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notes/collections/scifi-collections.st.txt

@@ -266,6 +266,37 @@ movie: Deep Blue Sea 2 (2018)
 movie: Deep Blue Sea 3 (2020)
 
 
+Collection: Frankenstein
+========================
+
+:: Title
+Frankenstein Films
+
+:: Date
+1910-2025
+
+:: Description
+Cinematic adaptations of Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel "Frankenstein; or,
+The Modern Prometheus" and related films.
+
+:: References
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein
+
+:: Component Stories
+movie: Frankenstein (1910)
+movie: Frankenstein (1931)
+movie: Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
+movie: Son of Frankenstein (1939)
+movie: Frankenstein 1970 (1958)
+movie: Frankensteins Daughter (1958)
+movie: Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)
+movie: Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster (1965)
+movie: Frankenstein: The True Story (1973)
+movie: Frankenstein: The College Years (1991)
+movie: Mary Shelleys Frankenstein (1994)
+movie: Frankenstein (2025)
+
+
 Collection: Gamera
 ==================
 

notes/stories/film/film-scifi-2020s.st.txt

@@ -623,6 +623,80 @@ grief [Jeff was deeply disturbed by a butterfly splattered itself on the windshi
 coping with the death of someone [In the end, the robot Jeff had to come to terms with the grim reality that his creator had died.]
 
 
+movie: Frankenstein (2025)
+==========================
+
+:: Title
+Frankenstein
+
+:: Date
+2025-08-30
+
+:: Description
+Frankenstein is a 2025 American Gothic science fiction drama film produced,
+written, and directed by Guillermo del Toro, based on the 1818 novel by Mary
+Shelley. The film stars Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as
+the Creature, with Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz in supporting roles. The story
+follows the life of Frankenstein, an egotistical scientist whose experiment in
+creating new life results in dangerous consequences.
+
+:: References
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein_(2025_film)
+
+:: Ratings
+4 <paul>
+4 <mikael>
+
+:: Choice Themes
+obsession with a life-dedicated project [Victor Frankenstein was maniacally fixated on "curing" death through science. Because Victor refused to fall in line by ceasing his research in the reanimation of corpses, he was expelled from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.]
+maker and monster [The story explores the tortured relationship between Victor Frankenstein and the miserable creature he created.]
+the flip side of immortality [The Creature lived as an outcast from society and longed for death, but could not die because its flesh regenerated almost instantly from any injury.]
+loneliness [The Creature was lonely and condemned to a life of solitude. It tried to convince Victor to create for it a companion, but Victor refused.]
+the need for companionship [The Creature was condemned to a life of solitude, and demanded of Victor to fashion for him a companion monster.]
+
+:: Major Themes
+playing God with nature [Victor Frankenstein's work on reviving the dead using electricity was decried by the establishment as an unholy abomination, and that the giving and taking of life was the sole province of God.]
+hubris [Victor Frankenstein was determined to conquer death itself by reviving the dead using electricity. He shockingly asserted that "Perhaps God is inept!" when told by establishment figures that the giving and taking of life was the sole province of God. He followed through on his allegedly blasphemous plan by bringing life to a patchwork man assembled from miscellaneous body parts, but the result was a monstrosity. In short, Victor put himself above God with catastrophic results.]
+pride goes before a fall [Victor Frankenstein hubristically imitated God by making a monster out of miscellaneous body parts. The Creature ended up being the cause of the deaths of those closest to Victor. It then proceed to harrow and torture Victor in its attempt to persuade him to create it a companion monster.]
+pride in one's own creation [Victor Frankenstein was initially over the Moon at having used science to bring life to a patchwork man assembled from miscellaneous body parts. He, however, fell into despair once it became apparent that he had created a monstrosity seemingly capable of uttering one word only.]
+mad scientist stereotype [Victor Frankenstein isolated himself in a Gothic-looking laboratory where he maniacally set about bring life to a patchwork man assembled from the body parts of hanged criminals and fallen soldiers.]
+scientist occupation [Victor Frankenstein was pioneering the reanimation of dead bodies through the simple expedient of sending lightning mediated electric currents through their lymphatic systems.]
+undead being [The Creature was a patchwork man assembled from the body parts of hanged criminals and fallen soldiers.]
+coping with being an outcast [The Creature lived as an outcast from society and longed to die.]
+unkillable attribute [The Creature was cursed with flesh that regenerated from any physical damage it sustained.]
+brother and brother [Victor and William Frankenstein had a frosty relationship as youths, but warmed up to each other as they became older and wiser.]
+engaged couple [William and Elizabeth very nearly tied the knot, Victor's attempts to get between them notwithstanding.]
+reconciliation [The story culminated with Victor Frankenstein reconciling with the Creature that he had created, as Victor laid on his deathbed. Victor gave the Creature his blessing, and the Creature forgave him.]
+
+:: Minor Themes
+polar exploration [Captain Anderson and his crew managed to get their iron-hulled ship trapped in ice while sailing for the North Pole. While trapped they encountered a gravely injured Victor Frankenstein along with the Creature he'd created. In the end, the Creature took mercy on them and used its prodigious strength to free their vessel, whereupon they set sail for home.]
+super strength [The Creature possessed prodigious strength. Notably, it heaved Captain Anderson's ice-bound ship up out of the frozen waters in which it was lodged.]
+father and son [Young Victor didn't get on well with his stern father, Leopold Frankenstein, who was a surgeon of some renown.]
+mother and son [Young Victor loved his mother and blamed his father for her death.]
+what it is like to be pregnant [Claire Frankenstein's physician husband forced her on a blood-drinking diet to keep her strength up during her pregnancy. She nevertheless died in child birth.]
+coping with the death of a parent [Young Victor grieved for his mother after she died in childbirth. He blamed his father for her death.]
+uncle and niece [Harlander interacted with his niece, Elizabeth.]
+electricity [Victor Frankenstein used electricity, harnessed through lightning, to bring to life a patchwork man assembled from the body parts of hanged criminals and fallen soldiers.]
+historical event <The Crimean War> [Victor Frankenstein rummaged around a frozen battlefield of the ongoing Crimean War in search of body parts.]
+war [Harlander was profiting from dealing arms to at least one of the belligerents in the Crimean War.]
+capital punishment [In one scene, several condemned men were shown waiting in line with trepidation to be hanged before a cheering crowd.]
+invasion of privacy [Victor brazenly concealed himself in a confessional and heard Elizabeth's confession.]
+arms trade [Harlander was profiting from dealing arms to at least one of the belligerents in the Crimean War.]
+coping with having a chronic condition [Harlander had advanced syphilis. He funded Victor's research with the ulterior motive that it would lead to a cure for his ailment.]
+sexually transmitted disease in society [Harlander quipped "One night with Venus, a lifetime with Mercury" when he explained his condition, syphilis, to Victor.]
+hunting [In one scene, the Creature was shot by a small band of hunters who were out looking for game.]
+blindness [The rustic family grandfather was blind and helpless.]
+compassion [The blind man took pity on the Creature and befriended it.]
+friendship [The blind man took pity on the Creature and befriended it. He affirmed their friendship with his dying words.]
+the quest for immortality [Harlander suffered from advanced syphilis and had little time left to live. He bankrolled Victor's research in the expectation that Victor would somehow reanimate Harlander after death.]
+unethical experimentation for scientific progress [Victor's peers at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh the were horrified he demonstrated to them a macabre reanimated head and torso.]
+revival long after death [Victor Frankenstein reanimated a head and torso in front of a visibly horrified college of surgeons.]
+the making of a monster to society [The Creature that Victor created was initially gentle and innocent. Because Victor and others treated the creature with cruelty, it eventually became vindictive and violent. It killed several sailors and was partly responsible for the deaths of several people at the wedding.]
+coping with being disfigured [The Creature was rejected by people out of hand on account of its grotesque appearance.]
+human vs. monster [Captain Anderson and his crew were terrorized by the Creature.]
+cruelty [The Creature resented the cruelty which which Victor had treated it while chained up in the tower dungeon.]
+
+
 movie: Godzilla vs Kong (2021)
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notes/stories/television/tv-night-gallery.st.txt

@@ -2624,7 +2624,7 @@ Directed by: Jeannot Szwarc. Story by: Rod Serling.
 organized crime [The story concerned a gangster, August Kolodney, who was being targeted for a hit by other gangsters.]
 facing organized pursuit [Kolodney had a mob hit out on him.]
 coping with being injured [Kolodney sustained a gunshot wound and had to seek retirement.]
-struggling with a life-changing decision [Kolodney contemplated early retirement.]
+human life choice [Kolodney contemplated early retirement.]
 what if I was held captive and made an exhibition object [Kolodney was made a specimen in Kolodney's remarkable collection of famous human beings.]
 facing life in captivity [Kolodney had life extension treatment and was imprisoned in some sort of macabre collection.]
 life extension technology [Dr. Glendon used a gland revitalizing drug extend the lives of his museum specimens.]