I'm so glad Simon has found a place to release his hyper side. Ever since brain blaze went to a sit down format it's just not as fun! This channel is one of the funnest one's he has.
not gonna lie this one in particular is very funny. Not sure I noticed a particular channel being more fun than others. I watch them all. I can't handle too many videos of biographics in a row for example. 3 was enough in a row to avoid it for the rest of the day. I just don't Wana forget by inundating myself. for example Joe Rogan is good but I wouldn't want to watch for too long. it's his guests that make it interesting. and some of them are full of sht.
Y'all don't make mistakes, eh? The 1931 Frankenstein movie starred Boris Karloff as the monster, not Lon Chaney Jr. Also, in the book, the monster's name was Adam
The "we don't make mistakes" was definitely sarcastic and on the nose, Simon isn't that egotistical. Take up mistakes with the author Kevin. He apologized for the mistake replying to another comment
" Scientists are considering cloning headless human bodies. This would provide an endless supply of organs for those who need them as well as giving me nightmares for the rest of my life "!! - Norm MacDonald
If you’re interested in this type of horror fiction, I recommend Herbert West: Reanimator by Lovecraft. Not that it’s necessarily more realistic, but it is more detailed and hella creepy.
Something even harder to believe; the Monster is described as Beautiful by more than just Frankenstein... and Frankenstein's only issue with the monster that makes him pretty much abandon it was the fact his eyes were creepy... Man made of bones from a graveyard or whatever and meat from a butcher shop turned out beautiful somehow...
beauty is in the eye of the beholder! frankenstein would have been looking at it being beautiful the way an arachnophile would look at a spider! the vast majority of humans would dissagree lol
@@jessgunn6639 But like he said, it's not just Frankenstein who thinks this. The monster is described as hauntingly beautiful in a sort of uncanny valley way. He's supposed to have gorgeous flowing black hair, but it's also always greasy. He has perfect teeth, but his lips are two thin to fully wrap around them so he always appears to be eerily grinning. His skin is flawless, but it's pulled so tightly around his body, you can see his veins and muscle fibers underneath, and so on.
Probably not a fan, but - The Brain of Morbius - 1976 classic Doctor Who take on the Frankenstein idea. The brain was kept alive outside of the "donor" body, whilst the new body was being constructed piece by piece as those pieces became available...
Wonderful as usual, Simon. RE: the book - I suspect there is no Monster, and that the book is the original Fight Club; Frankenstein is murdering everyone and then blaming the magical 'monster' he made - this interpretation is explored in Hammer Films' excellent 'The Horror of Frankenstein,' but few others seem to have noticed it. So in effect, folks that mix up the Monster with Frankenstein - they're kinda right.
Sorry, I was so concerned with trying to make sure I got the science right that I forgot Karloff was Frankenstien before Chaney. I shall commit seppuku now
Wonderful as always. This is my favorite Simon channel. But, I would like a video about the dude who does mouse head transplants. I know you did the Russian and the two headed dogs a while back. Perhaps it could be on Into The Shadows?
all I'm going to say man is truthfully I'm subscribed to everyone of your channels your intelligent and f****** hilarious and the last line about treating your morgue like a f****** Build-A-Bear workshop f****** awesome keep up the good work
Thanks again Kevin and Simon!!! Fun subject!!! Dont know any Frankensteins monsters, but DO know somebody who regrows bits like tonsils, after 5 kids, her hymen, and had multiple rows of teeth like a shark lol!!!
@@gunkyzip well, let's see. It was the Tenth or Eleventh Doctor, and Amy's pregnancy was a thing, maybe The Silence was already at least foreshadowed, and The Headless Monks had information necessary to move the plot forward. I'd look it up but I just started re-watching from the Ninth Doctor and want to enjoy not remembering exactly as I revisit the series. If you google 'the order of the headless' there will be details. I'm not sure what "The Mistress re-'whatwever: things" means but I hope this is what you were looking for. Note to Self: Re-watch Futurama someday, too. Fun stuff.
The stereotype of the Monster walking with his arms outstretched comes from "Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman", in which the original script had the Monster being blind, as a result of tissue incompatibility (as explained at the end of the previous movie, "Ghost of Frankenstein"). However, this detail was written out of the script after scenes had already been filmed with Bela Lugosi as the blind Monster. (They also removed all the scenes of him talking, and made the Monster once again mute. They traded lack of sight for lack of speech.)
This reminds me of what I want tattooed on my corpse when I donate it a med school. "Dear Future Dr. Frankensteins, should any wish to reanimate my corpse, please do so. It has always been my lifelong, now deathlong, dream to be chased by pitchfork- and torch-bearing villagers."
So we would need a Hostel/Saw-style murder house with an attached O.R and a team of world class surgeons. That would be a creepy twist on the franchise 😂
You should have included Pham Nuwen from A Fire Upon the Deep who was revived some 30000 years after his death by an incredibly advanced ai that scavenged the missing body parts from other dead members of Pham's crew as this is more or less the hard sci fi version of Frankenstein's monster.
After having someone recommend Paulo cohello's book several months ago, this made me laugh ever so slighty. 😅 Simon never the one to shy away from the absolutely insane what ifs.
Before i watch i hope you read mary shellys frankenstein. A beauty of a book were the doctor is more a monster and the “monster” is a mistreated romantic
Simon, you are absolutely wonderful, hilarious and could read the phone book and make it interesting. Allegedly. p.s. Boris Karloff did the 1931 monster. Cheers.
Currently on my subscription newsfeed.... The science of science fiction, Filler, Decoding the Unknown, Side Project, Brain Blaze, Filler, Toptenz, And lastly, Highlight History
Whistler School of Psycopathy-Lesson No. 21513 Frankenstein: Making New Friends 1. Looking for the good in people 2. The importance of bonding 3. Electrifying experiences 4. Wishing well a child 5. Public gatherings 6. Late night conversations ...
Thanks for not boring me with a lecture Simon. Had to do Mary Shelly's Frankenstein in highschool. I thought it was mostly over-rated. Mostly, there are some decent elements in there.
Overrated? I mean, kinda if you read it from the POV of modern science fiction, but knowing it was written literally 200 years ago and it's universally considered to be the first science fiction novel... yeah, not so much.
Several years ago they tried to doing short episodes on Today I Found Out, but it wasn't financially viable (only money going out to make the video with none coming in). I remember Daven and Simon discussing it on their original podcast, The Brain Food Show.
I liked the 'could be feasible, kinda' approach to brain transplants in 'Get Out', where the very much alive brain 'donor' was right outside the operating room, just waiting for the inevitable. The whole element of the original brain owner's thoughts & personality being retained, but locked away in a mental prison via pre-surgery hypnosis, was a cool touch.
@@OffRampTourist Even to the point of having a white man's brain transplanted into a black woman's body. Though in that case, the woman was brain dead, so it didn't have the murderous aspect.
Head transplants have been performed on monkeys and the heads were able to wake up and respond to stimuli but subjects only lived a few hours. Experiments have also successfully created “2 headed dogs” by attaching the front half of a smaller dog (I think including the lungs and stomach) onto the shoulder of a larger dog. so the first dog could provide oxygenated blood supply to the brain of the second head. they could walk around and function normally with the second head attached, and both heads could bark, drink water, and respond to stimuli, though I don’t think these subjects lasted very long. There are videos and pictures online of these.
@@Blueknight1960 I don't disagree, but it doesn't change the fact that we are working on it have successfully de-aged mice. Still pretty far from human trials, but it's proven that it works. Regardless of whether or not it's a good idea, it's likely going to happen. De-aging isn't immortality though. You can still get killed, so people will die. Don't worry.
My brain exploded when he said Lon Chaney jr instead of Boris Karloff. The script writer doesn't know shite lol and we all know FactBoy doesn't know films so I'll let Simon off.
a more modern style of Frankenstein's monster was tried out in this old British movie from the 80s, Britannia Hospital. It's more of a social satire, but it's funny.
There is a reason why Dr Frankenstien is called a mad scientist. & a reason to make such a monster can be as simple as because they can/want to, curiosity, etc. Other than that, wanting to create life, bring back the dead & possibly world domination. Depending on which iteration of the character.
There are plenty of semi-frozen heads I'm cryogenic storage that are "hoping" head transplants do become a thing. "Hoping" in quotes because they are actually dead.
Back in the early '70s there was a movie (can't recall the name) in which 2 men died at about the same time. One was shot in the head the other had some other cause of death. Doctors did the first ever brain transplant saving the life of one of the men. The rest of the movie was finding who killed the brain of the man they had both become and the other was the social dilemma of a prominent white man who is suddenly a black man. As I remember it was surprisingly well done.
I remember a TV movie, I think called Who Is Julia. One woman has an aneurism, another gets run over by a steam roller. AJ Simon played the husband of the second woman. Don't remember who the two women were.
@@kellybeck4579 The only movie by that name was a Steve Martin vehicle from 1984. The movie I'm thinking of was from the '70s and starred an African American actor who played a white senator whose brain was transplanted into the body of a black man and with the black man's wife tracks down the assassin of the senator (at least that's how I remember it).
Is this also available in podcast form? I take the Casual Criminalist with me on my phone, and it would be nice to have other Simon Whistler projects too.
Asking the real questions! I listen to DtU and CC a lot on the road and having this on top would be awesome, it's not like the video uses a lot of diagrams
So somebody actually pulled off a short term head transplant.... Marge Simpson noise. I can't imagine the mice even living that long, but will check it out
Why would you want to? The only planet we have to use it on is... our own. Thank God it would blow up before it could blow up a planet. But I think we might one day be able to make a laser powerful enough to cut through a planet's crust, and that would be just as bad.
@@toddnolastname4485 we have nine planets to test a Death Star on actually. Along with many millions of comets, stars, Kuiper Belt Objects, etc.... What part of *anything* that I said, led you to insinuate that I wanted to test a *hypothetical* Death Star on the planet I *LIVE* on? Further, how do we know it would blow up before it became functional? It’s not like we have our own Lando Calrissian to fly into it and blow up it’s core á la “Return of the Jedi”. This is all for curiosity’s sake, just like light sabers, Frankenstein’s Monster, faster than light travel, and super advanced AI.
Another way to fix the pesky decomposition issue for the brain would be to perfect the procedure some university did to freshly severed pig heads: you just use it on the head before you start the operation and keep it like that until the moment comes. Similar procedures may be useful to keep the freshness of the limbs.
