I Am Legend.

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It looks to be I Am Legend in name only. I'll watch it, but I'm not expecting much.
 
Well theres nothing that is making me immediately think its going to suck, but theres also nothing that really got me interested. I'll see it anyways though.

It'll probably end up like that shitfest movie I, Robot though =/

Edit: Its going to suck. Akiva Goldsman wrote the script. He also wrote I, Robot and Batman & Robin....
 
I, Robot wouldn't have sucked if they didn't rape Asimov's corpse.
 
The whole movie can suck, but if they leave the ending alone than maybe I'll be kind of sort of okay with it.
 
Robert Neville is the last man alive. He busies himself with preparing for a nightly attack from the rest of the world - all of which have transformed into blood-thirsty vampires.
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:rolleyes: I can tell just by reading that, that this is going to be garbage
 
Well...thats what they were in the book...vampires... >_> Not your Ann Rice Vampires, but more like zombies that just hate sunlight and garlic. Also some of them don't like the cross, but it doesn't kill them as much as it just throws them into a fit. It also seems to be dependant on the person since at one point in the story he ties one up and shows him a cross, and the vampire doesn't even flinch. He shows him a quran and he goes batshit insane. Which means Athiest Vampires Suck.

But yeah this is going to be Will smith-isized to hell.

I can just imagine someone of the scenes going from book to movie.

Reston: COME OUT NEVILLE
Will Smith: AW HELL NAW

Will Smith: My name is robert neville. IM THE LAST MAN ON EARF
 
Adrik_Senturu said:
Reston: COME OUT NEVILLE
Will Smith: AW HELL NAW

Will Smith: My name is robert neville. IM THE LAST MAN ON EARF
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You seriously beat me to it.


The book was awesome because it was about a man of science who was really tormented by the vampires of his neighbors and various women. It's a guy who drinks too much while blasting vinyl records and trying to get a dreamless sleep, while spending his days barricading his house and praying he'll find a survivor.

The movie is going to suck because a) Will Smith, b) the portrayal of the dog, c) way too much focus on the before d) appealing to american cinema audiences.
 
Yeah as soon as I saw all that bullshit with the plane and the bridge and everything I was all "god damnit"
 
I dunno, I love the book and didn't hold much hope for the movie, but either this is a clever and deceiving trailer or its looking better than I assumed.

While I liked the book's view of the events that destroyed the world (mostly inferred with very few actual facts), I'm not surprised that they put it in the movie. And other than that we have almost nothing in the trailer. It's him doing the same things that Neville does in the book with 50 years of updating. No one liners, not even and vampires. In a trailer for a vampire movie.

They've got my interest, they just have to make it pay off.
 
I did like that. They didn't give you any hint of it being vampires or anything.
 
Adrik_Senturu said:
Well...thats what they were in the book...vampires... >_> Not your Ann Rice Vampires, but more like zombies that just hate sunlight and garlic. Also some of them don't like the cross, but it doesn't kill them as much as it just throws them into a fit. It also seems to be dependant on the person since at one point in the story he ties one up and shows him a cross, and the vampire doesn't even flinch. He shows him a quran and he goes batshit insane. Which means Athiest Vampires Suck.

But yeah this is going to be Will smith-isized to hell.

I can just imagine someone of the scenes going from book to movie.

Reston: COME OUT NEVILLE
Will Smith: AW HELL NAW

Will Smith: My name is robert neville. IM THE LAST MAN ON EARF
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1. Book sounds like shit.
2.So you're making fun of Will Smith because he's black?
3.I loved I, robot. It was a very good movie.
 
theotherguy said:
1. Book sounds like shit.
2.So you're making fun of Will Smith because he's black?
3.I loved I, robot. It was a very good movie.
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1. Its not. Hell its only been the influence for just about every zombie flick ever made. Also easily one of the most satisfying endings ever. Im not gonna go into the whole story, but if you've ever seen The Omega Man, or The Last man on Earth, than you kind of sort of have the story.

2. Thats what happens when he's in movies. The writers Will smith-ify the script. If this movie contains none of the Will Smith Attitude or Humor you see in movies like I, robot than it can actually be pretty good.

3. What are you serious?
 
theotherguy said:
1. Book sounds like shit.
2.So you're making fun of Will Smith because he's black?
3.I loved I, robot. It was a very good movie.
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1. Sounds like shit because it's not the typical tale of awkward incestuous sex you usually read while touching yourself?

2. It has nothing to do with being black. It's the way he's presented in movies. He's actually a pretty intelligent and nice guy. The fact is, the phrase "Aw, hell no" appears in almost EVERY ONE OF HIS MOVIES. Also, it's hard to make fun of Will Smith for being black and appear racist when it's the exact thing that makes Morgan Freeman and Samuel L Jackson just so damn good.

I don't think Smith is a bad actor, or a bad guy. I think that either the directors or he don't take most of his roles seriously. He's a safe bet because he's a funny and nice guy. I'd love to see him do something like Jim Carrey did (Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind) because I think he'd be great at it.

3. I, Robot didn't bother me as a movie. What did bother me is that they took a plot for a decent robot movie, combined it with Asimov's three laws, and gave it the title for one of his books. I, Robot the book was a series of short stories, and Asimov himself would not have written it at all like the movie.

The movie features a very action-oriented story, with robots running the streets, as Will Smith puts it, "in packs." The Robot as a menace theme was something that Asimov hated and never used in his stories. He more treated them as a way to view humanity as a third party. There's a quote I have saved for something I'm writing, where Asimov says, "Would a robot feel yearning to be human?" That's the kind of thing he touched upon.

While I liked the movie as more of a, response to Asimov, and I thought most of it was good on it's own, it didn't have a right to rub shit on his name like it did.
 
Yorick said:
The movie is going to suck because a) Will Smith, b) the portrayal of the dog, c) way too much focus on the before d) appealing to american cinema audiences.
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HOW DARE an American movie be designed to appeal to americans!
 
It's my dream to make a movie where theres a lovable pet dog, the kind that always survives no matter what, and then have it killed in the most horrific way possible. possibly during the final credits or something.
 
Adrik_Senturu said:
Reston: COME OUT NEVILLE
Will Smith: AW HELL NAW
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I swear to God if there's such a scene in the movie I'll watch it twice. You say it in jest and disgust; I, on the other hand, am watching the scene in my head and think it's the most awesome scene ever. Although I'm picturing Reston out on the lawn with Neville in the house, although it looks like there might not be a set house in this movie. Looks more like he's migrating around New York, but that may very well just be all the times he's out hunting them down.

It would be cool if the movie was done more like the book though. The way Yorick outlined the plot was perfect; the movie should emulate that, which it won't.

Also I AM disappointed the dog is there from the beginning. Having to gain the dog's trust was a very important series of events and really emphasizes his need for company, human or otherwise. It's integral to his sanity.
 
Well we see that his family has at least a similar dog before the end, but theres no guarantee that its both the same dog and that it sticks with him.
 
It looks interesting to me. Haven't even heard of the book so for me I'm going in watching a movie.
 
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