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Originally posted by ClassicHorror
Someone who brings back dead body parts is a scientist...
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Actually, no. If we accept this definition, then any sorcerer or magician who raises the dead is a "scientist."
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and he was pretty mad, afterall he did collect dead body parts, no one in their right minds would do that.
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Again no, otherwise any doctor or professor who studies anatomical specimens is "mad."
My point about Victor Frankenstein (in the novel as opposed to film adaptations) is that there is little if any science in the book. The character simply does not conform to the archetype of the "mad scientist."
By the way, my own personal favorite mad scientist is Dr. Browning (played by Vincent Price) in SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN. He's a demented idealist who thinks he's working for the salvation of mankind, but his work yields horrific results