The Three Musketeers, Lost in Adaptation continued ~ Dominic Noble

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[@AngellusRavenix]

"Tim Curry was basically playing Tim Curry, dressed in a fabulous red cloak." There's the flaw in your logic. Tim Curry is amazing, and should be the winner be shear fact of BEING Tim Curry. All in agreement, grasp your hands evilly and Sneer. *SNEER*

[@alisaurus4224]

AngellusRavenix That can be... ARRANGED!

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

@@alisaurus4224 SPACE!

[@joeltappenden4785]

🙏

[@joeltappenden4785]

Sneer

[@comentedonakeyboard]

Sneer

[@johnclements7828]

"He's Tim Curry playing Tim Curry in a fabulous red cloak." You say that like it's a bad thing.

[@valerietheodore1688]

Tim curry playing tim curry is NEVER a bad thing!

[@amyscott2633]

Right!

[@johansvensson833]

never a bad thing

[@stillmagic714]

I will go to the barricades for Tim Curry's Richelieu if only because he scared me to death as a child and I have a lot of nostalgia for that movie.

[@Ketutar]

Well... if the goal is to play cardinal Richelieu in a fabulous red cloak, then it's not that good... but as you say Tim Curry is never a bad thing :-D

[@pushinguproses]

Angela Lansbury, Vincent Price, AND Gene Kelly... my god. Need to see that version.

[@Dominic-Noble]

Does seem like it was made specifically for you XD

[@sLastSonOfKryptons]

I love seeing two of my favorite channels crossing over!

[@jamiekamihachi3135]

J B Fletcher, Willy Wonka, and a vampire team up for the most epic adventure ever.

[@orinanime]

@@jamiekamihachi3135 Gene Kelly not Gene Wilder

[@jamiekamihachi3135]

@@orinanime I get those two mixed up all the time. Ok so I need a Singing in the Rain or Xanadu reference.

[@FoldingIdeas]

SKELETON POPE SKY PIRATE MADS MIKKELSEN

[@lukeharrington5009]

a whole mood

[@Dominic-Noble]

I think I say Christopher Lee and one point this when I meant to say Vincent Price.

[@Cor82]

Dominic, you ok? You missed an 'S' in the title and well, just carefully read the comment I'm replying to.

[@Dominic-Noble]

@@Cor82 Long night editing

[@leifhelland6313]

@@Cor82 yeah, is he?

[@Simon-ow6td]

That makes way more sense, I was wondering a lot about that!

[@donsample1002]

You did it twice. I was getting set to comment on it, when you did it again.

[@jliller]

The 1970s Musketeers films are remarkably brightly lit. Quite a contrast to so many modern films that are so dark you can barely see what's going on.

[@benjamingrist6539]

jliller not to mention other films made in the 70s, and it was definitely less gritty looking than most films of that era.

[@Amanda_Harper]

It also to my mind has far and away the best cast. Not to mention the wonderful dirty fighting, the off kilter humour...it’s just wonderful and an annual tradition of mine. But yes it is a very whiplashy adaptation.

[@troyschulz2318]

@@benjamingrist6539 It fits the breezy tone.

[@troyschulz2318]

Plus, it's the DP's style.

[@SM-ov5rf]

I’m wondering if that’s the Nolan Snyder effect on action films? Dark and gritty visuals (I found it very difficult to make out what the heck was going on during entire scenes of Snyder’s DCEU films)

[@Ceares]

Honestly, some of these are just a perfect snapshot of who was popular during the time the movie was made. Milady has always been my favorite character, especially since it's implied that she only turned into a cold-blooded murderous femme fatale after her husband treated her like trash and tried to kill her, which is completely understandable.

[@rosemartasgaminghoard]

He attempted to kill her because he discovered she was literally a branded criminal and was planning to kill him for his money. She had killed others before him as well. Sorry nothing justifies that

[@kriitikko]

Holy hell, the Russian musical gets its own episode? Kudos for the patreon who paid for that. :-)

[@charlestownsend9280]

As someone who has no depth persception and does fencing, yes it is possible to fence without it but it is harder, if the character lost an eye in battle he could easily relearn how to fence and work around the lose of an eye. So making that character only have one eye isn't entirely unrealistic, it would be more unrealistic though if the eye they lost was the same side as their sword hand (i couldn't ever fight left handed only using my right eye, it would be nearly impossible to hit anything and something that annoys me in many films).

[@celinak5062]

+

[@captainseyepatch3879]

I actually never really noticed much of a issue with my depth perception. Now Perifical Vision on the other hand. Bust side note, My experience is more Kendo.

[@bthsr7113]

There's also a commander from Medieval Italy who actually ordered his surgeon to cut off part of his nose to recover some depth perception after losing an eye.

[@delphinidin]

I have somewhat poor depth perception and I remember at fencing practice having to kind of memorize how big my opponent was supposed to be in order to make sure I kept the proper distance lol

[@sarahkp729]

I didn't fence, but I did competitive colorguard (very niche activity, but the gist is like a dance routine but add kn throwing/spinning flags, rifles, and sabers) and I have poor depth perception (my left eye is extremely blurry and far sighted, my right eye is kinda blurry and near sighted. I have astigmatisms in both eyes and my left eye is lazy) But I was pretty good and didn't drop my equipment that often, so if I can throw something spinning into the air 10ft+ above me, turn under it, and catch it in a specific pose with my eyesight, I assume that learning to fence would be quite possible. If I don't wear my glasses for a week, everything looks 2D and I just kinda guess where stuff is based on the size of everything

[@JustAnotherPerson4U]

I actually am surprised you included the barbie version. I think I suggested it but I didn't expect you to watch it as it was obviously not going to be a faithful adapatation in any way. It's a fun idealistic idea on how 4 women would become musketeers in a sexist something-century France.

[@dustrose8101]

Yo I suggested it to. Virtual high-five for barbie solidarity.

[@Beacuzz]

I was gonna joke "how could you forget Barbie!" but then there it is

[@xRaiofSunshine]

Yeah Barbie! 🤗

[@cafesandwednesdays]

I kept on chanting Barbie every time he brought up the adaptation lmao

[@sharkofjoy]

3 physically identical palette-swapped women....

[@ClarkyClark]

I personally love the 70s version and think they're the best adaptation, specifically because of the humor, which I think captures the heart of the adventure story. It's exciting, thrilling, terrifying, and the highs you get from the laughs really make the lows that much more intense. I was seven when I first watched these movies and I cried so hard when Constance died. My biggest criticism is the bad Foley work.

[@mayakaskinen888]

I wholeheartedly agree, good sir!

[@InsaneProf]

@@mayakaskinen888 As do I.

[@wjzav1971]

I also love how when you see the Musketeers being picked off one by one during the journey to London, it looks like each and everyone is getting killed. But when D'Artagnan is on his way back to Paris, he breezes by an inn where they are recovering and you see that they are all fine and those fatal blows just left injuries. Like it looked like Aramis got shot in the head but later you see him all fine with just a bloody headband and that's it.

[@ClarkyClark]

@@wjzav1971 oh my gosh yes!

[@SallyAStockman]

Some of my favourite moments... "D -Dog making it to England!" "Dar to the Tagnan!" "The D- Man!" "Cardinal Jafar!" These killed me! Great video Dom! PS. For the Longest time I though Sir Terry was named after Sir Terry Wogan......Oh for shame!

[@anomaliecosmos]

I love the 180 from being super frenchy and precise in the first episode.

[@or_gluzman561Peace_IL_PS]

Porthos : Did I miss anyone? Aramis : Congratulations, Porthos. You brought down the house. Porthos : Oh, drat. I was trying to hit Rochefort.

[@Tadicuslegion78]

Rochefort...isn’t that a kind of cheese?

[@janeendurr819]

Sword high fun

[@janeendurr819]

Five I mean

[@rebeccapeterson5557]

"This scarf was a gift to me from the queen of America" "There's no queen of America" "Athos, you cannot fight this boy." "Why not?" "Because I'm fighting him"

[@antheathetiefling8581]

PORTHOS THE PIRATE! *jumps overboard *

[@delilahchevalier2553]

Also, side question: Does ANYONE else remember Wishbone? Or is that only me? Because Wishbone was a great children's show that used literary sources to provide moral questions and answers to the goings on of Wishbone's owner. It was live action, always accurate - minus Wishbone was a dog-; there are still books i've never read for reports and such because I just went back to find this old tv show (i think it was PBS or WB?)

[@manicpixiefangirl4189]

Delilah Chevalier It was PBS. Wishbone was my favorite show! My first pet was actually a Jack Russell that I named Wishbone because they looked very similar. You would definitely say I was obsessed. So you can probably imagine what I felt when my mom told me she and my aunts went to school with the creator! His mother lived near my grandparents and invited us to her house. I remember she had a cool swimming pool she let us use and would send us really awesome Wishbone merch! Still one of the sweetest people I’ve ever met.

[@PhoenixHealing]

What's the story Wishbone? What's this your're dreaming up? Such a big imagination, for such a little pup!

[@delilahchevalier2553]

@@manicpixiefangirl4189 That is cool! I loved that series! I had every single book, I still have it all boxed up in storage. My mom and I talk about it.

[@C0ldIron]

That and the magic scoolbus were my favorite shows. Being home schooled made it better as it was basically part of "class"

[@Harpyr1031]

I remember it and mentioned it too.

[@sarahbonder731]

I can only imagine what a full reaction would’ve been to the Barbie version

[@charischannah]

I grew up with the 1973/1974 version as that's the movie we had a copy of, and what I love about that one is the attention to detail for most of the costumes. Many (particularly for the extras) are fairly historically accurate and the detail work is amazing. The other fun thing is the way they occasionally recreate period paintings with how they set up a scene.

[@jessicaclakley3691]

In that case please explain the polar bear? Lol

[@Tadicuslegion78]

Two Guards: PORTHOS THE PIRATE! *Jumps overboard* D'Artagnan: Pirate? Porthos: Told you I was famous

[@Megatron_95]

I love that moment

[@SuperSongbird21]

Yeah, that was hilarious. Anyone else suspect Porthos might be a literary ancestor of Obelix from "Asterix the Gaul"?

[@tommy25185]

Your cat is very adorable if your cats make more appearances then I would be very happy

[@klisterklister2367]

yes more cats

[@badrequest5596]

being ambushed in london by native americans.... that's like being ambushed in Greenland by Samurai

[@ryangreen6255]

I hate it when that happens. Luckily I was interrupted by ninjas.

[@c.c.lilford2916]

The 1993 film gets points for its awesome end credits song; ‘All For Love’ featuring Rod Stewart, Sting and Bryan Adams.

[@BinturongGirl]

My affection for both this film and the song are probably more than they really deserve, but... I do love them. What a cast! Fried gold.

[@loudpunkrockrbl8853]

Shit if you are going to do this again, I say you should just go all out. Do The Adventures of Robin Hood. That should keep ya busy!

[@CEWThree]

Don't make him watch the new one, though.

[@LostInNumbers]

The problem is that Robin Hood doesn't have a singular literary source. The oldest incarnation of the story are a bunch of poems that were popular in 11th century England, and have morphed and changed quite a lot even before the high middle ages when most of the elements of the character as we know today were invented.

[@Elementa2006]

@@LostInNumbers not to mention the confusion it caused for later adaptations such as Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves, the film makers were going to include Naseer the mute Muslim warrior from the Robin of Sherwood tv series believing he was part of the folklore, only to discover he was an invention of the TV series, which forced them to change the character into a darker skinned Moorish warrior named Atem played by the legendary Morgan Freeman.

[@emfri]

LostInNumbers so it is more of a messed up origins - story?

[@katherinemorelle7115]

I think we all know that the best Robin Hood was sexy Fox Robin Hood.

[@Limeyvip]

oh my god i remember when luke evans appeared i was like HEY ORLANDO BLOOM! and then the real orlando bloom appeared later and i was like wait......

[@StarryEyed0590]

Me watching the second Hobbit movie: wait, Orlando Bloom is also playing Bard?

[@lenastorm6280]

@@StarryEyed0590 Same

[@bradwolf07]

I understand the 93 "adaption" was in name only, I'm okay with that. It still holds a special place in my heart.

[@Redrally]

With all the dumb idea of presents from the Queen of America and Tsarina of Tokyo I've known for a long time it's not book accurate. But I don't care, it's a lot of fun :D

[@SynchronizorVideos]

Pretty sure those were fake in-universe, just Porthos talking out of his ass trying to sound important. I think D'Artagnan actually calls him out on the first one.

[@grutarg2938]

The 93 one is the reason I am here.

[@godzillavkk]

Still more accurate than Disney's other adaptation with Mickey, Donald, and Goofy.

[@alicedubois1348]

Guys relax! The Man in the Iron Mask is is a part of the d'artagnan series that Dumas made. I think the author made 4 books in the series, The Three Musketeers being the first.

[@BarHonigfeld]

Thanks! I was really confused about that not showing up in part one and assumed the movie just rolled the Dumas characters into the "Man with the Iron Mask" story without reason :D

[@alicedubois1348]

@@BarHonigfeld You are more than welcome! ❤ You can actually read them online on project gutenberg. www.gutenberg.org/

[@delilahchevalier2553]

"Let me pause a minute, I'm petting my cat" awww. Kitty.

[@shards-of-glass-man]

40:50 Holy shit, I was sure that that adaptation would never even make it IN, much less get a detailed look! So excited for the next episode!

[@normacenva8411]

Me too! It better be Epic, am I right?

[@Hekateras]

Same. Me: Bah. this ep will be fun but Westerners never remember Soviet adaptations exist. >.> Me at the end: :O :D

[@masonheitner8410]

If The Beatles played the Musketeers, it would probably be my favourite movie ever

[@simosa5842]

So who would have played who?

[@ErwinPommel]

@@simosa5842 Paul is D'artagnan, John is Athos, Ringo is Porthos, and George is Aramis.

[@Dimensioneer88]

I love how Oliver Platt's Porthos was a former pirate. This inspired me to make my own stories of Musketeers vs Pirates, with a little HMS Pinafore, Man in Iron Mask and Monte Cristo thrown in. Oh, and the characters are alligators and crocodiles.

[@Rasiar]

I laughed so hard I hurt myself over that last algorithm comment, as if we needed more evidence that you read Terry Pratchett books! XD

[@THEGREATMAX]

Why do the 3 Musketeers use swords instead of muskets???

[@patrickmastrobuono310]

I think because it's supposed to be their battlefield role. Which would be impressive to people back then because of how loud, powerful, and still new they were back then. Like how grenadiers were seen as the bravest almost special forces of their time. Special forces that went right up to the enemy with new fangled dangerous explosives. But for dueling it was still seen as a gentleman's pejorative to know how to use a sword. And show your skill and bravery to the crowd.

[@Remoniq]

Dear mr Noble, picking up cats are never a mistake. Thank you very much.

[@TariaSagi]

To be fair, the 2011 movie will always have a place in my Heart because it was filmed entirely in my Home country and, more specifically, in Franconia, Germany, where I grew up. Many scenes were filmed in Würzburg and Bamberg, two very beautiful cities.

[@AH-xf3by]

Same here... whenever I watch the film, I recognize the places in and around Würzburg (and I'm kinda happy about it)😇😅😇

[@MetisRose95]

Honestly I love every version of the Three Musketeers I've ever seen regardless of how book accurate, or not, they are. The Musketeers are just...fun, in every version. It's why they've lasted so long and adaptations keep getting made.

[@kittyfreya9141]

Did anyone ever see The Man In The Iron Mask? I think the three musketeers in that movie was great, Porthos was always drunk, so quite book accurate...

[@MarkCalise]

Which version? I think there have been almost as many adaptions of of Man in the Iron Mask as there have been of Three Musketeers. I'm assuming the one you mean is the one with Leo DiCaprio, which holds the distinction of being the movie that made me admit to myself that I was bisexual.

[@marimurdock7766]

Athos is the one who is always drunk.

[@kittyfreya9141]

Whoops yes Athos and yes the one with Leonardo Dicaprio. I saw that movie before I saw the Disneys Three Musketeers.

[@tosinakin2508]

That was one of the first films I thought about when I saw this video!

[@stargirl7646]

That movie scared me so much when I happened to see it as a kid lol

[@dmitrialexander4606]

Not a film but I really enjoyed the BBC show "The Musketeers".

[@silverkyre]

I love that show.

[@rachelgrubman4606]

Such a great show

[@vanyadolly]

I was hoping he'd go over that one too. It was so silly and refreshing, one of the most lovable shows I've seen in years.

[@Mandaiish]

Was hoping he'd talk about this

[@SirThinks2Much]

I loved Richelieu in that show too. Peter Capaldi did great and the character was wonderfully scheming without being a one-note villain.

[@orinanime]

Despite your feelings about the comedic tone in the 70s movies, they're certainly the most accurate of this list of adaptations. Honestly I think the slapstick only gets in the way concerning Constance. Athos and Aramis, Rochefort and Richelieu are handled mostly seriously. I think if we could Frankenstein the 40s and 70s adaptations together, we'd have the best version. Honestly however anybody feels about any adaptations, we can probably all agree that Oliver Reed is the best version of Athos.

[@g.strobl4458]

Well, there is the fight on the frozen lake, Aramis developing the art of disarming himself,... Quite a lot of the action is very much slapstick, even though at the same time it actually works in terms of physics.

[@easterslice]

@@g.strobl4458 I love that fight on the ice! I thought the way they thought about the action in the films was so creative! Each fight was distinctive and interesting. The one I still remember is the first fight with the Cardinal's guards outside the convent, where the hanging laundry sheets end up covered in blood.

[@InsaneProf]

@@g.strobl4458 Porthos developing the art of disarming himself, not Aramis.

[@g.strobl4458]

@@InsaneProf, thank you, I daresay I have misremembered. It's been a while. :)

[@InsaneProf]

@@g.strobl4458 You're welcome.

[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

"Touche, Disney." Lol, fencing humor.

[@Ernoskij]

14:17 why do they have a person wearing a polar bear suit standing in the background here ? and why does it look like it's doing the helicopter ?

[@jaromirmoravec2836]

Standard French ball stuff

[@Tadicuslegion78]

Ernoskij must admit thought I was drunker than Oliver Reed on one of his benders

[@lillieblue]

I didn't even see that until you pointed that out. Oh my god.

[@nehukybis]

It's been a while since I saw the movie but I think that's Planchet in disguise.

[@NelsonStJames]

@@nehukybis Yea! Someone who's actually watched it. Yes, that's Planchet, and contrary to what the Dom thinks, the humor in the Lester version is actually quite fun.

[@normacenva8411]

Super excited for the Soviet version review, they had the best Athos in my opinion, so nostalgic!

[@Megatron_95]

Wait, what?

[@Saf333]

Yes! I grew up with that one and i belive that it's one of the best movies about it.

[@normacenva8411]

@@Megatron_95 The music at the very end that was referenced is from the 1978 Soviet/Russian adaptation.

[@Megatron_95]

@@normacenva8411 it's the first time I have ever heard about this version

[@normacenva8411]

@@Megatron_95 Be on a lookout for Part 3 review then, I hope you will like it; it's one of my favourites (as adaptations go)!

[@davidjames579]

I love that the 1993 film changes D'Artagnan's father sending him to Paris, to D-Dog having to avenge his father who was betrayed by an evil colleague. Very Luke Skywalker being told his father was a brave knight who was betrayed and killed by an evil colleague. The film is great fun, but it is also like a Frankenstein's Monster of other movies. You've got two Young Guns outlaws as Musketeers, another Bratpack actor as a Musketeer, the hissable henchman from Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves as a hissable henchman, Chris O'Donnell as proto Robin from Batman Forever, Rebecca DeMornay somewhat bringing her knowing, older sexual woman from Risky Business to bear on D'Artagan, and Tim Curry showing what he would have been like if he'd got The Joker gig in Burton's Batman (he was considered). It also features a hit theme song by Bryan Adams, as with Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves.

[@dariakrogankid1262]

Oh my god the Russian version?! WHOA. I grew up with it, it was the reason I read the book at a very young age, I knew all the songs by heart and, well, the moment I heard about you doing an episode on 'the Three Musketeers', I sighed with the thought, 'well, it's not gonna be mentioned anyway, that's a shame'. And HOLY COW

[@shimary_inu_no_taisho]

Well, I was thinking the whole time "pity Dominic will never watch and review the one adaptation I grew up with". And then the song at the end... like wow, hope you liked it.

[@Wishdreamerx]

I know, right!?!?!

[@dariakrogankid1262]

SAME

[@MyLittelProblem]

I couldn’t believe my ears and even listened the last seconds twice, just to make sure that's yes, YES, that's it! Пора-пора-порадуемся на своём веку красавице и кубку, счастливому клинку!

[@Cutalizator]

Bloody hell, you are doing the Soviet musical! Tip of a hat to you!

[@mkdemigodzillawarrior]

Wow...didn't think the Soviets would even do a film based on the Three Musketeers.

[@Hekateras]

@@mkdemigodzillawarrior There is a ton of Soviet adaptations of Western classics. Sherlock Holmes, Treasure Island (complete with a highly entertaining but REALLY bizarre 2D animated semi-musical cartoon series), Astrid Lindgren's stuff... you name it.

[@Forgefaerie]

@@mkdemigodzillawarrior not only did we have the adaptations, we had adaptions of ALL the books, people don't realize just how popular those classics were in former USSR, most personal libraries had their collections in part because these books were rewarded for recycling news papers and the like (no literally you traded your paper scrap until eventually you got enough vouchers to trade for books) P.S. treasure island cartoon is brilliant and still to this day one of my faves and you can actualy find it on youtube in its entirety, though I think some of the humor will get lost in translation and cultural differences.

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

“Bloody hell” sure does help identify nationality

[@Cutalizator]

@@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 out of interest, what do you think it is?

[@JWRogersPS]

The 1973/74 movies will always hold a special place in my heart.

[@TheSalts]

I'd love to see this format used for something like Alice in Wonderland. When you have classic works adapted into multiple interpretations it is fun to look back on it.

[@donsample1002]

On the subject of accents, I don't expect a movie where were everyone is supposedly speaking French, but we're hearing a translation, to have actors doing French accents.

[@Matrim42]

Agreed. If the actors aren’t speaking the language that the characters are, we really don’t need accents (especially when they are bad).

[@donsample1002]

Jodie Garner -- French accents are just as variable as English accents, especially back then. Unless the characters are of the same class, and grew up in the same neighborhoods, they should have different accents.

[@francesconicoletti2547]

Don Sample but would some of the accents be from Quebec ?

[@donsample1002]

Francesco Nicoletti -- Why not? The Quebec accent is descended from 17th and 18th century French accents, and would be just as genuine an accent as any other modern French accent.

[@francesconicoletti2547]

Don Sample Dominic’s original complaint about accents was the mix of UK and US accents, to represent French in with actors in the same room. If we acknowledge there are a range of French accents it still means using UK and US accents corresponds in French to Metropolitan French accents and Québécois. That seems slightly too divergent. Even in an English based story (say something by Jane Austin ) every time someone pops up with an US accents it turns the show into an episode of Charmed.

[@alexiane250]

if there was going to be a beatles musketeer movie (we were cheated, we were deprived) which mop-head would have played d'Artagnan. I feel like it would have been boy-faced Paul.

[@WobblesandBean]

Totally Paul. Porthos would have been John, Athos George, and the monkboi Aramis is Ringo. But it depends, if they'd played up the skirt-chasing aspect and not the religious thing, John would TOTALLY be Aramis.

[@pocaiesc]

Oh you KNOW it would have been Paul XD

[@aliceangel2799]

Knowing the stuff John was okay with doing, going by actions of the person, it'd be him. Otherwise, I'd want Ringo as D'Artagnan because of how othered he was

[@easterslice]

I guess that makes sense. I was thinking Ringo usually played the dumbest Beatle in their films -- but maybe he would have ended up as Porthos. I think John (the most intellectual Beatle) would have played Athos, and George (the most spiritual) would have been Aramis. That leaves Paul as the Zeppo character.

[@nightpool4946]

my favourite adaptation will always be *The Musketeers* tv show... extremely inaccurate to the book but the actors are all so good looking and seasons 1-2 in particular are really good!!

[@pvthitch]

d'Artagnon was so famous he appears in Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac. My favorite adaptation by far is Richard Lester's. The radical tonal shifts you talk about are there in the novel, aren't they? Perfectly cast. The costumes are chef's kiss. The rapier swordfights are the best ever filmed. In the dark with lanterns. In a burning church. There's even one on ice. And I am AMAZED to find out Milady's ambush by Native Americans is not in the novel. It is such a bizarre scene to include otherwise. Speaking of Cyrano, there are at least two adaptations.

[@alexmayzlakh8004]

Ooh my, what a cliffhanger! I was going to riot until I heard that familiar lyrics in the end

[@CeciliaMarieLuna]

No! I got the hint! This is the russian version with Mihkail Bojarski in the lead! This is my favourite :D I watch it every few years and I love all the songs - also know most of them by heart! I am from Estonia and this has had several runs through ourTV. When it came i taped it on VHS, now i have the dvd as well as youtube videos to go through!!! God damn, I was hoping for it but never would have guessed you would accually see it. Thank you! Thank you so much!

[@DneilB007]

I figured from the music that he was hinting at "D'Artanyan i Tri Mushketera". I've heard cool things about it, but since I don't speak Russian, I've never seen it. I doubt it would ever be translated either, simply because translating a three-part musical from Russian of a French story into English is just too ridiculous to get funded. Personally, I'm hoping that it's actually "Les Quatre Charlots-Mousquetaires", as it would at least have French accents. :-)

[@johnashley327]

I loved the 70's version. It's my favorite. Perfect cast.

[@stephenbroady5000]

Though I still enjoyed this review, I'm a little sad the animated series "Albert, the Fifth Musketeer" didn't get a mention

[@BrightWulph]

I was hoping that show would get a mention too!

[@ashleightompkins3200]

Rebecca Du Maurier as Milady De Winter... Hearing this brought the biggest smile to my face. I wonder which came first, the book or the movie? Either way, that HAD to have been on purpose

[@eamonndeane587]

It was most likely by accident since 'De Mourney' wasn't the first choice for the role since I believe Uma Thurman was orginally cast.

[@RabblesTheBinx]

De Mornay*

[@LMoftheCoast]

I personally have a huge fondness for Dogtanian. It is decently book accurate to the overall events, and with it being a kids show (with a very, very hacked down movie release) it changes the titular main characters into something more heroic and likeable. The Return of Dogtanian is also a great series, that looks at adapting other books by Dumas, through the lenses of the 3 Musketeers characters. Thanks to growing up with it, I don’t think that there will be any way for me to not see it as the definitive version. So much love here for a bunch of anthropomorphic animals acting like French soldiers.

[@ThatJohnStanley]

Deh-Mor-ee-Ay? 🤔 "Deh-Mor-Nay" 😉 That was a lot of material to cover. Awesome work!

[@Mistaraful]

Hallelujah!!! I'm Russian speaking and I grew up watching the Soviet version of the film. Can't wait to see the third part of your review))) thank you so much!

[@Elementa2006]

While it didn't make the final cut, I'm glad you gave acknowledgement to Dogtanion and The 3 Muskehounds, that was my introduction to the Three Musketeers lore as a kid.

[@masha5702]

I'm so excited for part 3 you have no idea, I grew up on those movies and that version of the 3 musketeers and I was so hoping you'd take a look at em for this show and I am SO HAPPY YOU DID AAAA

[@Macallion]

Aw I used to love Dogtanian when I was a kid.

[@Sephiroth1204]

This was quite a nice amount of work. Really well done making it all come together!

[@Redem10]

Man, Dartagnan get hit behind the head a lot Also the term is clockpunk

[@celinak5062]

+

[@hinoarashi47]

Yes! I'm so exited for the Soviet version. Is it weird that I started singing along?

[@Wishdreamerx]

I did too!

[@curestarlight3023]

It was so good to hear you talk about several of the different films. Now I have a wider range of Three Musketeers films I know to check out. The ones from 1935, 1948 and 1993 look like a lot of fun.

[@pjthehomelessmage]

I would love to see your impressions on the new French two part adaptations coming out soon. They look very promising.

[@mirimione7754]

I have the greatest respect for the amount of work that must have gone into this video - this was amazing! And I must have missed all the advertising for the 2011 version, because I went into this film thinking it would be a somewhat accurate adaptation and was quite surprised ^^ (Although that did make it into quite the fun experience ...).

[@Dumbledork_Prime]

I really liked dogtanina when I was little and have the whole series on DVD. I also enjoyed the anime version (anime sanjushi, 52 episodes), although it took quite some liberties, like Aramis being a woman.

[@annar6202]

OMG, I can't believe you're doing a deep dive into the Soviet Three Musketeers musical (which is the soundtrack of my childhood and one of my favorite movies) for part 3. Huge thanks to whichever Patreon contributor precipitated that! :D

[@sanyaserova7527]

OH OH OH MY GOD OH MY GOD БОЖЕЧКИ ТЫ МОЙ I CAN'T WAIT TILL THE NEXT EPISODE!!! YOU ARE REALLY DOING IT. I have been watching your channel for several years. I didn't even expect you to mention the one adaption I grew up with :)) AND YOU ARE DOING THE WHOLE EPISODE ON IT

[@SandraTheatre]

OMG! OMG! You’ll be handling our version! I’m sooo excited to see that one! 😍

[@katearcher8514]

No shit! You're taking the Russian version for the third chapter! Wow, you amaze me more and more each day.

[@kathrynolsen1256]

Moroni Olsen. The mow-Row-nigh. He also played one of the angels in Its A Wonderful Life, which I think is adorable because Moroni is best known as the angel statue on most LDS temples.

[@Evy2526]

There was also an anime made years ago, Anime SanJuushi. They kept some elements from all three books (the meeting with the musketeers, the duel, the mission for the jewels, the Iron Mask, etc.) but also changed some things, like Aramis being a woman disguised as a man to avenge her dead lover. May sounds silly said like that but oh my god, it's the best thing in the whole series!! And made her the most fascinating and popular character by far. Apparently Dumas wanted to do that in his book but the editor opposed the idea.

[@meercat4559]

It was all shaping up to have the 1943 one be the best, but any movie with Tim Curry is automatically one of the greatest cinematic experiences of all time.

[@johnlemus7921]

I always that of The Man In The Iron Mask to be the best of the adaptations, even though it's closer to being a sequel to the Disney one than an adaptation. I do hope the other adaptation you cover is 2001's The Musketeer.

[@claudiaelbourne3501]

THE BBC TV SHOW THE MUSKETEERS IS SOOOO GOOD - makes them flawed and shitty at times while still making them actually likeable and able to be rooted for, and since it’s a 3 season show they expand on the plots and change things very cleverly to make it more interesting and complicated. Remains very accurate to the characterisations in the book while shifting things enough that you don’t literally just hate them

[@kbot4858]

This is a fabulous overview, I want to see most of these movies now!

[@hannahbrennan2131]

Have you seen the BBC TV series The Musketeers? If you have, what are your opinions on it?

[@Bala_Niranna]

Ah I was gonna mention that too (I feckin loved that show)

[@hannahbrennan2131]

@@Bala_Niranna Yeah, I loved that show too. It's not very book accurate, but it's so well acted and well written, I don't care.

[@roxy20231000]

I commented about it in the last episode, but I think Dom didn't see it, or maybe he didn't have time to watch the show, since it 30 hours... But yeah, it was awesome

[@caitlin228]

I'm not surprised he didn't include it, since it's so long, but I had hoped it would have at least made the Honorable Mentions list

[@corvusalbus7276]

I love that show, watch it once a year (30 hours well spend) though on first viewing I needed a few episodes to really get into it. Still, the characters and their developments are great, and among others it does have my favourite version of Richelieu; he's like Tywin Lannister, if he were also the master of whisperers.

[@sarahmeredythmorgan2602]

did anyone else watch the dogtanian show where they were all dogs

[@dhorn4005]

Yeah! Here in Spain it was quite a thing... I never knew it was ever aired outside Spain...well, I asumed it also was aired in France, as you know; is basically a french tale

[@nadiarogo4511]

You do realize that there are many delightful adaptations that are not in English language. This should have been at least mentioned... And the BBC series was great!

[@dajosh42069]

I appreciate the work done for research. Nice work, Dom! :)

[@ariellakahan-harth8831]

Honestly, I might watch the 1948 version just for Vincent Price. And Sir Terry is adorable as usual.

[@maryevens4261]

One thing Dom fails to mention is that in the Disney version the actors of the Musketeers are the closest to the ages of the guys in the book.

[@darkenroses]

I grew up watching Disney's version with my parents and I still love it since it was such a big part of my childhood. -laughs- That's what drew me to watching these videos. Thank you for taking the time to do this. ^.^

As a kid I had an ilustrated Three Musketeers child's book and I loved it. Then I saw Cantinflas version and the Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds cartoon, and I was hooked. Afterwards I was taken to the cinema to see the 1993 version, and I remember returning from the theater all excited and grabing the paperback I had been gifted by an older cousin some months ago. That was the very first "adult's book" I remember reading from cover to cover, and at the time I found it amazing and so intense. (I was eleven at the time.) I have been a huge fan of swashbuckling adventuring ever since, and some time later I read Twenty Years After and (some 4 years later) I eventually finished The Vicomte of Bragelonne. But perhaps it's time for me to re-read the original again, now fully able to grasp so many things you described that I certainly don't even remember reading (or understanding) as a kid. (I do remember vividly that the fact that the executioner turned out to have also suffered a personal tragedy on Milady's hands came out of nowhere, and I even checked that I had not accidentally skipped some pages or somerhing.)

[@LaFemmeFictionale]

Barbie movies fascinate me, having grown up with them. The ones that are adaptations are always In Name Only, but where they go with that is always so... out there.

[@delilahchevalier2553]

I think I saw one Barbie movie when I was itty bitty that was actually 100% accurate, but I cannot for the life of me recall if it was a Nutcracker or Swan Lake feature

[@stormwalkers98]

@@delilahchevalier2553 barbie swan lake was pretty damn accurate to the original up until the ending, which of course isn't as tragic. and as far as i recall, you pretty much can't put a finger on barbie nutcracker accuracy wise. they're surprisingly good adaptations, and the ballet motion capture is straight up gorgeous!

[@delilahchevalier2553]

@@stormwalkers98 It may have been either, i honestly don't remember. All I remember was that Barbie had Nutcracker Prince that turned out to have the real book story ending, not the nicer versions of Ballachine's Ballet adaptation. But, I've always loved the old Nutcracker & Swan Lake stories.

[@polgara6]

I adored the Barbie movies when I was a kid with the three musketeers being one of my favorites with the twelve dancing princesses being my other favorite

[@LaFemmeFictionale]

@@stormwalkers98 I don't know how much I agree with that, since 1) Odette wasn't a Queen like she was in the ballet, 2) there were no unicorns in the ballet, 3) the conflict between the Queen of the Forest and Rothbart was new.

[@ackbarfan5556]

Aw, good, you're talking about the 1993 version.

[@NelsonStJames]

The version where the adaptations started to go off track.

[@g.strobl4458]

The version that had cinemas full of Austrians break into laughter when the intro shows Vienna and calls it Paris. :P

[@MyFireElf]

Holding your cat triples the enjoyment of the Audible advert, please always do it!

[@johnoneil9188]

I can just most heartily agree to the life changing effect of Pratchett´s books. I really read my first Discworld novel (Thud!) on a trip to the US and my taste in fantasy has not been the same since.

[@maxx8362]

I was sure that the third part of this series was the early 2000's version The Musketeer until that song played.

[@TehPigpenz]

36:22 did Dom get Christopher Lee stuck in his head and stick with it instead of Price, or did I miss something?

[@Arianddu]

Definitely got his Lees, Prices and Hestons mixed up

[@Endigo_Vandane]

I've seen the 1993 and the 2011 movies. Never seen the 1935 or the 1948 versions. I grew up with the 1973/74 movies, so these are my favourites. They would be shown on Dutch and Belgian television every two years or so in the late 70's and early 80's. My sisters and I would always watch them when they came on. I must say that the death of Constance was quite shocking to a 6 year old boy.

[@LeBasfondMusic]

I appreciate so deeply that you spare judgement against media targeted towards kids recognizing you're not in the target demographic. ❤

[@Grim_Sister]

Zis book is turnin you French, Dominic? Sacrebleu! Anyting but dat!

[@Salsmachev]

Absolutely correct on the Gene Kelly one. I don't care much about accuracy to the letter of the book, because I think maintaining the spirit while telling a good story is what's important, but that version does tell a good story in keeping with the spirit of what I want from a swashbuckling film. I would love to see a sequel looking at The Man in the Iron Mask

[@DezMarivette]

Thanks Dom! Love your channel and loved this chapter!

[@BlueDog241]

OMG you named your Cat Sir Terry Pratchette? That is the greatest idea ever!

[@Fireprincess161]

"I don't think depth perception is as optional in fencing as the movies would have you believe" Spoken like someone who has never had to borrow someone elses fencing mask.

[@CherryCheetah]

Anyone remembers the french comedy version staring Les Charlots? Anyway my favourite versions are 1973-4 and 1993.

[@seiretzym]

Thank you so much for your handling of the sensitive content.

[@luminaravelms4701]

I knew you wouldn't be covering my absolute favorite adaption, the BBC Musketeers tv series, but god was I delighted to realize you were covering the 2011 version which is so stupid and also my all time favorite movie version.