"STATIC SHOCK" Timeline - A "Big Bang" Theory!
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"Static Shock" has perhaps the most perplexing timeline of any series in the DCAU...mostly because it was more focused on how best to incorporate Shaquille O'Neal than on which costume Batman's supposed to be wearing. Nevertheless...we may have cracked the code, yo.
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Yeah, John likely wasn't keeping up with how old Virgil was, down to the month. He probably just saw him as a kid, and didn't know if he was 14, 15 or 16.
And knowing how strict Virgil's dad was, it's possible that Virgil wasn't going to inherit the family car even until he turned 18.
well agree to disagree but your logic is clean enough Virgil would have to show responsibility get the car likly not 16 but maybe not 18
Mr. Hawkind might have just never let hime drive at all after he found out about his secret identity.
"Can't you fly? Don't waste my gas!"
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Maybe SUpeprman wasnt there cuz
EVEN CLARK KENT HAS A DAY JOB
Sandy Scrap Witch lmao good one lol
I have two theories to offer up, on why the timeline around Dakota is so unstable.
1 - One is based on the show itself. Nina "Time-Zone" Crocker, scared of her abilities, went back and eliminated them. Except that beyond her own paradox, which is fairly small by time travel standards, there are two or three people who went back with her, and who remember what happened. This larger paradox, orbiting her more stable one, sent things into flux. Add on to this we likely do not know all the Bang Babies, including especially those emerging from the series' finale. Some of those may have time/space powers of their own, adding to the mix.
2 - The second is based on the comics, but 'could' tie in. The first time DC and Dakota properly crossed, it was the result of a mailman who lived somehow in both verses and eventually realized this, after some years of popping back and forth, not realizing he in essence never slept, because sleep shifted him to the other world where it was time to get up and go to work. Theory here goes, a man that tired was likely confused for years before the 'Worlds Collide' event. Say he gets up when its a holiday in both worlds, and is turned around. Seeking the places he knows, he somehow stumbles into the DCAU version of Dakota, very briefly, but on several spread-out occasions. Like the 'thinnies' of the Dark Tower novels (there is no movie), this transit left a temporal maelstrom, but not a reality-tearing one, just a mixing-up one.
OT: If Richie got his Bang by helping Virgil on the night he was gassed, what happened to the older sister who likely cleaned those same clothes, as she's been known to complain.
Richie being around Virgil right after the big bang was a retcon to introduce Gear. In the first episode Virgil didn't tell Richie about his powers or the big bang until the next day. Sharon wasn't around Virgil's clothes fast enough or for a long enough time to be affected just like Richie wasn't.
As for the timeline of course it doesn't make sense because Static Shock didn't take place in the DCAU until that was retconned to be the case just like with Richie.
@@Wonder2win I might be misremembering, but I'm pretty sure they explained that Richie got his powers due to being exposed to small amounts of the Big Bang chemicals for several months, not that he was with Virgil right after the Big Bang happened, maybe being around Static after he fought other bang babies further exposed him speeding up the process, either that or Richie was just conveniently near Virgil right after, and for some reason it took months to manifest.
@@theleonpasta7336 Virgil explicitly states he was with Richie right after the Big Bang. However, when we watch the 1st episode we see that wasn't the case and that Virgil told him the next day after he had gone home, changed his clothes, went to bed, and then woke up the next day.
@@Wonder2winVirgil might not mean literally, the day after The Big Bang is still “right after”.
Alas, I can admit that the Dark Tower movie still happens canonically, as per the rules of Multiverse Theory.
'Course, we can deem it as an alternate timeline... and in the meantime, the DCAU is grateful to not have done a bloody Arrowhead Project (from The Mist, to anyone curious). *Yet.*
That moment when Y2K is older than I am.
Lol I'm glad i am born in the mid 90s
You're tellin me mate. I'm 2 years late
before me man I wish I was there for it
Why you steal a chair?
you're going to do a static shock reviews one day?
wish there was a way to get that music. Could sleep to that. anyway, I always had a feeling Static Shock muddied the timeline, but not to this extent. Very impressive detective work....AH WELL, DOPE SHOW
Never thought I'd hear Y2K, I have an idea of a video suggestion, what year did Jack Napier become joker?
After you made a Virgin/Chad joke onscreen, for some reason I pictured a "the Virgin DCEU, the Chad DCAU" chart, complete with Bruce Timm waving his arms around all over the place while wearing an "OUCH!" shirt. And now I'm unable to get that goddamn image out of my skull.
What have computers done to me
Make it
On it, give me a couple hours
ET VOILA:
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The best
Nerds talking about sports timing is freaking weird somehow
I love the idea that someone at the show might have actually suggested to the NBA "no, see, this episode takes place 2 years ago, so we need to put them in the uniforms they had back then" and expected approval.
I just operate on a version of "Translation Convention"... since 'word of god' is that the "present" is always Present and 'beyond is 50 years in the future and flashbacks are "X Years ago" (regardless of dates on screen)
so the 'Hoop Squad' of Malone, McGrady, Ming & Nash aren't 'actually' Malone, McGrady, Ming and Nash... They are any 4 'Top Guys' in the League at what ever 'Present' you're watching in... But they are represented by these 4 because they were the 'Top Guys' (or the Top Guys who would approve their Likenesses being used, as I think Malone was the only one to provide his animated Voice) at the time of production
To be fair, being an extreme sports fanatic is its own kind of nerd culture. Just ask any baseball fan like me who keeps up with sabermetrics and the current rules of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
@@Compucles oh I know, recently I've learned about these things, but it's still _weird._
I literally just watched this show for the first time on HBO Max and I definitely remember Richie saying that Clark Kent line but now it's not in that scene
I think that opening was my favourite so far.
I've been binging a lot of these videos. Great job!
You know back then was the time when they changed the rules on getting your driver's license and went from 30 days to six months to a year for having a permit
I finally found the chair episode, I've only been watching both you and j for over a year
Just because someone turns 16 doesn't mean they automatically get their drivers license.
But it does mean they are of legal driving age here in the United States
@@amyschildgamerlive4519 You can be 'of age' but w/o the proper coursework and instruction your still Not Allowed to do so... combine with a 'rounding error' and "X years ago"... not having a license could easily be interpreted as "too Young to do so" by any adult interacting with teens
@@TJ52359 at what point in the clip was it implied they'd get their liscence just for being 16? I don't recall that.
@@amyschildgamerlive4519 at what Point in my comment did I say That... I can literally see it as I type that I Didn't... we're talking the Semantics of "Too Young to Drive"... and if we're going to split hairs on
"get their liscence (sic) just for being 16" there are actually several reasons why some one Not yet 16 would be physically/mentally 'able to drive' but one needs to still apply the caveat 'Legally', 'in Public', or "solo"...
@@TJ52359 sorry I'm sick in bed and having a hard time keeping things straight lol not thinking clearly. My bad you're right.
Static shock was one of there best shows
Milestone and DC started as separate multiverses, but when DC purchased Milestone they established the existence of Earth-M as a place to stick Milestone continuity. In DC lore, these kind of metaphysical changes occur for all kinds of reasons ranging from Superboy punches to hypertime to the Orrery of Worlds. The simplest way to explain these discrepancies is that in the beginning, Static Shock _did_ occupy a different multiverse where DC was a comic book company and Superman's secret identity was universally known. Then, when Earth-M moved to the DC multiverse and several of its denizens made the jump to regular continuity, _reality itself_ changed -- retroactively.
We know this is the most likely scenario because it's exactly what did, in our meatspace reality, actually happen. Static Shock himself is unaware of the changes to his reality, and since the Clark Kent dialogue was removed retroactively, no one remembers it ever having been said. Or if it was, then it was said on Earth-M, where presumably the original version of Static Shock still exists, but whose adventures we stopped following somewhere along the way.
That’s an interesting theory! I like it. Retconning is always weird.
With this in mind, one could even say that Static Shock did become part of the DCAU, albeit at the removal of the Teen Titans reality.
Heck, one could even blame possible Flashpoint shenanigans for all this, which could explain the absence of the Barry Allen iteration of the Flash and his nemesis Reverse-Flash in the continuity.
I always thought he meant "last year" as a figure of speech.
Either way, it works to tell us this happens after “Y2K.”
especially as he's using it in the "So last year" "Outdated" sense
any time after the scare and it being more or less much ado about nothing, i could see it being adopted/adapted into the slang as any issue of no importance
Great video! I do recall hearing that clark Kent line during the first airing of that episode.
Perhaps you'll do something on the zeta project next? And the lobo/gotham girls webseries and the DCAU videogames some time down the line?
All in good time, yes!
Man I love static shock
This theory could be shot down quick as I only watched a few episodes of season 1 of Static Shock: SS took place in it's own universe which had a Justice League team in it while the Justice League took place in it's own universe with a version of SS in it. In a nutshell, 2 separate universes with both of them containing a version of SS and JL.
Also I remember that line from richie too. But like you said maybe mandeler fxs
We could entertain the notion that the family car could be a birthday present or a gift to virgil once he enters senior year. Yk like ok you're almost an adult and I can trust you with this
So the 2 year part still stands. Ie he has turned 16 he just hasnt gotten the car because he isnt a senior.
have you considered that it may be because one of the milestone characters that never appears on TV ,Darma who can warp time and space any way he wants. i do find it sad that we will never know where the TV show could have gone with characters like Icon, Hardware and Darma. I feel that they were just getting ready to introduce them. then the show was canceled.
Good thought. We may never know. It's easy to point to universe/multiverse-altering fan theories for reasons why these shows often contradict each other or don't make sense chronologically with each other in overlapping scenarios. But it's just as likely Darma had something to do with it as it is Chronos did, or Superboy punching the edge of the multiverse, or the Source Wall bursting open, or Paul Dini accidentally hitting the Return key too many times.
Another good timeline video, but a confusing one too, which kinda does make sense because when Static Shock started, it didn't actually become part of the DCAU until the second season.
For me I believe the start of the series and the big bang happened in 2000 just before the Start of Justice League from October to December 2000 and ends in early 2002, before the Justice League episode, "Starcrossed," which also takes place in early 2002.
Also, I hope you go and save your chair. Lol. I also watched J's review of the whole Batman: The Animated Series and his videos are great.
I just realized John Stewart pulls a Sisko in between Justice League and Justice League Unlimited.
He does!
"Last time I saw you.you were too young to drive" it's obvious he could just have been saying that because he was a kid just poking fun, he could have been 18 and still could have said that because it was a joking figure of speech old people tend to say hahah, didnt need to over analyze that bit . Don't work yourself harder than you need to
And just because you turn sixteen doesn't mean you can automatically drive. Keep in mind that Virgil would still have driver's ed to complete before getting a license thus allowing him to drive.
Definitely said the CK line, and since I'm not remembering that from two decades ago, it has aired more than once, and there are (or were) clips of it online.
Link?
My easy answer to every time these kind of timeline problems happen between shows is that they're not set in the same timeline, they're different but similar timelines of the same universe.
10:02 Oh my God, the Static Timeline is just another play in Barney Stinson's Playbook!
Love the dedication to continuity!
That moment when you remember that the DCAU has a team of Power Rangers that are secretly pro-basketball players. I'll be honest I kind of want to know what happened to that team in the future.
Split up, more likely (due to the Justice League showing up and getting more prominence), albeit on amicable terms.
Fun fact when i was in preschool static shock was my all time favorite show, i also absolutely loved justice league although i don’t remember realize that they were in the same universe
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I definitely saw a UA-cam video of "Even Clark Kent has a day job" in that episode. It's since been deleted. This was way before this video was made
Thanks very much for this and I love Static not just the show but him as a character he's my favourite DC superhero
I remember the clark kent line!
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Thank you! Once our current storyline is over, we’ll be compiling the only-skits segments into one “movie” video. Keep an eye out!
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Here's my personal theoretical findings on this matter:
1 - I still think, at most, the production order is the best show chronology (yes, "Blast From the Past" should be set between the "A League of Their Own" two-parter, while "Trouble Squared" and "Consequences" should be part of Season 2)... extra emphasis on "at most", though, since the Batman crossovers "The Big Leagues" and "Hard as Nails" should still be deemed as the premieres for Seasons 2 and 3 respectively.
2 - Season 1 is basically set in its own universe. However, some offscreen Multiversal shenanigans (perhaps involving Reverse-Flash, a Barry Flash, and a Wally West Kid Flash, who then became the DCAU Flash after the heroic offscreen cosmic sacrifice of Barry) made sure of so many repercussions including the fact that the once-separate Static Shock universe became ultimately fused with the DCAU, thus leading to changes like the lack of Clark Kent mentions and comic books with Batman on them... and also the splitting of Teen Titans from the DCAU, now that I think about it.
3 - Season 2 should at the very least happen before the events of Justice League, yet must be set after the events of TNBA and S: TAS.
4 - One is better off watching Season 3 up to "Showtime" (again, production order rules follow) after finishing up with Season 1 of JL, but start watching "A League of Their Own: Part I" onwards after finishing up with JL's Season 2 premiere "Twilight"... hard to think Static Shock actually spoiled that key moment in DCAU history; with that in mind, I think Season 3 happens concurrently with the first missions of the Justice League.
5 - The Hoop Squad members may have joined up with the NBA at an earlier time than their real life counterparts. After all, they aren't exactly the same people as the ones we have. (Either way, am not exactly a fan of basketball, so this opinion may have faults, even if I have done my best.)
6 - Can agree with the "Y2K scare was soooooo last year" assumption too.
7 - As some people have already commented, not everyone gets to start legally driving at sweet 16, while I really, really doubt John Stewart ever asked Virgil Hawkins his age while doing heroics, nor did they have another encounter post-"Fallen Hero".
Addendum: I'll check out J's Reviews' stuff someday. Heard they're also good, but their general length scares me a bit.
The Static Shock could have its episodes out of order of the timeline.
Well, he did mention "production order," which is generally the intended order of continuity in most cartoons, at least the ones that bother to use any decent amount of continuity at all.
Great video! Will you guys ever make more Static Shock videos? Maybe one about his villains?
Thanks! We've actually done a couple Static-related episodes of our show "The Vanishing Point," and there's a whole "Static Shock" playlist with every video we've done that deals with him in any way. Check those out on our channel! More to come!
Idk if anyones asked this but how does Richie know Supermans identity if they meet him later on and never reveal his identity to him
“Static Shock” wasn’t originally meant to be part of the DCAU, so Richie had a line about “even Clark Kent has a day job,” but once the show was grandfathered into the DCAU, this line was cut from the episode. So canonically, it never happened.
Static shock was awesome
This is more confusing then the kingdom hearts story
I am sure they have time skips. with your logic a season has less than 30 days lmao
Less than 30 episodes 🤷♀️
Thank you professor Rob core for that history lesson
The majority of Static Shock takes place from 2001-2003 just by all the pop culture references I remember at that time like Beyonce, B2K, Lil' Romeo. And that the first season also takes place in the fall of 2001 a year after the shows orginal premier date. Which would make the NBA episode line up perfectly in real time. With that said Static should be 17 by the end of the last season...GL jokingly exaggerates his age, and that the time estimates of the future Jlu episode are just rounded off by the nearest milestone. Like it could be 47 years into the future, but in casual dialogue they can round it off to 50 which in this case is common...
Those 2000s dates don’t line up with “Justice League” though, and there’s the crossover. So...it’s likely what we said in this video ;)
(Not trying to be an ass, just saying we thought through all of that) ✌️
@@dcauwatchtower Np. The JL stuff was the only things that were inconsistent. Everything else lines up accurately with noticeable mistakes. Tbh, it was treated like a lower tier show which could explain why some of the events were out of place. These were the same writers that insisted an older Static be kidnapped by Kobra despite his younger self falling through a loophole sending him to the future and still have his older counterpart exist for some reason. I figured I point out '01-'03 from the Beyonce and Lil' Romeo references.
He does fall through a time portal into the future, but he returns to present day at the end, so he’s “available” in the future to be kidnapped.
Great job you guys you rock I am your biggest fan
wow, first video I picked and it was the chair one. scary.
Piano music name please?
Who the hell puts pineapples on pizza? What is this the Soviet Union!
People with TASTE
I was just accused of having poor taste in pizza by Watchtower Database....THAT. IS. AWESOME!
Ah Static Shock, good times
Wonder what he got on that paper?
Cool video!! More Static stuff is always welcome...
But any plans for more videos on comic book DCAU stuff??
I know, but at least me...I would like if you guys focused on telling the cool stuff that happened in the comics rather than just focusing on timelines...
Hue Hue Thanks for the feedback! We had a few timeline videos in a row to get out of the way so we could reference it for future content rather than having to re-explain timeline stuff every single time. Plus, it’s all leading to next Sunday’s finale to the “Mattie is stuck in the basement” saga...
But yes, we plan to do many more videos on the tie-in comics and other unique DCAU areas.
I think when he said last year he was used it like in fashion sarcastically like that's so last year like out dated or old maybe
That Y2K comment could've happened in 2000, since the Y2K was supposed to happen the moment all the clocks rolled over to 0.
Yep, that’s our best guess!
Don't worry about your chair. Worst that'll happen is that J will sit on it for long hours while hate playing Sly 4 for the millionth time, lol.
Yeah, your right J; "Static Shock"_"WB_CORPITATION©®" is not part , the older superheros. Actually one episode, " Batman"_"" Bob_©®"; tells him that he is too young, therefore when those time travel episodes, it will throw off a bit.
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I was holding a wrench when he said throws a wrench in the dcau
We know.
This is awesome! I didn't realize that it was impossible(?) to find that reference to Clark Kent and his day job. I really hope someone recorded that because it's an interesting piece of DCAU history.
As for placing A League of Their Own post-JL's Twilight, between what episodes do you think it most makes sense? Not necessarily in between two specific episodes but what block of episodes would it best fit (i.e. somewhere between Twilight and say, Maid of Honor -- or between Twilight and A Better World, etc.)
Also, is there any reference to suggest that he would have already met Superman or not by this episode? If not, do you think it makes sense for him to have already teamed up with both Bats and Supes before the JL?
TheRealRobertBlarg The Superman crossover is chronologically after if we’re going in production order. Not sure on the JL episodes but we’ll look into it!
I think production order just has to be thrown out completely. It seems like even with it, they had no general chronology other than maybe having slowly age up throughout the show and that's it. Almost like they came up with an episode idea and then just put it wherever. I say throw out any reliance on production order for this series. I believe even the 90s X-Men cartoon's production order isn't chronologically accurate after the first couple seasons either.
Hmmm... as for She-Back and Comfort and Joy -- I'll tentatively do this:
* Twilight
* Toys in the Hood
* She-Back
* A League of Their Own
* Comfort and Joy
There are other episodes/comics/whatever between these of course and if it works better to place Toys in the Hood AFTER League of their Own, that works too. This is mostly the order for these particular episodes that I think makes the most sense based on your notes. By the way, I'm that guy from reddit who was asking about Sin Tzu and Batman Adventures Vol. 2 so hey again. Be prepared to be annoyed by my constant "but wait GIVE ME MORE info" questions. You've been warned!
Agreed. It just depends on what you personally consider the most important reasons to move an episode, for your own purposes. Ours in this case are for the purpose of trying to keep production order as close as possible, while relying purely on in-universe time/date references. There’s no correct answer for this series, but it’s still great.
Sorry for the novel-length response!
This was some of my logic when starting my personal chronology and I realize that ultimately, character design needs to be ignored and here's MY reasoning for that aspect haha. In Return of the Joker, we get a flashback to the last time they ever saw Joker alive. The designs are clearly TNBA, not Justice League, which doesn't make sense if it comes after (if we go by character designs) which it must since we see Joker go catatonic in the JL era meaning he has to wake up at SOME point for the ROTJ flashback.
We also have Batman and Harley Quinn, love it or hate it, which is actually considered DCAU-canon by the creators (unlike Brainiac Attacks) and that is clearly set at least during JLU or after it based on the fact that the League exists and has a Booster Gold cameo. Yet... they're clearly the TNBA designs (albeit with a few tweaks like a short haircut+visible pupils for Nightwing or slightly altered gloves for Batman). Then even with Static, his crossover episodes with Batman both have TNBA designs even though one of them was made (or at least aired after) A League of Their Own.
It gets even worse if you want to try to place the DCAU comics because some Batman Adventures comics, which were based on BTAS and thus use those designs) work better when placed later in the timeline such as the one with Superman which aside from a minor issue implying that Bruce and Lex are meeting for the first time, actually works well with World's Finest and the other crossover episodes because it's clear that Batman and Superman know each others' identities already and aren't meeting for the first time. But character designs make no sense since it predates STAS -- Luthor with a red toupee and Superman with a mullet??.
But even ignoring the comics, character designs don't work. The only obvious time change you can pinpoint via character design is when BTAS became TNBA because it coincides with Nightwing and Tim Drake's introductions. After that though, it just doesn't mean anything anymore as evidenced by how even the DCAU ignores character design. So for me, it suddenly becomes one of two things:
* Either the JL and TNBA/STAS designs are actually, canonically one and the same despite being different. Artistic license, let's say.
* OR Batman keeps his old suit designs sometimes, for whatever reason, but we just never see them displayed (again, for whatever reason).
I prefer the latter because it sort of works like the comics -- despite the comics featuring a set chronology and continuity (that gets rebooted every once in awhile), we see the characters return to older suit designs periodically (i.e. Superman just went back to the iconic red trunks, thank god, while Batman has a brand new design entirely).
That said, I agree the beginning dialogue in League of Their Own seems like it would take place somewhat soon afterward... I just hate having the same villain so close to another episode usually. They could also just be doing some sort of routine inventorying...thing...? That way it could come later? HmmmMMMMMmmmm.
TheRealRobertBlarg Very on point here. Our Batsuit analysis video in a few weeks is going to cover a lot of what you just alluded to. Look out for that one!
in short, Static Shock is weird and confusing. but we all love anyway, like ol Aunt Ann.
Did anybody learn about this lost clip?
GLs comment of being too young to drive could also just be an exaduration. Being too young to drive is just a way to emphasize his point
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just watch it in release order damn lmao
But you to remember the episode were not I order in the series you had season 1 and 2 episodes in season 3 and 4. Richie Became Gear in the second episode of season 3. Before that it was a season 1 or 2 episode that was in season 3. I do believe tho that the Big Bang most likely happened in the 2000. And that Y2K scare reference was made in the 2000s too
Re: episodes, yep. Going by production order, not airdate order.
I personally think that static shock starting in 1999-2000 makes a lot more sense cuz there was that team Up episode Hard as Nails were batman was wearing his new adventures batsuit
As we’ve discussed before, Gear is in his second white suit in Future Shock, which would place it after Batman’s JL crossover in A League of Their Own because Gear is in his first green costume there. You either choose Batman’s costume being consistent or Gear’s, but you can’t have both. It’s unfortunate, but mostly explainable, as you’ll see in our Batsuit Conundrum video coming soon.
P.S. The Batcave is something we’re looking into, too.
It is also interesting (though not necessarily right or wrong) that you wind up making SS take place over “extra years” by trying to keep everything in production order, yet you move episodes before or after their production order based solely on Batman’s costume or the Batcave’s look.
We’ve discussed in the past that you choose to go with Gear’s costume not being accurate because Batman is more important or means more to the universe, which is personal opinion. There’s no solid reasoning behind either choice. We don’t see eye to eye on this topic so it’s best left discontinued. Look out for the Batsuits video soon!
isn't driving age like 14 or 15 in Dakota? i don't live in america but wouldn't Virgil still have to have driving lessons? If his birthday is in fall then "next year" would make sense by the time he'd learn't and passed his test
Maybe they kept his jersey? Now he just wears it with his friends?
How About look at most of it as hyperbolic
Just because hes 16 doesnt mean he has his license.
Yes, but at 16, he is by definition “old enough to drive.”
Watchtower Database I dun been disproven... maybe the legal age to drive is different in that universe?
Thanks
You’re welcome
Some states u must be 17 to drive not 16
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Maybe GL just made a joke or exaggerated. Why the fuck is that not even an option?
"So last year" does not necessarily mean "the previous year". It can also mean "not current" just as "ancient history" doesn't mean 4000 or more years ago.
When do you hear someone say “that’s SO last year!” and mean 2-3 years ago?
I'm over 40. That phrase has been around the block. When people wanted to be specific, they would use the actual year "That is so 2017". I've heard it used to mean up to 6 years in the past, mainly because people forget that decades like the 2000s and even the 90s were not just a couple of years ago. It might just be I'm not as hip as the yungin's of nowsville here in the Inter and nets, but I have "been there and done that".
It's like saying "last time I saw you, you were too young to drive" and it actually meant the person was under 16. To us old people, the person they are referring to could have been 18 and just seemed young due to inexperience.
And, yes both the free dictionary's idiom listing for this and a WordReference.com forum from 2008 back me up.
I wasn't actually trying to debate you. I was just trying to just you a little bit more wiggle room in your theory craft.
Understandable! Thanks, man! We do try to take these sorts of things literally though whenever we can, since we otherwise have nothing to go off of. If we treated it as completely open to interpretation, we’d get nowhere with this timelining craziness!
2:26 *_me getting pissed about batman changing costumes in every show_*
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If we can bring Young Justice back we can bring static back
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That movie isn’t DCAU canon. But even if it was, it doesn’t change that the League fought him in “A League of Their Own,” meaning that episode is still after “Twilight.”
Brothers sister act he means when she uses the word arcade he thinks it is out dated like so last year like old like y2k
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Im the 999th like so who's Mr or Ms 1000th?
You seem to hang a lot on idiomatic expressions, taking them as factual.
Hey man, when it’s between zero information and subjective phrases, we gotta go with what they give us!
Well, I feel for you. It can't be easy. Keep up the good work. I know it can consume your thoughts. I recently got caught up in trying to figure out where The Legend of the Three Caballeros fits in with the Ducktales history of Donald Duck. And I don't even do this for a living or for videos.
good thing y2k wasn't a real issue, jan 19th 2038 on the other hand..
Jesus that’s confusing
Are you going to do static in your comic?
Of course! He’ll show up eventually in an important way.
Awsome . are you going to put Icon and rocket(his side kick) ?
No plans for other Milestone characters currently but we’ll see!
ok thought it would be cool to see
Take me back to that same fucking universe when you figure out how to get back because in this universe or dimension Arnold Schwarzenegger knows how to say the word back now I’ll be Bach don’t stand the same and yes I do remember that line and knowing very little superheroes that were black except maybe Jax on my and he’s not really a hero is he he’s more of a never mind just take me back to our dimension One more thing I hate about this dimension they cater to crybabies video games cartoons it’s all about not making the cry baby cry anymore take me back to our dimension hell I don’t care Marge The Dimensions
It's not that complex my dude. Green Lantern could have been talking about the national age of majority. Which would be 18 and not 16.
Who cares about half the stuff your saying as a kid everybody loved the crossover and either there new animated movies and shows it can be fixed
"Last year" is slang. It doesn't mean literally last year. You literalized, non-literal slang and built a video on it.
That’s not what the video is built around, but fair point. When it comes to stuff like this, people like to point out that stuff can be interpreted differently or may happen at different times than in our world. But we have to go off what we’re given, or else timelining these series becomes absolutely impossible...and where’s the fun in that?