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Lou Sytsma

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Unfortunately I am seeing that remark far too often on the web.

People if you are a reader you owe to yourselves to find this author out - The Incredible Shrinking Man, Nightmare at 20,000 feet and I Am Legend are a minute representation of this writer's works.
 

Andres Munoz

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I agree. As soon as I heard about this remake and after watching "The Omega Man" which is based on the book, I ran out and bought it. A great read.

I was a little nervous about this movie changing the characters from vampires to mutants but those suckers look terrifying so I'm really looking forward to seeing them in action. These are not your old white faced, not threating at all mutants from The Omega Man.
 

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anyone watch the new movie trailers? judgement still out there til final movie arrives =P
 

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Crap.......Crap.......Crap.......

Lowering my expectations as I type this................ it is hard..but I am doing it!
 

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That pretty much fit my apprehensions given the extended trailers. It looks more like a zombie/mutant movie than what the book really is: the desperate situation of being the last man on earth, and what that entails internally, psychologically, for that individual.

This should have been a psychological study on the human condition when put into that predicament. Sounds like from early reports that Will Smith might have had the acting chops to pull it off, but the director/screenwriter decided to go a different direction altogether.

The first part of the new extended trailer looks like the took the beginning of Stephen King's The Stand and appended it to the movie. Ironic [or perhaps fitting?] since King highly credits I Am Legend for inspiring him.
 

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Actually, that is exactly what the first half/two-thirds of the movie is. Last man on earth stuff. And, Smith nails it big time.

However, your take on the Matheson story and mine are different. That is not how I read Matheson's book. I read it as a scientific vampire/monster/outsider story with a Twilight Zone twist at the end that challenges your standard definition of what a monster is. That's what the title is referring to anyhow...
 

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Agreed. Of course, I think even people who haven't read the book will be surprised at the serious dramatic nature of the first half. I've already seen people compare it to "Castaway". A good comparison. That is not likely to be what people are expecting - even if they haven't read the book.
 

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I haven't read the book and I'm looking forward to seeing this. It sounds like it may be a good thing that I haven't read it. I have no expectations at all for this. I'm just intrigued by the trailer.
 

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i honestly can't recall the ending of the novel. can someone enlighten me in spoiler brackets? here's my question:

i remember neville sexing it up w/some hot thang towards the end that led to his house being over-run... but what happens at the very end? i can't remember if he just dies or just joins them and runs away?
 

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