Rasputin attacks with his cartoon bombs making Anastasia lose her mind and decided to live with an old weirdo, until, Anastasia from the Bluth movie shows up in male form. phelous.com / phelous
I think that's too harsh; they did include Anastasia meeting and rescue by an alternate dimension version of herself, as a man, and they did correctly depict Rasputin as a Fu Manchu clone! These did happen! 4/10
Who could forget the time Rasputin also helped Wabuu and even after the revolution he helped the Germans in WWII to summon a demon but also summoned a red demon child a red right hand of doom
BABUSHKA: You have reached the number of Babushka, I'm sorry I'm unable to take your request for supernatural help right now as I'm helping Donald Trump keep power. Please leave a message and your number, and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
There lived a certain man in Russia long ago He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow Most people looked at him with terror and with fear But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear He could preach the Bible like a preacher Full of ecstasy and fire But he also was the kind of teacher Women would desire Ra ra Rasputin Lover of the Russian queen There was a cat that really was gone Ra ra Rasputin Russia's greatest love machine It was a shame how he carried on He ruled the Russian land and never mind the Czar But the kazachok he danced really wunderbar In all affairs of state he was the man to please But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze For the queen he was no wheeler dealer Though she'd heard the things he'd done She believed he was a holy healer Who would heal her son Ra ra Rasputin Lover of the Russian queen There was a cat that really was gone Ra ra Rasputin Russia's greatest love machine It was a shame how he carried on
Wouldn't it make a lot more sense for one of these "Anastasia survives" stories to have Rasputin be involved in helping her survive rather than just casting him as the villain because Bluth did it? I mean his assassination was near the start of the Russian revolutions, he was a close friend of the royal family, and was famously hard to kill as his assassins stabbed, poisoned, shot, and beat him before finally binding him and throwing him in a freezing river where he drowned after breaking free of said bindings.
Only Nicolay II could fully trust Rasputin , because in WW1 his uncle Nicolay Nicolaievitch did a bad job of commanding Russian Imperial Army and Nicolay II replaced him. He was afraid to speak with his family about his uncle's bad job.
He was still a guy who used his reputation as a "holy wild man" and manipulation skills to get the confidence of Empress Alexandra and then tried to influence politics to the detriment of both the imperial family and Russia as a whole. He wasn't a demonic villain, but neither was he some good hearted innocent. Plus the whole thing about being "hard to kill" that gets exaggerated. It all happened in fairly quick succession. So we don't know whether the poison, stabbing or shooting would have killed him in the long run if he hadn't drowned.
@@garthst.claire3459 nah, I think they meant Rasputin could be like a morally ambiguous mentor figure, and it could be a villain arc or she could steer herself in a more positive direction
Since he died the year before the subversion of the Tzar, I wonder why Lenin, Trotsky or some other leading Bolshevik didn't become the villain to begin with. Maybe that would have been too political.
Rasputin has the more sensational reputation (and the freakiest beard,) so he's the obvious choice for a cliche villain in a made up 'historical' movie. I think it's 99% down to the fact that Rasputin just looked weird.
+Rachel Mazurek It kinda makes sense that Dingo used him as the villain. Aside from their tendency of ripping off other movies, they have the historical and geographical knowledge of a three year old. I was rather wondering why he was used as the villain in Don Bluth's movie, since that company probably knew that he was murdered in 1916 (one year before the Russian revolution).
Besides, since he was involved in dark magic and had sold his sole, it makes a little more sense that he was alive in Bluth's version. In Dingo's version, however, he is a mere mortal who is alive years after the revolution and even aims at being elected as the president... in Communist Russia. Lol.
So Bluth's version of Rasputin was a Zombie, Atlus made him an android, Sacnoth wrote him making a pact with a demon, Golden Films believed he started a Revolution, while Dingo turned him into a ginger shaped face Bomberman.
I laughed out loud when male Bluth Anastasia showed up... it's just such a confusing choice. But then again, I don't know why I would expect Dingo Pictures to ever make sense.
Dingo did the same thing when they used the Adult Simba Model as the Dad, it's like making a Dingo-ized Prequel Trilogy, where Not-Obi-Wan is played by the Sebastian Shaw Anakin with his Padawan the Hayden Christiensen Anakin.
You see, Baba Yaga is actually Rasputin's grandmother, that's why he's so ugly, still alive even after his death prior to the revolution, and why he calls her Babushka.
@@ArendAlphaEagle *Who told you I...* I mean, who told you _Rasputin_ was still alive?! Oh, wait, you were riffing on the movie. No immortal Rasputins to see here...
...Am I the only one who thinks this Rasputin looks a bit like he wandered out of a Nazi propaganda poster? And I know what you're thinking; the Nazis weren't even around during the Russian Revolution! But, well, let's just say that Aladdin and Paige really messed up this time.
Eric Emigh he dies looks like a Nazi propaganda Jewish caricature, and accusing the Jews of orchestrating the Russian Revolution is one of the more popular and enduring antisemitic conspiracy theories- all in all...YIKES!!!
Your comment is leading me to believe Aladdin and Paige wished Hitler into a raging antisemite to get the lamp from his painting class or something. Don't ever give me those images again.
I live in Germany and found the Dingo Anastasia DVD in a 1 Euro Shop yesterday. With the cover on the left at 1:33. My mom just looked at me in confusion when I was giggling like a maniac and taking pics of the DVD.
MrXemnas1992 wouldn't surprise me, these companies are under the impression they'll make a killing ripping off other people's great ideas - but shittier!
Fun fact: the Revolution that overthrew the Tsar was a separate revolution than the revolution that placed Lenin and the Communists in power. The first was the February Revolution, and the second was the October (Communist) Revolution.
@@WilliamGarland Other fact: According to legend he was poisoned with one bottle off Cyanide, shot atleast eight times, stabbed, beaten, rolled up in a carpet and then thrown into an icy river and even then he was still alive. Until he was finally found dead the next morning. It sounds ridiculous but the legend is true. Look it up.
You know you've created something special when you depict Rasputin even less accurately then the version that's a demon summoning robot from the future!
Don't forget in Drifters (A series by the same author as the Manga Hellsing that features a lot of historical figures) where Rasputin was portrayed as a super pretty man (and I mean like super pretty). But hey at least in that version he was working with Anastasia (who was super tall, way older and had ice powers)
At some point the English word "molest" did actually just mean pester or harass. I'm guessing wherever they were getting their translations from included the dated definition and they either didn't notice or didn't care about the more common one. Always gotta double check your synonym usage, especially if you aren't familiar with the language.
I had to pause at the 17:39 mark because I was about to hyperventilate from laughing when I saw the horribly drawn creature behind the mumble-mouth guy.
Ikr? I *think* it was supposed to be some kind of fox but it's just so shitty and creepy that I have no idea what they were actually attempting to draw there XD
I think that witch is supposed to be Baba Yaga, a character from Slavic folklore. ...Did they seriously mix up "Babushka" with "Baba Yaga"? Just when I thought Dingo couldn't get any more incompetent.
"Why would I lie to you? You've known me for ages." "Exactly." As.... Dingo as this "film" is, I actually thought that was funny, dare I say even not ironically. EDIT: Holy shit this comment got a lot of likes. Thanks guys.
PeterCap I agree, it is a funny exchange Makes it a shame the voice acting lacked the delivery of the lines so that I could give more than a chuckle to it...but if it did then it wouldn’t be dingo pictures
I get the feeling that maybe there were a handful of decent jokes in the original German audio & this is one of the 1% of them that didn't get mutilated in translation
@@Jigwally Considering the amount of region specific jokes that people have had to point out throughout Phelous making these reviews, you're not wrong.
I've been waiting for this review ever since you started reviewing Dingo Pictures, because I have personal history with this... "animation". When I was 8, I wasn't allowed "big budget" games, so imagine my delight when I see Anastasia for PS1 for the bargain price of £3 in my local supermarket. I was a fan of the Don Bluth movie, and, being a naive child, thought this was based on it. I saved my pocket money for a few weeks, anxious in case it stopped being sold, and at last I bought it. After a mind-numbing 45 minutes of animation, I realised I had made a terrible mistake. I had been ripped off of my precious few coins, been exposed to atrocious animation and voice acting, and realised there were terrible, awful con artists in the world. I actually think Dingo Pictures might have sparked off my interest in learning about different animation companies and spotting rip-offs and mockbusters, so it's not all bad! I don't bear a grudge. It's too adorably pathetic to hate.
I love how at 21:57 the newspaper just has random Russian words written on it. "Borschtsch" (a Russian soup) and "Glasnost? Njet!" (Openness? No!). Oh Dingo, you continue to amaze me.
Dingo did NOT do Prince of Egypt, by god, please tell me they didn(looks it up) NOOOOOOOOOOOOO NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Rasputin was far more interesting in real life than in fiction. A pious monk, a heretical cultist, and Russia's greatest love machine at the same time, he's truly larger than life. Few people have had a greater impact on our culture and perception of Russia. Look him up and read a bit. It's pretty cool.
Now, there is a perfectly logical explanation as for why Dingo stole the design from Anastasia from the other movie, and made her a man: See, that is the REAL Anastasia, who escaped, diyed her hair, and has been pretending to be a men so that the Bolchevique Army wont suspect her. The blonde girl we are following is actually a servant girl who happened to look a lot like how Anastasia did when she was younger. ... Thus making this actually a story about the forbidden love between a exiled princess and her amnesiac servant who thought she was her.
I thought about that too especially when Phelous commented about mummy wraps and I was like, "What if he is binding and is real Anastasia in disguise..."
Genuine question: How do Phelous's jokes never get old? Like seriously he's the only reviewer I know who can repeat the same material over and over and not have it get stale.
plus, he’s like one of the only reviewers out there with the gall to actually sit through this shit & not only watch & absorb it, but also ANALYZE it too...!!
"Babushka" looks like Baba Yaga - a popular Slavic folk character. Considering rumors about Rasputin tangling with the otherworldly and stuff her appearance is... Appropriate?
The word and meaning of "appropriate" jumped out of the window, the moment when Dingo pictures decided to tell the Anastasia story. Along with logic and sense. So... no, probably not appropriate
I'm guessing that the reason Ananstasia is blonde in this is because in a lot of earlier concept art and test animations from the Bluth version, Anya was blonde. They probably copied that, then the Bluth film turned out to change the designs, and they got stuck.
"Babushka" - old woman, grandmother, headscarf, nesting doll (the ones normally called "matryushka". Or the "babushka" character is supposed to be Baba Yaga, a witch from Russian and Slavic folklore.
if dingo doesn't show the part where rasputin goes to Japan and fights a devil summoner in order to help the military summon a giant mech I give up on a movie showing the real history of rasputin.
He couldn't have possibly done that since, as I commented in the last Anastasia review, he and Anastasia were transported to a fantasy world by an evil wizard and lead an army of monsters along side evil Jesus
Rambler yeah but that is where he became a cyborg and learned how to jump dimensions, he then used this power to teleport the devil summoner to an alternate reality.
@@KeybladeMasterAndy and that's silly. Zombies and magic don't draw the line but a happy ending does? Like, how well do the Wolfenstein games and Inglourious Basterds end, with main characters literally killing Hitler. It's way better than saying "and then he killed himself in a bunker".)))
So the Grand Duchess just waited in Paris until the Grand-Daughter niece, that may or may not have been alive showed-up then went to America? there is only so much dumb I can take...
Yep. It’s also obvious it’s insane gender bent stuff here and not a trans character 🤷♀️I guess he said because otherwise people will complain….. Because people are idiots who can’t tell the difference
I'm genuinely curious. Is there anyone, _anybody_ at all in the entire world wh actually _likes_ these movies? And I don't mean in a So-Bad-it's-Good like I mean actually like, as in they think its good. Cause if there is... consider my faith in humanity totally gone.
Actually, i like them. They remind me of the carefree afternoons at home where i was so bored that i used to watch these films every afternoon at the local tv channel because i had absolutely nothing else to do....now i don't have time to relax....
"Oh yeah I uh..chopped wood for an old man" "I sure HOPE you chopped wood." Translation - "Oh yeah I clearly..um, definitely didn't do sex work to get this medal." "Um I sure HOPE you didn't do sex work."
Jr_Manits-Brigade well, for Dingo movies, I think he’d need to bypass the proper princess-y dresses & go straight for the Walmart paper bag/cardboard box 📦 👑
Rasputin violently throws his beloved pet rat offscreen. There's no sound of the rat hitting anything, but it's never seen again in the theatrical cut, leaving its fate ambiguous. The Extended Cut released on DVD, though, does answer the question. The answer: About what you'd expect when a rat is thrown against a wall... (The rat used for the shot was not real and no rats were injured in making the film.) Shout out to "the last emperor" 🙂
Technically speaking Belarus and Poland didn't exist at the time of the Russian revolutions, Poland was a territory of the German Empire, and Belarus a territory of the Russian empire (which it arguably still is).
Poland got independent in 1918, defeated russia in 1920, and stayed independent until 1939 when it was split by germans and ruskies again. Belarus BRIEFLY got half a year of independence in 1919... Bolshevik Revolution ending in 1917 is a myth, they didn't control most of Empire's territories, and the "Russian civil war" lasted well into 1922.
A Russian again. Well, that not how the Winter Palace was stormed. And no mention of World War 1... as in, one of the main reasons the people were revolting. ALSO surprisingly they say Anastasia pretty closely to how you'd say it in Russian. No "sh" sound at the end. And Rasputin talking about democracy and getting elected? What the fuck, there's like a Civil War just ending. Proper side note. The "Babushka" is probably supposed to be Baba Yaga, as in the witch from the fairy tales. Also 10 000 rubles reward for Anastasia... DURING FUCKING HYPERINFLATION of 1923 of the Ruble. You probably could buy some bread with that. 21:56 - the paper talks about Glasnost', that's like 60 years too early.
Oxycominum It's a double edged sword for me. On one hand it's hilariously incompetent on the other hand my brain cells refuse to interpret the incompetence and just die.
I can't breathe. 🤣🤣 The fact that Anastasia's love interest is a bad version of the Bluth one absolutely hilarious. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Also, why are like half of the men voiced by the voice actress? 🤣🤣🤣
"Glasnost? NYET!" The old man is reading a newspaper from the future at 22:02, Glasnost and Perestroika wouldn't be items for political discussion until Gorbachev came to power waaaaaay after the whole Anastasia stuff this is based on.
before that, Glasnost was a censor-softening policy used by Alexander II, Nicholas' grandfather. Perestroika, yes, was an attempt to rebuild the Soviet Union. It failed.
Hope that if you ever go into Hercules bootlegs, you'll do the "Hercules and Xena, battle for Mount Olypus" movie, that be a gold mine of jokes with a bad plotholed story, terrible animation, and even riping off the Disney movie in places.
