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A new Frankenstein movie coming to Netflix this fall from Guillermo del Toro.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1312221/

Could be a good one, sometimes I get leery about the adaptation that come out of Netflix.

Just as I dropped Netflix. :(

Char wrote: "Just as I dropped Netflix. :("

Probably could sign up for a free trial again.

Finishing up Dept Q on Netflix. I love the book series, and the show isn't terrible, but it's fairly disappointing for me. They've sped up a lot of timelines from later books, cramming them into the first one, and Assad, who is a major character in the book and usually a wonderful point of comic relief, is an afterthought in the show.

Alan wrote: "Finishing up Dept Q on Netflix. I love the book series, and the show isn't terrible, but it's fairly disappointing for me. They've sped up a lot of timelines from later books, cramming them into th..."

It's so disappointing when that happens.
They squished a lot into the series The Expanse, (one of the best TV adaptations that I've ever seen). And because they only did 5 seasons, the truncated series suffered for it. Other than that, though, it was a magnificent series and a lot of the main characters were strong, kickass women.

Sort of on topic, I'm reading a historical fiction Frankenstein take right now. The Unkillable Frank Lightning

Alan wrote: "Finishing up Dept Q on Netflix. I love the book series, and the show isn't terrible, but it's fairly disappointing for me. They've sped up a lot of timelines from later books, cramming them into th..."

Assad is a major character in that series, and I love his character arc. I don't think I could watch this without him. I love the books too.

The likeness rights to Frankenstein expire in 2028. I imagine they'll cost a pretty penny to purchase but assuming Universal doesn't renew them I'd be interested in knowing how much they'll go for.

Justin wrote: "The likeness rights to Frankenstein expire in 2028. I imagine they'll cost a pretty penny to purchase but assuming Universal doesn't renew them I'd be interested in knowing how much they'll go for."

I've never really liked the design of Universal's Frankenstein's monster. I kinda liked what they did with it in Van Helsing where you could see more of his mechanical parts, but I liked it even less after reading the novel. I feel like they really did the creature a disservice, robbing him of all nuance and nerfing his superhuman prowess. If anything, the monster should be like a severely disfigured Captain America in terms of visuals and physical ability.

As for personality and intellect, the monster should be a genius who uses eloquence and philosophy to mask his sorrow and eventually justify his murderous rage.

Universal's monster comes across as a lumbering, bumbling idiot.

The movie is coming to theaters from what I have read, sometime in November. Anything by Guillermo del Toro is golden. I just reread Junji Ito's take on Frankenstein, and can't wait to see what Guillermo has in store.

PJ wrote: "Justin wrote: "The likeness rights to Frankenstein expire in 2028. I imagine they'll cost a pretty penny to purchase, but assuming Universal doesn't renew them, I'd be interested in knowing how much ..."

I think there is a reason for that, well, besides changing it, probably to be scarier, the actor, Boris Karloff, never did a monster where they can talk, where you can see that in his role in The Mummy, as well, The Mummy, which scared me as a kid. And I personally never saw him as a bumbling idiot, but as someone both on the spectrum and someone with a speech disorder (mainly as a kid growing up with both, which I guess is why I have a soft spot for Frankenstein's monster, both the book and Universal's Frankenstein's monster). Anyways, I, Frankenstein, used the non idiot of Frankenstein's monster. I also read Dean Koontz's Frankenstein Trilogy #1, Prodigal Son, for example

Sarah wrote: "PJ wrote: "Justin wrote: "The likeness rights to Frankenstein expire in 2028. I imagine they'll cost a pretty penny to purchase, but assuming Universal doesn't renew them, I'd be interested in know..."

I, too, have a soft spot for the novel version because of being on the spectrum. :)

That's interesting about Karloff never doing another speaking role. I saw The Ghoul many years ago, and he didn't speak in that after becoming the titular monster. My dislike of the Universal monster probably comes down to me feeling irritated when a film deviates too far from the source material.

WendyB wrote: "A new Frankenstein movie coming to Netflix this fall from Guillermo del Toro.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1312221/"

I am SO EXCITED for this!

Lupe wrote: "WendyB wrote: "A new Frankenstein movie coming to Netflix this fall from Guillermo del Toro.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1312221/"

I am SO EXCITED for this!"

Same here, been trying to rewatch/ reread some of my favorite Frankenstein retellings before seeing it. I am hoping to see it in the theater just to support Guillermo del Toro, since he hasn't done a theatrical run in any of his work since pre-cvoid19, I think

I'm very much looking forward to it.

Frankenstein will have a limited release in theaters starting Oct 17. This would be the best way to see the movie, on the big screen.

For the rest of us, Netflix will have Frankenstein starting on Nov 7.

WendyB wrote: "Frankenstein will have a limited release in theaters starting Oct 17. This would be the best way to see the movie, on the big screen.

For the rest of us, Netflix will have Frankenstein starting on..."

Nice, glad Netflix will have it.