Victor Frankenstein Page #3

Is he always like that?

No. He's very clever,

and he is kind.

He just finds

ordinary people very...

...ordinary.

Victor, how did you...

Who are you?

You're the fallen angel.

Plummeted from any other great

heights lately?

Maybe you should try this one.

It's only, oh...

...all of 30 feet.

You've had worse.

I'm afraid the only thing

plummeting here

is my opinion of you,

Mr. Frankenschteen.

Frankenstein.

All right, Victor.

Igor, um...

Igor speaks

very highly of you.

Would you like to join us?

Now, of course,

I can't tell you everything,

but suffice it to say...

...Igor and I stand upon

the cusp of...

...creating life out of death.

Mr. Frankenstein...

Victor. Please.

I find your promise

more than a little unsettling.

Ooh.

Superstitious, are we?

No.

Are you not afraid to

challenge the natural order?

Igor, speak up.

What do you think?

Once, I would have agreed

with you, Lorelei,

but think about it.

Twenty years ago,

electric lights

would have been

thought of as magic.

Your injuries in the circus

would have been fatal.

Every day science

and technology

changes the way

we live our lives.

Look at me.

Well said, that man.

Life and death are different.

"Life and death!"

I dream of a world

where hope replaces fear.

A world where a murdered man

can stand in court

to face his murderer.

Where a crippled soldier,

shrapnel in his spine...

...can be killed, healed,

then brought back to life

to walk again.

Don't you see?

The possibilities are...

...endless! Life is beautiful!

But unfortunately

it is finite.

Now, tell me what that says.

"Death."

Thank you very much.

I cannot argue with that.

There it is,

in black and white.

But with a little

applied science...

...what do I give you now?

"Life."

That's

what I'm trying to do.

Perhaps I spoke too soon.

You shouldn't

see that girl again.

What? Why?

Well, she's very nice.

Uneducated, superstitious.

Distraction from our work.

She's kind to me.

Tonight was not about

meaningless frivolity.

It was a celebration

of our work together.

I think it is high time...

you met our monster.

Don't tarry! Come, come, come!

Come on!

What is that?

Gordon.

What?

Gordon!

You made this?

No, no, no.

We... made this.

Lungs, heart, spine, brain...

...all your work.

All...

...impossible without you,

in fact.

Victor...

You promised me

this was all about life.

It's about more than that.

Hands off.

Three... two...

...one.

Come on, come on, come on.

Shh!

Look.

It's alive.

Yes, it's... alive.

It's alive?

Victor... how?

Can't quite move yet.

Charge lasts barely an hour,

and the bottom half

is predominantly

a rude mockup.

You have created life

out of nothing!

Do you realize

how significant this is?

Oh, I have an inkling.

You are to accompany me

to the college tomorrow.

I've announced that

I'll be making a presentation

of my private work.

I'm coming to the college

with you?

As your assistant?

Igor, try not to be

quite so dim.

From this day forth...

...you are to be my partner.

Letter for you,

Miss Lorelei.

Letter? From who?

Dear Lorelei:

We've had a breakthrough.

Please come to

the Royal College of Medicine,

Hall H, this evening at 8 PM.

Igor.

Big presentation in Hall H.

Presentation in Hall H.

Big presentation, Hall H!

Igor, around to the right.

Since the beginning

of modern medicine...

...there has been

an assumption...

...regarding the status

of mortality...

...that being that death...

...is an unavoidable...

...event, the inevitability of

which we should...

...take for granted.

I will show...

...today

that life is not some...

...grace bestowed

upon us by...

...some outdated notion of

an all-powerful...

Get on with it.

Yes, of course. I'm not

accustomed to public speaking.

Igor, would you prime

the dynamo for me, please?

Yes, master.

I would like to show you,

uh, show all seven of you...

...and, of course,

the young lady...

Come on, come on!

I have a coach waiting.

Uh...

I give to you... life...

...by my own... creation.

Cattle market.

I have built this homunculus

from various body parts...

...I got from...

the London Zoo.

They've had a terrible time

with the upkeep

of their exotic animals,

all to my benefit.

He's mainly chimpanzee...

...but with the aid of

my esteemed associate,

Igor Straussman,

we've managed to interlace...

...multiple individuals,

multiple species

as a matter of fact.

Igor, is it ready?

They're staring at me.

Thank you.

Do come to the front.

Get a closer look.

Don't be shy.

He won't bite.

Now, by the miracle

of electricity...

...I give you in three,

two, one...

...life.

God!

I've seen enough.

No!

Don't go!

Igor, shock him again. Harder.

Three, two, one... now!

Frankenstein, you've surpassed...

...all expectations, even by

your own expansive mythos of

strangeness and perversion.

This is spectacular.

It's delightful!

Just an exquisite show of...

...depraved lunacy.

Igor.

Full charge.

Ready?

Igor?

Ready.

Now!

Oh, look,

there she goes, Victor.

Bing, bang... boom.

What have you got next?

Perhaps a midget

hidden inside your rotting

meat sculpture's stomach...

...ready to pop out

with a bouquet of ro...

Do you see?

It's all right.

Gordon... Gordon...

Igor!

Lorelei, stay back!

Lorelei, are you all right?

Igor!

I'm fine.

Don't let him escape.

Gordon! Stop!

Ahh!

No, no! Don't go out there!

Victor!

Calm down, Gordon.

Get him off me!

Gordon?

Victor!

Ahh!

Igor,

what have you done to him?

Victor! Help me, not him!

Victor, we have to kill it!

Do it, Victor!

It was out of control!

We made progress today!

It was homicidal!

I had no way of knowing

that Gordon...

Am I to understand

that you built that?

Yes!

I apologize.

I misjudged you.

Your flaws, though they're...

...glaring and massive,

are merely social...

...not intellectual.

I find your work

astonishing...

...and to be

perfectly frank...

...brilliant. Brilliant!

Quite beyond

my own ability to comprehend.

Could you create another one?

I could,

and a whole lot more beside.

But that would take

considerable resource.

As you are aware,

I do come from the third

richest family in England.

As a result, I can provide you

with whatever it is

you so require.

In that case, yes.

And when you say... "more"?

A man.

A thinking, intelligent being.

Can we discuss this?

I like this ambition.

You were right, Igor.

The beast was dangerous...

...but now we have

the opportunity

to show the value of our work.

You and I, Igor... we shall

create a man after our own...

...image.

Think of it.

An intelligent...

...civilized...

...man.

I'll want

another demonstration.

I want to know whether you can

take direction.

Follow orders, so to speak.

Is that a problem?

Victor, we cannot.

No.

Excellent!

Expect to hear from me soon.

You did not create

this technology

and yet you presume to

tell me how to use it.

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