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Invisible Man/novel and 1933 film...

posted 20 years ago by rudeboy8080
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The H.G Wells' novel, 'The Invisible Man', was more darker than the movie. The film adds some humor(Mrs. Hall continually screams in hysterics after Griffin pushes her husband down the stairs; someone in the bar yells to Mrs. Hall, "OH, SHUT UP!") In the book, Griffin tests out the serum on a cat(he claims) and...

Possible Spoilers:
... Dr. Kemp's fate and Griffin's "demise" in the book are different from the film. Did H.G. Wells write any sequels to 'The Invisible Man'? If anyone has some further input that they're willing to share, I'd love to hear it. Thank you.

[–] theowinthrop 19 years ago

As far as I know Wells never wrote a sequel to any of his science fiction novels or his social novels. This is unlike Jules Verne or Isaac Asimov or Philip Jose Farmer who wrote (or write) sequels.

Verne, by the way, wrote a novel about invisibility, THE SECRET OF WILHELM STORITZ. It's set in the 18th Century, and deals with an alchemist, who discovers the secret of the invisibility. This novel was not published until after Verne's death in 1905.

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[–] The_Dying_Flutchman 19 years ago

A half peeled banana and a tattoo in the shape of the true cross smothered in corn flakes, obviously.

Nothing exists more beautifully than nothing.

[–] Koosh_King01 18 years ago

Actually I'd argue that the movie is a lot darker. In the book, Kemp survives, but in the movie he has an extremely long, drawn-out demise.

[–] rudeboy8080 18 years ago

Spoilers:

In the book's climax, Griffin and Dr. Kemp are in the subway. Griffin is trying to kill Kemp; Kemp knows that Griffin is in the area, but he can't see "The Invisible Man"! In the movie, Griffin straps Kemp into a carseat and sends him towards a destructive demise at the bottom of a cliff. The book also contains a scene where Griffin hides out in a mall from the cold weather. There's also a scene in the book where Griffin violently coerces a fat guy into helping him.

[–] rudeboy8080 18 years ago

Sometimes, I wish I was The Invisible Man. I'd be tempted to make life a living hell for amoral, apathetic ba@#$@@! Or, I could go behind enemy lines and help fight for Uncle Sam just like in 'The Invisible Agent'. Or, I could make things difficult for bad guys and annoy good guys like in 'The Invisible Woman'.

Wasn't Paul Verhoeven's 'Hollow Man' a modern version of 'The Invisible Man'? Boy, critics and movie go ers really tore a new hole in that one! I dunno, I thought 'Hollow Man' was so bad, it was good. The scene where the Joey Slotnick gets impaled was unintentionally funny!

BITTER BEER FACE!!!

[–] moviebuff109 18 years ago

I saw special features on the Invisible man and I have read the book. In the special features it says they kill kemp to make it darker because it wasn't dark enough yet. Believe it or not the reason they didnt have him die in kemp's arms is because )according to the makers of the film) it would've been to hard to make the transition form invisible to visible unless he was lying down straight in a bed.

[–] MacKrazy 17 years ago

Plus he'd have a naked guy in his arms, not so good for 1933 Cinema lol.