Talk:Donovan's Brain

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Plot?

Is the plot correct? I have a dutch translation, where it is not Cory, but his assistant Schratt killing the brain with his bare hands.. Karpaat (talk) 15:23, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, this summary of the plot is screwy. Donovan is a crooked financier, not a doctor. Cory is the research scientist; Donovan simply proceeds with his crooked business deals through Corey.

The comments above are correct. I corrected the plot summary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marainlaw (talk • contribs) 18:26, 20 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

TedNewsom —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.49.109.253 (talk) 05:56, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The latter part of the plot description is a description of the 1953 movie plot. In the book it is indeed Schratt that kills the brain. A central part of the plot is also the fact that Donovan tries to save a killer from execution; which I don't remember being mentioned in the film. I'll see if I'll get around to fixing this article at some point, if no-one does it before me. Scifist (talk) 01:22, 5 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"Sure, sure, sure"

In the radio adaptation, Dr. Corey (Orson Welles) repeatedly says, "Sure, sure, sure" in Donovan's voice. Was this plot device used solely for the benefit of the radio audience, to compensate for the missing visuals?24.57.249.250 (talk) 02:54, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not up on my Wikipedia formatting skills, but someone ought to add an entry under Legacy about that episode of Justice League (called "Only a Dream") where Doctor Destiny attempts to enter Batman's mind telepathically, only to be thwarted as Batman hums the melody to "Frère Jacques" in his head in order to maintain focus. That has to be a reference to this story, right? Here's a page about the episode: http://dcanimated.wikia.com/wiki/Only_A_Dream — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.91.204.24 (talk) 13:06, 4 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]