The Book Was Better: Dante's Inferno Review 

Ah yes, la divina comedia, the most famous self insert fanfiction ever

Beatrice was an actual person in Dante’s life. In his first book, “Vita Nova”, he tells the story about how he met her when they were children. He says he fell in love instantly due to her purity and sainthood. He then spends the rest of his life pining over her, hoping for nothing else but her greeting. She was married to someone else, though. When Dante realized that people may realize he was pining over her, he decided to pretend he was pining over someone else. Beatrice got mad and denied her greeting to him, which was an absolute horror to Dante, since her greeting held some divine quality in it. Beatrice dies in 1295 (maybe), and Dante decides to stop writing about love and to stop writing about her until he finds something he deems worthy of her. It is in this period that Dante writes about different topics, such as politics and language. Next time Dante writes about Beatrice is in the Divine Comedy, where she is placed among the saints. Apparently this is what Dante deemed worthy of her.

Take it from a Scot it's not a Scottish wedding unless someone is on fire

If the change in animation went something like, one design for flashbacks and different designs for each ring, that would actually be kind of cool.

Ahh yes, Dante’s Inferno. The infamous love story between Virgil and his super obsessed stalker, er I mean fanboy, Dante. Who I swear only faints so often in the journey just so real life Dante can imagine himself being carried in Virgil’s strong manly man arms. Also I see this comments section is very aware of Overly Sarcastic Productions. This pleases me.

Yay. Can’t believe we have FIN, NPC, AND KRIMSON are the hosts. I feel like watching Terrence do a “lost in adaptation” episode

I am italian and i have been tormented with dantes works for three years now, LET ME BE FREE

“What about the other vowels, what about I OU” “After what they did with Battlefront 2, they certainly do” Had me dying.

Me: ah, we finally finished the overanalyzing of la divina comedia in school, i am free of this torment Krimsonrogue: *uploads this* Me: LEAVE ME ALONE

Dante's Inferno (the game) was always unfairly treated as a 'crappy GOW rip-off'. It's actually a pretty competent GOW rip-off IMO.

wait but when does dante get he's duel pistols and eat pizza?

The Divine Comedy is one hell of a good read. Its too bad we will probably never get a movie or video game, that could even come close to the book.

(Parts not seen) We open with Krimson in an insane asylum, drooling from the mountain of drugs they provide him. As we pan to his eye's, which have an odd glimmer to them, we zoom and fade. We begin to see shapes of some of his personalities sitting around talking about Dante's Inferno. An allegory for the Hell in which he finds himself...

Oh man, I remember watching this film some days ago. The switching of animation threw me for a loop. EDIT: An animation whiplash if you will. Especially near the end.

I think we should all just be honest and admit the Divine Comedy is Dante's fanfiction

I read 2 theories about the changing animation : -to illustrate the feel of the movie changing as Dante got deeper and deeper into hell and his sins were revealed (good-looking heroic at first when his sins are unknown, gross skinny guy with long hair and slap-magnet face when he cheated on Beatrice, crazy-looking buffer when he murdered all of his prisonners and heroic-looking again at the end); -to illustrate the ancient lore and devout believers who called upon godly power to fight (greek, roman, german, beefy viking, etc). Personally I keep to splitting production costs, but I admit that those theories are both pretty good ^^

L'Inferno is the only part that anyone makes from the Divine Comedy, AND GOD DAMNIT I WANT TO SEE THE OTHERS. L'Inferno is cool and all, BUT PURGATORIO IS SO MUCH BETTER. IT'S DISTURBING, AND IS UTTERLY DENSE IN SYMBOLISM. Basically what I'm saying is, I want a trilogy of The Divine Comedy. Hell, make a -sinematic- cinematic universe out of that. We get the Divine Comedy, Paradise Lost, and some more obscure stuff of similar content as well.

The Dio joke was funny because its italian for God.

Interesting timing, I just finished the Divine Comedy last week. My main goal in reading it was finding out why Inferno is the most well-known and influential, and (spoiler alert)(even though the book is 700 years old by now) I have come to a few conclusions: 1. Science marches on; Inferno is still somewhat plausible as an unknown underground structure/other worldly realm, whereas the other two are wrong for several reasons Dante would/might not have known about (Purgatory is the sole geographic feature of Earths southern hemisphere, and Heaven is built on the Ptolemeic, geocentric model), 2. Imagery; Hell is vivid and richly described, whereas Purgatory is mostly austere save for some punishments and interactions, and Heaven is simply described as beautiful and full of light and wonderful, but without any descriptions as to what makes it wonderful (because its too beautiful to be put into words), 3. Morality marches on; most of the offenses mentioned in Hell are either legit destructive and worthy of punishment or can be logically extrapolated from the basis of Christian faith, but when you look at what it takes to be virtuous in the Divine Comedy consensus starts falling apart. for example, a woman who joined a convent was only in Heavens first circle because she got kidnapped from the convent and didnt try to return, and I was like: um, what?

Wait, that third animation studio... are they the same people who went on to do Netflix’s Castlevania?

Read it in high school. I remember thinking "wow it's like this dudes a teenage girl writing in her diary about all the other girls at school she doesn't get along with."

So, what game IS NPC from? He can figure out doors so it's probably not a Bethesda title. Edit: No, seriously guys, kidding aside I really DO wanna know. The episode he first shows up in seems to be gone at the moment.

Krimson, I'm impressed it took me halfway through the video to realize you were playing as the other two characters reviewing the game and I still didn't care and found it entertaining. Most RU-vidrs try this and fail horribly but these characters interacted so seamlessly well together I believed they were different people reviewing with you. Really good stuff, keep it up!

I love the detail of the beer bottles slowly being added over the course of the review. Very nice touch that really helps sell the joke!

Before this video, i had never heard of the film or game. The book on the other hand, i do know about, as i have seen all of overly sarcastic productions videos on it.

(sees title) (snacks magically appear) This will be good.

The animation style change could've actually been really cool if they used is as a motiff in each circle. Pity the animation quality got worse and worse. The voice acting was pretty good though

I'm liking the little bit of Rains of Castamire that you were playing. First making a joke about Game of Thrones, then putting some music from it in the background. Good job dude

"If you didn't think that was awesome, you are legally blind!" *said while fighting King Minos, who is blind*

Also, dante basically invented modern italian. There were (and still are) lots of dialects that often were only understandable for people from that region. After dante wrote the divina comadia, it became so popular that everyone wanted to recreate it and they used the same dialect he used (tuscan dialect) and thats the italian people get taught at school. Theres still many dialects, especially in the south (for example, im from the north and sicilian dialect sounds like simlish to me) , but italian books are always written in tuscan dialect.

i love this giant amalgamation of nerdery, i´ve rarely seen anyone cover 3 sources properly on one given topic while still making it fun and entertaining. 9/9 (get it? cuz circles)

I didn't mind the different animation styles TBH. I just imagined that each time it changed, Dante was entering a new dimension of sorts within hell. Also, as a cartpusher myself (at Walmart no less), I agree 100% that those who leave their carts wherever belong in the ninth circle of hell

I'm gonna nerd out a bit myself: Another thing that the movie got wrong is that Virgil wrote the Illiad. In reality, it was actually written by Homer... but, I never played the game myself so I'm just going to assume that it wasn't in there. PS, I love the three-way analysis in this video! Would you mind making more videos like this, Krimson?

I remember having to read a bit of Dante's Inferno in english class. I hated it, honestly. Mostly because of my teacher. He kept on wanting us to find the answers HE'D gotten out of it, rather than letting us discuss and find our own answers. After hearing you praise it, I may want to give it another shot and read it, but if I hadn't watched this I may have continued to think that it's just a pseudo intellectual piece of garbage that philosophy students use to make themselves feel better

I have to mention, I haven't been a long-time fan yet. I have never seen FIN or NPC before. That just adds to the glory of this video.

18:57 Reminds me of Red from Overly sarcastic productions Which I love both your Channels💜

I kinda wanted to hear why the second ferryman was the best choice for being between Anger and Herecy.

I never played Dante’s Inferno, and the closest I’ve gotten to the original story is Over The Garden Wall (which, depending on who you ask, is either an homage or a child-friendly version). What I AM is an animation nerd and... yeah I’m willing to guess there was no communication between the studios. If there was, Dante wouldn’t be at least five different men.

Not gonna lie, having a lead presenter who’d rather be anywhere else than sit through information is not a good framing device. I was more interested in you and NPC and what y’all had to say on the sources than Excuse For Irish Jokes the Alchescientist.

Fin: I thought I Said no kinky sh*t Me: you haven't seen the fifty shades episode did you

Fin needs to be in more episodes, he is the best part of this whole review. Every line of dialogue he has makes me smile.

"No, it's not actually tentacle porn!" Never before has there been such a magnificent way to explain something

"were they trying to buy a vowel" that was actually pretty hilarious

This may sound strange but all these longer videos have been great to help me sleep as well as listen to on my hour long commute to work

I’m a huge history nut and every history lesson in this video was awesome! Especially the Cerberus part in Christian story telling. It sort of like a cultural remake, for example, the Greek Achilles and the German Siegfried, both bathed in mythical liquid (river of Styx for Achilles and Siegfried bathed in dragons blood) that made their skin invulnerable to any attack except for a small part of their body that wasn’t touched by the liquid (heel and small part of the back) that was exploited by enemies. Love this kind of stuff

Interesting. The voice of Dante in the movie is the same voice as Dracula in the Netflix Castlevania. Dude is an absolute badass of voice acting.

Seriously I love the anime version. It has the most twisted and dark visuals but beautiful at the same time

So, I work at a grocery store, and I lost it when Krim said the bit about the shopping carts. That happens way too much.

Your acting for the three characters is on point. The characters bounced off of each other well, making this a blast to watch. I'm wondering, have you ever watched Over the Garden Wall? Because that story seems like a modern take of Dante's Inferno and another RU-vidr made a video making a strong case for that.

Half of your Irish audience is insulted... the other half are giving high fives to each other while drinking a pint or 12.

I sort of like the animated movie version. Made a theory video that is on RU-vid on who was to blame in the film for the abduction of Beatrice. The result may surprise you 🙂. But I can imagine the book being better, as the movie would have left parts out because of time.

25:20 Nooooo! Don’t silence the über nerd! I actually want to hear this!! 😫

"I like trying new things" he says, as he pulls a full Eddie Murphy and plays all 3 main characters. Respect man, respect.

25:20 You know you're a true nerd of the highest order when you actually want to hear what he had to say.

1. vore is a fetish krimson unfortuntly 2. i whould actully like to hear more about krimsons thoughts on the ferryman 3. i want to know the rules to this drinking game

All I can hear when Lucifer talks is Starscream taking things seriously.

Mr. Rogue I'm a relatively new fan of yours (I binged watched all of your videos the weekend I found you!) and I am so happy that you're finally getting the subscriber numbers you deserve!

So I’m the only one who thought of that awful Pierce Brosnan movie about the volcano eruption, when seeing the title? 😅 I feel dumb Edit note: Dante’s Peak. Jfc how did I get those two confused? I had to read Dante’s Inferno in high school. Now I feel even more dumb 🤦‍♀️

Only 4 minutes in and I'm cackling. This is beautiful.

I’m so glad you covered this. I absolutely loved this game growing up. It’s not perfect but it still holds a special place in my heart. I am a touch sad we’ll never get a sequel given what happened to Visceral..

28:40 I mean technically the Highway to Hell leads to a pub called the Merrywell... but I guess this works too. (No seriously the highway to hell is the nickname we west aussies gave to canning hwy... which is where ACaDaCa got the name)

Ugh, I'm so torn on whether I want to get the game. The Divine Comedy, sure. I'm for the idea of getting the original stories. But the game...I'm so conflicted. *Pros:* 1. The action and gameplay looks good overall. 2. The game take creative liberties, but still manages to pay respect to the original (for the most part) while being it's own thing. 3. Even if the game intended for sequels that may never come, it could realistically be enjoyed just fine on its own. *Cons:* 1. This is a personal hang-up, but I'm not sure how comfortable I would be _owning_ a game so full of gore and varying degrees/types of torture on full display, as opposed to just renting the game and still getting the experience. Not that I can't appreciate the artistic choices and storytelling decisions; but how willing would I be _to _*_go back and play it again_*_ once completed,_ let alone bring it up to decent company. I think it's similar to my feelings about Breaking Bad or The Departed (2006). They're wonderfully crafted crime dramas, but I can't deny that they can be hard to re-watch. 2. Depending on how subtle or in-your-face the sequel baiting is, I don't want to get so invested in Dante's Inferno just to be overly irritated by the idea that a continuation may never come. As a prime example of a bad open-ending, I can't tell you how annoying the sequel baiting was at the end of Young Justice Season 2. If it had just ended a scene or two earlier, it would have been great as a open-ended conclusion. Now granted, when I first saw YJ:S2's sequel bait (2-3 years before hearing about Season 3's announcement), I was aware that the series was cancelled, but I was not aware of the specific part where two important characters meet. Seeing *that* along with the knowledge of Young Justice being cancelled for the stupidest of reasons (CN and WB weren't happy with the toy sales and pulled the plug), that really drove me up the wall! 3. I hesitate in giving EA any more of my money, especially after their botched execution of Anthem. Yes, I'm more _willing_ to buy one of their games used, if I hear good things about it; but EA has bought out so many companies just to end up shutting them down, and they are *still* - unwittingly or otherwise, (as unlikely as the former is) making so many stupid business decisions as of late (Battlefield series, Star Wars games since bringing back Battlefront, superfluous micro-transactions and loot boxes out the wazoo that beg people to use real money), that I can't help but wonder if indirectly supporting EA, however little it may be, would help accumulate and encourage the behavior the makes EA a mainstay for the 'Worst Company in America' ballots. Anthem was their last chance, and unless some major changes happen, I'm not actively supporting them again anytime soon.

Seeing Dante as a buff handsome crusader instead of a scrawny man that, in canon, faints every other time is so fucking funny to me i swear

Oh by the way when you brought up Coins of Mcguffin I had to see if there was a Transformers related card. There is: Cybertronies, and I'm happy to identify with that.

Woohoo, another book was better! Tempted to go read The Divine Comedy now....it'll get added somewhere to my epic reading list.

The animation gets worse as it goes on because after each circle, you descend further into hell alongside Dante

23:55 is that a string cover of Rebel Rebel I hear? Niiiiiiiiiiice.

I'm still not 100% on who all these characters are yet (bar npc, who seems to just be...chaotic neutral: the man?) but this is fun!

5:55 Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic. Guest Starring Steve Blum as Eliphas the Inheritor *gets slapped* I mean, Lucifer!

I enjoy the use of various parts of the 4 part symphony The Divine Comedy. It was a very subtle touch and it really shows how much time and effort you put into your videos

Around 22:20 I just realized a string quartet version of I'm not okay by my chemical romance was playing. I would just like to ask why must you hurt me so

this is probably one of the best videos you've ever put out and im so proud of your evolving style.

I think in the movie in Judecca the souls were not repentant. They were not sorry for what they did. That’s why Dante was told to stop. And I guess God helped when he prayed because of this. Also where he is meant to be the furthest from a God. Not sure if I make sense here. 🤷🏻‍♀️.

22:17 Are my emo ears deceiving me, or is that a cover of I’m Not Okay playing in the background?

You'd think Lucifer would have more important things to do than bet with and kidnap the soul of someone's wife. You know like getting super-heroes to sell their marriages to him.

Krimson never explained the Dante's Inferno themed drinking game. Way to leave us blue-balled, man

“I’m Irish. This is breakfast” 😂

*gasp* VIRGIL-SENPAI, IM YOUR BIGGEST FAN!!

If the ppl making the Dante movie had better planned their use of various animation crews it could've been really cool. If it had a specific purpose, like if each animation team was given a circle and if they all were given just a broad theme to give them cohesion, and/or if Dante had first appeared as the big lug then later on show the scrawny one to signify his time in Hell

I feel like if they had 1 design for each character that was then stylized for each animation studio this film would have been much better even as a standalone. The dubbing issues also feel a lot like the animation teams didn't have the final cut of the voice acting or vice/versa or the editing team cut out a lot and didn't have the budget to get the studios to reanimate different sections. You can tell that a lot of care was put into the first few styles and that those teams really wanted to do a good job and also had the proper resources to do it.

I really enjoyed the use of Rains of Castamere in the background from 33:50-34:46.

Dante’s Inferno is indeed one of the greatest classic books of all time, it is a good blend of philosophy, horror, and good old fashioned revenge since Dante damned all his enemies in the book. It is also very well written that you are both interested and kind of horrified to find out what the next circle holds for the damned. If you love classical literature and haven’t read it for some reason, Dante’s Inferno is a must.

It's like the straight to video version of those videos on RU-vid where the art style changes every 5 seconds... Except the visuals are somehow even more incoherent.

😲😲😲 This is a very good video, I thought that the game was already lost in oblivion, let alone the anime movie and I loved how you combined your TBWB and TGWB. Great work!!!!!! 😃

Great use of The Rains of Castamere Krim

Bonus points for including the Blake illustrations. *applause*

Ever though of doing an episode with Guardians of Ga'Hoole?

The orcastral version of i'm not okay (i promise) by my chemical romance tho😭😍💕

NPC: after what they did to battlefront 2 they definitely do Me: “I think you mean Mass Effect: Andromeda”

I remember the ad for this game. They used the wrong song. They went with Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers, while they should've gone with Hell Is Living Without You by Alice Cooper.

If you did TV series you could do the silverwing books in comparison to the shade Silverwing cartoon

I love the game's cinematics. Plus Steve Blum is always a pleasure to hear.

Finn on the animation change:"As long as no one slacked on the job, i guess it's alright." Few minutes later: This line did not age well.

Thoroughly entertaining! And not a single mention of game devil's big swingin sausage!

I honestly thought you were gonna talk about L'inferno from 1911. I completely forgot there was an animated movie.

I was drinking water during the dio brando joke I snort so hard it got in my nose

A whole review with Fin? Hell yeah, sign me up! Awesome, episode as usual

honestly I didnt like the book. It felt like self insert fanfiction from a guy who didnt understand what he was talking about and was way too into pointless symbolism. This is why the inferno was the one part that people know of. The symbolism worked there. I prefer his reimagening as a knight who sinned and went on a quest to save his woman while redeeming himself.

The way you can look at the different art styles is that each style is for the different rings of hell and the journey and transformations that Dante goes through. If you want to see it that way. And thank you for being a geek/nerd. And, #ImIrishThisIsBreakfast Also, if it's on the internet, THERE'S A FETISH FOR IT.

While EA's version of the story has nothing to do with the book and is pretty inferior in comparison, the atmosphere is done pretty well. The parts of the game that doesn't fall into the generic darkness and brimstone environments makes for such settings as a terrifying slightly generic plane of flesh, or a swampful of tar, or a literal storm made of promiscuity, or my personal hell, the frozen core of the Earth. I hate the cold.