The Invisible Man ~ Lost in Adaptation

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    A comparison of the 1933 film adaptation of The Invisible Man to the book it's based on by H.G. Wells.
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  • @MsDefectiveToaster
    @MsDefectiveToaster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1305

    True story: one time in high school I wanted to read the Invisible Man so I checked it out of the library but I accidentally checked out the OTHER Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. And because I'm a dumbass, I was like halfway through this book about race relations before I was like "...You know I don't think this guy is going to turn invisible at all!"

    • @hi-cz8zd
      @hi-cz8zd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Cal Lmao 😂. Did you find the hg wells book.

    • @gracefutrell1912
      @gracefutrell1912 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      That is weird what happened to us in grade school I don’t remember what grade I was when this happened heck I could’ve been a middle school but The librarian thought it was a great idea to read to us this book I remember some of us freaking out at the gruesome ending then again I read Jekyll and Hyde that same year 😩

    • @whiteraven181
      @whiteraven181 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I almost snorted my drink at this. Perfect.

    • @vicenzostella1390
      @vicenzostella1390 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      That almost happened to me. Last year, my English teacher told our class to choose a book from the American Lit. section to read and do a project on. Seeing Invisible Man, I immediately got excited, until my teacher explained the plot a bit and my excitement was immediately crushed.

    • @user-DullardBones
      @user-DullardBones 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@vicenzostella1390 I suppose that's why people seem to not like reading in school, given you never get to read what you want in school.

  • @nortednehko
    @nortednehko 4 ปีที่แล้ว +815

    Seeing the screenshots on Twitter don't really do justice to how cool a simple green screen suit effect looks in motion. It's so neat

    • @CoopDVille-rx3hp
      @CoopDVille-rx3hp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Yeah. And the guy in front of the green screen ain't too rough on the eyes either!

  • @moneyspider7855
    @moneyspider7855 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1578

    “Not as sexy as Dracula” is coward talk, unhinged science is always sexy

    • @Carewolf
      @Carewolf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      SCIENCE!
      th-cam.com/video/V83JR2IoI8k/w-d-xo.html

    • @Rognik
      @Rognik 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Yes, but nobody wants to sleep with the Invisible Man. Probably.

    • @Carewolf
      @Carewolf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@Rognik He might be perfect for a dark room enthusiast?

    • @Gojiragon
      @Gojiragon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Unless that unhinged science is the product of an abusing manipulative murderous psychopath who loves to torture their ex girlfriend.
      The new invisible man movie is great.

    • @moneyspider7855
      @moneyspider7855 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Oh yeah definitely that guy sucks. But the movie was great!

  • @TheCoelura
    @TheCoelura 4 ปีที่แล้ว +322

    And sin, young man, is when you treat people like things.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum

  • @michaelsinger4638
    @michaelsinger4638 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Ironically the "Griffin was always a bad guy even before the invisibility" is what the new Elisabeth Moss version goes with, to great effect.

    • @gregorymelissinos337
      @gregorymelissinos337 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Hollow man also took this approach with its invisible man. Funny that the most popular adaptation of the invisible man has the least accurate portrayal of the character.

  • @delcidkidv250
    @delcidkidv250 4 ปีที่แล้ว +540

    Last time I was this early Dom was still opaque.

    • @CAP198462
      @CAP198462 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Even three years later this comment still rings Hollow Man.

  • @goawaydonttalktome7780
    @goawaydonttalktome7780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +712

    Seeing a 30 year old talk about books while dressing up is strangely adorable...

    • @katieholland4244
      @katieholland4244 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Yeah, hes dope.

    • @DoctorInk20
      @DoctorInk20 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It's magical, isn't it? 😁

    • @skinni_the_P00hBear
      @skinni_the_P00hBear 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Embla Nótt Björnsdóttir Ikr

    • @CoopDVille-rx3hp
      @CoopDVille-rx3hp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Embla Nott Bjornsdottir, please forgive me for not being able to find the characters in my phone to say your name properly. I know that there's a selection of characters with the proper accent marks above them SOMEWHERE in this device, but I couldn't find them when I was actually looking for them, unfortunately.
      ...... anyways.....
      It IS strangely yet TOTALLY adorable, isn't it!?

    • @goawaydonttalktome7780
      @goawaydonttalktome7780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ashton Rogers if you wrote it on a computer then it would’ve had to have special letters included on the keyboard but if it was on a smaller device then you have to hold the character such as A for a couple of seconds to Á,À,Â,Ä,Æ,Ã,Å,Ā

  • @NobodyC13
    @NobodyC13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    9:07
    Terrence has a point: an invisibility cloak simplifies invisibility immensely. When your retinas are invisible, you're basically blind because light isn't bouncing around in your eyes to feed the signals into your brain to form sight. And there's the possibility that your internal organs and muscle are vulnerable to ultraviolet radiation because your skin isn't there to block it.

    • @RabblesTheBinx
      @RabblesTheBinx 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, but all of those things apply to an invisibility cloak, too.

    • @PrincessAshley972
      @PrincessAshley972 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@RabblesTheBinx Actually no, they dont. An invisibility cloak is just that, a cloak that makes you appear invisible. It uses magic so it works on an entirely different level than this

    • @RabblesTheBinx
      @RabblesTheBinx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@PrincessAshley972 magic or no, it's invisible either because it causes all light to pass through it, or because it bends light around itself so that no light ever hits it. Either way, you're blind, at the very least.

    • @PrincessAshley972
      @PrincessAshley972 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@RabblesTheBinx That much i can agree with

    • @NobodyC13
      @NobodyC13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@RabblesTheBinx No, there's a difference. The whole blind thing and compromised ultraviolet protection is what scientists believe will happen if EVERY BIOLOGICAL component of your body were rendered completely invisible. An invisibility cloak bypasses the side effects by making you appear invisible when you wear it but also allows your biological functions to remain intact and unaltered, like wearing a piece of camouflage equipment.

  • @ProfessorChaosKitty
    @ProfessorChaosKitty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    "Now I'm covered in floof." That's a regular occurrence around my place

  • @Ben-vf5gk
    @Ben-vf5gk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    Must... immediately like the video, Must protect from... Algorithm!

    • @Dominic-Noble
      @Dominic-Noble  4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Appreciate ya

    • @daniellado2523
      @daniellado2523 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lets keep commenting to change the algorithm.

    • @Ben-vf5gk
      @Ben-vf5gk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@daniellado2523 I second that

    • @grumpyoldman3458
      @grumpyoldman3458 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Ben-vf5gk I third it ;-)

  • @trailguidealex5010
    @trailguidealex5010 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    I've always loved the amount of acting some one can convey from being invisible as a trope. Gloves, glasses, and a shirt floating in the air can make such an interesting way to create personality

  • @brycevo
    @brycevo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +269

    I do so wish we could have a modern retelling of the Universal Monsters. But alas, they misunderstood what made the Monsters so great

    • @maxx8362
      @maxx8362 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The tragedy and terror?

    • @trinifernandez8870
      @trinifernandez8870 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      this is hotel transilvania erasure

    • @kingsadvisor18
      @kingsadvisor18 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I hear the latest iteration of Invisible Man is good, also: rumor has it that James Wan is in line to make a Frankenstein flick

    • @364dragonrider
      @364dragonrider 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The new Invisible Man is good.

    • @jasonblalock4429
      @jasonblalock4429 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I think the problem is what Dom said at the top. These old horror stories are just too tropey. In most cases, it's better to tell a new story riffing on the same themes. Like, why directly remake Frankenstein when you can make something like Ex Machina which covers the same story ground and philosophical concepts, but updated and expanded to better fit into the modern world? That approach will have a lot more power and audience appeal, rather than repeating a story that everyone has heard a million times.
      Dracula, Frankenstein, et al, aren't figures of terror any more. They're just mascots.

  • @Tadicuslegion78
    @Tadicuslegion78 4 ปีที่แล้ว +346

    In that case, I can't wait till we eventually get to the Island of Dr. Moreau where Welles goes absolutely bonkers even by his standards....yet one of those books that seems like it's made for Hollywood but for whatever reason never done right....even if Charles Laughton was the best Moreau.

    • @absolite6
      @absolite6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Van Helsing is the only Victorian doctor I would trust.
      Most of the others are.....mad.

    • @Remoniq
      @Remoniq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@absolite6 I were about to disagree, but I can't.

    • @shacuras8201
      @shacuras8201 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The Island of Doctor Moreau is a phenomenal book, great characters all around

    • @rusted_ursa
      @rusted_ursa 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      +

    • @indesicion2823
      @indesicion2823 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      +

  • @kurtonstad7630
    @kurtonstad7630 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    "...and I will see you soon."
    Yes, but will we see you?

    • @tinahawley320
      @tinahawley320 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Came looking for this comment!

  • @Jebbtube
    @Jebbtube 4 ปีที่แล้ว +230

    I can't tell if he's just doing an Invisible Man thing, or if he's over-prepared for Coronavirus.

    • @RabblesTheBinx
      @RabblesTheBinx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Both

    • @sarafontanini7051
      @sarafontanini7051 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      because as we all know disease can't get you when it can't see you!

    • @RabblesTheBinx
      @RabblesTheBinx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sarafontanini7051 they were talking about the beginning, when Dominic was all wrapped up.

    • @Midorikonokami
      @Midorikonokami 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sir, you have won the internet today.

  • @plcthelegacy4131
    @plcthelegacy4131 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    "Even the moon is frightened of me! The whole world is frightened of the Invisible Man!"

  • @BarnabusBarbarossa
    @BarnabusBarbarossa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Is it bad that I knew exactly which expression you were talking about when you mentioned "that shit-eating grin when I do when I think I've been very funny"?

  • @ambers628
    @ambers628 4 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    I particularly liked the little comedy bits, like when Terrence zoidburged off screen. 😂😂

    • @truefanforum3273
      @truefanforum3273 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Amber S I thought he was doing a Curly impression.

    • @LucyLioness100
      @LucyLioness100 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I love the Stooges reference & having Terrence show up like a HP character 😅

  • @miriams.4341
    @miriams.4341 4 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    I feel the Dom has invented a new fan service - the “kitty service”. Rather than surprising and somewhat unnecessary nudity, he instead satiates thirsty fans with adorable kitties. I know I’m not complaining.

  • @charlotteboy6783
    @charlotteboy6783 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I really liked this book when I read it in high school. I always thought that the invisibility was pretty symbolic of social isolation. It's why being invisible sucks.

    • @erinhaury5773
      @erinhaury5773 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Buffy the Vampire Slayer had a great episode about this very thing. Everyone at the school ignored the girl, so she legit turned invisible. It's either from the second or third season (second, I think) and it's called 'Out of Mind, Out of Sight'. Worth a watch if you haven't already!

    • @Wackamole56
      @Wackamole56 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@erinhaury5773 A UK, channel 4 show called Misfits does this as well! The character Simon (but through superpowers) is ignored so much/is a very introverted person so his powers reflect that part of his personality and he eventually gains control of turning it on and off. Great show.

    • @RabblesTheBinx
      @RabblesTheBinx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@erinhaury5773 Season 1, Episode 11. I love that episode.

    • @elenafriese891
      @elenafriese891 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I know that was a plot in Gortimer Gibbons one time

  • @pushinguproses
    @pushinguproses 4 ปีที่แล้ว +378

    I see you've changed your opinion on Mary Shelley. ;) I wonder how that happened? Your intro is fantastic, it looks amazing and matches the visual of The Invisible Man perfectly. I agree with your reasons on the lack of adaptations - the character himself doesn't have much charm. When it comes down to it, he's just an asshole and not as sympathetic as monsters like the Phantom or the Frankenstein Monster. Still, a classic. Nice job, Dom. :)

    • @Dominic-Noble
      @Dominic-Noble  4 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      Oh yes, realised my mistake without anyone yelling at me for forgetting to mention her last time 😅

    • @technounionrepresentative4274
      @technounionrepresentative4274 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Love your vids roses

    • @0816M3RC
      @0816M3RC 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@Dominic-Noble Have you considered doing a Lost in Adaptation episode for the book I Am Legend and it's three movie adaptations? (Last Man On Earth, The Omega Man and I Am Legend)

    • @whiteraven562
      @whiteraven562 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@0816M3RC I'm pretty sure he only does Patreon sponsored reviews these days 'cause his backlog is so long. So, even if he wanted to, he wouldn't be able to get to it anytime soon unless someone requested it

    • @avosmash2121
      @avosmash2121 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think in order to have an interesting anti-villain protagonist, you are gonna either need to make them extremely sympathetic (Frankenstein or Bojack) or extremely unlikeable but thoroughly enjoyable to hate because we wanna see their downfall or they have some kind of cool charm in spite of their dastardly ways (Humbert Humbert or Dracula). Anything just a bit too vague or not extreme enough on either pole, then you got what seems like a shallow character. "Hollow Man" was a good film and basically was the modern day Sci-Fi thriller serial killer version of the same story. But I remember enjoying that movie actually because the murderer is genuinely a bad unhinged guy and you enjoy watching his villain rampage of carnage /seeing people chase after him. You also kinda feel bad for him too though as he never asked to be put into this position of having madness. So it works better there.

  • @dragovianknight
    @dragovianknight 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Upvoted for the "floof" song in the bloopers.

    • @robinchesterfield42
      @robinchesterfield42 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes! Although I already upvoted anyway. The part in the original book where the Invisible Man HURT. A _KITTY_ was when I KNEW I hated him. He was already an asshole; now I was fully on the side of the frightened villagers and he couldn't die fast enough.
      Do not hurt floof. Do not make floof invisible. Leave floof alone!

  • @johnpotts8308
    @johnpotts8308 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    One of the things I remember about reading the book (that I don't think made it into any film version): when he eats, his food remains visible until it's digested. Another thing that made being invisible a real pain.

  • @cathalhughes5996
    @cathalhughes5996 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    I would call H.G wells as the Tolkien of the sci fi genre not the first but different a strong influence and a better known household name

    • @imperium3556
      @imperium3556 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I feel Jules Verne isn't being given enough credit here. His influence on sci-fi is at least as great as Wells and Shelley, if not greater.

    • @dragonheart1236
      @dragonheart1236 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@imperium3556 .... And what did he do? Im sorry, but I do not recognize the name

    • @KhanhNguyen-mh5ec
      @KhanhNguyen-mh5ec 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@dragonheart1236 2000 leagues under the sea which foreshadowing the invention of a submarine. Land of the lost world and Journey to the center of the earth which popularise dinosaurs before Jurassic Park. There’s also that one story about a man travel to the moon via rocket foreshadowing space voyage.

  • @pixymae
    @pixymae 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The Invisible Man is by far my favorite of the Universal monster movies. It's just so genuinely funny, I love whenever he appears as just a floating shirt or a pair of pants, and the acting from the side characters is delightfully over-the-top a lot of the time. Also the Unhinged Mad Scientist is a character trope that will never be uninteresting.

  • @sinclairethomas8197
    @sinclairethomas8197 4 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    Am I the only one who feels their day doesn't really begin until the hear a "My goodness, The Dom...!" excuse and see some quality floof content?

  • @moonlady3000
    @moonlady3000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    "Floof floof floof, so much floof, you are made of floof!"

  • @woodgatejack
    @woodgatejack 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I remember being quite impressed with the BBC version from the 80's. There was a scene in which Griffin was shown gradually turning invisible, first becoming "even more" albino (his skin and hair turning chalk white and eyes blood red) then his musculature was revealed, then his organs, his skeleton and his eyes being the last to vanish.

    • @SCPguy-06
      @SCPguy-06 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wait, BBC made an Invisible Man adaptation in the 80’s?! Where can I watch this?
      ( I am unhealthily obsessed with The Invisible Man )

  • @Mobysimo
    @Mobysimo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    You did amazing with the effects!
    Also, I love the invisible puns. Give us more please~

  • @evelynnkreunen8361
    @evelynnkreunen8361 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    since i see no one else talking about this in the comments:
    yes, your friendly neighborhood historian can testify that john wilkes booth died because the soldiers that hunted him down for twelve days (the biggest manhunt at that point with over 1,000 soldiers) surrounded him and lit the barn that he was sleeping in on fire. he died either through he shorting himself or the soldiers shooting him (because no one cared to give to identity the bullet that shoot him) since i am unfamiliar with the book, i cannot say what the author was trying to get across: maybe some one who believed he was doing good did something heinous and got shot for it?
    regardless, great video dom ❣️

  • @Pluveus
    @Pluveus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    To quote a famous frog: "It's not easy being green."

  • @daniellado2523
    @daniellado2523 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I really recommend the book, it's so small that you can easily finish it unlike Frankenstein and especially Dracula. And it gets straightforward to the plot.

    • @nicolersands
      @nicolersands 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Frankenstein is less than 200 pages? It’s a crazy short book.

    • @cartooncritique6625
      @cartooncritique6625 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember I tried to read Bram Stoker's Dracula when I was in Middle School, because I really liked Dracula from the movies...boy was I in over my head!

    • @HeatherSchrivener-el2mx
      @HeatherSchrivener-el2mx ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dracula was easier to read for me, I didn’t enjoy Frankenstein nearly as much because it just seemed to drag on and on with its monologues and descriptions.

  • @jacquelinej4819
    @jacquelinej4819 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Loved the Terrence cameo

  • @Rikrobat
    @Rikrobat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Already loving Dom’s wardrobe dedication.

  • @thequietdreamer2186
    @thequietdreamer2186 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    7:33-7:50 “In other words, he was 8chan in a nutshell.”

    • @Tomwithnonumbers
      @Tomwithnonumbers 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      And anonymity powers was the thing that pushed him into outright monster

    • @thequietdreamer2186
      @thequietdreamer2186 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Which brings up an interesting question: On a scale of 1 to Texan Pastor, how narcissistic/delusional was he to believe that Kemp would be down for the “Reign of Terror via random murder” idea?

    • @Carewolf
      @Carewolf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@thequietdreamer2186 If was an undiagnosed psychopath, it is entirely possible he wasn't aware of his illness and thought everybody thought like him. It is a common mental mistake in many assholes.

    • @thequietdreamer2186
      @thequietdreamer2186 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Carewolf Fair enough. Though I don’t think it’s the greatest analysis to say “he was the unfunny version of J.D. from Heathers.”

  • @CJCroen1393
    @CJCroen1393 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    (Dom lets out a hurricane of puns at the beginning)
    Me: STOOOOOOOOP.

  • @ariellakahan-harth8831
    @ariellakahan-harth8831 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The greenscreen suit/invisibility effect here is so cool.

  • @LucyLioness100
    @LucyLioness100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As silly as this movie seems to a modern audience, you’ve gotta give Claude Rains tons of credit for having to act through his voice once the clothes are shed & we never see his face till the end. I like that Griffin was made slightly more human in the film to give some depth instead of him being completely insane like the book; no offense to Welles as I loved the book

  • @anotherperson6146
    @anotherperson6146 4 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    Is that Green Face?
    Joke side, nice use of effects, acknowledgement of the smile, and mentioning of the Hays Code.

    • @bizarroguy6570
      @bizarroguy6570 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Another Person As a moon man I am offended!

    • @goawaydonttalktome7780
      @goawaydonttalktome7780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Another Person it says you were here before the video was uploaded and that you edited the comment

    • @anotherperson6146
      @anotherperson6146 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Embla Nótt Björnsdóttir
      Edited yes, I added the praise under the joke after finishing the video. I commented 17 minutes after the video came out.

    • @RabblesTheBinx
      @RabblesTheBinx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My guess is a Morphsuit, rather than makeup.

    • @TheXell
      @TheXell 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      As a Greenlander, I'm offended by this cultural appropriation.

  • @givebuuhugs
    @givebuuhugs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I wonder why it seems film adaptions tend to remove subtlety from their book counter parts? Is it the nature of the medium, and the populations they most appeal to? The collective nature of film production vs the more solitary nature of books? Write an essay on this Dom! Maybe the New Yorker would publish it! 😄👍🏻

    • @riley8385
      @riley8385 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That sounds like a job for Sarah Z.

    • @givebuuhugs
      @givebuuhugs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Riley ooooo I shall look into this Sarah Z-thank you!

    • @imperium3556
      @imperium3556 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I think the big thing is that films can't show you what's going on inside a character's head in the way a book can, also a film generally has much less time to tell its story than a book does (even an average-sized book can cover a lot more ground than a two-hour film possibly could). So depending on the story, a film can only really do the Cliff Notes version of the plot, and has to spell out a lot of the things that a book might convey in numerous hints.
      On the other hand, I think it is true that historically Hollywood (and American culture in general) doesn't like portraying moral grey areas, and tends to go for a simplified narrative of (American) whiter-than-white heroes defeating (usually non-American) dastardly or insane villains.

    • @givebuuhugs
      @givebuuhugs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      imperium3 Very true about the internal dialog being difficult to adapt well. Perhaps subtlety was the wrong word, because even when the nuance of motivation or conflict isn’t explicit, you can still have grey characters in film. I wonder why Hollywood frequently chooses the two dimensional route-often as you correctly point out with an almost propaganda level of white patriotism(*cringes in American* sorry world...). Does that sell more tickets? Do the movie going audience prefer to not examine potential assumptions or biases-and so films with grey characters or plots limit audience appeal? Maybe is also limits the amount of type of press the film receives (I’m thinking of The Joker as a recent example). I’m currently leaning towards that line of thought, but I’m sure there is some food for a conspiracy theory too! 😅

  • @regenbogenwolf
    @regenbogenwolf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I don't know what to write but I want the algorithm to know that this video is worth watching.

  • @Tricksterbelle
    @Tricksterbelle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    The homeless assistant subplot comes into play in the sequel The Invisible Man Returns, which is an original story but I prefer the film

  • @otaking3582
    @otaking3582 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    *Morphsuit:* "Why are so many people suddenly buying our green zentai?!"

  • @Logitah
    @Logitah 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Just hearing you say "floof" makes my day 100% better! :D

  • @bar1scorpio
    @bar1scorpio 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    A magic flower.. like the coca leaf? Seriously this & Jekyl & Hyde were both a metaphor to the first cocaine epidemic.

    • @Letsplay1332
      @Letsplay1332 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Pretty sure that's not what Jekyll and Hyde was about

    • @kateworkman921
      @kateworkman921 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, that's nowhere near what Jekyll and Hyde was about...

    • @peterwindhorst5775
      @peterwindhorst5775 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kateworkman921 There were two legal cases at the time of the writing. The first was a little known Scottish case where a man that seemed to be a normal person, but was found out to be killing his neighbors for the fun. Stevenson sat in on the trail for a bit, before the man met the noose. The other legal case is far more infamous -> Jack the Ripper.

    • @kateworkman921
      @kateworkman921 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@peterwindhorst5775
      Good try, but Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was published in 1885. The Ripper killings began in autumn of 1888.

    • @peterwindhorst5775
      @peterwindhorst5775 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kateworkman921 There was a serialization as well (each chapter coming out only once every other month - he had a fight with the publisher over that, it was not pretty, nearly led to a lawsuit) which took it right up to early Autumn 1888 (the first murders). Then there was a stage play - which had to be shut down, the actors were briefly accused of being the Ripper.

  • @theflickchick9850
    @theflickchick9850 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    “The Invisible Man” is my absolute favourite Universal Monsters film. It’s so underrated and Claude Rains is so freaking awesome, I’ve watched so much of his stuff since I saw “Invisible Man”. Also- ‘Not as sexy as Dracula’? Bro, have you SEEN Claude Rains at the end???

  • @fuzzymurdermittens
    @fuzzymurdermittens 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "...have to please the audience"
    Audience:

  • @BluRayMan12
    @BluRayMan12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    If you haven’t seen the Elisabeth Moss version yet DO IT. I thought it was fantastic and a textbook example of how to do a modern update correctly.

    • @Galvion1980
      @Galvion1980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I agree the Elizabeth Moss version is absolutely, harrowingly brilliant! However: Massive f*#king trigger warning for domestic violence, gaslighting and other forms of emotional abuse as well as nobody f*#king believing the victim (being disbelieved as atrauma victim is traumatizing in itself).
      If you're gonna watch it, brace yourselves! This is not a drill. If you prefer not to watch it, that is totally valid. Take care.

    • @sarahgent2674
      @sarahgent2674 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Saw it a couple of days ago, I loved it.

    • @WobblesandBean
      @WobblesandBean 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Galvion1980 THIS. I kinds knew there would be that present, since I saw the Kevin Bacon version, but they really ramped up the gaslighting and terror to the point where it was REALLY hard for me to get through. I've been abused in the past, and, yeeeaaahhh...this was extremely uncomfortable to watch. Especially the whole thing with no one believing her. That struck home way too hard.

    • @Galvion1980
      @Galvion1980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@WobblesandBean Let's hope it helps people who haven't experienced or witnessed abuse better understand how devastating it is...Hope you are doing alright.

    • @kittiekat10105
      @kittiekat10105 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This movie is a great answer to "well why didn't she just leave?"

  • @gracefutrell1912
    @gracefutrell1912 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Instead of the monsterverse they should do a Jules Verne cinematic universe since all his books are connected anyway .

  • @nodesire9291
    @nodesire9291 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I almost thought you were gonna do a full on striptease lol. Griffin instantly deciding to *TAKE OVER THE WORLD* was probably too ambitious a goal to start with, but at least the dude knew what he was about.

  • @MalloonTarka
    @MalloonTarka 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The invisible man was quite the arse in the book, I agree.

  • @TorraKimbul
    @TorraKimbul 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    While normaly I do actualy *look* at these videos, for reasons today I was only listening after I hit play. It wasn't until my brain clicked, "Wait, that was a LOT of puns in a row" that I looked up and when I saw the cold open visual I gave out the loudest snort-laugh I've had in weeks. So thank you for that! (The kitten I scared so much he did a wake-jump-scramble-run under the bed thanks you less, but that made me laugh pretty hard, too, so a bonus thank you for that!)

  • @jaojao1768
    @jaojao1768 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Also I would say Verne was a very important person for the developement of science fiction

  • @Z.A.M.1359
    @Z.A.M.1359 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    In the book, I love how freaked out everyone is by the Invisible Man when murder isn't even on the table. The Invisible Man wants to hurt people but doesn't want to kill them.
    In modern storytelling, it's like the only stakes allowed to scare characters anymore are threats of murder/death, even in film adaptions of YA stories.

  • @qstionblomens6138
    @qstionblomens6138 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There’s something really adorable about invisi-Dom’s floating glasses

  • @katherinemorelle7115
    @katherinemorelle7115 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    It’s only a minute in, and I already know I’m going to have “I’m the Invisible Man” by Queen in my head all day.
    Funny how it only takes such a small thing as a couple of words to get an ear worm stuck in your head.
    🎶I’m the invisible man
    I’m the invisible man
    Incredible how you can
    See right through me! 🎶

    • @robinchesterfield42
      @robinchesterfield42 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      They call me cellophane, Mr. Cellophane,
      You can bend my name, to Mr. Cellophane,
      'Cos you can look right through me, walk right by me,
      And never knoooow I'm there...
      (From "Chicago". Just got reminded of that by your Queen song. :))

  • @rngwrldngnr
    @rngwrldngnr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    It's really weird that you're glove holding the mug looks to me like the wrong kind of fake. My mind keeps saying it's just on a wire or something, rather than the forearm being greenscreened out.
    No idea why.

  • @samuelbarber6177
    @samuelbarber6177 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Man. Between this and King Kong, 1933 was truly a year of revolutionary special effects. Seriously, these effects would probably impressive today, let alone 90 years ago.

  • @bloodycoffee9293
    @bloodycoffee9293 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Invisible Man is my favorite of the OG Universal monsters. He has so much damn fun in his villainy that you can't help but want him to win just to watch more of him.

  • @BellaFalk95
    @BellaFalk95 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    The effects for the invisble dom is sooooo good.
    Good job, man.

  • @tompugh5566
    @tompugh5566 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Terrace needs to be in more episodes, in fact any book with magic needs Terence.
    Just to see him compare his magic with the magic of other Books/Films.

  • @averyjeanne
    @averyjeanne 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I got legitimately sad when I thought there wouldn’t be a Lost in Adaptations video this week. Seeing this video made my week. Thanks Dominic.

  • @MeMySkirtandI
    @MeMySkirtandI 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Best use of a green screen I've seen on TH-cam.

  • @GoatAndDog
    @GoatAndDog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    That costume at the start 😂 had me in stitches
    you're just lucky I have free healthcare or else I would have sent you the medical bill 😛😛

  • @cpkgrownup9496
    @cpkgrownup9496 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Sir Terry is determined to be in every video. 😂

  • @Firegen1
    @Firegen1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    For the algorithm and for the sake of my very British heart. @Dominic Noble "Nice to see you. To see you nice!"

  • @GriffinPilgrim
    @GriffinPilgrim 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It's Well's take on the Ring of Gyges with much the same conclusion as Plato.

  • @leshyaedawnfire
    @leshyaedawnfire 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love it when your cats decide to video-bomb! "If you're gonna bother me, you have to appear on camera and please the audience." Sounds perfectly reasonable to me!

  • @WillieManga
    @WillieManga 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    And the Dark Universe version was pretty good too. The concept of your stalker capable of gaslighting you via seamless tech is incredibly terrifying and in execution, it is absolutely twisted.

  • @mirjanbouma
    @mirjanbouma 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    That was again a very interesting review. Thank you so much, Dominic, and may the algorithm be as satisfied as I am.

  • @Taybrian1
    @Taybrian1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I borrowed the book from an elementary school when I worked at an before/after school child care program. I got so many of the advanced readers to read it too, I loved it so much. If you haven't read it yet, you need to get it.

  • @georginatoland
    @georginatoland 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Excellent review! When I saw this movie as a kid I had no idea of how difficult those special effects were back then. Truly impressive. 👍🏼

  • @leshyaedawnfire
    @leshyaedawnfire 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not sure if you've read the original comics for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, but the Invisible Man's (aka Skinner) recruitment story was that he was living in or sneaking into an all-girls catholic school and having his way with the students. He ended up getting several pregnant, which is what led the League to him as Mina, Napolean, and Quartermain go to investigate the place under the guise of the parents of a potential student and their manservant scouting the place out.

  • @nolanmcbride5653
    @nolanmcbride5653 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This video is making me flashback to my study abroad year when I had a five minute conversation becoming increasingly confused by the difference between how H is pronounced in the UK and US. “How do you sell that?” “It’s just H”

  • @Acidfrog475
    @Acidfrog475 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I was so waiting for you to just start playing or belt out Queen's _Invisible man_ , because, you know, invisible. I love that song it's great!

  • @edisonlima4647
    @edisonlima4647 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    With Corona going about, that feels like a good moment for finally trying those audible offers.

    • @robinchesterfield42
      @robinchesterfield42 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And I'd recommend stuff like H.G. Wells for it, too--the more oldschool science fiction just seems to _work_ as a radio play.
      ...not to mention the ACTUAL War of the Worlds radio play by Orson Welles...I think you can find that one for free online, last I knew. I played it on Halloween once. :)

  • @wingalchemist6081
    @wingalchemist6081 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I assume thats not *exactly* how it went down, but I laughed so hard at the thought of The Dom painting himself all green like a kid dressing up as a frog for Halloween

  • @Companion92
    @Companion92 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These really old special effects look really convincing. Now I want to watch it.

  • @HeirofAzaran
    @HeirofAzaran 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Glad to see a proper LiA again! I love this book and movie, and I'm grateful you covered it! Thanks to the patron who commissioned it!

  • @unodos2647
    @unodos2647 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Love the intro, keep up the good work

  • @dragonwings36
    @dragonwings36 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    FLOOF! Also, loved all the puns.

  • @dean7301
    @dean7301 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Ooh I actually read this one for once!

  • @MaidKnightNoelle
    @MaidKnightNoelle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Floof floof floof so much floof~ you are covered in floof~"😂

  • @ajerqureshi6411
    @ajerqureshi6411 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Oh my god the amount of puns in your opening skit! Not a complaint: I LOVE PUNS!

  • @sinswept
    @sinswept ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If the words "Invisible Dom" didn't spark its own fanfic I quite frankly don't know what would.

  • @wja.nielsen17
    @wja.nielsen17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Terrence throwback was a nice touch. This is great content and I love reviews of the classics.

  • @ToylandChairman666
    @ToylandChairman666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've only started reading the book now, but I love the original Claude Rains/James Whale film.

  • @alexm-e4910
    @alexm-e4910 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like the invisible Dom and hope that he participates in more shenanigans with Terrence et al in future. I’d straight up watch a sitcom based on Dom and all his extra Doms

  • @TheSonOfTheDragon
    @TheSonOfTheDragon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great video Dom. This is one of my favorites, it helped turn me into the horror fanatic I am today. Back in the mid 90s when every other four-year-old was watching Barney my mother instead had me watching Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, and The Wolfman.

    • @erinhaury5773
      @erinhaury5773 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's an awesome mom!

    • @TheSonOfTheDragon
      @TheSonOfTheDragon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@erinhaury5773 Yes she is. She had me watching monster movies when I was four then my brother had me listening to Ozzy and the rest is history.

  • @RecoveringWeeb
    @RecoveringWeeb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not only did Wells write some of the most influential Sci-Fi stories, but he wrote his most prominent stories within a 7 year period!

  • @darkimps4495
    @darkimps4495 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I love you work. I got really excited when I see your post. And this is one of my favorite books. I love this.

  • @kittykittysp
    @kittykittysp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    genuinely impressed by the commitment that led to wearing a green suit

  • @HackerWarrior84
    @HackerWarrior84 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You get my like just for all those terribly wonderful invisibily puns in the beginning.

  • @cbarona42
    @cbarona42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "You can't tell, but I'm doing that shit-eating grin I do when I think I've been very funny."
    Oh, Dom, we could hear it.

  • @DoctorInk20
    @DoctorInk20 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    And the award for *"Best Thematically Appropriate Opening Gag in a TH-cam Video"* goes to... DOMINIC NOBLE!
    When I saw the notification, I really, really hoped you'd do some like that. Not disappointed in the slightest. 😁

  • @Harpyr1031
    @Harpyr1031 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember reading this book in middle school. I found it fascinating and I enjoyed it.

  • @MogamiKyoko13
    @MogamiKyoko13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your videos are always excellent, but the appearance of Sir Terry in your bloopers is really just the cherry on top 😸

  • @moreaugriffins2494
    @moreaugriffins2494 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Invisible Man is one of my favourite books and I love that there’s a Lost In Adaptation video now!

  • @RavynAngelDarck
    @RavynAngelDarck 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was introduced to horror by the Universal Monster movies and this is the first Universal Monster movie I ever watched with my daughter. The special effects were so Cool!!!!!

  • @tayloredwards9144
    @tayloredwards9144 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Please do Frankenstein next