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One of the most important aspects of Elijah's character isn't just his obsession with superheroes. It's his revelation and subsequent acceptance of the fact that HE'S the villain of the story. It's easy to imagine yourself as the good guy, but accepting that you're meant to be the villain and moving forward to do good anyway..its almost unbearable.
For him, more than anything, it was about finally having sense to his sad life. Not like he reveals in it, and even happy to know thanks to it, those people did not die in vain.
But he isn't the villain. Mr. Glass is the hero of the trilogy. What the narrator of the video and OP don't understand is the true heights of Mr. Glass's intellectual prowess. He knew before the first movie that there was a shadow organization out there. How? He had proof. All the artifacts that detailed other 'special individuals'. So why isn't there a horde of heroes and villains? Because something or someone I'd killing them off. An organization, most likely because of the cover-up of those now missing specials. So, how do you draw them out? Offer them what they want. Specials becoming known. Glass sets out, finding David. But also finding Split.
He hits like a Black Adam or Sinestro or Vandal Savage for me... He is working towards the betterment of all, but that's the problem with "by any means necessary"
Imagine a Villain so hurt and misguided that he uses acts of domestic terrorism to draw out a Superhero that he only "believed" existed, so that he didn't have to feel alone anymore. To then unleash a monster upon that same Hero in order to prove to the world, once and for all, that Super Humans indeed existed and that Mr. Glass was not crazy after all. In the end, the Villain got the last word.
He made Split into what he became! He didn't simply unleash him! I can't emphasize that enough. Think about how evil you have to be to engineer a train wreck and turn am innocent child over to an abusive mother just to test your theory. That is super sick!
"You know what the scariest thing is? To not know your place in this world. To not know why you're here. That's... That's just an awful feeling." Elijah's whole ending monologue is gold, but the beginning is what's stuck with me. He was desperate to carve out a place for himself, to find some meaning in his disability and the pain it caused him, and he resigned himself to becoming the villain to get it done. One of my favorite villains in one of my favorite movies.
That moment in Unbreakable where he’s staring at nothing where the doctor explains the list of injuries he’s probably hear so many times before. The moment where he mutters “Mr Glass,” hit me the most. Watching that made me wonder if Elijah was reflecting on his life. All the trauma, all the deaths, the perspective he bet his life and sanity on. Was he considering the possibility that he was just the same scared, fragile boy who wanted to break his boundaries.
Samuel L. Jackson always does a great job in nearly any role he plays. From heroes to villains, and from the intelligent to the psychotic and everything in between, there is no role that he can't do. And Mr. Glass is no exception.
Kevin Wendell Crumb for sure deserves his own video, 23 complex personalities all formed from abuse and manipulation. As well as the ideology of the horde/beast make for an amazing character(s)!
@@johnnywalker8815 I refer to Kevin as in he is the host for the more sadistic personalities such as Dennis and Patricia, so even though Kevin is not evil he is essential to the creation of the Horde and the Beast due to his own personal trauma
There's a similar character in DC comics called crazy Jane who has 64 personalities created through trauma and abuse and was put through experiments that gave each of them a unique super power and I think she's way cooler than the stinky bald man who kidnaps people. If you want to see the same concept but pushed further I recommend either reading the doom patrol comics or watching the show. The show doesn't go into her personalities as much ad the comics but it's still a fun watch.
I always saw Mr. Glass as an evil version of Professor X, minus the mind powers of course. They are both handicapped men who have experienced an abnormal life, despite that they still adapted and learned to accept the world as it is. Once the knowledge of there being more super humans like themselves gets out, they both seek to track them down, but their differences being Mr. Glass's ego and their methods of locating super humaned individuals. While Xavier wants to protect them and teach them how to control their powers, Mr. Glass wants to find super humans so he can use them for his schemes to help super humans get accepted into society.
Mr Glass is like a reverse engineered version of Lex Luthor. Lex hates Superman because he feels that humanity realizes too much on him, which makes us weak and holds us back. Elijah wants Superheroes to be real because the thought makes him feel important and special. Lex is petty and jealous of Superman’s abilities and angry about the fact that Clark never trusted him with his secret and friendship
That's the point of the series is was basically a deconstruction of superheroes but the first movie was very poorly marketed since people assumed it was a Thriller movie especially since at that time the director got off doing The Sixth Sense so everyone expected that. David is what you would basically put Superman if he exists in our world a low level version that and Mr.Glass is Lex being friends with David (Superman) while both go their separate ways and Kevin you can say his the big monster character aka Doomsday where both fight to the death and people moan David's death in a sense and it inspires other Supermen to appear. Given too the last people who are left being David's son, Elijah's mom, and Casey. All of whom were influenced by those people in their lives but most likely will follow in their footsteps by leading those new found superheroes while Elijah's mom I can see being an Amanda Waller type who works for the government
I can definitely see Mr Glass being this version of Lex Luthor looking for and finding David Dunn who would be this version of Clark Kent if Clark Kent somehow didn't already know he was a alien with superpowers and since Kevin Wendell Crumb is David's opposite then Kevin Wendell Crumb ( The Beast) would be like this version of Bizarro or Doomsday
That's the point. David is pretty much Superman who's an ordinary guy which is what this movie series was trying to do by grounding them in the real world
As a progressing writer (for both films and books), listening to your videos is really helpful in developing my characters, especially my villains. You peel back so many layers of these characters to help us see they're not as surface level as they appear on the screen
I think the caller from Phone Booth is an interesting character to analyse. There is a lot to talk about him, his moral code, how he psychologically tortures oder people, what are his motives as well as his background and past.
''What are his motives as well as his background and past.'' That's pretty simple: Jack Bauer had the day off and was bored 😁😁😁😁 Phone Booth is an awesome film 👍👍👍👍
I would love to see your take on Cpt Walker from Spec ops : The Line, or the game as a whole and its depiction of the horrors of war that are rarely seen in a video game, especially the way the game did it.
13:11-13:22 When you put it like it’s double edged sword. Sure it sound like he wants to prevent people from getting belittled for being different, but at the same time it makes me think he’s still that bullied kid that wants to show them he’s a force to be reckoned. A mindset similar to many interpretations to The Joker, who was once a struggling nobody who wants to prove he’s an unstoppable force.
An absolutely fantastic film for you to take on with similar themes is *Frailty.* *I would be very interested to see what you thought was the villain and the nature of evil.*
Suggestion: Sy Ableman from A Serious Man. It would be a funny thing to see him getting featured as the second Coen brothers villain (after a force of nature like Anton Chigurh), plus he makes quite an impression despite his rather short screentime. He honestly makes you wonder what things a guy with his mindset would be capable of, even if his scheme in the movie itself is somewhat benign.
Hey Vile I really love your content. It provides so much inspiration for me as I am actually planning to make my own story with some very unique characters, especially the villains.
I have a suggestion for a villain I think would be a fantastic addition to this series. Kid Miracleman from Alan Moore’s 16 issue run on the British comic Miracleman. He is the end of the thought experiment of what superhumans can be.
I knew today would be a great! Thank you for analyzing a villain who impacted me a lot. Even though he was not necessarily a ‘good’ man, I was still sobbing when I was driving away from the theater after the ending of Glass.
@@Gadget-Walkmen The boys is basically "what if celebrities had superpowers". Hollywood fucks normal people up so don't know why you would give those people powers
I have the real world equivalent to the disease that Mr Glass has, polyostotic fibrous dysplasia with McCune-Albright Syndrome. My bone marrow turns to tumors, my bones are really brittle, and sometimes my bones will randomly explode like a balloon... I have a simular background to Mr Glass too. I used my time being disabled to go to college, get my master's and doctorate in computers and philosophy. I also run my own investment group that's HIGHLY successful, to the point that I make about 150k per month. I've been married a few times, and I have a kid. I know that it wouldn't have been an entertaining movie if Mr Glass wasn't evil, but I enjoy my peaceful life. Anyone would realistically. Yeah, I may be in horrific pain 24/7 but at least I know that I don't have to worry about getting to see a doctor thanks to my wealth.
First off I love your channel buddy I've been watching your videos since you made the Apocalypse Now vid. I try to catch every episode you make even if I don't know the characters or the story they originate from. That way I can watch or read new interesting stories about fascinating characters, that I may have never come across. Second conversational point, I want to thank you for all of the time and energy that you pour into every video you make. I've been watching RUclips for about five years now And in that time I have probably sampled over a thousand channels and I personally find your show and the content you provide to easily be in the top ten RUclips channels that I have come across. Everything From the colorful characters you present, to the educational material you provide a long the way of personality and character analysis. Which I personally find fascinating. I have seen many of the movies you present, but on more then a few occasions you have reviewed and analyzed a show I've seen in the past (usually) dozens of times prior. But hearing your input and take regarding the material let's me see the movies I love under a whole new light and with a new perspective. So thank you for that buddy. It's as close as one can get to watching a beloved old film again "but, still for the first time " I love the channel and thank you so much for taking the time and energy to make this videos. You rock. This show rocks. And I promise that as long as you keep up the good work, I well will continue to watch, like, and share every video you drop Now, here is my three cents on your Mr. Glass video. I liked and agreed with your take and breakdown of the movie trilogy. But I did have a question for you. If Mr. Glass and the Overseer were born into their abilities, would it safe to postulate that The Horde were inadvertently created? If Mr. Glass had not done what he had, the Horde may never have been developed, true. But through manipulation and a horrific crime by Mr. Glass the Horde became more then just a dormate or recessive gene that Kevin may have been born with . I originally thought that the film was showing that even if one is born with abilities, Kevin and the Horde were the example that everyone has the ability to manifest incredible things within themselves. Kevin and his true faith in the strength of the Horde and the Beast, seemed to me, to be a take on what can happen if trauma and or misfortune is left to fester and spoil. I thought that it was saying that in the film anybody had the ability to rise above what the general population find to be normal. The trauma Mr. Glass caused to bring out the Beast in Kevin was just one example of how these abilities within us all could be activated. Just as Glass wanted to find his opposite, I to believe that within the universe of this trilogy, there was probably a way Glass could have drawn out the power within Kevin in a non violent fashion. In the film, even Mr. Glass is shocked to find that Kevins Horde was (in my opinion) created by Glass. That was just my first impression, based entirely on my understanding of the film when I first saw it. That in the end of Glass the message is that everyone has the ability to manifest incredible strengths and powers, all one need do is believe. Please let me know what you think of this. I love your channel and thought I should share my question. And if you don't mind I have a suggestion for a wonderfully "evil" character from one of my favorite works of literature and film. "Blue Duck" the Comanche Butcher, from Larry McMurtry Pulitzer prize winning epic western drama Lonesome Dove . If you are not familiar with this character or the story of Lonesome Dove, I suggest you take a look. I do believe that you will enjoy the story line and the people McMurtry introduces to you. And (fingers crossed) you may also find Blue Duck to be an interesting villain, and worthy of representation on your channel. I personally think Blue Duck is worthy of being listed along side all the other classic villains and evil characters you have previously discussed. From my point of view Blue Duck stands alone as far as villains go in literature because his motives are unique and controversial. In my opinion at least. Blue Duck is one of, if not the last of the "free indians" when we meet him in Lonesome Dove, he is a lone survivor of his tribe. He is a man who grew up during the the American conquest and genocide the settlers brought with them as the west was lost. He is a bad guy, for ge is a very violent and unrepentant killer. Who strikes out at any and all American settlers he encounteres. He takes joy in his tortures and the fear he casts on all he meets. He is titled in the novel as the Comanche Butcher, and it hints that he not only kills settlers, but also Mexicans, other Indigenous people and basically any person he meets. Through out the story Blue Duck is the terror looming on the horizon and is no doubt a core element of the books plot. He is a wonderful representation of the aggression, hate, sorrow, and trauma that the indigenous population were living in, and the descendents still bare today. But publicly speaking dislike for America and the values it brings is generally a bad idea if you don't want immediate backlash and potentially personal harm. However, that element is what I find crucial to the power of Blue Ducks character and why I think he is worthy of being mentioned on your channel. He is the survivor of genocide and total invasion of his home land, he grew up watching his culture and his people being systematically destroyed, so violence is not only the language he speaks, but it is (in my opinion) the only thing he has ever known. He is an outsider. He is alone. Not just in the book narration, but also he stands solo in the world of villains. He does violent acts and enjoys them, but who can honestly say that they wouldn't do the same as he if they had grown up as he did. Lived through what he had, and felt the pain and horror of total war and genocide. I personally think his character is an accurate depiction of the anger I have felt before in my life Being a native indigenous person, I understand and sympathize with Blue Ducks character. Living under occupation by a foreign power that has destroyed everything you knew, is not a popular or easy subject to bring up in conversation with other native people, let alone someone of a different ethnicity. So I applaud McMurtry for his raw and vivid description of Blue Duck. The last of his people desperately trying to fight the rising tide. Knowing sooner or later he well drown in the wake of forward economic progress and the birth of the America. Thank you for taking the time to read this message. I love the channel and I well keep my fingers crossed that someday Blue Duck well appear on your show to the general format of your show, I have one idea to add in
Such an unexpectedly great performance from Samuel L. Jackson in this movie. Another great video and again requesting you cover Clyde Shelton from Law Abiding Citizen in a future video!
I always found Elijah Price and David Dunn fascinating, so this was a great and informative video. I hope you are well, please stay safe and enjoy your day 🙂
Mr. Glass is an emotionally stunted man who believed that people are compelled to do acts of good or evil. David is an emotionally well-rounded man who can see evil (by touch), but unlike Glass, is not necessarily compelled to act good or evil in response. I like the ending to the movie, where he just walks away in disgust and calls the police. That flies in the face of all comic book conventions which Glass had internalized and projected onto the world.
Love your work as always, and glad you covered this film. Honestly Unbreakable is one of my favorite superhero films of all time! Split was also fantastic. Glass, was decent, but I think it got more hate than it deserved.
One villain I’d really like to see explored is Jasmine from the TV show Angel. Thank you for your work. You’ve introduced me to many movies and books that I never would have discovered without you. ETA Is also be very interested in analyses of Holz and Illiria, also from Angel.
“In a comic, you know how you can tell who the arch-villain's going to be? He's the exact opposite of the hero... and most times, they're friends like you and me! I should've known way back when. You know why, David?! Because of the kids!! They called me Mr. Glass."
Great video as always. Looking forward to the next one. This year marks 30 years since star trek deep space 9 came to television. I would be interested to see videos on the characters of Kai Winn & Gul Dukat at some point in the future.
A few suggestions: Vaas from far cry 3 GLaDOS and wheatley from portal Handsome jack from borderlands Wallace breen or combine as a whole from half life Senator Armstrong from metal gear rising revengeance Albert wesker from resident evil Francis begbie from trainspotting Ivan drago from rocky Castor troy from face off
I think Mr. Glass's superpower is to find vulnerabilities. Literal faulty machinery, or social inflection points, or even the for-want-of-a-nail future-changing stuff. He's not the brute. But he is the mastermind who found Dunn's physical and emotional weak points. Figured out how to direct the Beast. *Figured out the holes in the Normal Conspiracy's secret box.* The last superhuman act of the triology is opening the world's eyes to _his_ universe. And exposing the bastards who gaslit him. Elijah's a mass-murderer, who used his eye for detail to find points of vulnerability that killed hundreds of people. But he also inflicted his power onto the extrajudicial bastards who thought they could victimize _him._ And Dunne. And the Legion.
I like to imagine that living with superhumans is no different than our ancestors living with wild animals, even those that went extinct. We were never faster, stronger, durable, etc. But we were adaptable and have ingenuity, we can survive almost any climate and learn from other animals. So overall, those without superpowers will learn to adapt with those who have them, even if it takes years. But if I would of had superpowers, it would definitely be instant teleportation and protection from other superpowers like telepathy, telekenisis etc.
I first saw Unbreakable in theaters when I was like 10 on a Saturday night and it disturbed me. I went to church the next morning and film disturbed me even more.
I’d really be interested in seeing a psychological breakdown on the real life and character villain of Pablo Escobar (Narcos). Keep up the great content!
In the literal sense I understand his philosophy in the extreme and tragic events that sifted out extremely gifted and powerful people: Clark Kent wasn’t born on a farm with godly powers, he was the last surviving member of a distant alien race. Dr. Doom wouldn’t have devoted his life to learning the arcane if he hadn’t learned of his Mother’s fate at the hands of Mephisto. You are absolutely correct however that no matter what your beliefs are about extraordinary beings you have no right to rid innocent people of their chance to live in peace just to weed out the average individual from the superhuman. A truly evil person never considers the lives of all humans, only singular conceited goals. Another great video, thank you
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The vile eye please do a video on aku from samurai Jack
Hey Vile can you please do an analyzing evil on Scarlemange from Kipo and The Age of Wonderbeast. He is a really interesting villain.
@Spawn of Ragnarok That one and Ra's al ghul, ive been asking for months smh
Thank you so much!!!
Could you please do Albie Kinsella from Cracker?
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One of the most important aspects of Elijah's character isn't just his obsession with superheroes. It's his revelation and subsequent acceptance of the fact that HE'S the villain of the story. It's easy to imagine yourself as the good guy, but accepting that you're meant to be the villain and moving forward to do good anyway..its almost unbearable.
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For him, more than anything, it was about finally having sense to his sad life. Not like he reveals in it, and even happy to know thanks to it, those people did not die in vain.
“The road to hell is paved with good intentions” definitely applies lol
But he isn't the villain. Mr. Glass is the hero of the trilogy.
What the narrator of the video and OP don't understand is the true heights of Mr. Glass's intellectual prowess.
He knew before the first movie that there was a shadow organization out there.
How? He had proof. All the artifacts that detailed other 'special individuals'.
So why isn't there a horde of heroes and villains? Because something or someone I'd killing them off. An organization, most likely because of the cover-up of those now missing specials.
So, how do you draw them out? Offer them what they want. Specials becoming known.
Glass sets out, finding David. But also finding Split.
He hits like a Black Adam or Sinestro or Vandal Savage for me... He is working towards the betterment of all, but that's the problem with "by any means necessary"
Imagine a Villain so hurt and misguided that he uses acts of domestic terrorism to draw out a Superhero that he only "believed" existed, so that he didn't have to feel alone anymore.
To then unleash a monster upon that same Hero in order to prove to the world, once and for all, that Super Humans indeed existed and that Mr. Glass was not crazy after all.
In the end, the Villain got the last word.
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Geez the way you put it you make it seem like Mr. Glass was in control the whole time, even while behind bars.
He made Split into what he became! He didn't simply unleash him! I can't emphasize that enough. Think about how evil you have to be to engineer a train wreck and turn am innocent child over to an abusive mother just to test your theory. That is super sick!
@@jvharbin8337he saw other evidence first. He didn't do anything randomly.
"i am not a mistake". Unbreakable and Split had some really grand messages and themes.
“Belief in oneself is contagious” is another good message
"You know what the scariest thing is? To not know your place in this world. To not know why you're here. That's... That's just an awful feeling."
Elijah's whole ending monologue is gold, but the beginning is what's stuck with me. He was desperate to carve out a place for himself, to find some meaning in his disability and the pain it caused him, and he resigned himself to becoming the villain to get it done. One of my favorite villains in one of my favorite movies.
"Hell's waking up every god damn day and not even knowing why you're here"
-Marv
That moment in Unbreakable where he’s staring at nothing where the doctor explains the list of injuries he’s probably hear so many times before. The moment where he mutters “Mr Glass,” hit me the most.
Watching that made me wonder if Elijah was reflecting on his life. All the trauma, all the deaths, the perspective he bet his life and sanity on. Was he considering the possibility that he was just the same scared, fragile boy who wanted to break his boundaries.
Samuel L. Jackson always does a great job in nearly any role he plays. From heroes to villains, and from the intelligent to the psychotic and everything in between, there is no role that he can't do. And Mr. Glass is no exception.
This is some effed up repugnant s***
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"Enough is enough! I've had had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane!" :)
You are right though. He is a great actor.
Yes he does
he managed to be good in tarzan. thats a feat in itself
Kevin Wendell Crumb for sure deserves his own video, 23 complex personalities all formed from abuse and manipulation. As well as the ideology of the horde/beast make for an amazing character(s)!
You said it here !
But Kevin is not evil just sick.
@@johnnywalker8815 I refer to Kevin as in he is the host for the more sadistic personalities such as Dennis and Patricia, so even though Kevin is not evil he is essential to the creation of the Horde and the Beast due to his own personal trauma
Split and the way James McCavoy is the best of these three movies by far.
There's a similar character in DC comics called crazy Jane who has 64 personalities created through trauma and abuse and was put through experiments that gave each of them a unique super power and I think she's way cooler than the stinky bald man who kidnaps people. If you want to see the same concept but pushed further I recommend either reading the doom patrol comics or watching the show. The show doesn't go into her personalities as much ad the comics but it's still a fun watch.
I always saw Mr. Glass as an evil version of Professor X, minus the mind powers of course. They are both handicapped men who have experienced an abnormal life, despite that they still adapted and learned to accept the world as it is. Once the knowledge of there being more super humans like themselves gets out, they both seek to track them down, but their differences being Mr. Glass's ego and their methods of locating super humaned individuals. While Xavier wants to protect them and teach them how to control their powers, Mr. Glass wants to find super humans so he can use them for his schemes to help super humans get accepted into society.
Have you read the X men comics? Xavier is basically Mr. Glass but in denial that the end justifies the means whereas Elijah admits he's evil.
Elijah Price is perhaps the most 'realistic' evil character. He can be any of us.
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he's me.
The scene in "Unbreakable" when Elijah first meets David at his shop is one of my favorite dialogue scenes ever.
Mr Glass is like a reverse engineered version of Lex Luthor. Lex hates Superman because he feels that humanity realizes too much on him, which makes us weak and holds us back.
Elijah wants Superheroes to be real because the thought makes him feel important and special.
Lex is petty and jealous of Superman’s abilities and angry about the fact that Clark never trusted him with his secret and friendship
That's the point of the series is was basically a deconstruction of superheroes but the first movie was very poorly marketed since people assumed it was a Thriller movie especially since at that time the director got off doing The Sixth Sense so everyone expected that.
David is what you would basically put Superman if he exists in our world a low level version that and Mr.Glass is Lex being friends with David (Superman) while both go their separate ways and Kevin you can say his the big monster character aka Doomsday where both fight to the death and people moan David's death in a sense and it inspires other Supermen to appear. Given too the last people who are left being David's son, Elijah's mom, and Casey.
All of whom were influenced by those people in their lives but most likely will follow in their footsteps by leading those new found superheroes while Elijah's mom I can see being an Amanda Waller type who works for the government
Lex Luther also hates Superman because he caused his baldness when they were younger
@@Toxicity3431 that was retconned away in the 80’s by crisis on infinite earths
I can definitely see Mr Glass being this version of Lex Luthor looking for and finding David Dunn who would be this version of Clark Kent if Clark Kent somehow didn't already know he was a alien with superpowers and since Kevin Wendell Crumb is David's opposite then Kevin Wendell Crumb ( The Beast) would be like this version of Bizarro or Doomsday
That's the point. David is pretty much Superman who's an ordinary guy which is what this movie series was trying to do by grounding them in the real world
Literally my favorite movie villain thank so much for making a video on him.
You should look up Kermit in the devil Artemis channel
As a progressing writer (for both films and books), listening to your videos is really helpful in developing my characters, especially my villains. You peel back so many layers of these characters to help us see they're not as surface level as they appear on the screen
Elijah’s ending monologue is brilliant. ❤
His hubris also grew from coping with his humiliation of being bullied for something he had no control over, his condition
Excellent video as always 👌
I think the caller from Phone Booth is an interesting character to analyse. There is a lot to talk about him, his moral code, how he psychologically tortures oder people, what are his motives as well as his background and past.
Phone Booth's awesome. Glad its getting love
Tbh, the trucker in Duel would be just as interesting.
Perfect answer
''What are his motives as well as his background and past.''
That's pretty simple: Jack Bauer had the day off and was bored 😁😁😁😁
Phone Booth is an awesome film 👍👍👍👍
With the train crash Elijah probably ruined more lives than just Kevin's and David's.
The line "it was because of the kids.......................... they called me Mr glass................." always gives me goose bumps what a line!
Ok but his villain reveal was so good i'm tempted to just give him a pass. Lol
I felt so bad for him because he couldn’t be a normal kid and was teased by the kids. His mom really tried.
This is incredible timing since I just rewatched the entire trilogy just last week whilst showing all of them to some friends for the first time.
I would love to see your take on Cpt Walker from Spec ops : The Line, or the game as a whole and its depiction of the horrors of war that are rarely seen in a video game, especially the way the game did it.
Do you feel like a hero yet?
That was a GOOD game
13:11-13:22 When you put it like it’s double edged sword.
Sure it sound like he wants to prevent people from getting belittled for being different, but at the same time it makes me think he’s still that bullied kid that wants to show them he’s a force to be reckoned.
A mindset similar to many interpretations to The Joker, who was once a struggling nobody who wants to prove he’s an unstoppable force.
Yes. Yes. Yes! Finally, Mr. Glass is featured in a video of yours. Can't wait to enjoy it!
Yes! You finally analyzed Mr. Glass. For the next video: Nancy Downs from The Craft.
pretty sure we can all agree that SLJ brings some real gravitas to whatever role hes in
An absolutely fantastic film for you to take on with similar themes is *Frailty.*
*I would be very interested to see what you thought was the villain and the nature of evil.*
@kountree38 I love it now, but I think it scarred me a bit as a kid.
What shall I call you? First name Mister, last name Glass.
Suggestion: Sy Ableman from A Serious Man. It would be a funny thing to see him getting featured as the second Coen brothers villain (after a force of nature like Anton Chigurh), plus he makes quite an impression despite his rather short screentime. He honestly makes you wonder what things a guy with his mindset would be capable of, even if his scheme in the movie itself is somewhat benign.
"The Jolly Roger is quite livable. It's not expensive, the rooms are eminently habitable..."
The wife was evil, in my opinion...
Hey Vile I really love your content. It provides so much inspiration for me as I am actually planning to make my own story with some very unique characters, especially the villains.
You know it’s crazy. I searched for this like two weeks ago hoping that you did it and look at that 😂😂
Damn 😂
Haha awesome. I know the feeling.
He released one on Candy from Django the day after I thought it would make a good video. 😁
I have a suggestion for a villain I think would be a fantastic addition to this series. Kid Miracleman from Alan Moore’s 16 issue run on the British comic Miracleman. He is the end of the thought experiment of what superhumans can be.
Elijah Price aka Mr Glass is probably one of the most tragic and relatable villains of all time.
I knew today would be a great! Thank you for analyzing a villain who impacted me a lot. Even though he was not necessarily a ‘good’ man, I was still sobbing when I was driving away from the theater after the ending of Glass.
Been waiting for this one for a long time. Thanks Vile Eye!
I remember when Mr. Glass was told you better hope the Beast likes him for his sake.
“They called me ‘Mr. Glass’” - Elijah
Mr. Glass's mom deserves an award for her performance in unbreakable.
She was amazing wasn’t she?
"I must got a angel
Cuz look how death missed his a$$
Unbreakable, what you thought they'd call me Mr. Glass?"
I thought of Elijah Price and David Dunn as a modern day versions Lex Luthor and Superman, respectively.
I AM SO EXCITED I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO
Yep and we know how people would really act if they had superpowers. Hancock and Chronicle.
And The Boys as well. People would just misuse their powers for their own selfish desires.
Are you ignoring the fact that there are actual heroes in those movies?
@@Gadget-Walkmen The boys is basically "what if celebrities had superpowers". Hollywood fucks normal people up so don't know why you would give those people powers
@@disappointmentyes6387 there are no heroes in chronicle. And hancock is a antihero.
@@Gadget-Walkmen What about Matt? Point still stands about Hancock.
I have the real world equivalent to the disease that Mr Glass has, polyostotic fibrous dysplasia with McCune-Albright Syndrome. My bone marrow turns to tumors, my bones are really brittle, and sometimes my bones will randomly explode like a balloon...
I have a simular background to Mr Glass too. I used my time being disabled to go to college, get my master's and doctorate in computers and philosophy. I also run my own investment group that's HIGHLY successful, to the point that I make about 150k per month. I've been married a few times, and I have a kid.
I know that it wouldn't have been an entertaining movie if Mr Glass wasn't evil, but I enjoy my peaceful life. Anyone would realistically. Yeah, I may be in horrific pain 24/7 but at least I know that I don't have to worry about getting to see a doctor thanks to my wealth.
Elijah/Glass is one of the most interesting movie villains of this century. So thank you very much for one of your best Analyzing Evil videos.
First off
I love your channel buddy
I've been watching your videos since you made the Apocalypse Now vid.
I try to catch every episode you make even if I don't know the characters or the story they originate from.
That way I can watch or read new interesting stories about fascinating characters, that I may have never come across.
Second conversational point, I want to thank you for all of the time and energy that you pour into every video you make.
I've been watching RUclips for about five years now
And in that time I have probably sampled over a thousand channels and I personally find your show and the content you provide to easily be in the top ten RUclips channels that I have come across.
Everything From the colorful characters you present, to the educational material you provide a long the way of personality and character analysis.
Which I personally find fascinating.
I have seen many of the movies you present, but on more then a few occasions you have reviewed and analyzed a show I've seen in the past (usually) dozens of times prior.
But hearing your input and take regarding the material let's me see the movies I love under a whole new light and with a new perspective.
So thank you for that buddy. It's as close as one can get to watching a beloved old film again "but, still for the first time "
I love the channel and thank you so much for taking the time and energy to make this videos. You rock.
This show rocks.
And I promise that as long as you keep up the good work, I well will continue to watch, like, and share every video you drop
Now, here is my three cents on your Mr. Glass video.
I liked and agreed with your take and breakdown of the movie trilogy.
But I did have a question for you. If Mr. Glass and the Overseer were born into their abilities, would it safe to postulate that The Horde were inadvertently created?
If Mr. Glass had not done what he had, the Horde may never have been developed, true. But through manipulation and a horrific crime by Mr. Glass the Horde became more then just a dormate or recessive gene that Kevin may have been born with .
I originally thought that the film was showing that even if one is born with abilities, Kevin and the Horde were the example that everyone has the ability to manifest incredible things within themselves.
Kevin and his true faith in the strength of the Horde and the Beast, seemed to me, to be a take on what can happen if trauma and or misfortune is left to fester and spoil.
I thought that it was saying that in the film anybody had the ability to rise above what the general population find to be normal.
The trauma Mr. Glass caused to bring out the Beast in Kevin was just one example of how these abilities within us all could be activated.
Just as Glass wanted to find his opposite, I to believe that within the universe of this trilogy, there was probably a way Glass could have drawn out the power within Kevin in a non violent fashion.
In the film, even Mr. Glass is shocked to find that Kevins Horde was (in my opinion) created by Glass.
That was just my first impression, based entirely on my understanding of the film when I first saw it.
That in the end of Glass the message is that everyone has the ability to manifest incredible strengths and powers, all one need do is believe.
Please let me know what you think of this.
I love your channel and thought I should share my question.
And if you don't mind I have a suggestion for a wonderfully "evil" character from one of my favorite works of literature and film.
"Blue Duck" the Comanche Butcher, from Larry McMurtry Pulitzer prize winning epic western drama Lonesome Dove .
If you are not familiar with this character or the story of Lonesome Dove, I suggest you take a look. I do believe that you will enjoy the story line and the people McMurtry introduces to you.
And (fingers crossed) you may also find Blue Duck to be an interesting villain, and worthy of representation on your channel.
I personally think Blue Duck is worthy of being listed along side all the other classic villains and evil characters you have previously discussed.
From my point of view Blue Duck stands alone as far as villains go in literature because his motives are unique and controversial.
In my opinion at least.
Blue Duck is one of, if not the last of the "free indians" when we meet him in Lonesome Dove, he is a lone survivor of his tribe. He is a man who grew up during the the American conquest and genocide the settlers brought with them as the west was lost.
He is a bad guy, for ge is a very violent and unrepentant killer. Who strikes out at any and all American settlers he encounteres.
He takes joy in his tortures and the fear he casts on all he meets.
He is titled in the novel as the Comanche Butcher, and it hints that he not only kills settlers, but also Mexicans, other Indigenous people and basically any person he meets.
Through out the story Blue Duck is the terror looming on the horizon and is no doubt a core element of the books plot.
He is a wonderful representation of the aggression, hate, sorrow, and trauma that the indigenous population were living in, and the descendents still bare today.
But publicly speaking dislike for America and the values it brings is generally a bad idea if you don't want immediate backlash and potentially personal harm.
However, that element is what I find crucial to the power of Blue Ducks character and why I think he is worthy of being mentioned on your channel.
He is the survivor of genocide and total invasion of his home land, he grew up watching his culture and his people being systematically destroyed, so violence is not only the language he speaks, but it is (in my opinion) the only thing he has ever known.
He is an outsider. He is alone. Not just in the book narration, but also he stands solo in the world of villains.
He does violent acts and enjoys them, but who can honestly say that they wouldn't do the same as he if they had grown up as he did.
Lived through what he had, and felt the pain and horror of total war and genocide.
I personally think his character is an accurate depiction of the anger I have felt before in my life
Being a native indigenous person, I understand and sympathize with Blue Ducks character.
Living under occupation by a foreign power that has destroyed everything you knew, is not a popular or easy subject to bring up in conversation with other native people, let alone someone of a different ethnicity.
So I applaud McMurtry for his raw and vivid description of Blue Duck. The last of his people desperately trying to fight the rising tide. Knowing sooner or later he well drown in the wake of forward economic progress and the birth of the America.
Thank you for taking the time to read this message.
I love the channel and I well keep my fingers crossed that someday Blue Duck well appear on your show
to the general format of your show,
I have one idea to add in
Thank you for picking up Mr. Glass from my request.
Crazy how Samuel L. Jackson has made 3 appearances on this channel.
Mr. Glass, Richmond Valentine...what was the third appearance?
@@an-animal-lover Stephen from Django.
@@wunclerlaufenbumcorneliusu7047 oh yeah🤦♂️
Such an unexpectedly great performance from Samuel L. Jackson in this movie. Another great video and again requesting you cover Clyde Shelton from Law Abiding Citizen in a future video!
Yes please!!!
He apart of a series called The Unbreakable, and yet he's called Mr. Glass? Tach, I find that so hard to believe!
I always found Elijah Price and David Dunn fascinating, so this was a great and informative video. I hope you are well, please stay safe and enjoy your day 🙂
Mr. Glass is an emotionally stunted man who believed that people are compelled to do acts of good or evil. David is an emotionally well-rounded man who can see evil (by touch), but unlike Glass, is not necessarily compelled to act good or evil in response. I like the ending to the movie, where he just walks away in disgust and calls the police. That flies in the face of all comic book conventions which Glass had internalized and projected onto the world.
Your cadence and the many videos that I've seen of you analyzing evil make HelloFresh sound oddly sinister XD
Dude the unbreakable series is really good I actually like split from that series and not to mention Mr Glass is a fucking psychopath. Lol
Thank you for that awesome content
You're doing really well with the channel. Well done!
Love your work as always, and glad you covered this film. Honestly Unbreakable is one of my favorite superhero films of all time! Split was also fantastic. Glass, was decent, but I think it got more hate than it deserved.
Yes! This villain at last!
Been waiting for this one
Fantastic video
Analyzing Evil: Vladimir Makarov from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare trilogy
Loved the vid! Can next be Aethelrend II from Vikings?
5:01 HE SAID THE THING!!!
One villain I’d really like to see explored is Jasmine from the TV show Angel.
Thank you for your work. You’ve introduced me to many movies and books that I never would have discovered without you.
ETA Is also be very interested in analyses of Holz and Illiria, also from Angel.
Love your videos always look forward to your next upload!!!
This was awesome thank you!
I’ve been waiting for this one. Consoder FAUST next please.
“In a comic, you know how you can tell who the arch-villain's going to be? He's the exact opposite of the hero... and most times, they're friends like you and me!
I should've known way back when. You know why, David?! Because of the kids!! They called me Mr. Glass."
Great video! I would love to see you also cover Paimon/his cult from Hereditary and the Thing from The Thing
Great video as always. Looking forward to the next one. This year marks 30 years since star trek deep space 9 came to television. I would be interested to see videos on the characters of Kai Winn & Gul Dukat at some point in the future.
Elijah Price is one of the best non-comic book movie supervillains ever
Excellent work as always!
In honor of the new Scream movie, it would be amazing to see one on Billy Loomis.
A few suggestions:
Vaas from far cry 3
GLaDOS and wheatley from portal
Handsome jack from borderlands
Wallace breen or combine as a whole from half life
Senator Armstrong from metal gear rising revengeance
Albert wesker from resident evil
Francis begbie from trainspotting
Ivan drago from rocky
Castor troy from face off
*GLaDOS _and_ Wheatley
Hey man, love your videos! Could you cover the main villans of Sin City? They’re super interesting
Can I request an analysis on Negan from the walking dead series?
Your videos are great examples of how to analyze fiction and use creative word choice.
It's like The Boys, but more grounded and that's terrifying because the last thing I'd want is a friendly neighborhood web-slinging Zodiac Killer.
To steal a quote from gangs of New York, we hire half the superheroes to kill the other half.
He's like an evil professor x but if he never had real powers- but was just really smart.
"...when everyone's super no one will be." - Syndrome.
Maybe we are all already superheros and villains.
Looking forward to a video on any version of Captain Hook
I think Mr. Glass's superpower is to find vulnerabilities. Literal faulty machinery, or social inflection points, or even the for-want-of-a-nail future-changing stuff.
He's not the brute. But he is the mastermind who found Dunn's physical and emotional weak points. Figured out how to direct the Beast. *Figured out the holes in the Normal Conspiracy's secret box.*
The last superhuman act of the triology is opening the world's eyes to _his_ universe. And exposing the bastards who gaslit him.
Elijah's a mass-murderer, who used his eye for detail to find points of vulnerability that killed hundreds of people. But he also inflicted his power onto the extrajudicial bastards who thought they could victimize _him._ And Dunne. And the Legion.
I like to imagine that living with superhumans is no different than our ancestors living with wild animals, even those that went extinct. We were never faster, stronger, durable, etc. But we were adaptable and have ingenuity, we can survive almost any climate and learn from other animals. So overall, those without superpowers will learn to adapt with those who have them, even if it takes years. But if I would of had superpowers, it would definitely be instant teleportation and protection from other superpowers like telepathy, telekenisis etc.
Still not as Evil as M. Night Shyamalan’s Last Air Bender 😂
FINALLY !!! MR GLASS !!!
Yes So Glad You Finley Covered Mr.Glass at long last 😃
I would love to see you cover Clarence Boddicker and OCP from Robocop! Long time fan and always look forward to your videos every week 💕
This was a good one. I absolutely love the character of Mr. Glass.
I first saw Unbreakable in theaters when I was like 10 on a Saturday night and it disturbed me.
I went to church the next morning and film disturbed me even more.
Mr glass superpower is his high intelligence
Another great video.
Prepare for the disasters and calculate them based on as much information you can gather in the safest place possible.
i have type 1 OI and i can tell you the way they handle it in these movies is a little over the top.
Was Mr. Glass basically the purple fish from the Spongebob episode, “Chocolate With Nuts” if he wasn’t lying about his condition?
Yep. Glass bones and paper skin, I think it was
Mr Glass " purple clothes
" Mace Windu " purple lightsaber "
YES! Possibly my favorite movie of all time right here!
I’d really be interested in seeing a psychological breakdown on the real life and character villain of Pablo Escobar (Narcos). Keep up the great content!
In the literal sense I understand his philosophy in the extreme and tragic events that sifted out extremely gifted and powerful people: Clark Kent wasn’t born on a farm with godly powers, he was the last surviving member of a distant alien race. Dr. Doom wouldn’t have devoted his life to learning the arcane if he hadn’t learned of his Mother’s fate at the hands of Mephisto. You are absolutely correct however that no matter what your beliefs are about extraordinary beings you have no right to rid innocent people of their chance to live in peace just to weed out the average individual from the superhuman. A truly evil person never considers the lives of all humans, only singular conceited goals. Another great video, thank you
Also has a lack of empathy from humanity, comes from how the children treat it out say what you want, but children are humanity in its purest form
Ooooooo, can’t wait! 😮
This trilogy is a masterpiece unrivaled by its “competition”.