Must love monsters

As I composed an ad that hopefully attracts an artist for Count Obsideo, I almost used the above phrase. It just popped into my head as a good summation of the kind of stories I like to write. I ended up not using the phrase in my ad but I thought it would make a good blog post title.

What is it that fascinates me about monsters. Beats me. I just know that I like them. Place a monster in any movie and I can guarantee you I will be interested. Add a monster to your new advertisement and I just may buy whatever your selling. Say the word "monster" and I smile.

Perhaps it's because the monster is so often misunderstood and mysterious. Both of which I have certainly been called before. Perhaps it's because so many monsters are born of someone else's mistakes or cruelty. After all, one can hardly become a vampire, werewolf or giant mutant lizard thing by themselves. It may be because the monster is what makes the hero. If the monster itself can get to be the hero then all the more awesome.

The Incredible Hulk is both a monster and a hero. Godzilla is both the destructor of Tokyo and, so many times, its savior. King Kong is both the beast that rampaged New York and the guardian of Ms. Darrow.

I am looking forward to the remake of The Wolfman that is supposed to find its way to movie theaters this year. The next DVD collection I plan on buying is The Giant Red Baron which is a Japanese show where a giant red and silver robot gets to fight all manners of giant monsters (hopefully amidst cardboard looking cities and such). I have never seen the show but the sound and look of it intrigues me. Besides, they had me with "giant monsters." I'm still waiting for a good current US television show that features a cool monster. I may have to create it myself someday.

Bring on the monsters!