I Am Legend

[camouflage]

I was just thinking he'd slip in one of his own tracks, as per usual. 'Iiiiiiiin post-apocalyptic NY, born and raised...'

good thing i didn't add the roll-eyes afterall then.

 

[fucthest8]

'Iiiiiiiin post-apocalyptic NY, born and raised...':

It's going to be fucking awful, isn't it? Shame, brilliant book.

Has anyone seen the Vincent Price version? I didn't even know it existed until now.

 

[Cid]

I don't think Will did the re-write on that one, and it's that that makes it shit

Why buy asimov's rights, only to do a shit 're-imagining'

Ok, but here's the director's previous work (from IMDB)

# Snow and the Seven (2008) (announced)
# Eddie Dickens and the Awful End (2008) (pre-production)
# I Am Legend (2007) (post-production)
... aka I Am Legend: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)

# OK Go: Oh No Special Edition (2006) (V)
# Constantine (2005)
... aka Constantine (Germany)
# Britney Spears: Greatest Hits - My Prerogative (2004) (V) (video "I'm a Slave 4 U")
# From Janet. To Damita Jo: The Videos (2004) (V) (videos "Someone to Call My Lover", "Son of a Gun" and "All Nite")
# Jennifer Lopez: The Reel Me (2003) (V) (videos "Waiting for Tonight " and "Play")
# Green Day: International Supervideos! (2001) (V) (video "Warning")
# Jennifer Lopez: Feelin' So Good (2000) (V) (video "Waiting for Tonight")

# "Making the Video" (1999) TV Series (unknown episodes)

also

Robert Neville (Will Smith) is a brilliant scientist, but even he could not contain the terrible virus that was unstoppable, incurable, and man-made. Somehow immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and maybe the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone. Mutant victims of the plague -- The Infected -- lurk in the shadows... watching Neville's every move... waiting for him to make a fatal mistake. Perhaps mankind's last, best hope, Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find a way to reverse the effects of the virus using his own immune blood. But he knows he is outnumbered... and quickly running out of time. Written by Warner Bros. Pictures

Forgive me if I'm not too hopeful...

 

[golightly]

It's sounding like they pillaging stuff from the book and from the Omega Man to make the plot more 'sexy'. For instance, Charlton Heston was a scientist in the Omega Man who injected himself with the only anti-serum.

 

[Stigmata]

One of the things I liked in the book was that Neville was just an ordinary factory worker who educated himself in mythology and haemetology and chemistry etc over the course of the book. Maybe that's harder to buy these days.

 

[Augie March]

One of the things I liked in the book was that Neville was just an ordinary factory worker who educated himself in mythology and haemetology and chemistry etc over the course of the book. Maybe that's harder to buy these days.

Agreed.

I hate the fact that he has to be a brilliant scientist. Why can't he be a brilliant car-park attendant or a brilliant fruit and veg salesman?

But it was the fact that Neville was such an ordinary man that was the key to the story. If it's someone who is amazing at everything anyway, it's not quite so extraordinary or interesting that he winds up being possibly the last person alive.

 

[no-no]

Saw the trailer! Wooooooo! I love apocalyptic movies and the empty and fucked NYC looks amazing. And, if I'm honest, I think Will Smith is extremely good at what he does, whether it be a quip-tastic alien-bopping fighter pilot or a geneticist

What's the book like? Readable, is it? Shall I spoil myself for the film (out in Jan 08 )

You cunt, it's a damn fine book and it's about to be ruined.

 

[5t3IIa]

You cunt

*chokes*
\

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

will smith annoys me by never taking any challenging roles. Six Degrees of seperation PROVED that he is a quality actor, but he's just done shite films since. Will be pleased if this ones a good role for him

Pursuit of Happyness was pretty impressive, I thought.

 

[no-no]

sorry, a bit strong maybe.I just know they are going to fuck it up.

The guy in the book was an ordinary bloke,drunk and depressed. I can't see will smith doing it that way, now he's a super scientist (convenient) and he'll probably drive a new merc while he tries to call his dead relatives on his new motorola.

 

[Cid]

sorry, a bit strong maybe.I just know they are going to fuck it up.

The guy in the book was an ordinary bloke,drunk and depressed. I can't see will smith doing it that way, now he's a super scientist (convenient) and he'll probably drive a new merc while he tries to call his dead relatives on his new motorola.

I think it's a Dodge on the trailer actually (possibly a ford GT, didn't pay much attention). Not exactly practical for salvage.

 

[maya]

who educated himself in mythology and haemetology

"haemetology"... ???

 

[Serotonin]

"haemetology"... ???

haematology.

 

[Stigmata]

Heematologey

 

[DexterTCN]

The Wiki entry contains a pretty accurate plot summary, which of course has spoilers.

So if you don't want to know about the (top class) book don't click this link . Or continue reading.

Will Smith? I don't think so.

Will Smith has been cast. Will Smith only plays heroes.

 

[DexterTCN]

For your consideration

The Last Man On Earth

 

[ChrisC]

I love these kind of scenarios. I enjoyed Earth Abides. I'm going to read the book before seeing the film though. Looking forward to the film!

 

[5t3IIa]

**COUPLA SPOILERS WARNING**




I read the book at the weekend. It is fucking brilliant but sadly I bolted through it in over-excitement and missed a few fine points about the dead/alive thing.

There is, to clarlify, a dog in it but not for long and he does drive around town at top speed, purely for the hell of it. Not in a stripey red sports car though.

The Empire article is good, with the director talking about trying to get an introspective chracter piece into a huge movie and I felt that they were giving it their best shot. I'm still looking forward to it

 

[camouflage]

**COUPLA SPOILERS WARNING**




I read the book at the weekend. It is fucking brilliant but sadly I bolted through it in over-excitement and missed a few fine points about the dead/alive thing.

There is, to clarlify, a dog in it but not for long and he does drive around town at top speed, purely for the hell of it. Not in a stripey red sports car though.

The Empire article is good, with the director talking about trying to get an introspective chracter piece into a huge movie and I felt that they were giving it their best shot. I'm still looking forward to it

Good to hear that, coz despite myself I'm looking forward to it too.

Did you see why I felt the dog in the trailer was a bad sign though? I see what's meant about maybe him needing something to express too but still...

 

[5t3IIa]

Good to hear that, coz despite myself I'm looking forward to it too.

Did you see why I felt the dog in the trailer was a bad sign though? I see what's meant about maybe him needing something to express too but still...

Oh, I agree about the dog worries. It looks like a very clean and intelligent dog too, been to the best trainers etc not the por pathetic Last Dog on Earth in the book.

Have a re-read, if you haven't recently, it's...it's....so....<chokes>

 

[mhendo]

Think about what Will Smith did to I, Robot - he's going to fuck this one right up.

Bullshit.

Will Smith did nothing to fuck up I, Robot. That movie was stillborn from the moment the script was approved and the corporate product placement began. I can't think of a single actor alive who could have turned that movie into anything more than a piece of absolute shite.

I Am Legend might end up being crap, but if it is, then there will probably plenty of people more responsible for that fact than Will Smith.

 

[DexterTCN]

I can't think of a single actor alive who could have turned that movie into anything more than a piece of absolute shite.

Peter Falk.

 

[mhendo]

Peter Falk.

Well, true, but Peter Falk makes everything great.

 

[Maltin]

A second trailer is now online which fleshes out the basic story a bit more. I don't know the story that well, so not sure how it compares to the book or whether it is giving too much away. I preferred the first trailer which just had something out there in the dark.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/iamlegend/trailer2/

 

[DexterTCN]

I bet you anything he gets his daughter back at the end.

At which point, I will go postal.

 

[skyscraper101]

W00T! Just saw the trailer for this. Coming out in a few days in the US (when I'm in NY! ) I shall make a point of seeing this for sure.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

The IMAX version will have a 7 minute The Dark Knight prequel/trailer

 

[ChrisC]

I think this will be good film. I will read the book first though.

 

[Reno]

Saw this tonight and found it very disappointing. While I don't feel that film adaptations have to be absolutely faithful to their source novels, why adapt one of the great classic science fiction novels only to chuck out most of the plot and turn it into a bigger budgeted 28 Days Later clone with crap CG monsters, pumped up action and a truly awful ending. This deviates from the book to a degree where the title doesn't even make sense anymore. The whole point of the novel was to put a science fiction spin on the classic vampire myth and then turn it on it's head. If you change the creatures you basically have torn the heart out of the story. In the book the vampires are intelligent enough to set Neville traps, here they are just poorly realised CG monsters who leap out of the dark for cheap shock effects.

..oh yes and the dog really is just there for Neville to have someone to chat to in the film, while in the novel the dog is essential to the story and is what makes the vampires figure out how to get to Neville.

 

[citydreams]

I liked I Robot. Lots. So much so that I was tempted into reading Asimov when I'd always ignored him in favour of more contemporary writers.

This will do the same for Matheson and we'll all be happier as a result.

Doesn't mean I'm visiting Dicken's world though