tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post6499351844088484322..comments2023-11-05T02:57:06.922-05:00Comments on The Vault of Horror: Random Ramblings from the Vault...B-Solhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-10589523960010458262010-03-16T12:04:08.876-04:002010-03-16T12:04:08.876-04:00Oh bubbolah-no, boobala-damnit, bubala, GAH! How t...Oh bubbolah-no, boobala-damnit, bubala, GAH! How the Hebrew does one spell these Jewish pet names?deadlydollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06061028044836745499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-31460082712142330312010-03-16T10:30:46.525-04:002010-03-16T10:30:46.525-04:00Oy vey...Oy vey...Theronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15511059300267887753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-69299720256290177282010-03-15T23:36:54.321-04:002010-03-15T23:36:54.321-04:00Nice! That's my Jewish half in action :-)
&quo...Nice! That's my Jewish half in action :-)<br />"No it's fine, I'll be ok. I just be by myself. You go, do what you want...."B-Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-38573681607230758122010-03-15T23:34:36.306-04:002010-03-15T23:34:36.306-04:00You're getting dangerously close to guilting m...You're getting dangerously close to guilting me back into attending. Plus sharks. And geekiness. Hm. Still must think on it.deadlydollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06061028044836745499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-53420930166649605982010-03-15T23:15:11.415-04:002010-03-15T23:15:11.415-04:00LOL Had a feeling you'd chime in, E.I. :-) You...LOL Had a feeling you'd chime in, E.I. :-) You jilted me, woman! Now I have to take in all that sharky goodness all by lonesome.B-Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-55399429581524731412010-03-15T23:12:03.076-04:002010-03-15T23:12:03.076-04:00Now you've gone and cast me as a deadbeat date...Now you've gone and cast me as a deadbeat date!deadlydollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06061028044836745499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-19798021779974094472010-03-15T22:50:16.829-04:002010-03-15T22:50:16.829-04:00And Pierre, thanks so much for your great insight ...And Pierre, thanks so much for your great insight here. I was kind of hoping the expert on all things Frankenstein-related would be able to weigh in! <br /><br />Your considered response really gives me a lot to think about. Maybe I need to embrace the name thing! I think what really pushed me over the edge was watching Frankenstein Conquers the World, in which they continually refer to the monster that way.B-Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-25059519479884871742010-03-15T22:47:59.770-04:002010-03-15T22:47:59.770-04:00Andre, you must face your fears, woman!! I'm h...Andre, you must face your fears, woman!! I'm hereby ordering you to come down to NYC Friday night for Kevin Geeks Out About Sharks. Especially since Kate and Emily bailed on me!B-Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-37021474906785323972010-03-15T22:01:03.345-04:002010-03-15T22:01:03.345-04:00On the use of “Frankenstein”, as someone who runs ...On the use of “Frankenstein”, as someone who runs a blog entirely devoted to the subject (and you’ll note that I always refer to the scientist as Frankenstein and his creation as The Monster), with respect, I’d like to come down firmly on the side of “Get Over It”. <br /><br />Both Frankenstein and his creation have been referred to as “Frankenstein” ever since Mary Shelley’s book was published 191 years ago. The name almost instantly became shorthand alternately and equally used for anyone who created something they couldn’t control, or someone or something that was dangerous and uncontrollable. For instance, a politician might be called a Frankenstein for creating a financial mess, and the financial crisis itself would be referred to as the Frankenstein that haunts its creator. Slave owners were referred to as Frankensteins creating the monsters that would destroy them, and slaves in revolt were Frankensteins striking back at their creator.<br /><br />Words and meaning evolve. Persistent, repeated and widespread popular use creates new meanings. You mention Michael Jackson in your post. Note that he used the word “bad” to mean “good”, “great” or “terrific”. We don’t tut-tut the transformation operated here because we understand that a word can have two and sometimes simultaneously opposite meanings. Frankenstein has two meanings, and the language is richer for it.<br /><br />And by the way, if you have to play hall monitor for the literary origins of Frankenstein, note that you are in error when you mention the monster being “created in a laboratory by Dr. Frankenstein”. In Mary’s book, the Monster was sparked to life in a small garret, hardly a laboratory, and — more to the point — Frankenstein is never referred to as a doctor. Frankenstein was a student of chemistry, natural philosophy and alchemy. Call him an experimenter, but his doctorate was apparently earned a century on, after Universal started making movies about him. If the Monster as Frankenstein irritates, then certainly Frankenstein as Doctor should too. <br /><br />Cheers!Pierre Fournierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16109698812799559366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-21988197798971733582010-03-15T21:53:59.302-04:002010-03-15T21:53:59.302-04:00i usually go forward in the schedule at night befo...i usually go forward in the schedule at night before i go to sleep, looking for what is on in the middle of the ,and dvr anything good...there is usually something awesome on tcm! i always wonder why they put really good stuff on in the middle of the night!cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10331689337299062712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-11097890649252801772010-03-15T19:24:11.846-04:002010-03-15T19:24:11.846-04:00Ahhhh you had to post a scary picture of a shark d...Ahhhh you had to post a scary picture of a shark didn't you? You sir are mean!Andre Dumashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07170879111034420803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-66261752223143657212010-03-15T14:29:04.358-04:002010-03-15T14:29:04.358-04:00I'm a TCM junkie. It keeps me from getting don...I'm a TCM junkie. It keeps me from getting done what needs to be done. But I can't turn it off. I too saw the creature features that night. Love to love to love...Theronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15511059300267887753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-81716524358420797102010-03-15T09:48:33.724-04:002010-03-15T09:48:33.724-04:00Emily, probably the closest we've got is Mothr...Emily, probably the closest we've got is Mothra. But I always think the larval version is just too cute to be afraid of.<br /><br />Mike, I usually go with "the Frankenstein Monster". Either that or Irving.B-Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-21634789550954678472010-03-15T09:22:44.264-04:002010-03-15T09:22:44.264-04:00While I agree to an extent re: the monster, what s...While I agree to an extent re: the monster, what surname should we give him? Considering he was conceived (to an extent) by Dr. F, it makes sense that he would pick up the name. And as an equal rights kind of thing, I think it's fair to give him a name instead of just calling him "The Monster".The Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09871017982169159144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-20095469881653364202010-03-15T07:15:56.082-04:002010-03-15T07:15:56.082-04:00I watched The Monster That Challenged the
World (...I watched The Monster That Challenged the <br />World (world's worst monster title?) and was a little disappointed as I was expecting more of a caterpillar feel than I got. Where are my killer caterpillar movies?! Those are the most horrifying creatures in existence and yet no one's made a good movie to point that out! I did, however, love the old fashioned '50s sexism there. Good times.<br /><br />And sadly I probably won't be able to make it out to the shark show, and I swear it's not because I'm halfway through Catcher In the Rye. I'm actually expecting to pick up my laundry load of hip neck scarves.deadlydollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06061028044836745499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470604276410220159.post-15348078151426707852010-03-15T05:03:57.215-04:002010-03-15T05:03:57.215-04:00Seconded regarding Frankenstein.Seconded regarding Frankenstein.Proud Maisiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07559009415342685299noreply@blogger.com