Talk:The Last Man

message: Poorly written and confusing, with characters mentioned without introducing them or explaining who they are. Needs to be rewritten.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.180.44.133 (talk) 18:52, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Plot summary

message: I don't think it's set in the twenty-first century, I'm fairly certain it was set in the twenty-second.
(DrZarkov 00:06, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Year

message: I'm removing the analysis section because it's poorly thought out, unreferenced, and written in the essay, instead of encyclopedic, format. This really is unacceptable, all of the current printings of the book contain extensive analysis section in the Foreword and Introductions, so there's no need to add unsourced statements. (216.165.147.48 18:21, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: MEMZAT10 50.40.162.26 (talk) 00:00, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Analysis

message: Removed:
# The Last Man on Earth (1924) released by Fox Film Corporation 
# It's Great to Be Alive (1933) also released by Fox
Neither Fox comedy qualifies as an adaptation of this title. These two obviously unrelated comedy films (about worlds populated exclusively by women, fighting over one man) are not based direcly, or even indirectly, upon Shelley's title, nor do they attempt to interpret or adapt any aspect of her story, thematic elements or characterizations whatsoever. 
There are 4 films based on this novel. I'm not good at formatting information for wiki articles, so i am not able to make the change on the page. The 1964 film The Last Man on Earth is directly based on the novel, as is 1971's The Omega Man. The 2007 film is a remake of the 1964 version based on the book. Also to be released in 2007 is a remake of The Omega Man titled I Am Legend. So it is very incorrect to say that the 2007 film The Last Man is the verst adaptation of the movie, it is the 3rd of 4. 
Filmarizona 06:39, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You are incorrect.  Those are based on Richard Matheson's novel, I Am Legend, and have nothing to do with Shelley's novel.  The films listed at the top are based on the concept of a world of women with no men, which has nothing to do with Shelley's concept, nor with Matheson's concept about a world full of vampire-like people. --Scottandrewhutchins 15:24, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Correct Film URLS 

message: I have often seen it said that this is a roman a clef.  Shouldn't this be mentioned (with refs.)? Kdammers 17:16, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  roman a clef 

message: 69.223.139.66 Please note that this section is for film, TV and theater adaptations. Thanks.Filmarizona 00:50, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  ADAPTATIONS 

message: I don't think I've ever seen another article about a 19th century novel that had an external link to a movie adaptation's website. 
You don't think? See H.G. Wells War OF The Worlds or any of the 18th century novels referenced in this article. If they were adapted into a film, they've got links to those movies. It's too simple not to notice. 
The fact that the movie isn't even out yet and isn't being made by a major studio, and the spammy description makes it even more inappropriate.  I don't think this complies with WP:EL or adds anything for the reader.P4k (talk) 05:43, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  this movie. 

message: Here are some more resources, as promised:
* Franci, Giovanni, "A Mirror of the Future: Vision and Apocalypse in Mary Shelley's The Last Many" in Mary Shelley edited by Harold Bloom, pp. 181-191. New York: Chelsea House, 1985. Translated by Giovanni Franci. (I can scan if needed, the Bloom work also has some other passing references and comparisons to other works by Mary and Percy)
* Goldsmith, Steven. "Of Gender, Plague, and Apocalypse: Mary Shelley's Last Man, Yale Journal of Criticism, 4 (1990), 129-173.
* Luke, Hugh M "The Last Man: Mary Shelley's Myth of Solitary", Prairie Schooner, 39 (1965-1966), 316-327.
* Porte, Joel. "In the Hands of an Angry God: Religious Terror in Gothic Fiction" in The Gothic Imagination: Essays in Dark Romanticism edited by G. R. Thompson, pp. 42-64. Pullman: Washington State University Press, 1974.
* Sambrook, A. J. "A Romantic Theme : The Last Man" Forum for Modern Language Studies 2 (1966), 25-33.
* Sunstein, Emily W. Mary Shelley: Romance and Reality. Boston: Little Brown, 1989.
Two incorrect names (maybe) Snyder, Robert Lance I think is Snyder, Robert Lane and Spatt, Hartley S. is Spratt, Hartley S. Double check to make sure. Ottava Rima (talk) 02:14, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing bibliography 

message: It says in the "Introduction" section that the man lived at the end of the 21st century, but at the end of the "Plot" section that the novel ends in the year three thousand. Perhaps whoever wrote this meant at the end of the second millenium, or the year 2100?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.13.86.65 (talk) 19:54, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mistake 

message: This sounds much like I Am Legend & "The Omega Man". Is there any relationship to them?  TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura  10:55, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Omega men 

message: (in the second sentence of the article,)
wouldn't it be "gain insight into"?
I'm not a native English speaker, so I don't know for sure 94.134.203.232 (talk) 08:25, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  gain insight "to"?