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Midnight Pals: Kenneth Branagh's Frankenstein
🕑 Added 2025-10-21 17:05:41 +0000 UTCSir Kenneth Branagh: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of Sir Kenneth Branagh's Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Branagh: it's the Frankenstein film most to the vision of its original creator
Branagh: me, sir Kenneth branagh
Branagh: and that means no igor
King: no igor? oh but you gotta have igor!
Barker: yeah we all love igor
Barker: he's like the renfield of Frankenstein
Mary Shelley: sup fuckers
Poe: mary, Kenneth here was just about
Branagh: ahem, i think you mean SIR Kenneth Branagh
Poe:
Poe: yeah, so sir Kenneth here was just about
Branagh: sir Kenneth BRANAGH
Poe:
Poe: sir Kenneth Branagh was about to tell a version of your Frankenstein story
Branagh: the most accurate version to the original text
Shelley: is there any fucking igor in this
Branagh: there is no igor
Shelley: thank fuckin god
King: oh but you GOTTA have igor!
Mary Shelley: they're always going on about the fucking igor
King: dean loves igor
Koontz: I LOVE IGOR!
King: see? it's his favorite character
Koontz: i like when igor says the funny line
King: he loves that
Shelley:
Branagh: there's no igor in this version
Branagh: i hope you're prepared for a real dull slog that takes itself way too seriously
Branaugh: and also every dresses like a trigon
Lafcadio Hearn: he's not called trigon!
Lafcadio: he's called vash the stampede, you baka gaijin!!
Branagh: so frankenstein is this guy who's really dedicated to his work
Branagh: a real workaholic
Branagh: everyone is always "jeez Frankenstein"
Branagh: "how about you take a break once in a while?"
Branagh: "maybe have fun once in a while"
Branagh: but working too hard is his fatal flaw
Branagh: his hamartia, if you will
Branaugh: the important thing is that dr Frankenstein is gonna be real hot
Branaugh: and shirtless
Shelley: yeah this is my vision
Shelley: very true to my vision
Branagh: Frankenstein is just too dangerously hot
Branagh: wearing his sexy old timey breeches and no shirt
Branagh: see, he's just too great
Branagh: he's just like me irl
Branagh: let me tell you, this Frankenstein has a star studded cast
Branagh: you've never seen john cleese act before
Branagh: he's not wacky at all
Branagh: and, of course, Helena bonham carter
Barker: oh love to see her
Barker: she always brings great crazy lady energy
Barker: always seems like she's about to break into the safety dance
King: a real stevie nicks type
Barker: yeah that's it
Branagh: Frankenstein goes to college in the university of transylvania
Branagh: but he faces discrimination for being swiss
Branagh: there's a lot of anti-swiss prejudice, you know
Lovecraft: [sweats] those filthy, swarthy swiss
Branagh: this Frankenstein adaptation is extremely serious and portentous
Branagh: except for the bit where Frankenstein and Robert DeNiro are slipping around in goo
Branagh: just rolling around in goo
Branagh: just absolutely wallowing in it
Poe: is this how you envisioned it, mary?
Mary Shelley: yeah why not
Comments
Shirley R
I didn't know that Helena Bonham-Carter was in it. Does she still think transitioning is a "fad" that will die down soon so we can just ignore it? I guess growing up with a last name that has it's own Wikipedia page means you can ignore pretty much all of reality.
Shirley R
So ... Branaugh sees the doctor as the good guy. Very "Cobra Kai" of him.
