Frankenstein

Slideshow: Frankenstein (1931)

Jon's Random Acts of Geekery (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

First slideshow of the month features Universal's first Frankenstein! Enjoy! Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR .

Frankenstein's controller: The PS360 Controller

QJ.NET (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

Like the Xbox360 controller but have a PlayStation 3 console? No problem. Modder Benjamin Heckendorn combined the look and feel of an Xbox 360 controller and planted in it the guts of a PlayStation Dualshock 3. The result, as you can see, is some form of super race for next-gen console controllers. Ben calls it the PS360 Controller. Along with the other, more obvious modifications, he also replaced...

A true Frankenstein footballer

U's Blog (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008

Anyone seen the article on the BBC website about Football's Frankenstein ? Some bloke is apparently taking the best bits from the worlds top footballers and training himself to immitate them using some kind of brain programming. When he's finished he seems to think he'll be the ultimate footballer. Sounds like a load of old crap to me, but it did get me thinking about who you could combine to...

Football's Frankenstein

BBC Sport (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008

Can a team of experts turn an average Joe into the next Cristiano Ronaldo?

Castle Frankenstein to Close Up Shop

Movie Dearest (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008

Mel Brooks' musical version of his Young Frankenstein will take its last "roll in the hay" January 4 . The high-ticket production, which failed to receive the plaudits and Tony Awards of its predecessor, The Producers , is planning to launch a national tour sometime next year.

Castle of Frankenstein #9, Part 4!

Jon's Random Acts of Geekery (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008

... 58! Page 31 is a very short article about Geramny's revival of horror films. Next time around: Frankenstein TV Movie Guide, which is in the F's! Jon

Shuttering of Young Frankenstein Practically the Greatest Thing Thats Ever Happened

This is ShowBiz (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008

Last week the economic apocalypse hit Broadway with the announced closings of four shows. But as out-of-work actors and stagehands dine on old Playbill s and light ushers on fire for heat, theater people still have reason to smile this morning — one of those shuttering musicals is The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein . The Times reports today that last week's bad news for the show is...

• Shuttering of ‘Young Frankenstein’ Practically the Greatest Thing That’s Ever Happened - Vulture

Broadway “Young Frankenstein” Closing

The PopCrunch Show (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008

Young Frankenstein, the musical adaptation of Mel Brooks’ popular 1974 film, is the latest victim of nosediving ticket sales on Broadway. The show will end its run at the Hilton Theater in January 2009. Young Frankenstein is one of a host of shows scheduled to close at the beginning of the year, including Spamalot, Hairspray, and [...]

• Mel Brooks - Young Frankenstein To Close On Broadway - Contactmusic Ltd
• It’s alive! Alive! Oh, wait… - TONY Blog

Wake the Dead - Concept art for Steve Niles Frankenstein type film

Live for Films (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008

Writer Steve Niles (30 Days of Night, Epilogue) gave ShockTillYouDrop.com a look at one of the conceptual pieces from the upcoming feature film adaptation of his graphic novel Wake the Dead. "The screenplay, written by Jay Russell and Jim V. Hart is complete," Niles tells us. Russell is also directing for producer Charlie Lyons. "We recently met with Richard Taylor of WETA and they are set to go,

One year later, 'Frankenstein' closes on Broadway

The Big Blog (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008

"Young Frankenstein," the Mel Brooks musical that made its highly anticipated debut at Seattle's Paramount Theatre last August, is ending its Broadway run, producers announced Sunday.

Shuttering of ‘Young Frankenstein’ Practically the Greatest Thing That’s Ever Happened

Vulture (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008

Last week the economic apocalypse hit Broadway with the announced closings of four shows. But as out-of-work actors and stagehands dine on old Playbill s and light ushers on fire for heat, theater people still have reason to smile this morning — one of those shuttering musicals is The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein . The Times reports today that last week's bad news for the show...

Young Frankenstein Folds, & Schadenfreude Strikes B'way

ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008

"The last week was one of the grimmest on Broadway. Within eight days four shows announced their closings. Yet the news about 'The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein' shutting its doors Jan. 4 seemed to spark an unusual guilty glee among theater people." Its sin, in their view? Arrogance....

Young Frankenstein Flop Maybe Got What It Deserved [Puttin' On The Fritz]

Gawker (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008

Camelot is over! No one can pay their Rent! The West Side Story these days is that lots of Broadway shows are closing! Ahem. Yes, lots of big glittery plays and musicals are shutting their doors...

'Frankenstein' VHP has no control over Bajrang Dal

Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008

Some fringe groups and individuals from the saffron brigade are now beyond the realms of their 'creators' - the RSS and the Hindu Mahasabha.

The Curse of Creation

Sniffing The Touchline (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

Dr Frankenstein gets a pretty bad rep these days. If you think about it though he was only doing what all visionary scientists do and pushing the boundaries of the possible; it’s not like he was just assembling various female bodyparts to create his ultimate sex toy. But before you get carried away, this piece is unfortunately not about a mad inventor kidnapping the world’s best players, physically...