The 90s Dark Universe
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Let's talk about the period in the 90s when Sony Pictures rebooted the Universal monsters as prestige dramas.
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We should be talking about Coppola's Dracula every single day, so I'm very happy this video exists.
A reminder that Keanu should never play anybody who isn't Keanu
Capitan, what are you doing awake at 1:50 in the morning, are you ok?
@@alfonsoromero659 I mean, probably not, but in my defense it's only 11 50 where I am.
captainmidnight ok fair, good work with everything :) big fan
I saw the Simpson's Treehouse of Horror episode that parodies that movie before I saw the movie itself. So when I saw the movie for the first time, I was mostly thinking about how happy I was that I finally understood what the Simpsons were referencing.
"Did you forget about the Julia Roberts Dr. Jekyll movie?" Well, no, because I didn't know it existed in the first place.
Exactly. You can't forget what you never knew.
I actually remember seeing the cover for this movie all the time at the video rental store near my house, but had no idea it was a jekyll/hyde movie. A+ marketing.
I saw it years ago in my teenage years. I only remembered Malkovich. I had totally forgotten Julia Roberts was in it.
I remember. Doesn't technically fit I always that was more a "Julia" movie.
Same here
“Here’s another problem: People’s problems started getting solved.”
Never change Matt.
These are so funny I can’t even take it
You’re like a video essayer’s video essayer (which just rolls off the tongue)
It’s his unending commitment to the bit that sells it. I wish I cared about anything a quarter as much as he cares about this schtick.
Also, I love your content and deep cut examinations.
“We do not have time for a 10-minute tangent on Van Helsing.” HE DOES NOT SPEAK FOR ME
I do not like this friction between you and Charl. Easy on him Patrick, he's doing his best.
There's clearly something up with Charl, have you seen the last video?
You should do a drawing of Patrick as an alien from avatar or something.
Yo, where’s your Gravity Falls video?
So, while Pat was freaking out in dark, was his parents just sat in the living room in the dark?
That's the real terrifying bit.
I thought they'd come home after indulging in a drive-in movie (a format returning to popularity these days) and point out a simple solution to the lights-out problem that Patrick should have remembered Mom teaching him years ago...
They were sitting there... Smiling... Drinking "wine"...
The terrifying bit is your grammar
@@dustywaynemusic6297 you misspelled "Grandma"
The world deserves an entire video about the beautiful disaster that is Van Helsing.
It's not that bad, did people expect much from that at the time?
@Matthew Loewen Yeah. Looking at Mummy Returns and Van Helsing, it makes one wonder how the 1999 Mummy was actually as good as it was.
It is fascinating how Universal had this huge new franchise for Hugh Jackman ready to go, between the comics, video game, animated pilot, a live-action series that had a writer's room, and potential sequels, which just... didn't happen because the movie didn't work.
Van Helsing is the ultimate B-movie, why can't people just accept that and have fun with it? It's the same kind of hate Rampage got. If one wants Arthouse Schlock, look elsewhere! 😂
Matthew Loewen It’s by the same director, lol.
I really don't understand why the views are going down. This past month have genuinely been some of the best content you've ever made
At the time I'm commenting this, there are about 10k more views for this video than for last week's. So that's some good ne- I mean, some... positive... developments...
Agreed
Lack of franchise subjects.
Meanwhile the likes of MauLer are still pumping out angry Star Wars videos, but I think Patrick's got the edge in longevity here.
I’m subscribed, have notifications on “personalized” and only today realized I haven’t gotten an alert for any of the past 4 videos...
For casual viewers of the channel it's hard to get past the painful talk show segments
In Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, it says a lot that the most restrained actor is John Cleese.
And now for something completely different
He has done restrained roles, but it's always a surprise. It's almost as though the entire point was so the audience will we be waiting for him to start bouncing off the walls. And even when he doesn't, "that's the joke."
So...spinning shots are to _Mary Shelley's Frankenstein_ what Dutch angles are to _Thor?_
What's that you say? Kenneth over uses gimmicks?
For the record, Brannagh become a bit better over the years. The best part of Thor was which scenes was inspired by Shakespearen tragedy.
@@bencebotye3904 I have to disagree. The first Thor movie’s incredibly serious depiction of Asgard felt so lifeless compared to Earth, which is saying something considering a lot of people don’t like that movie’s humor. And what made The Dark World even worse is that they doubled down on it and somehow made it even less engaging. That’s why Ragnarok worked so well: it leans into the zaniness so much that it’s almost a completely different experience.
@@Gemnist98 agreed with you. I just highlighted the element which was good in the first Thor movie. Ragnarok was basically taken these elements to the nex level, has quet moments with the cast, also the humor and the fight coreography was so much better. Believe or not, Thor(2011) was a risky movie back in the infancy of the MCU, so like to praise a little bit Kenneth Branagh a little bit for laying the foundations.
Patrick is now Willem Dafoe in The Lighthouse
🤣🤣🤣
And Charl is Robert Pattinson's character... oh god. GET OUT OF THERE PATRICK!!!!!!!
Wait, I change my mind. Charl is clearly the mermaid.
He’s going to turn into a sea monster for a second.
I swear the last episode happened two days ago. Time has no meaning or is a flat circle. One of those.
Time is a lake.
It's wibbly-wobbly
Probably both. It's always both.
Time is Jeremy Berimy. I really don't know how else to explain it.
That's funny, 'cos for a split second when I saw the title I thought Patrick had made a video about Netflix's Dark.
i really wanted that 10 minute tangent on van helsing
Dracula Untold: the Mary Rielly of the Dark Universe. It was there, it happened, but no one involved wants to acknowledge it.
Yeah, you're right. But I kinda enjoy that one. At least the armor was badass.
Jon O'Guin good riddance
I remember that one! The only reason I went to see it was because it was supposed to be the first movie in the Dark Universe. By the time The Mummy came out I no longer cared.
Apparently, the Vampire Master was supposed to be the backdoor of connectivity if they wanted it.
*Ron Howard voice* They did not.
Dracula Untold should have been THE 1st film for The Dark Universe.
Trivia: Universal had also put their monsters on the shelf before the 1950s. After "Dracula's Daughter" in 1936, the studio decided to stop making monster movies. But then, an exhibitor put "Dracula" and "Frankenstein" on a double bill and totally cleaned up. Universal realized that there was still money to be made from scary stuff and revived the old franchises, starting with "Son of Frankenstein" in 1939. And the rest is, as they say, history.
Dizzy Dude yeah
"The original versions... remained the most iconic" (Christopher Lee spins in his grave)
I don't know anyone who doesn't think of Chris Lee when you say Dracula
Lee's soul is too chill for that.
I'd argue that to the average American, if you asked what comes to mind when mentioning those classic monster movies... Most people would think of the Universal films. British people (and Europeans?) on the other hand I can totally see answering with Hammer's movies. But, like, I'm a big fan of horror movies (and Hammer), but I still default to the Universal movies when thinking about those characters.
@@djnekroman And in all fairness, Lee has some iconic roles of his own. Just try to imagine anyone else as *Sar-ru-maaaaan*.
That Frankenstein spinning montage is a piece of art. And, I desperately want the Van Helsing video
Just dropped a comment!
Krasinski WILL pay for what he's done.
Cody Johnston (of TH-cam's "Some More News") agrees.
@@debbys-abqnm4537 I love Cody's jabs at John. :)
I look forward to hearing the lamentations of his women.
@@mjwbulich Not Emily Blunt!
what did he do
Don't forget Paramount tried to get into the game too. They released "Sleepy Hollow" in 1999. Granted, it's not as close to the source material as "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" or the first third and last third of "Bram Stoker's Dracula". But, it was Paramount doing a lavish, period production with an A-list director (Tim Burton) that was also produced by Francis Coppola.
I actually thought you were talking about an obscure movie franchise called “The ‘90s universe”, and that one of the installments in the franchise is “Mid-90s”, the Jonah Hill film.
As someone who has seen Michael Collins several times I thought I was prepared for Julia Roberts' bad Irish accent, but no. I physically recoiled and covered my eyes when you played the clip.
I'm an American whose closest exposure to actual Irish accents is the "Irish People Try" channel, and even I was wincing.
She is terrible. In everything. Just terrible. She isn't pretty. She isn't fun. She isn't funny. She isn't smart. Who did she sleep with to get roles consistently? Who actually went to movies to see her?
*The 90s Dark Universe*
*1.* Dracula - Bram Stoker's Dracula/Silence of the Lambs
*2.* Frankenstein - Edward Scissorhands
*3.* Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - The Mask
*4.* The Mummy - The Mummy (1999)
*5.* The Wolf Man - Momento/The Witches of Eastwick
Wait.......Holy shit! I never thought of that!
Memento is 2000. Witches of Eastwick is 1987.
Bart Allen what about Hollow man?
@@srstriker6420 *Nice one!*
Waterworld= creature from the black lagoon (?)
"People liked the last video, and I still like wine, so "
Ha ha ha...yesss
I honestly kinda preferred Jack Nicholson when he was a hippie
@callmecatalyst I also love that moment in the original because he's so young in it too, and it's actually really hard to imagine a fresh faced Jack Nicholson.
The thing that never made sense about Wolf, to me, is he spends so much of the time COMPLAINING and WHINING about how HORRIBLE his new powers of super senses, strength, stamina, and banging Michelle Pfeiffer are. His dialogue makes it sounds so awful, but the script makes it look so INCREDIBLE. Like ARE YOU KIDDING? So you turn into a literal werewolf every full moon, so what, I think 99% of the general population would be cool with that in exchange for those.
The one thing I remember about Wolf is when he tells someone he can smell whiskey on their breath, then superhears them talking about having whiskey in his coffee, and he comes back and says to him, "You didn't have coffee."
At least I think that's how it went
Even today I'd gladly trade off turning into a murderous beast every month for the superpower of shagging Pfeiffer every week.
Yeah Pfeiffer or your soul? Tough one
7:52 _"...swept the _*_four_*_ major categories at the Academy Awards..."_
Aww dude, why you gotta do screenwriter Ted Tally *_dirty_* like that? >_
More Charl
Patrick is one of the reasons I still love America despite how objectively shitty it is right now.
Edit: I'm glad I actually watched this video instead of listening to it when I exercise like I usually do.
The Confederacy rose again. We're gonna knock them right back down in a minute.
Patrick (H) Willems and Nyx Fears, that's all that's left.
@@Loveportorchard The Confederacy has never been more dead
@callmecatalyst Krasinski gets sleeping pill subsidies from CIA.
Lol, I also mostly watch youtube while I'm exercising
I'm all for this Patrick H Winelems extended cinematographic universe.
The Drunk Universe
"Oh wow, look how late it is. Maybe it's time I should head to bed"
*Sees Patrick has uploaded a new video*
"On second thought, sleep is overrated"
Staying up at 3AM to finish a Patrick Willem video, absolutely worth it. This video essay is exactly what id been arguing in this college article i wrote, the dark universe experiment is so intriguing
One of my most vivid movie store memories is being fascinated by the "Wolf" poster in the window. God I love that movie. James Spader had already established he could play the biggest douches in cinema; in "Wolf" he got to play a werewolf douche. THE BEST.
Clearly I'm addicted to this show, and I know I'm not alone.
Great video! Two nits: Coppola cut his teeth working for Roger Corman on The Terror and Dementia 13, and Neil Jordan made a gothic horror werewolf film called In the Company of Wolves, as well as a William Castle-esque horror-comedy called High Spirits before he ever got to The Crying Game...so, I would say those two directors had some horror in their blood early in their careers. Again, great video.
I'm fully on board with a Van Helsing video, it's the movie I think of when talking about guilty pleasures, though honestly there's no guilt there, it's just a straight up pleasure
Bram Stoker's Dracula is and always will be my favorite version of Dracula. It's just amazing how it was made.
Rewatched it a few months ago, by far my favourite vampire movie ever, let alone horror movie, although its not exactly scary, its just a brilliant gothic film. The artistry is insane, listening to ppl discuss the behind-the-scenes of this film is great, just a loveletter to cinema. I rlly like RLM’s video on this film. The only parts that hold this movie back a tiny bit is Keanu Reeves, and to a lesser extent Winona Ryder. This movie is so underrated tgiven how much ppl go on and on about vampires, and especially the early ones or the Christopher Lee films. While those are fine and of course iconic, this film just took everything done right in the past and combined it to make a supercharged condensed version of all its best elements
The one dislike is someone still salty after the plothole thing...
Ross Morton The plothole thing? That video he did awhile back?
I'm totally down for a video that includes a discussion of that Van Helsing movie. I'm still disappointed that we didn't get a sequel solely because I'm still curious about where that archangel Gabriel plot point was supposed to go.
The video game sheds a little more light on it - Dracula and Van Helsing were Knights of the Holy Order, but Dracula broke the Order's vow of celibacy, and then used dark magic to resurrect the woman he loved after she was murdered; Gabriel was ordered to kill Dracula, but afterwards he felt so terrible he asked God to erase his memory, and so He did. (Still ambiguous whether he's actually the archangel or not though.)
When DeNiro as Frankenstein's monster came up I was 100% sure that was Gerard Depardieu with light makeup 😂
2:44am gang Patrick get some sleep
No.
I'm sorry your subscriber growth is down, as are views.
I've really loved your last 4 or so videos. They have become some of my favorites you have made. It's like Little Women was your fast five. Not that what came before wasn't good, you had a couple Tokyo Drifts, but I've loved your content recently.
I agree, Pat's latest content has been A+ :)
Coppolla´s Dracula is an amazing movie and it used to scare the shit out of me when I was a kid. Eiko Ishioka´s production design and costumes are astonishing, so many detail and visual storytelling (like, c´mon, that wolf - flayed - man armor is iconic). I would love to see more movies taking that unique aesthetic sense from gifted artists from outside the media. It´s crazy how much style is put into that film while keeping it faithful to the source material.
PS: The 1999 Mummy is great.
Although it was made 20 years later one could say that The Shape of Water combined this formula of monster movie with high brow period drama as well and AND it managed to actually nab the Best Picture Oscar.
I'm still loving that eye on Springfield vibe
Great, now I can’t unhear the similarities 😄
I should say... I wish more movies would hire Sofia Boutella. She is awesome. :)
If they had actually let her be The Mummy and killed off Cruise's character we'd have a franchise right now.
AGREED!!
Man, she was so good in Star Trek Beyond. It's like after a couple of box office disappointments Hollywood decided they don't need to hire her for big blockbuster movies anymore. Considering Brendan Fraser's career, this wouldn't be the first time The Mummy franchise has permanently damaged an actor's career.
Just a Few Thoughts (Ru) yeah
She killled It in Climax!
I really need the Jake and Rachel Covers mixtape now. Other artists are dropping their Quarantine Mixtapes, why can't they?
I was just replaying the Bram Stoker’s Dracula episode of Can’t Get Enough of Keanu; this is my kind of content
Bart's version is the best.
Kate Davey I hope that Mads Mikkelsen, Sebastian Stan or Daniel Bruhl will be the new Dracula
Patrick stressing about running out of time with the battery dying: makes one of his longest videos of the year.
The Dark Universe was already done in Penny Dreadful. You had Frankenstein, a Werewolf, witches, Dorian Gray, Dracula, even a early version of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. It was just done as a show instead
So basically, Once Upon a Time for Universal Monsters.
Charl needs to fire everyone and go solo.
“Fire”... sure
Might as well be HIS channel now.
I'd watch a Charl spin-off, I won't lie.
And so the spiral into madness continues. I’m hooked
29:39 that monologue just kept descending into darkness beautifully, comically. Especially surprised by the perfect Conan quote at the end ... brought a tear to my eye 😥
That lockdown beard is MAJESTIC.
Krasinski's got nothing on you Pat! I love the way you mix up each new episode of the talk show. If I had any money I'd give you it to get it on tv
I want an entire Van Helsing video. That movie is bonkers and I love it. The accents are *terrible*. There's a scene where Kate Beckinsale says "I've never see ze sea." and then Hugh Jackman awkwardly looks to the corner of the frame. The Frankenstein Monster is just played so huge and it' great. He's got a crazy electric brain and he sounds Shakespearean!
Everyone swings on ropes constantly!
Coppolas Dracula is one of my favourite movies of all time its so good!
Love your videos Patrick, you're topshelf reliable quality content
Great video! I've really been enjoying the talkshow format throughout quarantine.
Oh, and we need that Van Helsing video. That movie is so fun and goofy, it's great.
THIS MADE ME SO HAPPY JUST NOW! i love you dude, youre amazing
I genuinely love this talk show format. Highly entertaining and informative. I will miss it when it ends.
Dude I love what you’re doing. You never fail to open my mind up to avenues of entertainment I hadn’t previously considered. Also I just appreciate that someone else feels the same way o do about the Fast and Furious franchise
“heckin’ mummos” Love it.
The last videos have been amazing! I love the range of topics you guys have covering, I'm personaly tired of flood of video essays covering the same three movies. Stay Strong!
Wolf is an underrated gem. Nobody remembers this movie, but I saw it in theaters and loved it. Definitely a product of the 90s, but a great unexpected ride.
IDK man, Christopher Lee will always be my Dracula, I am British though, so that may be why. Hammer FTW.
The "pretentiousness" remark reminds me of something Rian Johnson said about horror which I really appreciate: he's not into it, so he just wouldn't go there. If it doesn't speak to him then he's not going to make it - which I think is the opposite of the approach which sadly afflicts some directors (Ad Astra springs to mind) where they decide they are above a "trashy" or "pulpy" genre.
@32:35 I love Rachel's homage to the topic, by doing her reaction in full ham Branagh style! 😁
Seriously, the production values are through the roof for a youtube video XD
Fantastic video
I love the bits of continuity between vids. Masterful work.
I watched Branagh's Frankenstein last year and I cringed a lot, it's just weird to see a muscular Dr. Frankenstein with long blonde hair running through laboratory's smoke just to show off his six pack.
Funny, I saw it as a tween when it got to HBO and I still remember it for exactly that.
This video reminds me of how much I love "John Carpenter's Vampires". Humm... Should you do a video about John Carpenter?!
Great video as always! Your videos make me more creative somehow.
And watch "Bacurau", it's amazing. Cheers!
I second a video focusing on John Carpenter. Everyone should talk about him.
Your videos are always so well made. I literally enjoy them so much EVERYTIME
Another banger there Patrick. Eiko Ishioka's costumes are incredible.
I think with Branagh it's not just Shakespeare, but whether he's emotionally invested in the project. He loves Shakespeare, he loves Poirot: those things get his full attention and are better for it. He's was probably excited by Frankenstein, but didn't dedicate his heart to it, so he ended up chasing the dragon, as it were, and couldn't recognize when he was going too far. You can see it in his other films, when they don't speak to his passion, they get messy, because he's not aware that the things that he's not getting are internal to himself.
Perhaps the biggest testimony to that, and a blatant work-for-hire job, is Artemis Fowl. I haven’t watched it in full (never will) but from all the bits and pieces that I’ve seen, the whole thing just spells out a lack of caring.
You are starting to resemble an old-timey prospector and/or Michael Stipe.
Professors and investigative journalists all look exactly like Patrick H Willems
Or Jim Henson with a shaved head
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Interview with the vampire is my favorite movie ❤️ also I learned so much from this video, really great work!
Keep going! Love the production here!
A fleeting mention of "The Exorcist" only makes it more obvious how you completely ignore the prestige horror movies of the 70s, where the genre did indeed have legitimate critical and commercial success with "highbrow" horror like "Rosemary's Baby", "The Omen" and the aforementioned "Exorcist." I love ya, Patrick, but That's a pretty big oversight.
You don't understand the world of cinema. It was a "Tom Cruise the Movie" starring the Mummy.
I love these videos, and I'm onboard with your power rant. There aren't many TH-camrs that I want to watch for a full 30 mins at a time, but your stuff is great.
I honestly think this video has some of the most stylish shots you guys have ever done! The shot of the huge moon with Patrick walking by underneath! *chef's kiss*
I would very much like to watch "Pat goes on a ten minute tangent on Van Helsing" thank you please.
0:18 gravity falls? summer beers? i think it's time for this series-within-a-series to stop being a joke.
I would absolutely watch that
@@bergamt Same
This would be an absolute hit!
dude these videos are such high quality, you deserve way more recognition for doing what you do
your basement is truly terrifying. it reminds me of the basement in the cabin in the woods from evil dead.
Why am I still up
A nitpick: At least one of the directors did have experience in horror prior to their '90s "prestige" horror movie. Coppola directed Dementia 13.
Dude I swear I’ve fallen more in love with your channel with these quarantine videos,
Loved the video. Just to put this out there, Patrick, I don’t always agree with everything but your commitment to your craft and attempts at pushing the format for what the video essay can be forward are really amazing.
I’m sorry you’re going through a rough patch right now but the fact you’re still putting out great content in the midst of all this is really inspiring and shows you have an incredible work ethic.
Keep up the good work!
As a massive Universal Monster buff, I agreed with every word. Very well said. There's also...which like counts and doesn't count...Hollow Man, this Universal Monster era-ish for Invisible Man. Hollow Man I didn't find all THAT bad until the climax when it becomes a full-on Bay-level absurd action film. I LOVED Coppola's Dracula. I actually liked...parts...of the Branagh Frankenstein but it's absolutely too Shakespeare in the Dark over the top ham on performance. That's just Kenneth's style, he was simply the wrong pick for director. Wolf I consider more a general original Werewolf story than truly drawing super heavily on The Wolfman. You're totally right, the 2010 Wolfman is oddly more in the style of the 90's Victorian style Universal Monster reboots. I liked parts of it, just again, went too hard on action at times. Mary Riley is the essence of just boredom. I wish the approach for that would have been more akin to something like 2001's From Hell. The Mummy is not originally some Indiana Jones adventure and The Phantom of the Opera is not originally a LITERAL musical. This era of the classic monsters is a mixed bag. Despite my dislike for, some like The Mummy, were massive financial hits. But for my money, agreed, go back to formula with these characters. They're horror films, stop being ashamed of that and embrace it. P.S. I don't think they've EVER attempted to re-do Creature from the Black Lagoon yet. I know there were plans but...well...that sunk. =P
Bart's version of Dracula is the best one.
You're right about Branagh's frankenstein being over the top ... but it seems to be the most accurate to the source material that's been made (right down to the north pole expedition framing device). And it also includes a smart and articulate monster, like in the book.
Hey Patrick! I'm a wine advisor. If you need tips, let me know.
Patrick doesn’t need a wine advisor, HES GOT CHARL
This is the best video I've seen so far from this channel. Nice job and good work!
saw this video as soon as it came out and finally had the time to watch Wolf tonight. THAT MOVIE WAS SO GOOD! or right up my alley at least - can't wait to check out the others! thank u for the great video + recs 💕
Dracula: Untold was interesting enough, I feel. It’s a shame that it wasn’t the start to the Dark Universe. They could’ve capitalized on using Luke Evans as the front man going forward.
Vai-Tai Tuatagaloa well I think they should use Mads Mikkelsen or Sebastian Stan or Daniel Bruhl as Dracula
Patrick you are an adult why are you uploading at 2am?
Then again im also an adult and i am watching youtube at 2am so who am i to judge? You do you man
One of the best episodes of the season. Love your work so much
This is my favourite channel on youtube! Love your stuff!
Wow, I always thought Charl was a cool dude, but arguing with Patrick live on capera? That's really unprofessional.
i feel like i remember some film folk in the 2000s try to "re-evaluate" Frankenstein and pretend it was good. and like.... no. no it isn't.
I love this entire episode, both the dive into 90s monster movies and Patrick's dedication to the bit.
And I really want that rant on Van Helsing, because it is objectively terrible but leans so far into the cheese that it comes out the other side as awesome.
thanks for your show patrick! this has been super enjoyable to watch during quarantine!