TPToA Podcast 429 – Frankenstein

Frankenstein (2025) The long and storied history of Frankestein and his monstrous creation has been a staple of the cinema landscape since the very beginnings of film. We have seen so many adaptations and interpretations of the Frankenstein monster that some have burned into our psyche in an almost archetypal fashion. From Mary Shelley’s initial creation to today we have seen the monster take a front seat, while the original ideas and meanings have been more and more confused. So how does a creator explore the classic horror story and find something new? with great difficulty if “I Frankenstein” is anything to go by. Well if anyone can do it and do it well, it’s our man Guillermo Del Toro! In this review, Dion is the mad scientist, Jill the voice of reason and caring in a cold heartless world…and Quinny is of course the simple creation: The monster whose origins are born from scientific folly and not from human kindness. Synopsis A brilliant but egotistical scientist brings a monstrous creature to life in a daring experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation. https://youtu.be/y80V_oiAqWU As always, an assembled thank-you to all you crazy mad scientists of mirth who join in with the conversation on the Twitch stream, live each Tuesday night at 7:30pm AEDT. And an especially huge thanks to any of you newly created quasi-monsters who are kind enough to support us by casting a tip into our jar via Ko-Fi, or subscribing on twitch… every bit helps us to keep the electricity running. it’s the only thing keeping us alive. If you feel so inclined drop us a sub we really love them, The more subby mc-sub-faces we get, the more Emotes You get! https://youtu.be/x–N03NO130?si=wmXSaBPueQaUdWhq https://youtu.be/C8IOZNYmOCA?si=RHXN8_JRcl4k2HgO WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK! Send in voicemails or emails with your opinions on this show (or any others) to [email protected] Please make sure to join our social networks too!  We’re on: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TPToA/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/TPToA Facebook: www.facebook.com/PeriodicTableOfAwesome Instagram: www.instagram.com/theperiodictableofawesome/