You know those parents who took their young kids to see Deadpool, then got super offended by how mature the movie was? Can the opening to Deadpool 2 just be him delivering a PSA on the movie rating system to all parents who don't know better? Hahaha! Now that would be incredible! [Opening Theme Music] Hello Internet! Welcome To Film Theory! The show that's gonna get through an entire Deadpool episode without mentioning chimichangas once. Oh wait. Does that count? Crap, But if I can get serious here for a moment. This year Bill and Melinda Gates... Yes, those Gates, reached out to me. Yes, that me, to do a video about superpowers! It's pretty awesome, right? You see, every year the Gateses write a letter outlining their take on key global issues. With this year's letter being called, "Two Superpowers We Wished We Had." In the letter, they challenged the reader to imagine what their superpower for good would be. The goal of the letter is to broaden awareness and get each of us involved to help make a positive, lasting change in the world. It's an incredibly noble cause and honestly I'm honored to be included as part of the campaign. It's funny, but when I think of what I can do to try and make a positive change in the world, I honestly think of these channels. Because yeah, for as goofy and inane it might be to analyse the real world physics of Ant Man's suit or the deadliness of a Bullet Bill, I like to think it's giving you a bit of education along the way. Maybe brightening your day. And so no, It's not curing cancer or anything, but I'm never going to be the type to do that. Instead I'd like to think that these videos make at least, some of your worlds just a little bit happier. And teach some of you at least something new every week. Or who knows, I might be living in a dream world. Anyways, sappy stuff aside As I was thinking about what superpower I'd want I immediately thought: I wanna be DEADPOOL ! (Sound of relief) "I am very turned on right now." Uhh! Not quite in that way. I-I want his healing factor. In the world of comic books, its a pretty common ability that does exactly what it sounds like, enhancing a persons ability to recover from wounds quickly. There are tons of different variations of the healing factor ability across comic books. But probably the two most iconic are Wolverine's and of course... Deadpool's. And this relationship is no coincidence. Deadpool got his healing factor from a serum derived from Wolverine. What, do they just have needles full of this stuff lying around? Go into the ol' Walgreens, get my flu vaccine, and follow up with a healing factor chaser? Great! Sign me up! "Ughh, god you are hard to look at" Oh, oh is that what happens? Hmmm, well good thing my most my channels are voice over anyway. [Ba-dum Tssss!] Their regenerative ability gives them an incredibly strong resistance to chemicals and toxins which is great for protecting against vats of acid and not so great for getting drunk. It also boosts the immune system, rendering them pretty well protected against most diseases. It even gives them resistance to Telepathic Control. So no one's hopping into Deapool's head commanding him to dress as a girl, he's just doing that all on his own. The factor is so quick that it keeps the body's cells from growing old, halting aging almost completely. In short, Deapool and Wolverine are both basically immortal. Which begs the question. How do you kill them? How do you kill the unkillable? If I'm gonna inject myself with healing factor, what do I need to look out for here? Well, after doing the research, it looks like most sources have over-looked the factor's one huge weakness. The fatal-flaw that makes it easy to take down these two characters. Well 'most' sources have over-looked it anyway and it's going to surprise you which one happens to be, the most accurate. Now first, let me make it clear, that I know both characters have died before. But honestly, it's tended to result from some pretty cheap means. So I'm discounting all things that turn off or counter-act the healing factor. That, quite frankly, is a cop-out from writers who wrote themselves into a corner by making characters that were too powerful. In my analysis today, we're finishing these guys off in a perfectly natural way that doesn't require some magical anti-heal. Additionally, we're not pulling a Dragon-Ball Z and talking about disintegrating every last cell. Too easy as an explanation, and quite frankly, too difficult to actually execute. I mean, in Uncanny X-men annual #11 Wolverine actually grows his entire body back from a single drop of blood. That's pretty darn impressive. Like to see that in the next X-men movie. But, in all seriousness, that's assuming you're able to disintegrate him that fast. Which in and of itself is a challenge. I mean, in Venom #9 Wolverine is able to heal after a nuclear bomb destroys a village. A nuclear bomb! And if you think he just got lucky, well think again. It happens another time in Ultimate Wolverine Vs. Hulk. Lightning may not strike twice, but apparently nuclear warheads do. Look, the 'How to kill them' problem is so bad, that even Professor Charles Xavier doesn't know. In his Xavier Protocols, which are basically his to do list for when a powerful Mutant becomes a threat to the world, he makes a note to himself that reads thusly: 'Decapitation', and you'd think that this is a guy who'd know right? I mean say what you want about his nonstop cries of agony in the animated series. (Cries of pain) The guy is smart. A world leader in mutant abilities. And yet for some superhealers like Wolvie and DP. Decapitation has also been disproven. Man if you can't behead them and a bomb can't disintegrate them fast enough. What's gonna to do it? Uhh, I don't know! Two alternate universe Earths smashing together? Wow, what an oddly specific cosmic event I've just described there. But uhh, yes, actually that'll do it. A multi universe Earth crash is the exact reason why Deadpool is currently dead in the comics. But again, I'm just a simple man with a totally average cosmic altering powers, and I need something doesn't need to escalate that quickly. Put those nuclear war heads away... Put 'em away. Nooo. Good. Good. Because the healing factor's weakness is much simpler than all of this. Wolverine, and especially Deadpool, are vulnerable to every single one of you viewers watching right now and it all has to do with the brain. Or more specifically, memories. Because, sure these guys may be able to regenerate their whole body from a single drop of blood, but one thing the factor can't regenerate is memory. Let me explain. You see first thing to understand about memory formation and why you can't regenerate memories is that memories aren't stored. They're not physical things. Neurons, the cells in the brain. Are physical things and healing factor is made to restore or replace damaged cells. But neurons are not the same as memories and that's the problem here. Memories are signals. A short term memory, Say the last diet coke you drank, is a pattern of signals in your mind. #NotSponsored. #JustAnAddict So you drink a diet coke and the sensation you get from it trigger a signal in a specific neurons in your pre-frontal cortex. The area that stores short term memory. That signal starts of as an electric potential created by ions moving in and out of the cells at one end of the neuron. That electrical signal then triggers a chemical signal. Which is a physical transfer of ions from one neuron to another. Physically transferring ions causes the electrical signals in the next neuron to change. Which is how the electrical and chemical signal is carried across a lot of
neurons. In short, it's a chain reaction. So how then, do these signals create
memories? Well, each of your memories has a
specific chain reaction of signals across a specific set of neurons. Your diet coke signal started the first time you cracked open a diet coke and felt
it's cool, crisp, refreshing burn slide down your throat. When you took that first sip, some of your taste neurons sent a signal to some of your other taste
neurons in a specific pattern as you thought: "Mhmm." "This is bubbly and habit forming." The pattern of neurons firing for your drinking diet coke memory is different
from the pattern for your drinking orange juice memory or, your tasting
chocolate pattern. It's specifically your diet coke pattern,
and it gives you a specific memory of diet coke. I-I swear this isn't sponsored. I just have a problem. Now let me be clear. All electrical signals going on between
two individual neurons is basically the same across the entirety of your brain. What makes something a memory is the
specific set of neurons that are activated in association with a
particular activity. The brain has a hundred million neurons. So if a few of them are involved in each memory. The brain has the theoretical
potential to store almost an infinite number of memories based on how many
combinations of neurons there are and how many unique patterns of signals you can create. In this way, the brain is an incredible storage system. And how do these things get stored? Well, when you experience something once, a few of your neurons start a signal pattern. When you think back to remember that experience your brain is actually recreating that same signal pattern again. When you've only experienced something once, you can only dimly recreate that pattern when you think about it or it fades away pretty fast. If you want to improve your recall of that experience you have to reinforce it. To do that, you have to
experience it again. So you drink a second diet coke. Then another and before long you have an emotional dependence. #winning Every time you repeat the activity you trigger the same signal pattern over and over again and your brain starts to store that pattern in a long-term memory area, The hippocampus. The neurons get a little bit closer to each other and, when that happens, the signal becomes stronger
because chemicals don't have to travel that far. The signals also become stronger and more frequent. So over time those memories become ingrained because the signal patterns have been used so much. So then, why can't Wolverine or Deadpool just regenerate memories? Quite frankly, it's because there's nothing to regenerate. Based on what we've outlined, the memory isn't part of the neuron, it's a pattern of signals between neurons. It's a tricky concept so let me explain it this way. When you learn about physics you learn about electrical currents, which is a movement of electrons. You can think of memories in a lot the same way. In physics you can measure an electric current, you can turn it on and off, etc. But it's not a physical thing you can hold in your hand. The current runs through the wires and generates electricity. But just because you make a wire doesn't mean there is
automatically a current running through it. In humans, you can theoretically rebuild the neurons. They're a lot like the wires running all through the brain. But just having the neurons there doesn't mean that the right electrical pattern will run through them. Memories only happen when the specific neurons in your brain have already experienced something. New cells don't come equipped with memories. When you regenerate an arm, or a leg, or a creepy
little baby hand, those are new body parts and their function doesn't require you to have experienced something before. But newly regenerated neurons are like
baby neurons. They're brand new, they're a blank slate! Which is great because they're intact, but bad because only neurons with experiences have
memories. New neurons have to start from scratch, even if they're all in the right place. To put it simply, our two super healers can grow back the brain cells, sure, but not the brain's electrical patterns. And as a result they're a blank shell, a husk. A being without memories. Think about it! Sure, they may look like Wolverine and Deadpool, but they won't
act like them. Without those neural connections they lose the elite fighting training and arrogant personalities that make them, them. It's something that, in my research,
literally no one has addressed. Well, almost no one, and that is the
biggest irony of all. In the movie, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Yeah, we're talking about that one. A movie, mind you, that is on practically every list of
worst superhero movies of all time. The villain Striker shoots Wolverine
multiple times in the head with adamantium bullets. Piercing his skull and destroying his brain. His line as he does this? "His brain may heal, but his memory
won't grow back." And of course, this is exactly what happens. His brain is destroyed and his memories go away. Wolverine has amnesia. And remember, this
is the movie so bad that it didn't give Deadpool a mouth. Deadpool, the Merc with a mouth! You had one job guys! One! Then they chose to make it look like Baraka from Mortal Kombat. Because why not? It's a movie so bad that they mistakenly think that wolves are the same as Wolverines! They can't get that right, but somehow they're the only one who's able to get the science right?! I - I-I don't even know what to say! And here's the thing, Deadpool is even more vulnerable than Wolverine was in this
scene. Logan's skeleton is coated with adamantium. A fictional metal that's basically the hardest material ever created. It took bullets made of the stuff to
puncture his skull and damage his brain. Which, again, is a huge oversight based on canon lore around adamantium...whatever! This movie sucks! Deadpool though, on the other hand,
doesn't have that advantage. Despite his incredible healing abilities, he still
just has a normal human skeleton. Just one well-placed bullet, hitting either
the frontal cortex or hippocampus, would knock out huge percentages of his memory. Of course his healing abilities would kick in and his head would repair itself. But it wouldn't have any of Wade Wilson's memories. Or, any memories at all. It would be completely empty. Like wiping a hard drive. Destroy the brain, and Wade Wilson as we know him ceases to be. Kind of like a zombie. I think Deadpool would appreciate that sort of reference. In the end, I guess it just goes to show often times good science doesn't result in good movies. But, hey! That's just a theory! A film theory! Aaand cut! And before you go, a huge thank
you once again to Bill and Melinda Gates for reaching out to me to pontificate a bit about superheroes. Now that I'm wrapping up this video, I
recommend taking the next five minutes to read their annual letter by clicking
the link in the description. If we're talking about real life superheroes, then the Gateses are two people who definitely fall in that category. Using their global influence to inspire
others to make a positive difference in the world around them. So read the letter and get inspired to make your mark on the world. Though you may not be the person who cures cancer or brings electricity to Central Africa. Oddly specific reference I know
but it's in the letter. Remember that being a hero doesn't require something big. You can be someone else's hero by just saying or doing something small for someone else. So go ahead today tell your parents that you love them. Tell a co-worker you appreciate them. Take some time to get to know the quiet kid who sits alone at lunch. The world will be a better place for it
one person at a time. And finally, enough sappiness, but let me know in the
comments if you could have one superpower what would you want? If you say flying, I don't blame you. It's in my top three, along with healing factor, and, I don't know, uh... the power of musical theater! They shall call me... Show Tunes Lad! Or something. Now if you'll excuse me, I gotta go. Crisp high five? Crisp high five!
Here's my explanation on why Deadpool's memory isn't erased every time his brain is damaged:
Deadpool's brain has an extra-phenomenal ability which allows his personality and memory to basically be saved to a "cloud" and it comes back aas soon as the pathways are back. This is evident in the way Deadpool's 4th wall breaking abilities work. Some people have speculated that Deadpool's ability to break the 4th wall is actually just because he's crazy and he just happens to be correct. However, it has been revealed that Deadppol has actual knowledge of the real world and any attempt to read his mind and access this connection will result in a person's death. It's also revealed that the voices in Deadpools head might actually be real people speaking/controlling him from another dimension. This means that some cosmic force that transcends time and space is constantly sending Deadpool's brain with "updates" that results in Deadpool having multiple voices in his head as well as knowledge of the real world. These updates are what keep Deadpool's memories and personality intact as they hold all the information his brain needs. In other words, if it wasn't for the fact that Deadpool is crazy he would be a husk like Mat speculated.
TL;DR: The voices in Deadpool's head and his ability to break the 4th wall are the reason his memories stay intact.
Poorly researched crap. The comics have time and time again had Wolverine and Deadpool impaled and have their brain damaged, and each of them came back to normal.
He brought up the comics, but then used Origins, which has some of the worst character logic and science everywhere. Boo.
Wolverines healing factor and deadpool's healing factor while originally coming from the same place are completely different. However, both healing factors return the cells to exactly as they were before the injury, which means that the neurons would be EXACTLY as they were before the injury. Also Deadpool's healing factor is much more powerful than wolverines. There are some comics where wolverines healing factor is incredibly powerful, but in the majority of comic books Wolverines healing factor is not very powerful in the grand scheme of healing factors. It has failed him on multiple occasions. Deadpool's healing factor has never failed him.if you cut off Wolverines head, in 85% of comic books that will kill him. If you cut off Deadpool's head, in 0% of comic books will that kill him. Not to mention the fact that Thanos cursed him with immortality.
then why does deadpool keep his memories every time he regenerates his brain? and wolverine does remember everything eventually? and deadpool got stabbed in the head in his film and was totally fine? Once again MATPAT ignored the aspect of the comics and talk about it from a real world perspective. However he never says that that's what he is doing because in the comics the healing factors repair memories for most characters ESPECIALLY DEADPOOL and Even wolverine.ο»Ώ Deadpool got turned into a pile of freaking ash and melted into a puddle of goo and his memories are fine. I get Matt is saying from a scientific perspective. But from the perspective of the comic books and from the actual lore what he says in the video doesn't hold any water. Does he have any idea how many times deadpool has been shot and stabbed through his head? On top of that dead pool already devised a way to kill people with healing factors that didn't involve some weird deus ex machina thing. In one of his runs he explain to wolverine how he would deal with his own healing factor if you ever want to kill him self. it Involved rigging up flamethrowers to ignite every time a computer says that his healing factor is kicking in. He tested this on X-23 and it worked.
MatPat pls. You can't kill me by wiping my memories; nor can you kill Deadpool by wiping his memories. This theory DOESNT EVEN MAKE ANY SENSE!
Why not decapitate Deadpool and then cauterize the wound?
Actually, you have to combine two universes.
Superpower? My favorite has always been omniscience. More specifically, recall based omniscience.
Since I am limited by the volume available in my human brain, I wouldn't want the sum total knowledge of everything in the universe stored in my brain at once. The energy necessary to store that information would, by definition, cause my brain to mass at least as much as the universe itself. I don't wish to become a black hole. Recall based omniscience would be limited by what I know I don't know and need (or want) to know. Thereby avoiding the issue of needing near-infinite storage in a finite volume.
That type of knowledge would be infinitely useful to both myself and others. I'm not an evil person, after using a bit of knowledge to ensure my own safety, I'd try my hand at solving some of Earth's various resource issues. With the ability to know which solutions are most likely to end badly, I'd be able to avoid those.