6 Month Check-in for the Vincent Cassel led Quasimodo

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Fun Fact this upcoming version is the 2nd time Netflix has produced a Hunchback version but that other 2018 Idris Elba led version was canceled.

Vincent Cassel is played Quasimodo in an Netflix produced upcoming version based on the historical figure who is said to have inspired Quasimodo
Vincent Cassel to play a version of Quasimodo in a Netflix produced movie

Anyway 

It’s been about six months since it was first announced that there was to be a new movie adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame starting Vincent Cassel as Quasimodo. Well in a way since this version is more based on the “historical” Quasimodo who was said to have inspired Victor Hugo.

Anyway it’s been six months so what more do we know about this movie?

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Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein Review: It’s Pretty Now

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Guillermo Del Toro's 2025 version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Netflix) Starring Oscar Issac
Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein (2025) Starring Oscar Issac

Recently I sat down and watched Guillermo Del Toro’s latest film offering, his take on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. And here is a review.

Shelley’s Frankenstein was never part of my school ciriculum and oddly enough I’m not much of a horror/sci-fi fan to have read it on my won, so a critique this film on its adhesion to the novel is not something I can fully comment on maybe someday but as now I have a backlog of reading*. That being said I have read other reviews and takes on Del Toro’s Frankenstein to know that this is very much his take and more of spiritual interpretation of the novel that an adaptation of Shelley’s novel. Though it seems none of the movie adaptations actually do a by the book version with its theme but an approximation.   

So what was my take or impress of  Del Toro’s Frankenstein based solely on his vision?  Also Spoilers 

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Woe and Behold – Tepid Take on Wednesday Season two 

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Wednesday’s Season 2 Title Card


At best, Wednesday is an entry point for the Addams Family IP for a new generation that features Burton’s branded aesthetic with a protagonist who values her own independence, intelligence, unique spirit combine with a biting wit. At its worst, it’s a frustrating mess that has no real focus other than vibes and over reliances on cheeky one-liners mixed with light horror. 

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Wednesday, Woe, What is it good for? Absolutely Nothin! 

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Season 2, Episode 8: This means Woe

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Wednesday’s Season 2 Title Card


At last, it’s at the season two finale. In the previous episode Pugsley was kidnapped by Zombie-Issac who is now fully regenerated and has leveled up to just Issac. So now the not so mysterious and ooky brigade after to save Pugsley from his best friend/pet. It turns out that it’s not very hard as Issac just invites Wednesday to that pesky old skull tree. 

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Wednesday, you had her at Woe

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Season 2, Episode 7: Woe me the Money

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Wednesday’s Season 2 Title Card


This episode opens with a flashback to the formation of the cult sub-plot. Not sure if it’s a B or C plot-line since the A plot-line, much like Wednesday’s premonition switched in part 2 season. So Dort is behind it all and his master to plan was to steal Hester Frump’s fortune and while she herself is not an Addams, she is part of the family and a villain trying to take money from an Addams is basically the plots of both the 90s money, so it tracks.    

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Wednesday and Her Woefully Wacky Wednesday

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Season 2, Episode 6: Woe Thyself 


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Wednesday’s Season 2 Title Card

There is a lot happening in the episode but that seems par for the course this season, so many plots. And yet despite the many plot points that unfold, one element of this episodes eclipses the rest. 

So first point, I was completely and “woefully” wrong about Tyler. Tyler’s place in the story didn’t end with him and his mother, Francoise, being reunited and leaving town. No, instead, she’s now his new master and unhinged because she’s a hyde. Also being a hyde is killing her, which apparently it just does as general rule of being a hyde.

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Wednesday is forthcoming of many woeful  things

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Season 2, Episode 4: If these Woes Could Talk 

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Wednesday’s Season 2 Title Card

Preface: This have been gnawing at me, the one-eyed crow is giving the one-eyed turkey from Bob’s Burger’s. Also Wednesday shall go down in history for the one who didn’t close a door, unlike Davinci who shall go down in history as the man who opened a door. 

Episode four serve a large scale crescendo ending in cliffhanger to close out part one of season two. Love them or hate Netflix loves their two part season method. So a lot happens here. 

First some good points…

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Wednesday goes to Camp Woe-be-Here

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Season 2, Episode 3: Call of the Woe

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Wednesday’s Season 2 Title Card


As the tile of this episode suggests, this a camp episode. The inclusion of which doesn’t distant the show from the 90s movies, maybe they don’t really want to.  However this episode is the exact same step-up as season one’s episode three where Wednesday uses a school outing as cover to investigate a separate location. As well as the outing  pitting “normies” and outcast against each other, though this one is more organized than the bullies of season one . 

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Wednesday, Now with Extra Birds, Swords and Woe 

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Season 2, Episode 2: The Devil you Woe 

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Wednesday’s Season 2 Title Card

So we got a lot of plots going on. Mostly this episode consists of Wednesday on another creepy murder case which is more necessitated by prophesy rather than Wednesday’s sense of morbid curiosity.  

So Wednesday’s old buddy old Pal disgraced Sheriff Galpin has been murder by a murder of crows, which the Wednesday defiantly remarks on. Also with all the crow imaginary I can’t help but be reminded of another show that Netflix preemptively canceled but I digress.

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