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  • @hazmat4260
    @hazmat4260 2 місяці тому +71

    As someone who is struggling mentally a lot, mainly due to financial struggles and anxiety, it was really nice coming across this video. Hope you're doing better soon!

  • @pattongilbert
    @pattongilbert 2 місяці тому +65

    I sincerely want hope to become a defining feature of superhero media again; in this scary, hateful world, radical hope is maybe the craziest thing you can do. A world where Superman can be the most-loved hero once again is one that I want to live in.

  • @langleymneely
    @langleymneely 2 місяці тому +39

    Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for this! You articulated my thoughts as a decades long comic reader so implicitly!❤

  • @TehRobster
    @TehRobster 2 місяці тому +29

    Hey Jenna thanks for the video. I am one of those people right who needed to hear some positive talk this week. Between the election, losing my job at the end of the month, and losing my cat a few days ago, it has been really hard that past few days to have any hope things well get better.

    • @doc8013
      @doc8013 2 місяці тому +3

      Man, that's tough. Keep going, it'll get better.

  • @Silas_Kow
    @Silas_Kow 2 місяці тому +27

    Damn that Mark Waid tweet, that made me feel ashamed of being in a part of a world that pushed someone like him to to post that

  • @mangooseplays7336
    @mangooseplays7336 25 днів тому +2

    That line literally was in Superman & Lois' last episode.
    Clark to Lois: What do you think Superman and Lois Lane will be remembered for?
    Lois: I like to think.. Truth. Justice.
    Clark: And a better tomorrow.
    When done right - so Reeves especially the 1st Superman, and this Hoechlin - most of his big moments are just about rescuing people. Or making the decision to rescue people instead of chasing the villain.

    • @mangooseplays7336
      @mangooseplays7336 25 днів тому +1

      And when it concludes, the scenes completely focus on family.
      So, it ends with the themes (as well as Tyler's facial actiing) that are emphasized of Clark in the comics.
      What's going to be interesting is Gunn's film. Not because I think it'll be bad but ironically Superman and Lois came out of nowhere and set an unexpected par to meet. I think he can do it, but it's always possible for someone to have a fluke, and I can't really rate the movie until I see if it's a fluke lol)

  • @Ashguy733
    @Ashguy733 2 місяці тому +9

    This is kinda my hope for the Fantastic Four movie as well, because they aren't heroes, they are explorers, a family and desire to make the world a better place through the betterment of their community through education, science and optimism. Its the reason the Fantastic Four are my favourite Marvel comic,because its their sense of optimism for the future, as perfectly imperfect beings that learn and grow with us that I love. Great video.

  • @trevonpernell0814
    @trevonpernell0814 2 місяці тому +12

    Whatever's stressing you out and making you upset, just remember to keep your head up high.

  • @ph03nixr0s3
    @ph03nixr0s3 2 місяці тому +19

    I am so glad that this video was made

  • @Swenglish
    @Swenglish 2 місяці тому +14

    Small correction, only bringing it up because it's interesting historical context: The "American way" thing wasn't created for the TV show. The TV show used it as a callback to its original use, which was to advertise war bonds in the opening of the radio show during WW2. They most likely brought it back for the TV show due to the Cold War. It's a wartime propaganda slogan.
    There have been a few variations of it over the years. "Truth, tolerance and justice" being one.

  • @o.ruoroch9869
    @o.ruoroch9869 2 місяці тому +1

    Be strong enough to be gentle. We need hope more than ever. Thank you for this video and please take care.

  • @TroyBrinson
    @TroyBrinson 2 місяці тому +15

    I want to thank you. I watched the news this morning and felt sick in my stomach. But your video gave me a needed dose of perspective without focusing on the news at all, but instead reminding me, not just why I love comics, but how they helped mold me into who I am AND who I want to be. Again, thank you for this hopeful message.

  • @BrandonDavisBD
    @BrandonDavisBD 2 місяці тому +14

    as someone who did really a lot elements in Snyder’s DC stuff, you make great points. Curious how Gunn’s universe will flip that and I expect it will quite a bit. I love dark and gritty stuff (Penguin for example) but it’ll be interesting to see what a fully realized DC Universe on screen with hope and color blatantly at its core is going to be able to accomplish

  • @JGsmorselsofthemind
    @JGsmorselsofthemind 2 місяці тому +1

    Excellent Video Jenna. Don’t forget. In order to build a better tomorrow we need heroes such as yourself to tell your story. Job well done.

  • @Ryan_reflects
    @Ryan_reflects 2 місяці тому +2

    Thank you for being a bright light during these dark times, Jenna. I got emotional watching this, but in a good way. I love what you're building here and I look forward to everything you're planning to do with this channel!

  • @Tha_Pencil
    @Tha_Pencil 2 місяці тому +8

    The world needs stories about how awful people like Lex Luthor are more than ever right now

  • @johnbrown6874
    @johnbrown6874 2 місяці тому +2

    Truly understand exactly where you are coming from. I try to find things to keep my head in a positive light as this world is forever changing and sometimes not for the better. Keep your head up. Count your blessings. Focus on your joys. Appreciate all you do and yes this has been helpful in keeping mine. Thank you Jenna

  • @leogomezzz
    @leogomezzz 2 місяці тому +1

    Sending love and support from Brasil 🙌
    Let's always hope for a better tomorrow ✊❤

  • @Me-zl3ef
    @Me-zl3ef 2 місяці тому

    Time to Assemble, people. We are not alone. Together we can give each other hope

  • @goingnonverbal
    @goingnonverbal 2 місяці тому +1

    This is the first thing that's actually made me FEEL hope (not just "have" it) in the past week... thank you. Art, and stories like these in particular, are necessary for survival in times like these.

  • @TheStorrman
    @TheStorrman 2 місяці тому +5

    I've started feeling down lately. It's a combination of many things. It may be dumb to others but I've found genuine comfort in Superman. One of the reason I dislike Zack Synder's superman (not Henry Cavill, he's an incredible actor) is because he makes he some broody, emotionless god, rather than they kind, joyful man from Kansas who just so happens to have powers. Clark Kent inspires me to do better. I'm very excited about James Gunn's Superman

    • @kerry-j4m
      @kerry-j4m 2 місяці тому

      Have you been watching Superman & Lois ??? You have the joyful man from Kansas on this series and it's pretty good too.Then you have the new Superman animated series,which i hear is GOOD,but,me I LOVE the old Superman the Animated series,which i watch from time to time.

  • @mixanderfigueroa3999
    @mixanderfigueroa3999 2 місяці тому +1

    Hi Jenna I just came across this video, thank you so much for it! I’m currently trying to detox from UA-cam because there’s so much toxicity and triggering content I come across for some reason that makes me feel awful about the world and that makes me feel like losing hope in humanity. I currently struggle with mental health issues and seeing that content exacerbates it because I feel hopeless in being unable to stop it. I’m so glad I found this video! Hope you’re doing well, thank you for sharing!

  • @tommyd4616
    @tommyd4616 2 місяці тому +6

    Just a wonderfully put together vid, thank you.

  • @Docdelorean88
    @Docdelorean88 2 місяці тому +4

    In addition to the political landscape were entering, there have been a number of really important personal things that ive started to lose hope on. This came at the perfect time. Thank you ❤

  • @uhwaykin
    @uhwaykin 2 місяці тому +2

    Glad to have found you. This sort of discourse in the hobby is needed.

  • @darthyubnub3813
    @darthyubnub3813 2 місяці тому +8

    Truth justice and the American way is a really good captain America slogan.

    • @lilli2165
      @lilli2165 2 місяці тому +2

      Yeah in the “I love the people of this country and believe everyone deserves to be here” not in a “war! Patriotism! I love my country and don’t care abt the bad stuff we did! colonialism! Guns! RAH RAH RAH” way ya know?

    • @nalday2534
      @nalday2534 2 місяці тому

      It is still patriotic ​@@lilli2165

  • @selenarodriguez6476
    @selenarodriguez6476 2 місяці тому

    This is what I needed. I read Justice League 2018 #25 and it gave me chills. I can see why he’s a symbol of hope.

  • @jeffmetcalf1733
    @jeffmetcalf1733 2 місяці тому

    Thank you so much for making this video… This is exactly what I needed at such a difficult time. I know there’s so many millions more people like me out there who feel the same way… But in this current climate it feels like we are so alone and lost… But just knowing there are people out there like you gives me hope!

  • @bobannon7799
    @bobannon7799 Місяць тому

    Superb Essay.
    You got a new Fan.
    Subscribed.

  • @theblampanel
    @theblampanel 2 місяці тому +1

    Powerful and poignant. I needed this. Thank you ❤

  • @juanjosegiraldo6986
    @juanjosegiraldo6986 2 місяці тому +1

    I really liked this video and your analysis of superheroes values. Hope, as well as desire, is what drives us to live. Hope in ourselves, in other people, in what we do and in what we believe in. The reason we get up every day is because we believe that our work, our studies, our art and our fights can contribute to building a society of integrity. That's the best we have to offer, and the best these characters offer.

  • @hectorminator
    @hectorminator 2 місяці тому

    I really needed to hear a lot of this, Jenna, thank you.
    And don't worry! Steve didn't sit idly by, he absolutely impacted the new world he settled in, no way our Steve wouldn't have.

  • @VictorDiGiovanni
    @VictorDiGiovanni 2 місяці тому +3

    Have you seen the 1981 John Ritter pseudo-superhero film, "Hero At Large" ? It's exactly what you're talking about. It's currently available on the Roku Channel.

  • @Pierre_Chanliau
    @Pierre_Chanliau 2 місяці тому +2

    I was waiting for you to mention the recent ABSOLUTE and ULTIMATE runs at DC and Marvel! Both about villains who steal away the future and origins of the heroes and society. And those heroes have to take their futures back, all while still maintaining hope for a better tomorrow in spite of the mounting odds.
    It's no wonder both have resonated so well, especially now.

  • @Efegaming1
    @Efegaming1 2 місяці тому +2

    Hopefully, he will be inspiring to the kids today as it was to me when I was six years old, and the other DC characters came to me at a very, very dark time in my life I was moved to a new country, I was very much isolated, I had no friends

  • @spencerpommier806
    @spencerpommier806 2 місяці тому +4

    Got my sub a minute in

  • @sethsentertainmenttalks
    @sethsentertainmenttalks 2 місяці тому +3

    Wow.. that was an amazing video, I clung to every word and you went through step by step certain things and broke it down so us the audience could understand it. Phenomenal! Your videos are amazing! Thank you for sharing your ideas with us Jenna! You truly are a professor of Comics!

  • @malosprime4910
    @malosprime4910 2 місяці тому +4

    We need to believe in hope. We need art and stories that show us that there is a better tomorrow. That's what my WIP is about. A classic Superhero story set in an Utopian future under siege by a madman driven by his desire to 'perfect' the world by destroying it.

  • @Axson_Cinema
    @Axson_Cinema 2 місяці тому +2

    Superman is my favorite superhero of all time can’t wait for the movie‼️

    • @kerry-j4m
      @kerry-j4m 2 місяці тому

      Mine too.I hope this new Supes film will do better than Man of Steel did tho,if not it'll be 7/8 more years before we get another Superman movie. And I'll add,Superman is an alien pretending to be human,he's a Kryptonian not a human.

  • @jijiwiggu982
    @jijiwiggu982 2 місяці тому +3

    Sometimes we gotta ask ourselves "What would Superman do?"

  • @RMcNeil13
    @RMcNeil13 2 місяці тому

    Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Jenna. You managed to touch on my superhero hyperfixation and my waking reality as an American.

  • @themishology
    @themishology 2 місяці тому +1

    This video was so necessary and I really love your ongoing thoughts when it comes to DC. Like I’ve always enjoyed your thoughts on Marvel and the MCU, but these thoughts on DC are so layered and informative.
    Superman specifically is such a misunderstood character for me and I think in recent media and comics, we’ve finally started to find our way back to why his character is such a beacon of hope and aspiration.

  • @zzonka7878
    @zzonka7878 2 місяці тому +1

    This is something I've seen not enough people talking about when it comes to the new superman movie. With the election and all the bad things that are most likely gonna happen, I've been begging for a Superman to come down and save us. While that's never gonna happen, the new movie has the chance to show people the power of Hope and show people that we can all be like Superman.

  • @MaxP_88
    @MaxP_88 2 місяці тому +1

    Hope... as someone who lives en Argentina and has seen children eating from trash every day, I can talk about hope.

  • @NoOne-lc8qj
    @NoOne-lc8qj 2 місяці тому +2

    there's a starman waiting in the sky

  • @Paulie_Bruz
    @Paulie_Bruz 2 місяці тому +2

    Loved this video Jenna. Thank you!

  • @billvannorman3604
    @billvannorman3604 2 місяці тому

    Thanks Jenna! I really appreciate your work and I am happy that you are still holding up hope! Hope + Work = Change

  • @SageLykos
    @SageLykos Місяць тому

    This is great thank you for this. Need more videos like this in the space.

  • @StevenJG
    @StevenJG 2 місяці тому +1

    First video I’m seeing from you. I definitely needed this lil reminder. Gonna share this around with some friends who might need to be reminded too. We can get through this. Interested to see more of your content.

  • @rich-s6c
    @rich-s6c 2 місяці тому +1

    Great video! I don't agree with every take, but that doesn't matter. The core idea that we need Hope right now more than ever is real. Subbed.

  • @goncalobernardes7896
    @goncalobernardes7896 2 місяці тому +2

    Thank you so much for this video Jenna!🫶🏻

  • @sojammy7496
    @sojammy7496 2 місяці тому +1

    Hi Jenna, your passion for comics is truly second to none and I hope you get more opportunities to share it 🙏 and thank you for the self-care reminder, I needed that

  • @kj-gq6wm
    @kj-gq6wm 2 місяці тому +1

    Really really loved this video, glad I found your account! I subbed :D

  • @JonGolding-v2f
    @JonGolding-v2f Місяць тому

    Excellent points, thanks for this one!

  • @Efegaming1
    @Efegaming1 2 місяці тому +1

    Thank you for this I am very excited for Superman, and despite me liking Zack Snyder's work I think it's time to move on very very much so I wish the DC Fanbase wasn't as toxic to the idea of this rb

  • @JoaoPedro-ue6bg
    @JoaoPedro-ue6bg 2 місяці тому +2

    just found your channel and LOVE IT. thank you for this video, keep it going!!

  • @daltonburdette4077
    @daltonburdette4077 2 місяці тому +1

    Excellent video, Jenna! Thanks for bringing out positivity.

  • @Шамуэль
    @Шамуэль 19 днів тому +1

    As they say, Hope dies last) Okay, let's be honest. I really like what James Gunn is doing with superheroics right now. I like his approach and the new animated series Creature Commandos is still very suitable for me. I hope that the final will not disappoint. As for Superman, I wonder what will happen at all. James has proven that he can work with a lot of characters in the film. And even though I have fears, I still have hope inside) As for Marvel, it seems to me that they lack bold decisions (with rare exceptions) and some kind of thoughtfulness of the universe. In recent projects, characters keep appearing who don't have plans (or we don't know about them), and then they get hammered. I really hope that the Fantastic Four will survive and that we will get a great entertaining movie. As for the previous version of Superman from Zack Snyder, I'm a big fan of Man of Steel. I also like his Justice League. I'm not a big fan of BvS, but there are good and great moments that no one can replace for me. Zack may have had these motifs with God and other allegories (which I don't find bad), but there were plenty of kind and sincere moments in his films. The same scenes at the Kent farm with Jonathon or Martha. So when they tell me that there is no soul and feelings in Snyder's films, I immediately have a question: "did we watch exactly the same movie?" But as for the deconstruction of superheroics, such as "Boys". It was really cool, in my opinion, in the first 3 seasons. But I haven't watched season 4... my bad)
    I hope that the superhero genre will not die and we will see many more great projects) Good luck!)

  • @zachschmitt3654
    @zachschmitt3654 2 місяці тому +4

    DC Fandom was awesome! I agree

  • @TheMule47
    @TheMule47 2 місяці тому +1

    the algorithm sent me here, i don't know why but i'm glad it did. a great video, saying things i've felt but struggled to put into words for a long time. i've been feeling like Mark Waid's post but i don't want to give into that. the world needs heroes, we need the dream of a better world. as Superman himself said in one of the best issues in his 80 plus year run "dreams save us, they lift us up and transform us. and on my soul until my dream of t world were peace and dignity is the reality we all share, i'll never stop fighting. ever."

    • @doc8013
      @doc8013 2 місяці тому +1

      Yeah, it's easy to feel where he's coming from but I don't like the "throw in the towel" overall vibe of his comment. If we do that then we surely lose our way.

    • @TheMule47
      @TheMule47 2 місяці тому +1

      @@doc8013 I agree. i'm hobbiest writer myself and last week i was bemoaning to a friend how i can i write optimistic superheroes now, and she wisely reminded me of the state of the world when superheroes were first created. dark, cynical heroes only flourish in prosperous times. when the real world is grim and oppressive we need stories of brave men and women in bright spandex to give us hope.

    • @doc8013
      @doc8013 2 місяці тому +1

      @@TheMule47 great point. And a lot those times were much grimmer than our world today, although if we let it it'll sink back into that filth. The Post paper said "democracy dies in the dark" after the non-endorsement debacle. Same thing applies to art and creativity.

  • @Steams_
    @Steams_ 2 місяці тому

    Thank you for taking the time to make this and pushing us all to remain hopeful

  • @3rdstrikestan930
    @3rdstrikestan930 2 місяці тому

    In a world which is becoming increasingly divided, we gotta look out for each other.

  • @FuegoSan8
    @FuegoSan8 2 місяці тому +1

    Thank you for this video and the reminder how great heros can be and motivate.

  • @jovindha
    @jovindha 2 місяці тому +4

    well said ❤

  • @belgiumcomics2537
    @belgiumcomics2537 2 місяці тому

    Thank you for making this video

  • @Hope-mc4ps
    @Hope-mc4ps 2 місяці тому +2

    The algorythm has chosen. I follow the great machine. You are blessed by the omnissiah

  • @krono5el
    @krono5el 2 місяці тому +1

    "the american way " propaganda was added way later too, in the og Fleisher cartoon i was raised on it only said truth and justice bcus it meant for everyone in the universe.

  • @alicobosboi
    @alicobosboi 2 місяці тому

    Honestly comics like Absolute Batman and Ultimate Spider-Man have been really helpful for my mental health. I'm in college trying to figure out my future and it's really comforting seeing heroes create their own despite the large opposition.

  • @therussiancomicbookgeek
    @therussiancomicbookgeek 2 місяці тому +1

    Your silly but I like your enthusiasm 😊

  • @ensabahnur827
    @ensabahnur827 2 місяці тому +1

    Great video I think we are all feeling a certain type of way right now I am a fan of both the genera and you and I feel that a true hero rises up in a time of crisis and your video gives hope to this for all of us

  • @liamcrowley4621
    @liamcrowley4621 Місяць тому

    great, insightful work here

  • @tomn6800
    @tomn6800 2 місяці тому

    "I hate it here so I will go to secret gardens in my mind."
    "I'm there most of the year cause I hate it here."
    - Taylor Swift

  • @VitoWolf-me3tq
    @VitoWolf-me3tq 2 місяці тому

    This video lead me to subscribe. Great job

  • @usuk_76
    @usuk_76 2 місяці тому +2

    Okay im subbed now

  • @MrKidInsomnia
    @MrKidInsomnia 2 місяці тому

    This is a phenomenal video, thank you for it

  • @user-rbyee
    @user-rbyee 2 місяці тому +1

    🎉❤❤❤🎉

  • @petermj1098
    @petermj1098 2 місяці тому +3

    Jerry Siegel - the creator of Superman himself, confirmed on video Superman stands for “Truth Justice and the American way”

  • @jimmy2700
    @jimmy2700 2 місяці тому +1

    Great video

  • @sharkanenoa5928
    @sharkanenoa5928 2 місяці тому

    I'd like to know how to HOPE again

  • @Sick_Country
    @Sick_Country 2 місяці тому +3

    But i ❤u

  • @GregoryMills-ht2td
    @GregoryMills-ht2td 2 місяці тому

    Please Make More Content. We Need It. 'Nuff' Said

  • @luisdelgado-luna3121
    @luisdelgado-luna3121 2 місяці тому

    Perfection.

  • @DoctorKnow00
    @DoctorKnow00 2 місяці тому +1

    Sadly. The series of diminishing returns and a string of back to back flops from both Marvel and DC have damaged the super-hero genre. I fear the bubble will burst. If hasn’t already.

  • @redheadmedia7901
    @redheadmedia7901 2 місяці тому +7

    It's funny, i was having just this exact conversation with my fiancee last night. When the election finished, after the denial subsided i thought to myself..."How is this the country that invented Superman?" Because I go through my day to day trying to live up to the standards set by heroes. What would Superman do is something I ask myself quite often. I look at the world around me and i know if Superman were real... he'd be disappointed in us. Would Superman stand by while Israel continues bombing innocent people? Would Superman stand by while women lose the right to choose? Would Superman stand by while LGBT people are afraid of losing their rights? I wondered to myself if i was done believing in what Superman stood for. If it was even possible to continue striving for his dream. That's when i did research...
    Superman was invented by Americans but those Americans parents were Jewish Immigrants. Superman is an immigrant himself. An alien from a distant world fighting against prejudice. His ideas are in danger, as are all of us who believes in them. We have to fight for Superman as much as in the pages of comics, he fights for us.
    I swear that until my dream of a world where dignity, honor & justice are the reality that we all share...i will never stop fighting. Ever.

  • @eBoard3R
    @eBoard3R 2 місяці тому +2

    🤙🏽🤟🏽👌🏽

  • @ClintBandito
    @ClintBandito 2 місяці тому

    I don't really have anything to say... or at least nothing I can quite form into words, but this was a lovely video so I kinda wanted to let you know and give you the engagement.

  • @Thed538dhsk
    @Thed538dhsk 2 місяці тому +2

    Im upset. DC is so focuesed on Batman who is their cash cow and now gunn imo is rushing to Superman when what I, a dc fan, feel we need the most right now is a great wonder woman. Imagine Gal Gadot as Hippolata and a new wonder woman. Especially after the US election a great new wonder woman who unites the fandom in a great film would mean a lot to a lot of people. And Wonder Woman can fit with matt reeves batman as well as superman. She is the bridge. She's the actual path forward while batman and Superman are the 2 end of the extremes. But DC along with marvel to a lesser degree would rather focus on the male characters rather than wonderwoman a female character which paired with the results of the US election is sad. Even when Wonder Woman as a character seems perfect for the time we are living in now she's put on the back burner to instead focus on pretty much every male character. Im happy about supergirl but the fact we are getting a booster gold project before wonder woman is very painful as a dc fan.

    • @nalday2534
      @nalday2534 2 місяці тому +2

      This is why you're not in charge of DC. Get that fantasy booking shit somewhere else

    • @Thed538dhsk
      @Thed538dhsk 2 місяці тому

      @nalday2534 what do you mean "fantasy booking shit"? Wonder woman is more similar to Greek mythology not fantasy book stuff like Shrek.

  • @nihil_holly
    @nihil_holly 2 місяці тому

    Hell yeah

  • @KorribanHideout
    @KorribanHideout 2 місяці тому +1

    Killer video

  • @edwardhannah8507
    @edwardhannah8507 2 місяці тому +2

    It should be "Truth, Justice and Peace".