It didn't come out of nowhere, by a long shot
You're right, it wasn't that it was surprising, or out of character, just...disappointing maybe? (Happens to be a particular hot-button with me). Like I said - less compassion for the Creature than previously.
I found Miller's Creature to be much more human
Ooh, interesting assessment...and it was when he said he'd learned to lie that you knew it was all going to hell.
I thought the physicality of the creature made it so...something...in the book he comes off as practically erudite, and he still is, but you see his pain so much more clearly when it's coupled with the physical limitations.
I wish you could have seen the opening sequence with Cumberbatch
Me too!
His Frankenstein presented as much more worldly than Cumberbatch's
Maybe it's just as well that I saw "reverse cast" - since I got to see Miller stretch more than I expected (I figured he could do Prideful Asistocratic-type with his figurative hands tied behind his back). I've always been fond of Miller, I'm glad to know he has the acting chops in addition to a near-perfect profile.
hah! when I was in San Francisco I kept seeing these beautiful flowers - I'd never seen them before. I'd asked David what they were, but he didn't have an answer. Turns out they're brugmansia.
I am a botany ignoramus. But now I've got Todd to educate me.
My take from the plant talk--plants will kill you, best eat meat.
I hope they release a DVD of Frankenstein with both castings. That would be awesome.
I hope they release a DVD of Frankenstein with both castings. That would be awesome.
That and the Tennant/Tate Taming of the Shrew. I live in hope.
Yeah, my youngest great-grandparent was born in 1890. The rest were all in the 1860s and 1870s (of my known great-grandparents), so same with Lillian.
My youngest great-grandparents were born in 1892, and I was born in 1980. I knew three of my four grandparents, but none of my great-grandparents.
Well, it helps that one of my great-grandmothers lived to be 102. I think she was born in 1880 or so?
My great grandparents were long dead when I was born. I think that 3 of my four grandparents were born in the 1890s. My grandfathers died when I was 4 and 5, but I did know my grandmothers a bit, but they did not live close by and we were never than close.
One of my great-grandparents (my mother's maternal grandmother)was alive when I was a baby. She lived to be over 100. But I never met her what with the whole being disowned thing.
My maternal great grandmother lived to be 94, and died when I was 7. My grandfathers are both still alive, but all of TCG's grandparents have passed.
