The Invisible Man ~ Lost in Adaptation
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Published 2020-03-13
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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All Comments (21)
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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!"
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“Not as sexy as Dracula” is coward talk, unhinged science is always sexy
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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
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And sin, young man, is when you treat people like things.” ― Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum
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Last time I was this early Dom was still opaque.
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Ironically the "Griffin was always a bad guy even before the invisibility" is what the new Elisabeth Moss version goes with, to great effect.
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Seeing a 30 year old talk about books while dressing up is strangely adorable...
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"Now I'm covered in floof." That's a regular occurrence around my place
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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.
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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.
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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"?
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I do so wish we could have a modern retelling of the Universal Monsters. But alas, they misunderstood what made the Monsters so great
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I can't tell if he's just doing an Invisible Man thing, or if he's over-prepared for Coronavirus.
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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
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Must... immediately like the video, Must protect from... Algorithm!
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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. :)
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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.
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"...and I will see you soon." Yes, but will we see you?
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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.
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To quote a famous frog: "It's not easy being green."
