Fifty Shades Freed, Lost in Adaptation ~ The Dom

[@LaNoLaCola]

“You’re a man of honor... and you treat people well.” Seriously, what a line to start the video on, Dom. Just... perfectly captures the tone deafness of this series that you are now FREED from.

[@carlrood4457]

I started laughing BEFORE the epic scream, just at the sheer lunacy of that line of dialogue.

[@CyberkillGames]

@@carlrood4457 Yeah even before the scream, I was laughing about that line of dialogue. Good lord, what planet does E.L James live on to think stuff like this is acceptable?

[@dynamicworlds1]

@Brandon Roberts absolutely. Write whatever f'ed-up, fetish-fuel erotica you want, just don't romanticize abuse or tell me it's real BDSM. That's when we have problems, because that's when you can start to do real harm to the naive members of your audience.

[@Anman999]

My first thought from that line was 'My god. What is wrong with her?'

[@NebLleb]

*_"...HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"_* Also perfectly captures the sheer agony of watching/reading it.

[@Weretoons]

As a He-Man fan, I hate how the original fanfiction was called "Master of the Universe"...

[@magicrainbowkitties1023]

Same

[@gracekim1998]

Weretoons oh god

[@omnimonramone8459]

New Adventures of Shades, Fifty Shades goes to space!

[@eilidhethine1658]

Fifty Shades of Grayskull

[@dbzcupcake]

Not even the Powe of Grey Skull can add dignity to such a low blow

[@thehopeofeden597]

And with this, The Dom is finally freed. Pun intended.

[@jeggsonvohees2201]

Awsamazing Eden Only until the next book is written. 😈

[@anaiglesias9972]

He still has the gray book if they make a movie

[@victoriabryer4710]

Yes I heard there might be another. *dies inside

[@ConyMoya.]

Until Twilight comes along

[@missanthropy6060]

Awsamazing Eden you’re forgetting grey

[@Dragoncurse4]

"Loving someone and being angry with them are synonymous." God, I feel bad for her husband.

[@Xehanort10]

Since James's self insert is Grey she probably sees her husband as Ana.

[@origamipein18]

Me, too.

[@katharinakarma6905]

@@Xehanort10 Isn't Ana the clear self insert character? She has the same favourite books and is an editor which is really close to being a writer. Not to mention the gender and the first person perspective.

[@diana-db8wf]

@@katharinakarma6905 Judging by how egotistical and controlling E L James acts irl, I think Grey's definitely her self-insert rather than the naive Anna.

[@iwakeupandboomimarat]

@@diana-db8wf tbh i always saw it as a mix of both. she wanted to be the hot woman in her mid 20s who gets her world rocked by a guy clearly out of her league but simutaneously a billionaire who doesnt need to care about others

[@samuelbarber4154]

Lemony Snicket once said that anyone who burns a book, is showing utter disdain for the process that came to make it. That being said, I'm glad you destroyed this piece of horrible filth.

[@HeavyMetalMouse]

I think 'utter distain for the process that came to make it' is an adequate description of the displayed reaction to this book. Burning something is in many ways a symbolic act. It can express a fair number of emotional intentions depending on how it is done, and the tone and character of the process. Destroying a personal copy of a piece of media in recognition of that item's badness is a time-honored internet tradition; it fundamentally says "This object has no value" or "I will gain more enjoyment from watching this item burn than I ever would from consuming it as media." or similar. We've seen media smashed with hammers, sawed in half, ripped, punctured, bent, and snapped, but burning always feels like the ultimate form of complete destruction. More than one reviewer has built their entire career around the idea of 'burning' bad media (thinking of Linkara's 'Atop the Fourth Wall', and the burning of the Superman At Earth's End comic). Snicket's statement there feels very accurate and well said to the intention of the act.

[@timothymclean]

I can't think of a purer way for the Dom to express his opinion of the series that doesn't involve at least one bodily fluid.

[@alexjewett7455]

Normally I'm against burning books, but in cases like this, I think it's justified.

[@j.c.2240]

If killing a book is the same as killing an idea, this is one I'm ready to slaughter

[@ashtoneva4926]

Theory as to why the kept the car scene in: Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dormin were actually trying to run away from finishing filming but remembered they were still contracted in and were forced to film the scene as ordered.

[@m.meghana2365]

Even they know it's weird

[@iwakeupandboomimarat]

let them escape 😭

[@cediviannareeda4305]

"you'll never catch me, Oscar!" she says to the camera man in her passenger seat

[@some_metalhead]

That’s why they were so happy in the scene, they were excited to leave.

[@thehopeofeden597]

Honestly all jokes aside, I am so happy that The Dom went through all of this series if only for the message that it sends about being aware of unhealthiness, toxicity and abuse within fictional relationships. I've always felt like someone had to do it, and he braved all the way through. Thank you so very much Dom. It might have left you and most of the audience partially scarred, but it really really does mean a lot to at least this one person.

[@gracehaven5459]

Fictional AND real tbh

[@thereal199]

Now Dom just needs to apologize for attacking Depp in his Grindelwald review and he's golden.

[@gracehaven5459]

@Brandon Roberts the first half of the first season is one of my favorite animes, I'll be honest, AND the theme was my ringtone for a few months lmao

[@brumby92]

Its really professionl and well spoken.

[@imibee5184]

Totally agree with you. Someone had to do it. And Dom putting himself through it...wow..

[@nicoleg2544]

“You’re an honourable man, and you treat people well.” Damn, I’m almost afraid to imagine what a dishonourable man who treats people poorly would look like to her.

[@shenenigans2037]

No kidding.

[@ana_bananass]

I'm a bit late, but probably someone who's less attractive and not as rich as Christian

[@sophie3869]

A poor very unattractive man who does the same stuff probably 🤦‍♀️

[@nont18411]

@@ana_bananass Christian Grey would be considered as a villain if he’s broke and ugly

[@WielkaAutorkaaD]

I know it's a bad joke, but... MASTER HAS GIVEN DOMMY AN ADAPTATION! DOMMY IS FREED!

[@madmyth3985]

WielkaAutorkaaD 50 shades freed that is

[@igelmithut6320]

I should not find that funny right?

[@anttibjorklund1869]

Damn, I just wrote a similar comment… and then saw this,

[@Toneill029]

That’s actually pretty funny.

[@Toneill029]

Igel mit Hut Nah it’s cool.

[@starbird3939]

To the Dom: “YOU are a man of honor. YOU treat people well.” I say this because you tackled all the abusive measures of Christian Grey-from his need to control Ana’s diet, to financial control and blackmail, and everything in between. And you compassionately reached out to your audience, some who may have experienced abuse, and told then their pain was real and that they are loved. You did everything in your power to help protect victims with your platform. And for that, you truly are a man of honor. Thank you.

[@haydenpatterson4720]

How does this comment only have 32 likes? At least, there are no dislikes.

[@crocuslament9680]

@@haydenpatterson4720 How do you tell if a comment has dislikes?

[@lux0rd01]

"Loving someone and being angry with them are synonymous " Poor husband

[@myceliuh]

maybe thats why she let him change so much?

[@starbird3939]

“And this, judge, is why we are getting a divorce”

[@gracekim1998]

Lux0rd was she IMPLYING it’s the same thing?!

[@daylightsace2680]

"You can only really be mad at someone you love." Is the proper quote. Just keeping things accurate.

[@feigekatarina5745]

What if he's the abuser? She seems brain-washed. I'd bet almost anything that she's a victim refusing to realize it.

[@Sallafar]

As a German I will state: this is probably the only book-burning I am prepared to tollerate. In this case even enjoy. Great Work Mr. Noble

[@fusselmietz5929]

Uns Deutsche erkennt man immer daran, dass wir gleich hinschreiben dass wir Deutsche sind :'D Aber mal im Ernst, ich habe Buchverbrennungen immer verachtet, aber dieses Buch eignet sich einfach so perfekt als Brennholzalternative.

[@squarecross7383]

*Diese Kommentarsektion ist nun Eigentum der BRD*

[@fermintenava5911]

Ich frage mich, ob Dom jemals auf Felidae zu sprechen kommt. Denn das einzige Werk, das ihn noch mehr verstören könnte als 50 Shades ist eine Parabel über die "Umvolkungs" - Legende 🤢

[@godlyb0b]

Linkara torching Frank Miller’s Holy Terror is also acceptable. It’s page after page of terrible art and racism

[@lenastorm6280]

@@fusselmietz5929 Same. Die Geschichte der Buchverbrennungen ist grauenvoll. Aber in diesem Fall kann mann glaub ich ne Ausnahme machen. ;)

[@Vashthestampede967]

Anastasia:"You're a man of honor and you treat people well" Then The Dom comes out with a black and white tint for the screen. The Dom:"Welcome to a world of nonsense and darkness in the souls of men, where a women thinks an abusive man is honorable here in the twilight zone." Music starts playing as the review starts.

[@TheSaiyanPrincess89]

"a women" LOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLL

[@cortodelmare]

People: "The book is always better than its film." The Dom: "Hold my whiskey..."

[@brianna6377]

I think in this case, he'd rather take the glass. Plus a few backups.

[@Jones209]

It's fascinating that E. L. James somehow made a "love" story that is worse than Twilight and Attack of the Clones combined.

[@Anna133199]

Never heard of attack of the clones, but it doesn't sound great.

[@funcoolfunfun]

Have you ever heard of Star Wars?

[@biaclarissa5848]

When you realize you miss sand-based dialogue...

[@Mobysimo]

Christ, compared to this, Attack of the Clones is a Shakespearean romance

[@astronomyfan8145]

As badly as it was done, AOTC actually made sense and served a purpose. A BIGGER purpose. This? Nothing.... Nothing at all....

[@InRealTime769]

"I'd kill him quickly instead of torturing him frist" is my new favorite way to grudgingly respect something

[@Amsayy]

Why Sam Taylor Johnson was really fired: She’s a gorgeous blonde.

[@Amsayy]

You KNOW EL James was threatened by a beautiful blonde woman doing better at her story.

[@haggisa]

I bet when James met her she thought: „Ahhhh, Kate Kavanaugh, hissssss hissssssss hisssssssss, nooooo!”

[@brianmead7556]

Not gonna lie, I bet she was fired because EL got jealous and worried her husband was going to run off with her or something. If you take it as Christian is any part of her, that means she knows how a genuinely abusive, controlling person things... Okay, your theory makes way too much sense to not be true.

[@Xehanort10]

@amsayyy. Probably also because Johnson was actually trying to make a good film not the glorified porno a sexually frustrated middle aged woman like EL James wanted.

[@sadiemcc9363]

@@haggisa Why Kate Cavanaugh? Or do you mean someone other than the KZbinr? Also, sorry for bothering you on this old comment.

[@UsonoHoushi]

It took J.K. several rejections before being published. 50 shades had a publisher WANTING to make a book out of it. How SAD is that?

[@imibee5184]

It's all about the money. That "publisher" saw how popular it was online and how the mindless zombies were slobbering over it...so yep. "Best-seller" no longer has any meaning for me. It's all about making money, quality be damned.

[@gracekim1998]

Uso no Hoshi mmm....

[@trulypatrice]

@@imibee5184 I agree. Unlike E.L. synonymously thinking that love and arguments go hand in hand, the same cannot be said of "best sellers" & "great literature"

[@trequor]

@@imibee5184 Dude I don't really know to explain this, but that is what best SELLER means. It means it SOLD WELL. Quality has nothing to do with bestsellers and never has. A bestseller is entirely defined by sales

[@kokkusuwurito5042]

The tall tale of JK Rowling being repeatedly denied publication is fiction. Her year of "homelessness" whilst she wrote was spent in a well connected friends house who's connections guarenteed her publication. Are those books infinitely better than Fifty Shades? Obviously. But E.L. James isnt the only author capable of insane delusions.

[@Buzzy_Bee_Thoven]

Oh, neat new opening! It sounds really classy

[@Megatron_95]

All it's missing is some whiskey

[@Awakeandalive1]

Yeah, I'm really fond of this one! I hope it stays!

[@warrendriscoll350]

Ditto

[@FeinsteHoerkost]

Jepp, great one!

[@sarahfrench113]

I know reviewing these books/films must have been awful, but I'm honestly so grateful for them. They really made me realise the toxicity in my own relationship, and how I'd rather be alone than with someone who constantly sought to control my actions. Without these videos I don't know how long it would've taken me to recognise how messed up it was, so I really couldn't be more grateful. Plus, these videos are so funny! :)

[@MidnightSonnet]

While I'm glad they helped you escape from a toxic relationship, I sincerely hope you're seeing a good therapist. I was in a very abusive relationship in the past and therapy has helped me heal. I hope you find someone who deserves a wonderful person like you. :)

[@sarahfrench113]

@@MidnightSonnet Thank you, you're incredibly sweet! I wish nothing but the best for you. :)

[@Dorlainedainwenz]

Hope you're doing well now Sarah! ❤

[@sarahfrench113]

@@Dorlainedainwenz Aww thank you, that's so sweet! I can honestly say I'm doing amazing now, I'm with someone who is lovely and makes me really happy. 🙂 I hope you're doing great too! 🙂 ❤️

[@maggiemcfly5267]

@@sarahfrench113 good for you, Sarah!!

[@doctornobody5137]

30 seconds in and The Dom's already annihilated a small galaxy. Strap in men

[@scoot702ful]

Done, My body is ready for this

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

Um, actually, it was only the moon Praxis, orbiting the home planet of the Klingon Empire, Q'onos. If you read that in Comic Book Guy's voice, then my work here is done.

[@DestinyKiller]

Strap in or strap on?

[@biancatak5125]

Don't you mean... Strap on?

[@darkness21princess]

I was a victim of abuse by my ex boyfriend. I loved that you did this, I haven't watched or read the books and have no intention of doing it, but you did make me realize that it was not my fault, it was never my fault. Thanks to this reviews I found the courage to seek help and seek out. You don't know me, we are probably never going to meet, but you help me overcome being a victim to become a survivor. Thx!

[@Dominic-Noble]

I'm so sorry to hear you had to go through that but I'm super glad you got yourself out of it. I really hope things continue to improve for you from now on.

[@sarahcampbell6531]

TheDom, please, don’t subject yourself to anything else that this woman has written. After this, you deserve nothing less than a truly great book and a long vacation.

[@haggisa]

KTS Campbell Shhhhhhh. I’d really love it, if he reviewed „Grey.” That would be a sheer delight, considering how Christian supposedly comes off as even more of a psychopath in his own point of view, than he does in the original trilogy.

[@troin3925]

haggisa Dom said on Twitter that he won’t review it. Considering what people said on Twitter, he’s not missing much anyway.

[@haggisa]

Troin Awww, that’s a shame. Thanks for letting me know though! 😊

[@troin3925]

haggisa You’re welcome. :)

[@bainbonic]

Seriously dude, thank you for portraying BDSM in a positive light. You're an incredibly mature person.

[@RedHatMeg]

Your atonement is over. Come to the light, brave warrior.

[@emiledlund9559]

RedHat Meg Bask in it. You will be thrown back into the tartarus when we demand twilight

[@anna-flora999]

@@emiledlund9559 he must return to the deepest darkness again to slay the 4th book

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

Ana: "You're a man of honor, and you treat people well." Me: *squints at her in disbelief*

[@Xehanort10]

The Godfather's Corleones were gangsters but compared to Christian Grey they really were the "men of honour" they called themselves. If Ana had been Michael Corleone's sister Grey would have gotten the same death by strangulation Carlo Rizzi did.

[@iamaunicorn1232]

EL Jame's seeming misunderstanding of abuse makes me very concerned for either her or her husband. From the theory that Grey is actually the self-insert, I'm very concerned for her husband.

[@j.kaimori3848]

However her husband making the film better might be a sign that it's just get messed up thoughts and less of a bad relationship.

[@GlitchTheF0x]

11:28 "It's hinted at that Hyde's attempts to burn down Grey's mainframe was to erase some from of information, but it's never fully explained what this info is or why Jack Hyde needs it gone." Obviously Hyde's destroying his sextape so that he, too, won't be blackmailed.

[@iain9757]

50 Shades Freed from this horror book series I hope you gave a long rest Dom and take a proper vacation

[@crypticcryptid4702]

@The Dolphin Police Yeah, I've read a pretty explicit story that's classed in phycological horror but it's about a toxic relationship and it is gripping

[@Xehanort10]

9:41 I think in the book he blames her for getting pregnant. I thought to myself "It's your fault too Grey. It takes two."

[@tigamaki1345]

Video Essay-ist, you say? "A lukewarm defence of Fifty Shades" springs to mind. I think you'd enjoy it, Dom.

[@leelewis8749]

Lol I do love foldable humans.

[@MegaKhelditia]

I like Lindsay Ellis' "Dear Stephanie Meyer," personally.

[@roshpotter06]

@@MegaKhelditia Lindsey Ellis anything is great

[@warrendriscoll350]

Ah, thought someone else must have thought of folding ideas when the Dom mentioned video essayists talking about EL James drama.

[@Dorlainedainwenz]

I love foldable Ideas and Lindsay Ellis's videos.

[@shaitarn1869]

"You're a man of honour... and you treat people well." I honestly thought The Dom was about to fall over backwards in a comedy faint at that.

[@alexm-e4910]

And so it has come to pass. The Ice Dragon lays dead at the feet of a mighty Hero. Across many planes and through the blood-soaked fields of adaptation he has trudged. Taking moral injury in his quest to rid the world of the evils wrought by the incorrect perception of the demon's fury. Now, battle-weary, The Dom drops to his knees beside the monstrous corpse and releases a silent cry unto the heavens before falling, to never again rise in a world thus polluted. Goodnight my sweet The Dom and may Choirs of Angels sing thee to thy rest

[@tinahawley320]

This is beautiful.

[@anna-flora999]

The dragon isn't dead, though

[@thethmooteresa]

Beautiful lord

[@aneta5196]

“I don’t want to look like your father” ...Aren’t you with her because she looks like your mother? 🤔😧🤦🏻‍♀️ Hey Dom, I’m curious if you’d be interested to do a visualization-type series where you could [non-sarcastically] show and maybe describe what certain descriptions look like. For example, you could group different kinds of actions or descriptions like posture/stance, different types of laughs, tones of speaking different from volume, etc. The way people talk could be one video, or if you choose to be more specific, you can talk about volume. You could make a spectrum, comparing and demonstrating them. Like “a murmur is louder than a whisper, this is what it sounds like” or some sh*t like that. I prefer movies way better than reading because I rather already have a visual and audible version, but as we know books and movies don’t usually carry over those types of things. I was into twilight years ago and although I enjoyed discovering the variety of descriptors, I wish I could’ve seen them instead. Given how committed of a reader you are, this may be a piece of cake for you and expand your work while creating content in between reading books. This may seem like a WTF idea, but for people who don’t have English as a first language (technically me as well) know that trying to understand something by feeding it through google translate will result in a lazy translation and doesn’t help us learn or understand without an example in order to translate properly into a language of choice. Thanks for reading this, and for having an awesome channel! 😄

[@aliali-bun]

OMFG

[@chendror872]

When did any of them made any sense?

[@carmel4378]

You finished this torture by reading Good Omens wearing a Believe Survivors T-shirt. You Sir, are very excellent.

[@JessiJoy]

Dom, that moment about BDSM is never done in anger, thank you. As someone who practices, it's one of the base tenets, and one that's easy for people to forget. I also want to say, thank you so much for the work you have done on these films. The pre-explanation videos have been some of the best explanations of the book ever, and how it is not good. Even though you don't practice, you have more understanding than many who would claim to do so. Thank you.

[@aconcernedcommissar6261]

I think one of the things that has been learned from this series. Is that we're possibly all sadists as we like watching the Dom suffer through this.

[@shaelynmartin1996]

He could change his intro to either "Hello my beautiful Sadists." or "Hello my beautiful monsters." XD

[@jinxtheunluckypony]

Wait... Wouldn’t that make the Dom our sub...

[@shaelynmartin1996]

@@jinxtheunluckypony Oh Gods, this is getting too meta.

[@aconcernedcommissar6261]

@@jinxtheunluckypony don't think to much into it.

[@sleepycryptid8275]

@@shaelynmartin1996 yes

[@matthewmabry1709]

Fun fact: During Black Panther’s opening night, a movie theater in Atlanta, Georgia mixed up the films and played Fifty Shades Freed instead of Black Panther. While the theater was able to fix it, it wasn’t until the film was halfway through, Twitter was blown up, and a giant mob of Marvel fans rioted.

[@Artemisa97]

I hope your voice is feeling better! That scream must have been hard on it >_

[@desmondgentle1474]

I was thinking the same

[@roefane2258]

I cringed and simply hoped it was recorded before the voice pain, because he accidentally saw that part of the film and couldn’t leave it alone. My rationalization for this part feels on par with the characters in the book....

[@alyssagoss2299]

Probably everyone in the world has pointed out that Dan Olson's Lukewarm Defense of the series goes into more depths about the origins of the fanfiction and the behind the scenes aspects of the decisions regarding the adaptation while going into far less detail about the books themselves, so it's interesting to watch both of these reviews/essays.

[@jdatlas4668]

He, incidentally, also has a good guess about why the later films are in many ways more consistent with the first film than with the books they're based on.

[@theaargent7056]

I once read an article with Niall Leonard cause he has written a few books himself. After reading i just felt sorry for him. The Interviewer was super disrespectful to him and only asked about his Sex Life with his wife, if they had a playroom like in the books and how it felt to be part of the last two films. I think he deserves to have his talents acknowledged and I'm glad that The Dom said that he's done many things before adapting his wifes book for the big screen.

[@johnjohnson-wg7jv]

So I've dealt with some major depression in my life, of the suicidal variety. And I have to say that you're right. The love of the right person is not enough to deal with psychological diseases. My girlfriend definitely helped, but it was therapy, church, and talking to the people close to me that helped me move beyond that mindset. Abuse may not stem from the same psychological disorder I have (maybe it does, I haven't checked), but I wish people would learn that while love can be amazingly helpful with these issues, it is not the end all and be all, and professional help is still needed.

[@vidyasreeram2587]

Good on you for working on yourself. The "She can fix him!" Trope needs to die a fiery,painful death.

[@robinlaceishere]

Let us raise a collective toast to the man who had to sit through all 3 of these movies and books with an analytical eye rather than an entertainment eye.

[@rhythmandblues_alibi]

And a rolling eye 😅

[@KingOfMischiefs]

That whole "this idea you've had made us rich... So we promoted you" bit is really fucking annoying! I once gave my company and idea that increased efficiency by 35% by making one simple change (no layoffs or staff reduction. Literally just change the order of how the robots we worked with docked for unloading) and I'm still in the same position. The week we implemented my idea we broke company records on 3 consecutive days and then hit a company milestone last month... Using Fifty Shades logic... I should now be the owner of the company and it should be renamed after me!

[@mutalemwananshiku4098]

That " man of honour you treat people well " line should be applied to dom not christian grey.

[@azuregriffin1116]

Agreed!

[@thethmooteresa]

@@azuregriffin1116 tell it like it is, yall!

[@EliseArainai]

Ana: "You're a man of honor." Thor: "Is he, though?"

[@susanscott8653]

Dom: AAARRGGHH! Me: That is the sound of a man in ultimate pain.

[@summerslehane]

one of the only relationships you can't say is still a better love story than twilight

[@authoralysmarchand4737]

This one and another fucking fanfic (this time, explicitly aimed at teens...so much abuse :( ) coming out as a movie next month are worse than Twilight. Ugh.

[@dynamicworlds1]

@@authoralysmarchand4737 there's another fanfic worse than twilight being made as a movie...and it's being targeted at teens this time? Did I read that right?!

[@wcapewell3089]

Anakin skywalker and padme have a better relationship.

[@authoralysmarchand4737]

@@dynamicworlds1 Yes. alysbcohen.wordpress.com/2019/03/17/so-i-shall-recap-and-comment-on-after-by-anna-todd/ I couldn't watch all the trailer since it felt like watching child porn. Tessa, our Ana/Bella, is 18, and has a 17-year-old boyfriend when it starts. UNlike Ana and Bella, this idiot starts off detesting Hardin, but quickly finds him attractive, even though he's rude and makes her cry.

[@authoralysmarchand4737]

@@wcapewell3089 Agreed.

[@anttibjorklund1869]

The Dom, right after finishing this series: "Master has given The Dom clothes. The Dom is FREEE!!"

[@barleysixseventwo6665]

>Congragulations the Dom! Your vocal cords have almost completely healed. Give it a few more weeks and you’ll be able to talk at full volume again. *One viewing of 50-S-F later* >Nevermind, back to square one.

[@shellym9504]

It's funny how no one mentions that Hannah basically trains Anna, then ends up being her secretary. She is then rewarded by receiving a shitty bottle of perfume Anna got her while on Honeymoon🎉

[@kevincorey4406]

That ending. Welcome to Lost in Adaptation, where bad fanfics burn.

[@jenb7780]

It was so satisfying

[@PlanetZoidstar]

Dom is going to adapt for you, a plot that you won't learn.

[@kevincorey4406]

E. L. James, you’re not the smartest.

[@PlanetZoidstar]

@@kevincorey4406 Stephanie Meyer, don't get an artist.

[@otnat2094]

Nice Linkara reference 👍

[@laurensbromberg]

He plays a serial killer on The Fall and he is infinitely more normal and charming on that show (even when he's killing people). It's disturbing to compare the two.

[@TheeKittyPie]

*Jamie completes his audition Producer: god that was so creepy! Were you referencing any specific villain from past media? Jamie: I reprised Christian Grey Producer: okay well maybe tone it down in the future…

[@alyssaj8779]

Thirty five minutes? We have been BLESSED

[@lexraxmi3170]

And Dom was tortured. Bless him for our sins 😁

[@Valdagast]

This movie needed a BRIAN BLESSED.

[@ghouling1111]

Who marries someone WITHOUT talking about the future? Like having kids??? OMG! Those are things you should talk about to see if you are compatible.

[@dermathze700]

Usually I'm against destroying books of any kind, but the ending of this video just made me extremely happy for some reason.

[@jackieharkness7369]

Best. Outro. Ever. Also thank you so much for talking about how toxic these books are, doing your research, and respecting trigger warnings. It's been said before by many people but you really are my favourite KZbinr and I look forward to seeing you review more (and hopefully less painful) books in the future! In the mean time please take a break for your owns health if you need one, sacrificing your mental health isn't worth it. We can wait. Thanks for everything.

[@EvangelinaGrey]

gotta give Dakota Johnson respect from jumping into starring in Suspiria after this. Talk about a career turnaround

[@benw4409]

Also Bad Times at the El Royale. Hell of a great film.

[@magicrainbowkitties1023]

She's a good actress, but because of this PoS series, many won't give her the time of day.

[@marinary1326]

From this to Suspiria? Well, they're both horror I guess...

[@idab9958]

A Bigger Splash was pretty good too.

[@astronomyfan8145]

I take DK more seriously than K-Stew. Definitely.

[@MSonnyday]

I cannot believe you pulled a Linkara and burned the freaking book! I have never seen something so cathartic in my life. You have done great on this whole series Dom and certainly earned that moment. Also that sound of ultimate suffering at the the start, I almost screamed with you.

[@anitahamilton4543]

"I don't want to look like your father" WHAT???? I laughed so hard! LOVE the new opening.

[@Aliasbaba41]

Another reason to publish this work as an Ebook: You can not simply burn your e-reader, and just deleting it would not be satisfying enough

[@kieranmclaughlin264]

Fifty shades freed?, More like fifty shades too deep in this mess of a franchise that is awful yet paradoxically successful

[@simonorourke4465]

I think this is the first time ever I have ever been in favour of a book burning lol. Seriously though that ending was the perfect cap to a fantastic series of reviews of a truly awful book series. Glad to see you are through it now and can finally focus on more enjoyable projects. Also good choice with good omens the combination of both Neil Gaiman and the always amazing Terry Pratchet really does result in a fantastic book with a funny rather unique take on the biblical apocalypse. I will be looking forward to war of the worlds as there are so many different adaptations to choose from.

[@Oonagh72]

I don’t believe in book burning 🥵, but watching that book go up in flames was quite satisfying!

[@josephdavis9234]

I hear that you can donate copies of Fifty Shades books to shelters for abused women, where they are used as toilet paper.

[@Linhdoesstuff]

@@josephdavis9234 Those courageous women deserved better than a shitty book as toilet paper, though the thought of them burning it in a bonfire and gather around for some self-help sessions is delightful...

[@agirlinsearchof9057]

Evi Plays OP normally believes books shouldn’t be burned.

[@jellyfish0311]

I feel bad for the tree that was made into paper. I'd rather recycle the pages and make a little custom notepad

[@abbeysimmons8751]

I'm not sure he answers ALL your questions, but I'd recommend you watch "A lukewarm defense of 50 shades of grey" since he does go into the production process behind the books and movies PS the defense isn't that the books are good or anything, mostly just that the writer/director of the fist movie did an alright job with what they had to work with

[@wendynerd1199]

The torture begins! My favorite part of Freed is when Anastasia mixes up the Sun King with Louis XVI. And everyone remarking on how smart she is. I also love that she brought a loaded gun into a bank and got away with it. Even in America you can't do that.

[@authoralysmarchand4737]

Between the Sun King and Louis XVI there was Louis XV, against whom Robert-Francçois Damiens attempted an assassination, then went through a public execution so horrifying that drawing and quartering was never again used in France. chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/242 All of that punishment happened, and then some. The horses couldn't get him apart, and so the executioner had to cut his ligaments, and so all four of his limbs actually came off. He was still alive, and tossed into the fire and died. I have the letter he wrote to his uncle two days after the attempted suicide, detailing what had happened and asking for an attorney.

[@haggisa]

Author Victoria Kingsley Ooh, i never knew this. Or forgot about it completely. Thank you for reminding me to go back and reread the delightful stories of the monarchs of the post-medieval France. Also, a shout out to Maria Leszczynska, a Polish princess and then wife to Louis XV who was a queen beloved by her people for her charity work and caring for the poor.

[@authoralysmarchand4737]

@@haggisa It's sad that Queen Maria is overlooked. :( If you'd like some links on Damiens to get you started, or if you'd like me to get clear pics of the letter so you can translate it (I need to do that myself, so I can share the translation with the letter), let me know. :) There's a lot of interesting stuff in post-medieval France. Robespiere's 180 is mind-blowing.

[@haggisa]

Author Victoria Kingsley It is indeed. She always struck me as such a sweet, guileless person in a nest of hedonistic, self-absorbed vipers that was the XVIII century Versailles (i’m exagerating slightly for dramatic purposes 😊). Sure, if you have links handy, i won’t say no to reading them! But as the letter itself goes - would that I could translate it, but even my modern french is rusty at best. Woe. Thank you for the offer, though, that’s really sweet. God, i can’t even remember what happened to Robespierre, apart from his execution- yet another thing i need to revisit. The story of the revolution is such a complex one, it really is easy to get lost in all the fractions that emerged after 1789 and how they fought each-other. By the way, are you familiar with the works of Guy Breton? I loved his books on french history, when i was a teenager; he wrote detailed biographies of kings of France from the times of the Merovingians up to the Napoleonic wars with great humour, wit and entertaining quotes from contemporary sources. 😊

[@wendynerd1199]

@@authoralysmarchand4737 awesome. Thanks for the history lesson!

[@catcatcatcatcatcatcatcatcatca]

Only from the depths of hell can one find the character to truly love and serve others, but worry not, hell is all around us. With these words I'd like to thank mister Dom, the youtuber with most ill-fitted name to the task, for going trough, analysing and building on this heap of feces known as fifty shades of gray, gathering support and sympathy for survivors of domestic violence. Not to mention his effort to spread general information about BDSM, fighting the myths that both normalise abuse and demonise BDSM, and in the mind of one now undeservingly rich Twilight reader, build the basis for the "books" and movies the series "fifty shades of gray" is. You, Dom, managed to take poop and explain why it's bad, but also in the process show us the bacteria responsible for the smell, bacteria that can be found all around our culture. Hopefully we viewers can identify it better in the future, and fight against it, like you, Dom, did.

[@Natalie66796]

Anastasia: And you treat people well Me:.................Are you sure about that? {THANK GOD THE LAST FIFTY SHADES YOU WILL EVER HAVE TO SUFFER THROUGH} [Love you Dom. Sorry you had to suffer through this series]

[@Slayerlord0]

@Brandon Roberts But...Grey did rape her. Maybe not in the movies, but he did rape Ana several times across all three books. Like when she tried to break up with him over email and he broke itno her apartment.

[@SleepySuperhero]

[Cream Suit for post-wedding honeymoon travel] It's common for a woman's mother or mother in law to buy them an outfit for the honeymoon, often from travel between the two, or for an important night on the honeymoon itself. My inlaws bought a lovely pink dress with black and white accents and a faux leather pink jacket for our honeymoon in Seattle.

[@Hornetog9vp]

No wonder video takes so long the universe exploded and rebooted after that scream.

[@pupax2000]

*Sends good karma to Dom in his "50 Shades" recovery. Thanks for the sacrifice!

[@mimimimimi_x]

I cannot even express how much I adore every ridiculous nickname for 'loopdy doopdy subby sub' that you come up with, Dom! Bless you for wading through this horrendous bullshit and addressing the truths of it. Take a breather, listen to Hamilton, have a glass of whiskey and all that malarkey - you deserve it!

[@luciesimpson6437]

You know, I think the Dom might be judging Jamie Dornan a bit too harshly here. I mean, yeah, this is going to taint the careers of everyone vaguely involved, but wheras everyone is "proud" of Dakota Johnson for doing the role "ironically", Dornan just turned up and checked out entirely. I mean, he's a model - part of his CV is to stand in and look pretty. Can't blame him for doing what most people would actually do in this professional situation: do the minimum required, quietly distance themselves and move on. Take Meghan Fox for instance. She actively rebelled against the misogynistic way Michael Bay filmed her, and for that she was both fired and utterly demonized. I can't help but feel considerable sympathy for what that did to her career, not to mention her public image (which is an inextricable part of her career as an actress, lets be honest). Some ideological battles are worth fighting when people are caught up in something like this, but if we're all being honest, most of us wouldn't choose to fight them if the collateral was our career and public respect, and I can't blame anyone for not doing it. I can only admire and sympathize with the people who do.

[@TheeKittyPie]

Very true plus I wouldn’t be surprised if they were in some contract so even once they realized what a piece of shit they got themselves into they were already stuck

[@trequor]

It is pretty rich for Fox to raise a stink about the thing that got her hired to begin with. She isn't exactly a great actor.

[@sparkyz7999]

This made my day... The pain in the first 10 seconds

[@Symbelle]

after watching the whole playlist in one evening and having read the books myself out of curiosity I realized that I didn't pick up on most of the issues with the books because at the time I was in a relationship with a lot of parallelism with that of the books in a less radical way and I suppose in my blindness I saw all that as normal behavior. Thanks for suffering through this Past Dom. I hope you went through a great aftercare and are fully recovered from the abuse this books and movies inflicted on you. 💜

[@haileyharmon5298]

"You're a man of honor.. and you treat people well." *kanji for rage appears on my forehead* *RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!*

[@93MANIAC]

Everytime Anastasia Steele says “You’re a man of honor... and you treat people well.” A Stark and three Klingon's die

[@JamiJR]

I really want the book burning/reading Good Omens scene as a nice large GIF image.

[@sandram.2022]

Ana: "You're a man of honour... And you treat people well" Dom: 👁👄👁

[@WaterNixi]

It is over. It is done. You have suffered greatly. Thank you for your sacrifice.

[@biabarreto1434]

Yeah, as atrocious as the entire Fifty Shades book and movie series is, you can't deny it has a fantastic soundtrack. 8:10-8:18 - All I could think of was "I pity your wife if you think six minutes is forever."

[@Xehanort10]

Twilight's the same. The only good thing about those films is the soundtrack.

[@pieter_kok]

This is probably one of the only times in my life I will condone a book burning! I couldn't quite make out, was that Good Omens you were reading during the credits?

[@queenebonlyqueeneb5419]

Pieter Kok yes yes that was I’m hoping that means we can expect some lost in adaptions when the new series comes out ..crosses fingers

[@imibee5184]

You haven't read the After series by Anna Todd yet then....Also a Harry Styles fanfiction, published and now the movie is coming out next month. I can't decide which is worse, 50 anuses or After-Anna-Pooped-on-Harry.

[@anarborangel]

I just wanted to add some backstory to how the fanfic and book became so popular, as told to me by a former Twilight fanfic fan (Forgive me if I get a few details wrong). There was this huge uprise in AUs in the Twilight fanfic community because people started to realize that the original books weren't great, but they still loved the characters, so they continued to write about them in alternate universes where they weren't vampires. When this was happening, an erotic bdsm fanfic became popular, so other fanfics followed suit and Fifty Shades essentially took the plot and made a worse story. Despite this, the genre of bdsm like stories was popular and the author updated short chapters frequently so her story was always at the top of the recommended page. At the time, people favorited chapters instead of stories, so even if there wasn't a big audience, the audience she did have favorited every one of her chapters, so it appeared as if a lot of people liked it. People read it because it was always at the top of the recommended page and it looked like it was well liked. When she finally released the book, she told people to buy it because her success equalled the success of the entire Twilight fan fiction community. This caused people who didn't like the books to buy them in order to help their community be seen as legitimate. That is how she got to the top of the New York Times best sellers list which led to ordinary people buying her books. As much as I hate her, I can't deny that her rise to fame was purely because of genius marketing and I admire her for that in the same way I admire Kris Jenner for taking advantage of her daughter's sex tape.

[@Artista_Frustrado]

wait EL James is married?! ...that only raises more questions! not that I really want any of them answered but still what's wrong with that poor man & yeah I wish GOOD source materials got this kind of effort in their adaptation, but nope we got Mila Jovovich's Explodey Adventure

[@Artista_Frustrado]

also, I said it when the books came out & I will still say it again, Porn is free, just go watch porn, is better.

[@huntcd2012]

Maybe E.L. James is a completely normal person when she’s not writing.

[@nekoettechan5433]

as someone who has watched too many videos on fifty shades, I think I can kinda answer your opening question: the framework for the movies was laid out by the first writer and director, who tried to improve the awful writing that is fifty shades, they got fired for, y'know, trying to make the story better, but the new hires aren't exactly who you'd expect, as you mentioned here and in your darker videos both the new director and writer had most of their experience in tv, meaning they'd be used to working on several scattered episodes for a series that had been going on for a while already, meaning that they're used to deferring to cast and crew about characters, so it's likely that both director and writer asked the main actors what their characters would do rather than just pull exclusively from the book, leaving both to continue to act like their film counterparts rather than their book versions. (If that's not coherent go check out the "a lukewarm defense of fifty shades of grey" series by folding ideas, he's much better at explaining things than I am.)

[@hunternocedaprotectionsquad]

Dom, you make this videos so interesting that I watch them all even though I dislike the Fifty Shades saga so much. I enjoyed the journey so far but I'm glad you are free from this suffering at last. Keep your good work, you're doing amazing 💙 PS: I'm in LOVE with the intro. It's awesome!

[@fatimagic1365]

that cold open was everything. bless you, dom. i'm not too mad at the actors in this, especially since both of the two leads give stellar performances in most of their other work. i think it helps that most people seem to get that fifty shades is garbage on some level, be it the bad writing, or the unhealthy portrayal of bdsm. the series does still have genuine supporters, but not nearly as many as it did in its heyday. now, if anyone involved was openly supporting erika mitchell herself, i would have a problem. that woman is a rude, vindictive rape apologist. the problem isn't so much fifty shades itself as it is that this particular portrayal of bdsm is the only mainstream one out there. once other, more accurate and healthy bdsm fiction starts to grow a fanbase, fifty shades will look like nothing. erika mitchell, however, will always be a horrible person.

[@yamiswife101]

Anastasia: “You’re a man of honor...” Me: The f*** he is! A: “and you treat people well...” Me: The f*** he does!

[@amymak93]

The ‘Folding Ideas’ channel did a fantastic analysis of each of each of the films, and spent quite a bit of time looking at how the change of director and writer came about, and the impact it had on the latter films. As someone who seems to have as much disdain for E L James as you, I think you’d also really enjoy the research into how the books themselves came about, and E L James’ other Twilight fan fiction, and his theory about which character is *really* the author avatar.

[@tipulsar85]

Also an abandoned Victorian style Mansion Is not something you just find in the Greater Seattle region. Most mansions are Tech Mogul homes made to order. Those that are of that style are Historic Landmarks and are quite a bit smaller with smaller grounds. Also there is no Puget Sound Regional Airport, you have SeaTac International, Pain Field in Everett, and Municipal fields for King County (next to the Georgetown Neighborhood), Renton, And Pierce County.

[@authoralysmarchand4737]

Keep in mind, according to Erica, you drive north from Vancouver, Washington and THROUGH PORTLAND, OREGON to get to Seattle.

[@MegaKhelditia]

@@authoralysmarchand4737 That's embarassing.

[@authoralysmarchand4737]

@@MegaKhelditia Right? Yet when she had Christian running around in Portland during a stay at the Heathman, it was obvious she used Google maps and that she wanted to make sure we knew it since she gave too much info on the directions. We don't need to be told stuff like "He turned right on Jefferson, then a left on 3rd," or whatever. Also people don't go jogging around downtown Portland. Not enough space for that. She should have had him walk down to the waterfront, and jog along the river. Details like this annoy the hell out of locals. And $10 says the scene with her step-dad was left out because the hospital threatened to sue. OHSU is a real hospital. It's the hospital I go to. I've asked ER staff there (the jobs of medical issues...) about this, and absolutely no one there can stand these books because of how often they portray the doctors and other staff there committing such major violations that, in real life, licenses would be on the line. Maybe in the England someone with a license from another place can just start walking into the offices and grabbing random files, and maybe doctors will go into the waiting room to give personal updates with other patients sitting there, but in the US, those two examples are MAJOR violations. Doesn't matter that his adoptive mother is a pediatrician in Washington. She's not a trauma or ER doc in Oregon (ironically, the ER at OHSU is directly connected to Doernbechers' ER, which is for children, as in you go in the same door from the outside). I'll shut up now. Some things about these books are personal.

[@carydorse705]

Now we must make him read 365 days. The book that was inspired by 50 shades, but even worse

[@eamonndeane587]

"Are you lost Baby Girl?"

[@ThaBoss76000]

It’s only fitting you do the Twilight series next... muahahahahaha😈

[@RobinWood1292]

I'm soooo tempted to sponsor him on patreon to make him do this

[@lynn4840]

At least give him a year to heal from this traumatic experience before forcing him into a new one, ffs.

[@Kintsugi23]

I've never been a Twilight fan but I'll concede that FSOG makes Twilight look like Shakespeare.

[@Rikku147]

Yessss

[@thebeavpercabethftw9604]

To be fair, doing videos for Twilight would be a treat in comparison to the actual Hell he went through with these books.

[@sadrabbit53]

3:35 The triple air quote sync is extremely pleasing

[@kolonarulez5222]

I wish so bad this movie was about Sawyer the extra body guard instead. He's so much better looking and probably a cool dude

[@jemdemonbelle2097]

Thank you the Dom, for doing this series. You've done so much good for not only victims of abuse, but also BDSM enthusists who've been trying to distance themselves from 50 shades.

[@AB-om2te]

FINALLY! THANK YOU FOR FINISHING THIS! I HAVENT FINISHED THE WHOLE VIDEO YET AND I KNOW THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT! IF YOU NEED LIQOUR OR ANYTHING TO HELP COMFORT YOU AFTER GOING THROUGH THIS ORDEAL, I WILL GLADY SEND IT! I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU! (ALSO MY CAPS LOCK BUTTON IS BROKEN.)

[@siljapeters2836]

“I don’t wanna look like your father...” The funniest part of these movies, I legit laughed out loud. And the worst thing is, there’s a high chance they were actually serious.

[@hiddenechoes]

Thank you for your face, and the expressions you make with it.

[@angelikaskoroszyn8495]

If the therapist was for the whole time manipulating Gray into hurting his all women because of sort of Hannibal Lecter complex it would make the series much more interesting

[@dellalynlee1923]

MASTER HAS GIVEN DOM A SOCK, DOM IS FREE!!! For real, thanks for giving us this wild ride through the trilogy. Thank you for subjecting yourself to this torture for our enjoyment, and just thank you for your amazing content. Thank you.

[@evanransom]

Few things in life have brought me as much joy as watching the Dom read Good Omens with a cigar in his mouth while Fifty Shades of Grey burns in the foreground.