@@catborg780 I may be forever disappointed in how soon the show ended, but I'll be forever thankful it ended on its own terms, without execs forcing the characters to constantly backtrack forever for the sake of more episodes.
@LaughingLuLu he reminds me of Walton Goggins and Ben Foster. They can pull off the characters that are layered but don't take themselves too serious. Venus Van Dam in sons of anarchy and the apartment neighbor in Thomas Jane's punisher. Brendan, I thought fell off after all those mummy movies and quit Hollywood. But really he wrecked his body doing stunts and has had a ton of surgery and therapy I'd love to see some behind the scenes on this. He wasn't suited to and mostly just did voice work. Do they use the robot actor to emote to Brandon's lines or vice versa
> “comic book tv shows and movies shouldn’t take themselves too seriously” > “I’m so sock of the Marvel formula” Well which is it? Do you want comic shows and movies to take itself seriously or not? Cause last I check the Marvel formula basically don’t take itself too seriously
More specifically, this show knows how to balance its tones, something Marvel isn’t particularly good at nowadays. The closest it has to this show is Guardians Of The Galaxy, which stands out not just because of its silly elements, but also its darker ones like Rocket’s whole backstory or heartfelt ones like Rocket and Yondu bonding over their shared traumas.
@@callmev3531 That and Loki. Also Daredevil which actually kind of started the whole mature superhero streaming shows that Doom Patrol and The Boys follow suit from: Though you could also argue the Captain America trilogy also does a good job in balancing levity and seriousness in its movies and shows.
Its always so interesting watching show that you're going to be like: "Yep this is going to be an underrated gem and a cult classic" Its both good and bad but you know what? As long as the end result is good, I'm still happy.
I originally never gave the show a chance because of the oldie generic look of cliffs robot body and I highly regret it because I missed out for so long.
To be fair, a lot of things in this show is based off of the doom patrol comics that Gerard Way wrote, who also wrote the umbrella academy comics, and then he went on to make the umbrella academy show.
I legitimately have no idea how DC is able to produce so many live-action shows... for most of the planet to never speak of them, kind of impressed, but also really confused
Well, they have been on TV long before Marvel, and they already had great films even in the 70s, so it's natural that they already dominate this field, the problem is that they didn't invest that much, and the MCU changed the level of things
I was a background character in this show they filmed an episode in georgia and asked my baseball team if we wanted to maked a 100 dollars and we stayed up all night to be in a show for like less than 10 seconds
My favorite episode was the one that introduced us to Danny rhe Street. Imagine a place that openly welcomed all of society's "rejects" with open arms; never judging them, hating them for their identities or wanting to force them to be "normal" like so many politicians are currently doing
@@LaughingLuLu I gotta say, though...I can't decide which organization seems the most evil; CADMUS, ARGUS or the Bureau of Normalcy. That's such an ugly word these days...normalcy
One of the funniest things about this show to me is that most of the major plot resolutions don't even get solved by the Doom Patrol. Things typically just work themselves out. And when they *are* saving the world, it's from themselves.
Of all the comic-book adaptations I've seen, perhaps the closest spiritually (and often textually) to its source material. I remember thinking more than once--are they going to (insert deeply unlikely Grant Morrison plot point/character here) and then being surprised and delighted when they pretty much did and pulled it off.
I agree. I'm a huge Gerard Way fan, as well as a James Gunn fan. Even if the Doom Patrol won't exist in the new DCU, I think James Gunn will do amazing.
@okay__. It would be crazy if the actors reprized the role, but I'd rather not... I mean, it takes away the weight of the series finale, just to have a "silly fanservice like MCU", so I hope the team has an adaptation in the films , with new actors, even if it's a cameo, I don't think James Gunn would leave them out, he loves lesser-known characters
I adore this team. The show is one of the best shows I've ever seen. The fact they adapted so much of the 90s comic run is astounding. Best super hero show ever!
Kind of low budget, but... ... Well written, with likable characters and following its source material with evident respect and appreciation. I loved it.
@@Mecharnie_Dobbs At the time of making the video I made it for people that had already seen it, but then I thought of the title afterwards and wanted to also appeal to new people, so then it became like kind of both. Obviously I didn't do a good job, so next video I make I'm going to separate the spoiler and non spoiler stuff.
True. I honestly think they're the best and most well done "superpowered family" besides The Guardians of The Galaxy. And Umbrella Academy, but that one is a little different.
Do you know what I realized. This show is basically just the plot of the umbrella academy but better! Superheroes needing therapy after having a terrible past with powers and a horrible mentor who turned out to be the cause of their powers. Then after their mentor dies a time traveling character goes back in time to get the superhero team's help. Then they receive a vision that they cause the end of the world and they have to stop it! These plots are so similar i feel like someone had to have plagerized somewhere, right?
A lot of the comics for both of the shows were made by some of the same people, so they had a lot of similarities. On top of that, the shows were coincidentally made at the same time.
@@LaughingLuLu ok, you replied really fast, wow! Still, it's not unheard of with scripts being copied while shows and movies are being produced. It's why often many similar movies and shows release in the same year. E.g. Captain America: Civil War and Batman V Superman being released in the same year and I know of other examplesI can't remember right now. Happens all the time, rarely gets caught.
@@Evamme534 Haha yeah I had my channel open and saw the notification. Also you're not wrong, I'm sure there was a little bit of copying back and forth between both shows/comics.
What always gets me crying is when a character accepts that they are going to die. And that scene with Cliff made me bawl the first time I saw it. Even when you just played that little clip my eyes stared to get misty.
@@LaughingLuLu while there is a Doom Patrol in the Titans universe, they are two different Doom Patrol. It's very confusing. Doom Patrol is actually made by Berlanti Productions, which made Arrow and The Flash as well as a bunch of other shows. In the arrowverse Crisis, it is actually shown they are on different universes. This isn't actually the only time a backdoor pilot and show are two different universes. Dead boy Detectives did this as well.
I always like the Doom Patrol comics, especially the originals, and yes, Cliff was the heart and soul. But it just never took off for some reason despite several attempts. TBH, I wasn't even aware that this live-action version existed, but if I stumble over it someday, I'll definitely give it a look. Thanks!
I love that I got this video recommended. I watched DC Titans in 2018/2019 I think, which had a doom patrol cameo (I think it wasn't canon to the actual Doom Patrol show though sadly), which was the first time I actually heard about the show and was also the reason I started watching it. I immediately fell in love with the show and it's one of the best DC shows they ever produced. I stopped watching mid season 3 however, because it wasn't the same feeling as season 1 anymore (also probably due to the fact that my prime subscription ended and I kind of forgot about the show). The show, as I remember, was so great and well written and it never got the publicity and attention it deserved in my opinion. It's a masterpiece and I'm probably going to rewatch it from season 1 just because of you. I didn't know they released the last season, which is kind of sad because the show had much greater potential, but I haven't watched it to the end yet and tbh 4 seasons is probably enough. Anyways thank you for this amazing video and making me remember this work of art 🙏🙏
Wow, thanks for leaving this comment! Honestly, I feel the same way about this show having barely any publicity and attention, especially after it ended. Which is obviously why I felt the need to make a video on it. Out of all the videos I've made, I'm glad this one got the most views, because it shows me how amazing and dedicated the Doom Patrol fan base really was and still is. And to your point of dropping the show and picking it up again, I definitely had some moments of that because I felt like season 4 was the weakest. But seeing the ending is completely worth it.
The idea of this team at its core is so good: a group of misfit weirdos brought together to be the vanguard against any apocalypse that threatens the DC universe… but all of them are such dysfunctional wrecks they can’t work together for even a minute to do so. Asking the age old comics question “why didn’t x help with this event?” with Doom Patrol can reasonably be answered with “because they were dealing with their own shit!”
This show can be broken down to : 1/3 mind breaking trauma, 1/3 superhero insanity, and 1/3 the characters watching what’s happening around them saying “what the &$@%!”
Not trying to throw shade, I mean this as a genuine critique: this vide is framed as a pitch, trying to promote the show to an audience who has not seen it yet, and your pitch is genuinely quite good! I haven’t seen it and now I want to! That said, you drop a major spoiler 5 minutes into an 18 minute video. I genuinely want to see what you have to say, but I’m stopping here because you haven’t flagged spoilers and I want to see it for myself. I would recommend discussing thematics and writing FIRST, and then jumping into plot details at the end, after letting your audience know you’re entering spoiler territory. Again, no shade intended. What I’ve seen so far is great. Keep at it!
Thanks for the criticism! While I was making this video, it was intended for people that had already seen. Almost close to finishing it, I wanted to also appeal to people that hadn't seen it at the same time. Obviously, I didn't do a great job at it, so it's something I'm learning from my mistake and fixing in all of my future videos. I'm gonna make sure to separate non spoiler and spoiler stuff and give proper warnings in the videos.
Yeah I can see an argument where you can say he was randomly thrown in there just to give the show a well known character. Even if that's kind of true, I think they did very well with his character, giving him really good character development and making him a fun part of the team.
Because of all popular characters the general audience actually cares about. Cyborg thematically fits the Doom Patrol. And honestly..... I'm kinda glad that he is in a better show than Titans. lol
my introduction to this show was from my dad watching it and I'm got hooked on it pretty much immediately, the show was weird but the characters were genuinely so endearing and just kept me wanting more and that ending left me bawling dude, even now 8 months later it still hits so hard, cliff watching his daughter and grandson be in good hands is such a good way to end it but the final line from cliff was what really hit me, the fact that his goal from the start of the first episode was made symbolic by the end was such a heartbreaking but beautiful end to a genuinely super underrated show
I love that there’s a whole incredible amount of totally unhinged stuff you didn’t even mention, like Danny The Street, Flex Mentallo, The Decreator, Animal Vegetable Mineral Man, The Sex Ghosts and the BUTTS!
The first season of Doom Patrol is genuinely amazing and required viewing, after that the quality honestly declines with each subsequent season enough that I consider the rest of the series beyond S1 optional.
you were very rude... the series is obviously not perfect, nor is Breaking Bad "perfect", it has weak episodes. Doom Patrol has a great resolution, and has several good episodes in each season. I think the lack of budget and the Covid issue hindered the production a lot, but they did the best they could.
If I had a penny for each time Michelle Gomez played a character who used to be evil but tries to become better slowly but steadily I’d have two pennies which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it happened twice
The first two seasons were good. After that..eh. The problem I have with this show is that I don't mind if bizarre stuff happens along the way of the story..but the last two seasons just felt like, "we don't really have a story..so lets just make a bunch of bizarre stuff happen".
Not gonna lie, for the majority of the vid I'm just listening like "yep another show I'll probably never get around to actually watching" AND THEN YOU HIT ME WITH RANDOM BRENDAN FRASER MUSICAL NUMBER OUT OF NOWHERE! God damn it... Brave Fighter of Legend Da Garn can wait.
I feel the same way about Titans. It was made by the same people and both just understand what it means to have good characters and story. Both also know what the comics are and respect them. Even if they aren’t the best they still are great shows that should not have been cancelled
Although I really didn't like Titans, I had a lot of respect for what they were doing. It sucks what happened to both shows, but hey, at least we got them at all.
Hello @LaughingLuLu I just wanted to say your video essay was amazing. I love the Doom Patrol from the moment it aired and I greatly appreciate your kind words that you gave out about the show. I have to agree that season 4 was a bit rocky and I wish they would have given a conclusion to both Dorothy and Kipling but the finale overall was both tragic and beautiful to watch. Plus you have to admit that season is a whole lot better compared to some of the MCU shows especially ones like Secret Invasion and Wandavision there was even a article online called “Inverse” that discussed about how season 2 of Doom Patrol avoided Wandavision’s finale flaw basically it was trying to avoid the mistakes Wandavision had made in its finale compared to that of Doom Patrols. Anyway I hope you see this text and hopefully respond back, have a nice day.
Thanks for watching! I'm kinda glad they ended at season 4, because season 5 might've been stretching the show too thin. Even though the ending was rough, the show was most definitely 1000% times better than all of the mcu shows combined (besides Loki and Moon Knight, which I actually really like).
@@LaughingLuLu yeah that’s true but I kind of wish Loki could have done different variations on Kang because how come Loki can be played by different actors like a girl, a little kid, a old man, a black man, and a alligator. But Kang is just played by a single actor, I’m not trying to be rude but I’m just saying that in the cartoon Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes we saw three different variants of Kang, one was an old man, the other a woman, and a child. I wish that they would have done that. Please don’t think I’m being rude or anything like that and I did like Moon Knight but if I had to be honest I think Doom Patrol handled it better with Crazy Jane they made DID (dissociative identity disorder) more normal and tried to make a little more lighthearted compared to Moon Knight’s. And Doom Patrol doesn’t really seem to do Identity politics compared to marvel like the part with “are you a Egyptian hero?” it just didn’t sound right, again please don’t think I’m being rude or anything. Where in Doom Patrol they just let us the audience relate to any character even if some are people of color like Madame Rouge, Cyborg, and Crazy Jane even their white counterparts like Cliff, Rita, and Larry who is a gay man but you can relate to them on either a personal level or by the choices we make too or even how we act.
@@angeldeleon1130 Yeah I do think Doom Patrol handled the whole DID thing better than Moon Knight did. Jane was definitely a lot more relatable than Marc.
Fun fact batman also has idd it's batman, Bruce, zerr an arr and sometimes the dark one depending who writes him but batman uses all his personalities all tactical not for show differently from say moon knight
At the time of making the video, I made it for people that had already seen it, but then I thought of the title afterwards and wanted to also appeal to new people, so then it became like kind of both. Obviously I didn't do a good job, so next video I make I'm going to separate the spoiler and non spoiler stuff.
This show means so much to me. It just feels so special. Objectively it might not be the best of DCs live action shows but it is absolutely my favourite. It has gotten me so emotionally invested and I started reading some of the comics after seeing this show. I even went to the last panel for the show at NYCC and it was amazing, the actors were so genuine. It sucks that the show ended earlier than they wanted it to but it’s great to see it getting the appreciation it deserves.
@@LaughingLuLu it was great. The actor who plays Vic Stone talked about how he grew up watching the original teen Titans and how cool it is to play his favorite character now. Also Brendan Fraiser asked for someone to make a graph counting all the swear words in the show. 😭
Fuck yes, what an off the cuff show. Great review, loved it. I think one other thing I would add here is how they allowed Brendan to do so live action scenes that are completely making sense in the story. Could not wait to see him on screen again
This show was so bizarre yet so funny it’s like futurama! You failed to mention a awesome villain though, the dreaded squirrel who wanted revenge against cliff!
@@LaughingLuLu the rat that took over robotman's body. It's been a long time since I saw it but I remember saying "wtf" when a squirrel took over robotman's body for killing one of his family i think XD *my bad it was a rat named admiral whiskers lol
It's so crazy to think about. 20 years of media, from Teen Titans classic, all the way to Dark Knight, to Josstice League, to Arrowverse, to Doom Patrol. A whole lifetime. I could be wrong but I think the last thing coming out from the "old DC" is Superman and Lois, no? And If that's truly the case: James Gunn, you better fucking COOK.
i saw the first 20 seconds of the video and went to watch the series, took me a week AND GOSH I LOVE THIS SHOW, I LITERALLY JUST ENDED WATCHING AND I'M ALMOST CRYING. The season 3 was kinda lame BUT IT'S STILL GREAT. I FINALLY SAW A SUPERHERO SHOW WHERE I COULD LEARN TO LOVE THE CHARACTERS. My favorite show.
If you like the Doom Patrol I definitely recommend reading the source material, the Doom Patrol series written by Grant Morrison. There's a lot of differences, particulatly once you get to series 3, but you can see where all the references & tone came from.
The Forgotten Superhero Movie You Need to see Ninjak Vs. The Valiant Universe my favorite character was Bloodshot portrayed by the long departed Jason David Frank one of his few non Power Rangers acting roles and he killed It
8:36, Character-wise, Laura is one of the more interesting characters on the show due to how, on paper, she’s just a secret villain for the team to fight, but in practice, she’s a deeply conflicted person grappling with guilt her ego refuses to process, which parallels with Rita’s revenge plot against her coming off more as another one of her attempts to reinvent herself, to give herself a role, than as a means to avenge Malcolm (10:56, and to clarify, she was already their friend until she chose her job over the group and the soldier that killed Malcolm was following William Hodges’ order, not Laura’s). Somehow, even though Rita and the Sisterhood Of Dada were the ones who were wronged, Laura’s position isn’t exactly demonized, as she was juggling the bureaucracy of the Bureau Of Normalcy, the discrimination of metas at the Bureau and rival colleagues looking to take harsher stances on metas, including the Sisterhood. Rita may have been partly correct in the fact that Laura enjoyed having power or that she had an ego, but Laura was correct in valuing power, as it was, at that time, the only means she had to keep her eccentric, idealistic friends from being weaponized. This complexity also enriches the rest of the setting, as all the characters are similarly complex individuals unable to fully comprehend the nuances around aspects of their lives due to their traumas (The Underground seeing every man, and the world around them, as a threat to be subjugated because of how Kay’s parents and community mistreated her, Cliff attempting to fix his life in various ways to compensate for his many mistakes as a husband and father, Rita’s obsession with having a role due to her mother grooming her at a young age to be an actress she could profit off of, Larry isolating himself both out of shame and to be spared potential rejection as both a radioactive metahuman and a gay man, and Victor sacrificing his sense of identity into being Cyborg as his latest attempt to earn his approval), their perspectives too mired by their pain and ego for them to move beyond them. While the rest of the Doom Patrol (with the exception of Larry) begin to flounder about and spiral by Season 3’s end, it’s Laura that is able to acknowledge her mistakes and openly attempts to better herself, unfortunately meaning surrendering herself to Rita, whose identity now revolves around being a domineering team leader that bullies Laura.
@@LaughingLuLuI guess you could say I’m a little biased. She’s one of my personal favorite characters in the cast, in no small part due to Michelle Gomez (literally Missy from Doctor Who) breathing life into the character.
@@LaughingLuLuCliff actually used to be my favorite until Season 1 created a long period of him being a self-absorbed and mean-spirited child, constantly complaining and throwing judgments with very little self-awareness towards his own faults. It took away from his initial characterization as being a broken individual rebuilding himself and slowly bonding with others with similar struggles, though this started to come back around Season 3, with his conversation with Sachiko while intoxicated and his attempts at convincing Laura she wasn’t completely “evil” or beyond being a better person as others thought she was, which of course too his own subconscious berating him (ironic since he once forced the team into a therapy meeting while in a manic state and then got forced into therapy with himself by a psychic fog) and his daughter catching him gambling to push him towards actually doing something about his flaws.
Doom Patrol is criminally underrated and very unknown due to being on DC+. Same as Titans, but I do think Doom Patrol got better season over season where Teen Titans kind of peeked at season 1 in my opinion.
@@LaughingLuLu I thought they would have continued down the Trigon path with the way season 1 ended, but it just...went away. It was a wasted opportunity.
As with all things Alan Tudyk Mr. Nobody was my favorite character and I was bummed when he got another gig with Disney. But I can’t think of a better ending for the character. I also really like Dorothy she was such a sweet girl and she dealt with some really harsh crap. Finally Mr. Flex who could make everyone orgasm by flexing.
This show and the boys premiered in the same year and the sheer magnitude of wtf moments in doom patrol definitely reminded me of the boys as well. Obviously the boys became a lot bigger than doom patrol but still. It’s kind of a shame this show didn’t get the same amount of love and coincidentally was also created by someone who made supernatural and even included some cast members from supernatural like mark shepard as the John Constantine knockoff. Also Timothy Dalton and Alan Tudyk were brilliant.
@@luisz222 I never really thought about how Doom Patrol got completely overshadowed by The Boys. In my opinion The Boys is the better show, but I agree it is a shame that Doom Patrol never got as much recognition. As for Mark Sheppard's character, I think it was legitimately supposed to be Constatine, but they couldn't get him because he was in the arrowverse at the same time.
@@LaughingLuLu while watching the show I did some doom patrol research and mark Shepard character was created cause even in the doom patrol comics they wanted to use John Constantine who was a vertigo only character at the time meaning he wasn’t in the main dc universe so dc said you can’t use Constantine so they created that character who was basically John Constantine in everything but name and they just adapted him for the show.
This is one of my fav shows ever. Not just in terms of the superhero genre. Great deep dive. Was able to get the info and have fun. Please check out DC's "Powerless". It's the most underrated superhero show ever that died waaaaay too soon. It's got Alan Tudyk among a terrific cast.
@@Isaacs-Comics Knowing his appreciation for lesser known comic characters, I totally agree. I actually think he was a big reason the show got a final season to wrap everything up instead of just being cancelled.
when i saw doom patrol i got a bit confused for one small detail instead of Cyborg, originally they had Beast Boy on it and i tought i would finally see a ok depiction of Beast boy on a live action still, i love Cyborg so it wasnt that big of a loss
Yeah it was definitely an interesting choice. I do feel like maybe throwing Beast Boy in there would've made the show have too many main characters, but at the same time, him and Cyborg would have been awesome together.
I watched all seasons of most of the live action adult focused hero shows that came out including Doom Patrol, Umbrella Academy, the Boys and Titans, and the only one that went a bit meh, was Titans which was connected to Doom Patrol, but never had its personality. Look for to watching the final season of Doom Patrol
This is clearly a top tier show, just being based in the graphic novel by Grant Morrison is such a perfect starting point. I watched it alone first, and then with my adult daughter, it truly resonates with both of us deeply. Great show all around!❤
That's awesome! My dad was the one that showed me the pilot episode, and I was hooked after that. The show definitely excels at making you feel something.
@@LaughingLuLu Truly, we needed breaks sometimes cause it is so intense...the finale was tears galore! I haven't felt that much watching something in a long time. It's a hidden gem. The show is also legitimate funny, which brings the human experience more so together. Hey, your dad is awesome! Cheers to awesome parents, hehe, and even more awesome kids! ❤
Season 1 was amazing. Just blew me away. I've watched that season like a dozen times over and showed it or highlights of it to so many friends to to turn them on to the show. I can't say the same for the rest of the show. I haven't even bothered to purchase Season 3 or 4 on Blu Ray and almost forgot about the show during after mid Season 4 break - a total 180 from the massive anticipation I had for it during the wait for Season 2! Anyway, Season 2 I generally liked but less than S1 - at least we got some cool villains like Red Jack and Dr. Tyme. Season 3 and 4 were huge steps down. Lost a lot when the Chief was written out. Felt less focused, more meandering. None of the other later villains were as well written as Mr. Nobody. I suspect a lot of the reasoning for these choices was due to production budget. But still I wanted to see the DP function as some kind of superhero team post Season 1 (like in the comics) however weird and dysfunctional they were. Also all the growth the characters had achieved by the end of Season 1 felt like it got ignored/abandoned later so they kept recycling the same issues over and over rather than moving on. There are some highlight episodes and moments I do like in 3 and 4 (Subconscious Patrol, Nostalgia Patrol and Portal Patrol were the standouts for me) but the consistency was gone. Also not a fan of the show's take on Immortus, and The Brain and Mallah needed to be the main villains of season 3.
Wow, I quite literally 100% agree. I personally felt like season 2 and 4 were really weak, with 1 obviously being the best, and 3 having some really great moments. The Brain, Mallah and Rouge are forever engraved in my brain, even if they weren't as well written as Mr Nobody.
I remember when i watched the trailer in 2019-2020, right after i watched a teen titans ep with the doom patrol (black hole,p2) on an airplane. Was too young tho
Maybe I was too hard on this show, I focused on the general cheapness, and mid level directing. But I’m gonna give it a second shot for the characters.
Hey everyone! Feel free to checkout my follow-up to this video! "My 10 Favorite Doom Patrol Quotes" ua-cam.com/video/X-syjEs94Cw/v-deo.html
Season 1 was awesome when it came out, I had no idea they made three more!!
Who would have thought "Superheroes go to group therapy" could provide such an enticing plot hook.
I know right!
Yup. I was shocked with how compelling that could be. The best part was all the personal growth that stayed with them through the series.
@@catborg780 I may be forever disappointed in how soon the show ended, but I'll be forever thankful it ended on its own terms, without execs forcing the characters to constantly backtrack forever for the sake of more episodes.
Sounds like heros in crisis
They’ve been this way since the 1960s. You just haven’t noticed till now
Brandon Frasier nailed that role
I love Brendan Fraser. He absolutely crushes every role he's in, especially this one.
@LaughingLuLu he reminds me of Walton Goggins and Ben Foster. They can pull off the characters that are layered but don't take themselves too serious. Venus Van Dam in sons of anarchy and the apartment neighbor in Thomas Jane's punisher.
Brendan, I thought fell off after all those mummy movies and quit Hollywood. But really he wrecked his body doing stunts and has had a ton of surgery and therapy
I'd love to see some behind the scenes on this. He wasn't suited to and mostly just did voice work. Do they use the robot actor to emote to Brandon's lines or vice versa
Robotman's ending in Season 4 hurts till this day.
@@LaughingLuLu This was the beginning of him coming back to the screen after far too long away. Us fans of his were happy to find him here.
@@LaughingLuLu He would've been an AMAZING Superman back in the day.
No other show could do singing butts
True lol.
The day my butt went psycho
Don't forget the dancing fools and prophetic cockroach 🪳.
…what?
Umbrella academy might
DC shows have not really surpassed Doom Patrol IMO.
Yeah I agree, although I did really enjoy Peacemaker.
live action?
@@cjuw Yeah, I assume he was talking about live action.
Live action wise I agree, though animation wise I recommend checking out My Adventures With Superman
@@MrElmo54321 Oh yeah I've heard of that show! It looks really cute.
the show is a breath of fresh air, comic book tv shows and movies shouldn't take themselves too seriously I'm so sick of the Marvel formula
Yeah, I agree.
> “comic book tv shows and movies shouldn’t take themselves too seriously”
> “I’m so sock of the Marvel formula”
Well which is it? Do you want comic shows and movies to take itself seriously or not? Cause last I check the Marvel formula basically don’t take itself too seriously
More specifically, this show knows how to balance its tones, something Marvel isn’t particularly good at nowadays.
The closest it has to this show is Guardians Of The Galaxy, which stands out not just because of its silly elements, but also its darker ones like Rocket’s whole backstory or heartfelt ones like Rocket and Yondu bonding over their shared traumas.
@@callmev3531 That and Loki. Also Daredevil which actually kind of started the whole mature superhero streaming shows that Doom Patrol and The Boys follow suit from:
Though you could also argue the Captain America trilogy also does a good job in balancing levity and seriousness in its movies and shows.
@@BigK13372are we gonna act like Marvel knows how to do camp like Doom Patrol does
Its always so interesting watching show that you're going to be like:
"Yep this is going to be an underrated gem and a cult classic"
Its both good and bad but you know what?
As long as the end result is good, I'm still happy.
Exactly!
I originally never gave the show a chance because of the oldie generic look of cliffs robot body and I highly regret it because I missed out for so long.
This show feels like what the umbrella academy wants to be
To be fair, a lot of things in this show is based off of the doom patrol comics that Gerard Way wrote, who also wrote the umbrella academy comics, and then he went on to make the umbrella academy show.
I legitimately have no idea how DC is able to produce so many live-action shows... for most of the planet to never speak of them, kind of impressed, but also really confused
Yeah, that's fair lol.
Well, they have been on TV long before Marvel, and they already had great films even in the 70s, so it's natural that they already dominate this field, the problem is that they didn't invest that much, and the MCU changed the level of things
I was a background character in this show they filmed an episode in georgia and asked my baseball team if we wanted to maked a 100 dollars and we stayed up all night to be in a show for like less than 10 seconds
That's awesome! What episode?
@@LaughingLuLuLast ep of season 3
@@LaughingLuLuI am so jealous, I wanna meet the cast
My favorite episode was the one that introduced us to Danny rhe Street.
Imagine a place that openly welcomed all of society's "rejects" with open arms; never judging them, hating them for their identities or wanting to force them to be "normal" like so many politicians are currently doing
It was definitely a great episode. Now I feel like I should have mentioned it in my video lol.
@@LaughingLuLu I gotta say, though...I can't decide which organization seems the most evil; CADMUS, ARGUS or the Bureau of Normalcy.
That's such an ugly word these days...normalcy
Politicians = bad in any context
I liked how Brain had a cameo in this nutty show, you know the Brain in a jar.
"Mallah, get me my toys!" I love the brain lol.
I also followed Doom Patrol from start to finish. Great series with a real banger intro and outro song.
Same, and agreed! The intro and outro are certified hood classics.
One of the funniest things about this show to me is that most of the major plot resolutions don't even get solved by the Doom Patrol. Things typically just work themselves out. And when they *are* saving the world, it's from themselves.
@@iamnoahtg Yeah, pretty much. It's kinda poetic.
Of all the comic-book adaptations I've seen, perhaps the closest spiritually (and often textually) to its source material. I remember thinking more than once--are they going to (insert deeply unlikely Grant Morrison plot point/character here) and then being surprised and delighted when they pretty much did and pulled it off.
True! They embraced all the comic book wackiness like no other comic book show.
I like Doom Patrol more than Peacemaker. The opening of Doom Patrol has an incredible theme.
As much as I love Peacemaker, I agree. Doom Patrol just has a deeper place in my heart.
I think they are so different i can hardly compare them. Love them like i love my pets, just as much because of their quirks
@@Windwalker88 Yeah, I agree lol.
@@Windwalker88 I didn't want to compare, especially because Peacemaker is coming from a film, but I mean in terms of the DC series in general
@@Mugen2024 but the real question is: "do you really wanna taste it?"
It’s pretty on point Doom Patrol for taking notes from Grant Morrison and Gerard Way by James Gunn fans.
I agree. I'm a huge Gerard Way fan, as well as a James Gunn fan. Even if the Doom Patrol won't exist in the new DCU, I think James Gunn will do amazing.
@@LaughingLuLuPretty sure they are gonna exist in the dcu, i heard of a rumoured movie but im hopeful that everyone will exist in some way
@okay__. It would be crazy if the actors reprized the role, but I'd rather not... I mean, it takes away the weight of the series finale, just to have a "silly fanservice like MCU", so I hope the team has an adaptation in the films , with new actors, even if it's a cameo, I don't think James Gunn would leave them out, he loves lesser-known characters
These are the worst people to happen to comics.
@@lurchorum As someone who has read Grant Morrison since the 80s, nope they're doing it right.
I adore this team. The show is one of the best shows I've ever seen. The fact they adapted so much of the 90s comic run is astounding. Best super hero show ever!
Definitely one of my favorites. The way they embraced their comics like no other show, was awesome.
“I am responsible for the tragedies the befell you all… Except you Victor, you’re just a brat.”
Yeah, pretty much. 😂
Kind of low budget, but...
... Well written, with likable characters and following its source material with evident respect and appreciation.
I loved it.
Exactly!
I enjoyed the series even though I didn't know anything about these guys beforehand
"Am I In Florida I just f*cking left Florida
One of my favorite quotes. 😂
If you're confused by anything I poorly explain in the video, I apologize. Watching the show will make everything make more sense lol.
Also, Brendan Fraser is literally a god. I love him.
If you intended us to watch it, why spoil the big twist?
@@Mecharnie_Dobbs At the time of making the video I made it for people that had already seen it, but then I thought of the title afterwards and wanted to also appeal to new people, so then it became like kind of both. Obviously I didn't do a good job, so next video I make I'm going to separate the spoiler and non spoiler stuff.
Stop lying the show makes less sense even after watching this video everything is batshit crazy in this show and its not hyperbole
@@LD_Paradox I mean yeah, it was made that way on purpose.
Doom patrol gave us the the idea of how an actual superpowered family be
True. I honestly think they're the best and most well done "superpowered family" besides The Guardians of The Galaxy. And Umbrella Academy, but that one is a little different.
Be a Somebody! Just like Mr Nobody!
Exactly!
Thanks for reminding me to finish this show. I feel like this was one of the shows that brought Brenden Frasier back to he limelight.
Of course! I definitely think this show helped Brenden ease back into acting.
Do you know what I realized. This show is basically just the plot of the umbrella academy but better! Superheroes needing therapy after having a terrible past with powers and a horrible mentor who turned out to be the cause of their powers. Then after their mentor dies a time traveling character goes back in time to get the superhero team's help. Then they receive a vision that they cause the end of the world and they have to stop it! These plots are so similar i feel like someone had to have plagerized somewhere, right?
A lot of the comics for both of the shows were made by some of the same people, so they had a lot of similarities. On top of that, the shows were coincidentally made at the same time.
@@LaughingLuLu ok, you replied really fast, wow! Still, it's not unheard of with scripts being copied while shows and movies are being produced. It's why often many similar movies and shows release in the same year. E.g. Captain America: Civil War and Batman V Superman being released in the same year and I know of other examplesI can't remember right now. Happens all the time, rarely gets caught.
@@Evamme534 Haha yeah I had my channel open and saw the notification. Also you're not wrong, I'm sure there was a little bit of copying back and forth between both shows/comics.
What always gets me crying is when a character accepts that they are going to die. And that scene with Cliff made me bawl the first time I saw it. Even when you just played that little clip my eyes stared to get misty.
I 100% agree. Characters accepting their fate are always the saddest deaths.
I remember when I first saw these guys in ‘Titans’. I immediately fell in love with them
Saaaameeee.
I'm surprised Cyborg didn't try joining the Titans after Doom Patrol.
Me too. If Titans went on longer than Doom Patrol, he probably would have switched over.
They are actually separate universes.
@@sandwichqueen They established in Titans that they were in the same universe, but I felt like they slowly just separated themselves from each other.
@@LaughingLuLu while there is a Doom Patrol in the Titans universe, they are two different Doom Patrol. It's very confusing.
Doom Patrol is actually made by Berlanti Productions, which made Arrow and The Flash as well as a bunch of other shows. In the arrowverse Crisis, it is actually shown they are on different universes.
This isn't actually the only time a backdoor pilot and show are two different universes. Dead boy Detectives did this as well.
Tbh I am surprised its cyborg and not beast boy since
The most unhinged part is when a dude flexing makes a whole street of people o-gasm
Yeah true lol. I've seen so many comments say they stopped watching because of that scene.
I always like the Doom Patrol comics, especially the originals, and yes, Cliff was the heart and soul. But it just never took off for some reason despite several attempts. TBH, I wasn't even aware that this live-action version existed, but if I stumble over it someday, I'll definitely give it a look. Thanks!
For sure! I think I should finally read the comics lol.
Doom Patrol is peak television. It was a gift none of us deserved, but are endlessly grateful for.
Beautifully said.
I was like “WTF am i watching?” at the first episode, and i loved it. So I finished the whole series.
Yeah pretty much same. 😂
Michelle Gomez playing a character with a Time Machine in a show that also had Timothy Dalton in it at some point.. where have I seen that before?
Hmmm, I wonder! 😂
I love that when she was narrating Madam Rouge's comic origin and had to read The Brain parts, she did it with a Dalek's voice.
I love that I got this video recommended. I watched DC Titans in 2018/2019 I think, which had a doom patrol cameo (I think it wasn't canon to the actual Doom Patrol show though sadly), which was the first time I actually heard about the show and was also the reason I started watching it. I immediately fell in love with the show and it's one of the best DC shows they ever produced. I stopped watching mid season 3 however, because it wasn't the same feeling as season 1 anymore (also probably due to the fact that my prime subscription ended and I kind of forgot about the show).
The show, as I remember, was so great and well written and it never got the publicity and attention it deserved in my opinion. It's a masterpiece and I'm probably going to rewatch it from season 1 just because of you. I didn't know they released the last season, which is kind of sad because the show had much greater potential, but I haven't watched it to the end yet and tbh 4 seasons is probably enough.
Anyways thank you for this amazing video and making me remember this work of art 🙏🙏
Wow, thanks for leaving this comment! Honestly, I feel the same way about this show having barely any publicity and attention, especially after it ended. Which is obviously why I felt the need to make a video on it. Out of all the videos I've made, I'm glad this one got the most views, because it shows me how amazing and dedicated the Doom Patrol fan base really was and still is. And to your point of dropping the show and picking it up again, I definitely had some moments of that because I felt like season 4 was the weakest. But seeing the ending is completely worth it.
The idea of this team at its core is so good: a group of misfit weirdos brought together to be the vanguard against any apocalypse that threatens the DC universe… but all of them are such dysfunctional wrecks they can’t work together for even a minute to do so. Asking the age old comics question “why didn’t x help with this event?” with Doom Patrol can reasonably be answered with “because they were dealing with their own shit!”
That is a pretty perfect summary.
My brother bought the entire series on DVD. He regrets nothing.
That's awesome.
This show can be broken down to : 1/3 mind breaking trauma, 1/3 superhero insanity, and 1/3 the characters watching what’s happening around them saying “what the &$@%!”
Pretty much! 😂
Only sane people in a world of clowns
Not trying to throw shade, I mean this as a genuine critique: this vide is framed as a pitch, trying to promote the show to an audience who has not seen it yet, and your pitch is genuinely quite good! I haven’t seen it and now I want to! That said, you drop a major spoiler 5 minutes into an 18 minute video. I genuinely want to see what you have to say, but I’m stopping here because you haven’t flagged spoilers and I want to see it for myself. I would recommend discussing thematics and writing FIRST, and then jumping into plot details at the end, after letting your audience know you’re entering spoiler territory. Again, no shade intended. What I’ve seen so far is great. Keep at it!
Thanks for the criticism! While I was making this video, it was intended for people that had already seen. Almost close to finishing it, I wanted to also appeal to people that hadn't seen it at the same time. Obviously, I didn't do a great job at it, so it's something I'm learning from my mistake and fixing in all of my future videos. I'm gonna make sure to separate non spoiler and spoiler stuff and give proper warnings in the videos.
Plus the show's been done for a while so most people have already seen spoilers for it on Facebook UA-cam Twitter and all that in some capacity
Quick reminder that Larry had a mpreg baby, good day
@@drackerfloet5291 That is true.
"Worst" not as in its a bad show but the fact they suck at being heroes.
Exactly!
I love Doom Patrol so much. This wacky show has so much heart and emotion inside of it.
Agreed!
I always rewatch the season 3 trailer with that "we're powered up" song, so good
Another tear jerking tv death for Brendan Fraser. Damn he knows how to do it
@@tylma001 He's 100% one of the best actors out there right now.
Still don't understand why they shoe horned cyborg into the show given having a robotman already.
Yeah I can see an argument where you can say he was randomly thrown in there just to give the show a well known character. Even if that's kind of true, I think they did very well with his character, giving him really good character development and making him a fun part of the team.
Because of all popular characters the general audience actually cares about. Cyborg thematically fits the Doom Patrol.
And honestly..... I'm kinda glad that he is in a better show than Titans. lol
@@Magnet_Chaos Yeah I completely agree.
@@LaughingLuLubeast boy also would’ve worked, and they wanted him, but titans already snatched him up
Titans got beast boy.
my introduction to this show was from my dad watching it and I'm got hooked on it pretty much immediately, the show was weird but the characters were genuinely so endearing and just kept me wanting more and that ending left me bawling dude, even now 8 months later it still hits so hard, cliff watching his daughter and grandson be in good hands is such a good way to end it but the final line from cliff was what really hit me, the fact that his goal from the start of the first episode was made symbolic by the end was such a heartbreaking but beautiful end to a genuinely super underrated show
Same! My dad told me about the show and I was immediately intrigued. And yeah the ending is so soul crushing but also a really nice full circle.
I love that there’s a whole incredible amount of totally unhinged stuff you didn’t even mention, like Danny The Street, Flex Mentallo, The Decreator, Animal Vegetable Mineral Man, The Sex Ghosts and the BUTTS!
I was more focused on the main characters, but yes. I love all of them, and they are most definitely some of the most unhinged stuff in tv lol.
The first season of Doom Patrol is genuinely amazing and required viewing, after that the quality honestly declines with each subsequent season enough that I consider the rest of the series beyond S1 optional.
That's fair.
you were very rude... the series is obviously not perfect, nor is Breaking Bad "perfect", it has weak episodes. Doom Patrol has a great resolution, and has several good episodes in each season. I think the lack of budget and the Covid issue hindered the production a lot, but they did the best they could.
Is it me, or does cliff lowkey look like robot from invincible
Yeah true, he kinda does.
similar color scheme although cliff def looks more chunky
If I had a penny for each time Michelle Gomez played a character who used to be evil but tries to become better slowly but steadily I’d have two pennies which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it happened twice
Yeah, true. 😂
There's never been anything quite like Doom Patrol before and I doubt there'll be anything like Doom Patrol again.
I 100% agree. It was just too unique to replicate.
All things considered the show is defintely the perfect show to binge on Pride Month
For sure!
NLG this are the best super hero shows in modern times
Agreed!
The first two seasons were good. After that..eh. The problem I have with this show is that I don't mind if bizarre stuff happens along the way of the story..but the last two seasons just felt like, "we don't really have a story..so lets just make a bunch of bizarre stuff happen".
Fair enough.
Not gonna lie, for the majority of the vid I'm just listening like "yep another show I'll probably never get around to actually watching"
AND THEN YOU HIT ME WITH RANDOM BRENDAN FRASER MUSICAL NUMBER OUT OF NOWHERE!
God damn it... Brave Fighter of Legend Da Garn can wait.
Works every time lol.
I feel the same way about Titans. It was made by the same people and both just understand what it means to have good characters and story. Both also know what the comics are and respect them. Even if they aren’t the best they still are great shows that should not have been cancelled
Although I really didn't like Titans, I had a lot of respect for what they were doing. It sucks what happened to both shows, but hey, at least we got them at all.
One Man Flexed A Muscle.
And I Have Never Seen such A Hilarious Power
It's crazy how much people are divided over that scene. Either people think it's the best thing they've ever seen, or the worst.
Hello @LaughingLuLu I just wanted to say your video essay was amazing. I love the Doom Patrol from the moment it aired and I greatly appreciate your kind words that you gave out about the show. I have to agree that season 4 was a bit rocky and I wish they would have given a conclusion to both Dorothy and Kipling but the finale overall was both tragic and beautiful to watch. Plus you have to admit that season is a whole lot better compared to some of the MCU shows especially ones like Secret Invasion and Wandavision there was even a article online called “Inverse” that discussed about how season 2 of Doom Patrol avoided Wandavision’s finale flaw basically it was trying to avoid the mistakes Wandavision had made in its finale compared to that of Doom Patrols. Anyway I hope you see this text and hopefully respond back, have a nice day.
Thanks for watching! I'm kinda glad they ended at season 4, because season 5 might've been stretching the show too thin. Even though the ending was rough, the show was most definitely 1000% times better than all of the mcu shows combined (besides Loki and Moon Knight, which I actually really like).
@@LaughingLuLu yeah that’s true but I kind of wish Loki could have done different variations on Kang because how come Loki can be played by different actors like a girl, a little kid, a old man, a black man, and a alligator. But Kang is just played by a single actor, I’m not trying to be rude but I’m just saying that in the cartoon Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes we saw three different variants of Kang, one was an old man, the other a woman, and a child. I wish that they would have done that. Please don’t think I’m being rude or anything like that and I did like Moon Knight but if I had to be honest I think Doom Patrol handled it better with Crazy Jane they made DID (dissociative identity disorder) more normal and tried to make a little more lighthearted compared to Moon Knight’s. And Doom Patrol doesn’t really seem to do Identity politics compared to marvel like the part with “are you a Egyptian hero?” it just didn’t sound right, again please don’t think I’m being rude or anything. Where in Doom Patrol they just let us the audience relate to any character even if some are people of color like Madame Rouge, Cyborg, and Crazy Jane even their white counterparts like Cliff, Rita, and Larry who is a gay man but you can relate to them on either a personal level or by the choices we make too or even how we act.
@@angeldeleon1130 Yeah I do think Doom Patrol handled the whole DID thing better than Moon Knight did. Jane was definitely a lot more relatable than Marc.
@@LaughingLuLu thank you, you’re such a nice person I hope to talk more with you have a great day.
@@angeldeleon1130 You too!
Fun fact batman also has idd it's batman, Bruce, zerr an arr and sometimes the dark one depending who writes him but batman uses all his personalities all tactical not for show differently from say moon knight
Hmm, Interesting.
I love Doom patrol so much. Great video brother!
Thanks bro!
You didn't need 18 minutes to pitch this show to me. Just start by saying that Brendan Fraser is in it and I'm sold
@@JustPhasingBy Fair enough lol. He and Alan Tudyk were the main reasons why I decided to watch the pilot.
"You NEED To Watch"....Then goes on to spoil the whole show smh
At the time of making the video, I made it for people that had already seen it, but then I thought of the title afterwards and wanted to also appeal to new people, so then it became like kind of both. Obviously I didn't do a good job, so next video I make I'm going to separate the spoiler and non spoiler stuff.
They blew all of their effects budget on Robot Man alone 😂
Yeah, pretty much. 😂
Everything I know about Doom Patrol was from Teen Titans, and Madame Rouge was absolutely terrifying as a villain on that show
I would say that Rouge was more menacing then terrifying in Doom Patrol.
The Title triggered me.
The title should be "The Worst Superhero Team you should Watch."
I mean it's pretty much the same thing.
This is hands down one of my favorite DC shows to ever exist. No fuck it, one of my favorite shows ever, period.
It definitely is my favorite DC show, next to Peacemaker.
One of the most underrated shows ever, writing, acting, hell even the set lighting was perfect
Facts.
This show means so much to me. It just feels so special. Objectively it might not be the best of DCs live action shows but it is absolutely my favourite. It has gotten me so emotionally invested and I started reading some of the comics after seeing this show. I even went to the last panel for the show at NYCC and it was amazing, the actors were so genuine. It sucks that the show ended earlier than they wanted it to but it’s great to see it getting the appreciation it deserves.
That's amazing! I wish I would've gotten to meet them at comic con. I'm also gonna read the comics at some point.
@@LaughingLuLu it was great. The actor who plays Vic Stone talked about how he grew up watching the original teen Titans and how cool it is to play his favorite character now.
Also Brendan Fraiser asked for someone to make a graph counting all the swear words in the show. 😭
@@biancaopio9634 That's so wholesome.
Fuck yes, what an off the cuff show. Great review, loved it. I think one other thing I would add here is how they allowed Brendan to do so live action scenes that are completely making sense in the story. Could not wait to see him on screen again
Thanks! And yeah I agree, I love all the scenes that he physically plays Cliff.
This show was so bizarre yet so funny it’s like futurama! You failed to mention a awesome villain though, the dreaded squirrel who wanted revenge against cliff!
That's an interesting comparison. Also do you mean the rat or the cockroach? lol.
@@LaughingLuLu the rat that took over robotman's body. It's been a long time since I saw it but I remember saying "wtf" when a squirrel took over robotman's body for killing one of his family i think XD
*my bad it was a rat named admiral whiskers lol
It's so crazy to think about. 20 years of media, from Teen Titans classic, all the way to Dark Knight, to Josstice League, to Arrowverse, to Doom Patrol. A whole lifetime. I could be wrong but I think the last thing coming out from the "old DC" is Superman and Lois, no?
And If that's truly the case: James Gunn, you better fucking COOK.
I believe in James Gunn 🫡
i saw the first 20 seconds of the video and went to watch the series, took me a week AND GOSH I LOVE THIS SHOW, I LITERALLY JUST ENDED WATCHING AND I'M ALMOST CRYING. The season 3 was kinda lame BUT IT'S STILL GREAT. I FINALLY SAW A SUPERHERO SHOW WHERE I COULD LEARN TO LOVE THE CHARACTERS. My favorite show.
@@drackerfloet5291 Damn, this comment brings a tear to my eye.
The ending man just the ending
@@maxbarker8625 True 😢
If you like the Doom Patrol I definitely recommend reading the source material, the Doom Patrol series written by Grant Morrison. There's a lot of differences, particulatly once you get to series 3, but you can see where all the references & tone came from.
I for sure am going to!
The Forgotten Superhero Movie You Need to see Ninjak Vs. The Valiant Universe my favorite character was Bloodshot portrayed by the long departed Jason David Frank one of his few non Power Rangers acting roles and he killed It
Hmm interesting, I've never heard of that, but I'll check it out.
... wonderful, wonderful show, that actually had s satisfying final episode.
Agreed!
8:36, Character-wise, Laura is one of the more interesting characters on the show due to how, on paper, she’s just a secret villain for the team to fight, but in practice, she’s a deeply conflicted person grappling with guilt her ego refuses to process, which parallels with Rita’s revenge plot against her coming off more as another one of her attempts to reinvent herself, to give herself a role, than as a means to avenge Malcolm (10:56, and to clarify, she was already their friend until she chose her job over the group and the soldier that killed Malcolm was following William Hodges’ order, not Laura’s).
Somehow, even though Rita and the Sisterhood Of Dada were the ones who were wronged, Laura’s position isn’t exactly demonized, as she was juggling the bureaucracy of the Bureau Of Normalcy, the discrimination of metas at the Bureau and rival colleagues looking to take harsher stances on metas, including the Sisterhood.
Rita may have been partly correct in the fact that Laura enjoyed having power or that she had an ego, but Laura was correct in valuing power, as it was, at that time, the only means she had to keep her eccentric, idealistic friends from being weaponized.
This complexity also enriches the rest of the setting, as all the characters are similarly complex individuals unable to fully comprehend the nuances around aspects of their lives due to their traumas (The Underground seeing every man, and the world around them, as a threat to be subjugated because of how Kay’s parents and community mistreated her, Cliff attempting to fix his life in various ways to compensate for his many mistakes as a husband and father, Rita’s obsession with having a role due to her mother grooming her at a young age to be an actress she could profit off of, Larry isolating himself both out of shame and to be spared potential rejection as both a radioactive metahuman and a gay man, and Victor sacrificing his sense of identity into being Cyborg as his latest attempt to earn his approval), their perspectives too mired by their pain and ego for them to move beyond them.
While the rest of the Doom Patrol (with the exception of Larry) begin to flounder about and spiral by Season 3’s end, it’s Laura that is able to acknowledge her mistakes and openly attempts to better herself, unfortunately meaning surrendering herself to Rita, whose identity now revolves around being a domineering team leader that bullies Laura.
Wow, beautifully said. I tried my best to kind of summarize why she was such a complicated character, but this is a really good in depth explanation.
@@LaughingLuLuI guess you could say I’m a little biased. She’s one of my personal favorite characters in the cast, in no small part due to Michelle Gomez (literally Missy from Doctor Who) breathing life into the character.
@@callmev3531 She's 100% my favorite character, behind Cliff.
@@LaughingLuLuCliff actually used to be my favorite until Season 1 created a long period of him being a self-absorbed and mean-spirited child, constantly complaining and throwing judgments with very little self-awareness towards his own faults.
It took away from his initial characterization as being a broken individual rebuilding himself and slowly bonding with others with similar struggles, though this started to come back around Season 3, with his conversation with Sachiko while intoxicated and his attempts at convincing Laura she wasn’t completely “evil” or beyond being a better person as others thought she was, which of course too his own subconscious berating him (ironic since he once forced the team into a therapy meeting while in a manic state and then got forced into therapy with himself by a psychic fog) and his daughter catching him gambling to push him towards actually doing something about his flaws.
Doom Patrol is criminally underrated and very unknown due to being on DC+. Same as Titans, but I do think Doom Patrol got better season over season where Teen Titans kind of peeked at season 1 in my opinion.
I totally agree. Everything after season 1 of Titans was just pathetic.
@@LaughingLuLu I thought they would have continued down the Trigon path with the way season 1 ended, but it just...went away. It was a wasted opportunity.
@@xwalkerx27x Dude for real. Trigon is like the coolest DC villain ever.
As with all things Alan Tudyk Mr. Nobody was my favorite character and I was bummed when he got another gig with Disney. But I can’t think of a better ending for the character.
I also really like Dorothy she was such a sweet girl and she dealt with some really harsh crap.
Finally Mr. Flex who could make everyone orgasm by flexing.
All great characters.
dude i just binged season 1 and i can't wait for the next 3
@@brentantor1 It's a rollercoaster of emotions, that's for sure. Enjoy the show!
For as stupidity funny the show can get
They ended it so beautifully and heartwarming
Has to be one of my favorite shows
Agreed!
This show and the boys premiered in the same year and the sheer magnitude of wtf moments in doom patrol definitely reminded me of the boys as well. Obviously the boys became a lot bigger than doom patrol but still. It’s kind of a shame this show didn’t get the same amount of love and coincidentally was also created by someone who made supernatural and even included some cast members from supernatural like mark shepard as the John Constantine knockoff. Also Timothy Dalton and Alan Tudyk were brilliant.
@@luisz222 I never really thought about how Doom Patrol got completely overshadowed by The Boys. In my opinion The Boys is the better show, but I agree it is a shame that Doom Patrol never got as much recognition. As for Mark Sheppard's character, I think it was legitimately supposed to be Constatine, but they couldn't get him because he was in the arrowverse at the same time.
@@LaughingLuLu while watching the show I did some doom patrol research and mark Shepard character was created cause even in the doom patrol comics they wanted to use John Constantine who was a vertigo only character at the time meaning he wasn’t in the main dc universe so dc said you can’t use Constantine so they created that character who was basically John Constantine in everything but name and they just adapted him for the show.
Brandon Frazier robot man is one of my favorite superhero’s. A bitter sweet ending for a character that deserved it.
He's absolutely one of my favorites as well, and his ending was perfect even though it was extremely sad.
@@LaughingLuLu sometimes sad is what’s needed
@@kevcan2372 Very true.
This is one of my fav shows ever. Not just in terms of the superhero genre.
Great deep dive. Was able to get the info and have fun.
Please check out DC's "Powerless". It's the most underrated superhero show ever that died waaaaay too soon. It's got Alan Tudyk among a terrific cast.
Hmm interesting, I'll have to check it out.
season 4??? I thought the show got cancelled at season 3! Thanks for telling me lmao
@@KanyeWestFan69 It was kinda left in a limbo for a while, and then they secretly finished the show.
"yea i am that fucken brain"
One of the best lines lol.
Ill forever miss this show its forever stuck in my heart
Same. 😢
It's OK it brought us together
@@Hexlaw111 Very true.
no way a doom patrol video essay is out🥲
@@MarveIs There is some really good ones on UA-cam. I watched 1-2 others to get an idea of what I wanted to do.
I just now started watching the series and Im really exited how it's going but it's sad that I know that it alredy ended and I came to late...
@@Ntiodraws That's totally fine! It's always awesome seeing people discover the show for the first time.
This show feels like something James gun would love.
@@Isaacs-Comics Knowing his appreciation for lesser known comic characters, I totally agree. I actually think he was a big reason the show got a final season to wrap everything up instead of just being cancelled.
I never expected to love it and it was a wonderful experience. It went places I could never predict and provided singing and dancing werebutts
Yeah, the show was insanely unpredictable, in a good way lol.
Wooo! Congrats on 300k views man!
Thanks!
when i saw doom patrol i got a bit confused for one small detail
instead of Cyborg, originally they had Beast Boy on it and i tought i would finally see a ok depiction of Beast boy on a live action
still, i love Cyborg so it wasnt that big of a loss
Yeah it was definitely an interesting choice. I do feel like maybe throwing Beast Boy in there would've made the show have too many main characters, but at the same time, him and Cyborg would have been awesome together.
I watched all seasons of most of the live action adult focused hero shows that came out including Doom Patrol, Umbrella Academy, the Boys and Titans, and the only one that went a bit meh, was Titans which was connected to Doom Patrol, but never had its personality.
Look for to watching the final season of Doom Patrol
@@OLICIT I 100% agree, all of those shows are great except for Titans.
This is clearly a top tier show, just being based in the graphic novel by Grant Morrison is such a perfect starting point. I watched it alone first, and then with my adult daughter, it truly resonates with both of us deeply. Great show all around!❤
That's awesome! My dad was the one that showed me the pilot episode, and I was hooked after that. The show definitely excels at making you feel something.
@@LaughingLuLu Truly, we needed breaks sometimes cause it is so intense...the finale was tears galore! I haven't felt that much watching something in a long time. It's a hidden gem. The show is also legitimate funny, which brings the human experience more so together.
Hey, your dad is awesome! Cheers to awesome parents, hehe, and even more awesome kids! ❤
Remember when cliff fought jesus
"JESUS??"😂
@@LaughingLuLu Yeah, remember that. (Not joking)
@@gamingwithjohnrusso3385 Yeah, I know lol. It's in the final episode of season 2.
Season 1 was amazing. Just blew me away. I've watched that season like a dozen times over and showed it or highlights of it to so many friends to to turn them on to the show. I can't say the same for the rest of the show. I haven't even bothered to purchase Season 3 or 4 on Blu Ray and almost forgot about the show during after mid Season 4 break - a total 180 from the massive anticipation I had for it during the wait for Season 2! Anyway, Season 2 I generally liked but less than S1 - at least we got some cool villains like Red Jack and Dr. Tyme. Season 3 and 4 were huge steps down. Lost a lot when the Chief was written out. Felt less focused, more meandering. None of the other later villains were as well written as Mr. Nobody. I suspect a lot of the reasoning for these choices was due to production budget. But still I wanted to see the DP function as some kind of superhero team post Season 1 (like in the comics) however weird and dysfunctional they were. Also all the growth the characters had achieved by the end of Season 1 felt like it got ignored/abandoned later so they kept recycling the same issues over and over rather than moving on. There are some highlight episodes and moments I do like in 3 and 4 (Subconscious Patrol, Nostalgia Patrol and Portal Patrol were the standouts for me) but the consistency was gone. Also not a fan of the show's take on Immortus, and The Brain and Mallah needed to be the main villains of season 3.
Wow, I quite literally 100% agree. I personally felt like season 2 and 4 were really weak, with 1 obviously being the best, and 3 having some really great moments. The Brain, Mallah and Rouge are forever engraved in my brain, even if they weren't as well written as Mr Nobody.
I remember when i watched the trailer in 2019-2020, right after i watched a teen titans ep with the doom patrol (black hole,p2) on an airplane. Was too young tho
I never even saw any trailers, I just heard the concept, and heard the actors that were in it, and I immediately wanted to watch it.
Why does Brendan fraiser kind of sound like Chris griffin when he sings
I don't know. 😂
I always try to get people to watch by telling them it's the most WTF thing you've ever seen.
Pretty much same lol.
Maybe I was too hard on this show, I focused on the general cheapness, and mid level directing. But I’m gonna give it a second shot for the characters.
You definitely should!