A good Frankenstein movie.
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Looking at the trailer, it has a comedy/drama feel something like Robert Downy Jrs Sherlock Holmes. I didn't really feel much interest to see more, though. Victor and Igor have a Holmes and Watson feel like the RDJr films going by the trailer. Take a look, if you are inclined.
Regarding FRANKENSTEIN: THE TRUE STORY: Mind you, I haven't watched it in nearly 40 years, but I remember it being quite good: literate, well-acted, good production values . . .a class production all around.
But the title is misleading in that the mini-series is not remotely faithful to the original novel, despite being frequently described as such. To be fair, I suspect that the filmmakers meant "the true story" in the sense of "the shocking untold story," not "true to the original novel," but, alas, I've seen people take the "true story" business the wrong way.
"That's the one that's more faithful to the book, right?"
But the title is misleading in that the mini-series is not remotely faithful to the original novel, despite being frequently described as such. To be fair, I suspect that the filmmakers meant "the true story" in the sense of "the shocking untold story," not "true to the original novel," but, alas, I've seen people take the "true story" business the wrong way.
"That's the one that's more faithful to the book, right?"
I remember when I was a kid seeing Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster at a Saturday matinee. Not what you'd call a good Frankie flick, but it's stuck with me for 45 or so years. 
A while back I tried to watch I, Frankenstein. Again, not a good Frankie flick.
I remember liking the one with Michael Sarrazzin, and the one with DeNiro wasn't bad. Wasn't Sting in that one?
It's hard to beat the original Karloff film.
A while back I tried to watch I, Frankenstein. Again, not a good Frankie flick.
I remember liking the one with Michael Sarrazzin, and the one with DeNiro wasn't bad. Wasn't Sting in that one?
It's hard to beat the original Karloff film.
Sting was in "The Bride" as Baron Charles (the creature earns the name "Viktor") with Jennifer Beals as the titular "Bride". It also featured David Rappaport (of "Time Bandits" fame) as Rinaldo who befriends Frankenstein's first creation.
Sincerely,
Bill
Ah, ok. I remember that now. Thanks.
The appearance of The Bride in so many versions is interesting. Upon reading the original novel last year, I discovered that Frankenstein never actually finishes the female creature that his first creature demands. He backs out in a fit of clarity before bringing her to life, and destroys the body. So The Bride, at least brought to life, is purely a cinematic creation.
Exactly. The idea of The Bride is certainly introduced in the novel, but didn't "come to life" until the Karloff movie.
More trivia: In the Sting movie (which is absolutely tedious, btw), the monster himself was played by Clancy Brown.
And in FRANKENSTEIN: THE TRUE STORY (the one with Sarrazin), the Bride was played by none other than . . . Jane Seymour.
More trivia: In the Sting movie (which is absolutely tedious, btw), the monster himself was played by Clancy Brown.
And in FRANKENSTEIN: THE TRUE STORY (the one with Sarrazin), the Bride was played by none other than . . . Jane Seymour.
I recall seeing an interview with Jane Seymour talking about being in that Frankenstein miniseries and pointing out that her real name is Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg, suggesting that she had sort of a family connection to the Frankenstein story, or at least a basis for identification. (She took her stage name from the third wife of Henry VIII.)
I used to occasionally "harp" upon the James Whale movie for turning the articulate and intelligent "creature" into a thuggish, mute "brute", thus cementing that notion into the public eye. Within the last few years, I discovered I shouldn't lay the blame at the creators of the 1931 Universal film. I learned that several aspects were inspired by 19th century stage adaptations. Those productions were the ones to first deviate from Shelley's basic concept and strip the intelligence from the "monster". Universal merely emulated what had proven popular half a century earlier.
Sincerely,
Bill
Sincerely,
Bill
An accelerated form of spontaneous generation--that seemed to be the general idea.
I might try a more modern version of the 1910 film:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein_(1910_film)
Using a vat, seeing ectoplasm like streamers--a reverse of the transporter accident from ST:TMP---that kind of thing.
Maybe even an accident with essential saltes yielding ye liveliest awfulness?
Better than going the Ben Franklinstein route with Jacob's Ladders and such.
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One possible story idea
Black as the Pit from Pole to Pole by Howard Waldrop and Steve Utley
http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/46423/FRANKENSTEIN-Short-Stories#.VtyVmn0rK70
Black as the Pit from Pole to Pole by Howard Waldrop and Steve Utley
http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/46423/FRANKENSTEIN-Short-Stories#.VtyVmn0rK70
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