Episode #41 - Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein"
Friend Amelia is here!
Andy: “I got this as a set, paired with Bram Stoker’s Dracula. I watched the first because it has Tom Waits as Renfeild. This doesn’t have Tom Waits, or Renfield, so I’ve been slacking on seeing this one. Pretty sure Oscar sold me this at Barnes & Noble.”
Oscar: Aw man, it’s full frame?
Andy: Really? Bram Stoker’s Dracula wasn’t.
Stacey: Maybe we’ll see some good Pan-And-Scan action. (0:00)
Jackie: “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…” (0:01)
Oscar: It’s The Thing! (0:06)
Andy: I’m pretty sure their conventions don’t allow that.
Jackie: It’s Sgt. Hatred! (0:09)
Oscar: He’s dressed like Austin Powers. (0:10)
Andy: Heeeey…
Jackie: Ugh….
Oscar: Can we have a single day where we don’t see or talk about baby birth footage? (0:11)
Andy: Woah. Big staircase.
Oscar: If I were them I’d sping for a railing. (0:11)
Andy: I used to have of those… not one of those… or one of those. (0:13)
Jackie: Wait, is she the girl from earlier?
Amelia: Yeah.
Andy: She grew up fast in three years.
Jackie: They’re going to have sex later. (0:19)
Jackie: This is a weird role to see her in.
Andy: “Marla….”
Oscar: “I want to have your abortion.” (0:20)
Oscar: That is a killer apartment.
Andy: That is a killer overcoat. (0:21)
Oscar: Hey, that’s John Cleese.
Jackie: Woah. (0:23)
Andy: Wow. 200 years in the past and the Jocks still suck.
Jackie: I was gonna say - 1700s douchebag. (0:24)
Andy: This is good. Have you ever seen Cleese in a role like this?
Oscar: I feel like I might have.
Amelia: I’ve seen Cleese in a role as a serious person with comedic undertones… (0:28)
Andy: It’s great watching this in a thunderstorm. (0:30)
Andy: Victor! Settle down!
Oscar: “It’s not aliiiiiiivveee!” (0:33)
Andy: So, are these birthing chairs?
Oscar: Apparently. As people get born in them a lot. (0:38)
Jackie: The music is kind of excessive.
Amelia: “I left you for a dead guy!”
Andy: And the whole smacking you over the head with color thing.
Oscar: Yeah. (0:44)
Andy: Oh man, look at the eels.
Oscar: Trent Reznor is just hanging out here. (0:46)
Jackie: How long is this scene going to go on?
Amelia: And all the goo wrestling.
Andy: And you thought Oscar’s cameo was good. (0:49)
Jackie: Who is it?
Oscar: Robert DeNiro.
Jackie: Oh, wow. (0:53)
Stacey: Roll in the hay.
Amelia: “Roll, roll, roll in the hay.” (0:58)
Oscar: He’s got a scar on his head like I did.
Andy: Little different than how you did.
Oscar: Yeah. His goes all the way back. (0:59)
Andy: He’s not moving his hands nearly enough as the song suggests he is.
Oscar: Behind the Music with Jethro Tull. (1:03)
Andy: What was that?
Stacey: Down.
Oscar: Plague scabs. (1:05)
Oscar: Seems like a long time for a giant to be hiding in the pig sty of a house. (1:07)
Andy: I kind of wish Gene Hackman was back in this role. (1:10)
Oscar: Is this how you guys’ wedding is going to go? (1:15)
Stacey: His English is getting better. (1:15)
Andy: Uh-oh.
Amelia: This kinda spell trouble.
Andy: I think she’s about to go for a roll in the hay. (1:17)
Andy: Man, shitty week for the Frankensteins. (1:21)
Andy: This movie’s got a lot of time left to be into the thrilling conclusion.
Oscar: Yeah. (1:23)
All: Ugh…
Amelia: That’s a terrible thing to say!
Oscar: “You really know how to set the mood, honey.” (1:38)
Andy: I could have sworn that she died in a fi-… oh there we go. (1:41)
Stacey: The long dramatic fabric! Be sure to drape it behind you! (1:42)
Oscar: It’s like Frankenhooker!
Andy: It’s like Frankenstein! This is in the book! (1:43)
Andy: I feel like he could have taken the time to do this a little better.
Amelia: Yeah, like make her a steel ribcage.
Jackie: Yeah, why did they have to do this? (1:46)
Stacey: He’s really bad at this stitching thing.
Amelia: He really should have made the stitches smaller. (1:48)
Andy: I’m not sure that’s how they wanted the pyro to go there. (1:51)
Amelia: Is it bad that the scene on the boat reminds me of the Wishbone episode? (1:51)
Andy: I appreciate how faithful this was to the book, at least as I remember it. Still, it walked a strange line between a major motion picture and an artsy film that never really resolved itself. And De Niro was creepier in Taxi Driver. 1 Brain, from Abbey-somebody.
Jackie: Pretty good movie, although I really wish I finished this book in high school. 1 Really Bad Idea.
Stacey: This movie was a greatly improved by the lightnging storm currently going outside. Though even without it, it would still be well done. 1 Flaming Bride.
Oscar: This movie was kinda slow, and pretty damn overwrought, but it’s worth it to see Robert De Niro as Darkman. 2 Lynch Mobs.
Amelia: It made me really dizzy, and reminded me of Wishbone.3 Unnecessisarily Large Stiches.
