Spot on. Dean Koontz's update on Frankenstein removes all doubt about who the real monster is. Koontz also finally gives the monster a name.Murfreesboro wrote: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.
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Re: I, Frankenstein (2014-01-24)
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Re: I, Frankenstein (2014-01-24)
I realize that the Frankenstein Monster really didn't have a name other then the Monster or the Frankenstein Monster. Horror fans would refer to the Monster as Frankenstein because of who stitched the monster ogether using body parts from riffled graves.
The Bride of Frankenstein also had no name, either. According to the Boris Karlov movie, she lived a very short time, until the monster threw that switch and killed everyone in that old castle. Now, on "Dark Shadows" (Original Series) they also had a version of the Frankenstein monster, only it was Dr. Lang, not Dr. Frankenstein who created it. His name was Adam, and he was stitched together with kaddaber body parts, just like Franky was, only Lang gvie him a name. Adam. Later, Nicolous Blair decided that Adam needed a companion so he black mailed Barnabass Collins and Julia Hoffman into making a mate for adam and her name was Eve. Those two "Dark Shadows" scenarios are the only ones I know of that a Frankenstein like monsters were given names.
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The Bride of Frankenstein also had no name, either. According to the Boris Karlov movie, she lived a very short time, until the monster threw that switch and killed everyone in that old castle. Now, on "Dark Shadows" (Original Series) they also had a version of the Frankenstein monster, only it was Dr. Lang, not Dr. Frankenstein who created it. His name was Adam, and he was stitched together with kaddaber body parts, just like Franky was, only Lang gvie him a name. Adam. Later, Nicolous Blair decided that Adam needed a companion so he black mailed Barnabass Collins and Julia Hoffman into making a mate for adam and her name was Eve. Those two "Dark Shadows" scenarios are the only ones I know of that a Frankenstein like monsters were given names.
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Re: I, Frankenstein (2014-01-24)
Well, there was Herman Munster, I guess. 
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Re: I, Frankenstein (2014-01-24)
That's a good point. Hermon Munster was a Frankenstein like monster, the grandfather was Dracula, and Lilly was his daughter, and I think Eddy was vampire, too. Marolyn munster was the "normal" girl who the Munster family felt sorry for because she wasn't a monster like the rest of them.
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Re: I, Frankenstein (2014-01-24)
To my understanding, Eddie is supposed to be a werewolf. That's why his doll is a wolfman. Marilyn is actually related to Lily, her niece I believe. She kind of reminds me of the character Timothy in Ray Bradbury's story Homecoming. He's also a relatively normal boy born into a family of supernatural creatures and the story deals with his difficulties in trying to fit in. The end of it is very bittersweet.
I think part of the problem in adapting books to movies is the storytelling method is so different. When they made the Dresden Files into a series for SyFy, I watched an interview where they were discussing the character of Bob. In the novels he's just a voice attached to a skull. But in a visual medium it wouldn't work as well, especially for such a central character. So they cast an actor to play him.
Even when the medium is still visual, there are still changes. In V For Vendetta they moved away significantly from the source material, but I thought it still worked. I have both the movie and the graphic novel and in many ways, it's best to treat them as two different stories rather than an adaption. I know that can be difficult, especially with a well-loved book, but sometimes it helps. Unless the movie is simply dreck, then nothing can help.
I think part of the problem in adapting books to movies is the storytelling method is so different. When they made the Dresden Files into a series for SyFy, I watched an interview where they were discussing the character of Bob. In the novels he's just a voice attached to a skull. But in a visual medium it wouldn't work as well, especially for such a central character. So they cast an actor to play him.
Even when the medium is still visual, there are still changes. In V For Vendetta they moved away significantly from the source material, but I thought it still worked. I have both the movie and the graphic novel and in many ways, it's best to treat them as two different stories rather than an adaption. I know that can be difficult, especially with a well-loved book, but sometimes it helps. Unless the movie is simply dreck, then nothing can help.
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We scare away the birds,
We keep the farmer's corn safe
Without any words.
But when Halloween comes
We jump out of the ground
And we scare the boys and girls
When they come walking 'round.
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Re: I, Frankenstein (2014-01-24)
Those are all really good points about the problems of adaptation, Scarecrow Jack.