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I'm still amazed how a D list character with the right actor and writing team can become the highlight of the movie.

I did really like that Polka Dot Man had one moment of happiness/joy before he died.

Damn, even the therapist didn't remember Milton's name. R.I.P to the homie Milton

(Not so) fun fact: David Dastmalchian, who plays Polka Dot Man, has vitiligo IRL and was apparently bullied as a child and nicknamed "polka dots" because of it; he's also suffered from substance addiction and survived an attempted suicide. James Gunn supposedly did not know any of this when he cast him in the role, but he allegedly envisioned Dastmalchian specifically in the role, particularly when, in response to Bloodsport saying they were all going to die, he responds by saying the line "I hope so". So whilst there's moments when the treatment of PDM feels a tad mean-spirited, he brings a true humanity to a role that could easily have been a joke.

The only thing I don’t like about polka dot man was how quickly he died. I wish we could’ve seen him develop his confidence in future movies and really show that even the ‘weirdest’ of ‘the weird’ deserve to feel confident and happy in their own skin and have a place in this world.

Abner's "I'm a superhero" moment was so powerful and moving. I really love this character and he deserves all the hugs

I just realized Polka Dot Man coulda killed everyone in the room when he was braught out of his cell if he wasn't so depressed

I loved Polka Dot Man at his first line. “We’re all going to die.” “I hope so.” After seeing his lackluster entrance, his defeated, fatalistic comment made him ultimately relatable. Especially for those of us who deal with depression and suicidal thoughts of our own. He had the most character development throughout the movie. And his personal growth made his end all the more heartbreaking.

Favorite scene is at the bar of him being happy and drunk

As someone who has had... let's say "issues" with family throughout my life, I empathized a lot with Abner. Tons of credit to actor David Dastmalchian for putting so much heart into his performance of what others could have considered a lame joke character. It's a shame we're not likely to see Polka Dot Man again, barring some resurrection subplot, but he was definitely a highlight of this movie.

I don't vomit extradimensional dots that meltdown things or hallucinate everyone as my mother, but Polka Dot Man's "I'm so worn down by life I what's the point of even trying anymore" attitude is what I related to the most in the movie.

I have a personal theory that Abner cared so much for Milton falls back with his siblings. It’s insinuated that Abner killed his mom, possibly to save his siblings. So when Milton dies, and he finds out that everyone else forgot about him, Abner’s brotherly instincts come out. A great character that I wish wasn’t killed off.

When we find out that he sees everyone as his mom, my mind went back to when we first meet him with the guards and Calendar Man were ripping into him… he saw his mom saying those things. That hit close to home for me (my mom called me stupid throughout my childhood and youth). Even after all these years I sometimes hear it echo in my mind. The sheer joy in his face at being a hero for once in his life… reminding me of the character Amanda Waller. She wanted expendable villains, but Amanda almost looses it when all four decide to do something heroic before getting knocked out. Ratcatcher 2: the stand out for me in this movie. She is the heart. She chose to reach out and extend friendship and trust to Nanaue and Bloodsport, then eventually to the remaining squad members. She also saw good in people even after Peacemaker was about to kill her.

You feel worse, when you realize that he always aims for the ankles when he uses his polka dots.

I felt that when he was so happy that he felt like a superhero. That's the feeling I think a lot of people feel when they willingly help someone in need and make a difference in their lives.

i love how georgia dresses to the theme of her video everytime

I wondered if Polka Dot Man saw Milton as his mom. Perhaps Milton was the one person whose face he could actually see.

I love the scene where he's dancing and looks so joyful, his "mom" is also dancing all around him but he's not even paying attention her, he's just having fun! PS: I love your Polka Dot Man cosplay! So cute!

Kinda sad you missed the dance scene Its like the first time he's genuinely happy for once, just dancing how he likes it without anyone mocking/making fun of him

Out of all the deaths in suicide squad I would have to say the death of polka dot man was not only the most surprising but the most upsetting I really would of liked to see him in a future movie or have his own spin off series had he survived

RIP Abner Krill. You died a true hero.

The scene where he talks about his mom always makes me cry. My birth mother abused me. There are times where I think I saw her but really it was someone else

The thing about Polka Dot Man seeing his mom in everyone is kinda interesting because trauma induced psychosis is a real thing and can lead to some pretty intense audio-visual hallucinations, although probably not to that degree. But then there is noone alive who's been exposed to trans-dimensional viral agents, so that might play into it.

I think one of the cool bits that ties into what you were saying was when another character (was it rat-catcher?) mourned over a piece of his shredded uniform, and it showed he would be remembered.

i love the perspectives this channel brings to the table! i think poka-dot man and rocket have a lot of similar baggage, but rocket went down the cover-your-vulnerability-with-hyper-anger route whereas poka-dot man, as beat down as he is, still wears it on his sleeve; they're kids that just want to help.

i dont know if you've watched the show "Avatar: the last airbender" but i'd love to see videos on Zuko's journey throughout the series and maybe some videos on Azula and Iroh as well

He deserves to be in another movie/show

As soon as I first saw the character in the roll call last August I knew he was gonna be my favourite character but the movie itself made me even more of a fan, I share a lot of similarities with his personality that being that I hold a deep resentment of my mom and I’ve dealt with self loathing and hating myself for years, luckily I met my wife back in 2016 and she helped me to become a far better person than I used to be, David Dastmalchian (Polka Dot Man’s actor) has said that he also dealt with the same thing and attempted to end his life over it, I nearly did the same thing in 2017 as I couldn’t kick my alcohol and drug addictions, thankfully I got the help I needed and I implore anyone reading this to do the same thing, please don’t suffer in silence and find the help YOU need and YOU deserve

My favorite Polka Dot Man scene: all of them. Such a great movie, and watching it on the big screen of the movie theater made me cry. I was so moved that there are still people out there who get to make things like these come true and share them with all of us.

What If polkadot man sees his mom because she put a mental block on him until he learned to use his powers. She made him see her everywhere assuming he wouldn't hurt her. I bet he was in jail because he escaped the lab and killed a bunch of people on accident because he just saw his mom everywhere and thought he was having a dream or something only to later realize he killed a bunch of innocent people

Polkadot man has gone from completely unknown to one of my favorite super villains

Prison was probably the best thing that could have happened to Polka Dot Man (I wonder what he did to end up there in the first place). He had to wear a collar that suppressed his powers, so he didn't have to worry about his rash or vomiting polka dots two times a day. His fellow inmates and guards most likely doesn't really know how powerful he really is, considering the jokes they are making about him. But he appears to be the strongest one in the team. When he decides to not holding back his powers, nobody survives an encounter with him. I doubt even King Shark would have survived a full attack from Polka Dot Man. He also says he has several siblings, both brothers and sisters if I remember correctly, but can't say for sure. Some of them are dead and some of them are not. I suspect none of them are his biological siblings, and his mother is not his biological mother. She is more like a female Dr. Mengele. Did she look like someone who produced babies on a conveyor belt? She must have had colleagues, neighbors, family and relatives, possibly even friends. Wouldn't anyone of these find it suspicious if some of her children died and others developed strange conditions? It is more likely she worked for the government or an organization that provided her with children nobody would miss, and which she could experiment on in her lab. Even if she must have told them to call her "mother", she probably only saw them as test subjects. When she went home from work for the day, her "children" would have been looked up in their rooms /cells till she returned the next day. They would have referred to each other as brothers and sisters, and feared the moment when they once again were chosen by their "mother" to take part in yet another experiment. Whatever tortures he went through, it left him extremely traumatized.

Easily my favorite Polka-Dot Man moment has to be his final scene. I'm gonna miss him but at least he went out with a smile.

I almost cried because of what happens to him, he was my second favourite character (behind king shark)

I really liked Polka Dot Man's development and I'm sad that he died in the end. But if it's a toss up between him and Ratcatcher 2, then I will pick her over him.

There was this really great scene that was cut that had a whole dialogue bit between Abner(Polka-dot Man) and the Thinker, with the Thinker trying to get under his skin and manipulate him. The whole conversation is less of a back and forth and more of a monologue from the Thinker as Abner quietly tries to refute him (the first time he's shown to stand up for himself) The scene settles on one line from the Thinker *"All it would take is one blessed act of rebellion to restore your dignity"* (in the context that Thinker is trying to get Abner to hand him his gun) Abner then shoots Thinker in the ear, and repeats Thinker's line to Cleo(Ratcatcher) *"He was right! All it takes is one blessed act of rebellion to restore my dignity! I shot him in the ear! [laughs]"* and from this point onward, Abner is more upbeat, he participates more in the group, he's found his place. He finally stopped letting people walk all over him and tell him he deserves it

You pretty much summed up why everyone easily fell in love with Polka Dot Man as a character. I really wish they didn’t kill him off like that. At least he went out happy, believing that he was the hero he truly is.

As someone who used to suffer from chronic depression, was bullied in school and still suffers from low self-esteem and anxiety as as result, Abner spoke to me on a level no other character had before. David Dastmalchian's performance was so great.

Polkadot man is someone who has been through a lot in life, to the point where you just want to give him a care bear hug because the poor guy needs a hug & love. Which he does get later in the movie, before his death due to the fact that he wasn't paying attention to his surroundings.

There's absolutely no reason for Polka Dot Man to have been as amazing of a character as he was. Seriously, I had to pause the movie because I was laughing so hard when he said "I don't like killing people, but if I pretended they're my mom it's easy." I also don't have a good relationship with my mom.

Damn, I was not expecting to almost cry in a video about Polka-dot man. Very good analysis, Lady

He was my favorite part of the movie, cuz, I’m literally like that around everyone

Loved this and the King Shark video! I hope you will do a video on Ratcatcher 2 next! 👍

Polka dot man dancing at the club was amazing

I love Polka dot man, he needs hug but a _really_ gentle one cuz he's frail and I don't want to hurt him.

"he cares for the guy in the red shirt" HIS NAME IS MILTON! HE WAS WITH US THE WHOLE TIME!!!!

I hosted a podcast episode on this movie recently and I talk about some of the moments and story arch’s that made me feel emotional and that I related to. Polka Dot Mans story being one of them as an outcast and victim of parental abuse. And in that podcast, we were short on time (we had 5 people on the podcast, we aim to finish under or maybe 5 minutes over an hour to make our editors week easier and I had to hard out not too long after we finished recording) so I feel like I butchered my statement as to why I loved his story in the movie because of the time restraint. I’m so happy you decided to keep covering this movie because 1.) this instance took the words right out of my brain and described perfectly why I loved this movie and 2.) Your perspective adds even more to the movie when I rewatch it, making me love it even more. I’m not sure where else you could go with this movie (the character roster is shortening pretty quick) but I hope there’s at least one more video you can make from this movie and that you cover more of James Gunns movies in the future. His movies before this are ones I crave to hear your perspective on. Thanks for the wonderful video. So happy I stumbled upon this channel recently.

Hi I just saw this and is awesome I feel a lot of empathy for polka dot man, and yes there is a scene, when bloodsport shots nanhue there is a part when sebastian hands bloodsport a leave and he flinch, polka is behind him and moves at the same time.

looking back, I'm shocked how little screen time Abner Krill actually has in the film. His impact feels so much bigger because you feel his emotions and growth from beginning to end.

Ezcema. I've always had it, and I react badly when having reactions. I'm talking hives, rash, itching, and sometimes skin splitting. I've heard it all, "lizard skin", "sandpaper", "OMG! Stay away from me! I don't want your gross stuff!", and a lot more. So seeing him have to explain it's not contagious and the exhaustion in his voice? It hit me in a place very close to home

He conquered his insecurities and fears. Nothing could crush his self worth.

watched a few of these and seeing them has only a couple thousand views blew my mind love the filming setup with the backdrop and clothing and insightful information they're amazing!

I think he unlike any other hero had the potencial to become the one with genuine empathy for the burdened and the poor.

I was surprised by how much I loved Polka Dot Man. I felt for him emotionally and I really wanted to see him get out alive. I was so sad when he died.

Bruh having her as a therapist would be awesome!

DC Comics has a history of making into a joke character yet in the film he is an incredibly serious character whose has funny moments. I wish they kept him along because he is a realistic and developed character. He has the power to defeat everyone but he is mentally beaten down. With Superman, they restrict his abilities to give others a fair fight but with Abner Krill, they simply give him realistic problems such as depression and PTSD. It is a shame that he died (unless they choose to bring back) because Polka-Dot Man has finally got the respect that he deserves.

This is the only video of yours I've watched, but I am enjoying imagining that this is the uniform you wear for all your videos.

Love your therapist reacts. Was looking to see if you'd do this character after watching SS.

There is something I find very comforting to think that trauma can make you more caring and empathetic. I think that’s something very valuable.

According to the actor, Polka Dot Man didn’t really care that much about Milton, but was making the situation more about himself, since he was saying he had a crush on him. Basically “the person I liked is gone, please feel sad for me.”

Thanks…I enjoyed your reaction on this character. I enjoyed your insight. Blessings on your day.

Awesome video and great insight! I really liked Abner and his empathy is definitely one of his strengths. I'm not sure if I have a favorite scene with him in it, but I definitely felt for him and was moved by his story. I second others - I hope you make a video about Ratcatcher 2! :)

I just found your channel and I love it

I cannot tell you how much I relate to him and how much this character means to me, the video was wonderful

Can we appreciate the fact that her dots are almost the exact color and placement to the ones on his outfit?

Abner resonated with me. When I was young I went through some abuse and became the quiet kid who didn't wanna be around people. I was easily targeted because of that fact. There were eight bullies in my neighborhood who spent day after day hunting me down, vandalizing my house, even going as far as to try and threaten my own parents. I never told my parents about the sexual assault I went through. But eventually I began to feel like everyone could see my pain and that nobody really cared, anyone I'd get close too would just hurt the paranoid schizophrenic kid who didn't like to talk. Luckily I found my own Squad of fellow outcasts and they helped me find my voice. Many of them talked me into just going to therapy and stuff. But I always felt like all the cuts and bruises I suffered every day and the fact anyone I went to for help just told me to suck it up and get over it. Made me feel like I was unwanted.

Such an emotional video 😢☺️

When you visit your therapist and they're dressed just like you.

You should do Ratcatcher 2 next!! Love ur videos!!!!!!!❤

Love your shirt!

Great video!!

Yes, Polka Dot Man was a hero, for a few seconds before Staro turned him into jelly.

Wow I made a comment asking if you could do polka dot man and I didn't think you would but I'm so glad you did. That's three members of the suicide squad you've covered and I'm impressed. Are you going to cover the other ones like Rick Flag, Harley, Ratcatcher, Peacemaker? BTW, I'm glad you like polka dot man as much as i did.

There was a deleted scene where he stood up against somebody and he feels good about it

bloodsport: you know who that therapist lady is???? it’s your Mom!!!

There's a deleted scene where Thinker messes with polka-dot man, I really wish it stayed in the film.

I got to admit, they did actually do their home work in this movie. Sometimes they just make movies where not enough love goes into it and it just end up sucking. They sometimes profit before pleasure.

I realised I never remembered Polka Dot Man’s name until you were talking about how he was the only one who remembered Milton… and called him Abner

Great video, i love! Polka dot man! Can you do a video therapi react to peacemaker?

i loved the guy in this movie and i am heartbroken his life Ended in that movie could do so much more with a character like him Being so Awesome u also put it in a different prospective for me i can suddenly relate in a different way now im autistic deaf and other ailments i always felt like an outcast ah damn i love polka dot man now

God damn, even Calander Man bullies him.

Even if it wasn't his real mother, he did also get to say that he was a super hero to her. It may have been an exclamation that affirmed himself and his choices and path in life but it also feels like he did it and it occurred because of him and not her. I wonder if afterwards he would have started to see people as they are, rather than his mom.

In the original script, Polkadot Man lived through the movie and Rat Catcher 2 died but James didn't like it.

This girl points more things out than my English teachers

I love that you chose to wear polka dots for this video, very nice attention to detail :)

If you discover more about this guys life you would have a far deeper respect for this man and what the character meant to him. This character and the actor are both very inspiring individuals, truly the highlight of the movie.

I loved that you actually matched the dots on your shirt to his, that is some nice attention to detail Doc. Ps. Not quite the culmination of his story, :P

The dance scene for Pokedot man is so satisfying and fun to watch

I hope for a video about the psychology of Starro the conqueror, I think he was the real victim in this movie...

I've found 4 other channels when they were under 100k subs before they blew up. I see you going the way of Natural World Facts, Like Stories Of Old, TierZoo, and Daily Dose of Internet. This will be a fun journey 😁

Love the character prior to the film. Because of the silliness. Like kiteman. A great writer can always change that. I suggest looking up kiteman and his current story run. Pokadot man literally from point a to c grew where most movies can give their characters any growth he grew the most. Fashioning a pokdadot man 👨 costume for Halloween because of it.

There was a point when someone mockingly called him “Norman Bates”

To this day I feel the most for polka-dot man. I was so sad when he died. 😭

Yay you did a polka dot man video ☺️

i really liked him.. polka dot man should’ve lasted longer

Could you do a video please on the main characters from criminal minds. I would be curious what you thought about them.

Excellent choice in attire!

Was honestly hoping that she’s cover the bar scene

I would really like it if you would react to Batman: Under the Redhood, I think Jason Todd would be a very good case