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Rocagnante said:

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Has anyone seen the older movies based on this book?

The Omega Man (1971), The Last Man on Earth (1964),

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I've seen both, but it's been a long time. Last Man on Earth is the closest to the original work, but still takes a lot of liberties, and in particular, turns it into more of a zombie movie. Omega Man felt like the largest gap between book and movies with the weird cult thing going on.

Thanks

So we finally have our answer as to how Will Smith will appear in the sequel... they're going with the alternate ending of the first movie as cannon. Which mean we can assume they'll rerelease the original movie just prior, in theaters, but with the ending where he lives. I've never seen a strategy like this before, but it's an interesting one, that's for sure...

‘I AM LEGEND 2’, starring Michael B. Jordan and Will Smith, will be set decades after the original film.

The alternate ending for the original film will be canon in the sequel.

(Source: Deadline) pic.twitter.com/mDhOD3W7D6

— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) February 15, 2023

Akiva Goldsman’s Weed Road In First Look Warner Bros Deal; Focus Is Sequels Of ‘Constantine’ With Keanu Reeves, ‘I Am Legend’ With Will Smith, Michael B. Jordan https://t.co/NX0R1BCFV7

— Michael Fleming (@DeadlineMike) February 15, 2023

Opening of the movie:
Show the original ending -- RECORD SCRATCH -- Will Smith voiceover "You know movies always change the facts to make a good ending, let me show you what really happened" ... alternate ending, then rest of the movie

Really not sure how to feel about this one…..granted the alternate ending was better but….I don't know this seems wrong….

Will they re-release Titanic with a new ending where Jack does climb on the door and lives so they can make Titanic 2: The Lucitania

jokershady said:

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Really not sure how to feel about this one…..granted the alternate ending was better but….I don't know this seems wrong….

Will they re-release Titanic with a new ending where Jack does climb on the door and lives so they can make Titanic 2: The Lucitania

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One person, George Beauchamp, survived both the Titanic and Lusitania.

YouBet said:

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WWZ is a perfect candidate for an anthology. It's multiple different short stories and is freaking awesome.

How it hasn't been properly made is beyond me.

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What was the last anthology with multiple short stories, characters, and settings that worked on TV or movie? Black Mirror? Love, Death & Robots?
Has to be crazy expensive.

I didn't want to quote your whole post and clog up the thread, but I saw a joke on Reddit saying they were going to use 'The Flash' to reset the 'I Am Legend' universe.

bluefire579 said:

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Easy, Rod said:

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Oh boy more terrible cgi monsters.



I am legend was a poor rendition of a great book. The scary part was the solitude. The second half of the movie, being the zombie battles and the discovery of the girl, was so terrible.

Talk about a completely unwanted sequel. Might as well just call this "I am Michael B Jordan and the movie studio wants to sell tickets."

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I thought the movie was great. But I've never read the book. Holding a movie to the book standard is a little unfair as most movies will never live up to the hype.

It's also one of the few sci-fi/horror movies that I can watch with a young kid. A Quiet Place is another example.

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For me, it's not even about comparing quality to the book. You can put out a different interpretation while still keeping the spirit of the original. It's probably favorable in a lot of cases because some things that work in writing don't quite translate to the screen. But this adaptation doesn't even come close to the spirit of the original. Outside of there being vampires, there are very few similarities.

And it's not meant to take away from you enjoying it. There are definitely solid parts of the movie. It's more lamenting that such a great story keeps getting abused by Hollywood.

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While I enjoyed the movie, I have to ask , "why even call it I am Legend?"? Doesn't come close to the spirit of the original...heck, they couldn't have made the movie more exact opposite of the source content if they tried. Literally! Every.single.aspect. Outside of: was there a man in the book? A woman? A dog? A catastrophe involving monsters? Those are the only similarities I can think of.

Nagler said:

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They need to do I Am Legend like the book. Make the human the bad guy.

They also need to due World War Z as an HBO series. You could do each chapter or two as an episode as the guy goes back and interviews them.

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Great ideas! The brilliance of the I am Legend/Omega Man source material is the turn away from seeing the main character as the protagonist towards him being the boogieman. And most of the films never do that aspect justice.

And a WWZ miniseries would/could be incredible. I still think about the downed helicopter pilot chapter every time I drive through Mississippi/Louisiana. A plethora of great stories to showcase.

jeffk said:

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Nagler said:

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They need to do I Am Legend like the book. Make the human the bad guy.

They also need to due World War Z as an HBO series. You could do each chapter or two as an episode as the guy goes back and interviews them.

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Great ideas! The brilliance of the I am Legend/Omega Man source material is the turn away from seeing the main character as the protagonist towards him being the boogieman. And most of the films never do that aspect justice.

And a WWZ miniseries would/could be incredible. I still think about the downed helicopter pilot chapter every time I drive through Mississippi/Louisiana. A plethora of great stories to showcase.

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For the WWZ, you could do a lot of the post outbreak would building by following the interviewer around. Minor stories could be told in passing comments or over lunch. Then have him traveling to various parts of the world as he goes for the interviews.

It would be cool to see the hordes walk out of the water on to the beach as he's there. Or have he go to Israel and deal with the wall, etc. Would be really cool.

Completely off topic but since WWZ is being mentioned, has anyone read Day By Day Armageddon by J.L. Bourne (same genre)?

I have. Really liked it being set mostly in Texas. My favorite zombie series has to be Adrian's Undead Diary though. Guy was releasing it blog style over a long time before finally getting it published and writing a bunch of other stuff.

Downloaded Adrian's (Omnibus books 1-4). Will get to it after I finish the Bone Witch series. Thanks The Dog Lord and YouBet for the recommendation.