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Nov. 6th, 2009 at 10:28 AM

I want to feed my Frankenstein needs. Help me out.

After listening to Mary Shelly's Frankenstein in October, I've become kind of curious as to when Frankenstein's monster went from being a tortured villian/misunderstood outsider and was transformed into Frankenstein: ass-kicking outsider hero. Or am I just imagining that incarnation?

I know I've seen it in comic books (particularly Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers). There's kind of hints of it in movies like Monster Squad and the extremely disappointing Van Helsing. I know Guillermo Del Toro wants to do more ass-kicking Frankenstein instead of re-adapt Shelly's book. So what am I missing? When did the change come?

Any essential pop culture Frankenstein I should check out?

Music:Muse - Unnatural Selection

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avocadovpx wrote:

Nov. 6th, 2009 07:05 pm (UTC)

I've been meaning to check out Kessel's "Pride and Prometheus," though I don't know where that fits in your transition from one archetype to another.

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prusik wrote:

Nov. 6th, 2009 08:44 pm (UTC)

Highly intelligent, tortured outsider.

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krylyr wrote:

Nov. 6th, 2009 09:18 pm (UTC)

Are we talking Viktor or his monster?

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prusik wrote:

Nov. 6th, 2009 09:20 pm (UTC)

Oh, I was talking about the monster, but I guess Viktor is too.

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krylyr wrote:

Nov. 6th, 2009 09:16 pm (UTC)

Yeah, I've been meaning to check that out, too. I wonder if my library can order the short story collection?

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prusik wrote:

Nov. 6th, 2009 09:22 pm (UTC)

Small Beer Press released The Baum Plan for Financial Independence for free under Creative Commons last year.

http://smallbeerpress.com/books/2008/04/15/baum-plan/

It's an awesome collection.

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filmorethefrog wrote:

Nov. 6th, 2009 07:07 pm (UTC)

What has always bothered me since reading Shelley's Frankenstein is the monster's depiction as a stupid grunting/groaning beast. The monster was highly intelligent, though emotionally scarred and prone to anger and violence.

"Frankenstein: ass-kicking outsider hero"

I'm not aware of any, besides those mentioned.

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krylyr wrote:

Nov. 6th, 2009 09:18 pm (UTC)

What has always bothered me since reading Shelley's Frankenstein is the monster's depiction as a stupid grunting/groaning beast. The monster was highly intelligent, though emotionally scarred and prone to anger and violence.

Good call. Maybe because I only recently reread/heard the story, I never thought about that before. But, yeah, that would be something worth avoiding.

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