Babe, Lost in Adaptation ~ The Dom

A look at the differences between Babe and the book it's based on by Dick King-Smith.
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[@darkhero-3097]

Something about James Cromwell saying “That’ll do, Pig. That’ll do.” Fills my heart up so much.

[@LucyLioness100]

It was the perfect note to end the story on. And James Cromwell says it so kindly with a smile

[@charlie81dbz]

I've only ever seen the movie once and never read the book, but that clip in the review still made me get a huge happy grin, so definitely not just you. And now that that's gone, I just feel a tad awkward about replying to a 2 year old comment. >_>

[@timafterdark3759]

True fact: The actor who plays the farmer became a vegetarian during the making of this movie.

[@jonsnor4313]

The movie was appearently sponsored by animal protection organisations unsurprisingly too.

[@matthewstafford7150]

Actually, he was already a vegetarian when he took the role. He became a vegan after starring in Babe.

[@Tillyard86]

James Cromwell

[@HS-bk1qk]

Tim Jordan aw this film made me want to be a vegetarian when I was like 4 or 5

[@Galloglaoch]

Wait so am I the only cruel hearted kid around here? I don't remember having any doubts in my meat consumption ways during or after watching the film and its sequel. Hell if anything I might've asked mom for pork after watching the movie since all that meat eating talk probably got me little brain thinking about food and meat in particular. Ohh well, some people ar ejust never meant to be vegetarian I guess

[@faze_buendia9514]

I don’t know why but I never realized the part on Shrek when Shrek says “that’ll do donkey, that’ll do” is an Easter egg for Babe! I never made the connection since I last saw babe when I was about 12 (20+ yrs ago)

[@jackaylward-williams9064]

StinaLynn De LaFranc don’t worry, it took me years to get the joke too.

[@elywahl9520]

Literally... didnt... get it till I read this... wtf... my kids love the Shrek movies and I love babe how to did I not notice 😂😂😂

[@issacflores2010]

That’ll do, Dom. That’ll do. Edit: I didn’t think I’d get this many likes. Well... Thanks.

[@kgraves2269]

issac flores 👍👍👍

[@guncannon109]

I was gonna say that! XD

[@unamed2516]

issac flores 🤣

[@RIDDICK0911]

I had to expect this comment... but for some reason I did not. Now I'm laughin' like a moron. XD

[@Solarn40]

I'm so glad that you mentioned the directing and cinematography, because seriously, what the heck? There are big budget Oscar-bait movies that don't have this level of artistry. It made the film even more enjoyable when I was a kid, but looking back on it with knowledge of what children's movies, even competent ones, usually look like, it seems bizarre that they managed it.

[@Nionivek]

Children Movies used to be called "Family Movies" and the entire family used to go (In fact they often still do).

[@Tadicuslegion78]

I still can’t believe the man who made Mad Max made this film

[@neilprice513]

yeah he had a complete switch over from violent action films in the 80's and early 90's to charming kids films in the mid 90's to early 2000's. It just shows how good a film maker George Miller is that he can easily change genre without any drop in the quality of his work..

[@briansergeant]

Have a look at the cast as well. Babe is Chuckie from Rugrats, Mr Hoggett is Zefram Cochrane from Star Trek First Contact, Mrs Hoggett is Sharon from Kath and Kim, Fly is Prof Sprout from Harry Potter and Rex is Agent Smith from the Matrix!

[@DiarraHarris]

He also directed "Happy Feet" and "Babe 2".

[@OnePieceSpecial]

He actually didn't direct it. He was a producer and was wanting the film to be made, but he never directed it. He did directed the sequel though.

[@TheShadowofDormin]

I KNOW!!! If only he made more movies and the company behind Fury Road would sort their shit out so he could make that 5th Mad Max movies they have bin talking about

[@Figgy5119]

I only remember the farmer worked hard to make a dollhouse for his granddaughter and she was upset by it and smashed it. That part upset me so much as a kid.

[@ponypublications]

*Clever comment to appease the KZbin algorithm gods.*

[@RIDDICK0911]

*ANGRY NIHILISTIC REPLY TO PISS ON KZbin ALGORITHM GODS.*

[@Dracinard]

Side note, I bet you could classify the Algorithm as a god (or at least equivalent to an old god of the sun or the rain) these days, and the creators attempts to appease it as typical religious trappings. Think about it, we have an all powerful unknowable force that dictates people's livelihoods more or less randomly, and the people who depend on it cling to ritualistic chants ("like, comment, share and subscribe") to gain its favour. You could even argue that it ascribes moral values and harshly punishes those who go against its commandments - demonetisation. There's a paper in this, I'm sure of it.

[@deloctyte]

The fact that I never connected the lambs in Warcraft 2 saying Bah-Ram-Ewe and this movie makes be feel sheepish.

[@psychokinrazalon]

*rimshot*

[@sauleiwanderapfelstrudel]

Babe is one of those films I have vivid memories of watching it, but had absolutely no idea what it was about

[@okagron]

Same here. In the late 90s and early 2000s the TV channel i used to watch would regularly show this movie, specially on Sundays and during holidays, and i would start watching it but never finish it. In well over 20 years i have only watched portions of this movie, never the whole thing.

[@danstiver9135]

Could you do a Lost in Adaptation video on Shrek? Believe it or not, it’s actually based on a book!

[@SwiftyStardust]

If he did, he'd probably have to break out the "In Name Only" clause again.

[@TheBloodswordsman]

Schwifty Stardust Is that a bad thing? Cause I don't think that's a bad thing.

[@garrettoonaddict266]

We had to read the book as a class once and it was so....strange

[@tommy25185]

Mr Shambleface really

[@gracekim25]

Mr Shambleface sweet

[@Tillyard86]

Thanks for doing my request Dom, this was one of the first books I ever read as a child, and the film came out just a year after that so even as a kid I was well aware of all the stuff they added in. But I never really thought about the different themes and different arc Babe goes through. I also had no idea Dick King Smith had written so many books, even though I did read quite a few of them as a child.

[@ArrowOdenn]

I grew up reading Dick King-Smith. The Waterhorse is another that got an adaptation. Tumbleweed will always be my favourite. Great job as always Dom.

[@deltaprime3509]

👍

[@kirkmt]

I loved “the fox busters” as a child, and “The queen’s nose”. King-smith is a great author for children who are just starting out reading, but have passed the picture book stage. Babe has a descendant, his name is “Ace” and Hogget is name-dropped in his story.

[@emmastephens1178]

The queen's nose my goodness I read that too. Never made the link. 👍

[@Tillyard86]

Emma Stephens that was actually made into a tv show, I think it was an “in name only” adaptation though.

[@artemiswolf4508]

This movie is literally what made me stop eating pork. My mom still hates Babe to this day.

[@RIDDICK0911]

No one should eat pork anyway. It's even worse than beef.

[@faunanirvana3343]

pigs are smarter than dogs and in fact have the same cognitive function as 3 year old children so it's best not to kill and eat them (or any other animal, for that matter)

[@TupocalypseShakur]

I hate pork for different reason, I'm uncomfortable with eating something that would eat me

[@lilmissknowitall5775]

My mum's favorite film, when I got married, first thing my mum said was "That'll do pig...that'll do."

[@RManRik]

PSA: When wishing for any number of jetpacks (as one often does) it is best to use only one wish and specify the number of jetpacks instead of using one wish per jetpack. I hope we have all learned something today.

[@sigh824]

RManRik Rules were too unclear I have 9 jet packs now :/

[@RManRik]

Oh no! Now the Dom will not get his Patreon money. This is why magic lamps should follow the proper regulations!

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

God, I loved this movie when I was a baby. According to my parents, I would always get up and do a little dance in front of the television whenever the mice would sing If I Had Words.

[@brentonclark9506]

RE: the animals knowing about their fate, I remember in the book Babe wondering if Hogg's shotgun was some sort of food dispenser...kind of twisted for a kids book.

[@oscarstainton]

I think you missed an opportunity to call Rex "Agent Smith Dog", but oh well. Fantastic review, Dom!

[@PhoenixHealing]

Mr. Pig....

[@SmellsLikeNirvanaaa]

I love your lost in adaptation videos ☺️ thank you for all your hard work ❤️

[@oklaclarinet]

Fun fact: Babe was nominated for seven Oscars including Best Picture, and it won for Visual Effects. It is also currently features James Cromwell's only Oscar nominated role.

[@marieroberts5664]

We was robbed I tell ya!!! ROBBED!!! Shoulda won Best Picture.

[@princess7strawberry]

7:00 If that was the film's intentions, then it WAS successful, but not just on viewers. Actor James Cromwell became vegan after playing the role of Farmer Hoggett and had become an animal rights activist, even getting arrested on several occasions during some of the protests he participated in.

[@BrightWulph]

Successful on some but not others. I watched this movie so many times as I kid I could recite it word for word, and I still love my meat and animal products.

[@faunanirvana3343]

legend.

[@princess7strawberry]

Why did you think I meant ALL viewers? I still consume animal products, but that's besides the point. The point of my comment was about Cromwell's transition to veganism as a result of appearing in this film. Get off my lawn.

[@JMcAfreak]

I wonder how many people confuse Babe with Charlotte's Web. Like, both are obscure enough nowadays, and both have a pig that's a significant part of the plot.

[@eadlynjune]

JMcAfreak When did Charlottes Web become obscure? I’m not arguing it isn’t, it just feels strange that I kinda agree.

[@freckledsunshine333]

Also the forgettable Gordy trying to capitalize on Babe's success.

[@tiawilliams5690]

Actually, Gordy came out first, by a few months, I think.

[@umt6429]

Obscure... Erm. No Charlotte's Web at least is still topping many children's classics list and sells well in the UK atleast. Dick king smith is nowhere as popular as he was in 1990s but he still usually gets his own shelf if the waterstones is large enough

[@realar]

I've NEVER confused the two. Because one was done by puppets and one was animated. It's only NOW that people are capable of confusing the two because of that remake.

[@WillCMay]

I was born several years after the film came out but it was one of the many influences to make me a vegitarian. I also developed an appreciation for Saint-Saens because of the music utilised. Needless to say, I too have a lot of nostalgia for Babe.

[@Newblyn]

Yeah, I had noooo idea Babe was based on a book, so found this fascinating to see what was included and then what the movie added. :D

[@Nionivek]

I didn't either, I thought it was a movie inspired by Charlotte's Web... a... oddly similar premise (sort of)

[@Lucy-zl8ly]

My mum and I literally just had a whole argument about whether this movie is American or Australian. Her whole argument was "How can it be American if Magda Szubanski is in in?". My whole argument was "It can't have been filmed in Australia because the scenery is too green looking." Turns out we were both wrong!

[@thatboringone7851]

The Wiki states it's an Australian-American comedy-drama film, and it _was_ filmed in Australia, so I'd say your mum was 2/3 right and you were 1/3 right.

[@troyschulz2318]

It's EXTREMELY Australian. Written, produced, and directed by Aussies, shot in Illawarra, mostly Australian cast.

[@CaptainCritical]

@@troyschulz2318 And yet it's based on a beloved English novel that is set in rural England.

[@masterknife8423]

The "Pork is a nice sweet meat" segment is a dead giveaway for the film's actual location

[@moviemaestro800]

@@troyschulz2318 It's nice to get a healthy reminder that Australia is not all Outback, in terms of natural environment. Canucks like me similarly cringe when folks treat my country like it's all artic tundra. I mean, it's true that most of the country's landmass is that, but the overwhelming majority of us live in the pockets of land that aren't that.

[@TheSuzberry]

Unless the English language is significantly different where you are, “on the hoof” means alive and walking around. Lovely review. Loved the movie.

[@Zippokovich]

I would say the film is definitely set in Australia as well as being filmed there - the biggest piece of evidence for this is that they celebrate Christmas in what is clearly summer.

[@masterknife8423]

Still the fact that the Australian actors have American accents for some reason is very puzzling

[@moviemaestro800]

I remember even as a child thinking that it had to be taking place somewhere like Australia, when it looked like summertime in a temperate zone whilst they were celebrating Christmas. I already knew about how seasons were different, depending on the hemisphere, so it figured that a summery Christmas would have to be happening somewhere in the Southern Hemisphere, and Australia is the first country with white people most people think of in that hemisphere.

[@authoralysmarchand4737]

I loved the book Charlotte's Web so much as a kid that I named my daughter Charlotte after the book. But I also grew up playing with a chicken one day that was dinner the next, and a running joke was that venison stew was Bambi's mom (hunting was also normal). So eating pigs or not was never a big deal for me. I knew, even as a tot, that stories about the having human-level cognizance wasn't real. This didn't make stories any less enjoyable than they are for us as adults, though. I think a lot of kids of my generation and later are so far removed from knowing the real sources of food that it's easier to think that meat products just magically appear in store fridges. While a lot of adults are now more aware, children are still shielded from the food chain as if they're too delicate to handle it. The opposite is true. Children hand handle it, and in letting them learn, they can also understand the importance of not wasting. Use the chicken carcass to make broth. Use the pork bones to make bullion. There was ways to avoid wasting, and it's more important to those who understand the cost of animal products.

[@GinHindew110]

same here, there are way less problems with killing animals for food when one has to tend to those four legged mudafukas and endure them, in that sense the idea of the animals accepting being eaten as a natural order is the same way of thinking as the farmers but from the other end of it

[@faunanirvana3343]

But why kill animals if you don't have to?

[@GinHindew110]

you can also see it the other way around, why would you breed and raise animals if you don't have to? to have an animals living and then dying as a source of non vital food or to have the animals not existing at all are the only true options, you can think of it as we charging the animals with being our food as the price for their existence

[@hannahg5407]

This is legit my experience I'm a farmers kid

[@cheshire183]

@@GinHindew110 “being killed for food and not existing at all are the only options” holy false dichotomy. i’m astonished.

[@clioalexandra6485]

Just so everyone knows, the man who played the farmer, James Cromwell, became Vegan after this film and was arrested last August for standing up again animal testing. He is 80 years old. #legend

[@deltaprime3509]

Kinda was hoping he be dressed up in a farmer outfit

[@RIDDICK0911]

Kinky...

[@welshinc5782]

I think this could be considered one of the few times when an adaptation is an improvement on a book

[@ashleightompkins3200]

Oh great! Now I'm imaging V as a Collie rallying the animals Old Major style! Thank you for that mental image The Dom

[@qwertyTRiG]

"That'll do" is a real sheparding command, also used in Terry Pratchett's Tiffany Aching books.

[@TheRealLeewon]

In year 3 camp (in Australia) we stayed at a farm and they had one of the pigs who played Babe there

[@catrionapritchard4679]

It's sort of interesting that you mention that Dick King-Smith isn't one of the UK's best known, because I remember his books being inescapable growing up. Maybe this is a regional thing, as I grew up in farm country, but I remember the classroom bookshelves being pretty much dominated by his work.

[@pokekitty1]

it was meg cabot and c.s lewis for me

[@Nionivek]

Yes but think about say: Robert Munch. You can be famous in children's spheres, but it can be difficult to garter actual popularity outside of it. There are tons of great children's book authors (and a few series I really enjoyed) who in spite selling millions of copies likely would never be recognized.

[@drawntoicehockey]

I went to a Welsh school and we didn't have English books until we were in year 3 and I can only remember seeing maybe 3 or 4 of his books and that was when I got to year 6. In Welsh schools, you're more likely to find T. Llew Jones EVERYWHERE. I also remember Elin Meek's Welsh adaptations of English books were pretty much the only non-T. Llew Jones thing to read as well. And Bethan Gwanas's books as well - especially once I got to comprehensive school.

[@jatkinson85]

I can sum up the reason why in three words, Joanne Kathleen Rowling - hell she came pretty damn close to elbowing aside Roald Dhal as well. Terry Prattchet was really the only contempory British Author not to get completely overshadowed by Rowling mania - and it's notable he was pretty much the only other author who could effectively call her out when she spoke bullshit. She commited far less unwise openings of the mouth when he was around to call her out on it. RIP Pterry

[@charlottebowman4033]

Grew up in rural Cumbria (sheep as far as the eye can see) and I can confirm Dick King Smith was everywhere: Sophie's Adventures, the Hodgeheg, the Sheep Pig, various talking bird books (there was one involving a mynah bird and one involving a parrot), lots of pig books, I liked 'dragon boy' for being about dragons... apparently he also wrote The Queen's Nose which was a show on the BBC for a while? But anyway, rural schools with only 20 students love giving small children a book about pigs to read and Dick King Smith is the 'children's books about pigs' guy

[@The_Early_Gamer]

This darn movie is such a nostalgiabomb. Just seeing this video in my subscription feed sent me rocketing back to my childhood It wasn't my favorite movie by a longshot but it was just pleasant to watch.

[@delaneydespain992]

Just gonna address that when you said you hope that people are still introducing kids to this movie... my two-year-old niece really LOVES this movie. And she usually obsesses over animated films like Spirit and Toy Story, so that’s really a testament to how amazing the film is for younger audiences.

[@MissBuyNLarge]

this movie always gives me the warm fuzzies after I watch it...it's not only a piece of nostalgia for me, but it's one of those movies that doesn't pretend to be something it's not - it doesn't act like it's some big blockbuster or movie that "will change your life" as a watcher, but it's cute and it's definitely a feel-good movie for me any time I see it

[@sousaphonist]

You should really do a Lost in Adaptation for "The Giver". As a big fan of the book, I was quite surprised with how seamlessly it'd seemed to've been modified for the big screen.

[@wilsonkierankitsune]

One of the reasons I keep watching this show to to keep learning just how many movies I love are based on books I never knew about.

[@izziexxx]

I had this film on VHS as a tiny person and constantly rewound to the song and dance. I loved that song. My parents probably hated me.

[@dulcimerrafi]

6:55. This is one of the issues I have with Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH/The Secret of NIMH (which you should do, by the way, if you haven't already) where the title characters are cool with the owl, even though the owl regularly hunts rodents for food, simply because the owl has sworn to spare them in particular. Speaking of movies that primarily expanded upon their literary source material (and that had disappointing sequels that came out three years later with no literary basis whatsoever), you should also do Escape to Witch Mountain.

[@sharkofjoy]

Aww, I'm glad it's relatively honest to the book. I loved this film a lot as a kid, and I was startled to find I remembered "baa ram ewe". I appreciated "taking a child's book too seriously" alerts.... I do the same thing and it's why I can't ever watch my Little pony. HOW DOES THEIR ECONOMY WORK I hope this comment about nothing in particular satisfies the algorithm enigma

[@CendaquentaBooks]

Trust me, there is an entire segment of the MLP fandom dedicated to getting frustrated over how different bits of the worldbuilding work. 😁

[@Nefepants]

I'm glad you did this one, I didn't grow up with the children's book but the movie was important to me as a kid. It's nice to hear about the original adaptation and what details they kept or added in.

[@MrTantrill]

The Black Cauldron if you ever get a feeling for doing a Disney movie.

[@brandonlyon730]

I also like to see one with the Little mermaid. Pinocchio would also be an interesting one considering how disturbingly the original novel was.

[@wratched]

The Little Mermaid would be In Name Only. Pinocchio would be nightmare fuel.

[@brandonlyon730]

I wouldn’t call the little mermaid “in name only” it followed the basic general story of a young mermaid princess, saving the life of a prince and wanting to be human. Made a deal with a sea witch to turn her human and attempt to marry the prince. Yeah theirs definitely major changes especially with the 3rd act and the ending, and adding and removing some characters but I wouldn’t call it in name only like Enchanted. Now if you want in name only just look at the recent independent Little mermaid film that has nothing to do with the Christian Andersen story of then being about a mermaid.

[@johnoneil9188]

I really liked this movie when I was a little lad but on the other hand I was crazy about pretty much everything that had animals in it back then.

[@Nachtelfin0des0Todes]

John O ́neil heh, same :D

[@Vaati1992]

Babe was a massive part of my childhood, too, and I didn't even know it was an adaptation (but that's probably due to King-Smith not being as "present" in my native Germany as he was in the UK)

[@anneadler8944]

N. D. Nicolai "Määh ihr Schafe, määh ihr Schafe"

[@amarvelousgeek222]

Babe is such a cute film. It's so heartwarming to watch, and I'm glad to hear you thought so too.

[@Jayfive276]

5:05 - *F E E L I N G S*

[@cuteypetz]

also regarding your "taking a kid's book too seriously" thing, I actually went to a talk about how films depict carnism/omnivorism that referenced this film a fair amount and it was actually very interesting. the way films treat things like meat eating can honestly be a window into how people treat it (i.e. don't think about it/consider it natural). Another one mentioned was barnyard, a film that has animals on a farm where the farmer is vegan so they don't get eaten and then one of the pigs said "oh man but have you smelt bacon, I would" and i'm just??? cannibalism?? jokes???

[@brandonlyon730]

Cannibalism is pretty common in the animal kingdom, humans are the only other species that feels bad for doing it. And Gross fact, in many pig farms when they castrate the pigs they'll throw the cut off reproductive organs back to the pig pens and the neutered pig will literally eat them. Pigs definitely don't give a damn when it comes to eating.

[@Nionivek]

Pigs are some of the most dangerous animals on a farm... and will eat just about anything to the point where several real life murderers have fed people to pigs to hide the body. In fact Pigs even eat other pigs even in nature.

[@cuteypetz]

firstly, regardless of how common it is in the animal kingdom it was the fact it was in a kids film that was odd to me (and a much more obvious case of dissonance than the dom pointed out) XD but also I'm going to hazard a guess that looking at the habits of pigs in tiny enclosed spaces with poor food where they have little to nothing to do until they die is not the ideal case of seeing what pigs do...

[@cuteypetz]

as above, I don't believe we can take the actions of pigs in cramped spaces with minimal food and entertainment as a good idea of what pigs are like in the wild (same way we've debunked wolf pack theory because wolves in captivity don't act the same way as wild ones). I'm also not sure I believe pigs eat other pigs "in nature" but I'll admit I don't know enough about free pigs to know for certain.

[@Nionivek]

No, this is things these pigs do in the wild as well. Ignoring that Farm pigs are a breed that doesn't naturally occur in the wild... In fact domestic pigs when released in the wild rapidly... well... evolve, back into their wild cousins. No really! it is a fascinating phenomenon and one of the few cases of rapid evolution in macroscopic animals.

[@literaturmurks]

The film is wonderful, but can we talk about how beautiful the soundtrack is? (Apart from the chipmunk mice.) I always loved the scene with the farmer singing with all my heart.

[@illtakeaquack2108]

Loved the call back circle transition at the end.

[@misterabbadon977]

One day The Dom will finally do Metro 2033. One day... I now realize my hope may be in vain, but to abandon it now would be tantamount to wasting all these years I spent waiting.

[@user36able]

Can we please talk about what the heck was up with that shot of Hoggett jumping to the ceiling and, to my memory, yelling for joy. I guess he was just - thrilled to be alive and that somehow inspired the pig to power through his pneumonia ? Whatever. I never perceived that scene as Babe being angry, just that he had kind of lost the will to live, after the cat told him about bacon. I haven’t watched the film in many many years (and I only read the book once) but to this day I love that song If I Had Words, as sung by the mice.

[@klauzJamfield]

I loved this movie as a kid, but it also maked me so sad that I'm surprise I'm not vegetarian.

[@jonathanstmartin]

Just rewatched the movie for the first time since at least the 90s. It holds up remarkably well.

[@coyoteartist]

I read Ace: The Very Important Pig a few years back. Also a fun little book and Babe comes up as Ace is suppose to be descended. Unlike Babe, Ace spends a great deal of time inside the house watching TV and he had the particular ability to understand a great deal of human speech.

[@vigilantsycamore8750]

... Why am I thinking of The Circle of Life whenever The Dom freaks out about the animals being aware they're going to be killed and eaten

[@MegaKhelditia]

I rarely ever hear the phrase, “When I was a little Dom,” and I admire your bravery. And I giggled.

[@Redrally]

Dick-King Smith strikes again! I swear, if it wasn't Roald Dahl, it was Dick-King Smith books we were reading in school!

[@wratched]

Unfortunately placed hyphen there, Redrally.

[@moonjellymusic]

Farmer Hogget reminded me so much of my Grandpa that whenever I see the actor in anything else I think "Oh, it's Grandpa!" and I feel so happy.

[@HeartDAlyson]

One of the last times I remember watching this movie was when I was listening to it from the kitchen while cooking ham...then ate it while finishing the movie. I feel no guilt

[@wjzav1971]

That edit with Hugo Weaving dog reciting the lines from the Council of Elrond was so genius.

[@kittyythecat]

I laughed really hard when he called the mice "discount chipmunks"

[@MidnightDarkness666]

Babe was one of those films I saw bits of on TV, but never owned. Maybe if I had I'd have become vegan a lot sooner. I actually became one after rescuing Pigeons and watching the April Fools episode of Never Mind the Buzzcocks where Simon brings out a chicken to walk on the tables. In that instant I made the connection that eating chicken was no different than eating one of my Pigeons. I've been vegan for 3 and a half years now and have even rescued some hens that were off the lay.

[@lexraxmi3170]

I always love watching this series both for seeing lovely Dom of course 😉 AND for learning just how many movies are based on a book and see how that transition went. As always thanks Dom

[@annbsirius1703]

The moment in the film when the judges and all the laughing people in the stands just shut up and are amazed is the best !!! The part that always seemed corny was the bah, ram, ewe rhyme. I like the other one much better. Never knew this was a book.

[@chrissyvega9905]

"discount chipmunks" favorite phrase of the week

[@liljackanape1464]

Okay, so, "if you want something to entertain a little human with" is the most adorable vaguely Terminator sounding sentence ever spoken. It's also a great way to describe a good, mild, _fine_ book.

[@lynettegraves6261]

2:33 Hey! My old stomping grounds! I remember them filming there and meeting all the little piggies! Good memories

[@grutarg2938]

King-Smith’s books are all nice easy chapter books with simple animal stories. Perfect for a 7 year old who is past Frog & Toad, but not ready for The Mouse & the Motorcycle.

[@CalliopePony]

I remember seeing this movie in theaters and loving it. After I saw the movie I got the book because I wanted to read the story the movie was based on. Even as a child I liked the book a lot better. I enjoyed the simple, straightforward story more than all the added conflicts and padding.

[@GirlWithAStarEarring]

I remember that Babe was the first movie that made me realize that there was places in the world where there was no snow when it was christmas time.

[@SithLadyDarhVamp]

Babe was one of my favourite movies as a kid - and it never made me consider becoming a vegetarian

[@jersy6406]

I actually remember watching the sequel much more often as a child to a point where I had forgotten what the original was about

[@vidoquen111]

I love that it actually took me until the word Mordor in "you have been summoned here to answer the threat of Mordor" to realize that the audio wasn't actually from Babe. I have to watch this movie again.

[@neilprice513]

"Grumpy Hugo Weaving Dog" made me smile.

[@Xehanort10]

So Shrek saying "That'll do Donkey that'll do" in the 1st Shrek film was a Babe reference?

[@AutobotChick25]

I ADORED this film as a child!!! I’m surprised I didn’t break the VHS tape, I played it so often. I even wrote a paper about it in high school.

[@22lostservice]

I love your flashing warning of taking a children's book to seriously. I think it is something we all do sometimes.

[@bobbler42]

Re: DKS as entertainment for adults: there’s a glorious audiobook of “The Foxbusters” read by Robert Hardy (who was a Churchill impersonator before he took the Potter Galleon) which shows a nose for WW2 parody as fine as that of “Chicken Run”.

[@kahldrialeighsun1208]

My tiny child heart still swells when that tall, aloof man says "...that'll do."

[@LaurenTheorist]

This was one of the few V.H.S movies my grandma had that was kid friendly growing up. I sat in her living room watching this movie so much.

[@EffinChat]

Dick King Smith wrote many of my childhood favourites, I didn't realise he'd passed away

[@valcliffb8558]

I'm still waiting on Watership Down. Plot spoiler: It has not a god-forsaken thing to do with submarines. XD

[@MelonTartVA]

I loved this film as a kid, and even had a stuffed Babe.

[@MagsPM]

This was one of the first movies I ever remember seeing in the cinema as a child.

[@ninodino8040]

The sequel scared and disturbed me so much as a child that it's like a wild fever dream and I'm honestly scared to watch it again to clear up my confusion about it.

[@anttibjorklund1869]

The actor playing the farmer, James Cromwell, also portrayed Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in 2006's The Queen.

[@kylpyvene]

I loved this movie when I was a kid and had a piglet stuffed toy that I named after Babe and loved as it was him. Now I cant recall anything from the movie

[@jonathansefcik473]

“Tiny Dom” made me lol

[@DarkMasterofCupcakes]

I have to admit, I would love to see a Lost in Adaptation comparing the Wes Anderson film "Fantasic Mr. Fox" to the original Roald Dahl book, but I also feel bad for wanting it, because not only is it stop-motion, but even people who like stop-motion often say that Wes Anderson's work in the medium often looks...a little disturbing. Besides that, I think it might also be nice to see Lost in Adaptation for "Room" comparing the novel by Emma Donoghue to the film adaptation starring Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay. It's another film where the author of the book wrote the screenplay, and an example of really amazing child acting from Jacob Tremblay, who was only about 8 when the movie was being filmed.

[@theinfantmetroid]

My three jetpacks and me really enjoyed this video, you're doing good 👌👌

[@gumgumdookuin7963]

I like the fact that ya're doing more kid books. I always had a strong feelin' for children's literature, so its nice to see more of these. :3

[@secretblue0290]

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. I didn't even know it was based on a book. I might check it out, but i would probably still prefer the movie. Ferdinand and rex are welcome additions, plus it's cool to see more of the farmers' family. However, it would've been nice to see the dogs and the sheep put aside their differences. They kinda do that in the film with the sheep willingly giving rex the password, but then again they were doing it for babe

[@JessycaLunawoona]

I still have the VHS of this movie laying around. I loved it as a kid.

[@bananhataren]

In Swedish the pasword is " alla får alla får på vår jord har blott ett lösenord alla får" That translate roughly to all sheeps all sheeps on the eart has only one password all sheeps.

[@jennifermc1221]

This is the best thing I never knew I wanted :D

[@Darkboarder4]

Dom: "Mr. Hogget breaks the warp speed barrier" Me: "(Laughing harder than I should)"

[@tto198]

I can’t believe those last words still make me tear up after all these years.