Lost in Adaptation

The title says it all. I'm shocked that this weird shit is canon to the Sherlock Holmes lore.

Honestly it sounds weirder than it is in the book. Like, it sounds really weird when you read the word "Ninja" which the book never uses.

All the Holmes novels have weird perspective shifts though, so I personally like the short stories more.

Today, The Dom takes a look at the (literal) worldbuilding in Ringworld by Larry Niven:

Today, The Dom compares High Fidelity (starring John Cusack) to the book it's based on by Nick Hornby:

I’m really surprised the book has no connection whatsoever to Discworld, but it does sound quite fascinating…

That nailpaint though.

Today, the Dom takes a look at Raybearer, an African inspired Fantasy Adventure by Jordan Ifueko.

…Okay, I’m sold. And he didn’t even need to play the "I suffered through Twilight for you" card.

Edited by Lyendith on Mar 4th 2021 at 2:35:48 PM

Today, The Dom reviews a 2002 science fiction novel Kiln People by David Brin.

Today, The Dom compares The Scarlet Pimpernel with its 1982 film adaption:

I see Dom is honoring the long tradition of French and British people being legally allowed to shit on each other in good fun.

Still, I have a feeling that the book's author might not be very fond of the French Revolution. Call it a hunch.

…Also, man is it weird to realize that Ian McKellen was once young.

So apparently the 2004 ASOUE LIA video is now a Patreon exclusive (most likely thanks to copyright trolls).

asoue?

Eitherway it's prolly less trolls and more content ID. It's the same reason Howl's Floating Castle is patreon only coz it's not hosted on youtube coz it gets content ID'd immediately.

Edited by Ghilz on Apr 6th 2021 at 4:13:57 AM

Sorry. A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004). I forgot about the "initialism myopia" problem for a second.

Unfortunately I didn't have that one downloaded myself.

Further proof the Content ID system is inherently broken. Reviews are fair use, aren't they?

In the case of Howl, Japan has no concept for Fair Use, legally speaking. Dominic has brought it up several times when asked why he doesn't do more Anime/Manga adaptations. It's just asking to get the video pulled.

But generally yes, American Content ID is broken since the burden to consider fair use is on the claimant, not the platform.

Edited by Ghilz on Apr 6th 2021 at 5:09:38 AM

Today, The Dom talks about the coolest character from The Fellowship of the Ring that wasn't in the movie version:

Edited by jouXIII on Apr 19th 2021 at 7:09:42 PM

I liked the bait and switch.

Isn't it a bit late for an April's Fool video?

I'm a bit sad because despite having read Fellowship I can't for the life of me remember that scene with Farmer Maggot.

I definitely can. IIRC he was a minor boogeyman for the hobbits, of the "angry old man who will shoot you for trespassing on his land" type, and the group are very pleasantly surprised when he catches them and invites them in, shares his top-notch pipeweed while telling them about his encounter with the Black Rider, and as Dom says, escorts them safely to the ferry despite knowing how much danger it put him in.

Watching this video because it turned up on my feed,someone in the comments suggested Jack Black should play Tom..

Today, The Dom compares the 1960 horror movie Village of the Damned to the book it's based on: The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham.

Edited by jouXIII on May 3rd 2021 at 8:51:20 PM

Ahhhh, the book no one knows the X-men characters are named after.

Dom has posted on twitter a brief preview of what he's gonna be covering in his next episode.

Basically: this is covering the first ever adaptation of Tolkien’s work, a bizarre 12-minute adaptation of The Hobbit.