The Untold Truth Of The NeverEnding Story

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  • Опубліковано 12 лип 2024
  • In 1984, acclaimed German director Wolfgang Petersen enthralled moviegoers by bringing the magical world of Michael Ende’s novel The NeverEnding Story to cinematic life.
    The fictional world of Fantasia introduced viewers to magical creatures like Falkor the blue fire-breathing dragon, Morla the Ancient One, and Rockbiter. Special effects and film technology have come a long way since the '80s, but the film boasted some pretty impressive effects for the time.
    The original movie is now considered a classic and one of the most popular fantasy movies of the '80s. To find out more about this popular '80s movie, here is the untold truth of The NeverEnding Story.
    #TheNeverEndingStory #Truth #Movie
    The neverending auditions | 0:00
    Surviving the Swamps of Sadness | 1:27
    Backbreaking work | 2:11
    The voice of Fantasia | 2:59
    The real Falkor | 4:05
    One movie with two soundtracks | 5:11
    Petersen the perfectionist | 6:09
    Something for nothing | 6:45
    The Spielberg connection | 7:25
    The author hated it | 8:17
    Don't wait for a remake | 9:20
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  • @Looper
    @Looper  4 роки тому +153

    What is the most nostalgic movie from your childhood?

    • @garthdavis4320
      @garthdavis4320 4 роки тому +8

      Looper Transformers The Movie. Nothing beats that.

    • @LiveInZombietown
      @LiveInZombietown 4 роки тому +58

      Flight of the navigator

    • @selinaogorman8380
      @selinaogorman8380 4 роки тому +26

      Definitely the never ending story is one of my nostalgia movies.

    • @ckotcher1
      @ckotcher1 4 роки тому +38

      This one, Back to the Future, Breakfast Club...the list just goes on and on. I grew up in the 80’s and yes kids, it really was that great.

    • @chrism5971
      @chrism5971 4 роки тому +19

      Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory

  • @ValentinasWatching
    @ValentinasWatching 4 роки тому +720

    Yeah. Please don't remake this. It's a jewel that should remain untouched.

    • @Christusolus
      @Christusolus 4 роки тому +29

      Just as long as it's not disney

    • @ValentinasWatching
      @ValentinasWatching 4 роки тому +22

      @@Christusolus that's a terrifying thought...🥺

    • @ScatteredCollector
      @ScatteredCollector 4 роки тому +8

      Just like how there will never be a Back to the Future remake, I’m sure this will not have a remake either

    • @ScatteredCollector
      @ScatteredCollector 4 роки тому +10

      Superlative CG those were sequels not remakes

    • @miroslavtomic7038
      @miroslavtomic7038 4 роки тому +6

      Leo DiCaprio had ideas of making a new movie adapted from NeverEnding Story. Not a direct remake of this one, but much closer to the original novel. Alot of things from the novel were left out in this movie. However, nothing ever came out of it.

  • @TheLadybughug
    @TheLadybughug 2 роки тому +151

    I'm 48 and still tear up at Artax's death. I would love to read the book.

    • @tjmmcd1
      @tjmmcd1 Рік тому

      So sad... how easy it is to control the minds of some people via movies.

    • @hollyhayes9640
      @hollyhayes9640 Рік тому +3

      Dude, read it. It's actually better than the movie. I believe that it's a metaphor for the story-creating process. 10/10. 👍

    • @hollyhayes9640
      @hollyhayes9640 Рік тому +11

      ​@@tjmmcd1The entire point of art is to provoke emotional responses or send a message. It's actually completely normal to get emotional at movies/books/art, my dude.

    • @freeinflipflops7475
      @freeinflipflops7475 Рік тому +7

      I fast forward through that part, I’m 50 and I just can’t deal with the sadness!

    • @J_Bwn
      @J_Bwn Рік тому +2

      I think I’ll try to find the audiobook. 👍

  • @momofmicah2114
    @momofmicah2114 3 роки тому +115

    This movie was so eerie and strange and beautiful and memorable. So vivid still in my mind from a child.

    • @89qwyg9yqa34t
      @89qwyg9yqa34t Рік тому +3

      Ahhhh yes. The days when it took more than flashy effects to capture the mind.

    • @rosealexander9007
      @rosealexander9007 Рік тому

      Yes same here. I was five years old when I first watched it and had my entire focus throughout the whole movie. I love this movie

    • @JayBigDadyCy
      @JayBigDadyCy Рік тому +1

      This is why many 80s fantasy movies are still beloved. The animatronics and puppeteering was amazing. As well as the stories being complex and full of feeling. Unfortunately so many kid's movies today are as vanilla and samey as is gets. They can't all be winners and they weren't in the 80s either, but it seems like from like 1980-1995 was a golden age for kids movies. Damn near every Disney movie from that era is a masterpiece. And then you also have the Neverending Story and the Dark Crystal and others that were amazing as well.

  • @radrickdavis
    @radrickdavis 4 роки тому +386

    The book was challenging to translate into film for many reasons. There were 26 chapters, to match the 26 letters of the aphabet, and each chapter had a mini story with a sub-plot ("But that's another story.") connecting the main plot together. Years ago I contacted Ende's editor, and he responded back to me. He revealed the publishers were pressuring End to finish writing The Neverending Story, even if it meant a shorter book. Ende resisted, on the claim that "Bastian hasn't found his way out of Fantastica yet." So, in a way, the characters in The Neverending Story were also alive and very real to him in imagination.

    • @jarrodbright5231
      @jarrodbright5231 4 роки тому +24

      I re-read it a couple of years back and while I felt that the chapters intertwined very well together I did feel that it was something that would have been better adapted to a series rather than a movie (or actually pair of movies, though if Ende was unhappy about the first movie I can only imagine his inchoate rage at the second one). Of course at the time such a thing was completely unheard of.

    • @stevejenks9940
      @stevejenks9940 4 роки тому +13

      @@jarrodbright5231 I remember reading the book and thinking "Wow! That was the first movie and I'm only a quarter of the way in!" and then reading what was obviously the source for the second movie and thinking "oh... that was bad." I was like 12 at the time and could tell it was a bad translation. I also definitely cried when I finished the book. What a gem.

    • @stevejenks9940
      @stevejenks9940 4 роки тому +10

      Thumbs up for acknowledging Fantastica. I'd like to find a source for why they changed it to Fantasia in the film.

    • @radrickdavis
      @radrickdavis 4 роки тому +10

      @@stevejenks9940 Most sources say it was a translation choice from the original German. Not sure why the book and movie translated it differently. Generic term for a fantasy land. Disney's Fantasia may have been one reason the book chose not to mess with the rights to that word. I love the book, but I would not change anything about the original film.

    • @EskimoKillaz
      @EskimoKillaz 4 роки тому +4

      Having read the book, I am glad they made some of the changes they did but they did leave out and change stuff they shouldn't have. The second movie could have been so much better and there have possibly been a trilogy. I hated the name Fantastica, it sounded so fake. I also disliked the book for the majority of the read because Bastien is a complete and utter tool(the 2nd movie got that part right). I think the 1st movie was really good for an adaptation for it's time. It's simple and rather slow paced but still fun.

  • @luv_sylph_pixie1176
    @luv_sylph_pixie1176 4 роки тому +171

    The Neverending Story, The Dark Crystal, and The Labyrinth are my childhood favs! I can still watch these anytime and love every minute of it!!!

  • @SallySkellington84
    @SallySkellington84 4 роки тому +80

    I wore my dad out with this movie...when i was a kid i would play it and then rewind it and watch it again and would do that all day until he told me to turn it off and I would cry!! I absolutely love this movie and Noah Hathaway was my husband lol!! Another movie was secret garden and black beauty....such good memories!! Now i gotta watch all these movies again

    • @Elle-ml6ij
      @Elle-ml6ij 4 роки тому +6

      Ahh..rewinding. Thoes were the days💕

    • @SallySkellington84
      @SallySkellington84 4 роки тому +2

      @@Elle-ml6ij yes it was!!!

    • @Elle-ml6ij
      @Elle-ml6ij 4 роки тому +1

      @@SallySkellington84 I just noticed your name!!
      Another movie that's beyond amazing..so dope.
      Sally's Song is one of my very favorite songs🎶

    • @craigdouglas9806
      @craigdouglas9806 3 роки тому +3

      Haha, I know My step dad probably hated this movie after the 100th time "watching it " with me as a kid, lol
      Good news is Ive got my two little ones Hooked on this movie now

    • @NicoleMichelChannel
      @NicoleMichelChannel Рік тому

      Same!

  • @jessiegrider529
    @jessiegrider529 4 роки тому +81

    When I was a kid I begged my mom to let me check out The neverending story in the library to read. The librarian said that this book was over my head and that I would not be able to read it and understand it and I wouldn't finish reading it. I felt like I was denied something special. The book was there but I just couldn'tcheck it out because it wasn't in my age group reading recommendation. When I got the book as an adult I thought that younger me would still be able to read and enjoy it. The book is a lot darker. bastion begins to have a lot more control over the world. Anything that he imagines becomes reality there. if he says something happened long ago in the past it did and becomes part of the present. If he says something's going to happen in the future it will happen. He becomes his own little mini god in the world. He becomes boastful and bratty. He even forgets his appearance is a fat little bullied kid. He is clothed and beautiful oriental clothing like a prince. He begins to lose himself in the world that he is creating forgetting where he came from. The childlike empress basically has to put a stop to it, forcing bastion back into his own reality in the end before he loses himself. By the end he becomes more confident and comfortable with himself and is finally ready to return home. he discovers that others have read The neverending story and that the point in the end is learning to love yourself and others.

    • @glendoucette624
      @glendoucette624 Рік тому +15

      Librarian should have kept her mouth shut

    • @TheBrianna1431
      @TheBrianna1431 Рік тому +8

      Wow. Thanks for the break down. And F*ck that librarian who wouldn't let you borrow the book.

    • @tac7826
      @tac7826 Рік тому +5

      Was De Santis the librarian?

    • @JeffCaplan313
      @JeffCaplan313 Рік тому +6

      That sounds a lot like the synopsis for the second Neverending Story movie

    • @jessiegrider529
      @jessiegrider529 Рік тому +4

      @JeffCaplan313 I like the second one OK. It went there, But in the book Bastian becomes basically really annoying and insufferable. It was probably going to be too dark for kids to see this completely played out. Bastian even begins to dislike himself in the book, but forgot who he was to begin with. Once he found himself, he was able to love himself, and most importantly his Father.

  • @darko7743
    @darko7743 4 роки тому +237

    This and The Dark Crystal are my movies of childhood. I love the cast, story, music, etc!

    • @ValentinasWatching
      @ValentinasWatching 4 роки тому +3

      Love the Dark Crystal too! Another masterpiece.

    • @ValentinasWatching
      @ValentinasWatching 4 роки тому +7

      @@sarah-annecarney7552 yes! Labyrinth is a favorite of mine also. 😊

    • @ValentinasWatching
      @ValentinasWatching 4 роки тому +1

      @@sarah-annecarney7552 I went not too long ago to his expo in Queens NY at the Museum of the Moving Image. Such a cool thing to go to if you love his work. 👍

    • @craigwolfe249
      @craigwolfe249 4 роки тому +6

      The new Netflix dark crystal series is just amazing!

    • @ValentinasWatching
      @ValentinasWatching 4 роки тому +2

      @@craigwolfe249 yes! I'm so glad they didn't screw that up. 🙏

  • @Shanaifan1
    @Shanaifan1 4 роки тому +72

    Still one of the saddest scenes of all time. And even years later I still cry 😢 my love for animals only grew as I got older.

  • @kevinnessar5360
    @kevinnessar5360 4 роки тому +39

    Definitely DO NOT NEED a remake!

    • @imaginaryobserver
      @imaginaryobserver 2 роки тому +1

      Look, I get that most people believe that one can never visit the Childlike Empress twice.
      But the secret told in the final chapter is that one can Only IF they give her a new name.
      And, dammit, I want those "other stories to be told another time"!

  • @timbot87
    @timbot87 4 роки тому +81

    I was bullied and this movie made me dream of being somewhere else.

  • @MatthanGriggs
    @MatthanGriggs 4 роки тому +91

    God, I love this movie, it's a big part of my childhood.

  • @srvfan454
    @srvfan454 4 роки тому +36

    An emptiness or despair fueled by the loss of hopes and dreams? I fight the nothing every day.

    • @robertagren9360
      @robertagren9360 4 роки тому +6

      You can't fight it because what's on the other side is the reality of the human world and the truth that you're a lie.
      That's why I am a werewolf, half a part of this world and half part of another. I was chained so that I couldn't ever return. This place is a human fantasy and a nightmare to me

    • @juand2463
      @juand2463 4 роки тому +4

      Jesus christ defeated the nothing/death and all demonic depression causing forces by his resurrection, bringing us peace joy and eternal life

    • @drivingintothedesertuntilt3202
      @drivingintothedesertuntilt3202 3 роки тому +1

      read neville goddards the law and the promise

    • @kaylaschroeder1
      @kaylaschroeder1 2 роки тому

      ✨Goosebumps ✨

  • @GoreTorn16
    @GoreTorn16 4 роки тому +51

    Never ever remake this cult classic movie ever. Wolfgang Petersen has all of us die hard fans in mind and we thank him for it.

    • @GoreTorn16
      @GoreTorn16 4 роки тому +2

      @DraakoThe(Game-Breaking)Dragon I have seen the sequels. The 2nd one is somewhat watchable..........but don't get me started on the 3rd one. I mean.......what third movie?

    • @RayOfTruth
      @RayOfTruth 3 роки тому +2

      @DraakoThe(Game-Breaking)Dragon it's a shame because the second half of the book is an amazing sequel to the events of the movie which only covered the first half of the book. The second half is *very* different from the movie sequels.

    • @imaginaryobserver
      @imaginaryobserver 2 роки тому +1

      @@RayOfTruth idk if anyone could handle seeing the black mantle clad 11yo walking up HighStreet carrying a sword covered in Atreyu's blood.
      But I would have liked to have seen Xayide whittling away at their friendship.

  • @lorabidner6044
    @lorabidner6044 2 роки тому +29

    Omg I can't believe the actor for Atreyu broke his back right before shooting and still went through all that action. Falling off the tree, running, how the hell did he do that after make surgery like that?

  • @mjcaboose8036
    @mjcaboose8036 4 роки тому +122

    Noah Hathaway: you no doubt had a difficult part to play in, and now knowing what you’ve gone through play this character I can appreciate the hard work you put into. You portrayal of such a great warrior who wasn’t afraid to tear up when he lost a friend, yet still finds the strength to continue on to complete his mission was iconic and can never be forgotten. With that said, thank you for your backbreaking performance.

    • @purplekitti5784
      @purplekitti5784 4 роки тому +9

      Literal backbreaking performance. My goodness. That kid was a hero in more ways than one.

    • @nemesis5481
      @nemesis5481 11 місяців тому

      _Your pun in the last sentence of your reply was completely unnecessary, not to mention utterly tasteless and out of place._

    • @PHENN7
      @PHENN7 9 місяців тому +1

      ​@@nemesis5481 "I have no sense of humor and I am grouchy."

    • @nemesis5481
      @nemesis5481 9 місяців тому

      @@PHENN7 _I don't give a shit!_

  • @kelliekwilis
    @kelliekwilis 4 роки тому +33

    I love "Neverending Story" and "Stand By Me" from my childhood as far as kid movies are concerned. But I need to watch Neverending Story again now that I am grown.

    • @elmo_is_superior
      @elmo_is_superior 3 роки тому +2

      I love those two films too!

    • @RayOfTruth
      @RayOfTruth 3 роки тому +4

      I'd also recommend the original book, as the movie only covers the first half and the second half is just as good, if not better.

    • @helixmoore7636
      @helixmoore7636 3 роки тому +1

      Still love it.

  • @cases3394
    @cases3394 4 роки тому +36

    I miss fantastical movies with amazing practical effects and great messages. I hope they will make a resurgence someday.

  • @JohnAquariusPodcast
    @JohnAquariusPodcast 4 роки тому +116

    Neverending story was such a beautiful movie I personally agree there is no need to remake this movie.

    • @lauriehand1021
      @lauriehand1021 3 роки тому +1

      I will hunt down anyone who thinks of it

    • @devynplaceres602
      @devynplaceres602 3 роки тому +1

      U guys are dumb there’s a chapter 2 of it on hbo

    • @writingwofl5836
      @writingwofl5836 2 роки тому

      @@devynplaceres602 not understanding and not correctly using the word dumb sounds more dumb

    • @ernestobenevides1490
      @ernestobenevides1490 2 роки тому +3

      @@lauriehand1021 Nothing's wrong with someone giving Ende's novel a more fleshed out 3 hour epic take. Along the lines of LOTR.

    • @jameslipke354
      @jameslipke354 2 роки тому +2

      The Neverending Story and Labyrinth are priceless and they are timeless. I watched both with my daughter and son when they were just kids. We have now shared and passed that tradition on to our 7 year old granddaughter. Neither will ever need to be remade and certainly would be a disappointment if they were.~APRIL LIPKE

  • @dgmmgd8506
    @dgmmgd8506 4 роки тому +34

    The secret is the story never ends!

  • @damageincluded5823
    @damageincluded5823 3 роки тому +28

    Absolutely loved this movie as a kid.
    Would love a remake though, made into a high-budget series spanning 26 episodes, one for each chapter of the book.
    This way the entire story gets told and stays true to Ende's vision.

    • @kablah777
      @kablah777 Рік тому +3

      I would trust no one in Hollywood to do it properly in 2023.

    • @SteelGunner76
      @SteelGunner76 Рік тому +1

      Yeah it would probably be some woke nightmare

    • @Addy2023X
      @Addy2023X 11 місяців тому

      This film should not be remade in 2023 they would ruin it

  • @selinaogorman8380
    @selinaogorman8380 4 роки тому +47

    I just love this movie yes I get sad every time I see the swamp of sadness scene I don’t care how old I am still this movie is still a great movie.

  • @Tiago_007
    @Tiago_007 4 роки тому +203

    If you ever read the book you’ll understand why Michael Ende was furious. The book is an underrated masterpiece.

    • @silverinfox3731
      @silverinfox3731 4 роки тому +17

      I like the book, but I LOVE the movie!

    • @georgebeard5446
      @georgebeard5446 3 роки тому +21

      I gotta read that book

    • @imaginaryobserver
      @imaginaryobserver 2 роки тому +17

      @@georgebeard5446 Hi. This is your friendly reminder of what an awesome idea that would be.

    • @MinenArbeiterLP
      @MinenArbeiterLP 2 роки тому +5

      For real anyone with some mind would say this movie is trash

    • @tamara2102
      @tamara2102 2 роки тому +9

      Not the first one the first movie is a masterpiece!

  • @michaelbrent1536
    @michaelbrent1536 4 роки тому +58

    The never ending story, the last unicorn, the teenage mutant ninja turtle TV series and the black cauldron are my favorite 80s nostalgia!

    • @batchagaloopytv5816
      @batchagaloopytv5816 4 роки тому +3

      damn good all of em 100%

    • @BobaFatt316
      @BobaFatt316 4 роки тому +8

      Man, what a pull on the Last Unicorn! All my friends that are close to my age (40) have never even heard of this or the Phantom Tollbooth. I wish these were on Netflix or something 🤙

    • @RebeccaTaylorTillery
      @RebeccaTaylorTillery 4 роки тому

      @@BobaFatt316 I absolutely love the phantom tollbooth!

    • @Febreze99
      @Febreze99 4 роки тому +5

      Don't forget the movie Legend....

    • @krempel_und_klumpad
      @krempel_und_klumpad 4 роки тому +2

      and what about e.t.?

  • @oldenweery7510
    @oldenweery7510 4 роки тому +16

    After renting the video (on VHS), I ordered the book, which a German friend of mine said was read in _grade schools_ in Germany, my immediate reaction was: _"Grade school?_ I doubt if most _high-schoolers_ in the US could read this!" The pages were so thin that I had to use a cardboard bookmark instead of my usual thin metal one, which put tiny tears on the page the first time I used it. Later, I discovered the movie was only a _portion_ of the book's story---and two sequels were made. I never saw the third film, but I thought the first sequel failed to create the same magic as the original. Stay safe, everyone.

    • @mondenkindqueen
      @mondenkindqueen 4 роки тому +8

      Don’t ever watch the third one. EVER. Spare your soul the torment, there are no redeeming qualities in that movie.
      At least the second one is passable as a movie, though not exactly a strong sequel, but I can’t find one good thing to say about the third garbled mess of immaturity and child pandering.

    • @oldenweery7510
      @oldenweery7510 4 роки тому

      @@mondenkindqueen Thanks; TTTT, I wasn't overly impressed with the sequel. Stay safe.

    • @jenniferm.3791
      @jenniferm.3791 2 роки тому +4

      Herr Ende must have rolled over in his grave when he saw the third movie! It was truly awful. For the love of Phantasien, don't watch it. Our beloved characters are not themselves. The line that really got me was the Empress saying, "I never thought to take the Auryn shopping!"

  • @shelydon78
    @shelydon78 3 роки тому +9

    Saw it with my family and grandma when I was a kid, at the theater. It's still my favorite movie till this day, and I'm 42 years old....talk about standing the test of time...good job Wolfgang Peterson

    • @cassiemeigs5711
      @cassiemeigs5711 Рік тому

      I'm about 2 years younger than you...I wish I could have seen it in theater

    • @shelydon78
      @shelydon78 Рік тому +1

      @@cassiemeigs5711 : D

  • @jenniferm.3791
    @jenniferm.3791 4 роки тому +22

    My favorite movie and book of all time! I own both editions of the soundtrack. I own 4 editions of the book in English, the German edition, and the 6 German sequels. I took 4 years of German in high school and college so I could read the book in its original language.

  • @jimmuscle2891
    @jimmuscle2891 4 роки тому +10

    That Horse dying gave me nightmares for years!...

    • @mlk27743
      @mlk27743 4 роки тому +1

      The horse didn't die as we now know - it had a special trap door that would lower the horse so it would look like it was drowning.

  • @spacepiratejacen2258
    @spacepiratejacen2258 4 роки тому +14

    I still admire this movie after all these years thank you! 💙

  • @MonaRoo88
    @MonaRoo88 4 роки тому +18

    When I was little I locked my self in the bathroom balling and wouldn’t come out when Artax died.😢🤣

  • @greenisnotacreativecolour
    @greenisnotacreativecolour 4 роки тому +14

    As much as I love this movie, the book is even better, so I'd happily take another version that is closer to the novel. Not a remake of the movie, but a re-adaptation of the book.

    • @imaginaryobserver
      @imaginaryobserver 2 роки тому +2

      How about some of those other stories that will be told another time?
      I feel like I Need to know the who and how the promise to Grogramon is kept!

  • @Wacky_Wonders
    @Wacky_Wonders 4 роки тому +13

    This has always been my favorite movie since I was a child & even to now. I don't believe it will ever be replaced & I've seen some amazing movies through the years. My biggest take from it was to never let anyone take your dreams away from you, no matter how small. They might not mean much to someone else, but they can be your whole world!

  • @UrvineSpiegel
    @UrvineSpiegel 4 роки тому +11

    I first watched this when I was really young. I was terrified of all of the giant creatures. I had nightmares about my dog turning into Falkor, and no one could see it but me.
    I didn't watch it again till years later when my little sister wanted to watch it. I was still young, but they didn't bother me at all that time.
    The only thing that bothered me was that my lil sis was about the same age I was when I first watched it, and wasn't bothered at all, she loved it.
    But I was finally able to enjoy the movie, and grew to love it too.

  • @windmagelita
    @windmagelita 4 роки тому +24

    The movie was just the first half of the book. The second half was made later in The Neverending Story 2 . But the original will always have a very special place in my heart.

    • @jdcaceres
      @jdcaceres 4 роки тому +6

      Second part of the book was awesome, too! Some parts even better than the first part! :D

    • @felisd
      @felisd 4 роки тому +9

      Neverending Story 2 was barely based on the second half of the book. Even reading the synopsis, you can see that there is almost no comparison. And yes, it was a terrible movie. The second half of the book is where most of the themes of the book come into play - I'd almost say it's the most important part of the book, because that is the part where consequences for decisions are clearly shown, and where Bastian actually learns and grows as a character. After reading the book, I can understand why Ende hated the movie and felt it didn't' accurately portray the themes he had laid out in the book, even though I love the movie as well.
      The original film was beautiful, but the end really did seem slap-dashed on. If it had been a reality back then to green-light a two-movie deal for this book the same way they did with Peter Jackson and LOTR, I think it could have been so much more. The ending of the original movie could have been revised to a to-be-continued where Bastian renames the Empress, and suddenly finds himself in the world of the book, responsible for recreating it anew... (fade to black) And then film the sequel as the second half of the book at the same time. Sadly, that was not a possibility with the way producers "bet" on films back then.

    • @MM73..
      @MM73.. 4 роки тому +6

      Yall all bouta be mad at me.. I actually love neverending story 2 and prefer it to the first one 😌

    • @PaulCashman
      @PaulCashman 4 роки тому +3

      @@MM73.. While I DO think the first film is better than the second, I didn't hate the second film; I actually liked it.

    • @MM73..
      @MM73.. 4 роки тому +1

      @Paul Cashman That’s awesome. I’m glad.

  • @GeoffPlitt
    @GeoffPlitt 4 роки тому +12

    This is my favorite movie of all time!

  • @JurassicRaptor1993
    @JurassicRaptor1993 4 роки тому +46

    If it's not broken, don't try and "fix" it.

    • @AlexanderWeixelbaumer
      @AlexanderWeixelbaumer 4 роки тому +2

      The "CGI" is broken

    • @lucasrem
      @lucasrem 4 роки тому +2

      u need to restore old movies!!!!!!!
      try to play a non restored movie on modern media!!!! Then you understand!!!!!

    • @georgebeard5446
      @georgebeard5446 3 роки тому +2

      Always

  • @TwinRiver100
    @TwinRiver100 4 роки тому +37

    If they were to do a remake of The Neverending Story, I think the best way to tackle it would be via a couple part mini series on one of the big streaming platforms. (Netflix/Hulu/Amazon/HBO etc) That way the filmmakers involved will have more space to full cover the narrative of the original book and expanding what the original film did. I've come to understand the original book is actual composed on movie 1 and some parts of movie 2. It'd be nice if the creator would be willing to consider a high budget mini series option.

    • @TBIJourney
      @TBIJourney Рік тому +4

      Oh. This would be a fun way to learn the characters better. I would watch that. But this movie should be unchanged!

    • @TwinRiver100
      @TwinRiver100 Рік тому +2

      @TBI Journey oh no w/o a doubt leaving this movie alone.
      Although since posting this 2 years ago, I think I heard there was a Neverending Story TV mini series. I forget the accuracy level. But I think it mainly aired in the UK back in the late 90s early 2000s or so. I think. 🤔

    • @TBIJourney
      @TBIJourney Рік тому +1

      @@TwinRiver100 hmmm I might look into that 🤔

    • @MPbmfm
      @MPbmfm Рік тому

      A mini series or a trilogy movie serie would be good

    • @MPbmfm
      @MPbmfm Рік тому +1

      @@TBIJourney The tv serie is named Tales from the Neverending Story

  • @krishnakamalkumar3839
    @krishnakamalkumar3839 4 роки тому +10

    This movie was a great entertainer .Enjoyed this fantasy movie still love it to this day.

  • @authoradammient
    @authoradammient 4 роки тому +2

    Truly one of my childhood favorites.

  • @electricstorm747
    @electricstorm747 4 роки тому +19

    The Neverending Story, The labyrinth, Legend

  • @thesilverspider
    @thesilverspider 4 роки тому +46

    Is there any way we can get "The Nothing" to take the Covid-19 virus?
    lol

    • @turntablethoughts4232
      @turntablethoughts4232 4 роки тому +12

      Covid 19 IS the nothing....Dont beleive in it

    • @thesilverspider
      @thesilverspider 4 роки тому +3

      @@turntablethoughts4232
      lol Never ;-)

    • @SILVATION
      @SILVATION 4 роки тому +8

      The NOTHING was CREATED out of a "myth" and "FEAR" to strikeout terror into the hearts and minds of the unsuspecting and mindless 🐑 Sheeples, . . I mean people! The NOTHING spread across the land, "infecting" it's "Fear and devouring" everyone and everything in it's path like a plague! But in the end, it was all but a FANTASY. See?, that basically summons up the entire plot and scheme of the COVID-19 PLANDEMIC/SCAMDEMIC agenda. Your welcome. ;)

    • @MrLenroc82
      @MrLenroc82 4 роки тому +6

      Covid is the NOTHING

  • @branwen4029
    @branwen4029 Рік тому +2

    My absolute favorite movie from my childhood. I was so proud when my 3year old understood it immediately.

  • @gregoriocruz4530
    @gregoriocruz4530 4 роки тому +20

    I actually own two copies of the book. I bought my second one, because it was older. There is a version that has green and red text. The color was based on whether it was in Fantastica or in Bastian's world. In the ones I have there is two styles of text, regular and italic. I'm still looking for the other version.

    • @gregoriocruz4530
      @gregoriocruz4530 4 роки тому +2

      @@gianluca.pastorelli nice. I only ever saw the English version at my local library. Last time I went, it was no longer there.

    • @FrolleinFroschbein
      @FrolleinFroschbein 4 роки тому +2

      I have the green and red version, but in german. Maybe check secondhand bookshops or rebuy?

    • @jenniferm.3791
      @jenniferm.3791 2 роки тому

      You can find it on eBay. The English hardcovers are usually the red and green text.

  • @adamsangry
    @adamsangry 4 роки тому +28

    I met Noah Hathaway a few years ago in an elevator in Knoxville. He’s COVERED in tats and told me he’s a firearms instructor which is BAD ASS.

  • @maxpax7389
    @maxpax7389 4 роки тому +4

    Its the only movie, which comes to my mind, where filming in a film studio totally worked. I love the handmade effects.

  • @highpriestofgavinalmightyh1304
    @highpriestofgavinalmightyh1304 11 місяців тому +1

    Finally! A film we can be assured will not be remade for the foreseeable future.

  • @johnbuckley7525
    @johnbuckley7525 4 роки тому +2

    Yes, yes, yes, yes, YES!!! My favorite movie! Loved it when I was younger and still do today! They better not change A THING!!!!!! It's great the way it is! I still listen and have that song.

  • @KuhLayOh707
    @KuhLayOh707 4 роки тому +24

    Ppl today are like "Dustin and Suzie brought me here"
    Not me though.
    My mom wanted to make sure I watched classic movies and listened to good music

    • @enknot
      @enknot 4 роки тому +2

      🍪

    • @josh1549
      @josh1549 4 роки тому +1

      Dustin an suzie?

  • @saracrypto5638
    @saracrypto5638 Рік тому +9

    For me the movie never left a trauma as a child, it was deep, sad but soo inspiring and filled with love and friendship and magic.

  • @amigatroels3645
    @amigatroels3645 4 роки тому +2

    Great video :)
    And totally fine with no remake!

  • @moridin7791
    @moridin7791 4 роки тому +2

    One of my all-time favorite movies!

  • @stephaniee8909
    @stephaniee8909 4 роки тому +2

    I memorized every single word to this movie as a kid. I'm sure if I watched it now I'd still be able to recite it.

  • @lacyrussell6688
    @lacyrussell6688 Рік тому +1

    One of the best movies of all times!

  • @crimsonraen
    @crimsonraen 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks, Looper, for all the cool behind the scenes info! ^_^

  • @axelsmith4163
    @axelsmith4163 4 роки тому +1

    I love this movie. It brings me back to the 80s with all the great movie and music of the time.

  • @heidinolen873
    @heidinolen873 4 роки тому +2

    The soundtrack is amazing even today. Awesome

  • @Yuliasoebeno4929
    @Yuliasoebeno4929 Рік тому +1

    I still in love with this movie and the sound track of the Never Ending Story.
    I think it is such a spectacular story. The movie is a gem ❤

  • @willmariegirona2911
    @willmariegirona2911 Рік тому

    This is my toddler and childhood years movie, please leave it untouched. It's so special and beautiful, it's 1000000% a 💎 ❤

  • @lindasloan719
    @lindasloan719 4 роки тому +1

    i watched it as a 24 yr old and LOVED IT
    Great acting,warn, heart felt, Believing
    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
    Highly recommend will be buying it 😊

  • @Aleera616
    @Aleera616 Рік тому +1

    I was a bookworm when I was a kid and I was so mesmerized by the book. I was probably a bit too young to read it but I loved it nontheless. I remember being incredibly disappointed by the movie. Such an immense let down and everything that at least did appear looked so wrong. As I grew up I was constantly surprised at how many people loved the movie lol. I can see now what value this movie holds, especially considering how soul-less most of modern cinema is. The puppets/practical effects are beautiful and there is a lot of love that went into the production. I don't think I will ever enjoy the movie but I can appreciate it as its own thing seperate from the book and acknowledge/respect the meaning it holds to a lot of people. But I also respect Endes opinion and he has every right to have felt that way. Must be heartbreaking to experience something like this regarding your own creation

  • @VirginiaTombstoneRevival
    @VirginiaTombstoneRevival 4 роки тому +2

    Watched this all the way through finally with my 7 year old last week...amazing. Followed up by The Monster Squad.

  • @sailorpluto9914
    @sailorpluto9914 4 роки тому +1

    Omg love this movie and the theme song. True classic 🦄

  • @Smoothy4doctor26
    @Smoothy4doctor26 3 роки тому

    Good! Finally a classic that will be left alone we don’t need a remake.

  • @SharonThib-o-dew
    @SharonThib-o-dew 4 роки тому +4

    I actually have the German soundtrack of the second movie with Jonathan Brandis, I had to order it from EBAY and it came all the way from
    Germany!

  • @reggiebinyaner8613
    @reggiebinyaner8613 4 роки тому +4

    Noah Hathaway really was perfect in this movie.

  • @morwynnab9672
    @morwynnab9672 4 роки тому +2

    Loved the movie. That said...I feel it missed the essence of the book, which I REALLY loved!

  • @TheTimeRocket
    @TheTimeRocket 4 роки тому +3

    The audiobook was the best experience. The movie covers not even half of the book!

  • @danielromerosol4158
    @danielromerosol4158 4 роки тому +17

    Artax dead was what build my character. The whole book is about known and appreciate your feelings. Sadness-Fear-Joy those are feelings that normal people have and should manage... don't be week

    • @erasmussen14
      @erasmussen14 4 роки тому +6

      No matter the day of the weak, I'm never week.

    • @Zanji1234
      @Zanji1234 4 роки тому +2

      ... well the book actually is not about "don't be week" ... it's about accepting who you are. Since the movie ends after half of the book when Bastian rebuilds Fantasia and wants to become the Ruler of the land he also changes his appearance

    • @danielromerosol4158
      @danielromerosol4158 4 роки тому +3

      @@Zanji1234 Exactly. Is accepting your feelings cry if you had to, be happy or angry if you have to.

    • @ValentinasWatching
      @ValentinasWatching 4 роки тому +3

      Agreed. But weakness and vulnerability are also things you should face and accept. Enough to learn to protect yourself.

  • @kelly6726
    @kelly6726 4 роки тому +1

    This was one of my favorite movies as a child

  • @popeyedog1087
    @popeyedog1087 Рік тому

    8 years old is when I saw Never Ending Story in the theater with my dad. - great memory. In the theater no less!

  • @JTDL7541
    @JTDL7541 4 роки тому +32

    Gmork sceard me to death when i whas a kid

  • @TarahWolf
    @TarahWolf 4 роки тому +7

    This film was my childhood. I read the book because of it. I would have loved to see it closer to Ende's writing but I have a great love for both. Also, after seeing what current Hollywood is doing to remakes we don't need one of TNS

  • @jorgesantana2952
    @jorgesantana2952 4 роки тому +1

    This is one of them but so many are part of the nostalgic list🥰🥰

  • @NovaCoco
    @NovaCoco 3 роки тому +1

    LOVE THESE MOVIES RE WATCHED THEM ALL RECENTLY...THANKS FOR THISPOST AS WAS VERY INTRESTING..

  • @sunshine6891
    @sunshine6891 4 роки тому +6

    This story resembles humanity today! Stuck in a 3D world of illusion.

  • @exorc304
    @exorc304 4 роки тому +12

    Stay safe people and stay happy ❣️

  • @realbadger
    @realbadger Рік тому +2

    I saw _The Neverending Story_ at a press screening in New York (I was in my early 20s, and a film reviewer for my college newspaper).
    I _love_ fantasy, and I was really enjoying this film; the Gmork's speech of what is the Nothing had me in choking sobs, which hit me again during the end credits.

  • @thundergodgamer118
    @thundergodgamer118 4 роки тому +1

    This is a super great movie. I love this movie! I still watch this movie til this day. Dark crystal, Legend with Tom cruise, never ending story are all amazing movies!

  • @genesanford9412
    @genesanford9412 4 роки тому +9

    "untold truths "..aka: facts on films......

    • @greenhowie
      @greenhowie 4 роки тому

      Welp, looks like that's another boring generic list channel on the "don't recommend" list...

    • @CurriedBat
      @CurriedBat 4 роки тому

      which were untold, until now

  • @markamark123
    @markamark123 4 роки тому +13

    The Never Ending Story
    The Goonies
    The Dark Crystal
    Labyrinth
    E.T.
    Ghost Busters
    Star Wars
    Back to the Future
    Flight of the Navigator
    Karate Kid

    • @BFKAnthony817
      @BFKAnthony817 4 роки тому +2

      A man after mine own heart! Some straight classics there!

    • @itsmichellelol6968
      @itsmichellelol6968 4 роки тому +2

      my dad forced me into watching karate kid and ghost busters lol no complaints

    • @GermanShepherdDaphne
      @GermanShepherdDaphne 4 роки тому

      Princess Bride was also a good movie back then.

    • @bellavanilla7715
      @bellavanilla7715 4 роки тому +1

      Legend
      Dragonslayer
      The Last Unicorn
      Transformers The Movie

    • @bellavanilla7715
      @bellavanilla7715 4 роки тому

      And Ladyhawke.

  • @martica6755
    @martica6755 4 роки тому +1

    Love this movie!! Truly a beautiful and beyond classic movie, that I believe the generations to come will appreciate everything about this film.
    Please Noooo way .. no remake of this classic. "The Never Ending Story" should be left alone.
    There are some great movies that should be left alone with Nooo remakes.

  • @rosealexander9007
    @rosealexander9007 Рік тому

    This is my favorite childhood movie. It’s strange to me how anyone could dislike it.

  • @wolfshanze5980
    @wolfshanze5980 4 роки тому +16

    9:50 oh no, the last thing we need is another woke movie written and directed for the wokeness of the movie, instead of actually... you know... entertainment.

    • @ImpeachObamaASAP2010
      @ImpeachObamaASAP2010 4 роки тому +3

      LOL but if we don't have woke movies how are all the celebs going to get rid of their white guilt?

    • @_mylastname
      @_mylastname 4 роки тому +1

      Right. Because people need more mindless psycho-babble. "Entertainment" needs to be changed. The brainwashing needs to be stopped. Does Hollywood help anyone in any way except for keeping everyone dumb,and drone - like? No. Its useless. They use there money to buy children

    • @rabidwurm
      @rabidwurm 4 роки тому +2

      @@ImpeachObamaASAP2010 personally...im with bill burr...i think white guilt has actually run its course. This whole BLM thing isnt even about BLM anymore.

  • @Straatbrak
    @Straatbrak 4 роки тому +10

    Please keep JK Rowling away from these books and movies.

  • @Cozette420
    @Cozette420 4 роки тому +2

    One of my fave movies ever . Its 35 years old and I'm 44. Wow

  • @Chiliad
    @Chiliad 3 роки тому +1

    This movie was such a big part of my childhood. I had to do a cover of the song. Awesome facts 👍

  • @monikaseifert9422
    @monikaseifert9422 3 роки тому +1

    GREAT !!!

  • @olympia007macklin
    @olympia007macklin 4 роки тому

    All time favorite as a child...!

  • @Skyeyez99
    @Skyeyez99 3 місяці тому

    The Never Ending Story, Legend, and Labyrinth were my favorite childhood movies.

  • @Coopdog12717
    @Coopdog12717 Рік тому +1

    One of my favorite movies ever

  • @Antilleotheclown
    @Antilleotheclown Рік тому

    This was a movie that was shown to me in school when it was released to VHS. I’m now 46 and I remember it so well and it should never be remade.

  • @TheBoomerPlace
    @TheBoomerPlace Рік тому +1

    In the early 80s, an old friend of mine and I used to rent this movie on, yes, Betamax, toke up, pig out and enjoy this movie. That and The Last Starfighter and Labyrinth. In the mid nineties I watched them with my kids on VHS. Now I watch them by myself on blue ray waiting for my 2 grandkids to be old enough. Progression of time is a trip✌🏻.

  • @Darleza
    @Darleza Рік тому

    This was the first movie my mom took me to see at the movie theater. One of my favorite childhood movies. I still ❤️ this movie even in the age of CGI. It brings me great memories of my childhood 😊

  • @shadowraith1
    @shadowraith1 4 роки тому

    Well done. Thanks for sharing.👍🐉🐉🐉👍

  • @fobypawz418
    @fobypawz418 2 роки тому

    I sort of had a similar experience like Sebastian when I was a child as far as finding that special Mentor type person that shared with me wonders of the fantasy world, but it wasn't books, it was more like VHS and BETA videos as the old man ran a video rental store next to my moms business back in the 1980s. I would always come over and hang out at his store and he would pop into the vcr some movies for me to watch. He literally introduced me to all these movies like Neverending Story, Logan's Run, Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, Blade Runner, Short Circuit, Queen Esmerelda, Eyes of Mars, Return to Oz, Space Camp, Silent Running, Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Brain Storm, Tron, Star Trek, Star Wars etc. These movies really shaped my imagination. Of all the people I've encountered in my life, this one individual will always have a special place in my heart. I wish I knew what happen to that gentleman.

  • @lauram3115
    @lauram3115 Рік тому

    One of my childhood favorites. ❤

  • @kolbyyates1004
    @kolbyyates1004 4 роки тому +1

    This film scared the shit out of me as a child in the 90s. But I loved it!

  • @crazysmiler
    @crazysmiler 4 роки тому +1

    The nothing is what I compare depression to all this time to explain it. Your explanation is bang on to my reference.

  • @threeraven13
    @threeraven13 2 роки тому +2

    My Revelation is that there need not be a remake of this film, but the next installment in which a completely different human reads the book. This series could go on indefinitely. What was the bookstore clerk experiencing when Bastian first entered the shop? Etc.