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Go us, the room is semi-clean! XD Which is to say that roomie has all the nifty shelves and suchlike, so her things are all compartmentalized, while mine's all ... well, it's neatly-stacked. No, really, and my nest is comfortable♥
So, we're watching this "updated" modern version of Frankenstein on TV (yay made-for-TV movieness!). It's ... interesting, in a way, because it seems to have the premesis that Frankenstein made several "monsters" who're genetically enhanced and "improved" and are 'programmed' so as to not want to die. It's, ah, not exactly what I expected when I saw the preview. XD; Apparently, these creations of Frankenstein's (only, in the movie, he's Helios?) are not able to kill themselves, and thus have to use other people to die. It's like two stories are going on simultaneously -- the murder mystery of the "monster" who wants to be caught, but acts upon its instincts to survive, and then the whole human/creation of life taboo story that the original Frankenstein story drew upon.
I'm honestly NOT sure what it's trying to do, here. XD; The whole story has that vaguely frustrating feeling of potential that's right there under the surface, but hasn't quite gotten there yet. Watching this, they've done some really neat stuff in terms of the atmosphere and directing, but the plot's too weak to sustain a lot of it, and so it kind of fizzles out.
Maybe I was just expecting too much from a made-for-TV movie. XD;
I'd like to see a modern-day Frankenstein story, but then I stop and think that FMA is kind of like that, actually -- the whole idea of how humans are not meant to create life, living with and trying to atone for the sin of trying to follow in the path of gods and return the dead to life, or to just create life itself. It's like going back to what I was saying about originality a while back -- you can either try to tell a new story, or a new way to tell an old one, and it feels like this movie is trying to do that, it's ... just not really making it. XD;
We start our unknowns in lab this week. PLEASE YE GODS OF CHEMISTRY GIVE ME SIMPLE COMPOUNDS SO I CAN GET OUT OF LAB THREE WEEKS EARLY. [coughs]
ETA: Okay, so, it's like, a sequel-but-not to the original Frankenstein story? But it left off in such a way that roomie and I were all "buh?" because uh, yeah. Sucktastic ending -- it's like they were leaving it wiiiiide open for a sequel, but it was supposed to be a one-shot movie. WTF?
So, we're watching this "updated" modern version of Frankenstein on TV (yay made-for-TV movieness!). It's ... interesting, in a way, because it seems to have the premesis that Frankenstein made several "monsters" who're genetically enhanced and "improved" and are 'programmed' so as to not want to die. It's, ah, not exactly what I expected when I saw the preview. XD; Apparently, these creations of Frankenstein's (only, in the movie, he's Helios?) are not able to kill themselves, and thus have to use other people to die. It's like two stories are going on simultaneously -- the murder mystery of the "monster" who wants to be caught, but acts upon its instincts to survive, and then the whole human/creation of life taboo story that the original Frankenstein story drew upon.
I'm honestly NOT sure what it's trying to do, here. XD; The whole story has that vaguely frustrating feeling of potential that's right there under the surface, but hasn't quite gotten there yet. Watching this, they've done some really neat stuff in terms of the atmosphere and directing, but the plot's too weak to sustain a lot of it, and so it kind of fizzles out.
Maybe I was just expecting too much from a made-for-TV movie. XD;
I'd like to see a modern-day Frankenstein story, but then I stop and think that FMA is kind of like that, actually -- the whole idea of how humans are not meant to create life, living with and trying to atone for the sin of trying to follow in the path of gods and return the dead to life, or to just create life itself. It's like going back to what I was saying about originality a while back -- you can either try to tell a new story, or a new way to tell an old one, and it feels like this movie is trying to do that, it's ... just not really making it. XD;
We start our unknowns in lab this week. PLEASE YE GODS OF CHEMISTRY GIVE ME SIMPLE COMPOUNDS SO I CAN GET OUT OF LAB THREE WEEKS EARLY. [coughs]
ETA: Okay, so, it's like, a sequel-but-not to the original Frankenstein story? But it left off in such a way that roomie and I were all "buh?" because uh, yeah. Sucktastic ending -- it's like they were leaving it wiiiiide open for a sequel, but it was supposed to be a one-shot movie. WTF?
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I agree that it would be cool to see a modern-day Frankenstein that's pretty faithful to the book. It'd certainly be something new, at least as far as the masses would be concerned.
*sacrifices NaCl to the Chemistry Gods to plea for you*