Calvin's Canadian Cave of Coolness: Quote Of The Day - We Have Choices

Monday, October 15, 2012

Quote Of The Day - We Have Choices

“frankesteins aren’t as scary or powerful as draculas,

but i’d rather be friends with a frankenstein”

6 comments:

Erik Johnson Illustrator said...: Reminds me of a conversation I had with my Dad over the summer when he asked me about what was with all the trends in vampires lately and why we didn't see more zombie flicks.

I talked about Vampires and there A-Picture roots while Zombies had B-Movie origins. Vampires relied on mystique while zombie required makeup. Zombie pictures dealt with harsh theme of mortality, survival, mistrust of other humans, etc Vampires on the other hand have sex and kinky deviance as some of their long standing themes.

Frankenstein monsters have become very sympathetic in the media in spite of their body count, probably because we know they are victims of human meddling, while in vampire stories you get to live vicarious through the bloodsuckers and still feel good about humans winning in the end so that we can live in denial of our own darker nature that lies just beneath the surface.; October 15, 2012 at 6:19 PM
Kal said...: That makes a lot of sense especially the sexual seduction of the vampire. People want that kind of power over others.

Frankenstein to me is all about the rage of being born into a world he would only be an outsider in. I feel that many times.

Zombies are just targets. You need to get to know the person who is changing for it to have an emotional impact. Walking Dead has done that so well.

Now the Mummy just does things out of spite. He got what he deserved and now we gotta suffer for his dickish behavior. No wonder the kitties run them off when they comeinto the house.

Now the Werewolf? I got nothing but good things to say about the werewolf.; October 15, 2012 at 6:49 PM
Debra She Who Seeks said...: Très elegant!; October 15, 2012 at 6:50 PM
Erik Johnson Illustrator said...: Best I can come up with on the subject of werewolves was my reaction when I saw the trailer for the 2010 remake of "The Wolf Man". I said "Why are they remaking the Wolf Man they already did that in 1981, only they called it "American Werewolf in London".; October 15, 2012 at 8:16 PM
M. D. Jackson said...: Frankenstein's monster used to frighten and fascinate me at the same time when I was a kid. The basic Frankenstein story can be retold in many ways. At its heart is a basic fear about our children superseding us, but can also be told as a tale of children who want but do not get the love of their parents. Thus both Bladerunner and Prometheus are "Frankenstein" pictures.; October 16, 2012 at 6:11 AM
Kal said...: I love the scenes in the book of the monster raging against his creator at the top of the world. DeNiro did a great job of that in the Brannaugh movie I thought.; October 16, 2012 at 6:51 AM

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