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this series was one of my first hyperfixations. amy was literally me

Idk why but rereading the first book i was imagining mr mcintyre as giancarlo Esposito

i wonder if Uncle Alistair inspired Alastor from Hazbin at all 29:04

THE NEXT GRAPHIC NOVEL IS BY SOMEONE ELSE LET'S GOOOOOOOO

EYYYYY LUCIAN HIGH FIVE

you are an icon and my hero ok

tbh i like that the cover was more red. fits the lucian heavy themes of the first book

im in love with you. this series was my entire childhood im crying over this at 1am

Good news the second novel one false note has a. Diffenrt illustrator, looks like there following a similar concept art tho

wake up babe new sara animation just dropped!!

YES!!! SO GOOD!!

I still remember how sad I was after reading about Natasha's death lol

holy shit

This was quite a fun watch. I loved seeing a bit of the history of a book series that I loved listening to (I mainly experienced it through library audio books). And to see that you were able to cause quite a stir, that it would help revitalize this old franchise is both fun and inspiring.😊 I can only hope that this graphic novel revitalization will help to bring in newer readers, and stir their imaginations. Just as it did for others years ago. Also, I agree that there should be a new illustrator with each new volume. Both for tradition, and also to keep within the spirit of the original books. Not to mention that it would be interesting to see how each artist/author would depict the story and characters.

HOW AM I JUST FINDING THIS NOW!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

This series has always stuck around in the back of my mind. It’s crazy that something this popular hasn’t gotten an adaptation into a show or movie franchise.

giant memory unlocked wow nice video yo

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Your skills are so underrated, I love you work, ima go subscribe ❤

yeah dan wants to be a ninja

the irony was that is was true and someone found it.

I'm finishing up a recap series on the 39 Clues, the comic book got me interested in it again. I was never smart enough for the book and cover clues, but I could figure out the plots clues though 😂. Great video, and I hope the Netflix adaption turns out something decent in a timely manner. They could bring in the team that did Carmen Sandiego!

Wow, the production value on this video is incredible. I originally liked the first ten books, but I found myself really not enjoying the Cahills vs. Vespers arc at all when I was a kid. Maybe I should give it another try.

Crazy to hear that the whole resurgence was due to your project. My dream adaptation would be something like the Avatar people doing an animated adaptation. For live adaptation I think kids would age out before they could cover the first arc.

Hey Cahill fam! A fellow agent put me onto the fact that a SEQUEL to the graphic novel - an adaptation of Gordon Korman's ONE FALSE NOTE - has been slated for release on September 4th, 2024... And the artist ISN'T ETHAN YOUNG! I can't believe I'm saying this but let's support the release, and show Scholastic that the 39 Clues are still worth fighting for! www.amazon.com/39-Clues-False-Graphic-Novel/dp/1339026481

Love the video. I just searched up The 39 Clues on KZbin after reading the first ten books of the first series for the first time (yes I'm very behind on the times) and am thrilled to see people still caring about this amazing series. It's so great to see such old books still getting recognition all these years later. And I can completely relate to having amazing ideas stolen from right under your nose, but we will all remember the true person who inspired the TV series :D

I read a few of them when I was little and then read the gross majority of them in 2020. Definitely a Lucian :~)

Man what a blast from the past! This video made me vividly remember hunting down every single 39 Clues book in my entire city’s library system, praying that the librarians hadn’t removed the cards and reveling in any missed ones (and despite all that I was a Janus kid lol). I’m so so glad your pitch actually touched Hollywood and Scholastic and helped bring back such a powerhouse of a series! Watching it live in that screening was a delight!

I love watching hour long video essays on topics i have very little knowledge of. This was so fun and you did an amazing job <3 I think you brought up some great points about the core values that led to the success of the original series and how the modernize them to give the reboot the same chance at success

fun video I remember reading 39 clues in primary school when the new EJ12 book was being browed

Cool

Found this video in the 39 Clues subreddit, and tbh, I am very very happy that the book series that molded me to the person I am today, is still getting love.

47:07 honestly I would LOVE a video on Infinity Ring. I wasn’t super into it (I was more of a Spirit Animals kind of girl) but I remember liking the premise

Great video

Man, I haven't revisted this series in so many years, and never really heard anyone oline discuss it before, This is a really cool video that deserves more views, glad it randomly got in my reccomended. Cool to see this video, glad to hear and have confirmation the books old books hold up, I always remembered them well, and yeah, the way those excerpts you played of the audiobooks still go hard all these years later, some great descreption of the scenes in their wording from the books. Anyway, this is an interesting video, a revist to my childhood, and a cool semi retrospective that tells your history with it, the reboot, and how you may have played a part in the reboots ended up like they did. And yeah, seems reboots of series have a rather, unreliable, track record, unfortunate this series hasn't returned in ideal fashion, though unfortunately not much of a suprise since that's a common situation. But from what you say, it's not too bad of a case, and I was kinda anticipating a worse situation just reading the title and such. Sounds more of the more typical issues of adaptations and rereleases classic fans often tend to have with them. Of uneeded changes of that kind that ignore the original intent and purpose. I'd reccomend changing the title into somethimg less negative if you genuinely feel it's an OK revival, though I understand why people aim for eyecatching titles and such for the algortithm. The word dissapointing or etc would likely have a similar pull instead of captials "SUCKS" Cool video, makes me relive some nostalgia, Maybe I should get an audiobook and rexperience the OG series again.

I will remember you💯

This is such a great video. So glad the algorithm sent it my way. I also love these books, and found out a few years back they held up.

I am not trying to say you are necessarily wrong here, but for what it is worth Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson books just hit TV (and was in the works at the relevant times). So it is possible that people were looking into adapting his other work for that reason.

Shoutout the KZbin algorithm for this gem

Great video! I pretty much agree with everything you said. the thing that stuck out to me abt the new adaptation was the lack of interactivity. I was too young to be there when the game was active but i know i woulda loved it. So its pretty disappointing that theres nothing like that now, even when it betrays the spirit of the series. Also the home base games are pretty boring. Also i remember that i first picked up the 39 clues because i looked at the covers and thought it was a fantasy series. i dont think past me would have picked it up if the covers were like the graphic novel's.

I love this briefing! You did a great job animating all of them!

Ah! I love your breakdown so much! You have a fantastic grasp on what I loved from the books, even if I didn't realize it: the coded backgrounds, the game/card clues, the graphic novel adaptation's coloring??? Also oh my god, I can't believe the Holts didn't get their matching purple jumpsuits!! Irina and Alistair look incredible, oh my god. I agree. Most importantly, it feels like Dan's interest in history was so subtle the references colored over it. Which I can kind of understand because I think it was forgotten in the fandom as well at the time. Still, it makes the novel feel so different, and the ninjas will 150% coming back in the third book. They could've made him interested in anime/old pokemon cards/yugioh and it would've worked much better imo. And what the fuck is up with his photographic memory?! Oh No... you're starting a Nellie section. I'm TERRIFIED, lol. Nellie has such a fantastic character. I wish they put more piercings on her in the graphic novel, and I suppose looking more of today's 'punk'. I really don't like how Amy and Dan don't save themselves half the time though; that was what made the book series have so much weight. They had to destroy priceless paintings and statues and untouched weapons/areas to escape. Congrats on your animation though! It's lovely! If you finally managed to pull the 39C out of development hell, however it happens, I'm going to be one very happy adult. I'll go see it either way, haha. Congrats on your degree as well!

This was a great video! I haven't read the graphic novel yet but I agree with everything you said. I can't believe they got rid of Dan's photographic memory, that was one of my fav things about the series. Love to see more 39C content. I also watched your animation (a few times hehe) recently and I loved it! You are just carrying 39C content rn what can I say. Keep up the great work :D

This is such a fun watch! Love how you discussed the things that could've been for the graphic novel. I was so bummed with how things turned out for the graphic novel, with the setting being in 2023 or something. Hope you have another video about The 39 Clues in the near future as I've been waiting for content like this in all social media sites! Been a superfan since 2008 and I'm almost 30 and still waiting for the supposed movie. Glad that I've watched this greatly curated video of yours!

This is so good! So thorough i love it!!

I read the first series in Portuguese (not sure if the rest were ever translated) and I'm really sad the publishers here did only the bare minimum. I had heard somewhere about collectible cards, probably the wiki, though I certainly didn't get any with the books, but this is the first I'm hearing about the forum and the site and the rest. It was still a very fun adventure (even if I'm a bit skeptical that it holds up as well as you say), but apparently the original experience was even better. Let's hope for good adaptations in the future.