Was Lex Barker Actually The Best Tarzan? 

The Tarzan yell was invented by the MGM sound department, and two Tarzans were credited with being able to do the yell were, Johnny Weissmuller and Lex Barker.

He certainly played him in the most movies. And certainly popular. I'm also a fan. But he's not the best actor, best depiction, or best representation of the character

Blablabla…always one who repeats Cheryl Cranes unprooven accusations, at each and every video about him. CC wrote her book after his death. Never the slightest proof for her story.

​@@PaminaStormbornpeople like you are the reason so many victims are hesitant to come forward in the first place

Rose tinted nostalgia glasses cloud perspectives.

How?

Amen!

No single movie has been a direct 1-to-1 adaptation/representation of any of ERB's stories, true. But a few have at least come closer than others, faithfully adapted elements, themes, narrative points, tone and style. As far as I've read, Burroughs himself is the actual reason so many movies don't faithfully adapt the novels, as he allowed studios the rights to the titular character but none of the actual stories.

@@orinanime Kind of, yes. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes starring Christopher Lambert, the first act was close, but then they shot it to hell. Not to mention Christopher was the worst physical casting yet. I contacted Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. about purchasing TV rights for the first three novels, they said a TV series was in development already. And just heard Sony is developing a movie and there will be a full reinvention. They never learn.

@@DIDYOUSEETHAT172 of the dozens upon dozens actors to portray the character, which ones do you think looked the most accurate? And of the various movies and shows, which ones do you think adequately adapted certain elements of ERB's stories and which elements?

@@orinanime Keeping in mind the period it was written when men were average height of 5’6”, Tarzan was described as being of ‘Gigantic stature’ at around 6’ in the novels 1921. Constantly referred to as a Giant. So, by todays standard of average heights. Miles O'Keeffe 6’3” came close in the ridiculous Tarzan the Ape Man 1981 I left half way through. Mike Henry was 6’2” made a couple watchable Tarzan-esque movies. Alexander Skarsgard 6’3” needed another 30 pounds of muscle. I enjoyed his movie, of course they totally screwed all the lore. The whole point of Tarzan Of The Apes was, he was the master of and King of the Apes through his strength and ferocity, with his intellect overcoming the slight edge of the apes strength. He didn’t have a brother ape that kicked his ass, so much had his great strength increased in the novel, quote ‘in the period following his maturity that he had come to believe that he might master the redoubtable Terkoz in a hand-to-hand fight were it not for the terrible advantage the anthropoid’s huge fighting fangs gave him over the poorly armed Tarzan.’ Personification of height and build? Dwayne Johnson in Hercules. 6’5”.