I, Frankenstein (2014-01-24)

NeverMore · Post by **NeverMore** » Fri Jul 12, 2013 4:12 am

Hmmm.... no Halloween release date?

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NeverMore · Post by **NeverMore** » Fri Jul 12, 2013 6:29 pm

Another Frankenstein movie. Looks interesting.

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Are Frankenstein movies about to become the new zombie movies?

Pumpkin_Man · Post by **Pumpkin_Man** » Tue Jul 16, 2013 2:53 pm

The Frankenstein Monstter with a gun???? You have got to be kidding me!! I have nothing against owning guns, but the Frankenstein Monster doesn't need it.

Mike

NeverMore · Post by **NeverMore** » Tue Jul 16, 2013 3:10 pm

This one is actually based on a comic book. Another attempt to bring the classic monsters into the modern age, like Dracula 2000 and the new Sleepy Hollow series. I guess this is a chance for today's kids to fall in dread of the creatures we feared back in the day. I hope they have many happy nightmares.

Pumpkin_Man · Post by **Pumpkin_Man** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 10:16 am

That's a good point, NeverMore. The old Universal Monster Classics seem down right cartoonish as compared to some of the horror movies kids are watching today. I will allways prefer the 'old school' gothic style horror story, as that is what gave me my 'happy nightmares,' but I won't try to deprive today's kids of theirs.

"Dracula 2000," on the other hand, was not really scary at all IMHO, and was not of that gothic bent, but I did like the way it tied into the Bible. Dracula was actualy Judas Iscariot, who was condemned to rome the Earth until the 2nd comming for betraying Jesus. (Or was that the Roman soldier who struck him?) I don't remember which, or maybe I'm getting two movies mixed up with each other.

Mike

ScarecrowJack · Post by **ScarecrowJack** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 10:15 pm

Actually, I would like to see more done with the Frankenstein Monster. I wouldn't mind if it replaced zombies. The last take on it I saw was this made for TV movie based off a Dean Koontz novel called Frankenstein. I kind of liked. Read the first 3 novels as well.

Pumpkin_Man · Post by **Pumpkin_Man** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:04 am

ScarecrowJack, for some reason, I've allways found myself feeling sorry for the Frankenstein monster. I would like to see more of those type of stories about him. His life and how he deals with everyone being afraid of him or reuplsed by him. His attempt at finding love, like in "Bride of Frankenstein," which was actualy the continuation of the Mary Shelly story, and how she ended up hating the monster, and the out right cruelty of some of the villagers.

Mike

NeverMore · Post by **NeverMore** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 1:31 pm

ScarecrowJack wrote:The last take on it I saw was this made for TV movie based off a Dean Koontz novel called Frankenstein. I kind of liked. Read the first 3 novels as well.

I enjoyed those books too. Looks like there's not going to be a sixth one, the cover of the fifth book says it's the conclusion. Too bad, I like the modern monster. I've even taken to adopting his nym on the internet, as you can see from my Vimeo account. The TV movie was OK but the pacing was too quick, as usual the books had way more detail. I have read they may make a new feature film from them. Maybe this new Frank craze will bring it fruition.

Pumpkin_Man · Post by **Pumpkin_Man** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 2:17 pm

Movies and tv shows are almost never as good as the books they are based on.

Mike

ScarecrowJack · Post by **ScarecrowJack** » Wed Jul 24, 2013 5:29 pm

Pumpkin Man, I agree. Frankenstein is one of the most sympathetic of the Universal Monsters, followed pretty closely by the Wolf Man. The Dean Koontz's novels are contemporary and have him having spent time in the side shows, which I thought was an interesting idea. A series could be spun around that idea alone. I, too, would like to see more done with the character.

Nevermore, I haven't read the last two books yet but I keep meaning to get them. I agree the TV movie wasn't as good as the books but wasn't bad for what it was. I kind of enjoyed it. I would definitely catch a feature film based off the novels, but think they would have to shorten a lot of the story considering it progressed over three novels.

NeverMore · Post by **NeverMore** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:28 pm

Yet another Frankenstein movie?

http://www.deadline.com/2013/07/james-m ... nkenstein/

Pumpkin_Man · Post by **Pumpkin_Man** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 8:52 am

ScarecrowJack, that is exactly why I liked the original Universal "Frankenstein" movie so much. I found myself feeling sorry for the monster more then being scared by him. He was like a baby with the strength of 10 men.

NeverMore, I just might check that show out. With all the vampire and zombie movies and tv shows comming out, it's refreshign to see another Frankenstein in the mix. Another wearwolf story would be nice, too.

Mike

adrian · Post by **adrian** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 11:55 am

I can see Frankenstein's Army coming to Netflix. if it does i'll give it a go

Pumpkin_Man · Post by **Pumpkin_Man** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 9:07 am

A whole army of Frankenstein monsters?? That does sound like it could be a good movie.

Mike

Murfreesboro · Post by **Murfreesboro** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 9:54 am

Pumpkin_Man wrote:ScarecrowJack, that is exactly why I liked the original Universal "Frankenstein" movie so much. I found myself feeling sorry for the monster more then being scared by him. He was like a baby with the strength of 10 men.

You know, in the original novel, Frankenstein was the doctor who created the monster, not the monster, who never had a name (IIRC). The idea, I think, was to make you question who the real monster was.

As for books vs. movies--I have a theory that movies can improve on books if there is some problem with the book. For example, I saw the film version of Ship of Fools on TV years ago and loved it so much I raced to the library to read the novel. Well, the novel was unreadable! And I am a big fan of Katherine Anne Porter, who wrote it. Her short stories are like prose poems. But that novel just hit you over the head with its themes and then hit you some more. It was repetitive and unrelieved. I couldn't get more than 80 pages into a novel that was maybe 500 pages long. When I spoke of it to one of my former English professors, he said that film critics had made the same observation when the movie first came out--that, for once at least, the movie was better than the book!

OTOH, if I absolutely adore a book, the movie is almost always a let-down. Case in point for me, Cold Mountain. The book is one of my all-time favorites, but the movie based on it, while it has many good moments and gets some things right, just gets other things wrong, IMO. I have it on DVD and have watched all the extra material, and I very much appreciate that the people who made it also loved the book. However, I think the director had a certain interpretation of the book with which I disagree. It is a tragic story, but he made it darker than it needed to be, IMO.

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