Talk:Griffin (The Invisible Man)

The robbed money
Currently the article contains the following statement: "To finance his experiments, Griffin robs his own father, who apparently had stolen the money himself, and who commits suicide after being robbed by his son." I think there is no reason to assume, the money had been stolen by Griffin's father. Wells' book covers the whole incident with just two sentences uttered by Griffin himself: "“I robbed the old man—robbed my father. The money was not his, and he shot himself.” (End of chapter 19)" That's all. Now how can you derive from that that it had been stolen money? Furthermore, why would a man shoot himself after losing stolen goods? It does not make sense to me.

What has always seemed much more plausible to me is to assume, that it was money that had been lent or otherwise entrusted to Griffin's father. In this case he would not have been able to pay it back or would have lost something he had been trustee of. Much more reason to kill oneself.

I am changing the article accordingly! Nebogipfel (talk) 20:57, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

Sanctuary
Character also appeared in Sanctuary TV series. DinthKSC (talk) 21:38, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Other invisible men
Should we really include other invisible men who are not named Griffin and seem to have no direct connection to him ? -- Beardo (talk) 05:17, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
 * I think this article should be for the Griffin/Invisible Man character as he appears in the original novel, as well as the 1933 film and related Universal properties. The canons of H. G. Wells and Universal Pictures, if you will. We can mention other invisible men inspired by the Wells story and its Universal adaptations (e.g. the Griffin of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen or Kevin Bacon's character in Hollow Man) so long as independent reliable sources have drawn connections between them. I'm going to try adjusting the structure of the article accordingly. — Matthew  - (talk) 20:17, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

1984 BBC TV Adaptation
Why has the article omitted the 1984 BBC TV adaptation? It's a fairly faithful version of Wells' classic, even down to the character's name; and what's more, it already has its own Wikipedia article. Nuttyskin (talk) 22:49, 17 February 2024 (UTC)