Fifty Shades Freed, Lost in Adaptation ~ The Dom 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oh, neat new opening! It sounds really classy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Dom's scream big banged another universe into existence where Fifity Shades never left the realm of fan fiction

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

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

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

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

Thirty five minutes? We have been BLESSED

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"About as erotic as a slap in the face" *interested* "with a rotting haddock" *nevermind*

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

EL James: proof there is a Satan, and he really makes deals for souls.

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

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

DAMN IT DOM DID YOU MAKE SURE THE FINGER THING MATCHED IN EVERY VIDEO THIS TIME?

"As arousing as a firm slap to the face with a rotting haddock." Listen, Dom... I dont want to sully your worldview any more than it already has been, but you just KNOW there's a market for that somewhere. Hell, there's probably even communities devoted to that one specific scenario.

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

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

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

i really like the compare-contrast between grey's character in the books v movies. other reviews sort of mention it offhandedly "he's better in the movie" and leave it at that, but having a scene-by-scene breakdown on how his behavior is different and how little things like him not immediately escalating the situation can change him completely is very valuable to me as an aspiring writeperson. thanks for reading and comparing these books, dom, somebody had to do it.

I thank you profusely for your diligent service to all of mankind for ripping this abominable series to shreds and illuminate its toxic message for the filth that it is. Now have yourself a good hearty rest. You've earned it! With love from a fan :)

3:35 The triple air quote sync is extremely pleasing