Frankenstein: Plutarch's Lives - Extra Sci Fi - Part 4

[@extrahistory]

When you look at Victor Frankenstein and the Monster's life stories, they have so much in common. How did they become so different? This episode was brought to you by The Great Courses Plus. Start your free 1-month trial today! ow.ly/d2U530egc5R

[@arthur4350]

In Parallel Lives, Caesar is compared to Alexander, being that they are both major conquerors. Caesar is NOT compared to Cato the Younger. We don't have Cato Jr.'s parallel and comparison and we don't have the comparison between Caesar and Alexander either. The parallel drawn by Plutarch is between Greek and Noble Lives only....and it's not a parallel based on political opposites.

[@emilsipinen3019]

Do minigames on the game channel

[@jamieDodds56]

You know you've just become the cheer sheet of spool many people doing Frankenstein in their English gcse in the summer

[@Bombom1300]

Unfortunately, that probably is the case. But unlike a lot of the other cheating stuff out there, Extra Credits actually wants to educate and inspire, so I think eve n people using it to cheat will get something worthwhile out of it.

[@marktaylor6491]

Does it do courses on coding as well? I'm trying to learn T-SQL at the moment. Btw, great video. Again.

[@michaelolson7626]

The Cottagers portion of the story is just brutal. His learning their language alongside Safie, witnessing their devotion to one another as well as reading their history simultaneously gave him hope for kindness in people, and a true knowledge of just how alone he is. He even approaches the blind DeLacey in an attempt to be able to show his personality separate from his appearance. You could see the close nature of the cottagers juxtaposes the relationship of Victor and his Monster. Safie, an outsider, gains acceptance and approval, while the monster is reduced to feeling like he can only speak to a blind man. Safie subverts being a submissive woman by refusing to return to Constantinople, while the monster, who is so far only a monster in appearance begins to hold to monstrous beliefs such as "True hatred and vengeance for all mankind." While getting shot in Chapter 16 is the straw the breaks the proverbial monsters back, it's all set up by seeing the close devotion of the cottagers, realizing what he was denied with Victor, and having it torn away from him again.

[@UndeadGirlCyber]

Because a thumbs up wasn't strong enough to express my agreement: Well put.

[@snakes3425]

The Cottagers though I feel came more from a misunderstanding, DeLacey was blind, and while he was talking to the Monster as a friend, the Cottagers not knowing what was going on come home to find what in their eyes is an intruder who broke into their house, and for all they knew intended to rob and kill them. I like to think that off panel DeLacey chastises his family, and realizing their error try to find the monster in the hopes of apologizing and making amends for their mistake, but by then the monster was long gone

[@michaelolson7626]

Thanks a million! : )

[@strings1984]

Michael Olson if you would like an interesting remake look at "Penny Dreadful"

[@strings1984]

Antediluvian Spy your missing the point of the monster being portrayed in a sympathetic manner; it is so that the reader can ask the question, "if I where the monster would I have this destructive path, wouldn't we all?"

[@gabrielnoschang7257]

Fun Fact: In the Persona series, all the inhabitants of the Velvet Room are named after Frankenstein characters, with the exception of Igor, who is named after the generic name for creepy lab assistants, and Theodore, who could be named after either Dr. Theodore Boher, from Ghost of Frankenstein, or Theodor Richard Edward con Holst, the first illustrator of the novel. Elizabeth is named after Elizabeth Lavenza, Margaret to Margaret Walton Saville, Justine to Justine Moritz and Caroline to Caroline Beaufort

[@drakan4769]

well, there IS an Igor character in (some of) the movies (specifically the third one, son of frankenstein, played by Bela Lugosi)

[@geraldgrenier8132]

Which is why Igor become the generic name for lab assistants to mad scientist.

[@lemmingrad]

You missed Theodore.

[@gabrielnoschang7257]

lemmingrad I mistook Theodore and Alphonse, my mistake, sorry, I'll fix it

[@thepbrit]

I must say the art this episode was amazing!

[@davidhueso]

Thanks a million , triying to do my best here :D

[@mistakenmeme]

I can tell that your getting better at art.

[@filipafklinteberg3311]

The art in this episode is gorgeous.

[@davidhueso]

Thanks a lot!

[@Noon3rs]

It's interesting...Extra Credits, the show that started this channel, is rapidly becoming the part of this channel that I am the least invested in. Extra History is one of my favorite webshows ever, and Extra SciFi is quickly climbing that rung just as quickly. (I'm not bashing EC at all, FWIW) Please keep up the great work!

[@catgirlgolem1298]

Noon3rs me too man

[@kurumachikuroe442]

I agree with your sentiment

[@thegodofalldragons]

I think their main series has been having trouble lately finding good subjects to talk about. They seem to have exhausted a lot of the more interesting topics on game design.

[@jroden06]

I can sympathize, however I haven't felt the same personally. I'm finding their videos to be more entertaining as they cover a broader range of subjects and I'm finding I really appreciate their perspectives and even personal introspection like in the "Letters to my Nephews" videos. It's an anecdote, but I really do appreciate the more personal view of KZbin content creators and I find that James, Dan, and the entire creative team have only become better at expressing themselves as individuals and a team as they've continued to create.

[@maximeteppe7627]

the main episodes seem to be too short for the increasingly specialized and specific subjects they tackle now. I feel the episodes would often benefit from more examples. A problem absent from the more personal episodes.

[@obscurity6558]

The content coming from the 3 Main Series of Extra History feels like the classroom outside the classroom, I can't stop watching!

[@HaterSince2001]

Every time I listen to one of Extra Credit’s video, I feel as if even if I were to spend all my life thinking of something, I will never achieve true comprehesion. But it’s this incredibly hard challenge that makes want to thrive for more, more knowledge, more wisdom or more awerness, that is why I thank you extra credit, because you make me want to thrive for more.

[@forresthenry297]

The art for this series has been incredible.

[@davidhueso]

Thanks a lot , that seems to be the predominant feeling on the comment section, i´m so happy :D

[@Tyler-sy7jo]

As a fellow internet capable learning human, I have found partaking in this Extra Sci-Fi ritual to be most enjoyable.

[@TheDefeatedGamer]

I think it’s important not to completely discount Victor Frankenstein: Throughout the book we learn of the tragic circumstances of his mother’s death. He loved his mother very much (perhaps a little too much) and this affected his outlook on life itself when he got to Ingolstadt. He was fixated on fame yes, but he started with the simple intent of saving a loved one. It was only as his mad drive consumed him that he made the ‘creature’. It’s a mistake he takes great lengths throughout the book to come to terms with. When he rejected the ‘Creature’s’ demands (even upon threats of great pain and suffering) do we see a man who has changed and is moral and considers the suffering the ‘creature’ inflicts as inevitable. This is true bravery: to understand the pain you will suffer and accept it, even embrace it, for the greater good.

[@brigidtheirish]

He also let people suffer and die needlessly to keep his secret. And his redemption felt partial at best when I read the book. Granted, the whole thing felt like a huge slog by that point as I'd come to see Frankenstein and his monster as barely tolerable, terribly selfish characters. I was an adult by the time I read it, too.

[@mikked01]

"Internet capable learning human." Dan knows too much! Prepare to initiate Plan 9.

[@ThePublicDominion]

These future events will affect us in the future.

[@vinetu73]

The art for these Sci Fi episodes is amazing, the artist(I think it was David) really outdid himself on this one, I like a lot of the depictions and I've always like this art style ever sense I started watching you guys, I think the Sci Fi series is a great addition to the channel.

[@davidhueso]

Well, Thanks a lot , that it´s so great. I´m a sincere fan of scifi since I was a teen and I love horror so the series was tailored to me and I really enjoy drawing these episodes I have mutch more creative freedom here too, so that gives me the opportunity to stretch my art muscles a bit. I´m really happy that you enjoy it. Again Thanks for the comment really appreciated that.

[@VenseyNess]

Sometimes I think this channel is run by me from the future, with all the similar interests, insights, and ideas that I have. But then I realize it must be from a more distant future, because I am nowhere near as talented at expressing it yet. I learned about Frankenstein 3 years ago in school. We spent 2 months on it, analyzing it to death. I've learned about the same amount from 2 months of daily work as I have from four concise, entertaining videos. Endlessly impressive. Please, keep it up. (Oh, and I don't care about product placement, as long as it's not too egregious.)

[@pearsetraynor9142]

Vensey Ness The channel may represent "you" in the future, for it may simply be personified as a replication of your own personality, only more developed, further along the evolutionary tree, if you get my meaning. Should your personality continue down the same path, you may replicate the channel one day. Or there's the other possibility that you have misdiagnosed you and your personality. Food for thought.

[@Aratovi]

I Sense your critic... But schools seem to try to educate pupils how you can distill Lessons from fiction

[@jamesstewart3856]

Things to do: 1: Dune Series 2: Roadside picnic & etc 3: Lovecraft That is all

[@georgewest3787]

James Stewart And Jekyll & Hyde

[@deadlywork]

The art in this series is probably the best the channel's ever had.

[@davidhueso]

Thanks but I feel that is some wild exaggeration my friend :D

[@phoenixrq9139]

whoever is drawing the robots, BRAVO! you could make it a genuine form of art

[@jasonmorello1374]

I havve to say, this series is really both highly educational and entertaining. One other quality that Sci Fi pushes more than any other literary form, is the nature of growth via learning and development, and that very knife edge hazard of stopping before you have really learned what you should have, just because you have learned something oyu can see to use. But really, this series I hope continues, as it really rocks.

[@majestic6192]

I love your work Extra Credits, dont ever stop .... plz

[@Felipehez]

The illustrations and the writing in this series is incredible!!!

[@FeamT]

The visuals in this series are just on a whole other level, really looking forward to seeing more of that on the channel!

[@davidhueso]

Thanks a lot , It takes more time and effort to have detail and realistic touches here and there but people seem to dig so far the new art.

[@dialaskisel5929]

Any chance we'll get some Asimov down in this joint?

[@merrittanimation7721]

Dialask Isel I sure hope so. Foundation and his other works need to be more popular.

[@akiraishin7141]

Yes please! Give us some Asimove!

[@Bluecho4]

Absolutely needs to happen. Just examining his Foundation, Empire, and Robots series - and how they were all eventually tied together - would be fascinating by themselves.

[@123Widowmaker]

would LOVE to see him cover asimov's foundation series.

[@coenkusters8043]

I really hope so.

[@hoodiesticks]

Man, can I just say the art in this episode was phenomenal? I feel like that doesn't get said enough for this series (or this channel in general).

[@Adamantium9001]

Every episode of this new series so far has been flabbergastingly phenomenal. It might be my favourite thing you guys have ever done, and I've been watching since the beginning.

[@UndeadGirlCyber]

Frankenstein is one of my favorite books, so seeing so many excellent videos dedicated to it, is truly a gift. Here's an aspect I never saw discussed anywhere: The monster might have lied. You feel so much sympathy for him when he tells Frankenstein about his life - but what if it is all or in parts a fabrication to persuade the doctor to make him a mate? With how much cunning the monster shows later on, it's not completely out of the question. One more thing which adds complexity to this tale.

[@LaZodiac]

One thing I like about that passage you mention is that, he describes that his adventure is making him feel like a child exploring his native river. And yet, the book is going to inspire the exact opposite in the real chidren who read this.

[@Tora565]

I am a huge fan of Extra Credits, and I just want to say that I am very excited about Extra Science Fiction. I really enjoy your videos, and appreciate how well you can make complicated subjects easily comprehensible without the time and expense of taking a course. Well done to all of you, and keep up the good work. This is what the internet can and should be.

[@feralgrin]

Thank you for the Roadside Picnic callout! Can't wait till you get to it.

[@HladgerdKissinger]

The art has been fantastically done for this whole series!!

[@inactive2909]

"Go learn you a thing, internet capable learning human" is now my new favorite quote from this channel. I will use this in the future.

[@ingonyama70]

The ART in this episode...Man, I just love it so much. I'm also learning more about Frankenstein here than I ever learned from pop culture. Learning about the Plutarch influence is absolutely awesome -- it's so neat to learn where the Creature got his moral compass from, because it sure as stitches wasn't from Dad. It makes me sad, and a little angry, that a book with this kind of subtlety and nuance is just seen as a "Science BAAAAD" parable to so much of the world.

[@CrystalGears]

"It doesn't matter who we are. If we let ourselves be consumed by the desire for vengeance, petty or grand, we are all wretchedly the same."

[@interestingcommentbut....7378]

I wish this would’ve came out when I was assigned to read Frankenstein in high school. You guys explain the character juxtapositions way better than my teacher ever could

[@listomania13]

Hears "The Zone": "GET OUT OF HERE STALKER!" However, really enjoyed the video and the new series! I really hope y'all will cover Roadside Picnic and the movie STALKER.

[@PinWriter]

When suddenly the art goes from the usual 2D to remarkable 3D...

[@shirokuro4053]

I love this style of drawing it is very fluid and dynamic compliments to the artist

[@Treviisolion]

I just love your aftercredits observations. Like “you seem like a person with an internet connection”

[@ThunderWolf2100]

I must make a note: the ad at the end of the video was wholesome and really, really cool, and it made me laugh, keep them that way and you will keep me watching them

[@jimkirk9890]

awesome switch with the art. Love it!

[@stewartgames6697]

I always liked the interpretation that Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein as a way to criticize her lover Percy Shelley for being so cold and unaffected by the death of their premature daughter. Here's one of her letters to a friend summing up the situation: "My dearest Hogg my baby is dead-will you come to see me as soon as you can. I wish to see you-It was perfectly well when I went to bed-I awoke in the night to give it suck it appeared to be sleeping so quietly that I would not awake it. It was dead then, but we did not find that out till morning-from its appearance it evidently died of convulsions-Will you come-you are so calm a creature & Shelley is afraid of a fever from the milk-for I am no longer a mother now."

[@Cage532]

As much as i enjoy the limbless bean-people of Extra Credits and Extra History it's a treat to see David Hueso cut lose on a few of those panels. Also i love the Extra Sci-Fi uniforms and Dan's new lectern.

[@davidhueso]

Thanks a lot , I have more time and creative freedom in this series so eyah , why not go and add some more panels there. it´s great to see that peeps dig em.

[@jddnjddn314]

Cant wait for you guys to get to dune. Big fan, keep up your work it's some of the best.

[@timothymclean]

A video on a book about history, hoping to teach the reader lessons applicable to life, was sponsored by a service which provides videos about history, hoping to teach the viewer lessons applicable to life.

[@sirarokh]

Wow, the art in this episode is breathtaking!

[@davidhueso]

Thanks a lot, I´m triying my best to make it better everyday.

[@SolWake]

Congratulations +David Hueso on some amazing art! Some of the panels, like the cave, are downright cinematic! Love the dynamics, love the colours! Keep it up! Of course, wonderful episode EC! Can't wait for next week!

[@ShanghaiFlyer56]

F**king magnets, how do they work?

[@davidhueso]

miracles

[@wisemoon40]

Out of all the adaptations of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, I have to say my favorite so far is the treatment of both Victor and The Monster in Penny Dreadful. Penny Dreadful was a marvelous collage or mosaic of all the famous Gothic monsters: Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll, Dracula, Dorian Gray and more. Additionally, it was masterful at weaving all these disparate stories into one coherent narrative, one which followed the narrative structures and themes of the Gothic genre, and also which made frequent reference to the real-world influences and products of that Genre. Specifically though, the long-form of a television series gave the writers plenty of room to explore the relationship between Victor and his creation. They wove a tapestry of emotion, motivation, values, and ideals that showed how similar they were and yet how different their paths became. I doubt that any cinematic movie could possibly develop those two characters as much as Penny Dreadful did. Their mutual interactions with the other characters in the series also brought enormous depth to the portrayal--the similarities and differences between Victor and Dr. Jekyll, for example (who in this series was portrayed as an old chum of Victor's from medical school). If you haven't watched it, I highly recommend it. It's only three seasons, from 10-13 episodes per season, and is a complete story centering around the original character of Vanessa. It really is a masterpiece and should get much more attention than it has.

[@ScaryWombat]

The art in this episode was particularly excellent, by the way.

[@davidhueso]

Thanks a lot , really triying to be beatter at it :D

[@ethanmemer9460]

You just saved my junior research paper! Thank you so much!!!

[@c0i9z]

It seemed to me, when I read the book years ago, that the monster didn't want revenge for himself, but instead wanted to instill a vengeful feeling in Victor. Thus, Victor would seek him out and he would finally gain a relationship other than simple rejection.

[@coenkusters8043]

I must say I really like this new series already even tough I did not read Frankenstein nor these books presented here. I am looking forward to your analysis of Isaac Asimov (assuming you will cover these books). Really like the show. Thank you for making it.

[@janeyrevanescence12]

This was one topic that we discussed at length when we read Frankenstein in one of my college courses and that is how the Monster and Frankenstein both blamed other people (Frankenstein lamenting his father never told him why reading the alchemists was bad and all the things that happened to the Monster) when in reality it didn't take away the fact that they made the decisions to act as they did. Granted, the Monster had a genuine sympathetic motivation "Then Let Me Be Evil" whereas Frankenstein didn't...adding another layer to "who is the real monster here; the Creator or the Creation?"

[@kingshukmondal3892]

If this series had started a year before...It would have helped a lot with my grades..Great show#EC

[@sceptre1067]

just rewatched stalker in a theater couple weeks ago.. thank you!

[@Drunkenbagera]

The illustrations in this one was amazing!!

[@davidhueso]

Thanks a lot , I´m really triying to make the best out of this :D

[@Drunkenbagera]

I can tell! Looking forward to more :D

[@ReaverLordTonus]

This is some deep stuff. I can't wait till you guys analyse 20,000 leagues under the sea.

[@nowhereman6019]

I'm loving these cartoons.

[@davidhueso]

Thanks , we love making them.

[@nowhereman6019]

David Hueso That's awesome.

[@fatbabylikesfood518]

It seems like great courses plus sponsors all my favorite channels I have really got to sign up once I get some spare cash

[@mikelake1306]

Do! If $50/mo for unlimited access to all the lectures is too steep for you, consider Audible. We subscribe to Audible at $15/mo. That includes one book credit per month, which I spend on Great Courses lectures. I love them, love them, love them.

[@lucianodebenedictis6014]

I think that's what they're going for, so maybe think twice about it

[@crabkid5200]

it's got a free trail, pretty good

[@ShaolinPretzels]

This might be the first time I actually follow through with a paid promotion. Seems like a cool service.

[@youtubeuniversity3638]

Books within books is amazing.

[@viliussmproductions]

The Zone. The Zone! Hey, can you do Roadside Picnic next?

[@7OwlsWithALaptop]

Williamz my thoughts exactly!

[@everythingsgonnabealright8888]

*some time in the series. Yeah, I would love that too) Love brothers Strugatsky's works)

[@mjgeorgeproductions5094]

YES!

[@benmusgrove7490]

I know, my ears pricked up when I heard those words too! I'd love to see an academic dissection of Roadside Picnic.

[@the6ofdiamonds]

For some reason, I was pleasantly surprised when they brought up The Zone. I would love to see them crack away at Roadside Picnic.

[@halavanderdrake3956]

I love the Elder Sign at 4:02. =)

[@jacktraveller8290]

Loving the new art style.

[@GaldirEonai]

Elder sign at 4:00 ...looks like they might be slipping into another novel there :P.

[@marktaylor6491]

I cannot wait for your series on Dune. And for the whole of the 'New Wave' in general.

[@theUnrealArchon]

Is that a Finland doesn't exist joke, or just a quickly drawn globe?

[@davidhueso]

my geography sucks sorry.

[@arttra9158]

It's a long, long way from Japan. But so close to Russia...

[@legodawg2001]

I can see how perceptive you are. Impressive

[@MrLifeBr]

I saw Jules Verne, maybe do a series on him and show how Sci-Fi effect real Science. i once read an interview with Dan Shechtman, a nobel winner, and he said Jules Verne inspired him. i also was inspired by Jules Verne to go to engineering.

[@jeremysalkeld8742]

1:33 But Caesar was paired with Alexander, not with Cato. Sallust certainly compared the two, but Plutarch was concerned with defending Greek identity at a time when Roman expansion seemed unstoppable, and thus chose to pair Greeks and Romans together.

[@daviddelpozofiliu5556]

Woah, you guys are really taking your time exploring the book. Not complaining, tho!

[@carlrenzi]

Congratualtions on your new series (and the others as well). I was delighted with the first episode because the day before I made a presentation called "Science Fiction and Society". I alao said that Frankenstien was the first scifi novel and if people only knew the story through the movie they didn't know the story. ;-)

[@greg3284]

Bradbury next? It would also introduce the idea of the short story, as well as all those cultural touchstones...

[@iggsolo]

Don't want to add on all of the request you already have but it would be amazing if you could delve into Hyperion and any of Stanislaw Lem's books. Keep up the great work.

[@walterendres4829]

Robert reading Jules Verne in a book written in 1818 is such a charming anachronism ...

[@Sordatos]

I don't think it was just because the Creature was ugly, as I understood it, it was the realization of the "crime against nature", he feared that the Creature would have children and become a danger.

[@professorOfLies]

"Go learn you a thing!" I'm gonna use that in my classes.

[@XenotronChannel]

Dan, could you please...I mean really please...start making audio books in this fashion it is just mesmerizing to listen to it!

[@DomyTheMad420]

Stargate SG-1 10x06: "Science fiction is an existential metaphor that allows us to tell stories about the human condition. Isaac Asimov once said, "Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinded critics and philosophers of today, but the core of science fiction, its essence, has become crucial to our salvation, if we are to be saved at all."

[@TheBlazeThrower]

I think one of the most important juxtapositions is between Elizabeth (his adopted sister-come-wife (I know right)) and Victor. Whilst Elizabeth "could contemplate with a serious and satisfied spirit the magnificent appearances of things, [Victor] delighted in investigating their causes." Shelley describes Elizabeth as this "celestial" woman who "shone like a shrine-dedicated lamp," to associate her pureness and beauty with her appreciation of nature to emphasise her condemnation of Victor's desire to "pursue nature to her hiding places." A similar comparison is present between Clerval's exaltation in happiness in nature and Victor's eyes; "insensible to the charms of nature." Shelley even writes "How great was the contrast between [Victor and Clerval]" very clearly directed her audience to make these connections. All in all, Shelley was a Romantic who valued human's ability to appreciate nature, and her cautionary tale can be seen as a warning against plunging one's hands in to the fire of nature as opposed to being warmed from a distance, (the Monster demonstrates this difference between observing and investigating with a literal fire).

[@Asheriancommand]

I hope you guys cover warhammer 40k and its effect on science fiction or helk Dune.

[@merrittanimation7721]

StormWarriors2 Dune definitely

[@everythingsgonnabealright8888]

I don't think WH40k influenced sci-fi in any major or noticeable way (huge fan here, by the way, I can read lore and books for weeks). It's just so independent, got it's own thing going, some kind of gothic epic technofantasy. But yeah, Dune will be covered, I think so too)

[@Ericnorify]

How warhammer 40k affected scifi? That would be a very short episode.

[@michaellewis1545]

I would love if they did but I doubt they will.

[@ggbotan8591]

Please

[@samuelgiraudo8748]

I cannot wait for the inevitable Dune episode

[@swedichboy1000]

Could you people do one of these for H.P LOVECRAFT?

[@Mindoth]

swedichboy1000 That would be so great!

[@TheKiro5505]

You did see the elder sign in this episode right?

[@heroofdermwood]

Not quite a deep dive into all things Lovecraft, but they did tackle what games get wrong about Cthulhu. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXXcg6uiq7JsjK8

[@btCharlie_]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXXcg6uiq7JsjK8 this is a great summary of lovecraft, the ultimate feeling he conveys, if there is one

[@gaburaisuknakrack4620]

And please mention the blatant, pervasive racism at least once. I see that get shoved under the carpet over and over again in nerdy discussion surrounding lovecraft.

[@pikamario99]

DANG there's some good art in this episode

[@davidhueso]

Thanks a lot I´m trying to get better at this every day and come with something different.

[@planetfall5056]

those Robot (or Vec?) drawings ares Soo good! :3

[@davidhueso]

I just love to draw cute little robots , after jake parker ofc. Thanks !

[@RothurThePaladin]

I really hope you guys talk about Dune. Its my favorite scifi series.

[@AlexanderJWF]

Absolutely love the video as usual... But am I the only one that's gonna mention the awesome robot designs?! Were they all original? Either way, rad!

[@davidhueso]

Not the only one to pick those robots and yes those are my robot designs , I love drawing cute small robots everytime I can after the great Jake parker ofc, Thanks!

[@dyingearth]

Caesar is paired in Lives with Alexander. Cato the Elder is paired with Aristides while Cato the Younger is paired with Phocion.

[@elizabetharr8551]

I have to read plutarch for my class on gothic lit and this helps me SO MUCH! thank you!!

[@525Lines]

Gulliver's Travels is also an early scifi novel about exploration.

[@Appolyon]

Lol, at 4:27 Robert in his youth reads Jules Verne, whos birth is predated from Frankenstein by 10 years.

[@hasiumcreeper5384]

Extra Sci Fi: Talking all day about Frankenstein and its roots in preparation to talk all year about Sci Fi and it's roots.

[@EspenOset]

Love this series, do Rendevouz with Rama next!

[@wires-sl7gs]

This is a great series, you guys should consider making alternate history videos, their very interesting.

[@everythingiseconomics9742]

I read Frankenstein twice and didn't catch how important these books were to the monster.

[@antwan1357]

Perhaps Frankenstein should have had a book where he becomes a writer ? That would make for an interesting book signing.

[@joesphistalin2800]

This was awesome, great work again! While it may be a stretch, having so many series going, maybe you could make a fantasy one. A whole new thing, like your extra history. I have an idea for a first series, Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time books (It's 14 books but It's the best book series ever written) and it's able to make you think and take sides on the whole deal. You should definitely look into it. But anyways, great work!

[@theblockhead8097]

The art though!

[@davidhueso]

Thanks a lot , I´m trying to get better and add a personal touch to those illustrations.

[@BoardwalkBhikku]

@ 3:59- At The Mountains of Madness. Nice slipping that in there...

[@davidhueso]

Thanks , I´m a huge Lovecraft fan.

[@BoardwalkBhikku]

David Hueso Awesome- just finished reading a bunch of his work. Don't know if you lot will touch on him in this series- more weird fiction than sci fi- but if you did that would be a hoot.

[@altairibnlaahad4431]

Another example of juxtaposition is how Luke and Anakin are compared. They were both considered the chosen ones by their peers and were profound in using the force so greatly that they helped their allies. But, they fall under the idea of vengeance and rage. While Anakin turned to the dark side by fueling his anger into slaughtering sand people who killed his mother, Luke didn’t give in to his hatred and hoped for his father to turn to the light side once again.

[@Rikuluva12]

Intelligence is knowing that Frankenstein is the scientist, not the monster Wisdom is knowing that Frankenstein is the monster