tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post7602208639959921592..comments2024-03-28T06:42:11.183+00:00Comments on Hypnogoria: HYPNOGORIA 217 - The History of Universal Horror XXIJim Moonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15834711093704256462noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-78700892170640625752022-08-14T15:13:55.867+01:002022-08-14T15:13:55.867+01:00BTW I think one of the problems with Jungle Captiv...BTW I think one of the problems with <i>Jungle Captive </i>is that the writers just plain didn't know what to do with the Ape-Woman. Instead of having her like a female Wolfman (someone who keeps turning into a murdering hairy monster against their will) they make her a female verion of their Frankenstein's Monster (someone who keeps getting killed, resurrected by mad and/or misguided scientists, then killed again.)<br /><br />And to make things worse, by now they no longer even know what to do with the real Frankie either, since he's now reduced to Wolfie's enemy/sidekick (who <b>still </b>keeps on getting killed, resurrected by scientists, then killed again!) If that wasn't enough to keep him a popular, audience-grabbing character, despite the attraction of the Frankenstein name, there's no way it would work for her.<br /><br />And the really, really annoying thing? At one point in <i>Jungle Captive </i>there's a close-up of a newspaper front page. Pause it and you'll see that one of the smaller headlines tucked away below thw main story is about paleontolgists digging up a mastodon skeleton. What an opportunity that would've been! Ape-Woman vs. rampaging, magically re-animated mastodon skeleton! Just imagine it!<br /><br />Oh well...solar penguinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00728740139045059913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-83990914973190112472022-08-14T13:25:12.000+01:002022-08-14T13:25:12.000+01:00Yay!!! Great to see the Universal series back agai...Yay!!! Great to see the Universal series back again.solar penguinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00728740139045059913noreply@blogger.com