Adum & Pals: Darkman

[@YMS]

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[@Bingledairy]

Lovely

[@Problematist]

The perfect movie for Scoot

[@kilderok]

No, sequels aren't as fun sadly. They replaced Liam with Arnold Vosloo, who went on to later be in The Mummy. I would still love to see you guys rip on them though

[@JJJackson777]

in preparation for this role, Liam Neeson actually roamed the streets of Ireland looking for the Darkman

[@JadeReloaded]

Underrated comment

[@JJJackson777]

@@JadeReloaded i'm very proud of this one i can't lie

[@notscotthenson]

THIS. This is a nice joke.

[@JJJackson777]

@@notscotthenson coming from you that means a lot

[@notscotthenson]

@@JJJackson777 😽

[@_The_Archive_]

Fun Fact: Bill Paxton was almost cast as Peyton Westlake. According to Paxton, he told his friend Liam Neeson about the audition. When Neeson got the role, Paxton was so angry that he did not speak to Neeson for months.

[@LifesNeverHumDrum]

I was going to say he would have been perfect for the role, but then I realized I was thinking of Bill Pullman.

[@mrmusickhimself]

Bill Paxton as Darkman would have been AMAZING -- like if his character from Near Dark was an anti-hero.

[@GreaserMan]

And also Bruce Campbell, but the studio wanted a bigger name.

[@ElRook]

@@GreaserMan What i had heard wasnt that it was the studio. Raimi wanted Campbell, but it was Campbell himself who stepped back because he didn’t want his friend Sam to be known for only working with one actor.

[@emissaryofcharybdis105]

@@ElRook MAN, Bruce Campbell in this role would have been fucking amazing.

[@zoggoth]

Poor Darkman, even KZbin advertisers thinks he's a freak

[@raynaldiyudhistira4851]

A FREAK!

[@echogoob6454]

@@raynaldiyudhistira4851He’s a freak I tell ya he’s a freak

[@lizardart99]

Pay five bucks! See the dancing freak!

[@ac8911]

The only thing that upsets me about Darkman was that Raimi's first choice for the character was Bruce Campbell, but Universal forced him to hire someone 'more famous'. Nothing against Liam Neeson, but whenever I think of this movie I think about what could have been

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

It's why Sam snuck Bruce in not just the ending cameo but anytime Darkman yells out Julie's name, that's Bruce doing the dubbing of it.

[@emcee9899]

Oh goddamn! I had no idea. Now I'm torn, because Neeson killed this, but I want to see the Campbell universe Darkman now.

[@Kainlarsen]

@@emcee9899 He appears at the very end, when he puts on a new mask and fades into the crowd.

[@Cuestar]

Adum and pals is the best series on youtube. I could listen to to literal days of scoots, adam and gael riffing

[@sjeanmacleod]

I want them to do all the films of all time

[@carmelothegoat1892]

Always knew Cuestar had fire taste

[@notscotthenson]

😽

[@Cuestar]

@@notscotthenson SCOOOOOOOOOT

[@notscotthenson]

@@Cuestar Eyo!

[@MonsoonMoonrock]

It's always such a delight seeing people experience the carnival scene for the first time

[@AuntBibby]

as a autistic & tourettic person who has meltdowns, i feel like The Carnival Scene may be the most sympathetic depiction of a violent meltdown that hollywood has ever made ❤️‍🩹

[@zbh9268]

This movie convinced me that Sam Raimi should direct either a Batman movie with Clayface in it or a solo movie for the character.

[@gabrielgiangreco998]

That'd be incredible, I love Clayface lol

[@ThreadBomb]

He would also have a field day doing a Scarecrow movie.

[@chrisbumface2990]

It was originally meant to be The Shadow movie but he didn't have the rights.

[@maxkern8532]

This is the video I was watching when I found out that Scoot had passed away. For the past two years or so, I’ve not gone a single week without hearing his voice. Adum & Pals and Adum Plaze are in my (very) heavy rotation of comfort videos. I listen to them as I fall asleep, as I work, as I lounge around my home. Scoot was undoubtedly one of the strongest presences out of anyone in my life whom I did not know personally. His wisecracks, his intonation, his timing… he’s said things that make me laugh just as hard the hundredth time I heard them as the first. I’d always hoped to catch one of his wrestling events if he ever toured near me again, as I know he had come not far from me before. Maybe I’ll catch him on the other side. Until then, every tiger I see will make me think of him. Rest easy Scoot, you fucking legend.

[@rachelblake2350]

I have been watching Adum and Pals all day thinking about it. Scoot is so goddamn funny. That Goofy episode had me crying with laughter a couple of hours ago. He will be sorely missed.

[@jakmallinson9444]

This was beautiful. I echo every sentiment you said here. Watched YMS for years but, Scott was a huge part of what drew me in. His chemistry with Adam + each and every other guest was so infectious. Just from hearing him talk, he felt like a close buddy I'd had for years, something about the way he spoke, his sharp wit and humour. I don't think he ever really knew how much impact he had on so many different people he never even met. I really considered myself more of a dog person, but, now, I like cats a whole lot more because of him. R.I.P, Scoot. 🐯❤

[@UntamedStrange]

Scoot ❤️

[@1WEareBUFO1]

He was the only force stopping Gael from comparing every moment from every movie to some aspect of Lord of the Rings.

[@thunderboltpictures7183]

Rest in peace, Scoot.

[@Lolzproduction138]

Gaël and his computer friend would be an awesome sitcom

[@vaeringjar1387]

The bit of lore that was going around for quite a while is that Raimi was trying to get a film adaptation of the pulp hero The Shadow going, but couldn't get the rights, so he took what he had and turned it into Darkman. In the original stories, the Shadow was a master of disguise, and his classic look involved a trench coat and a slouch hat, which are echoed in the film. Apparently Raimi is a huge Shadow fan and was still trying for an adaptation in the 2010s.

[@joshuabrien2970]

You would think after the success of spiderman they would let him cause who the heck has cared enough to make a shadow movie in years both before and after the 1994 movie

[@vaeringjar1387]

@@joshuabrien2970 The Shadow has been a popular comic franchise since the 80s, despite recent attempts to trash it, and usually licensed through DC (rather than Marvel, like Spider-Man). And the rights are a bit weird. Raimi didn't direct a lot after the Spider-Man films, probably for a number of reasons. On top of that, the Shadow is (or at least should be) a period piece, and those are always more expensive and complicated. Knowing him, he probably wants to keep it faithful to the original, and studio execs probably don't want to greenlight a gritty, film noir about a faceless, mysterious figure operating through a sea of agents in Depression-era New York. Doesn't really sell as a superhero film. But all that's conjecture. The Hollywood bureaucracy is an impenetrable beast. I love the Shadow and would love a faithful adaptation, but it's probably not happening anytime soon.

[@DJGamingSmash]

Bruce Campbell actually has several lines dubbed over Liam Neeson, like when he shouts "Juuulieee!" at the end.

[@briankaslewicz6130]

I can't get over how much Liam Neeson in the thumbnail looks like an older version of the "I AM A SURGEON" meme.

[@MajesticAngel13]

I AM A DARKMAN! I am I am a Darkman! I am a Darkman, Doctor Haaaaan!!!!

[@ydin9]

Darkman is one of my favorite movies growing up, I've honestly laughed for decades remembering the "take the f---ing elephant" scene. It was such cartoon absurdity, but I've also loved the subtle somber tones of this movie : "learning to live with a lot of things" mixed in with the overt style and humor. In many ways it's the perfect 90's style cartoon to film movie.

[@undead923]

Bruce being in the end of the film and at the start of Congo fuels the “Adum & Pals Cinematic Universe”

[@Thegr8MC]

I just love how unapologetically silly this whole movies is. Those cheesy 90's effects really hit differently. It's also fun when they try to slow down and do serious scenes and they just come off as even campier.

[@Nasiruify]

Can’t wait for Adum & Pals Darkmen: across the Darkerverse part 2

[@larrylaffer3246]

A film so good, they made sure to mention it by name when advertising Rami's next film; Army of Darkness.

[@chubbypencil]

So the Darkman sequels are actually pretty alright. It's a weird situation where you actually should watch Darkman 3 first and THEN Darkman 2. They made both at the same time. The studio told them that they had to have Durant as the villain in the sequel, so they renamed what was going to be Darkman 3 into Darkman 2

[@spibbymcgoo4877]

🫤 they’re not like Lawnmower Man 2 bad, but there’s a good reason absolutely no one remembers or talks about them

[@kanarokan6060]

Adum's face in the beginning jump scared me. I'm never used to him popping up like this

[@Sand-Walker13]

I love how enthused everyone got when Bruce showed up. Mirrored my exact feelings.

[@Jelly_Jan]

The nurse in that one 30 second scene (6:53) is from American Werewolf in London!

[@eschw2444]

I love this movie so much, I have the tie-in novel. The movie cut the scene where Darkman confronts Skip, which is where the meeting at the construction site is arranged. Darkman then beats Skip to death with his fake leg.

[@hexenzirkel333]

I miss Scoot so much.

[@ThreadBomb]

28:19 Apart from Neal McDonough, notice also the presence of Andy Bale (also in Spider-Man 2, Army of Darkness, Multiverse of Madness), Stuart Cornfeld (film producer), William Lustig (director), and Scott Spiegel (screenwriter, inc. a bunch of Raimi movies) as other nameless dockworkers.

[@a55a551nxki114x]

Oh my god I love the twilight brother. Legitimately my favorite series

[@comixproviderftw_02]

Before the Spider-Man trilogy, Sam Raimi gave us this.

[@getmario64]

Well, this movie was a FREAK and I love it. I never knew Marvel Comics sold this material of Darkman and now Sam Raimi made three Marvel films Darkman, Spider-Man, and Doctor Strange 2. Even though, this movie is the edgiest dark movie it felt like Frankenstein mixed with Phantom of the Opera. Of course, Sam Raimi was a horror expert so he referred to this movie as Evil Dead.

[@Stonez]

I know Raimi wanted to make a movie with either The Shadow or Batman but couldn’t get the rights to it. Thus, he made his own creation, which I believe comes from a short story he wrote a while before filming Darkman

[@harry426]

23:53 Ironically enough, he does survive! He's the main antagonist in Darkman II: The Return of Durant.

[@goreycinema]

I love sending the elephant scene to my friends with no context.

[@corncobjohnsonreal]

Dude blurring your videos makes them so much scarier looking. It looks way more gory than its supposed to be lol

[@whatsactuallygoingonhere7230]

The editing is spectacular in this video. 🔥

[@KatarupaYT]

23:35 He's playing House of the Dead, gotta shoot off screen to reload

[@loubob69]

very glad to see that they quote keanu reeves' "Time?" just as much as i do

[@scottmoore4039]

The "I want to put my face ON" got me lol

[@Zehutsumei]

Fun Fact: This was originally going to be a film based on the character of The Shadow, but Raimi couldn't get the rights so he made his own superhero instead.

[@ImSparky2002]

Darkman! Fighter of the Lightman! Champion of the dark!

[@josejaimes-ramos1546]

I am 90% sure that that first section of the movie with dark man getting blown up was one of the earliest movies I can remember. It's one of those images painted into the back of my mind. I completely forgot about this film until I saw that explosion scene.

[@buriednameless965]

6:12 she animorphed into a widow

[@kingsleycy3450]

Darkman walked so Spider-Man could soar. Some of the stylistic choices were too goofy here, but by god did he get Spider-Man right

[@FintoEs111]

Both are good, they are just different. Here Raimi is less restrained and he used a lot more his style and this makes the film more “unique”. Spider-Man is a more conventional film made for a wider audience that can please more people (like you)

[@thischannelisnolongeractive.]

never been this early. love fuckn DARKMAN tho. "TAKE THE FUCKING ELEPHANT"

[@mr.j1381]

"Excuse me"

[@_Jay_Maker_]

Legitimately one of my favorite films of all time. Working in customer service, whenever somebody calls me "buddy," I always quote Larry Drake from this film. Also, it has one the best intros to any film I've ever seen in my entire life. It goes from 0 to 100 basically immediately and both the buildup and the winddown are amazing. Darkman rules.

[@Soyuz2578]

These are gold... Please 🙏🏻 do more of these YMS and Pals!!!!

[@HurricaneDDragon]

It’s funny that Scoot would joke about Durant surviving the helicopter explosion and coming back as an “Anti-Darkman”, because I’m pretty sure that actually happens in one of the crappy sequels. 🤣

[@AlyKatIvy]

I’m less than 3 minutes in and this is hands down the funniest thing I’ve seen all month. “I thought Myles Morales was Darkman” literally had me choking 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@CrazyBlonde13]

This is pure insanity, HOW HAVE I NEVER HEARD OF THIS

[@Michael-cv5wk]

I always thought it was weird that Raimi and the Coen Bros were so closely associated since their styles are so different, but with this movie I totally see it. If you told me this was a coen bros movie I'd believe it.

[@FintoEs111]

Are they really that different? In what?

[@egbut]

The way I lost it at whiplashed Scott, omg. Another gem to relisten to 100 times.

[@notscotthenson]

😽

[@omisan771]

Why does Darkman puts back his shredded, filthy bandages after wearing his printed faces?

[@SonOfAGunYYH]

"Bruce Campbell was the buns." --Scoot Scooterson, 2023 (or 2022 not quite sure when they recorded this Congo/Darkmen double-feature lmfao)

[@chloeashrose1427]

Scoot = Tiger Gael = Dalmatian Adam = Adam Coward

[@notscotthenson]

Right?

[@Robocopnik]

1:05 - This guy was also in a terrible slasher-comedy called "Dr. Giggles" where he played a crazy dude who thought he was a doctor, and it felt like damn near every line he delivered was a terrible doctor-pun, and he just acted the hell out of it.

[@IggyWon]

23:22 That's a Manville Gas Launcher.. basically a teargas gun for riot control that can't chamber (or contain the pressure of) rifle grenades. They were never particularly successful and hardly any survive, but some major prop company managed to get their hands on a couple and they pop up in tons of movies.. and always as a grenade launcher.

[@firebert123]

6:02 is the best cinematic moment ever. I will not elaborate or explain.

[@yorkljorgan987]

I miss when superhero movies were about crime fighters rather than multiverses, quantum realms, speed forces or nano-tech costumes.

[@thechosenjuan8776]

4:36 oh good, you guys had the word "time" ruined for you as well

[@joecarter5001]

That guy who looks like a fake Russian is Dr.Giggles 1:11

[@GodDamnitTwitch]

22:55 now I wanna see a edit of two shower Adam's photoshopped over this, I'm dying

[@yonos007]

KZbin censorship is now worse than network daytime tv.

[@YoJesusMorales]

Man, this made me want to see it again, I think I haven't seen it since 2004, maybe.

[@gabrieldavis7128]

6:03 The greatest moment in cinema history

[@timthechef9242]

they actually used footage from this movie in the transformation montage in spiderman because they needed something to put in and still had it lying around

[@davidl.williams6776]

"I thought Mile Morales was Darkman" 💀💀💀💀

[@mr.j1381]

GIVE it a rating slap some adult oriented advertainments on it? i grew up on this movie one of my favorites, leaving money on the table THEY are.

[@martymcflown3707]

"His pussy fell off?!" and "Liam Neeson has seen your penis" are going to be my last thoughts before I die.

[@Armored-Cat]

The best part about this is Scott knows his cats

[@zumzum74]

3:19 god what an adorable human. It still doesn't feel real. Something something parasocial, yeah I get it, but fuck man, life just isn't fucking fair sometimes. This one hurts. Give a tigerbomb to whichever god ended up being up there for us, Scoot.

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

The insanity of cursing being ad friendly but not corny gore

[@prefiroandroid]

It was actually pretty interesting seeing Adam in the beginning and how is body and face acts when he is talking in "review" mode, he is very expressive but in different ways from the streams

[@Albanoss]

2:27 absolute gold everyone is choosing to ignore.

[@YisYtruth]

One of my favorite movies. So dumb, but so cool.

[@Dynomafia139]

12:27 Gayel was obviously referring to iconic pulp character The Phantom🙄🙄🙄

[@TMX1138]

10:26 Adum (imitating somebody from South Park): You took my job!

[@MattKeenanMusic]

seeing the best pals represented as crusty stock image animals of their sonas makes me want to present myself as a crusty stock image emperor penguin 🐧 because i feel comfortable with that too

[@robotwithhumanhair8583]

Yo wtf 5 Minutes ago I remembered this movie existed and that I wanted to watch it and then this comes Out

[@Jawru]

I love you, and I can tell how frustrated you are making the disclaimer at the beginning, thanks for the vid

[@NotOnLand]

Oh boy, an Adum&Pals video on a movie I legitimately love. Too bad it really is a "just turn your brain off" type movie, but at least they're having fun

[@onescenewonder8904]

God, the editing elevates this video SO MUCH!

[@chatzu]

Darkman came from Raimi being passed on to direct The Shadow. He basically said, "Fine, I'll do my own version of The Shadow."

[@Hsjsjskekdocienskspsbebdvd]

pls don’t stop doing these, it feeds my need to talk during movies lol

[@BodywiseMustard]

Darkman is based on horror films from the '30s.

[@kristenlindesy95]

22:01 hey I wonder if that scream is also from the Sam Ramey Spider-Man movie with the green goblin scene, the building on fire one.

[@NavySharkz]

Sam Raimi is a huge fan of "The Shadow" and wanted to bring that character to the screen. It didn't pan out so he did his own character "Darkman". That is why there are some similarities to Darkman and The Shadow in terms of how they look.

[@funkybones]

So happy yall watched this, this movie is amazing

[@therealdudeski]

Bruce Campbell is officially part of the Adum and Pals verse

[@TheMrMojoRisin67]

So glad to see you guys checked this one out. I absolutely love this movie, flaws and all. I honestly do not recommend the sequels for a few reasons. They are direct-to-video, first off, so the budget is low and the effects are, believe it or not, worse. Arnold Vosloo replaces Liam Neeson and just isn't very good. I guess the only thing that was entertaining about the sequels was that Darkman III: Die Darkman Die was supposed to be the only sequel, but they were able to get Larry Drake back as Durant, meaning that they rushed out Darkman II: The Return of Durant and ended up using a bunch of footage from the third movie to fill time, meaning a few of the same sequences with no differences. Watching them back to back, I felt like I was having a stroke. If you want to laugh at bad acting, effects, and story, I guess they're worth an Adum and Pals, but they're a chore to sit through. Side-note, when I got obsessed with the movie back in high school, I found out there were books written by Randall Boyll that are better expansions of the Darkman universe. A lot of the plot holes in the movie are rectified in the novelization, and the book actually fleshes out certain characters and is worth checking out if you genuinely enjoyed the first film.

[@TheHoundisdead]

Adum and Pals give me life. We need more twilight brothers adam❤

[@aftertaster]

It would’ve been amazing for them to have a Saul Goodman moment where they said “dark, man”.

[@FurikusHex]

Can we talk about how he jumped out of a hospital window that was clearly up in a very high level that you couldn't possibly live from jumping out of?

[@quantumblur_3145]

Of course he survived, he was at the hospital

[@futuremovieactor]

Cool enough in other videos seeing the MPAA cards still show up at the end of the Universal ones, but having you work one into a joke in the video, it's appreciated certainly.

[@Tunkkis]

If you told me that Liam at 20:10 was Topher Grace in some later movie, I'd believe you without a doubt.

[@maddave1113]

Have sub for a long time now love the channel but when i see an adam and friends vid that makes my day as i know i'm going to laugh 😄(and when i can afford to cant wait to watch the full version unrestricted) 👍

[@SirDavidtheGreat]

Okay, but that( not so )Russian dude kind of reminds me of Lon Chaney Jr.. Like he could have played a mean ass Larry Talbot or a Frankenstein's monster.

[@necrophryne9688]

Holy shit. Just yesterday I watched for the first time this MASTAPIECE

[@khadelsnerdo]

Love the posters of the tigers. Very cool

[@hexcodeff6624]

0:00 So this is what Adum looks like when he has the review voice.

[@hexcodeff6624]

Not Adum reviewing, no, Adum doing his classic review voice, which is not in the review streams/live recordings he does

[@SpenceDMann]

33 years ago, I thought he said "My hands!, They Cooked my Hands!!" LOL

[@Ragnarok540]

Less than 2 minutes in, this movie looks like it's actually watchable, I will have to see it before this video.