kawhead71
Member
SHTF...
Think "Turd hits the turbine"
In less polite language.
Think "Turd hits the turbine"
In less polite language.
I am Legend...
- Thread starter nwilliams
- Start date
- Status
rero360
Member
Saw it last night with a close friend, we bothliked it alot, yeah the CGI wasn't the greatest, yeah the ending was like a stephen king ending, rushed. And the unlimited mags and frag and all that wasn't 100% spot on but what the hell, it was still a good flick,
In the book they're Vampires (it's from a mutated blood infection).
The one's in the movie they look more like Zombies though with just a slight bit of tooth/fang growth after a creature becomes infected with the disease. Both Zombies and Vampires feed on blood, so it's kind of hard to tell when they're presented as being very basic creatures that act in an animalistic way that feed the same way and when they both go after the same thing (humans and human blood).
Here's a Trailer for it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6ZhlBKBg-s&feature=related
kawhead71
Member
Thanks Browning. Want me to get the nurse to set you up, too?
For you SHTF fans: check out Max Brooks' book "The Zombie Survival Guide". All about how to survive the coming zombie apocalypse. Some of his firearm info is suspect, but he writes the book in such a serious manner, you'd think the undead were right down the street. Good stuff.
For you SHTF fans: check out Max Brooks' book "The Zombie Survival Guide". All about how to survive the coming zombie apocalypse. Some of his firearm info is suspect, but he writes the book in such a serious manner, you'd think the undead were right down the street. Good stuff.
kawhead71
Member
Europeans had some strange ideas about vampires. One way of staying safe was to carry a pocket full of sesame seeds. When Drac started chasing you, just throw 'em on the ground. The vampire would have to stop and pick them all up before he could continue the chase. (No one ever explained why) By then, you could be safe at home.
Some folks thought that vampires couldn't cross running water, just jump the stream to escape. That's one reason I leave my wooden stakes and garlic at home when I'm trout fishing.
It seems crazy now, until you watch commercials. I just saw one that implied if I used a certain brand of soap, girls would mob me and rip off my clothes in a desperate attempt to have sex with me.
I have to sign off now, and go get some soap.
Some folks thought that vampires couldn't cross running water, just jump the stream to escape. That's one reason I leave my wooden stakes and garlic at home when I'm trout fishing.
It seems crazy now, until you watch commercials. I just saw one that implied if I used a certain brand of soap, girls would mob me and rip off my clothes in a desperate attempt to have sex with me.
I have to sign off now, and go get some soap.
Last edited:
Mannlicher
Member
The original story, by Richard Matheson was simply awesome. Any movie with Will Smith will be FX driven, distant from the movie plot, and probably not worth the price of admission.
Browns Fan
Member
You dont know what SHTF means? You big dummy! 
Now, someone tell me what the heck CGI means!
Now, someone tell me what the heck CGI means!
Joe Demko
Member
This movie takes Matheson's novella, sets it on fire, urinates all over the ashes, throws the ashes into a latrine, urinates on them again, and then bulldozes the latrine.
This is the Will Smith version of 28 Days Later or Dawn of the Dead. It is absolutely not I am Legend anything like Matheson wrote it. The Will Smith version of I, Robot had more in common with the source material than this does.
Watch it for the gun scenes, if you must, but don't delude yourself that you are seeing I am Legend.
p.s. The Vincent Price movie, The Last Man on Earth, is closer to what Matheson wrote. It's badly done, but it's still closer.
This is the Will Smith version of 28 Days Later or Dawn of the Dead. It is absolutely not I am Legend anything like Matheson wrote it. The Will Smith version of I, Robot had more in common with the source material than this does.
Watch it for the gun scenes, if you must, but don't delude yourself that you are seeing I am Legend.
p.s. The Vincent Price movie, The Last Man on Earth, is closer to what Matheson wrote. It's badly done, but it's still closer.
Roswell 1847
member
One thing about weaponry.
As the Trailers show the Military was out in force, so discarded weaponry would be found where troopers dropped in their tracks from the infections. He could drive a Bradley through town if he wished.
In Omegaman the infected were no super human nor monsters, they were just wacked out slowly dying victims. Most were as strong and fast as when healthy until the final stages, and they retained the mental capacity to use tools and weaponry, but forebore modern weapons by choice because their leader had convinced them that modern technology was the root of all evil.
In LMOE they mentioned that the strong were feeding on the weak, and everyday Price's character found freshly killed vamps lying on his doorstep drained by their fellows. Lack of animal life suggests they could survive on animal blood as well.
A few years back a friend asked me to participate n a film he made.
In my scene I appear on a view screen speaking to an actor I've never met in person, the spacestaion he is seen on is actually a breezeway at an old soccer stadium but the view screen and all the high tech equipment was added later using CGI. The place was actually bare cement walls. Another scene where I fight off a gang of alien predators was cut because the CGI was just too difficult to get finished in the alotted time. A few seconds of that scene are shown on the deleted scenes and bloopers disc that is part of the film. We may end up remaking that film with a real budget from what I've been told. Its all part of the learning curve.
As the Trailers show the Military was out in force, so discarded weaponry would be found where troopers dropped in their tracks from the infections. He could drive a Bradley through town if he wished.
In Omegaman the infected were no super human nor monsters, they were just wacked out slowly dying victims. Most were as strong and fast as when healthy until the final stages, and they retained the mental capacity to use tools and weaponry, but forebore modern weapons by choice because their leader had convinced them that modern technology was the root of all evil.
In LMOE they mentioned that the strong were feeding on the weak, and everyday Price's character found freshly killed vamps lying on his doorstep drained by their fellows. Lack of animal life suggests they could survive on animal blood as well.
Computer Generated Imagery.
A few years back a friend asked me to participate n a film he made.
In my scene I appear on a view screen speaking to an actor I've never met in person, the spacestaion he is seen on is actually a breezeway at an old soccer stadium but the view screen and all the high tech equipment was added later using CGI. The place was actually bare cement walls. Another scene where I fight off a gang of alien predators was cut because the CGI was just too difficult to get finished in the alotted time. A few seconds of that scene are shown on the deleted scenes and bloopers disc that is part of the film. We may end up remaking that film with a real budget from what I've been told. Its all part of the learning curve.
OP
OP
nwilliams
Member
Computer Generated Imagery
Most remakes and movies based on books never live up to their original source material, that's a Hollywood for ya. Watch it because its a good movie and fun, just because its not like the original doesn't mean it can't still be enjoyable for what it is. I'm not familiar with any of the source material so all I can do is base my experience on the movie itself.
MudPuppy
Member
IMHO, CGI doesn't ruin a movie, POOR CGI does. I offer LOTR as an example of done properly, Wing Commander as the contrast (and I like WC, in spite of itself).
I love post apocalyptic anything, but not crazy about zombie movies--I know, that's a tough one to resolve with 28 days/weeks and Dawn of the Dead...Regardless, I'll see it tomorrow--I'd rather Hollywood spent its dollars on this than The Devil Wears Prada.
As for M4s/M16s in NYC, I'm sure there is plenty of 'em, no? If I'm the last man alive, sure I'll be lonely, but talk about big boy toys.
I love post apocalyptic anything, but not crazy about zombie movies--I know, that's a tough one to resolve with 28 days/weeks and Dawn of the Dead...Regardless, I'll see it tomorrow--I'd rather Hollywood spent its dollars on this than The Devil Wears Prada.
As for M4s/M16s in NYC, I'm sure there is plenty of 'em, no? If I'm the last man alive, sure I'll be lonely, but talk about big boy toys.
fiddleharp
Member
I'm old enough to remember Harry Belefonte wandering alone in the streets of Manhattan after a nuclear holocaust. I only have one question. If Inger Stevens was Harry's love interest the first time, and Alice Barga is Will Smith's love interest this time, does that mean that no Black women will survive the end of the world as we know it?
What is the message here? Never mind. I think I know.
What is the message here? Never mind. I think I know.
Lightsped
Member
What kind of guns are featured in I am Legend? Is the gun play realistic? I am not sure if I will see it in the theater, or wait for DVD...
Black Majik
Member
I remember 3 main ones. M4gery, Beretta 92FS, and a tan framed HK USP. There was also a S&W autoloader and a Glock.
fiddleharp
Member
I'm old enough to remember Harry Belefonte wandering alone in the streets of Manhattan after a nuclear holocaust. I only have one question. If Inger Stevens was Harry's love interest the first time, and Alice Barga is Will Smith's love interest this time, does that mean that no Black women will survive the end of the world as we know it?
What is the message here? Never mind. I think I know.
What is the message here? Never mind. I think I know.
I saw it yesterday and give it a B. It could have been a really good movie if they had made it a little longer and gone a little further with the suggested intelligence of the creatures leader.
Started thinking of how I would hunt deer in a city with any hardware at my disposal. I'd find high ground to see over the cars, maybe get a M60 or a M249 along with the scoped M4 I'd always be carrying. Maybe some claymores along the most likely path or grenades to throw at them. Or perhaps I'd just go stalking around with an M4 and some concussion grenades.
Started thinking of how I would hunt deer in a city with any hardware at my disposal. I'd find high ground to see over the cars, maybe get a M60 or a M249 along with the scoped M4 I'd always be carrying. Maybe some claymores along the most likely path or grenades to throw at them. Or perhaps I'd just go stalking around with an M4 and some concussion grenades.
Dorryn
This would not be the first time Will Smith was cast in a role that was formally a White actor. The movie Wild Wild West for example. Personally I am shocked anyone would try to fill Chuck's shoes. What's next, remakes of Ben Hur & the Ten Commandments
Cosmoline
`
`
`
I could not agree more.
This would not be the first time Will Smith was cast in a role that was formally a White actor. The movie Wild Wild West for example. Personally I am shocked anyone would try to fill Chuck's shoes. What's next, remakes of Ben Hur & the Ten Commandments
Cosmoline
`
`
`
I could not agree more.
xd9fan
Member
great link!!
LOL
"inter..nets" God I love that one
Lennyjoe
Member
I liked it. Maybe I'm an oddball but I thought it was pretty good.
Then again, I've never seen the previous versions or read the book.
Then again, I've never seen the previous versions or read the book.
whitetiger7654
Member
- Joined
- Jan 11, 2007
- Messages
- 234
I thought it was good. Not great but good. The gunplay was a little fake. Like the 100 rounds from a 30 round mag but it did eventually run out. And why in the world would you have multiple handguns but never carry one in a holster? Actually forget the guns why not hop in one of those planes or boats and get around? I mean he's a scientist I'm sure he could figure it out. Plus wasn't he a fighter pilot in Independence Day. LOL.
jaholder1971
Member
Okay, Gotta ask: What happens to the dog in the movie?
jeff-10
Member
Yah I believe that was it. He also had a M249 in the gun locker but he never got a chance to use it. Shame because it would have come in handy.
This is a well done movie. I read the book a long time ago but I believe that they were closer to vampires in the book. Also in the book he is more of the last person in a dying race terrorizing the next race that stands to inherit the earth. Hence the title "I Am Legend". The movie (and book) is as much about a man slowly going insane from seclusion and loneliness as it is about killing monsters.
- Status
