"Boris Karloff's face is so perfect", "Look at how tall he is", "the wardrobe really compliments his shape", "look at how his neck arches forward" - what a... sensual description, James :DDD
I concur, given his education on the older movies and video games I’m not supposed his collections haven’t been archived by the library of congress or something that big. If they do it to Lou Reeds music collection why not James’ collection?
Honestly isn't this way better than having or being a professor? James is fine the way he is. He doesn't need to be validated by academia and if he ever is, i hope he doesn't take it seriously. Academic posturing and games ruin plenty of fine minds.
I'm watching this in 2019 gearing up for another monster madness. James is undoubtedly be greatest film reviewer in the history of RU-vid. not to mention he's not too bad at reviewing crappy video games. Oh and he's the only person that I will sit and watch a video about a cardboard piece from a movie.
" He be dancin' with the devil!" I'll never forget it. When these hit VHS, I had no idea of their order when it came to the Lon Chaney Jr. films, so I went off of pictures I remembered as a kid. Bad idea!!! Me and my buddy bring one home and before we know it, he's turning to me saying, " When do we leave Louisiana and get back to Egypt?" I lower my head and sheepishly say, " Soon... I hope."
It would be interesting to see a film where Imhotep controls Karys. It could combine the sophistication of Imhotep with the brute strength of Karys, making a dynamic mummy duo.
I would like that a lot. The Sommers films came close, with Imhotep having "lesser mummies" to serve him. Here's a possible twist: the two end up fighting EACH OTHER at the end!
The Mummy: A really good tasting and quality cookie Mummy's Hand: A Girl Scout cookie. Pretty good, can be enjoyed often, but not perfect. Mummy's tomb: A stale, shitty tasting cookie. But with a few ok tasting chocolate chips.
Whether it's video games, horror movies, or music, your passion for whatever it is you're talking about is infectious and makes me wanna check it out. Thanks for everything you do James.
James how do you have such an amazing collection of everything? A video game collection nearly unparalleled. A board game collection I would love to play through the entirety of with you, and now a movie collection i could only dream of. I love these more chill videos with you talking more critically and emotionally about a movie I must say. Keep up the good work, and the amazing collecting
James tweeted this on the Cinemassacre twitter account a few days ago. "Been busy working on AVGN. Enjoy E3, to whoever's going/watching." Relax guys. The nerd will be here soon.
WOOHOO! i cant wait to see what James rants about this time, usually when something is featured in a nerd video, there is at least SOME level of bullshit going on in the featured game/s.
What makes me sad is that he's putting all this time and effort into making a Nerd episode as good as a full feature-length film and only gets 2 million views, roughly, whereas other RU-vidrs are posting less edited videos and are doubling, even tripling, that.
hey, i love when James is being passionate, but at the same time, i still wanna see the series that made me subscribe to James from the get go, and that is through The Angry Video Game Nerd.
Brilliant! Thanks for the love you put in details as well as stepping back to give us an overview and bigger understandment for these old movies. Step after step you let my interest grow and take away my stupid automatism to just compare the old movies with the new ones. Thanks James :)
Worth noting that the original The Mummy owes quite a lot to H. Rider Haggard's novel She: an immortal trying to reconnect with her/his old flame, now reincarnated.
You should do this for the Hammer Frankenstein and Dracula movies! When the videos are all together in one it works better I think. Thanks for the great videos James!
Zita johanne in The mummy 1932 has the best quote in movie history.. “ do you need to open graves to find girls to fall in love with “ ewwww necrophilia
the '99 mummy tho, indiana jones meets something from a nightmare, loved that movie, the sequels were entertaining, but the '99 film has got to be the best of all the mummy movies yet in my opinion, including that new adorable one.
Nailed it with the slasher franchise analogy. I've been saying that for years. One of the reasons I've always loved the classic Universal Mummy films, and had no use whatsoever for the more recent adventure-oriented takes on the character.
I always feel sorry for Christopher Lee in the 1959 Mummy. Mostly because of the scene when he gets shot. Those squibs apparently gave him burn marks for days.
I found all of these from watching AVGN episodes that I've watched over the years but I hadnt watched any of the other videos on here. What I really love about these, other than the classic horror movies are great, is how much you really seem to revere and respect them. You can really see it in your reviews and it reminds me of when I was a kid and watching them
There have been plenty of other versions of The Phantom of the Opera over the years though, including a remake by Universal. No one has ever remade the original Boris Karloff Mummy story.
i recently saw the 32 mummy. i had thought i had seen it as a kid but i never saw this mummy. i thought it pretty dull except when karloff was on the screen. he was terrific!!! and skinny, good lord was he skinny!!
13:25 This line has stuck with me in a major way. Sometimes I'll find myself binging a show or video series and in the back of my head I think "I could be watchin' all the mummy movies"
Hey James have you ever considered reviewing the literature that the classic horror films are based on? Like Bram Stokers original Dracula novel or Mary Shelly's Frankenstein? I never took you much for a reader but I bet you could make some good content off of the books.
Boris Karloff’s Imhotep use Ardeth Bay’s name as an alias while in the Mummy Trilogy, Ardeth Bay is a Medjai who’s a buddy of the O’Connell Family in their fight against Imhotep
A slasher mummy movie would be PERFECT right now. I've been begging for a new slasher movie. If it meant bringing the mummy back im all for it. Have him have a spear, able to break necks and backs. Would be nice to see and restart the dark universe the right way
He's gonna take you back to the past. To watch those old-ass movies that suck ass. He rather ha... ehm... Wait a minute... Ok, nevermind. Looks like he is enjoying this.
Huh… so The Mummy really was essentially a Proto-Slasher film. Imagine if the remake in the ‘90’s had stuck true to that, rather than becoming an Adventure film.
