Jeffrey Combs did an amazing job with his voice. The Question episodes are some of my favourites in the JLA cartoon. Great character, complex and very of all seasons, he is always relevent.
Still waiting on a show for this guy, he's absolutely amazing, and has been given hardly any real attention lately, he deserves a well done tv series or even another comic book line that's true to the original vic sage.
I was surprised by just how much social commentary was present within Jefferey Combs portrayal of The Question...a startling amount when compared to other shows. The culture industry, the exigencies of power, identity, the philosophy of truth, perceptive reality..."nebulous" is indeed the proper word.
His portrayal showed an uncomfortableness with the status quo, It also showed heroes did not necessarily have to be so mainstream. Often times, the Question was a better detective than Batman because his willingness to look at things that Batman could/would not.
I love The Question's arc in Justice League: Unlimited. I had no dealings with him before that but I'm a sucker for potential. And to me, The Question represents spiritual, personal, and heroic potential.
What I like the most about question is that (at least in my opinion) he fights for truth rather then justice which is extremely interesting take a on "superhero".
I like the Vic Sage Question, as well. He’s just the better and more popular Question. And don’t get me started on the New 52 Question. I mean...that origin was weird.
@Amanda Castillo Yes, you´re totally right, and then they need to bring back the REAL Robin. Im tryred of these wanna be pretenders who are also called robin by some people. And then bring back the REAL flash, this barry allen dude has turned the character into a running joke, garrick was the man. And then bring back the REAL green lantern, Im done with all the hal jordans and the john stewarts, is time to bring alan scott back. And then..
@@eseperro213 proof your comment seeing only her sex and race as a reason to ask her questions about a subject that shouldn't include race and sex. Stop trying to be some sort of creepy ally
I got way more than I bargained for with this video. I always like the more under-dog, obscure, but still similar heroes in fiction and the Question's portrayal in JLU as a calm, smooth, paranoid made a great personality.
Question was my favorite character in the Justice League cartoon,and that show is one of my favorite cartoons of all time.I just love hes eccentric charm and omniscience,its really badass.And he is also very funny at times when he comes up with theories on toothpaste,cheerleaders and aglets.You never know what he is going to do next.
For those wondering, yes, Rorschach was based on the Question. Moore wanted to do a story with the old Charlton characters that DC had just acquired, but DC had plans for them, so Moore just made a few changes. Dr. Manhattan=Captain Atom Comedian=Peacemaker Rorschach=The Question Silk Spectre=Nightshade Night Owl=Blue Beetle. Hardcore Charlton geeks spotted it right away, but we were pretty few and far between even then. One of my favorite characters, and the early material has been DC Archived in Action Heroes Volume Two. You can snag these fore about 20 bucks on ebay now if you are interested. The Denny O'Neil run from the eighties also stands as that writer's finest work, and that's saying something. They go dirt cheap, but you gotta hunt for them.
You love the Dawson's Creek approach they've taken with other DC characters adapted for the WB/CW???? Ohhhhhkkkkayy..... No thanks... Plenty of us are passing on that. DC Comics has done enough damage to Green Arrow and Superman already by taking cues from the live-action shows they involved those characters with. I'd rather see characters sink into obscurity than this business of revamping them because "the TV and movie" versions appeal to more people! That's resulted in more crappy comics and bad business like the 52 than I care to think about!
AvengerII Yes God forbid something is changed for TV or movies from the holy bible or Kuran known as comic books/sarcasm. The faster comic book fans realize their holy bibles need to be changed in order to properly translate to different mediums the last bullshit we will have.
***** You want him to get married, have a kid, become mayor in the span of what, barely two seasons? I say give it time before judging it for not being GA whose been around for 10+ years right off the bat.
The reason everyone likes Rorschach is because he is the /only/ hero (besides maybe the punisher) who has his kind of moral absolutist view on justice. Question had this in his original form, that's why Moore wanted to use him for Watchmen, and now Question's just been devolved into exactly the same moral beacon fighting for social justice that every other hero is these days. I'm not saying it's bad to have a hero who's interested in social justice, but it'd be nice to have one that wasn't.
Dude, did you watch the video..?? They said they did that change years earlier: 5:39 You clearly haven´t read the comics, and clearly didn´t pay enough attention.
Don't forget, Moore created Rorschach as a swipe at Ditko. When Rorschach became the most liked character in Watchmen, Moore disavowed the character and the fans. That's just how much he hates Steve Ditko.
@@Oi1Suzy Moore doesn't hate Ditko. He disagrees strongly with Objectivism as a philosophy but has always stood up for Ditko and his work, especially with reference to how Ditko was screwed over by Smilin' Stan. Rorschach wasn't created as a "swipe" at Ditko - all the Watchmen characters as analogous to Charlton heroes.
Ay yall. Everyone was voicing that they keep wanting the original Question, specifically the one from ditko reflecting his philosophy of objectivism. Well DC has heard you, and Jeff Lemire takes over the OG Question in a new 3 volume series called The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage for DC Black Label. I can honestly say, The first volume is the real deal. We got the objectivist views of Ditko and the Zen philosophy and martial arts training of Denny O'Neil. Combined with a great mystery case set up makes for a great classic crime noir graphic novel.
Actually, New 52 didn't mess that up. It was the comic book maxi-series 52 (unrelated to the New 52 relaunch) that killed off Sage and replaced him with Montoya. New 52 brought back Vic Sage.
@@ant-fan New 52 made "The Question" into a supernatural being with no identity and Vic Sage an unrelated character who was Amanda Waller's supervisor. It was terrible. Thankfully, Rebirth seems to have finally brought back Vic as the Question and made him a normal human again. The best pure detective in DC. (Batman is the "world's greatest" due to his resources as much as his skills, but often Vic is written as a better pure detective, just lacking the equipment that gives Batman the edge.) Of course, it is still pretty new so we'll see how he is handled as an extra in Action Comics. Hope it is enough to give us another proper series.
I think it's interesting that some of the creators took such long walks before barely getting to admitting they were criticizing Ditko's "myopia" in the creation of The Question. The fact that they had gargantuan issues with the unwavering, and some would say suffocatingly intractable (Oh, yeah? Try Mr. A.), moral bent of Ditko's original vision of the character is not what I have a problem with; having the temerity to believe that you "fixed" Ditko's "shortsightedness" is. I think Denny O'Neil is a brilliant writer and creator, and his influence on modern storytelling is ongoing -- and I don't believe that he thought he was "fixing" Ditko's vision. Personally, I think O'Neil's version of The Question was pretty cool. And while I respect the fact that he established up front that he could not run with the Ditko version, I think it does a significant injustice to the creator when you change the character's motivation on such a seismic level (but that's corporate copyright and ownership for you). He was still a great character, but he was no longer The Question. Please understand that I am not knocking the idealistic, liberal wellspring from which the super-heroic concept was conceived. I love that world. If everything was written from a black-and-white perspective, it would be incredibly boring. And besides, that's where the lessons of right and wrong were brought to life for a great many of us growing up -- within the pages of comic books; a moral code rooted in fantasy, but there's truth in that. Had it remained under Ditko's stewardship only, it is very likely that the motivations of The Question may have run their course and the character would have no place left to go. When the end was to come, it should have come from Ditko's pencil and brush.
Very interesting. O'Neill, Cowan & Magyar's Question was an extremely strong influence on me in my high school years. I do wish you had tracked down Cowan for this doc.
The Question is my favorite character because he is so different. I don't think the girl question is really going to hit home. I like the romance of the Hunter and The Question. Bottom line, give this character more attention. DC Marvel, could of made Justice League Batman Dooms movie with the help of The Question to figure out how to stop the over powered JL when they become bad guys, both could of use this character to discover the mystery of what is going on. Plus, God's Among Us video game didn't even have The Question in it at all. His character could of added dept to the story plus; he could of been investigating the Justice League and his super power could of been getting people indited and SWAT comes out of nowhere to beat this person up or something. They need to do more with this character because he is interesting enough to hold his own among these highly powered superheros.
this is great! Ive read comics all my life and as I've gotten older the grit and simplicity of the Question and his stories have appealed to me more and more - def one of my faves
Question is such an unknown character which he doesn't deserve to be, he is my all time favorite fictional character (forget about my favorite superheroes) and he deserves a series of movies.
Such a great, interesting look at one of the mots dynamic characters in comics. Thanks for your hard work! This was a lot of fun to watch, and pretty informative as well.
No, DC ruined The Question long before the 52. The only good Question stories that had been done in years before that awful revamp were the reprints of the original comics in the DC Archives and JLU animated series which probably introduced more people to the character aside from Watchmen. The character itself was largely unused for years between his last solo series in the 1980s/early 1990s(?) and the developments prior to 52 which editorially makes 1990s Marvel look great by comparison. The character in the 1980s series was radically revamped. I loved The Question in the JLU animated series -- he became one of my favorites in that series -- but, pardon the pun, I question if The Question has been written by anyone (outside of Ditko) the way Ditko intended in the original 1960s series. I doubt that personally. The last pre-52 business of giving the original character cancer and replacing him with Renee Montoya never made any sense but, then again, DC editorial hasn't operated with ANY common sense for at least 10 years now!!!
I want him back recently got loads of O’Neil’s run. He isn’t even a proper superhero u can’t pin him down at all. His sorry in 52 is also amazing loved it when Montoya became the Question even though I was heartbroken when Sage died it was a beautiful story and I wished it was still in continuity. Also the best JLU character
When i saw him in Justice League unlimited he quickly became one if not my favorite character of the DC universe as hes the most like me and I understand him.
Kevin Smith who has directed a few flash episodes has said he would love to do the question as a tv series. I honestly think he sincerely wants to see it get made whether he is fully involved or not, he just wants to see it happen he likes the question that much. I know nothing about the question til i heard him talk about him so came here to get more info. Now I really want to see this as a tv show. I certainly feel like this would be great done like the Daredevil series on netflix, I know its dc and they got their hands full with marvel characters but doesn't have to be them just as long as it's a really good show. I'm really happy with what they have done with the flash so far. I've watched the arrow and i don't know the comic character that well but have seen him in animated stuff and games and loved his character in those. They seemed to have him be funny and sarcastic in a good way. But the tv show he is just dark and brooding, and constantly with his shirt off, that's great at first and the actor portraying him is probably proud to show off his hard work and great abs, as he should be but It started getting a little tiring. I still watched the show do to the many supporting characters and I love, love the cross over episodes with the flash, now that dynamic works fairly well with the serious older brother type arrow and the cocky fun younger brother type from flash. But the arrow just needs to inject just a bit more fun or funny into the arrow character i think.
From the first minute i knew this was going to be amazing. Covering the make-up and history of a characters in every shape, way, and form and showing toys/animated and live action footage/ and cosplayers..... U should make videos like this for many characters because these are great. Would have been cool to see you used game cards or hero clicks of the character if they furthered the document or not because to see them would be amazing. Basically displaying all mediums of the character.
Good news. After Flash and Arrow, Question is getting his own show. He will also be popping up in the two shows as well as Gotham. He smart and highly resourceful, able to outsmart everybody he faces.
I personality don't like Renee Montoya Q, for the same reason I don't like the evil dead remake ass. if it anit broken DONT FIX IT! Because to me it takes away what the true creator had in mind when they made there Guy/Girl.
Do you not like hal Jordan then? What about Barry Allen? Or Alec Holland? Listen I'll agree that vic sage is better. But not for the reasons you gave. Because those reasons are quite ridiculous especially considering the nature of dc comics.
i didnt know much about the question but first time i saw him in jlu he was interesting and loved his outsiding character hes more of a symbol of justice and paranoia ,he can easily change his character anyway he wants and have more to him . the conspiracy thing always was an awesome idea with a detective character. i have a addiction for conspiracy theories. i always thought it would be fun if rorchach and the question met, they would have this love/hate friendship LOL
"Please movie studios, bring this back, we love this!!" - "Why do you keep bringing things back..??" "Please movies studios, put more diversity in your movies" - "Why do you keep pushing diversity in your movies?" I mean, at leas you guys have to admit, comicbook fans and movie nerds are impossible to please. Always complaining about something...
Rorschach was Alan Moore's take on The Question...The Watchmen were originally supposed to be the Charlton characters (Blue Beetle, Captain Atom, etc.) but DC was reluctant to let him use them. So he created his own variations.
I really find a shame that most people who worked on the character after Ditko were so determined to distance themselves from his original proposal. I don't think they had any obligation to agree with Ditko's positions, but by rejecting it outright they just throwed away one of the most interesting and fundamental aspects of the character. I still love the Denny O'Neil run, but I would like to see what a great writer could do with someone as complex as aVic Sage.
3:32 Note to Jeffrey Combs: noir only has one syllable, not two, but don't feel bad, I've heard Edwin Samuelson at CineFiles pronounce it with three. Absolutely hilarious.
i used to have almost all the dennis o'neil issues...#'s 1 thru like 32 33 ...does anyone by chance have the recommended reading list that used to be on the letters page? like one issue was zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance; war and peace etc... i even had a letter printed in the back of issue 12 thank you
Couple of things I’d want to add to the question if i got to write him, I’d make him the worlds greatest detective (cus bats is overrated) I’d make the origin multiple choice having lots of rumours spread by other characters talking bout him, maybe he has the new 52 origin being an immortal faceless man, maybe he’s an ex spiral agent maybe he’s that reporter from a few years back who was said to save that scientist and then went promptly missing and then maybe I’d give him a few unique abilities that are also multiple choice in how they work like the smoke that comes of him is that mystical or some gadget ? To write the question effectively the reader must never know, similar to classic pulp hero the shadow his presence is ever known throughout the story even when he’s not on screen, allow for his identity to be well ...up for question let them know the character but allow him to be an unknown in the story
He is part of the trinity of sin who were three sinners whose crimes were so bad they were brought in front of a court of wizards for punishment; Judas became the phantom stranger, Pandora does whatever she is doing but the last guy is not told to the audience and he forgets everything about himself and his face melts away and he is the new 52 question.
if there was ever a movie made about question jeffery combs should be in it and use the question voice he used in justice league unlimited cartoon if they use another actor to play victor sage jeffory combs can play the question since no one can tell who's face is behined the mask when the actor turns into question thats when jeff takes over and uses his question voice to hide the actors voice so no villian in the movie can tell vic and question are the same person
Yeah, And what's with DC turning him into some sort of fallen angel in 'The New 52'? I loved Steve Ditko's original Question and Denny O' Neil's take on Vic Sage in the late 1980's and his presence in the DC Animated Universe. But this character in 'The Trinity of Sin' storyline? :-P From iconic Objectivist to some kind of mumbo jumbo pseudo triumvate of sin? I think Steve Ditko would likely have an ulcer at the very least and a coronary at the very most if he ever saw 'The New 52'.
Gabriel P The original Question was written at a time when politics in comics or ‘comix’ ranged from far left to militant left, see Robert Crumb and Spain Rodriguez for instance, Ditko however was completely opposite that being that he was a Randian and was committed to his viewpoint , also see his Mr A comic from this same era. Whenever I hear people bitching about politics in comics these days I always feel tempted to show them a vintage Zap or an old EC comic, or an old Steve Ditko Mr A comic just for a laugh.😏
Who do you think would do a good job as the Question in film or TV? My top choices are: Josh Hartnett, Jake Gyllenhaal, Keanu Reeves, Edward Norton, Christian Bale or Ryan Gosling.
Norton. Edward Norton. If not then Reeves. I guess Reeves would do the bland loner bit real well. Norton would get the charismatic eccentricity perfectly though.
lol I agree. Reeves also has a cool sounding voice but so does Norton. I think Norton would do a really good job because he was amazing in Kingdom of Heaven where he played the King of Jerusalem whilst wearing a mask the entire film so I'm sure he could pull it off.
TheSaltisReal My own personal would be Damien Lewis. It probably never would have occurred to me but he starred in a series named "Life" in which he played a character very similar to the Question along side Sarah Shahi whose character was similar to Montoya. There's even Rodor like character played by Adam Arkin.
I like the first QUESTION not the new one. I love the object view not the zen view its piss me off. the q to me is like the robocop remake its sucks something hardcore R Rated then go and make it PG13 and destroy the whole moral story of the Q and Robocop,
And writing the question could be very difficult characters like superman batman and others could be easy question not so much he could be black and white or the biggest gray area
my top 5 DC characters Question Batman Shazam Dark side, even though he's a villain, but he's such a badass! the flash.... ohh... savior of the universe!
Ditko never really owned The Question. It was work for hire for Charlton comics and when the characters were sold to DC that company could do what they wanted to with them. Ditko went on to create Mr.A which was a continuation of the question with an even more extreme moral code.
Jeffrey Combs did an amazing job with his voice. The Question episodes are some of my favourites in the JLA cartoon. Great character, complex and very of all seasons, he is always relevent.
was shocked he put on a voice for the character.
Still waiting on a show for this guy, he's absolutely amazing, and has been given hardly any real attention lately, he deserves a well done tv series or even another comic book line that's true to the original vic sage.
True. We need HBO to adapt this guy.
i liked the Justice League Unlimited version of him he was cool with the giant conspiracy thing.
Also rational, why hes so compelling.
"You'll never know"
The way he says it is so AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He says it like this tough guy I met in prison. Before I man handled him in the shower.
Zig Ziglar we should hang out sometime
I was surprised by just how much social commentary was present within Jefferey Combs portrayal of The Question...a startling amount when compared to other shows. The culture industry, the exigencies of power, identity, the philosophy of truth, perceptive reality..."nebulous" is indeed the proper word.
His portrayal showed an uncomfortableness with the status quo, It also showed heroes did not necessarily have to be so mainstream. Often times, the Question was a better detective than Batman because his willingness to look at things that Batman could/would not.
I love The Question's arc in Justice League: Unlimited. I had no dealings with him before that but I'm a sucker for potential. And to me, The Question represents spiritual, personal, and heroic potential.
What I like the most about question is that (at least in my opinion) he fights for truth rather then justice which is extremely interesting take a on "superhero".
DC needs to bring back the REAL Question.
I like the Vic Sage Question, as well. He’s just the better and more popular Question. And don’t get me started on the New 52 Question. I mean...that origin was weird.
@Amanda Castillo Yes, you´re totally right, and then they need to bring back the REAL Robin. Im tryred of these wanna be pretenders who are also called robin by some people. And then bring back the REAL flash, this barry allen dude has turned the character into a running joke, garrick was the man. And then bring back the REAL green lantern, Im done with all the hal jordans and the john stewarts, is time to bring alan scott back. And then..
@@eseperro213 what does her sex or race have to do with anything? That's some racist and sexist shit to even ask the question formed like that.
@@eseperro213 yeah you are.
@@eseperro213 proof your comment seeing only her sex and race as a reason to ask her questions about a subject that shouldn't include race and sex. Stop trying to be some sort of creepy ally
I got way more than I bargained for with this video. I always like the more under-dog, obscure, but still similar heroes in fiction and the Question's portrayal in JLU as a calm, smooth, paranoid made a great personality.
Bring back the 'old' Question :p
Question was my favorite character in the Justice League cartoon,and that show is one of my favorite cartoons of all time.I just love hes eccentric charm and omniscience,its really badass.And he is also very funny at times when he comes up with theories on toothpaste,cheerleaders and aglets.You never know what he is going to do next.
Making the unknown characters like the Question so popular is one of the coolest DCAU achievements.
So weird but so appropriate to think that the man who played Shran and Weyoun was also the voice of The Question. Perfect voice casting.
For those wondering, yes, Rorschach was based on the Question. Moore wanted to do a story with the old Charlton characters that DC had just acquired, but DC had plans for them, so Moore just made a few changes. Dr. Manhattan=Captain Atom Comedian=Peacemaker Rorschach=The Question Silk Spectre=Nightshade Night Owl=Blue Beetle. Hardcore Charlton geeks spotted it right away, but we were pretty few and far between even then. One of my favorite characters, and the early material has been DC Archived in Action Heroes Volume Two. You can snag these fore about 20 bucks on ebay now if you are interested. The Denny O'Neil run from the eighties also stands as that writer's finest work, and that's saying something. They go dirt cheap, but you gotta hunt for them.
Yo, DC, make a fucking 'Question' TV Show already.
Yes? Yes!
You love the Dawson's Creek approach they've taken with other DC characters adapted for the WB/CW????
Ohhhhhkkkkayy.....
No thanks... Plenty of us are passing on that.
DC Comics has done enough damage to Green Arrow and Superman already by taking cues from the live-action shows they involved those characters with.
I'd rather see characters sink into obscurity than this business of revamping them because "the TV and movie" versions appeal to more people!
That's resulted in more crappy comics and bad business like the 52 than I care to think about!
Uh I was just saying they should do more Question stuff like an animated series....
AvengerII Yes God forbid something is changed for TV or movies from the holy bible or Kuran known as comic books/sarcasm. The faster comic book fans realize their holy bibles need to be changed in order to properly translate to different mediums the last bullshit we will have.
***** You want him to get married, have a kid, become mayor in the span of what, barely two seasons? I say give it time before judging it for not being GA whose been around for 10+ years right off the bat.
The reason everyone likes Rorschach is because he is the /only/ hero (besides maybe the punisher) who has his kind of moral absolutist view on justice. Question had this in his original form, that's why Moore wanted to use him for Watchmen, and now Question's just been devolved into exactly the same moral beacon fighting for social justice that every other hero is these days.
I'm not saying it's bad to have a hero who's interested in social justice, but it'd be nice to have one that wasn't.
Dude, did you watch the video..?? They said they did that change years earlier: 5:39 You clearly haven´t read the comics, and clearly didn´t pay enough attention.
Don't forget, Moore created Rorschach as a swipe at Ditko. When Rorschach became the most liked character in Watchmen, Moore disavowed the character and the fans. That's just how much he hates Steve Ditko.
Who cares how long ago it happened? It's still a frustrating change.
@@Oi1Suzy Moore doesn't hate Ditko. He disagrees strongly with Objectivism as a philosophy but has always stood up for Ditko and his work, especially with reference to how Ditko was screwed over by Smilin' Stan. Rorschach wasn't created as a "swipe" at Ditko - all the Watchmen characters as analogous to Charlton heroes.
Sorry it was a swipe at ditko he made it a point to do it! Why do you think he's played as insane. He's said it himself several times
Ay yall. Everyone was voicing that they keep wanting the original Question, specifically the one from ditko reflecting his philosophy of objectivism.
Well DC has heard you, and Jeff Lemire takes over the OG Question in a new 3 volume series called The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage for DC Black Label.
I can honestly say, The first volume is the real deal. We got the objectivist views of Ditko and the Zen philosophy and martial arts training of Denny O'Neil. Combined with a great mystery case set up makes for a great classic crime noir graphic novel.
In some way I feel the Question is the DC hero we all could most likely be.
I like the Vic Sage Question better, thanks for screwing up everything new 52.
Is the Question really that bad in the new 52 now? I heard they brought it back to the original Question.
My knowledge of the DC Universe is limited primarily to the Justice League Unlimited and the animated movies like Flashpoint and Mask of the Phantasm.
Actually, New 52 didn't mess that up. It was the comic book maxi-series 52 (unrelated to the New 52 relaunch) that killed off Sage and replaced him with Montoya. New 52 brought back Vic Sage.
@@ant-fan New 52 made "The Question" into a supernatural being with no identity and Vic Sage an unrelated character who was Amanda Waller's supervisor. It was terrible.
Thankfully, Rebirth seems to have finally brought back Vic as the Question and made him a normal human again. The best pure detective in DC. (Batman is the "world's greatest" due to his resources as much as his skills, but often Vic is written as a better pure detective, just lacking the equipment that gives Batman the edge.) Of course, it is still pretty new so we'll see how he is handled as an extra in Action Comics. Hope it is enough to give us another proper series.
I think it's interesting that some of the creators took such long walks before barely getting to admitting they were criticizing Ditko's "myopia" in the creation of The Question. The fact that they had gargantuan issues with the unwavering, and some would say suffocatingly intractable (Oh, yeah? Try Mr. A.), moral bent of Ditko's original vision of the character is not what I have a problem with; having the temerity to believe that you "fixed" Ditko's "shortsightedness" is.
I think Denny O'Neil is a brilliant writer and creator, and his influence on modern storytelling is ongoing -- and I don't believe that he thought he was "fixing" Ditko's vision. Personally, I think O'Neil's version of The Question was pretty cool. And while I respect the fact that he established up front that he could not run with the Ditko version, I think it does a significant injustice to the creator when you change the character's motivation on such a seismic level (but that's corporate copyright and ownership for you). He was still a great character, but he was no longer The Question.
Please understand that I am not knocking the idealistic, liberal wellspring from which the super-heroic concept was conceived. I love that world. If everything was written from a black-and-white perspective, it would be incredibly boring. And besides, that's where the lessons of right and wrong were brought to life for a great many of us growing up -- within the pages of comic books; a moral code rooted in fantasy, but there's truth in that.
Had it remained under Ditko's stewardship only, it is very likely that the motivations of The Question may have run their course and the character would have no place left to go. When the end was to come, it should have come from Ditko's pencil and brush.
I love the question, they should make movie of him....... please, hollywood, please...
At the very least a DC Animated Short with Jeffrey Combs doing the voice.
Aaron Green No, Hollywood fucks up everything they touch.
How true that is... Grimm
Finally, another rational person who agrees.
wait, i got! we'll make him a wizard!
Nice work on this! He's always been one of the cool characters that hasn't gotten mainstream appeal.
Denny O’Neil was a genius. Arguably THE most influential creative mind in all of DC.
Man, thank you for making this! The Question is my FAVORITE comic book hero. (The New 52 Question is kinda "eh" at the moment..........)
Very interesting. O'Neill, Cowan & Magyar's Question was an extremely strong influence on me in my high school years. I do wish you had tracked down Cowan for this doc.
The Question is my favorite character because he is so different. I don't think the girl question is really going to hit home. I like the romance of the Hunter and The Question. Bottom line, give this character more attention. DC Marvel, could of made Justice League Batman Dooms movie with the help of The Question to figure out how to stop the over powered JL when they become bad guys, both could of use this character to discover the mystery of what is going on. Plus, God's Among Us video game didn't even have The Question in it at all. His character could of added dept to the story plus; he could of been investigating the Justice League and his super power could of been getting people indited and SWAT comes out of nowhere to beat this person up or something. They need to do more with this character because he is interesting enough to hold his own among these highly powered superheros.
this is great! Ive read comics all my life and as I've gotten older the grit and simplicity of the Question and his stories have appealed to me more and more - def one of my faves
Question is such an unknown character which he doesn't deserve to be, he is my all time favorite fictional character (forget about my favorite superheroes) and he deserves a series of movies.
The Question is from Ditko's creation of Mr. A, then it was the Question then Rorscharch
I love this guy.
Vic pls
dananananananananana QUESTION
Such a great, interesting look at one of the mots dynamic characters in comics. Thanks for your hard work! This was a lot of fun to watch, and pretty informative as well.
And then the New 52 happened. Yes, I'm still pissed about that.
No, DC ruined The Question long before the 52.
The only good Question stories that had been done in years before that awful revamp were the reprints of the original comics in the DC Archives and JLU animated series which probably introduced more people to the character aside from Watchmen.
The character itself was largely unused for years between his last solo series in the 1980s/early 1990s(?) and the developments prior to 52 which editorially makes 1990s Marvel look great by comparison. The character in the 1980s series was radically revamped. I loved The Question in the JLU animated series -- he became one of my favorites in that series -- but, pardon the pun, I question if The Question has been written by anyone (outside of Ditko) the way Ditko intended in the original 1960s series. I doubt that personally.
The last pre-52 business of giving the original character cancer and replacing him with Renee Montoya never made any sense but, then again, DC editorial hasn't operated with ANY common sense for at least 10 years now!!!
I want him back recently got loads of O’Neil’s run. He isn’t even a proper superhero u can’t pin him down at all. His sorry in 52 is also amazing loved it when Montoya became the Question even though I was heartbroken when Sage died it was a beautiful story and I wished it was still in continuity. Also the best JLU character
When i saw him in Justice League unlimited he quickly became one if not my favorite character of the DC universe as hes the most like me and I understand him.
The Question is one of my favorite comic book characters. This is great!
Kevin Smith who has directed a few flash episodes has said he would love to do the question as a tv series. I honestly think he sincerely wants to see it get made whether he is fully involved or not, he just wants to see it happen he likes the question that much. I know nothing about the question til i heard him talk about him so came here to get more info. Now I really want to see this as a tv show. I certainly feel like this would be great done like the Daredevil series on netflix, I know its dc and they got their hands full with marvel characters but doesn't have to be them just as long as it's a really good show. I'm really happy with what they have done with the flash so far. I've watched the arrow and i don't know the comic character that well but have seen him in animated stuff and games and loved his character in those. They seemed to have him be funny and sarcastic in a good way. But the tv show he is just dark and brooding, and constantly with his shirt off, that's great at first and the actor portraying him is probably proud to show off his hard work and great abs, as he should be but It started getting a little tiring. I still watched the show do to the many supporting characters and I love, love the cross over episodes with the flash, now that dynamic works fairly well with the serious older brother type arrow and the cocky fun younger brother type from flash. But the arrow just needs to inject just a bit more fun or funny into the arrow character i think.
I would love to see a battle of wits between the Question and The Riddler!!!
This is great. Hope to see a whole new series of UA-cam Docs just like this.
this was wonderful and thorough. thank you for this upload.
Very good! Is there more documentaries like this one?
Fantastic documentary! The Question is easily one of my favorites.
This was awesome, dude! Well done.
From the first minute i knew this was going to be amazing. Covering the make-up and history of a characters in every shape, way, and form and showing toys/animated and live action footage/ and cosplayers..... U should make videos like this for many characters because these are great. Would have been cool to see you used game cards or hero clicks of the character if they furthered the document or not because to see them would be amazing. Basically displaying all mediums of the character.
Good news. After Flash and Arrow, Question is getting his own show. He will also be popping up in the two shows as well as Gotham. He smart and highly resourceful, able to outsmart everybody he faces.
Apart from Lex in JLU
I really hope that is true. Do you have a link of some news of that?
No, Eliel, he made the connection from the girl scouts over 3 days of non-stop research.
I wish. I found the info on the Arrow website and the new Flash show news.
Is he really gonna have his own show?
Heroes should have higher standers then judging people on s-x, race and s-xuality, I hope Greg will learn this.
I personality don't like Renee Montoya Q, for the same reason I don't like the evil dead remake ass. if it anit broken DONT FIX IT! Because to me it takes away what the true creator had in mind when they made there Guy/Girl.
Do you not like hal Jordan then? What about Barry Allen? Or Alec Holland? Listen I'll agree that vic sage is better. But not for the reasons you gave. Because those reasons are quite ridiculous especially considering the nature of dc comics.
Thanks for doing this.
i didnt know much about the question but first time i saw him in jlu he was interesting and loved his outsiding character hes more of a symbol of justice and paranoia ,he can easily change his character anyway he wants and have more to him . the conspiracy thing always was an awesome idea with a detective character. i have a addiction for conspiracy theories. i always thought it would be fun if rorchach and the question met, they would have this love/hate friendship LOL
gesus christ social justice question came out of left field god damn. Wht can't we have nice things?
I know I'm shocked how comical it got, especially the excuses.
Nice work!
Thank you for this
The Bottom Line Is Some Things Don't Need to Remake or a Flesh Look Just Leave It As It Is.
Hollywood and DC Comics unfortunately did not get that message...
i know rigth
Remake or "flesh look" means the character gets exposure. I didn't know who The Question was before JLUA and now I wanna know more.
Why Do You Type Like This?
"Please movie studios, bring this back, we love this!!" - "Why do you keep bringing things back..??"
"Please movies studios, put more diversity in your movies" - "Why do you keep pushing diversity in your movies?"
I mean, at leas you guys have to admit, comicbook fans and movie nerds are impossible to please. Always complaining about something...
This was great! :D
I think the JLU Question is kind of his own thing, simplified for the kiddies. And, yes, there was no chance of interviewing Ditko.
Great video.
Oh my god.So Good.
Rorschach was Alan Moore's take on The Question...The Watchmen were originally supposed to be the Charlton characters
(Blue Beetle, Captain Atom, etc.) but DC was reluctant to let him use them. So he created his own variations.
Dude at the End, Jeffery Combs says "You'll never know" in his Weyoun Voice from DS9!!!!!
Thanks for watching and please share! It took me about a year to pull this all together!
Mr. A is the fully realized ideal of Steve Ditko. Rorschach was based on Mr. A.
I've always liked the Question, he's one of my top ten characters.
Of all the shit done in the New 52 Reboot, the Question take in was by far the worst...
Probably my favourite DC character
The best way to describe The Question to Me..the poor man's Batman
I would have liked to interview Cowan as well, but I don't have the budget to travel across the country to do interviews. :(
Yes!
my low key favorite DC character.
I love The Question, and I LOVE THIS! Excellent job, my friend!!! Seriously fanfuckingtastic...
I really find a shame that most people who worked on the character after Ditko were so determined to distance themselves from his original proposal. I don't think they had any obligation to agree with Ditko's positions, but by rejecting it outright they just throwed away one of the most interesting and fundamental aspects of the character. I still love the Denny O'Neil run, but I would like to see what a great writer could do with someone as complex as aVic Sage.
please i go through everyone trash lmbo lol
3:32 Note to Jeffrey Combs: noir only has one syllable, not two, but don't feel bad, I've heard Edwin Samuelson at CineFiles pronounce it with three. Absolutely hilarious.
nice exposition!
do you have any more interview footage with mr o'neil and/or mr combs?
i used to have almost all the dennis o'neil issues...#'s 1 thru like 32 33 ...does anyone by chance have the recommended reading list that used to be on the letters page? like one issue was zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance; war and peace etc... i even had a letter printed in the back of issue 12 thank you
I love The Question.
He needs a live movie
Apophenia would normaly be a bad thing to have but when coupled with genius level intelect and master detective skills it becomes a valuable tool.
You should do one of these for Dr. Fate!
I didnt really care about the new 52 I was just glad he was in the spotlight again
My apologies to artist Cully Hamner, whose name is misspelled in the credits of this version.
Couple of things I’d want to add to the question if i got to write him, I’d make him the worlds greatest detective (cus bats is overrated) I’d make the origin multiple choice having lots of rumours spread by other characters talking bout him, maybe he has the new 52 origin being an immortal faceless man, maybe he’s an ex spiral agent maybe he’s that reporter from a few years back who was said to save that scientist and then went promptly missing and then maybe I’d give him a few unique abilities that are also multiple choice in how they work like the smoke that comes of him is that mystical or some gadget ? To write the question effectively the reader must never know, similar to classic pulp hero the shadow his presence is ever known throughout the story even when he’s not on screen, allow for his identity to be well ...up for question let them know the character but allow him to be an unknown in the story
He is part of the trinity of sin who were three sinners whose crimes were so bad they were brought in front of a court of wizards for punishment; Judas became the phantom stranger, Pandora does whatever she is doing but the last guy is not told to the audience and he forgets everything about himself and his face melts away and he is the new 52 question.
what comic did the question become guardian of gotham?
if there was ever a movie made about question jeffery combs should be in it and use the question voice he used in justice league unlimited cartoon if they use another actor to play victor sage jeffory combs can play the question since no one can tell who's face is behined the mask when the actor turns into question thats when jeff takes over and uses his question voice to hide the actors voice so no villian in the movie can tell vic and question are the same person
Ben affect should play all heroes so that he can single handedly destroy comics with his fucked up acting.
if it anit broken DONT FIX IT!
Yeah, And what's with DC turning him into some sort of fallen angel in
'The New 52'?
I loved Steve Ditko's original Question and Denny O' Neil's take on Vic Sage in the late 1980's and his presence in the DC Animated Universe.
But this character in 'The Trinity of Sin' storyline? :-P
From iconic Objectivist to some kind of mumbo jumbo pseudo triumvate of sin?
I think Steve Ditko would likely have an ulcer at the very least and a coronary at the very most if he ever saw 'The New 52'.
@@cha5 Yeah. Like the original question wasn´t all about politics. It only botters you when it doesn´t fit your own.
Gabriel P The original Question was written at a time when politics in comics or ‘comix’ ranged from far left to militant left, see Robert Crumb and Spain Rodriguez for instance,
Ditko however was completely opposite that being that he was a Randian and was committed to his viewpoint , also see his Mr A comic from this same era.
Whenever I hear people bitching about politics in comics these days I always feel tempted to show them a vintage Zap or an old EC comic, or an old Steve Ditko Mr A comic just for a laugh.😏
his face makes slender man look like a pushover. lol
Who do you think would do a good job as the Question in film or TV? My top choices are: Josh Hartnett, Jake Gyllenhaal, Keanu Reeves, Edward Norton, Christian Bale or Ryan Gosling.
Norton. Edward Norton. If not then Reeves. I guess Reeves would do the bland loner bit real well. Norton would get the charismatic eccentricity perfectly though.
lol I agree. Reeves also has a cool sounding voice but so does Norton. I think Norton would do a really good job because he was amazing in Kingdom of Heaven where he played the King of Jerusalem whilst wearing a mask the entire film so I'm sure he could pull it off.
Anw4rr10r My only tiny fear for Norton would be that his voice is a little high and not really smooth like Question's in the DCAU.
Yeah but I'm sure an actor like Norton could figure it out.
TheSaltisReal
My own personal would be Damien Lewis. It probably never would have occurred to me but he starred in a series named "Life" in which he played a character very similar to the Question along side Sarah Shahi whose character was similar to Montoya. There's even Rodor like character played by Adam Arkin.
Okay maybe I should watch the whole video...
I like the first QUESTION not the new one. I love the object view not the zen view its piss me off. the q to me is like the robocop remake its sucks something hardcore R Rated then go and make it PG13 and destroy the whole moral story of the Q and Robocop,
batman on a budget with no gadgets
made my day
And Batman is Tony Stark on a budget right?
+ghazi2392 no it's not. batman is not ironman, the closely one to batman in Marvel universe is Daredevil. read a little about it.
ghazi2392 Tony Stark: “Talk! Or I’ll break every bone in your body!” Uh...doesn’t fit.
John Smith Tony: talk or I’ll give you third degree burns with a deadly hand buzzer or ya know get fuckin drunk”
And writing the question could be very difficult characters like superman batman and others could be easy question not so much he could be black and white or the biggest gray area
He's not dead in the new 52. Its the same guy, but with a interesting new origin. He's apart of the Trinity of Sin.
Most people are confusing the "52" story arc, and "The New-52."
my top 5 DC characters
Question
Batman
Shazam
Dark side, even though he's a villain, but he's such a badass!
the flash.... ohh... savior of the universe!
Captain Marvel*
no Shazam is right, that's what he's called nowadays
love detective comics
A Question is a no-brainer!
I mean a Question movie is a no-brainer.
Ditko never really owned The Question. It was work for hire for Charlton comics and when the characters were sold to DC that company could do what they wanted to with them. Ditko went on to create Mr.A which was a continuation of the question with an even more extreme moral code.
I didnt knew about him until JLU, hes the best thing on the show!
Vic is my favorite guy
Day 304 Productions look like Slanderman without a face!