16 thoughts on “Five Things About The Frankenstein Chronicles

  1. Ooh okay you’ve convinced me to check this out; in general the title would’ve probably dissuaded me so I’m glad you’ve covered it. And Frankenstein has been sitting on my shelf for a while now, too, so maybe it’ll inspire me to pick it up at last.

  2. Had this on my watch list, as I greatly enjoy Sean Bean (even when he dies all the time). Now I know to move it up the list! Thanks!!!!

  3. The first season really hooked me and then the twist happened and… I wasn’t sure how I felt about it, and I have never finished season two yet. It just isn’t holding my attention.

  4. It’s not a period piece, but worth watching Sean Bean in “Far North,” Michelle Yeoh’s creepy masterpiece. He gets naked at the end, and the how and why is creeeeepy!

  5. Huh, this makes me want to watch this. I loved the original novel but I feel like Frankenstein and Dracula always get adapted into versions that try to be much flashier than the source material and it takes away from the whole point of the book.

    (Bit of a tangent, but I just finished a smutty historical novel where in between banging the two main characters argued about Frankenstein and what the message was supposed to be, and it was a really well done bit of characterization and it also makes me want to be friends with the author)

      1. A Seditious Affair by KJ Charles.

        Her stuff is the bomb. I usually can’t get into stuff marketed as genre romance because it feels like everything retreads the same couple of settings/plots and archetypes but this is not that. Like, all her books are her take on some semi-obscure aspect of history that she’s decided to nerd out on (Cato plot, victorian taxidermy, spiritualism) and her characters are usually fleshed out with interesting strengths, weaknesses, kinks, hobbies) and then there’s usually an exciting plot too.

  6. I got to episode 5, and I was liking it but not loving it. There was a budding relationship with a gigantic age disparity that squicked me out. Then another relationship started up that felt very exploitative with a girl who is not only very young, and half the age of the guy, but is also clearly traumatized and a very recent victim of intense abuse. I had enough at that point.

  7. You forgot to mention that Princess Margaret (er, Vanessa Kirby) shows up in a small but crucial role.

    I watched this show while working, so I didn’t have my full attention, but I kept thinking that without Sean Bean it would only be middling, yet with him it is fantastic. Bean has evolved into the archetype of Deeply Flawed Man of Great Integrity. From his IRA terrorist in “Patriot Games,” to Boromir in LoTR, to myopic Ned Stark in GoT- basically all his roles fit this mold. What a way to be typecast!

    I’m at the point where I don’t want to know anything about Sean Bean the actor, because if he is not the same as Onscreen Bean it would be so disappointing!

  8. Watched the whole first season. The last episode had me like, “What the WHAT?!?” It went wayyyyy sideways. But I do love me some Sean Bean.

  9. I loved Mary Shelleys costumes, even if they might be on the “simple” side

  10. I did like Lady Jemima’s green dress, but agree it seemed “out of time”, especially when she turned to reveal the obvious zipper in the back! Even a very “well to do” Lady did not have access to a zipper in 1824 since it wasn’t invented until the 1850’s! I love the show, but this really bothered me.

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