Superhero Creation Myths

[muhfuzza]

My name isn't John.

[ferntailwp]

You could've gone into the science of aspects of zombies and potentially how a zombie could be created in sans undead-ness. Leprosy, for example, could feed into the aspect of the zombie of which many have rotting flesh and missing limbs. If you combined enough of the aspects you could create a zombie-equivelant.

[Karaisoke]

I love that Kodomo no Omocha is on your shelf. :x

[RDawgsuperpro1996]

is that scott pilgrim i see on that shelf?

[DaReegz]

Hey, Hank: I see Catching Fire, and Mockingjay...but where's your copy of Hunger Games?

HMMM???

[DaReegz]

@DaReegz I now realize that the question is fairly ridiculous, since this video was made a year ago, but...I stand by my inquiry!

Stubbornness FTW!

[Strapsman]

I think a good drinking game would be to take a shot whenever Hank touches his glasses...

[cakebomb77]

i had to watch this again, my eyes keep darting towards your umbrella academy poster

[CaptainIreland100]

Well as a student studying anthro you just took what i want to study and said it in two minutes

[LastHeroKing13]

Solanum = the official name for the zombie virus

[dropkickcorpse]

Zombies+ Vampires+ Superhero= Tsukihime

F*ck Yeah

[SFMZero]

With regards to that comment about the undead being totally impossible: what about something that isn't a zombie exactly but causes horrible degeneration of the higher brain functions and an impulse for violence?

[PassTheMarmalade1957]

@AzkadelliaPendragon Hey, don't worry, that's normal. I planned out an entire secret vampire society - government, police force, marriage laws, royal families etc. - that could theoretically be in existence right now, coexisting alongside our own human government. Why? Because it was a cool idea :D

[SkullChickia]

zombies...are...fiction TT^TT why didnt anyone tell me!

[trata1964]

...Scott Pilgrim is science fiction...?

[1mad9026]

Zombies > Vampires

~A teenage girl who f*ckin' hates Twilight and mushy cliche love stories

[onestrangequark]

Hiro Nakamura made my day. :D

[TheOtherNeutrino]

2:37 That made the rest of my day.

[WaitingForTheNeonSky]

Hank touched his glasses 19 times in this video...

[Croga15]

oh yeah. EXPLAIN CORDYCEPS FOO 

[TheKokokittykat]

whoa. awesome. you talk super fast but i understand all of what you're saying :)

[TeamWolves]

My sister and I both got distracted by the pretty pictures and had to go back to listen to what you were saying... o.o

[edard101]

Yeah, science of zombies can exist, so long as the dead are not reanimated. I can get on board with a virus knocking out the higher processes in a persons brain, and this can be passed on etc :P

[pyrovamp07]

There was a cracked article concerning this that contradicts you. Look it up.

[TheMrAndr3w]

Hank, but it would be possible (theoretically) for some mad scientist or whoever to create a virus that infects certain parts of the brain and leave the carrier without emotion or memories or coherent thought- not necessarily an undead being... but a zombie in the 28 Days Later sense.

[KexatxNobody]

I'm a girl and I prefer zombie stories. Because they're AWESOME.

[cyberbanana11]

anyone notice how the door is open and yet the new poster is ON the door? strange, hank, strange..

[WhyLimeTime]

@cyberbanana11

Actually, I think it's ...it might be a closet.

[KirstenIsAwesomeWhat]

hank, ever thought of becoming a rapper????

[ChampagneButterflies]

FREAKAZOID!!!!!

[lunaevercast]

ok if i axidently couse a zombie apocolips can you grow a goti and join my zombie hunting group

[WolfMachine1]

ROUGE :O

[Inkb100d]

I know I'm way way late here, but...is that an Umbrella Academy poster?

[WebsterAnn]

Flowers for Algernon.

[AudioRecovered]

Hey there Vlogbrothers I love your stuff!

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[Medafets]

Batman, Ironman, Night Owl, Lex Luthor. Money is the best superpower.

[sharkespearean]

I actually never thought about superheroes that way, but it makes a lot of sense. Time to go reread some comics!

[chexmixultimate]

I'm a girl and I prefer werewolves over everything. Unless they're superheroes or Time Lords or boy wizards.

[Redthewarrior]

@chexmixultimate how do you feel about shapeshifters wrongly calling themselves werewolves?

[chexmixultimate]

@Redthewarrior Well, is that a Twilight* reference? lol

*WILL NOT DISCUSS

[Redthewarrior]

@chexmixultimate lol, to be fair, it's also True Blood which I love. It's just a pet peeve of mine.

[MoonintheClouds]

Well who most of us see as the 'original' vampire, Dracula, was actually supposed to be an allegory for STDs/STIs. Which makes sense given that it was written in Victorian England when having sex was supposed to be highly frowned upon. So if someone is trying to put the idea in your head that having sexy-times would turn you into a crazy, blood sucking savage beast you probably wouldn't do it.

[Phlyrox]

Wish he explained the weeping angels. And mario. still dont get mario.

[KittenKoder]

This is why zombies are so cool, because they are impossible beyond a shadow of a doubt. Vampires and werewolves were ruined by modern media.

[amylauren910]

Umbrella Academy Poster. *Fangirls* This is what happens when I rewatch videos.

[maxsgirl13]

Vampires.....meh. Zombies........nah. Time lords.....HECK YEAH!!!!!!! Doctor who for the win!

[nikkicarter11]

Radioactive stuff. Is that like timey-wimey stuff?

[VenusAdela]

ARRRRGH! I do not like vampires! Not even the un-sparkly ones! Just give me Mr. Tilney and I will be much happier! (And if you don't know who Mr. Tilney is, read Northanger Abbey. It is amazing :)

[SerialOfSam]

Well you could put someone in a very zombie like state by making their brain turn to sludge and giving them an addiction to salmonella.

[sarathoughtonnothing]

i'm a girl and zombies are much better than vampires, unless they're from Buffy

[ravencarslyle]

Wait...John wrote a Zombie novella about genetically modified crops? I am in nerd love.

[thehelmofdarkness]

You have no idea how much you've eased my nerves with the 'there's no science of zombies' and that there will never be any zombies. I've been suffering from an intense phobia of zombies, which has basically tore apart what little life I lead (and I sound like I belong on a weird TLC show)... That still doesn't mean I'm not keeping my survival plans... And yes. Being obsessed and afraid of something really do go hand in hand. Thank you very much Hank (o^-^o)

[AzkadelliaPendragon]

I had to create a super hero for a class, and I created cake pop man. He had a gluten allergy, and he took an experimental drug to cure it, and it worked, but it also changed his body so that instead of sneezing mucus, he sneezes cake pops. And he goes around handing them out for free to all the people who do not live near a Starbucks as a service to humanity. What does that say about me?

[gimkilo57]

@AzkadelliaPendragon poor you doesn't live near a Starbucks?

[Herringsmakegoodaxes]

@AzkadelliaPendragon what the hell are cake pops?



[AzkadelliaPendragon]

@Herringsmakegoodaxes Deliciousness on a stick. Basically just balls of cake on a stick covered in icing. They are often decorated in rather fancy ways though.

[roxyqueen2]

@AzkadelliaPendragon you may be hungry.

[thatwhichisgiven]

@AzkadelliaPendragon That you are physically INCAPABLE of ever forgetting to be awesome. EVER.

[NucleusDawn]

@AzkadelliaPendragon It says that you are made from awesome, friend.

[danhockey08]

@AzkadelliaPendragon  It says that you really like cake pops...

[ChansSaysHi]

@ThatWeirdo04 Actually, jellyfish are probably protists. They are eukaryotic, Need water to survive, eat other organisms, and have flagella.

[Thisismyusername1010]

Screw zombies and vampires. I'm team Time Lord!

[TrammellGuitar]

Watchmen is the Best!!!!

[ryuzaki1492]

Hi Ben,

Giant 'n freaky monsters came, but mom ate them. Nice pick.

[fuschiaforever4]

Trust me... women prefer time lords.

[DancingGothGirl]

TARDIS!!!

[MusicChick015]

...tardis <3 <3

[Ripuk12]

I'm happy Hank includes Doctor Who as a superhero. :D

[thisisnotHolly]

Hank, gender stereotypes, Im ashamed. As a nerd I thought you would have chucked those away long ago. I am both a girl and a zombie and gore lover.

[completeidiot19]

Zombie books are written by hypochondriacs... I'm writing... one. Damn it.

[EggPlantPocky03]

I'm a girl and I think sparkling vampires are more strange than sexy :/

[azerskater]

@EggPlantPocky03 Cool story bro, tell it again.

[dannash2010]

This video has helped inspired my dissertation! Thanks for being awesome Hank!!

[mushroomshrub]

TimeandRelativeDimensionInSpac­e!

[MooseWoodson]

I am a girl. Zombies pwn vampires! :D

[lovefromeponine]

unfounded gender stereotypes! Hank I am ashamed of you.

[brightereyesthanco]

YATTA!!

[10nantFangirl]

So...there's no chance that zombies could ever be real?

OH WHAT A RELIEF. THE ANXIETY HAS BEEN EATING ME ALIVE!

Last year I poured this energy drink, Amp, on a dead bat. Don't ask me why, probably because I hate energy drinks. I returned five minutes later, and the bat was gone. I was afraid that I'd created an undead bat that would cause the zombie apocalypse of 2012!

Thanks to this video, I have no reason to be afraid. I shall now wait for the inevitable end of the world in 5.5/apple/26! XD

[MooseWoodson]

@10nantFangirl Doctor Who WIN! :D

[BrigitteRoseSings]

TARDIS TARDIS TARDIS TARDIS TARDIS!!!!  whoa blacked out there for a minuet sorry

[DoctorKuehl]

TARDIS. And LIMITLESS. I love that freaking movie! *goes and watches after she finishes the vid*

[princessemiko]

there will never be an undead creature............. UNTIL people start trying to resuscitate dead people that have been cryogenically frozen. 

[bobthepurpleostrich]

TARDIS XD



[Bartholh]

Freakazoid!!!!

[starkidfangirl]

YAY TARDIS!!!! Can't wait till Christmas ;)

[lulo354]

Ahhhhhh the tardis (;

[TheHyperTheory]

Limitless, my mom would not shut up during that movie and I missed half of it!!!!!!!!

[tynllan1]

I see neil gaiman in the background , ( a book not actual neil , although that would be AWESOOOME )

[Inuyashanaruto10857]

....then Hank or any Nerdfighter please explain to me why and how, jellyfish live without any organs and are a mass of nerves.

[LifenProse]

@Inuyashanaruto10857 that's a moot point. Humans cannot survive without our brains and organs. We need them to be fully functioning.

[Inuyashanaruto10857]

@LifenProse ooooooooooo what if we are able to live as a mass of nerves :D

[sciencenerd111]

@Inuyashanaruto10857 1. I thought a mass of nerves was a brain (but I dont know)

and 2. I have always considerd jellyfish a PLANT it is a mobile, omnivoris PLANT. join me to help stop jellyfish being called what they are not.

[ThatWeirdo04]

@sciencenerd111 Jellyfish don't perform photsynthesis. They consume other organisms. Therefore, they are not plants.

[Anthonyk312]

@Inuyashanaruto10857 the same way plants do.

[Justin1976]

@Inuyashanaruto10857 They don't need a heart because of their size and metabolic rate. The rate of diffusion is fast enough to keep their cells oxygenated and fed without a heart pumping blood past the cells.They do have nerve nets, but nothing they do is complex enough to require centralization.Their feeding process is automatic the nematocysts are triggered by pressure, and chemicals leaking from the wounded prey causes cells to contract in the tentacles hauling the prey to the mouth.

[KFett11]

Saw a trailer for the movie Contagion and this video was the first thing that popped into my head.

[Kaorurules1]

Whenever I think of zombies, I don't think of the undead. I think of those "Mind Zombie" things that I read about in Steven King's "Cell"

Good book...makes me want to not talk on cell phones anymore...

[CodyAndJemima]

who was the superhero in the right corner wearing purple and yellow at 2:41 ?

[joker9494949494]

@CodyAndJemima whatever the smart guys name is in watchmen

[1zalex1]

I'm kind of wondering how zombies are created by corn...

[ladynerdneedslove]

Zombies are sexy in there own way.

[Thisismyusername1010]

What if vampires were a breed similar to people (like Neandarthals, only not extinct) that just so happened to be nocturnal and feed on blood like vampire bats? By the way, that's MY idea for a book. I thought it up, and I call DIBS!!!

[CodyAndJemima]

@Thisismyusername1010 the only problem with vampires only eating/drinking blood is that they would need to consume more than their body weight in blood each night. if you were trying to make it more realistic, their primary food source would not be blood but another food.

[Thisismyusername1010]

@CodyAndJemima That's true. I've been trying to work around the little snag of just how MUCH blood they'd need, but I don't really know how it's going to work.

[kikiann11]

Love the way you say "romance sexy time".

[TheManorexic]

What about that plant thing that takes over ants' dead bodies?

[tingyuyan12]

@TheManorexic that's a fungus -_-

[TheManorexic]

@tingyuyan12 The kingdom of the species doesn't matter, what I'm getting across is this FUNGUS in a sense brings the ant back to life to serve the FUNGUS

[creamsodaluvr]

Did I accidentally press the (speed x2) button before starting this video??

[jojomonkey908]

whoa you can get super powers from sex?????

[digimonFTW22456]

Actually if the NOT DEAD zombies and were the disease type zombies,than there may be a chance.

[singsonggal22]

there's this new series on syfy (weird spelling is still slightly annoying...) called alphas. it's about people with superpowers that may possibly stem from brain defects, (for instance, two of the alphas so far depicted are autistic) and i think that reflects this tendency of science fiction writers that hank's talking about.

[molmol97]

Robert Pattinson in a thong MY EYES BURN

[BeatrixNemesis]

I'm a girl and I prefer zombies over vampires. Unless the vampire happens to be Sanguini.

[blahblahblahblah9898]

@BeatrixNemesis I'm guessing that's a Harry Potter reference, in which we could be friends.

[BeatrixNemesis]

@blahblahblahblah9898 Thanks, I was afraid no one would get it.

[1andonlytruepinoy]

is there subliminal messages saying corn from :50-:58

[TheSimpsonsFanGirl]

is that an Umbrella Academy poster in the background?????

I LOVE THESE VIDEOS EVEN MORE NOW.

[snake48710]

@TheSimpsonsFanGirl omfg umbrella academy fan!!!!

i also went insane when ozymandias poped onscreen

[TheSimpsonsFanGirl]

@snake48710 yeah I LOOOOVE Umbrella Academy!

[NummyCookie]

"Whereas vampires are a disease based in romance-sexy-time"

[SuperAwesomeSounds]

corn

[danielra96]

IS THAT CATCHING FIRE ON YOUR SHELF? :D

[theDuckdeath]

What's the name of the superhero on the right in the red suit with the black & white hair??

[Gelsas1]

@theDuckdeath Freakazoid

[xenocide2210]

01:17 on the right

WTF?! WHY???

[Bigmanshortii]

well the original Vampires (courtesy of Bram Stoker) were symbols of foreign invasion and a symbol for Xenophobia...

[Pointingtothereality]

@Bigmanshortii

No the original vampires courtesy of Romanian Folklore was a dead creature given life, who's bloated corpse and receeding gums gave the impression of a creature which fed when no one was around. They were not symbols they were just born of fear and ignorance :D

[justabike]

Actually, zombies do exist.

Not zombies like we usually see them in movies, technically they're more like infected, and they're insects that live in the jungle.

There are a certain type of mushrooms that emit spores which alter their mind and make them go to their nest where they die and release more spores.

[Chloroflurolly]

Technically, you should say that superheros started in the 1940's.

In 1939, Batman came out in Detective comics, becoming a huge hit, then, other masked vigilantes began to appear.

Marvel was a primarily monster based comic, so they came out with monster based heroes, in case super heroes flopped. (then they could be like "well we're still monsters")

[ArthurJProwlick]

19 times he adjusted he glasses.

[haydenwindman]

Hiro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheUncannyXjess]

Hank validates a large portion of my nerdy life.

[roadrunnerrune1]

Freddie W?

[mcrlover101]

I'm digging your Umbrella Academy poster on the door : ) Very snazzy.

And your stash of Neil Gaiman : )

[mcrlover101]

I'm digging your Umbrella Academy poster on the door : ) Very snazzy.

[thejoeking97]

i think like 2:45 should be like nerdfighter wallpaper

[DWphan]

Hey, want to see a uniquie super hero? look up Danny Phantom! hes half ghost! how often do you see that?

[Gyrant]

I can see scott pilgrim on the shelf behind you.

[MrWhatthespence]

@Gyrant I wish i could give you more than one thumbs up for this because i came to this page to say the EXACT same thing you just said. Well done sir/madam

[FantasticBlueGirl]

Hank, I was waiting for a FF pic. You have disappointed me.

[theawesomeone1029]

@Kakashigirl094 Yeah! of course he is!

[TheDancingChinchilla]

2:37: go Freakazoid!

[jillywilson]

God is a super hero and he is PERFECT there is nothing he can't do! Also I am a girl and I prefer pirates over STUPID vampires because of Pirates of The Caribbean aka Captain Jack Sparrow and pirates ARE REAL even though in real life most of them are evil!

[SpeedyMcSpeederton]

@jillywilson Before I ask, may I say I am not trying to start a religious banter or arguement, this is simply a question as to what your opinion on the matter is. My question for you: If there is nothing He cannot do, can God create a stone He cannot lift?

[jillywilson]

@SpeedyMcSpeederton Thats right there is nothing he can't do! Also that doesn't make any sense at all thats just a myth question. He can create anything and he can move/lift anything! That would be like me asking can real money be made that can't be spent anywhere? I don't understand how some just don't see it when the things revelation say are happening! The future matters more than the past. Unlike science the bible gives an answer to both + with faith theres a reward science NOTHING!

[jillywilson]

@SpeedyMcSpeederton Even here on earth when people have two options to run a race for nothing or to run a race for money/a trophy your going to have more in the race for the money/trophy. Same with religion and science. Idk bout you but I am going for the reward for sure "Eternal life in gods beautiful kingdom with no suffering" Ever heard "Theres more that meats the eye". Any place/thing you haven't seen yet here on earth and heard of how do you know that exists?

[jillywilson]

@SpeedyMcSpeederton Jesus said it wont be easy but it will be worth it and I believe that! Theres no penalty for not believing in science and no reward for believing in it! I am not trying to start anything either really and I don't force this on people because I know I can't! Everyone has their own choice and I respect everyone for their choice I actually even have a few friends that are athiests and still respect them!

[IXIDORco2]

limitless was awesome

[WafflesandFruitloops]

DR WHO PWNS!!!!

[JennaGwenna]

Hiro is a hero!!

[thelaynie]

I hate to say this, because you are super awesome, but there are indeed zombies. Granted, they aren't exactly dead, but they definitely aren't considered under their own will anymore. See the zombie ant fungi!

Look up "zombie ant fungus." (Youtube wouldn't let me post a link.)

And these types of fungi exist for many insects. No, of course they probably wouldn't work for humans...

.... right? :D

[laneythegreat01]

TARDIS!

[wardemon46]

CORNNNNNNNNN......

[ManDudeGuy802]

Corn?

[minitouris]

I hate how Twilight has ruined Vampires for all of us. Vampires were not meant to be romantic at all. If anything they are much more violent than zombies as their violence is sophisticated. The difference is a zombie will definitely attack a nearby human being out of a random act of violence whereas a vampire will plan to take over the world while acquiring minions. A different type of violence, yet far more deadly.

Sadly Twilight ruined that definition. Such a shame.

[thelaynie]

@minitouris I disagree. Anne Rice's vampires were extremely romantic, and came long before Twilight.

[minitouris]

@thelaynie I admit I am rather ignorant when it comes to Anne Rice, but I'll take your word for it that those were romantic Vampires.

Nevertheless there is no question as to what changed the definition of Vampires from deadly and scary monsters to romantic. Twilight did, because it is far more known and appreciated (by the majority of the population, regardless of if it is better than Anne Rice or not. It is probably not as good).

So my statement stays. Twilight has ruined Vampires.

[thelaynie]

@minitouris Oh, I don't disagree with the fact that Twilight has changed the concept of vampires, as well as turning them into sweet loving creatures deadly creatures to be afraid of (instead of sweet sparkly romantic perverts- come on, an ancient vampire falling in love with a high school girl? EW!!). But Anne Rice really changed vampires as well- hers became homosexual rock stars. (Seriously.)

[minitouris]

@thelaynie That's just awful. People completely misunderstand Vampires thanks to such changes in their concept.

[Pruechelan]

WHAT WHAT spiderman changed what what what. No, no no no no no you killed spiderman.

[dolphin64575]

Corn.

Also: You can analyze humans from weird stuff Hank. What we ask Google, what superheroes we like, what movies we watch... You're so jokes. :)

[dolphin64575]

Corn

[annasquared27]

you should read "The Reformed Vampire Support Group" the vampires in the book are diseased and not sexy at all and actually more realistic. its cool

[Sardonicious]

Nooooooooooooooooooooo vampires aren't based in romance, THEY ARE BASED IN RAPE. AUGH. Frustratiom.

[Di805]

Is that "Umbrella Academy" poster on your door ???