I think the difference is that Claudius, mentioned by name or not, serves the same important purpose. When they aren't mentioned by name in the movie, and they have such small roles to begin with, it puts into question their importance. They serve a significant role in the play, but they aren't doing much in this movie-the fact that they aren't even addressed by name makes them seem even more pointless.

Yeah, this is one of those weird instances where the version most commonly seen (at least post-80s), and the version the director prefers, ISN'T the theatrical cut.

It is available on the Internet Archive ( archive.org/details/twice-upon-a-time-2015-full-dvd ), but I'd encourage buying the Warner Archive DVD if you can

As far as I know, it's not available to stream, but Warner Archive has a DVD that you can purchase (would really love to see a Blu-ray release someday, though it seems unlikely).

I'll have to look for that. :D

I'm glad you enjoyed the video! It's been a while since I've wrote and edited this (if some of the jankier editing didn't make that obvious), but as far as why I said I don't see why Claudius would want to be a CEO, it's probably because I don't necessarily see a CEO as the equivalent of a king. Both involve power and politics, sure, but a CEO doesn't have the outright power that a ruler of a country would. Also, while the focus of the story isn't what Claudius intends to do as a CEO (or a king in the play), I do think it's fair to ask why he wants this position, especially since it involves overseeing a business (and because the parts of the play foreshadowing Fortinbras' takeover are omitted, which on paper gives them extra time to address this). As far as the Claudius/Gertrude affair, I think the play better hints at this (or even Branagh's film) just by the way those two act around each other; in this 2000 film, I don't think they share enough chemistry to insinuate that they were in a relationship that started before "King" Hamlet's death.

@@LaughOutLamdaddy I agree with you that Branagh's film is superior (though not close to as good as Olivier's or Kozintsev's imo) Most of your criticisms are on point. And to be fair, I haven't watched the Almereyda film for a few years, though I do use certain scenes on KZbin to show differences in interpretation for the Brit lit classes I teach. I do certainly remember it being clunky and a relatively poor adaptation, but otoh I appreciate what it's trying to do. Like I love the idea of the Blockbuster soliloquy, but in practice, in the film, it does not work at all.

Have you seen Almereyda and Hawke's other Shakespeare adaptation, Cymbeline?

@@jonathanlivingston5627 I had no idea Hawke and Almereyda made another Shakespeare adaptation! I briefly looked it up, and it certainly doesn't seem up my alley (I also haven't read the original play), but it seems like Almereyda is at least updating the language for the most part. One of my biggest issues with "Hamlet 2000" was that the Shakespeare dialogue seemed too out-of-place in regular ol' New York (without any stylization à la Baz Luhrmann), so he seems to have at least taken that into consideration.

"The Thief and the Cobbler" is another great, and incredibly ambitious, animated film! I saw it once over ten years ago (the Recobbled Cut), but it's always stuck out as memorable, and one I want to revisit sometime.

No audio speed adjustments, I just read my script at a really fast pace, lol. (I was also very familiar with the script by the time I got around to recording narration, having researched and revised it for weeks.) Glad you enjoyed the video-a lot of work went into it!

This is just a stepping stone to success (i.e. some temporary income while I find a "real" job-post-graduation life ain't easy, y'know?). But maybe in a few years time they'll be showing one of MY movies on their screens!

I look forward to seeing that

I didn't think they had movie ushers anywhere anymore, certainly not in my area. There is absolutely none.

I mean, many theaters may not have "traditional" movie ushers anymore (ones who check tickets and direct people towards their seats-we certainly didn't), but they gotta have somebody to clean out those theaters, so that's what ushers at my theater were assigned to. Ushers were basically in charge of the hospitality aspect (clean, sweep, restock).

@@LaughOutLamdaddy Yeah. I totally get it. It means more than it used to.

Oh, wow, that's awesome to have seen it as a screening, especially one around the time it was originally released! Its theatrical rollout was notoriously limited, so it's cool to hear that there was a somewhat sizable audience. I'm sure the filmmakers would have been delighted to hear that a wide age range (at least kids to teens) enjoyed it.

The only time the kids seemed bored was when there was the pop ballad in the middle, a curiously ‘80s thing. And here’s a fun fact, some of the script was worked on by the English playwright Peter Barnes, who wrote the 1968 anti-establishment play THE RULING CLASS (turned into a film starring Peter O’Toole in 1971). I had lunch with him in 1989 and he said “I make bits of money working on comedy films.” “Such as?” “I worked on this fantasy thing called Twice Upon a Time.” “I said, “You’re kidding! I’ve seen it! Synonymous Botch and the nightmare bombs!” “I can’t remember the plot...but...how on earth did you get to see it? I thought it never got released...”

@@jonathanmelia AMAZING STORY!! THANKS FOR SHARING!!!!!

Oh, I know-I've had the original video linked in this video's description since upload. One of the best music videos ever. Really hope everyone that stumbles across this has seen, or will now check out, the Fatboy Slim original.

​@@LaughOutLamdaddyI thought it was AI and that he would do the Single Ladies arms to be completely honest

I've had the original music video linked in the description since upload-this is simply my own re-edit of the footage. It's no different than all those "This is America" re-edits that were synced up to different songs. It's just a silly meme video to show how versatile clips of Christopher Walken can be.

Lord have mercy he "stole" 4 cents from a mega millionaire's business to make a silly video

@@vulpex4105 Should come up with his own material.

​@@cindyheadon9005 This IS his own material, don't be a nincompoop. He took THING A and made an artistic decision to combine it in certain ways with THING B. If you cannot count that as original, then by your ridiculous standards music as it is today, art, books, and science cannot exist because it would all be forms of "copyright" infringement. news flash, EVERYTHING is plagiarized, willing to bet your favorite movie is a 90% copy of an older media. That's just how new stuff is formulated. This joke is literally not possible to create without mashing these two contents together to create it.

Yeah, the title is song is catchy (Michael McDonald's sister!). I also love the lively saxophone presence-so gloriously 80s. I wonder if it would have been a bigger hit if the movie was successful (I could easily see it being played on an easy-listening radio station alongside artists like Steve Winwood).

Good times indeed. I don't miss that twelve-hour editing session for the final project, but I do miss everything else, especially working with everybody!

@@LaughOutLamdaddy yeah definitely not that lol but yeah class was fun!

I can see that comparison, particularly in the atmosphere and background design. But what I think makes the movie's animation unique is that it transcends any one country's influence.

Something I didn't point out with the "King of Queens" season set (not the series one) was that it not only came with a pamphlet saying which discs had which episodes, but also had a little synopsis underneath each title. I know some releases come in clear DVD cases so they can tell you the episodes on the interior artwork instead. Old Nick VHS/DVDs used to provide the titles and synopsis of each episode on the back cover, which was great too. It's disappointing that episode guides aren't the norm for every season or complete series release, regardless of the company putting them out. I'm surprised the "Rocko" set didn't come with one (I assume it's the Shout! Factory release, a company that's usually pretty comprehensive with their releases).

@@LaughOutLamdaddy Yeah, instead the inside of the case just has an original collage of the characters drawn by series creator Joe Murray, which is fine, but they could have thrown a pamphlet in there as well.

The show's not that bad, lol. (Not one of my personal favorites, but it has its great moments.) With that logic, why does the "Lawrence of Arabia" case want to stop people from watching what is widely considered one of the best films ever made?

I'm glad my video was your first exposure to many of these packaging types, meaning you've been spared the misfortune of encountering them yourself. I wish you luck in further avoiding them in the future!