Guillermo Del Toro continues to have the best "almost made it" filmography ever.
@jeremyroberts88223 жыл бұрын
Right?! The dude never finishes anything. I don’t even get excited when he announces a new project anymore
@princeapoopoo57873 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised he's not mentioned on this channel more often
@EpicB3 жыл бұрын
I want to see Wha Happun just on unrealized Guillermo del Toro projects.
@nosidezero3 жыл бұрын
@@EpicB YES
@Yohan999993 жыл бұрын
He did make death stranding tho
@stanleyhercules3 жыл бұрын
"How can you be sexier... THAN THIS" shows OG mummy cast, so damn true
@TripleB873 жыл бұрын
And CG Dwayne Johnson as the Scorpion King! *Swoon*. Just kidding, the rest of the cast is sexy as fuck, but that CG monstrosity jumped out at me lol.
@o0Avalon0o2 жыл бұрын
Seriously, what a great looking & incredibly interesting cast.
@JustKrin2 жыл бұрын
I remember someone said that the movie was their bisexual awakening and they are right
@marcusanark25412 жыл бұрын
Word.
@marcusanark25412 жыл бұрын
@@JustKrin My sister said the same thing.
@Domino3653 жыл бұрын
Honestly, the Brendan Fraser version of The Mummy was some of the most fun I’ve ever had in a theater. A lot of movies are missing that fun factor.
@FlyingFocs3 жыл бұрын
Exactly. That movie is a "big dumb movie" done well, and I will never not watch it if it's on.
@changotv58473 жыл бұрын
I still watch that till this day. Its so nostalgic for me, too. Sad what has happened to Brenda fraser I always thought he was cool in movies
@stainshield2 жыл бұрын
What about Dracula Untold, it was modest like Luke Evans said.
@marcusanark25412 жыл бұрын
The Mummy trilogy and cartoon were awesome!
@ResidentWeevil20772 жыл бұрын
The fun factor is gone because identity politics is shoehorned into most of the media we watch nowadays.
@HellaBeed3 жыл бұрын
That isolated clip of Cruise screaming will NEVER not make me laugh. Also, all the Guillermo del Toro projects that have failed to get off the ground never fail to depress me with thoughts of what could have been...
@djhenyo3 жыл бұрын
Imagine seeing The Hobbit as a two-part movie with very little CGI and lots of creative practical effects. sigh...
@Tamaki7423 жыл бұрын
@@djhenyo Also his potential Mountain of Madness. Dashed because Universal wanted a love story and a PG - 13 movie.
@WeCanCos3 жыл бұрын
I used that clip as my text noise. It was a horrible/great idea. Scared the shit out of me one night and I changed it.
@Harukurochan3 жыл бұрын
@@djhenyo Ditto. I wish we knew more about what he hoped to make, but on the other hand that would probably just break my heart more.
@generic_sauce3 жыл бұрын
Rip Mountains of Madness 😭
@crossbones1163 жыл бұрын
Here lies the Dark Universe: It never scored.
@TheShadowsega75Terryman3 жыл бұрын
Because Universal fucked it up.
@ZombieSandwiches3 жыл бұрын
Heh heh what a loser
@stainshield3 жыл бұрын
@@TheShadowsega75Terryman you mean Tom Cruise fucked it up, because he was THE Problem.
@LittleGoblinBastard3 жыл бұрын
Personally, a Darkverse would work if it's about Van Helsing and his descendants. basically, Live-action Castlevania. (changed it from Monsterverse, please move on to the next YT comment mistake)
@Barholtworld3 жыл бұрын
Just watch the van helsing movie
@atiredfloridian7773 жыл бұрын
See now that I would watch
@Drak_From_The_Healer_Tribe3 жыл бұрын
That would be awesome
@GraphiteShores3 жыл бұрын
Jo Jo Monster mash?
@candrian73 жыл бұрын
Drag Hugh Jackman back to return to the Van Helsing series.
@Zenlore64993 жыл бұрын
The best things to come out of the Dark Universe aren’t even part of it: The tie-in game, and The Invisible Man.
@jeremyroberts88223 жыл бұрын
The mummy demastered tie in game is so underrated. I wish more people would have given it a shot.
@smashpro13 жыл бұрын
@@jeremyroberts8822 One of the best recent Metroidvanias.
@wallywest47273 жыл бұрын
Its amazing how the tie-in game is actually fucking fantastic.
@daseal14793 жыл бұрын
@@jeremyroberts8822 It’s STILL available to but, oddly enough.
@brendanb29823 жыл бұрын
WayForward knocks it out of the park with their licensed games. Justice League Heroes Flash, Aliens Infestation, Bakuga-wait not that one
@brianvaira4863 жыл бұрын
11:30 There is a scene in the movie where Russel Crowe's character refers to Tom Cruise's character as a "young man." Tom Cruise is two years older than Russel Crowe, it would not surprise me if Cruise rewrote some of the script.
@mrcritical67513 жыл бұрын
Tom Cruise is apparently a really nice guy (as long as you don’t get into the subject of religion) but he infamously has a really bad ego
@lShadowdark3 жыл бұрын
@@mrcritical6751 Nice as Jared Leto while you don't work with it
@stainshield2 жыл бұрын
@Brian Vaira so true because Tom Cruise did change the script and he is infamous for fucking shit up, because according to R. Lee Ermey in an interview from 2006 it was Stanley Kubrick's last film Eyes Wide Shut which Tom Cruise destroyed with his ego.
@jreyes90052 жыл бұрын
@@stainshield wasn’t he basically working on AI up until he died?
@stainshield2 жыл бұрын
@@jreyes9005 then Steven Spielberg took over.
@GenerationWest3 жыл бұрын
The Dark Universe, like many company studios, try to force together a cinematic universe, and like those companies, failed, because... DON'T. RUSH. SHIT! Also helps to make the first movie, and first set of movies, good. Honestly, there are SO MANY movie franchises you can do trying to ape Marvel's success, because they're still trying lol
@ComicCrossing3 жыл бұрын
They were overlooking such an obvious move that would sorta solve that "Rush" problem. Just spin off from the already established Mummy movies! Have Rick O Connel in the "Nick Fury" role and either set it a few decades in the past or give a throwaway line about him finding the Fountain of Youth that slowed his aging. This turns the Dark Universe from something hastily thrown together to something you could market as "decades in the making". The Third Mummy movie was already expanding to a more Global Scale with the Chinese setting and while it wasnt great for numerous reasons (recasting Evie was a gigantic booboo) just moving on from that and introducing more monsters and expanding the Universe seems like a no brainer. It was a mistake to bank everything on Tom Cruise which would undoubtedly be more costly and harder to work with than Brendan Fraser.
@ShaunTheCHB3 жыл бұрын
Add that to the Men in Black Universe, the Ghostbusters Universe, Charlie's Angels Universe, Monster Universe, Stephen King Universe......every studio now is trying to copy Marvel but like you said they keep forgetting the fundamental ingredient. First film has to actually be good and get people interested in seeing more. It really does amaze me that Hollywood film studios honestly thought if they just crap out a bunch of movies and say "they are all connected" that people will just go and watch them with no forethought.
@TiberianFiend3 жыл бұрын
Warner trying to speedrun a shared universe is exactly how we ended up with Yawn of Justice.
@marsupialmole39263 жыл бұрын
A major part of why the DC cinematic universe has had such a hard time getting off the ground is that it's tentpole movie is Man of Steel, and unlike Iron Man, Man of Steel is terrible
@CrabKFP3 жыл бұрын
Even Marvel knew that they shouldn't rush it. Hell, they were scared if Thor bombed back then because they needed it to be good, if not then the whole Project would've died
@demonmurphy3 жыл бұрын
The Bulk and Skull theme over Kurtzman’s credits is fucking amazing dude
@michaeliniga79583 жыл бұрын
Yes. More Bulk and Skull theme please!
@unholyperiodza54423 жыл бұрын
He forgot to include Legend of Zorro a terribe Zorro sequel he also wrote.
@lworthy25183 жыл бұрын
@@michaeliniga7958 Next time, Matt needs to play the second "Bulk & Skull" theme (saying their names over & over) when talking about a tag team/duo of nincompoops.
@PhilWithCoffee3 жыл бұрын
Stole my thunder, I was going to say the same thing! Lol
@pokehybridtrainer3 жыл бұрын
Anything he touches, he fucks up.
@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r3 жыл бұрын
This “film” was 99% an advertisement for a stupid cinematic universe no one cares about and 1% a Mummy movie
@ironmaster64963 жыл бұрын
Sums it up perfectly
@MrOnepiecem73 жыл бұрын
@@ironmaster6496 Lelo.
@misterbryteseid99053 жыл бұрын
But its not even a mummy movie It's a Tom Cruise being a reincarnated God of the dead movie where they fight an evil witch they call a mummy Like Egypt, bandages, spooky How do you mess that up so poorly to not have 2 of those things
@fieryphoenix5863 жыл бұрын
I feel two mistakes were made with the Dark Universe. 1.) Tom Cruise The believability of a film always rests with the cast chosen to play the characters. Which is why I believe casting Tom Cruise for the lead was a mistake. In several of Steven Spielberg's films, the casting choices really brought out the believability of the film. Films like Jaws, E.T, even Jurassic Park had actors that weren't really as known throughout the movie industry, with the most known usually being a supporting role, like Samuel L. Jackson. Making casting choices like this make the characters seem more like everyday people, something they said about the actors in Jaws. Tom Cruise is just too big of a name in the film industry, especially in the action genre. Not only that, but with the Brendan Fraiser films, he really pulled off that whole adventurous look. Tom Cruise on the other hand, just made this film come off as just another one of his action films. 2.) Opening the franchise with The Mummy When it comes to classic horror, whether it's Film or Literature, I think of Dracula or Frankenstein. So it seems like it would have made far more sense to open with one of those characters. I'm well aware of the classic Mummy film that stared Boris Karloff, but even then, it doesn't make much sense to me to kick off a franchise about Universal's classic horror flicks with the Mummy. The Mummy as a bad guy comes off more as a side villain next to Dracula or The Wolfman. It would be like if the DC Universe began with Aquaman or Marvel with Black Panther.
@Parocha Жыл бұрын
Iron Man was not exactly a top-tier super hero in Marvel’s lineup. That’s why they started the MCU with him… if it did not work,they would not have a failed movie associated to a popular super hero
@niksteve703 жыл бұрын
Shit dude that Mummies Alive theme at the end brought back so many memories.
@Boom123 жыл бұрын
With the Strength of Ra!!!
@SapphireCarbuncle0093 жыл бұрын
@@CyckOne but that day never came...
@Harukurochan3 жыл бұрын
Same! I don’t remember much about the show aside from the theme song, which was, and still is, amazing! Also, the weird in retrospect similarities to Yu-Gi-Oh.
@Julford3 жыл бұрын
Mummies Alive is that one show where I have vivid memories of childhood me loving the transformation sequence, but otherwise knew nothing of the show. My younger brother showed me the sequence a couple years back after he brought the show up and I told him "I've never heard of this", and it was a real "YO WHAT THE HELL HOW DO I REMEMBER THIS" moment.
@Harukurochan3 жыл бұрын
@@akilcharles3473 “Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” has both! Not that Nick or Viacom care. 😒
@michaelmanning61503 жыл бұрын
I was having a bad day and now hearing that Del Toro had the opportunity to create Monster Universe is heart breaking
@jeremyroberts88223 жыл бұрын
I swear there are so many movies that del Toro has been attached to over the years. He almost never finishes any of the projects he started.
@ZanosC-1372 жыл бұрын
Then here’s another depressing fact for you: Stephen Chow ALMOST directed Dragon ball evolution with it original budget of 120 mil (4 times it’s actual budget).
@bittybears52873 жыл бұрын
That Dark Universe was a massive bomb, but Mummy Demastered was the best thing that came out that concept, and if they made more movies, I would definitely want Wayforward to make more games around it.
@witecatj60073 жыл бұрын
Yeah that game had a real good Metroid flavor to it. Awesome bosses, great controls, and good music made it a hidden gem in WayForward's catalog.
@jacoblofthus79083 жыл бұрын
Sadly, modern Hollywood doesn't care about good/interesting concepts. They care about spoon-feeding the audience exactly what they know will make money. I also don't like how bland and watered-down movies in the past decade have been. Probably because of people on social media who hate fictional violence and promote "wholesome family values" and all that crap. Go back to the fifties! 🤦♂️🤦♂️
@arnox45543 жыл бұрын
@@jacoblofthus7908 Not everything needs to be a dystopian hate vision, but I still get your point.
@jacoblofthus79083 жыл бұрын
@@arnox4554 Thanks. Sorry if I went a bit overboard. 😅
@annedrieck73163 жыл бұрын
We need shantae cimanetic universe where she grew a cup everytime she beat a villain/monstwr
@shadow7593 жыл бұрын
6:53 Man I feel dirty even being reminded of it.
@shards-of-glass-man3 жыл бұрын
I could never forget that it existed because System of a Down contributed a song fot the OST...for some reason, so the movie title would always be in the song tags front and center. -shudder-
@OG_McLovin3 жыл бұрын
Right? Thank you, Matt.
@Mrkabrat3 жыл бұрын
@@shards-of-glass-man I knew the title sounded familiar...
@theultimatesagavan62873 жыл бұрын
Oh hey, I remember your videos
@rohankishibeandpinkdarkboy88533 жыл бұрын
"Everyone's favorite himbo" And Matt finally hits me with the cold truth that's been staring at me all these years, Rick o' Connell IS A HIMBO.
@maugos3 жыл бұрын
Darn, I was hoping you'd show the clip where the mummy punches Tom Cruise into the air. It's such a Loony Toons moment. makes me laugh every time.
@geebotv56283 жыл бұрын
I’m pretty sure he shows it at 7:56
@IDFArmor3 жыл бұрын
Its actually looney tunes. Prepare to be Mandela effect-ed
@cormoran23033 жыл бұрын
"It wasn't what I wanted it to be" - Alex Kurtzman, destroyer of IPs.
@badatgamesguy53993 жыл бұрын
Yeah......
@brightestblue199713 жыл бұрын
Nah. He's doing a great job with the current Star Trek TV shows.
@80krauser3 жыл бұрын
@@brightestblue19971 .................
@luizfelipevbf55673 жыл бұрын
@@brightestblue19971 No he is not.
@revalution19653 жыл бұрын
If Tom cruise really did interfere I can only imagine how bad it WOULD’VE been just being generic and not a plot hole filled mess is good enough evidence for me lol
@WillRipamonti3 жыл бұрын
Marvel Studios: "Let's tie things together with some post-credits stingers and a couple recurring characters then let's see how we do with an Avengers movie." Universal: > SMEARS A BIG SMELLY "DARK UNIVERSE" LOGO IN FRONT OF EVERYTHING
@steampunker73 жыл бұрын
This one really does hurt. With the DCEU you can see some legit passion and love for the source material, as misguided and poorly executed as it was. With the Godzillaverse they at the very least got the feel and vibe of the monsters right. But with the "Dark Universe" it literally feels like someone said "Just slap the name on the marquee and we'll work out the actual movies later." It was all, from frame one, about branding and hype than anything approaching any actual substance. Now it would be easy (and probably not entirely incorrect) to say the first stumbling block was casting Cruise of all people for the official outing. But even Space Jebus himself was only a symptom of a far deeper and far more damaging problem at the root of the whole venture. A self imposed blind spot that crippled things from the get go and made every decision after only worse. And it was namely this: Yes, strictly speaking Universal did do the whole 'Shared universe" with its monsters before. Yes, monster mashes of Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolfman, the Phantom of the Opera, The Hunchback, Jekyll and Hyde, The Invisible Man and the Creature from the Black Lagoon comes with it a baked in and hardcore ready made audience and fanbase who would indeed pack theaters and buy merch. But here is the trick, the thing that stands in the way of that sweet, sweet franchise cash cow... These are not superheroes. These are monsters. Classic monsters sure. Monsters diluted by time, cultural shifts, and ubiquity of course. But they are the stars of the show. The things people are supposed to come and see. What big ticket actors you get to play them isn't important. What headliners you have facing them isn't important. If you are going to make a "Dark Universe" the first and foremost thing that has to be up front and center is making a good and mostly importantly scary, monster movie. We're not there to watch Ethan Hunt make his Mr. Intensity face or Russel Crow be overpaid to give exposition. We're there to watch a living curse exact unholy vengeance on those who dared to disturb its rest and looking scary, gross, and mind blowing doing it. And that's where the Dark Universe utterly fumbled the ball right out the gate. You want a scary Mummy movie? Team of excavators gets stuck in an underground temple complex and are systematically picked off one by one by...something as they try to find a way out. Crank up the closed off, claustrophobic vibes. Play with the audience expectations as if what's hunting our meatbags really is mystical or mundane. Have the few survivors get out only to end up black bagged and boxed by some shadowy organization or individual that hints there are other such horrors out there. Boom. Done. You can't tell me you couldn't get 90 minutes and under a cost of 75 million movie from that. And from there? This isn't nearly has hard or complicated as some apparently think it is. Dracula is a stalker and sexual predator who passes on blood born disease. A walking plague psychological manipulator who plays with your fears and mind. Frankenstein is the story of a man who played god and unleashed ruin on his life through his own hubris and refusal to take responsibility for what he wrought. The Wolfman/Jekyll and Hyde are classic split personality/untamed murderous side stories. The Gillman practically screams Lovecraft connections with Deep Ones and humans crossbreeding with things they should not. The Phantom is an ugly incel who stalks and manipulates an innocent woman and reasons if he can't have her no one will. Make movies. Make horror movies. Make good horror movies. Make good scary horror movies one at a time that stand up on their own, THEN sprinkle in connections or cross pollinations or little details common between them to tie them together. Set up some monster vs monster action or maybe force a few to join together against a common or worse foe. Then you really could have a "Dark Universe" worthy of its name and legacy.
@jjjsalang2 жыл бұрын
Awesome comment
@sihy2 жыл бұрын
Make them horror movies; not action schlock. It's not rocket science.
@Vendaxel Жыл бұрын
People need to understand what makes these characters special, not what can or should
@troggdorthesecond3 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't call that too depressing, I mean, Del Toro practically remade Creature From the Black Lagoon anyway and got two Oscars for it. So, all's well that ends well. ^^
@arnox45543 жыл бұрын
The only Black Lagoon I care about is the one with Revy in it. Sorry, couldn't resist.
@misterbryteseid99053 жыл бұрын
Oh you're talking about "So You Wanna F*** A Fish" I didn't like that movie much Didn't even explain how Abe met Hellboy 🤷♂️
@lShadowdark3 жыл бұрын
I mean, i still call it a spin-off of the blue friend of Hellboy, wierd how the supernatural version of 50 shades of grey got so far.
@LynetteTheMadScientist3 жыл бұрын
That movie is precisely why I DONT want Del Toro to touch the Universal monster movies. I hated that movie. The original Creature from the Black Lagoon was much sexier.
@treefingers11833 жыл бұрын
Dude... I can't even begin to imagine how good a Frankenstein movie done by Del Toro would be. Especially if it's his favorite. I could see him putting so much love and care into making it stellar and unique.
@matthewjones67863 жыл бұрын
It's easy to forget that the MCU is the product of insane talent, unheard of restraint/foresight, and a gamble gone right. It's kind of a miracle it exists!
@nalday2534 Жыл бұрын
that so called miracle is now killing the industry thank you veryyyy much
@TonyDSaint Жыл бұрын
Exactly. People forget that Marvel had sold off the rights to many of their characters (Spider-Man, X-men, Fantastic Four) to others in the 90s. They were on the brink of death; Iron Man was the mother of all hail-marys.
@ratchetxtreme65913 жыл бұрын
It's pretty funny knowing that even though Universal basically started the idea of Cinematic Universe's with their classic monster films , they could never recapture that same magic no matter how many times they tried(yet I hear some would say Van Helsing was the best of those films).
@DavidVassleofYeshua3 жыл бұрын
So money hungry they can't smooth things out enough to appear natural.
@IncredibleFulk13 жыл бұрын
I love Van Helsing even though it wasn’t perfect it was still fun and had a lot of heart. Perfect for Halloween.
@megavolnutt46293 жыл бұрын
The use of Bulk and Skull's theme while discussing Alex Kurtzman and his grubby fingerprints tainting everything they touch was editing humor at its very finest. Top-tier stuff. What I got is what I wanted.
@tonyknighton40193 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
@PrincessW0lf3 жыл бұрын
I mean, I like the new Star Trek shows, mostly. Discovery took a season or two to get off the ground really.
@SAPProd3 жыл бұрын
Funny thing is, Universal could have had their “Dark Universe” even before Marvel during the early ‘00s with The Mummy franchise, but instead of developing individual films focusing on other monsters leading up to a single Monster Mash film, they decided to go ahead with the Monster Mash with Van Helsing, which…eh. It did what it was supposed to do, but it was way too campy and didn’t quite make for a growing Monster universe. A shame, cuz I really like monster films and games.
@raptorjesus25163 жыл бұрын
How is there a comment from 1 day ago?
@raptorjesus25163 жыл бұрын
@@thecunninlynguist ah makes sense
@swagzagoon25963 жыл бұрын
Even then Universal still kinda had the whole monster universe to begin with WAY back before the '00s even existed.
@ddjsoyenby3 жыл бұрын
yeah.
@wonderguardstalker3 жыл бұрын
Van Helsing was very entertaining but it blew its load quick. I don’t think it had any intention of being a series like DU wanted to be
@arnahunas40483 жыл бұрын
The best thing to come out of the Dark Universe was The Mummy Demastered game by WayForWard.
@OddballEddie3 жыл бұрын
That's pretty much what I was going to comment while watching the video, the game is an underappreciated Metroidvania gem. By far the best thing to come out of this whole thing.
@DestinyZX13 жыл бұрын
@@kadosho02 there was another game that was better than the movie. A GBA game called Ballistic Ecks vs Sever
@wallywest47273 жыл бұрын
@@kadosho02 X-Men Origins Wolverine is also another tie-in game being better then the film.
@DestinyZX13 жыл бұрын
@@kadosho02 yeah because the GBA version was based off the original script for the movie
@lordlundar3 жыл бұрын
@@kadosho02 Well, low bar but the game is a solid metroidvania platformer.
@nik7003 жыл бұрын
4:57 Sofia Boutella's back still hurts from carrying all the sexiness
@arnox45543 жыл бұрын
I think she was the one thing that I was sad to see go down with the film. I was very intrigued with a female Mummy and there were some different directions they could take with her as opposed to Imhotep, but then the movie came out and it was bad for the above explained reasons in the video, and now we will probably never get a sexy Mummy again. :( Thanks, Obama.
@DGilVids3 жыл бұрын
And now that you've remembered, we need a Dracula 2000 episode.
@Spawnwick_Boseman828203 жыл бұрын
9:41 make it happen! Make a "what happened?" Episode of battlefield earth!
@dirkdiggler22183 жыл бұрын
There are very few movies more deserving of a “What Happened?” than Battlefield Earth. What a piece of shit lmao
@Spawnwick_Boseman828203 жыл бұрын
@@joshhallam6342 and suicide squad(2016)
@lunaitc3 жыл бұрын
Can you really have a "What Happened" when the only people who could imagine a project turning out well were literally in a cult?
@Spawnwick_Boseman828203 жыл бұрын
@@lunaitc hey, genius, he did a "what happened?" Episode of "The Room" so....🤫
@TheLowBrassDude3 жыл бұрын
That's almost a real life Springtime for Hitler situation
@LycanDreams91593 жыл бұрын
This sucks. I was looking foreward so much to the “dark universe” those old monster movies are my absolute jam and i would have greatly enjoyed a more supernatural retelling of these stories focusing on the monsters as protagonists rather than stupid unintelligent monsters (Frankensteins monster needs to be just as smart if not smarter than his creator. I despise the shambling groaning caricature he is in modern media.) I would have also enjoyed a team up movie or two as well. Van helsing was great and if Godzilla monster fights can come back then a smaller scale werewolf vs vampire or etc. should come back as well.
@jeremiahs95183 жыл бұрын
The best depiction I've seen of Frankenstein's Monster was in Penny Dreadful. Showed him as being cold, calculating and intelligent. The only description for the monster from Shelly's story that never seems to make it to the screen is that he doesn't look monstrous, and can pass for normal person except for his dead eyes.
@LycanDreams91593 жыл бұрын
@@TheStonedZone it’s a bit cheesy but I also enjoyed the league of extraordinary gentlemen
@mth10223 жыл бұрын
@@jeremiahs9518 He doesn't look monstrous? Uuhh...yes, yes, he does: "How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavoured to form? His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful! -- Great God! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion, and straight black lips." Also, he's eight feet tall. The entire point is that he's judged on his appearance because he looks hideous.
@lsebastian90863 жыл бұрын
Well, closest thing i saw to Frankenstein being smart (as far as i know anyways) was in an episode off the reboot off DUcktales. While not as scary or intimidating he had a rather articulated and toughtfull moment wich showed he wasnt a merely brute. I mean...he gave an explanation over why he tought that in halloween kids were afraids off clowns, tiny girls from ponds or puppets, and the explanation was....pretty hindsightfull. I know is not exactly a big deal but...
@j.s.47783 жыл бұрын
The original Mummy surprised me for being an interesting story (that WAS focused on the monster's journey) that is only lightly wrapped in horror elements. Remaking that...I mean, the 90s already gave us the hyper action version. You can't really do it twice. It would have been refreshing to try and go back to the original, but Hollywood is not really good at slow-burn movies anymore.
@emoryterry49423 жыл бұрын
That "...why" clip from The Scorpion King fucking got me.
@WolfDB3 жыл бұрын
The Dark Universe is one of those things where you wish you could look into the alternate universe where things could've gone better. What if Del Torro did essentially make a Monsterverse and beat Marvel to the punch on that whole "Cinematic Universe" thing? What if they didn't just let Tom Cruise ruin everything and they actually did focus on the supernatural elements? What if they had actually let the director make a film like what The Invisible Man was, where it was his vision and didn't just rely on you knowing big names to try and get your butt into theatre seats? It's one of the biggest wastes of potential the movie industry saw in the past decade
@nicholas920us3 жыл бұрын
The Monsters HAVE been brought together effectively: the series "Penny Dreadful" used the literary bases of the characters and totally owned it with artistic license and they used a time period setting where they all seemed to really work convincingly.
@phousefilms Жыл бұрын
Some shows and movies are too cheap or lazy to go period piece. One of the most important stories for series "the Strain"left out the majority of the Roman Empire backstory for one of the big characters and pushed it forward to Victorian England. For a single rushed episodes flashback scenes...
@bluesheepwolfie3073 жыл бұрын
I will always remember this as the movie that pissed me off, a mythology nerd who's done years of research, so much that I sent my best friend into laughing fit because I bitched so much about it.
@seand70423 жыл бұрын
I don't know much but I know the Bulk and Skull theme is way too dignified for Alex Kurtzman
@skylergulley39493 жыл бұрын
Skull is a classical piano player and Bulk wants be a superhero. Of course it's way to dignified for Kurtzman
@kriscynical3 жыл бұрын
I wish we could get a modern Jekyll & Hyde film. I think that concept could be really amazing as a modern psychological horror flick _IF_ it was handled by the right people.
@tinybee77803 жыл бұрын
I will always remember this movie with the trailer where they released it mistakenly without any sound effects or music. Just Tom Cruise and co. being tossed around the plane screaming with nothing else but their voices recorded. 🤣 Edit: Technically it's only the beginning had the missing audio. It managed to fix itself by the end (sort of?). I really thought they were trying something experimental up until the pilots started getting hit by the birds. Also who could forget the very famous line: "No! Mmmmm!
@viscountrainbows64523 жыл бұрын
*birds silently shatter glass* "...UGH!"
@KaiserMattTygore9273 жыл бұрын
I can't believe that was 4 years ago.
@BIGACORN3 жыл бұрын
Can we take a moment and acknowledge how fun The Mummy Demastered tie-in video game was?! Wayforward needs a video about how they make great tie-ins to horrible projects like Demastered and their Alien Infestation game originally being an Alien Colonial Marines companion game.
@JackpotToys3 жыл бұрын
Off the heels of this I’d like to see a ‘wha happun’ to Brendan Frasier!
@cyanmanta3 жыл бұрын
7:21 This photo is so hilarious to me because in it, Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe appear to be about the same height. Like, nobody involved thought to say “this looks unrealistic; let’s not do it like this.”
@vassily-labroslabrakos22633 жыл бұрын
Yeah Russel Crowe is a head larger than cruise and barely older.
@res1dentgearsol1d3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love when we look at movies on this show.
@Masamatt903 жыл бұрын
the best thing to come out of this movie is the Demastered Mummy game by Wayforward that is a great metroidvania game with a banger soundtrack. really worth checking out for the soundtrack alone.
@ItsDuckSandwichFilms3 жыл бұрын
I remember being so into the concept and as soon as I saw Cruise I was like "That was nice for a minuet"
@ArkriteTheMad3 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry, I can't stop laughing at the part where Alex Kurtzman claims that he need complete control to make a good movie. So this must mean he's never had complete control over a single project he's work on, right?
@TheFlannelDeath3 жыл бұрын
The Mummies Alive intro was greatly appreciated
@Kenryo813 жыл бұрын
At least the retro video game was great!
@rzone3173 жыл бұрын
Nice
@ActionAbe13 жыл бұрын
first thing that came to my mind when i read the title.
@tacotoosday423 жыл бұрын
Universal Monsters was the original shared universe should of been easy
@sonic232333 жыл бұрын
Yeah it created the Munsters
@DarkmanPoe3 жыл бұрын
* Should HAVE
@worldofthought83523 жыл бұрын
I was disappointed Dracula Untold couldn't had been the kickstart for the 'Dark Universe' I thought it was decent by itself, and the sequel bait ending...dammit I wanted to see a follow up to it! I can't put it down as to why it wasn't a success, it just may be that 'shared universe' model really only does work for Marvel.
@smashblaster1-up1903 жыл бұрын
I hope in the future, you could do a what happened? episode on TMNT 3
@blapis-blazuli3 жыл бұрын
When Del Toro was mentioned, I thought you were gonna bring up how The Shape of Water came out the same year and did a much better job at reimagining one of Universal's famous monsters (in this case, Creature from the Black Lagoon). I had no idea he was offered to make a Frankenstein movie for Universal, and now I'm sad that it didn't happen.
@JH-uh9zc3 жыл бұрын
What made the Brenden Fraser's Mummy work was the setting and characters. As a kind I loved the Egypt scenery and that it had an Indiana Jones vibe. The new one just lacks that unique atmosphere and soul.
@Jeedan2 жыл бұрын
The big problem with a dark universe concept is what these characters do when they’re together. They’re not superheroes.
@Mrinsecure3 жыл бұрын
The thing is that it's *absolutely* possible to make a shared universe based on classic horror monsters, whether you want to make them the protagonists or antagonists. The issue, though, is you need at least three things to make it work: 1) A reliable stable of actors willing to commit to being a part of multiple films over the course of many years. 2) A broad but flexible plan to explain how these franchises interlink (so you can have teamups/crossovers). 3) A series of movies that stand well on their own in addition to working as part of a shared universe. They may have had 1), they barely had 2), and they definitely did not have 3), so the project was doomed from the start.
@dkthales3 жыл бұрын
It worked for Marvel because it's something that they ALWAYS did. Every Marvel product has some kind of crossover. The comics, the cartoons, the video games, everything. When they finally had a studio to make their own movies, it was only natural that the characters coexisted. But every other studio trying to do the same thing with ONE big blockbuster that mashes everything together in one shot is laughable. I'm a DC guy, but both Warner and Universal are doing laughable attempts.
@Z10ZeeTen3 жыл бұрын
Dracula Untold was actually a pretty solid film and I’m sad we’re probably never going to see that version of the character again
@jeremyroberts88223 жыл бұрын
I agree, I actually enjoyed that movie quite a bit and I thought overall Luke evans was a pretty good Dracula. It had such a perfect ending too, I was really excited to see a sequel with him now roaming around in modern day New York City
@atiredfloridian7773 жыл бұрын
It took me a minute to recognize Kurtzman's name I admit, but when I did I let out a small 'oh no.' But yeeeeeeeeah, Universal jumped the gun a bit. They wanted to have their cake and eat it too, assuming they'd get sequels while Marvel or indeed the Monsterverse just played it safe. Made a good film, first.
@ChaosoneX3 жыл бұрын
"It took me a minute to recognize Kurtzman's name I admit, but when I did I let out a small 'oh no.'" Had the same reaction; haven't heard anyone talk about him in a while so he got memoryholed. And, totally agreed about Universal. They just assuming they had the machine to print money when no one checked to see if it even worked first.
@primepm88612 жыл бұрын
As a construction worker, when we're building a house we make sure the first floor is built upon a solid foundation. What we don't do is set fire to the structure and promise a fire extinguisher be placed on the second floor.
@Boom123 жыл бұрын
Amazing to think Brendan Fraser outgrossed Tom Cruise on this one. I always get amused thinking about that. Fraser Mummy and Mummy Returns, not the greatest movies, but beat Cruise by a few miles. Ignore that 3rd film, Dragon Emperor...bleh
@qualityautismNoah3 жыл бұрын
the first Fraser Mummy movie is unironically a masterpiece. It knows exactly what it is, and perfectly delivers everything it wanted to.
@traceyrinaldi47593 жыл бұрын
@@qualityautismNoah Tbh I dont think ive enjoyed an action adventure movie as much as the first Mummy. Fraser absolutrly killed it in that movie and it blows my mind he didnt get morr action hero roles.
@TiberianFiend3 жыл бұрын
Sin City 2's nine years in development hell and subsequent failure might make for a good episode.
@Replicaate3 жыл бұрын
I really think a new Universal Monsters/Dark Universe film series could've worked, but i think what shot this in the back before it could get going - well, among many things you illuminated here - was that The Mummy really wasn't the best story to lead out of the gate with, even if it was the most recognizable property. In the original and the 90s movie, the titular Mummy isn't actually the main character. They get a bit of backstory, but they're really more just a force the ACTUAL protags deal with. Compare that to the Wolfman where you see him overcome by the curse and, or Frankenstein where you see the monster stitched together and brought to life. It's about the monster more than the people trying to kill it, and you feel sadness more than relief when they're finally dispatched. Even a Dracula origin story a la Untold or even the prologue of Coppola's movie where he's re-framed as a noble man who was forced to become a vampire might have done better to launch the Dark Universe...but no, we got the wet fart that was Tom Cruise running from very occasionally a far more interesting milennia-old egyptian sorceress.
@____chris3 жыл бұрын
still remember seeing that trailer with the no sound before a movie at the theater, even the operator at the theater ran it twice, i'm guessing to double check and confirm that yep, trailer was cut wrong
@DiggingPlotHoles3 жыл бұрын
My boy Del Toro would have absolutely killed it as the Dark Universe's own shipmaster. His vision would/could have been something truly special and full of heart and Horror.
@TheAverageGuyTAG3 жыл бұрын
I remember watching a test screening of The Mummy with my friend. I don't recall ever laughing quite so hard in a movie theater. I was in tears by the end.
@SeanHiruki3 жыл бұрын
So glad I’m not the only one that knows Rock “The Dwayne” Johnson’s true name
@jeanluca20023 жыл бұрын
5:45 You know you're in for a ride when the Bulck and Skull music starts playing
@IchigoLazer3 жыл бұрын
Nice video as always!.... Okay, waiting for this Momiji vid is KILLING lmao. It's like spongebob saying he doesn't need the water! C'mon give it to me!
@MattMcMuscles3 жыл бұрын
I have not forgotten! Have it 80% written, then the NG collection came out, recorded footage for that, etc.
@Awesome_Pichu2 жыл бұрын
If Guillermo del Toro was on charge of the Dark Universe, that would be an amazing sight
@docxy73313 жыл бұрын
"... it was a different time" It was in that moment this movie started becoming ironically okay
@TenderTrap862 жыл бұрын
A lot of people don't realize that the classic Universal Monster movies were given a reboot in the 1950s and 60's by Britain's Hammer Studios. And it was a huge box office success. Their Frankenstein, Dracula and Mummy movies were each given several sequels and Scorsese will tell you he's still a big fan of these movies today (along with many other directors of that generation.) Universal should look to why Hammer was so successful with the material and stop trying to recreate MCU.
@dragonmaster6133 жыл бұрын
The fact you used Mummies Alive as the Outro is highly amazing!
@Fuloqwam3 жыл бұрын
Man, imagine instead of Russel Crowe playing Dr Jekyll, Brendan Fraser appeared playing Rick O'Connell. He's trying to assemble a team because he remembers how insane things got back in the day.
@Fuloqwam3 жыл бұрын
@@dragonbornexpress5650 Sure, But I think in a world that has magic, Anubis-soliders, and Imhotep-shaped duststorms, you could think of a reason for him to be younger. He got mummy juice on him and now he ages slowly, or something.
@A88mph Жыл бұрын
The problem that plagued every Cinematic Universe since Marvel's was that they all wanted to rush to their "Avengers" movie. They all failed to recognize that the Avengers is the payoff to a setup. You MUST give each character their own movie first, with some hints to the payoff hear and there (end credit scenes for best placement), but NEVER getting in the way of the individual movie's plot. THAT... is why they fail!
@kR-qj7rw Жыл бұрын
The only one that has done it kinda well it's the Godzilla monsterverse movies they are shlock and the second one already tried to be an ave gers like bigovie but it's still going and had two good individual movies before that
@erlanddrow79503 жыл бұрын
I remember watching Angry Joe's review of this and learning about how it's the first (and only) Dark Universe movie. Very excited to see how it stopped so quickly 🙃
@MasterOfMagnet20993 жыл бұрын
Ending this with the Mummies Alive theme was such a blast to my nostalgia gut!
@braxbro76023 жыл бұрын
Speaking of rushed cinematic universes, could you do John Carter next?
@brucybad_dad42853 жыл бұрын
This was definitely a blessing in disguise considering how good the most recent Invisible Man was and any future projects.
@AmeLilith3 жыл бұрын
I was expecting a clip of the "let the games begin" line from Dracula Untold, one of the most unintentionally hilarious lines ever thanks to the hindsight of the Dark Universe's fate
@shaunbang2 жыл бұрын
A dark universe or any films about the iconic monsters made by Guillermo d toro would be so damn good given his filmmaking abilities but on top of that his amazing ability and skills specializing in the genre
@michaeldewitt73023 жыл бұрын
Somewhere off in an alternate reality, the "Dark Universe" is kicked off by a remake of "Monster Squad", and is in it's 2nd phase.
@damienhouse77063 жыл бұрын
Can you please look at Hellboy 2019? I don't really know why it failed.
@jamescanjuggle3 жыл бұрын
oh yeah i forgot that was a thing. for me it was cause they changed hellboys look.
@CosmicGaijin3 жыл бұрын
Which was a shame because Dave Harbour was excellent as Hellboy.
@Destroyer21503 жыл бұрын
Because no one asked for. Besides, they rebooted the characters, made did an unecessary R rating, took away the action adventure feel and had the audacity to tease a franchise.
@mth10223 жыл бұрын
I read an article once that starts with Del Toro was working with someone on a sculpture of his version of Frankenstein's monster for the potential film that never was. I'd kill to see that sculpture. Damn shame he'll probably never at least make a Frankenstein film, both for him because he loves the story so much and for us because I'm sure it'd be fucking awesome.
@OmegaDez3 жыл бұрын
Ah man, Matt, you killed me when you put that Portrait of Ruin egyptian theme in there.
@counterfeitsaint74793 жыл бұрын
The Mummy and Dark Universe was always good for a laugh (Or incredibly awkward scream in a plane), but learning that we could have had Guillermo del Toro directing Doug Jones as Frankenstein's Monster but didn't just ruined my day.
@heavenlyderpfowl11803 жыл бұрын
I was literally just thinking about looking up how Tom Cruise killed the dark universe
@blu42nj3 жыл бұрын
20 bucks, it was his church that got involved.
@heavenlyderpfowl11803 жыл бұрын
@@blu42nj no, it was his ego, he literally had a line in the script that wasn't even spoken that said he was a seasoned adventurer removed to make himself younger
@RubberDucky7573 жыл бұрын
Yeah Cruise was my main problem. I loved this film for it's concept but most of it is "Tom Cruise as THE DASHING ROGUE!" For like the 50th time in his career. Plus him dodging danger and barely surviving incident s when the film literally established he can't die because the Mummy has chosen him.
@enbytoon3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the O’Connell movies love, I adore those films to death
@SeenAGreatLight2 жыл бұрын
8:23 "Rock 'The Dwayne' Johnson." Took me a sec, but I love that joke.
@CreditR013 жыл бұрын
4:57 - He gets it! The Mummy (1999) is my favorite movie of all time. But I remember being really excited they were doing a version with a lady mummy (Ahmanet looks really cool), and wondering what they'd do with the idea. But...they just really didn't do anything at all. And like you said, I was really confused as to what the movie was supposed to be in the first place. If Tom Cruise fucked up this movie, it sounds like he did because he's a one trick pony with his boring action schlock.
@PatriciaCross3 жыл бұрын
The Invisible Man was amazing. One of my favorite remakes. And it's a lot closer to the direction these movies should have gone. As in, it was an actual horror film.
@MadHierophant3 жыл бұрын
You really put the music from that pyramid stage in Castlevania Portrait of Ruin in the background, splendid
@Subject_Keter2 жыл бұрын
I swear hearing "Kurtzman" is a worst curse then a any ancient king can throw on you
@edbeasant94943 жыл бұрын
I actually enjoyed Dracula untold which was supposed to start of the dark universe. It was basically Castlevania Lords of shadow the movie prob why I liked it.
@nolilado54523 жыл бұрын
I have to wonder if it had worked, who their main antagonist would have been? The Devil? Old ones? A clash of old school monsters vs the 80s slashers like Jason and Freddie?
@Kowkarot3 жыл бұрын
I have a feeling that if Kurtzman had been left to do his thing without any interference, the movie would've been even worse.
@J4m35ful3 жыл бұрын
The idea of an interconnected monster universe has always intrigued me. I wish it could've happened.
@TankHardcheese3 жыл бұрын
I'll always remember Tom Cruise's Mummy as one of the incredibly rare instances where the tie-in video game was genuinely better than the movie it was based on. Also I was really looking forward to a new Creature From The Black Lagoon movie. There hasn't been one in 65 motherhumping years.
@worldofthought83523 жыл бұрын
A good 'wha happun?' would be the Star Trek 2009 reboot franchise, while 2009 was fine for an action piece, into darkness became divsive upto the point that 'beyond' was more or less treating itself as a sequel to 2009 given how into darkness was ignored entirely, including carol marcus being non-existant! To summarize that series was inconsistent and became short lived reboot franchise that wasn't able to explore the setting in detail of the reboot universe.
@austen2443 жыл бұрын
That Mummies Alive outro is perfect 👌
@REfan20023 жыл бұрын
When I heard of the Dark Universe, I was thinking a Justice League Dark film. Oh you need to do the Anderson Resident Evil films.