Summary: This movie was directed and produced by James L Brook.. Sony Pictures distributed the film to theaters nationwide. Melvin Udall, Carol Connelly, and Simon Bishop were the main characters. The story mainly followed Melvin who was a novelist, suffered from OCD, and was a bit of a misanthrope. Two events happened that started Melvin on the road to change. First, Simon, his artistic and gay neighbor was attacked and had to be hospitalized. Because of this, Frank, Simon's agent, asked Melvin to care for Simon's dog and Melvin ended getting emotionally attached to the dog.. Second, Carol Connelly, Melvin's favorite server (the only one who could stand him) at his favorite restaurant quit because of her son's health. Udall couldn't cope with that loss and offered to pay for her son's care, just as long as she continued working at the restaurant. Now, when Simon fell into a depression because of his medical bills due to the assault (and the loss of his dog's affection), Melvin reluctantly (probably out of habit) agreed to help. Simon and Melvin and Carol (who Melvin invited) went on a road trip to New York so Simon could see his parents. From here on things were changed between the three people forever.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Good_as_It_Gets
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119822/
Connection: I know that this connection will be a bit of a stretch, but bear with me.
We know that Simon Bishop was an artist and that he was making a decent living through his art. We also know that Simon was gay. But what don't we know about him. We don't know much about his family. At first I was thinking that maybe, just maybe, that his great grandpa might be the Saint, Simon Templar. But after doing a bit of research, I changed my mind.
I believe that Simon Bishop descended from a crime fighter named "The Bishop" parodied by Monty Python's Flying Circus. That's probably why the family even went with a name change and Simon's side of the family wanted the notoriety that came with being a related to a famous crime fighter (Probably more disappointed with his desire to be an artist) or maybe even planned to continue the tradition. Or "Simon Bishop" could just be a pseudonym so we wouldn't know who the real person was.
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/laughingindisbelief/2018/01/3-times-when-monty-python-were-blasphemous/2/
Summary: This show was created by Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, John Cleese, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam. It was directed by Ian MacNaughton and John Howard Davies. These episodes aired on the BBC from 1969 to 1974. For some reason this specific episode also comes up as episode four of season. Maybe it has to do with airing of the episodes- I can't be quite sure. Anyways, in "The Bishop" sketch, Reverend EP Nesbitt was a secret agent like Bishop of the Anglican Church. On numerous occasions he attempted to save members of the Church from being murdered, but sadly arrived too late to keep it from happening.
https://www.montypython.com/tvshow_Monty%20Python's%20Flying%20Circus,%20Series%202/15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEH17q_X2Ak
Connections: The Bishop was the connection for this episode because he lived and worked in an alternate universe. As such, the Bishop was the doppelganger of another secret agent. This secret agent became known as 'The Saint.'
The Saint aka Simon Templar was a secret agent who used the names of religious saints to disguise his identity rather than actually having a religious identity. A bit of a bizzaro flip, I know. Anyways, one of Simon Templar many pseudonyms was 'Stephen Tarleton.' Under that assumed identity, The Saint appeared in Tales of The Shadow Men Volume 11: Force Majeure in a short story called The Legacy of Arsene Lupin.
Summary: Tales of The Shadowmen was an anthology written by Jean Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier. The cover illustrations were drawn by Mariusz Gandzel. Arsene Lupin spoke to his biographer Maurice Leblanc. He related the story about what happened to D'artagnan's sword. Lupin claimed that the Comte de Guy was in possession of the sword and it was stored in a safe made be the Dale Company. Also according to Lupin, quite a few people wanted to steal that sword. During these events, Lupin met Stephen Tarleton, met Emmeline de Guy, saw members of the Paris Vampires, and member of the Union Corse.
http://www.crossoveruniverse.com/2015/02/crossover-of-week_8.html
Connections: For this connection, I used Arsene Lupin. Arsene Lupin was a man of many face and a master thief. But he was also a force for good, sort of a Robin Hood type character. The people that he stole from were people of a worse moral fiber than he.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ars%C3%A8ne_Lupin#Origins
A descendant of Arsene Lupin can be found in the game called Guard Me Sherlock. Lupin, in this game, was known as Jeremy Cassel. He was a French businessman, a lover, and possibly a thief- but then again from the in-game bio which stated "leave the bedroom window open" he could be more like Casanova.
Summary: This game was published and developed by NTT Solmare. It was considered a dating simulation, but more specifically if fell underneath the category of an otome. An otome has been defined as a story based game in which the female player has two goal- the main story and a developing a relationship with one of many choices. In this story, the main character approached Sherlock Holmes to "request something unique" (with the name of the game- probably a bodyguard position). Along the way, the main character worked with Sherlock to solve the case while meeting many potential love interests.
https://shallwedate.jp/en/free/free_008.html
Connections: One of the potential love interests was a scientist by the name of Henry Jekyll. He was described as being calm, clear-headed, and intelligent.
Henry Jekyll doesn't seem to have a dark side unlike many in the Jekyll family line. One of his dark-hearted relatives was named Harvey Jekyll. The Harvey Jekyll in Death Warmed Over, was a scientist who used to his knowledge of chemistry to create a potion that dissolved "unnaturals" (zombies and other preternatural creatures). He also concocted a potion that could make "a normal human strong enough to fight even army of unnaturals." (page 268).
Anderson, Kevin J.. Death Warmed Over. United States, Kensington, 2012.
Summary: This Paranormal/Fantasy book was published by Kensington Publishing in 2012. PI Dan Chambeaux aka Dan Shamble was dead. More specifically, Dan Shamble was a zombie, somehow brought back to life because of the Big Uneasy along with many other undead beings. Ever since Dan returned, he had been looking for the person who killed him. On top of that, Dan had a caseload of work needing his attention: two witches wanted restitution from their publisher for not using spell check on their magical tomes and a mummy sue the museum that used him as an exhibit. Along the way, Dan received help from his partner, a human lawyer, Robin Deyer, and his ghost girlfriend Sheyenne.
https://www.amazon.com/Death-Warmed-Over-Shamble-Zombie-ebook/dp/B009CFWEWG
Connections: Dan Shamble existed in a universe where the supernatural existed and the dead have come back to life. But that doesn't mean that this universe was the only universe that Dan Shamble had contact. One day a dimensional doorway was opened up allowing PI Dan Shamble to meet Reporter Carl Kolchak. This meeting was notated in Dan Shamble, Zombie PI/Kolchak: The Night Stalker.
Summary: This comic book was written by Kevin Anderson and Richard Dean Starr while Sergio Banez illustrated the story. Dimensional doorways were opened up when a trio of genies went looking for a place to dump some toxic waste.By doing this, Kolchak came into contact with another world that was full of monsters. Kolchak met Dan Shamble and they worked together to solve a mystery (probably trying to catch the genies but I couldn't find out more online.)
https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/DEC151458
Connections: Carl Kolchak was a newspaper reporter for the INS. He seemed to have a penchant for finding crime stories with unlikely causes and solving them with nothing more than luck.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolchak:_The_Night_Stalker
Kolchak, in this story, was not from the same universe as Dan Shamble. Was there a Kolchak in Shamble's universe? If there was what happened to him? I think the answer to this question could be found in a movie called Dead End. In this movie, a newspaper was seen with an article written by Carl Kolshak.
Summary: This movie was produced by Emmerson Bixby and Debra Coline. The story followed an unstable moviemaker by the name of Tom Rennigan took his film crew into a town where a UFO may have crashed nearby. It turned out that it was really a crashed weapons satellite that had carried a deadly biochemical agents. Lo and behold, that biochemical agent turned the town into flesh eating zombies. Even knowing this, Tom wanted to keep his film crew and document the crisis.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131260/
https://obscurityandbeyond.blogspot.com/2012/07/lost-movie-detective-dead-end-1985.html
Connections: For this possibly fake movie (in case you didn't read the blog above), I used the supposed Indian zombie who was wearing pajamas and throwing a sink out through a window. Because this zombie was from a supposedly fake movie there was no picture to be shown. Still this zombie could be the alternate version of Chief Bromden from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Chief Bromden was in a mental hospital in Oregon for at least 10 years, all the time pretending to be a deaf mute because he was unable to face the world. After meeting Randle Patrick McMurphy, he rediscovered his strength and sanity. He learned how to face the world, started speaking, and escaped from the asylum..
B. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Summary: This film was directed by Milos Forman and released in 1975. The story was shown from the eyes of Chief Bromden, a tall Native American man who was pretending to be a deaf mute. He began relating the story with the introduction of Randle Patrick McMurphy. McMurphy. McMurphy shook up the asylum with his rebellious and belligerent nature. He arranged a fishing trip for the inmates, threw a Christmas party that included call girls, and challenged the status quo at every opportunity. These events brought Bromden back to his senses and he had revealed his secret to McMurphy. Bromden and McMurphy had even made plans to escape before things went south.
https://sites.google.com/site/rpmcuckoosnest/background
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Flew_Over_the_Cuckoo%27s_Nest_(film)
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