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June 2

PARADISE LOST THE MOVIE

Hi I just read the paradise lost article and I was wondering why,it hasn`t been adapted in a movie or has there been any attempt to adapt it into a film,personally I think it would make a great motion picture don`t you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.249.145.120 (talk) 02:05, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Oh, but it has been adapted into a film, several times. See John Milton's IMDB entry. I haven't seen any of the films, so I can't say if they're any good, but there they are. In fact, apparently there's a new version in the works, up for release in 2009. -- Captain Disdain (talk) 07:01, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Whoops, spoke too quickly -- most of those are actually concert recordings, not film adaptations. My bad! Still, the 1912 film appears to be an adaptation, as does the upcoming film. -- Captain Disdain (talk) 07:14, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

The wonderful John Collier wrote a screenplay for a Paradise Lost movie, but it was never filmed. It's been published, though (see "Other works" in the article I linked). Deor (talk) 18:58, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Dracula, Werewolf and Frankenstein

Growing up in the 70's, I owned a book and record that had a chilling story about Dracula, Wolfman and Frankenstein. Th plot line was basically about a couple who is lost while traveling and wind up staying at a castle owned by a man who turns out to be Dracula. He is also doing experiments and winds up creating Frankenstein's monster. There is a side plot where the lady gets bitten by a wolf, and becomes a werewolf herself. The story concludes with Dracula, the Werewolf and Frankenstein all fighting in the castle's lab, and the whole place explodes. I have searched everywhere for a copy of this, (Ebay, etc) with no luck. Does anyone know where I can find a copy of this and what the title is? It used to scare me when I was a child but was so fun to read and listen to. 10draftsdeep (talk) 19:33, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

I did quite a bit of searching on this, but to no avail. I am useless. But I still have to say this: "The story concludes with Dracula, the Werewolf and Frankenstein all fighting in the castle's lab, and the whole place explodes." Holy crap. That's awesome. -- Captain Disdain (talk) 08:10, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I did alot of looking myself with no luck. I remember the cover art being blue/purple and it had all three on the cover.Thanks for trying, I'll find it someday. cheers,10draftsdeep (talk) 12:30, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

TV Show about two nerds living together

My aunt was trying to tell me about a sitcom featuring two nerds living together in an apartment. She also said there was a dumb blonde neighbor. She forgot the name of the show, and I want to know what show it was. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.234.5.193 (talk) 20:33, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

The Big Bang Theory --LarryMac | Talk 20:38, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Or The Odd Couple (TV series) if she's referring to an "older" show. --76.111.32.200 (talk) 17:05, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

I don't agree about "The Odd Couple". Felix was certainly a nerd and a neat freak, but not Oscar, he was a slob. StuRat (talk) 13:09, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

And hey, Penny is not dumb! She's the only main character who's not a physicist, and doesn't contribute to the discussions of comic book superheros, but dumb? Really? Come on. --tcsetattr (talk / contribs) 20:33, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Ohh, come on, she's not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Not that that's a bad thing, but really, she is kinda the stereotypical dumb blonde. I personally like Howard the engineer. Wiring up your apartment with X10s and controlling it from your laptop is totally me :) 83.250.202.36 (talk) 23:05, 5 June 2008 (UTC)