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austinmcconnell do you feel like RUclips has been doing anything to address subscriber notification issues?
I saw it and throughly enjoyed it!
If it helps, I saw it on my front page more than once, I just haven't watched it yet.
I got it.
There is actually a REALLY good loch ness monster movie, I think it was called water horse? or something? if you ask I can go search for the name, I have the CD somewhere.
So I can finally publish my "Sherlock Holmes and Zorro vs Cthulhu" novel.
I'd read that man
Holmes: Elementary, my dear Zorro, maybe this threat it is more than human.
Zorro: So, Miguel's daughter wasn't murdered by the Mayor's orders, huh. Well, human, dog or demonio, nothing will escape my rapier!
Is this an example of great minds thinking alike? I was envisioning a Sherlock Holmes, Zorro, Arsene Lupin, and Dracula vs. Cthulu. With Dracula being a tragically misunderstood hero rather than straight-up villain.
@@Yoseqlo1 : Sounds legit. Would read it.
@@OtakuMan05 someone definitely needs to write that.
Disney: Makes story from characters of public domain
Anyone: Makes better story using same characters of public domain
Disney: *YOU W H A T*
Megadog For those who don’t know, that’s true!
@@darcmatter7560 with which of stories did they pull of this crap?
Aisir Mickey Mouse, for example, should have entered the public domain for years
@@nimrag659 yeah but if all goes well, itll be in public domain in 2026? i think
@@Theinatoriinator they'll probably lobby again and have it extended.
Who doesn't know Zorro? Batman's parents were killed while leaving that film!
Earlier this year I met a guy here in the UK who was in his mid-30s and did not know who Sting and Cher were.
That's probably part of what inspired him to don the identity of Batman.
Whoever doesnt know Zorro quite surely knows a character thats totally based off of him
Puss In The Boots (only the Dreamworks one)
Is Inigo Montoyo based on Zorro, by any chance? Like, I'm not sure if it's this or the opposite.
That guy was an idol to young Bruce Wayne as much as Batman is an idol to us.
Something VERY important to note about Sherlock Holmes: *he* is in the public domain, but a few of his final stories are not. Which normally shouldn't matter, but...here's the thing. The Doyle estate LOVES to file lawsuits. LOVES IT. And because Holmes behaves in a somewhat different manner in those copyrighted stories, they seem to believe that they effectively have a monopoly on any depiction of Holmes that is altered in any way from his original depiction. Basically, any and every media you can imagine that has used Holmes in a novel way has absolutely been sued by Doyle's estate. And they don't really care if they lose either, they'll just do it. So keep that headache in mind.
Additionally: characters in the popular zeitgeist thanks to previous adaptations - be they fairy tales like Rapunzel (or the rest of the Disney stock), or pulp stories like Zorro or Cthulhu - be VERY CAREFUL that you're ONLY using what's actually in the public domain! Flynn Rider and the Kingdom of Corona do not exist in the original Rapunzel story, and are therefore owned by Disney. Disney may not own the little mermaid, but it sure as hell owns the name "Ariel" which they invented for their film. Dorothy and all the Oz books are in the public domain, but if you dare put her in *ruby* slippers instead of silver ones, expect a call from WB lawyers because they were colored that way specifically for the film, which will not fall into the public domain until 2035. And so on. The point is, just because something is in the public domain doesn't mean you're free to use *everything* connected to it.
yeah was thinking that Doyles estate had sued people before, for example the french author of the Lupin stories. the character was pitched as a master thief that had run ins with holmes. then later there is the anime Lupin III because the character was meant to be a descendant of the original Lupin and Holmes was mentioned in passing, though i may be off and that last one and it was the estate of the french author that went after them, been decades since i read about it originally.
Sounds like an aspiring author will need to do a lot research to make sure they know what is public domain and what is not.
Wow I read this all in that “RUclips video” voice i basically just watched another video while watching one video, thank you
Essentially what you need to do is the same thing that Phoenix Technologies or American Megatrends did with their IBM PC compatible BIOSes... a clean room design. You need to find someone that has never seen any of Sherlock Holmes/Zorro/Grimm popular media and only have them read the public domain versions and derive their character from that.
It’s best to google your idea to make sure it’s not copyrighted, if you can too, maybe mix and match different ideas, for example, Sherlock Holmes investigates a string of murders with the same style of neck wound, he meets Van Helsing who tells him the killer is Dracula, showing that the wounds were destroyed after death to hide those bite marks, and then cue a murder mystery horror
Technically Thor and everyone else from Norse mythology is free
@M. de k. Marvel hasn't and cannot copyright mythological things. But Marvel's take on Norse mythology takes many liberties, and if you just copy everything, they will know. However, if you bothered to read the source material, you will not come up with anything close to what Marvel did.
@@PortaTerzo they definanlty can sue you if you use their version in anyway , which is quite different from the norse versions
*marvel and it's lawyers just entered the chat*
All mythologies are free
@Blue Beetle Well thats where marvel gets tricky, Thor is not "Thor" he is "Odin son, who has the power of thor"
All greek gods and goddesses are in the public domain
the Norse ones as well
And the Egyptian gods.
all of mythology in general, is, no matter the place...
also all folk tales are, since they're from no particular known author...
technically there's nothing preventing you from having jesus and thor fight cthulhu and being helped by rumpelstiltskin who gets accidentally killed by frankenstein's monster...
And thus did rick riordan have his fun
jan harald the story I didn’t know I needed but now do
Zorro saves Rapunzel and teams up with Long John Silver not knowing about his bad intentions.
After they arrive at Dracula's Castle, the three team up but fail as Dracula escapes. Dracula flees the land and creates a portal to Cthulhu, he tells the creature about what's happening above.
The three mortals arrive at the treasure but Long John betrays them and throws them overboard.
Zorro and Rapunzel gets rescued by the Loch Ness Monster and brings them to the shore where Huckleberry Finn brings them to safety for a few days.
After a few days, Sherlock Holmes knocks on the door asking about Long John's location, Zorro and Rapunzel decide to help Sherlock to take down Long John. They also get help from Huckleberry Finn and Loch Ness.
They travel and come across Samson who lost all his family and without hair. They also come across Paul Bunyan making a new house. Both of them agreed to help.
Meanwhile, Long John Silver hires an army of pirates as his guards.
In the underworld, Dracula and Cthulhu prepare to takeover the overworld.
Paul Bunyan spots Long John and his army stopping on the shore and they prepare to fight but all of a sudden, a vortex in the ocean appears and Cthulhu and Dracula rose along with multiple demons from the underworld.
Long John spots Zorro and his team and they prepare for battle.
They fought in the shore, it became an all out battle as each side was throwing blows.
Huckleberry is running around unintentionally damages Long John's troops, Dracula is biting every foe he sees. Loch Ness tries to attack the foes in the ocean, Rapunzel hitting pirates with her hair dealing huge blows. Paul is swinging his axe like a madman. Zorro is striking everyone with his sword. Sherlock is fighting with MMA. Cthulhu is throwing huge waves at the shore. Long John Silver is shooting cannons.
Samson can't do anything without his powers, so Rapunzel magically gives Samsom hair and he goes full on powerful, wrecking everything. He leaps and punches Cthulhu sending it back in the underworld.
Dracula all of a sudden, gets staked by Sherlock Holmes, and all of Long John Silver's guards are defeated and he is captured.
The day is saved.
Someone needs to animate this.
Epic.
Now I really want to see Samson vs Cthulu
What the hell did you snort, smoke or spike? Did you bring enough for everyone?
@@someonesomewhere13 Doesn't matter, it's a Fictional Story.
technically, you can make a fighting game featuring all of these characters and make money out of it
Always wanted to to fight bessie as sherlock holmes
Now that's a great idea, the random brawl would be the name of this game
Kinda like Mugen?
Imagine fighting Zorro as Cthulhu.
That's similar to record of ragnarok
"I can't think of a single noteworthy Loch Ness movie..."
Me: what about the Scoo-
"Well, except maybe the Scooby-Doo one-off"
Dude the Water Horse: Legend of the Deep is pretty good one
Literally same
Werner Herzog made a fun mockumentary called Incident at Loch Ness
Loch Ness from 1996 starring Ted Danson? Was kinda big at the time.
Gabriel Montoya I WAS THINKING THAT
This is basically how the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was created.
I love that movie
And penny dreadful
Shrek, please.
@@jupiterwho gotta wait several decades lol
@@TheRedCap30 No, as in Shrek uses loads of fairytail characters that are in the public domain, not Shrek himself
Fictional character: *enters public domain*
Disney: It's free real estate.
r/technicallythetruth
Saruman: So you have chosen death.
Also disney: influences domain laws so their original characters never go into public domain
Mickey mouse enters the domain
Disney: QUICK GET THE COPYRIGHT RENEWED!!!!!
I sometimes wonder if Disney would attempt a bullcrap copyright lawsuit if another studio ever tried to make a Rapunzel film. They're masters at making public domain stuff "their property". Disgusting really.
Sherlock and Zorro team up to find Repunzel who was not taken by Mother Gothel, but Cthulhu.
And she's protected in a tower not mainland but an island in guarded by the Loch Ness Monster
@@Saint_Wolf_ and they will need to Team up with Long John Silver to Get There + Dracula is one of Cthulhu minions
@@kirbyfazendoummoonwalk9214 Dracula is trying to summon Chulu
@@Saint_Wolf_ and in the Climax Samsom Appears to have a 1v1 with Cthulhu
@@kirbyfazendoummoonwalk9214 But Sherlock cracks they're all just high in some drug ala Uncharted 3
Silly Austin, nobody owns Cthulhu
Cthulhu owns us
Ia Ia Cthulhu Ftagan!!!!
Bring it Lovecraft! Cthulhu vs Sherlock: the novel. You could do it, but it would S U C K .
Sherlock would win. At least as close as you can get in a Lovecraft story.
Daniel Cox honestly Yeah, his mental strength of logic and reason might be strong enough to overcome any mountains of madness lol
@@flyingninja1234 Unbeliever! It's Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn! Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah-nagl fhtagn!
Marvel: Infinity War and Endgame are the biggest crossovers of all time
Me: *writes a story with all ten of the characters*
Thanos: snaps fingers
Lestrade: I ain't feelin to well , Mr Holmes.
It's gonna be a multi verse story aswell XD
There's actually an old comic book, and movie based on the comic book, called the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen which is about a team of public domain characters (including Sherlock Holmes, Captain Nemo, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, etc.).
It's called 'League of Extraordinary Gentleman' (basically a public domain version of Avengers) and it sucks, so if you know how to make a good story with these characters - go for it.
@@igorbednarski8048 the movie sucks, but the comic is good
Sad that there was no mention of Gilgamesh, the hero of THE oldest piece of fiction out there.
Mongrel you can not own the king of heroes
If you didn't get reference just know i do agree with you
@@thegodofimagination "Enumah Elish!!"
BAAAASSSS!!!
Enheduanna was the earliest author whose name was recorded.
Nasuverse anyone?
Zuhahahahahahahaha!
The problem with all the versions of Cthulu is that they actually have Cthulu as a character.
For all the times he's mentioned in the Mythos, I think he only shows up in person once, and he doesn't get a chance to fully materialise.
Most of the time he's mentioned as a thing worse that the thing you're currently dealing with.
Yes, there are powerful creatures that want to murder you, but have you heard about the thing that those creatures are afraid of?
Cthulu is the thing that even monsters have nightmares about, and his greatest asset is his inevitability. Maybe you didn't have to deal with him, but your grand children might not be so lucky. One day Cthulu will wake up, and when he does it will be the end of humanity, not because he hates us, but because we're so insignificant that he won't even notice he destroys us.
Cthulu shouldn't show up in your story, he should be in the background as a reminder that your victories can only be temporary.
Agreed, even his direct minions should be impossible to defeat in combat by mortals. The minions of his minions, while difficult and not without danger could be beaten, while their minions should still be dangerous and a challenge, but beatable.
@@grayscribe1342 In Lovecraft's works does Cthulu even have minions? In Call of Cthulu there's the cult of humans who "worship" him, but they don't have any kind of direct connection to him.
I never thought of Cthulu as head of an organisation.
Cthulhu gets such a bad rep
So basically, you're saying to people to use Cthulhu, as the cosmic horror is supposed to be told: Only with feelings and consequences.
Cthulu is kinda a two bit force who gets punked with a fucking boat of all things though. He's no Azathoth or Nyartholep.
"You cant just succeed making Fanfiction"
Wasnt 50 shades a Twilight fanfiction?
@OriginalYithian if it was Twilight fanfic why would Rowling give a shit, you must have mixed something up
@OriginalYithian Rowling? So 50 Shades of Voldemort?
@OriginalYithian Hermione tries to stop the Cyclops by herself but gets more than she bargained for?
Nowadays you can. I think the 50 Shades thing is true, but I know that there are MANY Wattpad fanfics that have gone too far. Most recently is that After movie.
@@thatziggs4062 it is true, she wrote them on her Blackberry, it was a featurette on the disc for the movie where she talks about it, its pretty bad honestly, at least the movies are
Sherlock Gnomes is the definitive version of the character.
Yes
Sherlock Gnomes is the only version that exists in every timeline, it is a godless masterpiece
I think his version from Holmes and Watson was great too!
Natick Gnomes and who?
@@VicEntity such a powerful character arch and Will Ferell nails the performance. It should have even won an oscar
Small personal note: While using public domain characters is fine (as is doing straight adaptations word for word of public domain works), copying OTHER adaptations that take specific liberties of said characters is still copyright infringement.
For example, while you can still use Thor, Loki, Odin, etc. in your own works, you cannot do them the same way Marvel does them.
Except for the parts that Marvel took directly from Myth.
@@arronjerden915 that's basically only names and relations.
Why would you want to marvel basterdized their stories
@Ali Hadi Babar Your adopted brother IS your brother. To think of it otherwise is petty.
The alylum's Almighty Thor has pretty much the same chara design as marvel's thor.
“I can’t think of anything involving the Loch Ness monster.” I could help you with that. But first, I need about tree fiddy.
XD Every time i think of the Nessy, South Park always pop up in my head. Especially that damn ending of the episode
I know that there was a film called the WaterHorse that was inspired from that legend
@@ricekrispies1917 yeah I remember that movie, it was decent.
According to a federal law, all works of fiction created before 1923 are in the public domain. This includes but is not limited to:
Treasure island
Frankenstein
A Christmas Carol
The count of monte Cristo
Romeo and juliet
The three musketeers
20,000 leagues under the sea
The war of the world's
Captain blood
The story of king arthur and his knights
The time machine/the invisible man
The mysterious island
The legend of sleepy hallow
Sherlock Holmes
the strange case of Dr jekyll and Mr Hyde
The merry adventures of robin hood
The phantom of the opera
Journey to the center of the earth
The little Mermaid
Peter pan
Cinderella
Snow white
Sleeping beauty
Tarzan of the Apes
Rumplestilskin
Etc.
As well as things posted on the internet that don't have an origin, like creepypastas like
The Russian sleep experiment
Slender man
The little mermaid it's written twice xD
so if I wanted to create a crossover story with all of those combined, i technically could... nah too much work
The Arthurian legend is now property of Type Moon...
@@lopez.jacinto.6726 it's legally impossible to own the legend of king arthur.
I wanna do a modern day Monte Cristo
"You can't succeed with fanfiction."
*cough* 50 Shades of Gray *cough*
Technically it no longer qualifies after the author has "filed off the serial numbers" in the parlance of the fanfiction community by removing everything that is directly connected to the copyrighted characters and setting of the original Twilight series. But it is true that many authors who got their start in fanfiction have gone on to become successful authors of original stories, albeit sometimes only after modifying what started out as fanfiction so that it can stand on its own. I think it can serve as useful training wheels for an aspiring new writer by giving them a ready made setting and cast of characters. As their writing abilities improve, a writer should ultimately aim to write their own original stories.
@@photios4779 After
Twilight and After as well
(although After didn’t reach the same mainstream success, it still got 4 books, and 3 movies so far, so it made a LOT of money as well...)
Doesn't mean it's any good.
@@Panzerbunn your not wrong
Finally i can make rapunzel and chtulhu: a love story
Kthanid:Sayeth what?
Japan’s been doing that for awhile bro
@@greablood1072 Ah yes, who could resist those tentacles
No :)
@@senthenerd5332 Yes :'(
plot twist: rapunzel was the witch, and needs food in the form of humans.
male hairdressers
This... is actually not bad idea for SCP
scooby doo and the lochness monster is already a masterpiece
Damn straight
Isn’t it the lockness monster?
@@falloutthemodder7591 nope
Fallout The modder no it lives in Loch Ness, spelt with a ch as all lochs in Scotland are
What about the Phineas & Ferb episode?
Even if you can't figure out a way to write Dracula there is also his archenemy, Abraham Van Helsing.
There's also the state of his name meaning "Son of the Dragon" so you could write a Dracula story that could parallel his vampiric nature with less blood sucking and more power hungry gold digger
Jonathan Harker, Mia Murray, Quincey Morris, Jack Seward and Arthur Holmwood: Am I a joke to you?
And Dracula is an inmortal you can throw him in every historical setting (or alternative time line) and have some fun describing how that carácter may adapt and take advantage in that age, I’m curious of how it would be a story of Dracula in World War II, or the the Russia of the tsars, or in Ancient Rome
Heck he couldn even be in our time and be some kind of mysterious billionaire who pulls the strings of global economy and politics from the shadows..
I don’t know 🤷♂️ get crazy
You could also flip Dracula's name around and write it backwards cuz nobody has done that before. *cough* Hellsing Ultimate *cough* Castlevania *cough*
Dr. Acula, blood transfusion specialist.
"get this, i have a 9 classic, instantly recognizable classic character ensemble movie idea thats going to rival Avengers Endgame in crossover power. And they all fight an elder god"
I have a pitch, with this im making Hollywood my bitch.
Fun fact. Star Trek got in trouble for creating a Moriarty character when he wasn't public domain. He might be now, he wasn't then and Star trek had to pay royalties.
"I can't think of a single noteworthy Loch Ness movie."
The Water Horse: "Am I a joke to you?"
Seahorse
I was thinking this!
I thought of that movie and then remembered that that film is kinda boring as hell
Yeah! The second he said that, the Water Horse came to mind, that's a pretty good movie.
Also, Crusoe's so damn cute.
The characters are:
10) Sherlock Holmes
9) Rapunzel
8) Dracula
7)Loch Ness monster
6) Long John Silver
5) Samson
4) Paul Bunyan
3) Huckleberry Finn
2) Cthulhu
1) Zorro
well i was ok with watching the video but i guess now i wont
nvm i still will i dont have anything better to do
misspelled Zorro
2x "R"
Wait no tom sawyer?
@@japanrocksgousa that's in the huck bundle, as explained in the video ;P
almost all of Mark Twain's stuff is public domain by now... a lot of other stuff too
If you want real OG, use gilgamesh, literally the first epic on recorded history, a immortal hero. Seriously, there is a lot of material on it's story, many battles, a epic friendship, a magic root/fruit that gives immortality, an old sage, an epic journey, everything! A good take on this story is a sure way to success.
And like any good ancient friendship, it's laced with homoeroticism
What kind of mongrel doesn't know the King of Heroes?
Ah a true man of culture from the knowledge to the profile picture I fail to see something anything non respectable
Or if you're intrested in sci-fi, why not modernize A True Story's setting? The oldest science fiction story with elements still present to this very day! C'mon, someone has to recreate that ancient greek masterpiece
These characters seem like they'd get together for a dnd sesh
lmao true
In coming the most ambitious 10 character cross over ever
Could you give some insight to your Project, Sir?
All these characters together in one story would be awesome.
Here is my idea:
Repunsel tells Sherlock Holmes that There is mysterious monster in the sea, so Sherlock Holmes starts investigating. He discovers that the monster is the Loch Ness monster, and asks Samson to help him. Than they sail with Long Jhon Silver to find the monster, and Hucklberry Finn joins them too. They find out that Dracula is mind controlling the Loch Ness monster, and Samson beat Dracula. Than they discovered that this is a part of Cthulhu's secret plan. Because of this, Cthulhu tries to kill them all, but zorro comes out of no where, kills cthulhu and saves the day.
@@user-hy4up6ld7f thats shit we need a infinity war like shit not that
@@user-hy4up6ld7f 10/ no
No-one gonna mention Don Quichotte? The most sold non-religious book at this time and still an amazing comedy drama.
Who doesn't want to see a deranged nobleman fight windmills thinking they're giants?
I can 100% see someone making a modern-day Don Quichotte it's probably more relevant now than its ever been since it first came out
@@SleightCreative theres already a new movie coming out "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" or something like that it has Adam Driver in it
@@jaeblack4752 I have not heard about that one. I do know that Disney has been trying to make one for about a century now, but they have been postphoning it for some reason.
@@mennograafmans1595 the trailers already out, its by Terry Gilliam
@@jaeblack4752 I have to say, it actually looks like a pretty decent movie. But isn't it already out in some countries?
There are MANY great characters that date back to ancient times whose stories could be adapted into great films and haven't yet: Odysseus, Rama, and Gilgamesh to name just a few.
I think Bollywood did a Rama picture or two
I'm actually trying to plot a Dracula inspired tv show at the moment - featuring Dracula as an eccentric history professor
I have the exact opposite problem. I'm constantly coming up with characters, but I have a hard time coming up with the actual story.
me too
try story cubes!
me and my sister used to sit and make stories where the next word in the story got taken over by the next person, who would continue the story. we used Alias-board game cards for the words (a guessing game) imagination is the limit!
I have an easy solution for you. Put a bunch of those characters together, and see how the scenario plays out. Plus points if you keep editing the characters to fit into the same world/genre, and if you sacrifice a few to the dark side, you have an antagonist, and thus a plot!
Try thinking of something terrible happening to one of them. Many "great" books/series basically just throw bad shit at 1 character the entire time.
And then maybe that character overcoming it, maybe they just die; however you want it to play out.
Also literally any SCP, but if you do that they’ll be allowed to steal your idea too.
@Just Some Speedwagon Without A Moustache Dude nice
You need to be careful with SCPs though, because while the concepts become technically public domain the version of the SCP itself does not. If you just put SCP 173 in your movie it's actually a copyright infringement because the creator still holds the rights to that specific version.
That's actually why there isn't any big movie or show about the SCP foundation even tho it's so great of a concept, the original creators of particular SCPs still technically hold copyright over that SCP and if you especially want to do something that involves many SCPs at the same time you'll have to track a lot of people down and hope all of them will say yes.
I think there was actually a big problem once a SCP that was put in a game without the creator's knowledge and they had to then take it down because of that, so be careful when it comes to SCPs
@@wearelegallyrequiredtoeatd3580 173 isn't copyrighted by the original creator, the image for it is copyrighted by an artist since the person who made 173 just ripped that image off the internet. Luckily, the artist let people use 173 for non monetary purposes. That's why most SCP games are free and the ones that aren't have a different model for 173. Also, a main reason why there are no SCP movies is because no studio would want to make them since they wouldn't get any royalties from it. So you could make a movie yourself about SCPS but you couldn't use any copyrighted images(which are rampant on the wiki) and you would only get money from the sales of the movie.
@@123four... Ooh I see
@Monsieur Speedwagon The first appearance of the Weeping Angels premiered 13 days before the original post for 173.
You should include the man who laughs (Conrad Veidt). Technically he enters public domain in 2024, but he desperately needs a reimagining. He was originally from a 1928 silent film. He is a horror character with a permanent smile on his face. He is such a good concept, that the Joker is based off of him. The movie could be remade into a Joker (2019) like story. I just think it's such a good Idea but I have zero creativity to do it...
"Somebody needs to make a gritty realistic take on Paul Bunyan"
What?
I'd watch it
so you telling me my loch ness monsterXSherlock Holmes ero fanfic could be finally published?
If it's well-written enough, yup!
Amazin lets you self publish books so definitely.
What does ero mean? I think I know but I pray that I'm wrong.
@@hannahk24 erotic...
@@OvPdTurtle Oh Jear Desus.
From Duck Dodgers:
Dodgers: Long John Silver? Hey, isn't that some kind of copyright violation?
Long John Silver: Nah, boyo. It be in the public domain. I had me lawyers check!
0:00 - 2:04 holy sh!t that was long winded intro
2:04 Sherlock holmes
3:08 Rapunzel
4:13 Dracula
5:12 Loch Ness monster
6:23 Long John Silver
7:23 Samson
8:13 Huckleberry Finn
9:07 Cthulu
10:07 Zorro
11:09 a long winded outro
I paused the video at 12 seconds and came into the comments looking for a post like this. Was not disappointed!
Gawd this is a great video. "The older the story, the better" is a perfect way to sum all this up.
And I'm astonished that not many people didn't knew who Zorro was around you.
Awesome video still 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Yeah it deeply frustrates me as a Zorro fan. Thankfully I've managed to get a lot of people into Zorro, and I've even made a Discord server for the fans
So, the Loch Ness monster, Sherlock Holmes and Zorro walk into a bar...
Holmes, what did I tell you about slipping me Heroine.
Everytime they said a character I thought... "IN SPACE!"
😂🤣
Paul Bunyan... IN SPAAAAACCCCEEEE!!!
Huckleberry Finn
IN SPACE!!
**robot voice** SpAAAAAAAAACCCCEEEEEEEEEEEeEEeEeee
@@hrrrrghOtacon **dies in first 10 seconds**
THE END
;P
How do people not know Zorro? I’m a 2004 kid and I remember dressing up as him as a kid and swinging the little sword around.
Im a 2005 kid and when i saw him in this vid i was like
Hmm he looks sooo familiar but i don't remember
Thats until he talked about it
Especially considering the 1998 Antonio Banderas Zorro movie
They used to show Zorro anime on some channels in our country, that's how I knew it.
A lot of parents didn't seem to bother telling their kids about Zorro, which makes me sad because that's how I became a fan
Huckleberry Finn vs Dracula. Dracula invades Huck's hometown overnight, converting the adults into vampires, so now Huck, Tom Sawyer, and all the other children gotta steak the shit out of them-
Disclaimer: do yourself a favor and don't waste your time taking any of the below seriously.
Sherlock Holmes eludes Long John Silver as he solves the mystery of the Loch Ness monster.
Samson competes with Paul Bunyan to fell every tree in (insert setting here).
Or Samson and Rapunzel romcom (cuz hair).
Or both.
Years before any of these, Zorro is hunted by Dracula and has to outsmart him until they eventually swordfight.
Huck Finn runs away from abusive home, finds a mysterious book, unwittingly releasing Cthulu.
And here's when its revealed that the whole thing has been one universe.
Sherlock devises a plan to bring down Cthulu, but the plan requires the strength of all the characters.
Paul Bunyan and Samson ended their competition in a draw, but the timber left over is used to make a gigantic ship, which Long John Silver commands. The ship is so gigantic that it has to be manned by all the other characters (including Bunyan).
Zorro (willingly bitten by Dracula) and Dracula (taught swordsmanship to nearly Zorro's level) have developed a friendship over generations and command an army of vampires, adding to the ranks of our gang.
They are all led by Nessie, as she, being a monster herself, knows where Cthulu is (and is leading out of gratitude for Sherlock's keeping her secret safe).
Huck tags along, still trying to avoid his home. A driving internal conflict is presented through Sherlock's knowledge of the fact that the one who summoned Cthulu will have to be sacrificed in order for Cthulu to be defeated.
The group goes off to face Cthulu, but gets absolutely wrecked the first time. Their ship is nearly destroyed.
They return, with Rapunzel's hair holding the ship together, making it even stronger. Nessie reveals why she was so grateful to Sherlock when she calls the entirety of her kind, (whom would have faced extinction had Holmes revealed her) whom join the group.
Round 2.
The group leads Cthulu away from civilization, into the ocean.
The hair allows the ship to be more malleable, so it transforms into a giant mech, but still, it gets wrecked. Nessie's group takes on Cthulu's legs, but it flies. The sun just about sets and the entire vampire army is released from the ship-mech.
Ok, I need to stop, I've gone WAY too far.
Thanks for coming to my TEDTalk.
Edit: Feels uncomfortable leaving anyone who read this far on a cliffhanger.
The vampire army slows down Cthulu in the air.
Inside the ship-mech, the group convenes. Sherlock takes Huck into a separate room. He tells him what has to happen. Huck agrees, writing a note to his parents. He asks Sherlock to deliver it to them personally once Cthulu is gone. Sherlock and the group set up the whole thing.
The vampire army outside is dwindling in strength. Huck is strapped down and Cthulu starts feeling off. It directs its attention towards the mech and knows that its summoner is being sacrificed. It makes a mad dash for the ship-mech. The vampire army, including Zorro and Drac, is out.
Bunyan and Samson slow it down momentarily. As it gets closer to the ship-mech (and closer to the water) Nessie's group goes for the jugular, but Cthulu fights them off. Silver sets off every cannon and weapon on the ship. Cthulu gets angrier. Rapunzel manipulates the hair on the ship-mech, striking Cthulu. Cthulu rips off the arm that struck it. Cthulu peels of the chest of the mech,where Huck is strapped down.
Cthulu reaches for Huck, just as he says, "I forgive you" (referring to his abusers, the bystanders, the strangers that never stood in.) Huck is killed, Cthulu is gone.
Here's where two certain endings after that could pick up on the aftermath. Either Huck stays dead and his arc is complete. Or Drac revives him, and he lives with Zorro and Drac and goes on wacky zany adventures featuring other free to use characters.
This comment slowed down my phone's keyboard speed more than I'd care to admit.
This comment deserves more likes. Brilliantly ridiculous.
Man now you made me ANGRY because this brilliant movie will never exist 😢😢
Alright, now write this out in full and publish it.
A masterpiece, must be a movie
lol this is great
So....when are we going to hear this "50 minute story" on Samson
It could literally be a live stream and I'd eat that up
In the meantime, John Milton, author of _Paradise Lost,_ wrote a play in verse based on the story of Samson titled _Samson Agonistes._ It's easy to find online. It runs much longer than 50 minutes, though.
My friend, it’s in the most well known book on earth.
Ah good, sexy fem Dracula meets cute tomboy loch Ness monster and fem Sherlock Holmes. And zorro is there.
@@BlockedUser1 No....Please continue
yes....
@@BlockedUser1 Yes.
More... no Steven Moffat tropes thanks
@@LukSter18998 AND THEN IT TURNS OUT A BOOMERANG KILLED CTHULU
"The six people I mentioned it to couldn't recall Zorro off the top of their heads."
Me: wut
_Antonio Banderes has left the chat_
Also, Sherlock Holmes is indeed in the public domain but that hasn't stopped Doyle's family from trying to sue people into oblivion.
Supposedly it's because the final two stories are still copyrighted and they show Sherlock Holmes behaving differently than he did in his earlier years. So they claim to own the copyright on Sherlock Holmes acting out of character to the depiction in the public domain stories.
To sum up
10# Sherlock Homes
9# Thor
8# General America
7# Metal Man
6# The Incredible Bulk
5# Black Widower
4# Hawk Guy
3# Spider-webman
2# Warren Machinima
1# Mark Ruffalo
sorry, rapunzel is NOT thor ;P
but Dank Dracula being General America, sounds about right...
well, generally messed up the numbering...
remove numbers for a joke, or fix the order...
There is already a Bulk, and is a trash purple version of Hulk.
Ah, okay.
And your mom
@SONIA SU ikr?
_To sum up✅:_
*#10 Sherlock*
*#9 Rapunzel*
*#8 Dracula*
*#7 Loch Ness Monster*
*#6 Long John Silver*
*#5 Samson*
*#4 Paul Bunyan*
*#3 Huckleberry Finn*
*#2 Cthulhu*
*#1 Zorro*
Ty
Twilight Sparkle yw
Thanks. I was pretty mad that it took 2 minutes to start the list. You just saved me 10 minutes and 44 seconds.
Joseph Brandenburg Same here 😂
Merci
Shows a definitely portrayal of Joan of Arc. "Not include it in the list". Seriously -_-
I see Joan of Arc in so many anime.😂😂
Probably not including her because she was a real person.
(doesn't explain why he showed video of her in the first place though)
Clone high
@@jonathancampbell5231 Clickbait
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure already had a perfect portrayal, so there's no point.
Cthulhu (and any Lovecraft really) is so hard to translate to film because a lot of Lovecraft’s horror comes from the incomprehensible quality of the horrors being witnessed. The reader’s own mind can come up with something far scarier than anything special effects can produce. Translating that to film is nearly impossible because it’s a visual medium.
Yay, that fan-made “The Call Of Cthulhu” sequel that I started and have only written a few pages of is legal!
You should add a character named "Navneet Kumar".
Anything written exclusively by Derleth is copyrighted.
Call of cthul2 back for more
Im writing a sherlock holmes Wich includes cthulhu
Sherlock holmes goes to Loch Ness to investigate unusual hight nummbers of missing fisherman. turns out if was dracula the whole time.
You had me by surprise there.
Enter Cthulu
dang, now I have to start over!
Just as Dracula lunges for a tasty nibble of Mr Holmes non other than Zoro swoops in from the rafters killing the vampire menace.
I think there was a film about Sherlock Holmes and the Loch Ness Monster. They famously ended up sinking the original massive prop and having to fake it.
Imagine a story that has all of these characters in them and none them are portrayed accurately
As Cthulhu leaps from the great depths of the ocean and to the massive boat of Paul Bunyan the greatest pirate. Cthulhu says in a scary tone "UwU is for me?"
Fun fact. Bruce Wayne has stated in the comics multiple times that Zorro was one of his inspirations when creating his Batman persona
Talks about free to use characters and uses a free to use song in the background. Perfection
Add all these characters into 1 story:
Spaceship Day II.
@Octopus Of the nine realms I'll bet Sherlock would slap Dexter at some point because of something Charlie said.
The League of Extraordinary Public Domain Characters . . .
@@liljenborg2517 You could call the original League of Extraordinary Gentlemen that. Before they added Harry Potter as the anti-christ at least.
God yes, make it so please.
When you mentioned Lock Ness my first reaction was "Why use Nessie when you can use Lovecraft?"
I would love a sequel to this video, I love stuff like this
Sun Wukong the Monkey King is definitely public domain. He's also the inspiration for dozens of anime characters including Son Goku of Dragonball fame
Son Goku in fact, is just the Japanese name of the character Sun Wukong from Journey to the West. They adapted all the character names to make them easier for the readers to pronounce when it was first translated into japanese.
Journey to the west, the book from which the character is pulled out of, is one of the 4 Classic Chinese novels, including romance of the three kingdoms, from which the famous Cao Cao and Guan yu come from, despite being actual historical characters. Dream of the Red Chamber and Water margin are also part of those novels,the later one telling the romanticized story of 108 bandits during the 12th century. It would be difficult to adapt into a any other media
in MOBA games too! league, dota2 etc
@@theghosthero6173 actually Water Margin was a heavy inspiration for the Suikoden game series (which feature the 108 Stars of Destiny) not sure how close it is to the source material, though.
You don't remember Water Horse? A 2007 movie about the Loch Ness monster that I really enjoyed, mainly because I was 9 back then?
That’s not a good lochness monster movie. That’s an ok childhood movie
Finally someone else that saw it
Yasss
I was thinking the same thing
That was based on a book, right?
A big part of Lovecraft's posthumous popularity is that he open-sourced his entire world so other authors were free to build on his mythos.
I can now move forward with my story of soulless corporate ambition, 'The Conference Call of Cthulhu.'
Japanese Company who makes Historical Waifus:
OH, Y'ALL OUR CHARACTERS NOW
Ah fate
Weebs: *laugh in communism*
Fate series in a nutshell
Fate go and azur lane be like
@@rhysofsneezingdragon1758 Hahahahaha....hahahahaha
Zorro had a really fun movie back in the 90s starring Antonio Banderas and CATHERINE MUTHA%$#@ING ZETA-JONES! I don't understand how people don't know of him.
Mask of Zorro, fun movie for sure. Even spawned two sequels.
@@NxnjaSenpai One sequel: The Legend of Zorro. Both are great movies.
zorro was my favourite film as a kid
I re-watched it a few weeks ago. It still holds up. The fight choreography is really good.
I am Zorro
8:16 There's a movie that came out in 2015 called "Band of Robbers" and it's a story of Huckleberry Fin and Tom Sawyer grown up still searching for treasure. I really liked it
Dracula and Sherlock Holmes in the same story would be hilarious. Holmes trying to Occam's Razor away everything, refusing to believe in vampires.
Public domain: **exists*
Disney: I'm gonna just move this over here to my pile for safekeeping
Literally, guys used their government connections to move the public domain time from 50 year after the creator’s passing, to 80 years, all because they were about to lose Mickey Mouse.
@@Slender_Man_186 It's worse than that - it used to be 10 years from creator's passing, until Disney made it 50 years. Then they made it 80 years. Both times because of that damned mouse.
Spatial Awareness well originally it was 27 years after the copyright was made, so, say, Star Wars would’ve been public domain in 2005, after RotS. Now it won’t be public domain until the 2100’s.
@@Slender_Man_186 Basically, we gotta stop Disney killing the creative industry and forcing a copyright monopoly.
kill disney
Here in Argentina El Zorro tv series is still broadcast every day at noon on a local channel, almost ininterrupted since i have memory
Time for my hit new show, *Paul Bunyan beats up Dracula*
I'm actually in love with the idea of a 'Lighthouse-esque' loch ness monster movie.
It would maybe have to be less "artistic" but it still sounds great.
Other ideas:
A Bigfoot story/movie with a serious tone
A crossover between Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, and Anne of Green Gables.
A story about the German witch hunts.
A movie adaptation of Dante Alighieri's life.
There was an animated Dante’s Inferno movie back in 2010, iirc.
Twain Cinematic Universe
"Troll hunter" Or something Idk i forgot where it came from or the title, but it's like documentary of findings Trolls. I think it's suit the 1st one.
There's already a crossover film between Tom, Huck Finn and Anne. It's a stop motion film called 'The Adventures of Mark Twain' if I remember correct.
@@senthenerd5332 No, in that movie, the girl isn't Anne; it's Becky Thatcher, from the Mark Twain books. It's still a good and creepy
movie, though.
Sherlock Holmes: The bow wielding, swashbuckling, tree-chopping, blood-sucking, peg-legged, messianic, orphan scamp detective. Watch as he unlocks the truth about a world devouring monster living atop a tower hidden in the town of Whitefield, Scotland.
hmm
This is so helpful! I'm writing a story that takes place in the collective imagination of all humans across time, so knowing which popular characters I can and can't use is VERY helpful.
I had an idea where I turn vampires from undead to aliens and Dracula was a part of it. The story would revolve around Dracula trying to bring his species back from extinction by normally turning humans to vampires. My version of Dracula would be a cunning intelligent villain and his motifs would be justifiable. The story is seen from Dracula's point of view not from heroes, because in my story Dracula is the protagonist.
Zorro: nobody remembered it out of the bat
Antonio Banderas: “am i a joke to you”
Yes you are. Guy Williams, 'nuff said.
"The works of Beethoven fall into Public Domain because they were created before the concept of copyright even existed."
*SONY would like to have a word with you*
Music recorded through a major label isn't public domain, but much of classical music itself is. Therefore, record a piece independently and you're good.
@@PixelatedH2O Who records it doesn't matter, whether it's Sony's high quality studios or me with my phone. The original composition and the modern recording are two separate pieces of intellectual property. The composition is public domain, but recordings may not be.
@@peter_smythYou more or less just said exactly the same thing I did. The music itself is in the public domain, but certain recordings are not. No one person or company owns the rights to a song by a classical composer in its entirety though (as far as I know).
@@PixelatedH2O But it's not about the recordings we're talking about - it's about the piece itself.
Sony basically wanted to claim Bach's piece, the source material, and couldn't give two shits on how people interpret it. The woman whose video got claimed by Sony played Bach herself...and the little shits in the corp dared to say that they are the owners of the composition?
Seems like the nuke has done more things than just create anime...
@@sirattlich9380 you're still just saying the same thing that @Adam Porter said
My favorite book features: Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, Frankenstein and his monster, Jack the Ripper, Rasputin, Burke and Hare, The wolfman Larry Talbot, the third witch from hamlet, and Owen from Henry the IV all being embroiled in a great ritual to either summon the great old ones or keep the portal closed until another full moon on Halloween night where the ritual will appear again.
I can't believe you didn't mention Jenny Everywhere. She was specifically designed to be a copyright-free character.
Me: *is not nor has ever been someone who passionately wanted to be a writer or filmaker*
Also me: watches all of his videos anyways
Bet you must be someone who enjoys good stories then :3
Mayachan I guess so!
Don't sell yourself short, lady, that kind of interest doesn't come from nowhere. I went to art school briefly, and I can tell you that many of the people claiming to be interested in filmmaking never explored anything relating to it in their free time. If people say they're interested, but show no interest, what does that say about them? If you say you're not interested, and you show interest - what does that say about you? ;)
Food for thought.
Sherlock Holmes: goes into the free domain
Streaming services: it’s free real estate
Funny, I saw the title of the video and "Joan of Arc" was the first name that popped into my head and the first public domain figure you showed was a Joan of Arc :)
I could have sworn I saw a Zorro movie that had Orlando Bloom playing Zorro but it killed me to find out that it didn't exist in this timeline I got sent to.
Try going back Marty, you just need a mini nuclear reactor!
I know what you’re thinking of. The princess bride has a character where the actor looks exactly like Orlando Bloom and in the movie he dresses up as a parody of Zorro
"i'm shocked at how few people around me had actually heard of zorro"
persona 5: am i a joke to you?
LOOKING COOL, JOKER!
I know it seemed like everyone and there mothers had heard of him when I was growing up!
melli nyani one piece: am I a joke to you?
Isnt Akechi a public domain character too?
thanks for the cool video, i'd have loved to see some more unknown characters on the list, with maybe the more known ones just as quickshots or honorable mentions. Most of these already have strong backstories or are very prominent and might not go well as side characters or even main characters at that. There are so many good stories and characters out there that are a bit less known but still have interesting origins and developments which are less likely to step into others bounds and run the risk of seeming like a poor rip-off or bad parody.
Any myths or legends are fair game. Just pick a country and look up a legend. That's where we got bigfoot from.
You can combine them, even.
Like Chtulhunzel, stuck in her cosmical tower with no stairs
Or Draculholmes, who solves murders of monsters done by peasants
As a Scotsman I can honestly say that the water horse was probably the best and least offensive version of a lochness monsteresque creature in recent film and writing history. Very very few people can write Scottish set stories/characters properly without comong across as racist and stereotypical arseholes.
As a Scot myself, i completely agree. That was one of my favourite films as a child
Same, I loved that movie as a kid
Being Scottish is a race? 🤣
@@OnlyJustCrazy yes? Just like being African is. There’s more than black/white
@@ryrandom8785 obviously. In basic terms, race refers to the physical aspect of it, whereas ethnicity refers to cultural identification. Being Scottish is more along the lines of a persons ethnicity, not race.
What about a Sherlock Holmes story investigating the Loch Ness Monster
V.V The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is technically this.
Yes
And Cthulhu turning out to be the Loch Ness Monster with Rapunzel as his gf
And replace Watson with Bigfoot 🧐
Or the other way around
Can't forget Arséne, the books are really solid reads and are all easily found online, I'd highly suggest them
The water Horse was a really great Loch Ness inspired movie
1:28
"audiences that have fallen in love with these current incarnations"
*conspicuously zooms in on Robin Hood*
Specifically the fox version of Robin Hood. Who the fuck remembers him?!?
@@WildBluntHickok Furries, just furries
MasicBemester 『メイジク ビー厶スター』 Yeah Furry cancer has tried its best to ruin him and so many other characters.
@@WildBluntHickok Um idk EVERYONE, like how did you not know this?
@@michaeljenner2325
It's a very old disney animated characters, i don't care much about them playing with fictional characters, unless they're involved with something in reality.
They didn't "tried it's best" they're already achieved it many years ago.
*Moron.*
Yes now i can finally releases my 3 part book series called Loch Ness monster v cthulhu : Dawn of the Myths. Thank you!!!!
I'd read that
Where do I buy it?
I genuinely think it's amusing that George R.R. Martin claims to "hate" fan fiction but when given the opportunity he wrote a story about Jaime Lannister discussing with his brother Tyrion how you would go about killing Cthulhu.
Cthulhu ftw
This reminds me of how Nintendo actually made a game filled entirely with Public Domain American Folklore characters. You have Tom Sawyer, The Cowardly Lion, and Randolph Carter fighting against a bunch of Cthulu elder beings in a steampunk tactical shooter.
Really great video! Thank you!