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Apr 27 08 3:17 PM
Bobtheman wrote: It's been suggested that when the editing was done to FMTW, it was as if Ghost had not occurred at all, the continuity was lost in the series. Assuming there was meant to be continuity, despite the editing .... It wasn't common knowledge that the Monster had a brain transplant. I don't believe that Eric or Elsa would have told anyone. They were the only survivors from Ghost who knew this. Ludwig was a Scientist. All Scientists keep notes of their experiments. Ludwig also had access to his father's journal "The Secrets of Life and Death" it is not hard to imagine that he would have made notes of the monster's brain transplant in his father's jounal. When the Monster appeared in the village in FMTW, there was no reference to it having Ygor's brain by the villagers et al.So, if Neiman had discovered the original brain in the ruins, he would have paid it no heed. His plan was to replace the Monster's brain with one of his enemies. And there's nothing in House that shows he found the original brain and transplanted it. Indeed, Neimann commented he had yet to find a way to combine Frankenstein's techniques with his own. Talbot gave Frankenstein's journal to Neimann. So, if Ludwig's brain transplant experiment was written in the journal Neimann would surely have read it. Therefore, if he had discovered the original brain he would have known what it was because Ludwig, being the scientist he was, would have labeled it as the Monster's Brain. (Hey that would have been a great title for a sequel). If Igor's brain had deteriorated to a point where it would be useless, or threaten the health of the monster, Neimann could have made the decision to practice with the original Brain and have made that comment about technique to Talbot just to stall him and get him off his back. There are a lot of things in these movies that are either hinted at or not explained at all, so just because it does not show that he found the original brain does not mean that he did not. Frankenstein's ghost asked Ludwig what if it had another brain. He didn't say a transplant wouldn't have worked. Of course we know it was just Ludwig talking to himself, not the real ghost of Frankenstein. After Ghost, it was a few years before FMTW. (In the shooting script, the Monster said he was encased in the ice for years). Then, in House, the police said it was several years ago that the dam broke re the climax of FMTW. Thus, it may have been as long as ten years between Ghost and House. When Ludwig and Bohmer did their operations, they timed it so there was no prolonged intervening period between the removal from the Monster of the original brain and replacement with Ygor's brain. The removals were done simulataneously. I can't see taking a brain that had been removed from the Monster's body ten years earlier being put back in and all would be as before. Still, the body and brain had been endowed with life from the cosmic rays. And once endowed with life from the cosmic rays they lived eternally. Even in Frankenstein and Bride, Henry commented on the organs being fresh, such as the heart for the Bride. It's interesting to speculate on all of this, though.
It's been suggested that when the editing was done to FMTW, it was as if Ghost had not occurred at all, the continuity was lost in the series. Assuming there was meant to be continuity, despite the editing .... It wasn't common knowledge that the Monster had a brain transplant. I don't believe that Eric or Elsa would have told anyone. They were the only survivors from Ghost who knew this.
Ludwig was a Scientist. All Scientists keep notes of their experiments. Ludwig also had access to his father's journal "The Secrets of Life and Death" it is not hard to imagine that he would have made notes of the monster's brain transplant in his father's jounal.
When the Monster appeared in the village in FMTW, there was no reference to it having Ygor's brain by the villagers et al.So, if Neiman had discovered the original brain in the ruins, he would have paid it no heed. His plan was to replace the Monster's brain with one of his enemies. And there's nothing in House that shows he found the original brain and transplanted it. Indeed, Neimann commented he had yet to find a way to combine Frankenstein's techniques with his own.
Talbot gave Frankenstein's journal to Neimann. So, if Ludwig's brain transplant experiment was written in the journal Neimann would surely have read it. Therefore, if he had discovered the original brain he would have known what it was because Ludwig, being the scientist he was, would have labeled it as the Monster's Brain. (Hey that would have been a great title for a sequel). If Igor's brain had deteriorated to a point where it would be useless, or threaten the health of the monster, Neimann could have made the decision to practice with the original Brain and have made that comment about technique to Talbot just to stall him and get him off his back. There are a lot of things in these movies that are either hinted at or not explained at all, so just because it does not show that he found the original brain does not mean that he did not.
Frankenstein's ghost asked Ludwig what if it had another brain. He didn't say a transplant wouldn't have worked.
Of course we know it was just Ludwig talking to himself, not the real ghost of Frankenstein. After Ghost, it was a few years before FMTW. (In the shooting script, the Monster said he was encased in the ice for years). Then, in House, the police said it was several years ago that the dam broke re the climax of FMTW. Thus, it may have been as long as ten years between Ghost and House. When Ludwig and Bohmer did their operations, they timed it so there was no prolonged intervening period between the removal from the Monster of the original brain and replacement with Ygor's brain. The removals were done simulataneously. I can't see taking a brain that had been removed from the Monster's body ten years earlier being put back in and all would be as before. Still, the body and brain had been endowed with life from the cosmic rays.
And once endowed with life from the cosmic rays they lived eternally. Even in Frankenstein and Bride, Henry commented on the organs being fresh, such as the heart for the Bride. It's interesting to speculate on all of this, though.
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