December 14th. "I am Legend." Fucking be there.

[schild]

Yessir.

Big Budget movie.
Will Smith.
Zombies.
Empty New York.
Zombies.

Oh god yes.

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

[lamaros]

Does it have a decent ending?

What's with Will Smith in all these old books eh?

[schild]

Who cares if it's going to have a good ending? It's fucking Will Smith and Zombies! Fuck yeah! Shut brain off, get drunk, enter theater and WIN.

[stray]

I remember picking this book up on a lark awhile back. Never got around to it. Apparently it's been adapted 3 times already (besides this)? One of which was made the same year as this one -- with Marc Dacascos. There's one with Vincent Price, penned by the author of the novel himself.

[edit] Wait, what? Zombies?

[schild]

That's right. Zombies. And Will Smith.

I can't imagine the Mark Dascascos one will be good. Unless it is Brotherhood of the Wolf 2.

[lamaros]

In the book it's vampires, I'm sure...

If I'm going to shut my brain off and get drunk I can think of a lot more fun things to do than sit in a theater watching a remake.

[schild]

Maybe it's vampires. Who cares. It's something awesome.

And has Will Smith!

And Action!

Fuck yea!

[Rasix]

Wait a second..

You liked Independence Day, didn't you?

[schild]

Fuck yea. It had Jeff Goldblum TOO. How can you not like Independence Day?!

[Rasix]

Fuck yea. It had Jeff Goldblum TOO. How can you not like Independence Day?!

Wild guess, because it sucked? It was boring too. 

[Engels]

I eagerly await schild's tears of rage when he discovers to his dismay that this movie is based on a fairly serious book that uses the metaphor of vampires as a metaphor for discrimination.

[schild]

Who gives a shit. They can preach to me all day long.

I'm going for the action. If I wanted cerebral I'd watch something on DVD.

[Tale]

28 Independence Days Later

[naum]

Isn't this a remake of a 70s Charlton Heston movie, Omega Man?

I hope I'm wrong, but the presence of Will Smith indicates more the possibility of "I Robot" rather than something of quality…

[Abagadro]

Just FYI, one of Matheson's great Twilight Zone eps ("The Invaders") is on Sci-Fi tomorrow night.

As for the films, this is indeed the third with The Last Man on Earth with Vincent Price and Omega Man with Charlton Heston. Well, there was a fourth, but it was in Spanish from Spain.  Was also spoofed on a Treehouse of Horror episode.




 

[Signe]

Will Smith is going to play a superhero next year sometime.  God, I hope he wears spandex.

[stu]

All I can remember about The Omega Man was that it had a disco soundtrack behind Heston with a machine gun as he mowed down the vampires during the finale. I read the script for this new version almost ten years ago and it was awesome, but written for Ahnauld. There are even old storyboards from the production still floating around the web with Arnie running over vampires in his Humvee. Pretty awesome.

This is one of those cases where I expect the movie to be way better than the source material. I'm not a big Matheson fan.

[stray]

I like Will Smith, but think he's a little too "jokey and talkative to be a cool action/sci-fi guy. Unless it's a smartass like Han Solo or something.

[stu]

I feel the same way. He's always gonna be The Fresh Prince of Bel Aire to me. Still, I love post-apocalyptic action/horror flicks, so this will be balls-to-the-wall awesome for me.

The Omega Man!

BTW, I hope they use the original ending from the book. That was my favorite part of it.

[NiX]

Finally saw a trailer that showed something more than just him being alone. Looks f-ing awesome. Though the part where he holds the dog is le sad.

[Reg]

There's a puppy? Awwww....

[Ironwood]

I eagerly await schild's tears of rage when he discovers to his dismay that this movie is based on a fairly serious book that uses the metaphor of vampires as a metaphor for discrimination.

For Real.

Schild, why do you keep doing this to yourself.  It's like watching a woman get constantly slapped by her husband.  Sure, it's funny, but after a while the mind starts wandering.

[Velorath]

This is one of those movies that I'd probably never watch if not for the fact that I work at a movie theater.  Sure it seems closer to the source material than the Omega Man (which isn't really saying much), and I know better than to expect the story to ever be faithfully adapted (it wouldn't make for a compelling movie anyway), but when it comes down to it, the last Will Smith movie that I thought was any good was Enemy of the State, and that was way back in 1998.

[DraconianOne]

As for the films, this is indeed the third with The Last Man on Earth with Vincent Price and Omega Man with Charlton Heston. Well, there was a fourth, but it was in Spanish from Spain.  Was also spoofed on a Treehouse of Horror episode.

"Soy leyenda" was the Spanish one but it was only 15 mins long. 

The Dacascos version is called "I am Omega".  Straight to DVD, unsurprisingly, as part of the Global Asylum list of rip-offs which include "Alien vs Hunter", "The Hitchhiker", "The Da Vinci Treasure", "Snakes on a Train" and "30000 Leagues under the sea".

I'm quite looking forward to the Will Smith version.  Don't give a toss about the source material nor do I think The Omega Man was actually that good so as long as it's entertaining, I don't care.  I'm also backing Francis Lawrence as I enjoyed Constantine more than I expected despite it's absolute rape of the comic book.  Peter Stormare = best Satan ever.

[Riggswolfe]

Peter Stormare = best Satan ever.

You've never seen the Prophecy have you? Viggo Mortenson as Lucifer = win.

[schild]

The Constantine staffing of Satan turned an otherwise mediocre movie into an incredible one. That's how goddamn good that casting was.

Viggo was good, but the Prophecy was already a good movie.

[Ironwood]

For my money, Angel Heart had the best Satan.

Understated works best for me. 


Oh, and the worst one was the End of Days Terminator-chap shit.  Jesus Wept.

[IainC]

Will Smith in a movie makes me less likely to want to watch it. He even made turds like Independence Day worse which shouldn't have been possible - I mean how do you wreck something that's already the worst movie ever made?

[Typhon]

I agree with schild, Constantine Satan is (for me) best Satan yet.  To see him in those VW comericials afterwards was funny (I know he's an established actor, I'd just don't remember ever seeing him in anything).

[schild]

I mean how do you wreck something that's already the worst movie ever made?

I don't know if they have medicine for your condition yet.

[WayAbvPar]

He may need medication, but he is right- Independence Day was dreadful. So bad that I can't even face turning it on for background noise when I am at my PC.

[shiznitz]

this movie is based on a fairly serious book that uses the metaphor of vampires as a metaphor for discrimination.

I call bullshit on the interpretation. It is a survival story with a sweet twist, which adds a bit of social commentary with the big reveal.  However, There is no connecting theme of discrimination throughout.

Are we allowed to talk about the book even though it will likely NOT spoil the movie but we cannot be sure?

[schild]

Don't spoil this shit. You want to talk about it with possible spoilers, make another thread.

[Ironwood]

He may need medication, but he is right- Independence Day was dreadful. So bad that I can't even face turning it on for background noise when I am at my PC.

Welcome to 'Erf.

Put me down in the 'ID was so awful that families should have been culled for it' camp.  Jingoistic bollocks.

[HaemishM]

I liked Independence Day when I saw it in the theaters, but it REALLY falls flat the more you see it. Like, "Wow, this fucking movie is so stupid, my frontal lobe feels cornholed" stupid. It absolutely requires turning off any cognitive thought to make the movie watchable these days.

I am Legend... I think I'll probably have to treat it the same way. It can't be worse than I, Robot, can it? At least it isn't raping Asimov.