Is Frankenstein a zombie ?

[Mikey]

Something i've always wondered, is Frankenstein considered a zombie ?

Seems like an obvious answer, but I never hear Frankie and Zombie in the same sentence

Sometimes I hear people refer to Frankie as an "android"

[MIB41]

No. I see the two entirely different. By most modern day concepts, zombies are persons afflicted with a disease that kills them, but keeps their bodies animated after death. The Frankenstein monster lives, but was created from the parts of people who just died. He must breath like a normal person and would be mortally wounded if someone chopped his arm off and left him to bleed to death. A Zombie will just keep coming.

[Werewolf]

Frankenstein's monster, in my opnion, is not a really Zombie (he isn't dead or undead and doesn't eat brains) or a Android (he is not a machine). Frankie is closer to a Golem. In Dungeons and Dragons creatures like Frank are called Flesh Golems.

[Mr.Krusher]

MIB41 and Werewolf - I agree with you both, except for the "arm coming off/mortally wounded" aspect... I believe that a 'creation' like Frankenstein (Golem, constructed being, etc.) could be saved from bleeding-out via surgeries or modifications. I see Frank as a less durable Solomon Grundy - Sure, he CAN be hurt/amputated, but he is so sturdy that he can withstand massive amounts of surgery and repairs, FAR more than any 'normal' human. (Long falls, long periods underwater, fire/chemical damage, firearms, etc..)

Just my three cents.

[wolfie]

Frankenstein is not a zombie, he's a doctor.

[z3zep]

Frankenstein is not a zombie, he's a doctor.

[Meule]

No. I see the two entirely different. By most modern day concepts, zombies are persons afflicted with a disease that kills them, but keeps their bodies animated after death. The Frankenstein monster lives, but was created from the parts of people who just died. He must breath like a normal person and would be mortally wounded if someone chopped his arm off and left him to bleed to death. A Zombie will just keep coming.

Bingo

[Earth 2 Chris]

The monster (or creature, if you prefer) isn't a zombie. He was assembled from several corpses, and reanimated. Now if Dr. Frankenstein had just reanimated one whole body, then we may have more of a case for a zombie.

Chris

[Brazoo]

Yeah - I think Frankenstein's Monster is an artificial creation made with human remains - as oppose to just being a reanimated corpse, like a zombie.

If you haven't read the original book, you should - it's really cool! Gives you a whole new outlook on how the story evolved in popular culture too.

[jimsmegos]

Frankenstein's monster also has free will. Zombies and android's don't.

[Brazoo]

Frankenstein's monster also has free will. Zombies and android's don't.

Another good point - especially if you read the book. The Monster isn't really a mindless drone the way he's portrayed in the movies. Actually, even in the movies he's not mindless, he's just child-like because basically he IS a child.

Metaphysically speaking, I think The Monster has a tortured soul, because he was made by unnatural (or even evil) means. Where as Zombies have no soul.

[torgospizza]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol4C_eNWdwM

^ Addresses this very argument. Fun stuff!

[The Toyroom]

Frankenstein isn't a zombie....He's Electric Bugaloo

[Wise4671]

not to mention Frankenstien's "Monster" didnt eat people

[babycyclops]

Frankenstein's monster, in my opnion, is not a really Zombie (he isn't dead or undead and doesn't eat brains) or a Android (he is not a machine). Frankie is closer to a Golem. In Dungeons and Dragons creatures like Frank are called Flesh Golems.

Agree! The monster is a Golem, a human figure brought to life, or animated. He can't be a zombie because he was never alive in the first place... well, bits of him were, but as a whole he wasn't.