Dingo Pictures's take on The Hunchback of Notre Dame stays more true to the book than a lot of it's animated adaptations... that said it's still Dingo Pictures. phelous.com / phelous
I was about to point out that it wouldn't seem odd if Pierre had known scientist dinosaur from Dinosaur adventure... Or if Wabbu (spelling ?) was actually the judge at Esmeralda's trial.
This sounds so obvious for a meme... it's like memes have become so overused that I don't know which I've already heard and which would be potential new ones.
“And take it with mmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee”
Esmeralda actually found her biological mother in the novel. This is the only film adaptation I've seen that actually include that. Did... did the... did the Dingo people actually read the book rather than rapping the plot off from another movie!?
In French, the word "dingo" can mean "nuts" or "cracked." In Chinese, it means "oh, top." In Lithuanian, it means "disappeared." In Xhosa and Zulu, it means "need." Taken together, we can say that Dingo Pictures needs to disappear before the screen gets cracked from someone throwing nuts from on top of a dingo. Oh, dear, I said, "Dingo."
I do find it hilarious that Pierre is pretty much completely in-character for the Dingo version. "Please stay! It's so good to talk to you!" "Maybe some other time." ".....I think Esmeralda likes me." Yup, pretty much the same Pierre we find in the book.
Frollo's voice sounds like he can't decide whether he's turning into Scar or Snape EDIT: Okay, I know this is Dingo but WTF is with that ending?! The narrator might as well have said "Quasimodo was left to rot in prison for committing a crime of passion but Esmeralda immediately forgot all about the man who saved her life and lived happily ever after with some other dude so that's all that matters" XD Jesus, and I thought Wabuu never learning his lesson was a terrible ending...
I've seen that quote in several comments on Phelous' videos and refused to believe that it was an actual word-for-word line straight from the Dingo Hunchback script... Until I heard Frollo actually say it XD I literally had to pause the video just to let that sink in
*Meanwhile, in an alternate universe where Dingo Pictures tried to adapt “Game of Thrones” instead...* Varys (to Tyrion Lannister): “You *IS* the god of tits and wine!”
I'm shocked that out of all the adaptations, the Dingo one is the one one that makes me sure that someone read the book. They at least got the bit with Pierre at the Court of Miracles relatively accurately, and that Pierre got to like Djali better than Esmeralda which most people would probably overlook when making an adaptation, especially since Pierre tends to get shafted in a lot of them. Also, that bit about people spreading rumours of Frollo being a sorcerer, but that was because he was interested in alchemy.
Frollo as Archdeacon, Quasimodo considering the bells as friends and becoming deaf by the noise, Pierre, the poet...good lord, of all movies to be close to the book, it had to be Dingo fucking Pictures *slams head agains't church's bell* (also, the voice acting is so atrocious I cant really tell when it's an actual line of Phelous making up a joke...)
AT Productions Yeah, the idea behind the Court of Miracles was that while the beggars were deaf, blind or lame out in the bourgeois streets (as it could earn more pity and therefore more money), in the slums they would be entirely capable, as though miraculously healed, so the slums of Paris were sarcastically called "The Court of Miracles".
Thing is, putting animals on trial was actually not all that uncommon in the middle ages. There were reported cases of animals being charged with murder, bestiality, theft, being werewolves, being familiar spirits, or being possessed by demons. A court in Switzerland once sentenced a pond full of leeches to vacate said pond within three days. Don’t know how it turned out, but I assume the leeches, being the true OGs of the animal kingdom, slithered out of the pond, only to form the words ‘sodomize yon constabulary’ and did not comply.
its amazing that the cheapest and laziest adaptation of the hunchback ive seen is also the most accurate with the added bonus of not having annoying comedy sidekicks shoehorned in or unexplained magical elements. this might be be a piece of shit but it might be the most faithful one out there
+thejudge305 It is true, but the fact that a adaptation is faithfull to the original doesnt always make it good. The original "Hunchback in Notre Dame" was meant for adults, and written in 1831, a time on which this actually-Was-How people that ugly were treated. The Disney adaptation was written for children, and in a much more progressive age: Obviously, it wouldnt be quite as dark as the original novel was. But saiyng it was "Bowdlerized" would be a huge exxageration, as back in the time on which the movie was made, this one was actually one of the-Darkest-Children movies of its time, approaching themes as dark as (Implied ) rape. ... Also, there is a theory the gargoyles of the Disney movie were not actually real, just in Quasimodo imagination, as he was the only one to ever interact with then, and he did not actually had any friends: Many children in real life have imaginary friends, especially the ones who have problems socializing with other kids: And Quasimodo was pretty much still a child in how he thought and acted. While it is technically not canon, there isnt anything on the actual movie disproving it, and if you take this as true, every scene involving the gargoyles becomes much more intersting, as their very existance is a testament to just how solitary Quasimodo life must be, that he actually needs to -Imagine-Friends for himself.
don't worry i was well aware of all that but it doesn't make the gargoyles any less out of place or annoying also don't the gargoyles do more in the sequel that makes it seem like there real
Well, yeah, the sequel do more in the sequel, on which it seems they are suppose to be real... But then again, the sequel sucked so much harder then the original that I dont even count then both as being in the same continuity.
+Dado Bojart No, the Gargoyles being imaginary theory would've been great, but it's not true. Towards the end of the movie, they're playfully assisting in the big fiery battle. They're throwing bricks at assailants down below and it's affecting them, clarifying that they're real. Damn it, I hate those Gargoyles so much.
Sam Vimes Hell yeah, lesbians! But, so true. I mean, you can totally tell they've been in a relationship for years. lolol Your comment made me laugh. Thank you, you awesome person. :D Pia x Esmerelda, I ship it. XD
They actually made Quasimodo the most pleasant character to look at.That`s Dingo Pictures for ya, they must have realized that no design for the hunchback could trump their trademark uncanny valley "art style" for the "non-deformed" characters.
Yeah. You know, the people who think that the animation for Johnny Test and the new Powerpuff girls is awful are fricking spoiled! Just remember, as cheap as the animation for those shows are, it could look like Dingo pictures animation!
+Jay Sherman (Annoying Phancakes) Disney's was the only adequate one, and even then they changed things. I guess it's the only version that wouldn't make Victor Hugo turn in his grave.
honestly I have to give Dingo Picture credit for not being the worst Hunchback of Notre Dame adaptation, solely because GoldenFilms managed to find ways of being insulting to the audience that Dingo apparently decided were just too far.
This might be the most fateful adaptation out of them all Also, I do find it interesting how all these versions ignore Phoebus, just like the Disney version ignored Pierre
Well, Phoebus in the novel is quite a womanising flirt who only wanted Esmeralda for her body. He never actually cared for her, even though he rescued her from being kidnapped by Quasimodo (on orders from Frollo of course). And he pretty much ignored her after he was nearly murdered, despite the fact it was Frollo who stabbed him. So I can imagine why most adaptions would leave Phoebus out, save for Disney's more noble spin on him. Deep down, he's not really your heroic knight in shining armour.
Actually, I read a book detailing the making of Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame. In one chapter, one of the filmmakers elaborated on how Phoebus was intended to be a hybrid of the book Phoebus and Pierre Gringoire. The Disneyfied Phoebus had the same occupation as the book Phoebus and served the same primary role he did in the book. The most important aspect of Phoebus in the book is that he provides another man for Esmeralda to become infatuated with, forcing Quasimodo and Frollo to face the fact their romantic interests in her is unrequited. The Disneyfied Phoebus also provides the same kind of comic-relief that Gringoire did, accomplished a lot of the same tasks (like being saved from hanging by Esmeralda and rallying the Gypsies during the battle at Notre Dame), and treated Esmeralda in a similar way that Grinogire did. Gringoire did not worship her as a flawless Madonna figure, revile her as a witch or temptress, nor completely degrade Esmeralda into a sexual prize to enjoy and throw away. The fact that Gringoire treated Esmeralda the most like a normal human being would make him the healthiest choice for a romantic relationship, if the book had a happy ending. So given the need for a happier ending, and the compressed running time of ninety minutes (where you wouldn't have time to develop as many separate characters without cutting some stuff out or mixing different characterizations together), I was ok with the Disneyfied Phoebus. That being said, in the stage adaptations of Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame, which were much longer and went much darker (even to the point of having Esmeralda die in the end like she does the book), I wish they split Gringoire and Phoebus back into separate characters.
Note that Victor Hugo himself did a play with Louise Bertin in which there is romance with Phoebus and Esmeralda. In that version, Phoebus' love for Esmeralda was genuine, but he died.
Frolo change jobs on other versions because the fear of "church is the villain", but Frolo can be a churc guy in this version, because Dingo pictures have nothing to loose by offending people,
I gotta say, although all this dingo slop is bad on almost every level, the sheer volume of it that exists is kind of amazing. All of the artists, musicians, and reviewers should take note that if dingo pictures can persevere and continue putting out their 'product', then none of us should lose hope!
Although Dingo Pictures' drawings and animations are obnoxious in every possible way, they actually seem to take time studying the original source of their works rather than directly ripping the plots off from Disney. That is something you hardly would expect from a company who doesn't seem to have a problem stealing character designs from others and are extremely lazy in their production.
Actually, most of their "works" seem to be based on the original stories. Not just this one. Well, all the main characters didn't die in this one, but it's still an interpretation that is closer to the novel than Disney's version. Remeber, in the Dingoverse, there are hyenas in North America, penguins on the North Pole and bears in Africa. There are also Wild West towns during the early colonization of America (during the 17th century). Thus, I can't help but to give them a TINY eloge for knowing the differences between the original stories and Disney's interpretations.
They did it for a business reason: to start the process of rushing out their mockbusters as soon as Disney/DreamWorks/etc. announces whatever animated take on a public domain book by just reading the book instead of waiting to find out what the plot of the movie they're trying to rip off is, so they could get the mockbuster out at the same time as or before the mainstream release they're trying to ride the coattails of.
No offence to your own creative skills, Phelous, but this cartoon looks like something you created yourself in a couple of hours on your computer. Are you sure this thing is real?!?
Wasn't Quasimodo named after the day he was abandoned on? I understand they changed it in the Disney movie to make Frollo into more of a dick, but if Dingo was gonna be more accurate to the books, did they need to change what Quasimodo was named after?
The irony is that in the last film people considered him ugly, yet he clearly met facial and physique standards of beauty and only lacked in posture. This version however, while understandably ugly on his own, is surround by these grotesque ass wads.What I'm....perplexed.
Fun fact: that whole thing about it being a sin to look at this misshapen ape that should be thrown in a GREAT BIG FAYAAAA, YE is actually a pretty good adaptation of the interaction that happened in the book. Here is, for you own personal amusement, the dialogue from the book translated from French and re-formated by me. (By the way, in the book it's 4 old women named Agnès, Jehanne, Henriette and Gauchère) Agnès (to Gauchère): what's that thing, sis? Jehanne: What will become of us if that's the way they make kids now? Agnès: I don't know much about kids, but I'm pretty sure it's a sin to look at this one. Henriette: That's not a kid, Agnès. Gauchère: It's a malformed monkey. Henriette: It's a miracle. Agnès: Well then, it's the third one (third miracle not third malformed monkey) since Lætare sunday. It was less than 8 days ago the guy that mocked the pilgrims got divine punishment from Notre-Dame d'Aubervilliers, and that was already the second miracle of the month. Jehanne: That so-called "lost and found child" is a truly monstrous abomination. Gauchère: he's screaming loud enough to make a mass singer (I don't know the word in English lol) deaf - shut up you little screamer! Henriette: To think it's Sir of Reims sending this thing to Sir of Paris! (Insert intense praying here) Agnès: I'm guessing this is a beast; an animal, the produce of (the book's words not mine) a jew and a female pig; or at the very least something that isn't christian and should be drowned or thrown into a fire. So yeah... The nunsters in the book aren't much better really (And also Quasi was already, like, 4). Who asked? Probably nobody but I don't care!
I love how it is the same 3 voice actors in every Dingo Pictures film. Who wants to start a kickstarter to buy Dingo and all its assets for Phelous? I really think Phelan could make the greatest film ever with the materials.
27:53 Oh my glob! That's former german chancellor Helmut Kohl. He even wears a shirt with the name of his wife Hannelore. Dingo Pictures. How dare you. (angry laughing and head bobbing) ^^
There's a hotness limitation in the Bible? Forgive me, Father; for I have sinned. Joking aside though, ya gotta love how the male voice is trying his damnedest to get his voice as low as Tony Jay's Frollo.
"She put on a different outfit just to agree with herself" Alexander Hamilton beat you to that years ago, starting his own newspaper just so he could use aliases to write positive commentaries on his own writing and also shit-talk the other founding fathers what a guy
I like how all the citizens of Paris all wear such period-appropriate attire. Totally medieval French fashions, I swear! Fat guy with the printed t-shirt at 28:00 is a caricature of ex-German chancellor Helmut Kohl (the t-shirt reads Hannelore, which was his wife's name). Topical humour few people outside Germany will get! Excellent!
I am quite certain "Glasses pirate with the print t-shirt" actually is supposed to be the sixth chancellor of germany Helmut Kohl. The t-shirt says "Hannelore", which was his wife's name. This has absolutely no business being there...
Unless it's a referrence to the fact Paris is one of the most - if not THE most - visited cities in the world ? These characters looked like foreign tourists to me, and it could make sense in that they're near a Parisian landmark.
I also jawdropped when I saw that, thinking 'wait, is that Helmut 'Birne' Kohl?' Then I saw the shirtprint and all doubts were erased. And yes, he has no business whatsoever to be in this flic.
@@FelisTerras I saw that too, yes. I honestly am baffled by the fact that Dingo took the time to do this. Honestly Dingo is so strange, because they'll put their effort into pointless things, while their movies look like effortless shit.
@@FrenchPaul1988im 5 years late but your still active on the channel soo 😅 im pretty sure they just re-use random characters from their other movies i regonize Quite a few
+Just my channel. yeah, but I'm not entirely sure what else there is to say about it. I'm all for different critics doing the same material as long as they say something new or do it better.
The Quasi jail scene: "I moved with Pierre out of Paris. Here's your whistle. How's jail?" The saddest thing about this? They could have gotten edgier by hanging Esmeralda and having Quasimodo starve to death by her corpse's side, but that just wouldn't have worked at all for them. Too much of a budget lol.
Dunes8 Disney's Beauty and the Beast, being one example. Though Hercules was *hurt* by the inaccuracies. Think of how awesome a movie based on the labours of Hercules would have been!
+Zucca Xerfantes Probably would have been better, but Hercules is at least not terrible. Yeah, if they had done Beauty and the Beast faithfully, it wouldn't have been a good movie, it just wouldn't work.
+Zucca Xerfantes Yep, its like Disney's Alice in Wonderland (1951) where it might not be the most accurate version, but by god it got the point across far better then anybody else has.
+Zucca Xerfantes Oh man, I _hate_ Hercules because of all it's inaccuracies. A lot of the anachronisms were stupid (the modern references were garbage, also apparently the Greeks used Roman Numerals before Rome existed? Enough of that, I could nitpick the hell out of that movie), but what _really_ bothered me was that they took a relatively unique ancient story and just forced it into the boring and tired "hero's journey" format. Not to mention, was I the only one who thought Hercules was whiny, childish and kind of a dick? Maybe that was the point, but he wasn't fun to watch. (Also they could've at least made Hera the villain. I don't know why Hades gets shafted all the time)
I'm frankly amazed they actually bothered to make a background that actually vaguely resembles Notre-Dame rather than use a generic building that they'd presumably have used in three other movies. Hell, I'm amazed the characters aren't animals recycled from Lion and the King, Dino Adventures or Countryside Bears. On the plus side, one thing I can give them up on the Golden Films version is that Quasimodo is actually grotesque... granted, so is everyone else because they can't be arsed to hire anyone who can actually draw but hey, points to them, still.
You know... In medieval and late-medieval times animals WERE indeed valid witnesses in court. Also they were very offten accused of crimes, and had the same rights, (like for lawyers and stuff,) that humans had. It makes no sense, what-so-ever, and i have absolutly no clue how any kind of statemant made by an animal holds up in court... but yeah. Animals appeared (supprisingly frequently) in court.
+Phelan “Phelous” Porteous Yes, when will we get that? Also, I imagine you'll be doing a lot more UAV/Golden Films abominations, like The Secret Of Anastasia. Also, will you do things like the filmography of Jonathan Liebesman, the Platinum Dunes remake library, and The Human Centipede 3?
+Phelan “Phelous” Porteous u need to Review Transformers Prime. also I love your Videos but need more content than Dingo Pictures or Golden Films. 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎 Please Phelous also maybe the Monster High Halloween movie, Monster High: Ghouls Rule. Dude Seriously we don't need no more Gory movies in my opinion.
5:20 It's funny how Frollo becomes abbé of Notre Dame, when he's already Archdeacon. But the movie never actually calls it a promotion. It only says he *became* the abbé. Maybe he really did get demoted. 😆
20:02 "I sentence him an hour in the stocks" Well, I am pretty sure that the Euronext Paris (the Parisian stock market) is a noisy and boring place, but I don't think it is a good place to punish badly drawn people for being badly drawn.
They made the hunchback look ugly - something that isn't always the case in other Hunchback of Notre Dame movies. But then again that's no big feat since absolute EVERYONE in a Dingo movie looks ugly.
The man at 27:54 appears to be then German chancellor Helmut Kohl, on his t-shirt is written Hannelore, the name of Kohl's wife. Everyone knows how much little kids love political humor in their cartoons. No idea if the guy next to him is supposed to be someone, though.
i like how pimp sanders hesitates half way through saying g*psy like he realizes its a slur and tries to turn it into something less offensive but then just finishes the word anyway ^ ^
Why do I feel that Dingo decided to set this version in Hugo's own period rather than the Middle Ages...probably because of Colonel Pimpers, tge Eiffel Tower and the Handbag Lady!
Who is this actually aimed at? It seems like it is intentionally bad, like they went out of their way to make every character a psychopath. In fact, the villain of the movie is a bit less evil than the background characters and some of the protagonists. He does get Esmeralda arrested for witchcraft, but in a city of ugly baby fires and beggars that hang whoever wanders by, it doesn't seem that bad in context.
27:55 HOLY SHIT - that must be the most subtle reference ever: The guy whith the printed t-shirt with "HANNE LORE" on it ... I can't believe that ... It's supposed to be Chancellor Helmut Kohl (1982-1998). He has his facial features and his wife was called Hannelore. So here we see the german chancellor (wearing a fan shirt of his own wife, wtf), getting hit by a rock ... Pretty neat political commentary here, Dingo Pictures. Seems like they weren't very fond of conservative politics. ... Political commentary in a Dingo Pictures movie ... Mindblow. However, I don't think any kid, not even the german ones, would have unserstood this reference ... ever. I actually noticed this because of the T-Shirt.
I realize these stories might just get original story wrong? Badly compressed storytelling and all, but after watching Disney's Frollo spiral into such levels of evil that it feels like God, Notre Dame, and even Satan is against him in the climax, seeing these adaptations make a total buffoon out of him is hilarious. Except Jaune Claude, that wasn't even enterrtainingly bad. Dingo Frollo on the other hand never gets old.
