem: that's there is no ''challenge'' left- No Heaven to aspire to, no Hell to avoid. You will live forever, ''alone'' as everything, and ''existence itself'' shall be your prison! All experiences will be a part of you; all possibilities will have been considered and ''completed''. ''Every'' life-form, ''every'' molecule, every single Should and Never-Should and it will all. Have been. ''Done.'' Everything will be you, and everything will be ''meaningless''. And when you ''do'' become existence -- when the definition of existence equals ''[[spoiler:Missing№]]'' -- you will scream your shrill hiss and let it vibrate along the totality of your being, When the ''lie'' of your existence is lain bare, because there is '''[[IronicEcho simply. Nothing. Else. For]]''' '''''[[IronicEcho you.]]''''' '''[[IronicEcho To DO!!]]''' |
| 503 | ->[[spoiler:'''Missing№:''']] You are... confusing me... [[ThatLiarLies You are attempting a deception!]] |
| 504 | ->'''Linkara:''' ''Me?'' Deceive an ''Outer God''? I sincerely doubt that. |
| 505 | ->[[spoiler:'''Missing№:''']] You-you... I must continue! You-you... shall become a- |
| 506 | ->'''Both:''' A part of me/you! |
| 507 | ->'''Linkara:''' Yeah, yeah, yeah except it doesn't ''matter''! In the end, you'll still be there; alone in the darkness of mere being- '''forever!''' What it all boils down to is that you are no more significant than a single pixel on a screen- |
| 508 | ->[[spoiler:'''Missing№:''']] '''SILENCE!''' (Linkara is thrown to the floor by a glitch blast) |
| 509 | ->[[spoiler:'''Missing№:''']] (begins pacing the room) Reason, no-- Cannot exile, cannot reconcile-- [[MadnessMantra Existence is purpose, but purpose is undefined- Existence is purpose, but purpose is undefined- Existence is-i-is-is-i-i-is purpose, b-b-bu-bu-b-bu-but undefined...]] -Purpose, purpose itself not solution... - If-if-if-if to be all that is cannot solve...! - Then examine what cannot be known through existence- then examine what cannot be known through existence then examine what cannot be known through existence-- Soooooolution to equation... non-existent..? |
| 510 | ->'''Linkara:''' You're an Outer God, yes? |
| 511 | ->[[spoiler:'''Missing№:''']] Correct. |
| 512 | ->'''Linkara:''' You are beyond good and evil; a being more complex and grand and terrible than anything that has existed or ever will exist... |
| 513 | ->[[spoiler:'''Missing№:''']] Ye-yes-es-yeess... |
| 514 | ->'''Linkara:''' Then... I submit a question to you, Outer God. A possibility to explore. |
| 515 | ->[[spoiler:'''Missing№:''']] DECLARE IT. |
| 516 | ->'''Linkara:''' What happens to an Outer God... when it dies? |
| 517 | ->[[spoiler:'''Missing№:''']] *SlasherSmile* Iiiiii will fiiiiiind ooooouuuut... |
| 518 | |
| 519 | ->[[DecoyLeader Pretenders sit upon my throne]] [[note]]6355431186 798 5964 71 073086[[/note]] |
| 520 | ->[[BackFromTheDead I remember my death]] [[note]]7 93179134 90 63170[[/note]] |
| 521 | ->The world is at [[ArcNumber zero, six, and seven]] [[note]]611 63274 82 13 4165 371 631 83056[[/note]] |
| 522 | ->The Babylonians [[SecretKeeper knew the truth]] [[note]]021 31896516986 5371 512 83021[[/note]] |
| 523 | ->[[ParanoiaFuel I am looking over your shoulder]] [[note]]6 85 8130557 0320 1321 68347118[[/note]] |
| 524 | ->Continue to wait for my [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence ascent]] [[note]]72036240 46 4031 721 18 901090[[/note]] |
| 525 | -->-- '''The mysterious message from the future''' |
| 526 | |
| 527 | ->The major theme of Lovecraftian Horror is hopelessness. Insignificance. How tiny and unimportant we are in the grand scheme of things, and how, inevitably, we will be destroyed, or consumed, or turned into mindless slaves by beings that we can't even begin to comprehend. I believe in hope. I believe there's always a solution, always a way to beat the bad guys, but these... Outer Gods - these ''things'' - exist to tell us that "no, there is no way to beat things in the end," and I ''cannot'' abide that! All the people we love, all the things we do in life, everything that makes life worth living. . . it's '''''significant,''''' ''goddamit!'' We are all ''important!'' Everything we do is ''so. God. Damn. Important!'' I beat the Entity by tricking it - by convincing it that life was meaningless, and I sure as hell don't believe that! But if the Entity is still alive, or if someone like Vyce becomes it, then we're doomed, because... 'cause there's nothing else that we can do. And the same despair that killed ''it'' will kill ''us.'' And I will ''not'' let that happen. If the Entity is alive - or if Vyce becomes it - then I am gonna be the one to shove a sword through its face, just so I can get up close enough to scream in their ear that '''''WE! ARE! IMPORTANT!''''' Every one of us is important! Every one of us is important. And I'll do whatever I have to to save us all. |
| 528 | -->-- '''Linkara''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUi1BTpLlEE The Star Wars #5]] |
| 529 | |
| 530 | ->'''Lord Vyce:''' We're approaching the event horizon, [[EldritchAbomination demon]]. I will teleport away and leave you to your fate. There is no escape now. [[TheChessmaster Checkmate.]]\ |
| 531 | '''[[spoiler: Holokara]]:''' Oh, Vyce. You're so slow on the uptake. We're not playing chess -- ([[spoiler:his eyes deglitch]]) -- [[BatmanGambit we're playing poker!]]\ |
| 532 | '''Linkara:''' [[OutGambitted And I was bluffing!]] |
| 533 | -->--'''Stormwatch #0''' The [[spoiler: seemingly final]] defeat of Lord Vyce |
| 534 | [[/folder]] |
| 535 | [[folder:"Previously On" Sketches]] |
| 536 | ->'''Narrator:''' {{Previously on}} ''Atop the Fourth Wall''... |
| 537 | ->'''Linkara:''' So let's dig into ''Daredevil'' #305. (...) Harvey Finevoice, I want that information and I want it now! |
| 538 | ->'''Finevoice:''' Yap, yap, yap, that's all your type ever do. Here. Take it (handing a note), with my blessing. |
| 539 | ->'''Linkara:''' (reading) [[WebVideo/TheAngryJoeShow Angry Joe]] is walking right into a trap! |
| 540 | ->'''Angry Joe:''' It's Linkara. He's in big trouble. Assemble the army! He's gonna need all the help he can get. |
| 541 | ->'''Linkara:''' Oh my god! [[ShoutOut TV Tropes]] used one of my quotes! |
| 542 | ->'''Benzaie:''' This can't be right... it says I'm not French. They say I'm African-American. |
| 543 | ->'''Linkara:''' Get this, WebVideo/MarzGurl, this time ''I'm'' breaking up with ''you''! |
| 544 | ->'''[=MarzGurl=]:''' Huh. Whatever, I got [[Manga/ArcadeGamerFubuki passion panties]], [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]]! |
| 545 | ->'''Linkara''': Tell me [[Film/{{Watchmen}} Rorschach]], is Benzaie truly made of French toast? |
| 546 | ->'''Rorschach:''' No. |
| 547 | ->'''Linkara:''' There's a conspiracy behind all this. Could [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Dr. Insano]] be doing all this? |
| 548 | ->'''Insano:''' Nurse!? If you've taken the last Red Bull, I will have you DESTROYED! |
| 549 | ->'''Linkara:''' Look, I know what Joe is up against. I need his help! |
| 550 | ->'''Angry Joe:''' Angry Joe Army, we've gathered here today to help a dear friend: Linkara! No-one can stop our combined forces! Prepare yourselves! ...Oh my god! What the hell... ''is'' that? |
| 551 | ->'''Linkara:''' It's '''''Neutro'''''! |
| 552 | ->'''Angry Joe:''' Attack! |
| 553 | ->'''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick:''' Alright, so you've found my secret identity. (Ties her hair) That's right. [[PaperThinDisguise I'm the Nostalgia Chick]]! |
| 554 | ->'''Linkara:''' [[{{Angrish}} But...but how did you... what the... but... with the bowtie and the... what... how are you...?]] WHAT!? (...) [[Theatre/RichardII Cry woe, destruction and decay, the worst is death. And death will have his day.]] (...) I should have known, it was ''you'' who was the secret manipulator behind it all: {{Bea|rsAreBadNews}}aaar! |
| 555 | ->'''Narrator:''' And now, the conclusion. |
| 556 | -->-- "''Daredevil'' #306" review |
| 557 | |
| 558 | ->'''Harvey Finevoice:''' ''(bored)'' Okay, {{previously on}} ''Atop the Fourth Wall''... |
| 559 | ->'''[[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic Nostalgia Critic]]:''' My god, it was you all along. |
| 560 | ->'''[[WebVideo/BumReviews Chester A Bum]]:''' Yes, I [[VerbalTic hijackeded]] all the nuclear weapons of the world. And now, I have them at my ''disposal''. %%hijackeded [sic] |
| 561 | ->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' But why? Why did you do it? |
| 562 | ->'''Chester A. Bum:''' Oh... I'm just a bum. A bum who wants to take over the world. ([[EvilLaugh laughs maniacally]]) |
| 563 | ->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' ''(interrupting)'' Y'know, that's not an everyday occurrence. |
| 564 | ->'''Chester A. Bum:''' ''(stops laughing)'' ...what? |
| 565 | ->'''Linkara:''' Damn you, Phantasm, we just ''had'' a 'previously on' segment a few weeks ago! ''Why'' are we doing '''another one'''? |
| 566 | ->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' Well, you say, you know, "just a bum who wants to take over the world"? Y'know, it's not, like, hey, that's ''just'' a paperboy, there's a ton of those. No no no. That's very, very rare. |
| 567 | ->'''Chester A. Bum:''' What do you mean? |
| 568 | ->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' Like, hey! I'm a psychotic transvestite who likes to rub my feet in butter, y'know? ''Just'' one of those? |
| 569 | ->'''Chester A. Bum:''' ''(talking over the Critic)'' You know I don't think that, totally uncommon, that's kind of the idea actually, that it was, irony? You know, I don't exactly know if you know what that is, but, straightforward to you...? |
| 570 | ->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' ''(talking over Chester)'' ...Like a million of those walking down the street. Hey, another transvestite who kills people that likes to rub feet in butter, hey hey, that one's name is Bob. |
| 571 | ->'''Chester A. Bum:''' Oh '''shut up and look at this'''! |
| 572 | ->'''Linkara:''' ''[[ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis Countdown]]'' [[Film/StarTrek2009 is danger and disease wrapped in darkness and silence]]. |
| 573 | ->'''Dr. Insano:''' [[{{Foreshadowing}} He's coming for you, Linkara!]] He's ''coming for '''you'''''! ''(laughs maniacally, then falls over)'' |
| 574 | ->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' What's that? |
| 575 | ->'''Chester A. Bum:''' This is the remote control that will let me blow up ''any'' missile in the world! |
| 576 | ->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' You're mad! |
| 577 | ->'''Chester A. Bum:''' Am I? Am I? |
| 578 | ->''[beat]'' |
| 579 | ->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' ''Yes!'' Very mad. |
| 580 | ->'''Harvey Finevoice:''' I've been sitting here for hours. Why the hell hasn't anyone given me my paycheck? I got dames to smooch! |
| 581 | ->'''[[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]]:''' ''Film/{{Equilibrium}}'' is '''brilliant''' and Wimmer is God! |
| 582 | ->'''Linkara:''' My god! Film Brian, they've gotten to you! |
| 583 | ->'''Film Brain:''' Hey, it's Film ''Brain''! ''(EvilLaugh)'' |
| 584 | ->'''Chester A. Bum:''' Perhaps it is ''you'' who are mad? |
| 585 | ->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' Nnno, no, it's definitely you. |
| 586 | ->'''Chester A. Bum:''' You know what, you're just rude. |
| 587 | ->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' (talking over Chester) It's like, (gesturing) here's the sane people and here's you. You're over here and the sane people are over here? [incoherent] |
| 588 | ->'''Chester A. Bum:''' I mean, you're obnoxious! I just can't believe how annoying you are. And you're talking and talking and talking. And maybe you can do something nice contribute ''something'' to society...? |
| 589 | ->'''Linkara:''' You're not taking over my show, Continuity Alarm. You just stay back. '''Stay back'''! |
| 590 | ->'''Lee:''' The future... it's horrible, Linkara. Everybody went to see the ''ComicBook/{{Youngblood|ImageComics}}'' movie, and, and, we all got... the diseeeaaaase! |
| 591 | ->'''Chester A. Bum:''' What do you think of Hollywood? |
| 592 | ->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' Hollywood? Well, that's where all the great movies are made. |
| 593 | ->'''Chester A. Bum:''' Well, how would you feel if it just...disappeared? |
| 594 | ->''[Hollywood explodes]'' |
| 595 | ->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' [[BigNo Noooooo!]] |
| 596 | ->'''Chester A. Bum:''' (cackles) And tell me, what you think about...Rome? |
| 597 | ->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' ''Rome?'' It's the birthplace of culture! |
| 598 | ->'''Chester A. Bum:''' Not anymore! |
| 599 | ->''[The Colosseum explodes, Nostalgia Critic screams and cries]'' |
| 600 | ->'''Chester A. Bum:''' And tell me, what do you think of ''France''? |
| 601 | ->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' ...it's [[ThrowawayCountry okay]]. |
| 602 | ->'''Chester A. Bum:''' Gone! |
| 603 | ->''[The Eiffel Tower explodes; the Nostalgia Critic screams in even more pain]'' |
| 604 | ->'''Harvey Finevoice:''' And now, the conclusion. ...I play all the Las Vegas rooms and this is the thanks I get for it. |
| 605 | ->'''Caption:''' [[TakeThat And yet all of that still made more sense than]] ''Countdown'' |
| 606 | -->-- ''Countdown'' review Part 2 |
| 607 | |
| 608 | ->'''Narrator:''' PreviouslyOn 'Atop the Forth Wall'... |
| 609 | ->'''Masterthecreator:''' [''[[BritsLoveTea holding a teacup]]''] "Greetings. I am Master the Creator, title card artist for 'Atop the Forth Wall'. I've assembled you all here so we can stop the menace known as... [[AC: Andrew Dickman!]] If we do not stop Andrew Dickman, he will take over the title-card duties of every Channel Awesome producer, putting us all out of work; and then... [[TakeOvertheWorld take over the world!]]" |
| 610 | ->'''Andrew Dickman:''' [''Childish Giggling''] |
| 611 | ->'''Masterthecreator:''' [''With a new teacup''] "You, other-title-card-artists, are our only hope! Kitsune twenty twenty-two, who does WebVideo/ObscurusLupa's title cards..." |
| 612 | ->'''Kitsune2022:''' I warned you all about Andrew Dickman, but nooo, nobody believes me! [''sigh''] He's already got her 'Manic Episodes' cards; soon he'll have the whole show." |
| 613 | ->'''Masterthecreator:''' [''Yet another teacup''] "Ven Gethenian, title card artist for WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh!" |
| 614 | ->'''Ven:''' "Oh god... why did I try to watch ''Trash Humpers'' alone?" |
| 615 | ->'''Masterthecreator:''' [''[[RunningGag still yet another teacup]]''] "-and Krin, title-card artist for WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows..." |
| 616 | ->'''Krin:''' "You guys know Todd doesn't really have a face right?! The art is entirely accurate! That boy... is a monster! |
| 617 | ->'''Masterthecreator:''' [''voiceover''] "Philbunny, WebVideo/IronLiz's title-card artist!" |
| 618 | ->'''[[WebVideo/TheBunnyPerspective Philbunny]]:''' [''As a rabbit puppet of himself''] "Uh, actually, I think you want the guy who's right next to me, but [[SelfDeprecation I'm a lot better-looking]], so I'm gonna go ahead and represent him." |
| 619 | ->'''Masterthecreator:''' [''Still hasn't run out of new teacups''] "Marobot, title-card artist for WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic! |
| 620 | ->'''Marobot:''' [''on the phone''] "For the last time, no Linkara, I don't have time to make a new section of Comicron 1 for you... no, I frankly don't care if you don't have a different-looking hallway for your storyline..." |
| 621 | ->'''Masterthecreator:''' "-and finally, Vincent E.L.!" |
| 622 | ->'''Vincent:''' [''[[DrivenToSuicide with a gun to his own head]]''] "What? ''Me''?! Wow... Things are finally coming up Vincent!" [''Leaps up, starts singing''] "After all these years, and all this hard work, I've finally-" [''[[RecordNeedleScratch Needle Scratch]]''] "Wait; I'm not a title card artist, I made the Atop the Forth Wall theme song." |
| 623 | ->'''Masterthecreator:''' "Oh? Oh well, then we don't care about you." [''gestures dismissively''] |
| 624 | ->'''Vincent:''' "Wait, I-" [''cut off''] |
| 625 | ->'''Masterthecreator:''' "Now then, let's get to the first order of business, shall we?" |
| 626 | ->'''Andrew Dickman:''' "Ah, if it isn't my predecessors... how nice of you to all gather at once." |
| 627 | ->'''Kitsune2022:''' "[[CallBack We meet again]], Art-Skank!" |
| 628 | ->'''Krin:''' "You're not gonna get away with this, Dickman! We will fight you... [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway with art!]] [[BuffySpeak Art-art-art! Art!]] |
| 629 | ->'''Andrew Dickman:''' You're already too late; I've signed to do [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony's]] title cards! Nothing can stop me! [''EvilLaugh, dissolves into wheezing and hacking coughs''] "Oh god..." |
| 630 | ->'''Philbunny:''' Wait, how'd did he get Spoony's-" |
| 631 | ->[''Dr. Insano appears, carrying Son of Insano''] |
| 632 | ->'''Philbunny:''' [''gasp''] [[https://www.youtube.com/user/DoctorHolocaust Doctor Holocaust!]] |
| 633 | ->'''Insano:''' "Yes, it is I, Dr. Hol- Wait what? No!" |
| 634 | ->'''Philbunny:''' "Oh, uh... sorry, uh- [[WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog Doctor Horrible!]]" |
| 635 | ->'''Insano:''' [[{{Angrish}} I-ju-yo...]] I'm not either of those, {{you fool}}! |
| 636 | ->'''Philbunny:''' [''half-hearted''] Music/DoctorSteel ? |
| 637 | ->'''Insano:''' Really? Do I sound like I can sing as good as him? |
| 638 | ->'''Ven:''' ComicBook/DoktorSleepless! |
| 639 | ->'''Insano:''' Okay, I guess we'll go with that one, but Yes! As soon as my mind-slave Andrew Dickman takes over the scribbles of all your internet series, I shall rule the world! [''Maniacal Laughter''] |
| 640 | ->'''Marobot:''' What? No, no I don't want to talk to Snowflame... No-no don't put on Sn- [''sigh''] Hello Snowflame... yes, I know you like cocaine... who doesn't?" |
| 641 | ->'''Narrator:''' And now, the conclusion... |
| 642 | -->-- '''Mr. T #2 Review''' |
| 643 | [[/folder]] |
| 644 | |
| 645 | [[folder: Meta]] |
| 646 | ->"I'm looking for plot holes. I'm looking for bizarre character motivations. I'm looking for terrible art. I'm looking for the bland, the bizarre, the lazy, the insipid, the surreal! If [[ComicBook/TheCloneSaga a character starts humping another character]], I'll be there! If a man is powered by cocaine, I'll be there! If a basketball player challenges [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} a giant lizard]] to a fight, I'll be there! [[BringIt Bring 'em all on]]!" |
| 647 | -->-- '''Linkara''' in his introduction to ''Atop the Fourth Wall'' |
| 648 | |
| 649 | ->I can't begin to imagine how anyone followed all this stuff at the time. It'd be like if I introduced plot elements in my show that somehow ended up on [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]]'s show and... [[LampshadeHanging uh... nevermind]]. |
| 650 | -->-- '''Linkara''', ''Spider-Man: The Greatest Responsibility'' |
| 651 | |
| 652 | ->I won't rest until even [[JumpingTheShark the shark]] is bored with me! |
| 653 | -->-- '''Linkara''' on [[http://twitter.com/Linkara19/status/29610609229 his Twitter]] |
| 654 | [[/folder]] |
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