Know what you mean with the original way he was drawn at Charleton, but I think when Earth 4 became part of DC with the COIE the artists improved the helmet look a bit, and remember logically it had to be bulky because helmet has radar and radio communication, and an ultrasonic stun beam; This can modify the Peacemaker's voice, detect radio emitters, fire a laser beam from its forehead and allow underwater operations. Plus I recall reading he had it laced w/ explosives if he was in a situation he needed an explosive and/or was willing to go on a suicide run. All that means it'd have to be bulky, but the best look he had was Alex Ross' from Kingdom Come.
@@Jherick5954 yeah I kinda knew about him from some old comic book price guides that showed him on a cover with Captain Atom, but didn't fully know about him until Who's Who and COIE
Amanda telling her audience to imagine cosplaying Starfire's outfit. All the guys out there: hmmm Amanda cosplaying that outfit. Yeah, I can imagine that 🤩
Amanda went older school with the Smallville Aquaman outfit. 😀You’re right is pretty bad considering how much more awesome modern Cosplayers can do with their homemade costumes.
Be careful, Starfire’s costume has to show as much skin as possible so she can absorb solar energy. Her fans are very defensive over that. Or maybe they just hate lesbians.
Doesn't Star Sapphire costume make sense as the ring she has embody love which means that the costume is heavily emphasis on lust in love? Also considering they sometimes try to seduce people the costume kinda makes sense.
Sure. But as I said in the point, the actual costume itself and how it stays on, does not make sense. Also love doesn't necessarily have to mean lust, that's really just an interpretation that the creative team decided to go with. It fits for her personality, but the actual costume itself -- would just fall off were it to exist in the real world. That's what my whole point was about. lol
@@VampX13 I agree that real world wouldn't work unless the costume designer used nylon mesh or sheer spandex, aka pantyhose material. That's what came to my thinking as you described how to make it work via cosplay.
@@AncientChi Most powerful double-sided tape I've ever heard of. The only one that comes close is Cassandra Peterson's Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. So seriously, how much effort does a lantern have to put forth to keep their costume intact and looking correctly, because it seems like she is wasting a lot of power here.
This list was awesome and funny!! I always appreciate the "Hey, do your own thing!" vibe, too. Can we give Honorable Mention to all of 80s - 90s shoulder pads? So. Many. Shoulder Pads....
With Star Sapphire, it's a suit literally made of light, and is shaped by the ring wielder. Its impossibility to cosplay is somewhat irrelevant lol Greens get a basic uniform, but their personality tends to shape the details, like Guy's jacket, or the shape of Hal's mask vs Kyle's, or how John has glowing eyes, while Simon opts for a full cowl, or Guy going without a mask while Jessica has the Corps logo over her eye. It's similar for the Sapphires, and since their whole deal for a while was desire, passion and love, their suits would tend toward more provocative designs. That's the Watsonian reason, anyway. So the look was likely shaped by Carol's own mind. Explains why every iteration has her looking different too, as her mental state and even her mood might play a role, and she's not always quite herself when she has the ring.
Sure. But the point I was making was simply that if this suit were to exist in the real world, it wouldn't make any sense. lol So I hear you - but that wasn't the point I was making. And I do think cosplay can be considered when designing suits. A big part of the fandom is the fun of getting to immerse yourself in the world by dressing up as your favourite characters. Not everyone does that but there is a HUGE group of people who celebrate their love of the fandom that way. So I don't really think it's fair to call cosplay irrelevant. The impossibility of a suit also means it's harder to do one for one in live action as well. Not impossible obviously cause we have CGI and prosthetics or you could just change it. But this is the kind of suit that people would be mad it if it was changed. People get mad just when I talk about how silly it is so... lol I still think having something that is sexy but just a bit more grounded is preferred. But again, that's just my opinion. :)
@@VampX13 Wow, he gave a well articulated, in world rational as to why Star Sapphire has the costume she does, and gets dismissed with, "Sure." As a point of fact a simple image search will show that there are many women who have pulled off this cosplay quite well. Since the character has been around for over 60 years there is no harm in choosing one of her other looks if one lacks the attributes to achieve the more, um, 'open' outfit. Thank God comic book writers don't take cosplay into account when creating characters! It's their job to tell a compelling story, and if that inspires people to mimic the look as a means of appreciation then it's THEIR job to figure out HOW. As for live action, I'm pretty sure that the people who've brought us characters made of rock, lizard monsters, cyborgs, giant demons, and Baby Groot, will be able to figure it out! Personally instead of beating around the bush I would have gone with , "She looks like she was drawn by a guy who spent his teenage years as a frustrated nerd who was hoping to titillate (see what I did there) other frustrated nerds." But, that's just my opinion. :)
Especially when unlike them, her culture literally has no qualms about being naked. But no, let's whine about the fictional character who is explicitly comfortable and happy with dressing like that as opposed to the other two who have negative reason for looking that way. 💀
@@newrandom7114 XD kinda think its cringe when people say cringe like that. Plus a side note most female super heroes revealing outfits were for male demograph seeing as more guys read comics than girls...i kinda think its dumb when people dont know that much. But yeah :o its cringe......
I didn't like the storyline, but the artist for red hood and the outlaws was damn fantastic. That was the best Starfire has ever looked. The coolest, most badass, sexiest, whatever. The energy was just there. I really don't care how much skin a character is or isn't showing if it looks good and it isn't against their characterization.
I think the issue I have with Starfire's outfit in Red Hood and The Outlaws is more that she wore it when she wasn't really herself. This was the costume she wore while she was amnesiac. Making her an amnesiac kind of takes away a lot of her agency for how she dresses imo. I don't mind Starfire wearing less normally though. I just don't think it needs to be that extreme and during a time when she is struggling to remember her own life.
Amanda your knowledge of Superheroes Costumes are very intriguing and useful and I agree with you some of these Superheroes Costumes are the dumbest AKA Starfire and Raven's Costumes are smoking hot.
Star fire outfit was the reason i was drawn to the comics in the first place 😂😅 if all the outfits were power rangers suits what would'v been the point?
Bruce Timm admitted that he purposely weakened Superman for season one , feeling he needed to because of the team aspect ( also changed his facial look ) , but he corrected it for season 2 & the JLU 2 season , after getting a lot of complaints 🖖🏾
I feel like there were some Rob Liefeld drawn costumes on this list... And really, at that point you don't need to explain why they are dumb, you can just say "Rob Liefeld".
Double sided tape is what I'd imagine holding many of the "huh, there's less than two seat belts and a handkerchief's worth of material that costume is made from. If it gets cold..."
I'm pretty sure Wolverine went feral after Apocalypse's followers tried to bond the adamantium back to his skeleton. It failed obviously. When Magneto ripped the adamantium out, Wolverine simply ran around with bone claws and a depleted healing factor.
The Tick is a goofy suit. Although maybe it wasn't a suit. Was The Tick running around naked all the time? I can't remember the story, just that it was pretty funny and utterly absurd. Everyone should just be naked. Because of global warming.
The more skin the better plus Star Saffire is a hottie gotta go for that bonus hole (me being sarcastic because of woke feminist) god GenZ has destroyed comic books independent comics and Manga are the way to go go pick up an Isom comic from the rippaverse
Whatever floats your boat lol although I feel like that giant collar could poke someone's eye out. But maybe that's the point of it. Weaponized collar action!
Am I the only one that finds the idea of a "Top 10, part 2" kind of silly? Does "top 10" mean something different than I think it does? Can't you just call it "10 Dumbest Superhero suits"? Why does it need to be "Top 10" if you aren't going with the top ten?
Despite the disclaimer... the Star Sapphire rant seems like one written and forced to be on the list from some woke hire up. The same "complaints" can be said about most female super heroes (and probably a fair share of male ones too). More so if you describe the issue simply as "practicality". But thats only ever an issue with female characters, and its transparent why. It's not a issue of practicality for the people who complain about it. Its motivated by wokeness. Women are no longer allowed to be 'sexy'. Even retroactively.
Hi there. The "rant" as you called it was scripted by me. :) We all write our own scripts on Nerd, unless otherwise stated in the video description or the video itself. As I said already and have said many times, I have no issue with women being sexy. I love sexy women and I also have cosplayed as many sexy characters myself and love when sexy outfits are used to empower people in stories and celebrate their sexuality - which is an AWESOME part of the medium btw! However that doesn't mean their costumes aren't also ridiculous at times (like when they don't make sense or are used to simply objectify the character). When I struggle to even comprehend how to put together a cosplay of a character, yes, I'm going to call that out for being a bit much and being a bit silly - because it's not even something we can create in the real world. Granted, maybe if I had a Violet Ring I could. I am tired of people judging me when I celebrate sexy costumes. And I'm tired of people judging me when I critique them. I'm either considered not progressive enough or too 'woke'. These are my own thoughts - they are not manipulated by any agenda, they are 100% my own. I'm free to express them. In fact, it's actually my job to express them. If you like, sexy costumes, great! Me too!
Peacemakers helmet makes me think of a toilet seat lol
Know what you mean with the original way he was drawn at Charleton, but I think when Earth 4 became part of DC with the COIE the artists improved the helmet look a bit, and remember logically it had to be bulky because helmet has radar and radio communication, and an ultrasonic stun beam; This can modify the Peacemaker's voice, detect radio emitters, fire a laser beam from its forehead and allow underwater operations. Plus I recall reading he had it laced w/ explosives if he was in a situation he needed an explosive and/or was willing to go on a suicide run. All that means it'd have to be bulky, but the best look he had was Alex Ross' from Kingdom Come.
@@Cavillier1970 😮 I didn't know his helmet did that
@@Jherick5954 yeah I kinda knew about him from some old comic book price guides that showed him on a cover with Captain Atom, but didn't fully know about him until Who's Who and COIE
@@Cavillier1970 ----Sorry, but what does COIE stand for? Thanks
Yup, I know Bloodsport from James Gunn's the Suicide Squad would also agree with you there. lol
Amanda telling her audience to imagine cosplaying Starfire's outfit. All the guys out there: hmmm Amanda cosplaying that outfit. Yeah, I can imagine that 🤩
Amanda went older school with the Smallville Aquaman outfit. 😀You’re right is pretty bad considering how much more awesome modern Cosplayers can do with their homemade costumes.
"See this guy has the right idea. he wore the Brown Pants."
LMAO yesssss!
Be careful, Starfire’s costume has to show as much skin as possible so she can absorb solar energy. Her fans are very defensive over that.
Or maybe they just hate lesbians.
Wolverine is so old I like that Patch could just be a persona he adopted at one point in his long life instead of a disguise.
Doesn't Star Sapphire costume make sense as the ring she has embody love which means that the costume is heavily emphasis on lust in love? Also considering they sometimes try to seduce people the costume kinda makes sense.
Sure. But as I said in the point, the actual costume itself and how it stays on, does not make sense. Also love doesn't necessarily have to mean lust, that's really just an interpretation that the creative team decided to go with. It fits for her personality, but the actual costume itself -- would just fall off were it to exist in the real world. That's what my whole point was about. lol
@@VampX13 I've heard of double sided tape and he costume is perfect the way it is lol
@@VampX13 I agree that real world wouldn't work unless the costume designer used nylon mesh or sheer spandex, aka pantyhose material. That's what came to my thinking as you described how to make it work via cosplay.
@@AncientChi Most powerful double-sided tape I've ever heard of. The only one that comes close is Cassandra Peterson's Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. So seriously, how much effort does a lantern have to put forth to keep their costume intact and looking correctly, because it seems like she is wasting a lot of power here.
This list was awesome and funny!! I always appreciate the "Hey, do your own thing!" vibe, too. Can we give Honorable Mention to all of 80s - 90s shoulder pads? So. Many. Shoulder Pads....
I love a good set of shoulder pads.
Thanks for the shout out on the Azrael Batman! Truly a very 90s look.
Thanks for the suggestions! So 90s, it hurts! But I love the 90s, so it also hurts so good in this case. Hahaha! :)
Star Sapphire's costume? REEEEEEELLLLY effective body paint.
Amanda McKnight sporting baby Yoda today! 😎👍👍
With Star Sapphire, it's a suit literally made of light, and is shaped by the ring wielder. Its impossibility to cosplay is somewhat irrelevant lol
Greens get a basic uniform, but their personality tends to shape the details, like Guy's jacket, or the shape of Hal's mask vs Kyle's, or how John has glowing eyes, while Simon opts for a full cowl, or Guy going without a mask while Jessica has the Corps logo over her eye. It's similar for the Sapphires, and since their whole deal for a while was desire, passion and love, their suits would tend toward more provocative designs. That's the Watsonian reason, anyway. So the look was likely shaped by Carol's own mind. Explains why every iteration has her looking different too, as her mental state and even her mood might play a role, and she's not always quite herself when she has the ring.
Sure. But the point I was making was simply that if this suit were to exist in the real world, it wouldn't make any sense. lol So I hear you - but that wasn't the point I was making. And I do think cosplay can be considered when designing suits. A big part of the fandom is the fun of getting to immerse yourself in the world by dressing up as your favourite characters. Not everyone does that but there is a HUGE group of people who celebrate their love of the fandom that way. So I don't really think it's fair to call cosplay irrelevant. The impossibility of a suit also means it's harder to do one for one in live action as well. Not impossible obviously cause we have CGI and prosthetics or you could just change it. But this is the kind of suit that people would be mad it if it was changed. People get mad just when I talk about how silly it is so... lol I still think having something that is sexy but just a bit more grounded is preferred. But again, that's just my opinion. :)
@@VampX13 Wow, he gave a well articulated, in world rational as to why Star Sapphire has the costume she does, and gets dismissed with, "Sure." As a point of fact a simple image search will show that there are many women who have pulled off this cosplay quite well. Since the character has been around for over 60 years there is no harm in choosing one of her other looks if one lacks the attributes to achieve the more, um, 'open' outfit. Thank God comic book writers don't take cosplay into account when creating characters! It's their job to tell a compelling story, and if that inspires people to mimic the look as a means of appreciation then it's THEIR job to figure out HOW. As for live action, I'm pretty sure that the people who've brought us characters made of rock, lizard monsters, cyborgs, giant demons, and Baby Groot, will be able to figure it out! Personally instead of beating around the bush I would have gone with , "She looks like she was drawn by a guy who spent his teenage years as a frustrated nerd who was hoping to titillate (see what I did there) other frustrated nerds." But, that's just my opinion. :)
When you said the thing about Peacemaker's helmet looking like a doorway on his head, it totally reminded me of The Mighty Boosh.
Great star wars t-shirt
I love how nobody bats an eye at he-man's costume or martian man's costumes but get their panties in a twist when Starfire wears stuff like that
Because she was obviously designed for the male gaze. She was designed to be sexualized and objectified. Its weird.
Especially when unlike them, her culture literally has no qualms about being naked. But no, let's whine about the fictional character who is explicitly comfortable and happy with dressing like that as opposed to the other two who have negative reason for looking that way. 💀
Starfire and Ravens outfits were the reason I stuck around the Titans in the first place.
@@redblue4127 fr it's so cringe
@@newrandom7114 XD kinda think its cringe when people say cringe like that. Plus a side note most female super heroes revealing outfits were for male demograph seeing as more guys read comics than girls...i kinda think its dumb when people dont know that much. But yeah :o its cringe......
Nice star wars shirt Amanda
Honorable mention: Hardware from Milestone. His costume was ridiculous. It had chains and spikes on it for no damn reason 🤣
Aqua-Man; By Balenciaga.
Also, where is Nightwing's super bright retro costume in this list?
The Peacemaker helmet. How does he hold his head up? His neck muscles are superhuman
His neck is JACKED lol
In paper print comics colors weren’t that varied due to the printing process.
Wolverines nose is like Voldemort
This comment literally made me lol hahaha 😂😂
Who needs pouches when you have a mighty hammer?
I didn't like the storyline, but the artist for red hood and the outlaws was damn fantastic. That was the best Starfire has ever looked. The coolest, most badass, sexiest, whatever. The energy was just there. I really don't care how much skin a character is or isn't showing if it looks good and it isn't against their characterization.
I think the issue I have with Starfire's outfit in Red Hood and The Outlaws is more that she wore it when she wasn't really herself. This was the costume she wore while she was amnesiac. Making her an amnesiac kind of takes away a lot of her agency for how she dresses imo. I don't mind Starfire wearing less normally though. I just don't think it needs to be that extreme and during a time when she is struggling to remember her own life.
Amanda your knowledge of Superheroes Costumes are very intriguing and useful and I agree with you some of these Superheroes Costumes are the dumbest AKA Starfire and Raven's Costumes are smoking hot.
If my thicc azz wore Star sapphire’s outfit I’d probably be arrested and possibly deported lol
Sapphire the goat
Amanda - I have to say that your Red Sonja cosplay outfit should be included in this. How did that outfit stay on you?? Actually - not much outfit 😂😂
Those looks from the Crossing era are amazing. Not in a good way...
I guess they went with a "more is more" philosophy!
I'm fine with the suits
Star fire outfit was the reason i was drawn to the comics in the first place 😂😅 if all the outfits were power rangers suits what would'v been the point?
The point would be the story.
I have been watching the Justice League animated series. In it, Superman does not seem very super. He is always getting tossed aroudn.
Bruce Timm admitted that he purposely weakened Superman for season one , feeling he needed to because of the team aspect ( also changed his facial look ) , but he corrected it for season 2 & the JLU 2 season , after getting a lot of complaints 🖖🏾
Wolverines nose isn’t a suit
Iron mans is because it’s actually his armor
I feel like there were some Rob Liefeld drawn costumes on this list...
And really, at that point you don't need to explain why they are dumb, you can just say "Rob Liefeld".
And for #3 if its really cold you've to wear type on her top too
Body paint FTW! 😊
Double sided tape is what I'd imagine holding many of the "huh, there's less than two seat belts and a handkerchief's worth of material that costume is made from. If it gets cold..."
Did y'all ever wonder why Sapphire from Teen Titans looks so much like Black Phoenix
I'm pretty sure Wolverine went feral after Apocalypse's followers tried to bond the adamantium back to his skeleton. It failed obviously. When Magneto ripped the adamantium out, Wolverine simply ran around with bone claws and a depleted healing factor.
I like Glam metal Thor.
No. 8, wonder how they plan to adapt this costume into live-action now that he's part of the MCU since his debut on the Disney Plus Hawkeye series?
7:38 aye yo you be you
The Tick is a goofy suit. Although maybe it wasn't a suit. Was The Tick running around naked all the time? I can't remember the story, just that it was pretty funny and utterly absurd.
Everyone should just be naked. Because of global warming.
Carol Farris, cosplay, flesh tone with violet, dumb but doable.
It's because the female superheroes don't wear enough thigh high boots
I do love a good thigh high boots. Everyone should wear more of them. All superheroes and villains in thigh high boots, please.
@@VampX13 yes Amanda
Az bat looks like a Transforner or somthing
Thor and Wasp were the Extreme era
Hey, I’m only here for Amanda. She’s pretty cool.
8:39 paint would work
Hi Amanda 😊
Swordsman is direvitive of Hawkeye costume
Batman +Iron Man= Batman Knights End
The Crossing Wasp is WAY worse
WOLVERINE PITCH NO NO NO NO NO NO
Pacemaker bed pan helmet
8:15 Amanda don't be upset that you don't have the body to pull it off.
So where can I see the commentators body? …I mean her sense of empowerment.
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Star Fire? How's that suit stay on? EASY!...it's PAINTED on....I've seen naked folks I THOUGHT were dressed.
Hi
A patch for a suit? Really? I dont think so.
Starfire outfit is not dumb it’s sexy
The more skin the better plus Star Saffire is a hottie gotta go for that bonus hole (me being sarcastic because of woke feminist) god GenZ has destroyed comic books independent comics and Manga are the way to go go pick up an Isom comic from the rippaverse
Punisher 2099 is trash
Aye yo
That little rant about reveling outfits for female characters kinda sounds like a bunch of cope. Like your trying to justify some poor life choices.
Fr they don't even try and mask it again
Star Sapphire is probably one of all time best costumes on a female superhero. 😍😍😍
Whatever floats your boat lol although I feel like that giant collar could poke someone's eye out. But maybe that's the point of it. Weaponized collar action!
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Congrats to all who is early and found this comment 🎉
Am I the only one that finds the idea of a "Top 10, part 2" kind of silly? Does "top 10" mean something different than I think it does? Can't you just call it "10 Dumbest Superhero suits"? Why does it need to be "Top 10" if you aren't going with the top ten?
Despite the disclaimer... the Star Sapphire rant seems like one written and forced to be on the list from some woke hire up. The same "complaints" can be said about most female super heroes (and probably a fair share of male ones too). More so if you describe the issue simply as "practicality". But thats only ever an issue with female characters, and its transparent why. It's not a issue of practicality for the people who complain about it. Its motivated by wokeness. Women are no longer allowed to be 'sexy'. Even retroactively.
Hi there. The "rant" as you called it was scripted by me. :) We all write our own scripts on Nerd, unless otherwise stated in the video description or the video itself. As I said already and have said many times, I have no issue with women being sexy. I love sexy women and I also have cosplayed as many sexy characters myself and love when sexy outfits are used to empower people in stories and celebrate their sexuality - which is an AWESOME part of the medium btw! However that doesn't mean their costumes aren't also ridiculous at times (like when they don't make sense or are used to simply objectify the character). When I struggle to even comprehend how to put together a cosplay of a character, yes, I'm going to call that out for being a bit much and being a bit silly - because it's not even something we can create in the real world. Granted, maybe if I had a Violet Ring I could.
I am tired of people judging me when I celebrate sexy costumes. And I'm tired of people judging me when I critique them. I'm either considered not progressive enough or too 'woke'. These are my own thoughts - they are not manipulated by any agenda, they are 100% my own. I'm free to express them. In fact, it's actually my job to express them.
If you like, sexy costumes, great! Me too!
Im scared people are defended that star sapphire outfit, touch grass or get a gf please.