The Messed Up Origins of Tarzan | Disney Explained - Jon Solo
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- Опубліковано 11 лют 2018
- Disney's Tarzan is an AMAZING film... but do you know the messed up book it's based on? Today we're diving into the 1912 novel "Tarzan of the Apes" and how its events inspired the Disney classic
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Makes friends with the *elements*
Tarzan, you're the avatar.
He ment elephants
@@bigttv392 r/wooooosh
You know that he included the word elephant but I like the comment
@@bigttv392 r/woosh
Yes. Just yes
Comment and like on this if ur frogs are gay
Disney logic friend
GayBae Tragic
In the book, Jane was from Baltimore
@@bighara And in the book, he learns English from a French man who was in the same expedition as Jane, after being taught French by him
*evolution*
I actually had this Tarzan graphic novel as a kid that had 100% story drawn out from the original 1912 novel. Very graphic and bloody and I appreciated the story a lot.
Is it the first dynamite lord of the jungle comic?
Link???
@@Garagedoordude23 Yeah that sounds like it would be awesome
Tarzan was one of the most popular fictional characters of his day and perhaps of all time. He's iconic well beyond the Disney movie.
The ERB books are pretty much little known in comparison to the live action tv shows and more recently mockbusters.
@@SlapstickGenius23 The character has grown past any single interpretation. Tarzan is an iconic character in fiction.
@@walterhoward5512 Agreed.
I actually like George of the Jungle starring Brendan Fraser much more then Disney's animated Tarzan. I haven't seen (but should maybe get around to it) the Tarzan movies starring Johnny Weissmuller.
The story has been done to death in the movies and tv shows.
I wonder how Tarzan never grew a beard, he lived in the jungle for his whole life and never learned to shaved.
He did grew beard, but started shaving by watching/mimicing African tribe men.
Lena Rosic that makes sense
Not everyone grows facial hair also lol ive never shaved and I barely have a mustache nd a lil chin hair🤣🤣🤣
Ya he didnt want any facial hair because he didnt want to be hairy like the apes, but smooth faced like many of the men in the picture books.
That's why he originally takes the hunting knife from the cabin, to shave with
I loveeeee how you tell stories
Me too for sure
I just really like his voice.
Real shit, me too
No cap
I love his scripts but I wish he would hire a voice actor
I love the disney movie for how "realistic" the gorillas are portrayed. Not as violent bloodthirsty beasts but as peaceful and gentle society with a charismatic and protective leader. Also the way tarzan is built and the way he moves around is literally how a human would most likely do if raised by apes.
The fact that no one has successfully adapted the entire Tarzan series into movies or tv is astounding
Yeah they had a live action movie about 6 years ago I believe it was meant to be a sequel however it was not great
Johnny Weissmuller made several back in the 30s, and I believe there was a series somewhere in the 60s or 70s.
I know there were a couple movies in the 80s.
Tarzan, legend of Greystone follows the book pretty well.
Same with the wizard of oz books!
I swear when he revealed Clayton to be Tarzan’s cousin & Tarzan to be the rightful inheritance to Clayton’s wealth I spazzed tf out! 😂 it’s like I’m watching a soap opera 🍿🤫👀 😂
Where do you think their writers got some of their ideas?
And that Clayton was actually a decent guy too
@@dalemcgathy4996 which one? Will or "Tarzan*?
Both actually
"makes friends with the elements"
Water
Earth
Fire
Air
Long ago the four nations lived together in harmony,
But then, everything changed when kerchak attacked.
Only Tarzan, master of all four elements, could stop him.
But when the jungle needed him most,
He fell in love with a British girl and vanished.
BUT I BELIEVE AANG CAN SAVE THE WORLD
UrLittleGamer nice timing
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍💜
@@LuminousBorah oml 😂😂
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I read Tarzan myself. Although the book was indeed a a good read, as an African American, I found it VERY disturbing in many ways and you really candy coated a lot of Tarzan's interaction with the Africans. I didn't see much cannibalism among their own people... or at all for that matter. However, it is seen from bones outside the village that they were cannibal. As in most cultures, these were probably the bones of captive enemies, probably not their own tribesmen. Tarzan does indeed kill M'bonga's son for killing his ape mother, but his treatment of M'bonga's people goes FAR beyond mere pranks. He habitually murders them for (not only their weapons, ornaments and clothes) but for fun. This even AFTER they begin to leave offerings of the same stuff to appease the believed angry spirit. Tarzan really terrorizes M'bonga's people and there's nothing funny about it. In book two, after returning to Africa, he even looks for M'bonga's people again for a bit of murder and thievery, but is disappointed to find they've finally abandoned the cursed place and cannot be found. So what does Tarzan do? He goes looking for them, of course. He finally finds a native hunter who he immediately notices is NOT of the same people of M'bonga's tribe, but is still black... so he begins to stalk him. Fortunately for the native, although at first Tarzan is looking forward to dropping a noose over the man's head and lynching him (his usual method of murder and terror) he now has a bit of conscious about it after having lived in Europe. He now begins to see his behavior (even towards a black man) as murder and robbery. His mind is finally made up when a lion jumps out and attacks the hunter and instinctively he rushes to the man's aid. To his shame and mortification, the grateful hunter takes him to his village and he is given freely everything he would have taken by murder and thievery. Oh, and the apes Tarzan lived with were NOT gorillas but a similar species called the "Great Apes" or "Mangani". The author makes a clear distinction between the two antagonistic groups.
I came to the comment section to make a few of these observations but you've really expressed it more than I have the will to. Thanks
Sign of the times. Canniballistic bad guys is similar to other groups of "bad guys" i.e. "Indians", "Nazis", "delinquents", "crazy people" and all kinds of stereotypes people have used until they get to know that group themselves. Don't take the "isms" seriously in 2019 or next we'll be picking apart gender issues in literature that's over 100 years old.
Edit 2022: I can't believe I'm still getting messages on this thread. Calm down, I was illustrating groups that are used as generic bad guys. The "supposed" was because not everyone I listed would be recognized as "bad" i.e. Indians = not bad in most representations today, but back in an old western the Indians were often treated as the "bad guys" lumped in with people like the Nazis (BAD). Being mentally ill doesn't make you like a Nazi either, yet mentally ill people often get portrayed as bad guys. Capiche?
@@dethkatmetalbaby1867 "Don't take the "isms" seriously in 2019 or next we'll be picking apart gender issues in literature that's over 100 years old." We've already been doing that, there have been college classes for at least half a century dedicated to just that. Not saying it's a bad thing, but just saying examining the cultural meanings behind literature has been going on way longer than these recent years.
I figured there may have been more to it when he mentioned him taunting the tribes and later stringing up the torturer from a tree. I figured that since it was made in 1912 that it may have been especially messed up. But anyway, thanks for this
@@dethkatmetalbaby1867 youre seriously messed up if you refer to Nazi's as "supposed bad guys" and essentially say they are misrepresented and then put them in the same category as first nations people... they were worse than just bad guys they were cold blooded murderers who tortured people
You forgot the part where tarzan hangs black tribesmen to steal their arrows and for fun
He said they were African
Aiyaluna Yourke not all Africans are black
@@deairajones3795 obviously
Aiyaluna Yourke not all Africans are black tho Tarzan was technically African
@@deairajones3795 Not all Europeans are white?
This feels like a missed opportunity to be wearing a loincloth Jon.
How do you know I'm not?
Jon Solo oh 😂😂😂
+Jon Solo interesting
😂😂😂💀☠🤦🏿♀️🥂
You know nothing Jon 'Clayton'...
I’m here before “the thieves” make a video strongly influenced by this one (not to be confused with stealing. They definitely don’t steal. Definitely)
They would NEVER do such a thing!
Wow sad that can be to have such a lack of originality - -'
What's the story behind this? Who's videos are "based off" of Jon Solo's videos?
TheClari25
It’s not TheThings. Definitely.
Because no one ever talked about the original story about Tarzan before February 12 2018.
The original story sounds like it would make for an amazing open world survival game.
Tarzan in the book also feels superior to almost everyone and everything around him, including the apes who raised him, to an uncomfortable degree. He is also basically a Gary Stu, being impossibly good at everything. He learns how to use definitive pronouns CORRECTLY from books, which definitely impossible to do without outside help, and knows how to spell his own name, despite not knowing what sounds the letters he writes should make. And Tarzan is described as a, "forest god," every other page. (I don't mind if an author develops a crush on his character, but I don't want to have to hear about it all the bloody time!)
Gary Stu logic.
That's pretty much the appeal of Tarzan and John Carter awesome early male power fantasy
“Makes friends with the elements.” 😂😂
Niyah the savage He meant to say elephants. I’m surprised they didn’t edit that while making this video
Isaiah Adams r/woosh
@@oceanbannedontwitch8270 Why. It was a joke. The original guy commented on something that didn't make sense. The other guy just explained it. It's not a r/wooosh
@@isaiahadams1208, there's an asterisk that fixes it on screen :)
Niyah the Savage he's the Avatar
Good review. One correction: the creatures that raised Tarzan were not gorillas. The series makes it clear several times that they were a different, heretofore undiscovered species alternatively called, "Great Apes," and "Anthropoid Apes." The novel was written about 50 years after, "The Origin of Species," and Burroughs was playing with the idea of evolution. Burroughs' Great Apes had a rudimentary language, which makes Tarzan's transition more believable. In their language they refer to themselves as, "Mangani," and to the gorillas as, "Bolgani:" not the same species.
No. Look here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangani
Jon: *made friends with the elements*
Me: HE KNEW THE AVATAR !?
The 1984 movie Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, does a great retelling of the Tarzan story, showing D'Arnot teaching Tarzan how to communicate. It's a great movie!
Honestly I have two DVDs of Disney’s Tarzan and Tarzan 2. Both are generally aimed at preteens in comparison to the more recent Constantin film, which is definitely aimed at teenagers and is basically a rather ill conceived competitor to the Twilight films!
Tarzan the prankster lol I can see it now..
Burroughs added that Tarzan's sense of humor was, shall we say, rather "dark"
"iTS jUsT A prAnK brO"
I prefer George of the Jungle starring Brendan Fraser
Yeahhh
Watch out for that tree!!
🎵George, George, George of the jungle
Did you ever notice that George of the Jungle and Titanic have the same plot? Curly-haired beauty is being pressured by her mother into marrying a rich twit. While on a journey, the beauty is saved from death by a poor but handsome rogue. The rogue whisks her away into a world of much cooler friends and dances with her. The rich twit nearly kills the rogue, who is resced by the beauty. In the end, the beauty, clad in an elegant white gown, is united with the rogue, clad in his simple garb, while a mixed crowd from both the rich and poor worlds look on in joy and admiration.
The cartoon was an absolute fave of stoned college students in the '70s
What’s crazy is the fact that the book plot was actually better than the movies and a set of books written over 100 years ago has enough material to make a series!
The story of Tarzan is inspired by the story of Jane's life which was based on real life
One other thing Burroughs made clear in his book was that the apes that raised Tarzan were NOT gorillas. He referred to them as Mangani, or great apes, a made up species that was actually somewhat more evolved than the gorillas of the jungle.
Also, William Clayton was not at all the villain in the first book, he was just Tarzan's civilized cousin, who later gets engaged to Jane (who really loved Tarzan) and claimed the title of Lord Greystoke in John Clayton (aka Tarzan's) absence. Tarzan later discovers his claim but nobly steps aside, thinking Jane would better off with William, and goes to France with Paul D'Arnot. (SPOILER ALERT) In the second book, RETURN OF TARZAN, William dies heroically while trying to protect Jane from the Beast Men of Opar.
This video should be about everything Disney got wrong about Tarzan.
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JON JON JON JON TARZAN'S SON IS JACK THE RIPPER DUH DUH DUUUUH😱
Did you know that tublat appears in Tarzan : the series
Jon Solo could you do a Messed up Origins on Treasure Planet? I'm sure you would have a great time watching Treasure Planet and have fun reading Treasure Island.
you should do the messed up origin of the jungle book.
They should make a gritty high budget series out of the Tarzan books, this sounds great.
And when Tarzan meets Jane, it is one of the cutest/funniest things
Could you possibly do 'The Emperors New Groove' (if there is one XD) it would be so funny
It's based off of The emperor's new clothes... so... That's about as close as you're gonna get. It was originally gonna be called Valley of the sun, so, maybe Aztec origins?
Evan Dangel actually Inca. It takes place in the old Inca empire, Peru. The Aztecs ruled the Valley of mexico.
Oh. Well, you knew what I meant. Thx!
Izzie Newton-Cross oh yaaaaaaaaas please
Izzie Newton-Cross LLAMA KILLER
I read one of the Tarzan books while in jail. Also read books like To Kill a Mockingbird, Zoo, and The Protector. All good books
I remember watching a movie that came out in 1984 called "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes". It's a live action depiction of the story that I think you might be interested in if you enjoy the story as it shows what it might be like if Tarzan were found and brought back to civilization.
Tarzan was played by Christopher Lambert in that movie.
I remember that movie
I literally shrieked every time you said “dee arnot”
I'd love to see a open world game based on Tarzan!
I wouldn’t be surprised if there were a few out already
@caitlinmorris9088 there were a couple of games but they were based on Disney's Tarzan
@caitlinmorris9088 None that is open world.
Wow i want to read the book now! Great video jon!
thanks Marley! :D
John Carter of Mars is better, ignore the terrible movie
Diminsonsam terrible?! It was amazing!!! 😃
You should. It's good.
Smh
imagine disney didnt own all the rights to everything ever and this could make for a decent but gritty netflix series.
Depends on who owns the Film and TV rights considering how Tarzan is partially in the public domain
Yay it would someone tell Netflix to make it
There’s a movie about Tarzan from like the 1930s or something. Its pretty messed up i think
@@kevinsaviro2708 what's it called
@@anthonyfrias5533 Tarzan lol
I just finished listening to the audiobook. Absolutely loved it. I'm a language nerd and I laughed out loud when d'Arnot taught Tarzan French phonology through English vocabulary. Whenever Tarzan came across an English word he would read it aloud in French. As an example, when he saw the word 'man' in English he would say the French equivalent 'homme', thus associating the French sounds with the English letters.
Basically, Tarzan could read and write in English but he couldn't speak it. Whereas he could speak French but he could not read or write it. Absolutely hilarious.
Woah! The original story was awesome! I hope they someday make a film adaption that closely resembles the book (I loved the Disney cartoon, of course...I mean, Phil Collins).
Elizabeth James Go watch the old movie.. it will be in black and white but they are based on Edgar Rice Burroughs book.. Oh Yeah it is a film from 1918 so you can probably find it free on here at least that is the oldest adaptation.
That was with Elmo Lincoln. Actually, the portrayal of Tarzan closest to Burroughs' description of him was tv Tarzan Ron Ely( except that Tarzan's hair was supposed to be black, and Ely was a blond)
They actualy did in the 80's tarzan is played by christophe lamber
I think most recent and canonical Tarzan adaptation is called George of the Jungle
Elizabeth James same Phil Collins
"Teaching himself to weed and wright"
Me: *WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZE*
"He makes friends with the elements"
Me: *WHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*
Thanks for the laughs John :D
I can understand why this book was so popular
Just read book last year. Tarzan murdered the Africans for fun. His preferred method was hanging. You seemed to downplay this.
He probably had to...to keep the UA-cam complaints at bay.
A nice monetization a day keeps the UA-cam police away
don't (they) always.
I mean the book was written is 1912 so yeah
He hunted & killed a certain tribe. There were obvious reasons for this. They hunted and killed his family, including his mother, and were also murderous cannibals. They deserved to be killed.
11:20
That was smooth
Hahah i love making friends with the elements. Luv ya Jon
I never knew Tarzan had such an interesting origin story.
Can we please talk about the fact that Tarzan, who's never heard a human voice in his life untill Jane and her father show up, and yet, in the movie, Tarzan speaks with an American accent. If he's learning to speak English from British people, shouldn't he have a British accent?
A Frenchman taught Tarzan how to speak, so he would have spoken with a French accent.
Yes I’m responding to a 2 year old comment. Anyways. Fun fact that was the original plan for the Disney cartoon. Tarzan would speak ape with an American accent and English with a British accent. One problem. The voice actor couldn’t do a British accent. So they ran with it.
Hi Jon can you please do Peter Pan. I always wanted to know what messed up origins await in that story.. 😁 if you do that I will be very grateful.
Emily Jackson It's not something special really. We had to read it in 3rd grade and the book is pretty much the same as the movie.
Peter is a jerk who pretty much forgets Wendy and her brothers throughout the books, even forgets tinkerbell when she dies. Hook isn't as much of a joke but very handsome and charming actually ala ouat or Jason Isaacs version. It's second to the right and straight on til morning, no star. And Neverland actually is a place you go in your sleep and Wendy had been there before (she actually has a wolf). Lots of little things that i remember at the moment
Tisha Yes, but the animated movie still is pretty accurate, and the original isnt really messed up
Antonia Sirotich he did because I saw it he did look it up
Antonia Sirotich how do you do that?
the book ending can sorta count as a happy ending in a way. one of those odd endings where the moral is about giving up selfish desires to help loved ones be happy.
“Long hair, wears a loincloth”
Me: Kars is that you?
Also reminds me of a JoJo character watching his favourite Tarzan movie ever, the 1981 so bad it’s good softcore cult classic!
There is a recent Live action of Tarzan that is not Disney, and I absolutely loved it since it followed the books closer. They did it in a retro faction so its more of a Tarzan Sequel that retells the first book through the incidents they encounter. Facing the chief of the tribe who's son killed his mother and so Tarzan killed the son, and so on. I'm disappointed that it didn't get as much of the recognition it deserved because it was amazingly done and absolutely a great watch.
The WB legend of Tarzan is good, but too dreary for my liking.
the messed up origins of hunchback of notre dame
yesss!!
Isn’t it already messed up lol
Sharney the original is
cupp cakke yes
Sharney wait till u hear the origin
Please do the messed up origins of Moana
Actually, Moana is completely original. No need to do a Messed Up Origin episode on that
I can't express how much I love Tarzan. It's my all time favorite movie in the world and you certainly did it justice with this video. I thought I was crazy how in the movie, Terk it a female and Tarzan's bff but in the book, Terk is an enemy. I never knew how batshit wild Kerjack was. I dislike how in many of the comments, people are painted Tarzan to be a bad person. I understand that murder isn't great, but come on! They killed his mother. Are you telling me that no one would do something equally insane if someone even touched their mom? Those villagers had it coming and it has nothing to do with race. Tarzan couldn't have the ability to be racist when he was raised in a jungle by apes. Clayton being related to him is just wild af to me and I love how much of a badass his parents were. I loved this so much that I'm gonna watch Tarzan now and make it my business to read all the books. Thank you so much for making my night with this 🥰
Tarzan really is a badass in the books, he always suprises lol
Terkina is a female gorilla while Terkoz, her counterpart in the books, is a male Mangani.
I'm not sure why Disney made Terk a girl, when Terk was a guy in the books???????
I just want to clarify that Tarzan wasn't raised by gorillas but unknown ape species. Gorillas were their enemies.
Sometimes I found Victorian style of books a little bit hilarious. For example, after killing the first man (black cannibalist) Tarzan was ready to eat his flesh but he couldn't because some strange force told him not to do it. So, Tarzan just knew western moral code though he saw the villagers eating human flesh.
Awesome video Jon. 25 books eh that’s some reading right there
My dad said Tarzan was a African story which was told to he as a kid but it was totally different from this story.
What was the story you were told?
True
Tell it...
What’s the story? :0
@@snapmyneck8818 Jungle Book
I love the way you tell your stories Jon. I also appreciate how much time and effort you put into researching everything. I'm a huge history buff and always look forward to watching your vids! 😎😀😁 plz keep posting more stories! Stay safe!
The first time I read the word TARZAN, was in the philosophical novel _Hay ibn Yaqdhan_ (Alive son of Vigilant ) of Andalusian philosopher *Ibn Tufayl* who lived in the 13th century Ce. That word was the name of the island where the main character of the novel was raised by a female deer, after loosing his family in shipwreck to which he was the only survival.
*Roller coaster indeed*
Linnea M More like tree surfing
Oh my gosh every time you upload I don’t even care what I’m doing but I’ll drop it to watch your video!☺️
In the book, I thought it was interesting that Tarzan had trouble eating another ape (or was it human?) due to realizing their similarities. It's been years since I've read the book, but it's so much darker than the movies.
I read the first book almost 20 years ago and funny enough there are two things I remember most about it.
One is the heartbreak of Kala carrying her dead baby for a while before finding Tarzan and, seeing an infant that is alive, switches her dead baby for Tarzan. Tarzan even finds the tiny skeleton of the dead ape in the cradle.
And the second is that Tarzan's famous speech to Jane was actually written to her on a leaf, since he couldn't talk.
Jon Shot first.... Real smooth and classy!
Please do the Hunchback of Notre Dame
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idk if its a coincidence or not but with some long slightly messy hair and a few years in the jungle you could honestly have the looks of a perfect tarzan. i think thats a compliment
Love the vid,can't wait for the next messed up origins their my fav
I want to read all the books now...
Samantha Rose if you haven’t yet then I say go for it. I’ve only read the first one but it was really good
If you do, and you like them, give the Princess of Mars series a try.
“you know what’s even crazier?” love that transition into gaining that coin
Watching these videos and listening to you tell the original stories does the same thing as when I’m reading a book: My imagination makes little movies of the stories playing in my head. 👍🏽 Subscribed! 😊😊
Hi jon i luv ur channel ur the best youtuber ever
Jon Solo please do Peter Pan I ask on every one of your origin vids it's really dark I would love to see it
Jonathan Dimmick the peterpan one is messed up XD
Jonathan Dimmick I dont really think its messed up. If it was, they wouldnt give 3rd graders that book to read.
Jonathan Dimmick he did it already
Mo Angels No he didnt
Antonia Sirotich I wasn't telling you mind your own business
That's insane I grew up watching Tarzan loved it but the book is way more interesting nd has a lot more detail 💯🤙🏽
I devoured these books when I was young. Had forgotten some details since that was a long time ago. So happy that they are still being read and appreciated and enjoyed. Great entertainment. Wish the movies would have followed the books a bit better. Tarzan with Johnny Weismuller was fun, but really disappointing to someone who had read the books. I don't know if you read any other ERB books other than Tarzan. He did know how to weave a good yarn.
I don’t mind Cheeta the chimp, but he’s such a cash grabby substitute for N’Kima, which means he’s become a long term scrappy in the eyes of most Burroughs purists and a growing number of fellow Burroughs fans in general.
Terkoz the male version of Terk
And he’s a villain. Awesome!
Lol friend's with the elements.
As a kid, reading Rice Burroughs's original books, Tarzan was an exhilarating vine swing through the deep forest. The young mind somehow does not register the inherent white superiority and dark savage tropes (which you start recognizing as you grow older and worldwise).
The story of Tarzan is brutal, unforgiving, littered with literal skeletons of all of Tarzan's parents. There is intrigue when seeing Tarzan's written communication with Jane's party unfold, joy when tarzan finally encounters Jane, a slight sadness when Tarzan returns to 'civilization' reclaims his title of Lord Greystoke, only to learn that the duplicitous world of civilized humans is not his cup of tea... It's a rollercoaster ride.
I didn't think much of Tarzan before this video, now I see him as a certified badass.
Makes friends with elements. Tarzan is shaman !
Cool, keep up the good work, I can't wait to see what messed up orgin is next!☺
I'm sooooo obsessed with all your stories
This is like the only video that actually made me wanna get the app they are promoting
Ive read 13 of the books and if u watch the legand of Tarzan it starts where the 1st book ended
The movie was made in 2016
So I used to get so upset when I watch the live version Tarzan because of all the changes like his mother dying and actual people in the village other than Jane and the people she brought, but I see they went a little more accurate to the origin of Tarzan now that I’ve seen this so thank you 😊
You’re the first person to plug audible to have me join. You’re awesome and your story telling is absolutely amazing!!!!
We all know your delightfully douchy ad drops are neccessary evils and after all this bingeing, a good one slipped the cracks 🥳🤣
Marvelous elocution Solo!! Sneaky whippersnapper, best one by far👏
On Topic Thought;
Thrilled to see the utter depth of Tarzan properly being spoken on. So few know how heavily chronicled the tale gets.
Keep'em coming🧡
Makes friends with the elements huh? Tarzan is the avatar confirmed!
Do you mean elephants? That’s a funny mistake that Jon Solo has made.
@@SlapstickGenius23 I said what I said
I would love to see this version!
Well done Bro. Thank you for the episode…👍🏼😎👍🏼
After reading Princess of Mars (Disney's John Carter) by the same author, I realized that Edgar Rice Burroughs must have been familiar with the old story, "King of Tars", and that he was consciously utilizing the theme of the noble person transported to survive in the savage world liberally.
I say "consciously" because you have the obvious and repeated naming parallels employed by the author; Tarzan, Tars Tarkas, and Princess of Mars.
Working my way through Tarzan right now.
Absolutely amazing this series. I love how you tell the story ♥️
I loved these books when i was a child, and also watched several of the old movies (I'm 40, so this was waaay before the disney adaptation). I don't think i read all of them, but it's a pretty extensive universe, with all those books ;)
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Can’t get enough of these videos
I love listening to your version of the origins of stories. I just found your channel a couple of weeks ago, and have been playing catch up as often as I can. I personally prefer the Tarzan movie starring Alexander Skarsgard, I like the eye candy..I mean that version. I grew up watching Ron Ely playing Tarzan on Saturdays, and always enjoyed the upright moral messages.
So Tarzan s parents we're killed by kerchak so kerchak is the villain of the first act of the novel and Clayton in the second act of the novel
Clayton in the original novel is neither a villain nor a hunter until Disney has turned him into a rascally hunter for no reason.
Although Clayton is Tarzan's cousin but Tarzan is the actual Clayton of the story. ☺
@@congduynguyen well fair enough.
I Really appreciate all of your hard work & your adorable jokes. You are very insightful. & all around AWESOME .
Love how tarzan just slides into frame from behind the tree to save Jane 😂
He basically lynches the chief's son. And then terrorizes the camp with tricks and steals their resources, to the point where they start retaliating against the local apes and makes everyone's lives harder. Tarzan is also lauded as a great archer, but steals all his arrows from the tribe rather that learn how to make them himself. Why is this funny?
The villagers are also not eating their own people, they are eating captives from other tribes. And Tarzan sees this, but feels no compulsion to rescue these people. He only rescues the other white guy. There should be no reason why Tarzan should feel that he is quintessentially different from the native tribe. He's lived in the jungle - he should have seen albinos.
Jane has a black maid with her who's defining trait is screaming, "Gabriel!" before fainting, which renders her completely useless when she and Jane are confronted by a lioness trying to get into the cabin. And at a later point, Tarzan, who should have no concept of racism, ask whether black people have similar fingerprints to monkeys. The racist undercurrent is strong with this one.
Also, he seriously considers raping Jane before his (frankly elitist) instinct somehow informs him that this would be wrong. This video is supposed to be about how messed up the book is, why are none of these things being mentioned?
It was just not mentioned
He didn’t do his research properly
bet he didn't even read it
Why does it matter that a fictional man raised by apes is killing members of a cannibal tribe that threaten him? You want it to be racist to badly you overlook the fact that Tarzan was raised by rampaging murderous apes.
@Haborc Light because it's utterly irrelevant lmao. It doesn't matter to the story if Tarzan was racist or not, and it doesn't matter to the story if the author was. Tarzan would still have murder in his eyes after living among apes who murder for dominance. But Im the one whining when youre stuck on racism from something 100 years old lmaooo
Great video. Was really good. Would really like to you u do Pocahontas. Or Frozen
I came back to this video from the short you made it hooked me and it was easy to get to the link, good way to direct some views back to an older video while making new content as well
I used to have a 1914 edition of Tarzan along with a 1905 edition of the Elder Eddas. Great books!