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Yes, the movie absolutely strays from the book in major ways. And that’s fine. The movie tells its own story. It’s not Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. It’s Del Toro’s Frankenstein

Where is Justine in the movie? Where is Henry Clerval? Victor’s brother and Elizabeth are unrecognizable from the book. Instead, we get a newly invented character played by Christoph Waltz

In the book, the Creature explicitly kills Victor’s much younger brother, frames Justine for the murder and also kills Elizabeth. The movie erases all of that to radically change the Creature’s arc, the audience’s perception of him and the story’s themes

Of course, Del Toro made major changes. He just changed it in different ways than previous versions.

If you want to get technical, let’s call it a short story collection. JC is the star of four stories. And all the subsequent stories are pretty obsessed with him

Jesus lived to 33. The Bible seems to have a devoted readership

The Kentucky Derby will miss your viewership

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The NY Yankees’ cable channel is also carrying the Muppets? Weird but whatever

If I had 3 wishes…the 1st would be for world peace. The 2nd would be for a series based on that drawing. After that, who cares about the 3rd wish?

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My first glance at the photo brought the wrong movie to mind

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Let the wannabes waste their money. Chaz Michael Michaels has the kind of charisma you can’t buy

“Batman always off screen.” Kinda like Gotham, Pennyworth, Titans, Batwoman, Gotham Knights, Birds of Prey… Heck, is Batman ever ON screen?

Gotta believe they’re very intentionally creating demand. Then they seem magnanimous by giving the fans “what they want.” It’s not just the characters on screen that they’re puppeteering

Love how you turned an editorial roadblock into a positive. Gangbuster is my favorite new member of Superman’s supporting cast from that era

As far as villain names go, this one seems pretty typical. We’re all used to Doctor Doom. There’s also Mister Sinister, the Duke of Deception and Baron Bedlam. I just read a Batman comic where he fought the Monarch of Menace. It’s all part of the fun of comics

Love the Prankster. I wish DC editorial would stop treating him like an embarrassment. Every redesign to make him “cooler” fails because he’s not supposed to be cool. A good writer can make him a threat without making him unrecognizable

Wow! Trevor really looks different in the comics

I love me some Grunge. But I wouldn’t call it upbeat and feel-good

It’s hard to hide a giant mallet under a fitted jacket

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Pretty great that this guy is also Wolverine. Maybe he and Cagney would’ve been pals

At least Lee finally got to rock the ‘stache in 1970’s Count Dracula. Rare privilege that he got a second crack at adapting the same story. His buddy Peter Cushing similarly got a second chance to adapt Hound of the Baskervilles

Some of the new plot twists have a tendency to go over-the-top. But the voice acting is top notch, especially Paul Waggott as Watson. He’s a cross between Martin Freeman and Nigel Bruce

The podcast is a fun modern dramatization in the vein of the BBC’s Sherlock. Uses the original stories as a framework, but freely changes the details.

Looks like you only read the second message in my thread. In the first message, I specified the Richardson film and the new Sherlock & Co podcast

Plenty in both versions to praise and criticize in equal measure. Interesting that both versions chose to emphasize the often excised Laura Lyons bits, and instead eliminated Frankland. Weird synchronicity across 40 years

Recently watched Richardson’s Hound for the first. My viewing happened to coincide with the release of a new adaptation by the Sherlock & Co podcast

I didn’t expect that list of actors to rouse a Tom Baker defender. What’s next, a Stewart Granger defender? I kid, I kid…thanks for sharing

Those kinds of characters are invaluable in team books because they are the only ones allowed to get any development. Any major changes to stand-alone characters will happen in their solo books. Team books need a character with the capacity for growth, change and even failure

Wonder Man was what I hoped Secret Invasion would be. Loved the early episodes of SI with Sam Jackson and Ben Mendelsohn hashing out their respective philosophies in a car. Then the rest of the show happened. WM puts a comic spin on the two-guys dynamic and it works great.

If you’re a Ted Lasso fan, see also “Beard After Hours.” Same concept. Those kinds of episodes make me feel like the creators are bored with their show and want a break