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I AM LEGEND Plague Signs!!

FIRST by tHEmOOG	Oct 1st, 2006 09:10:55 PM
signs look cool but not as cool as being first
not first! by playahatersball	Oct 1st, 2006 09:11:49 PM
but close
The End of the World is Nigh! by Neo Con Snake Plissken	Oct 1st, 2006 09:13:10 PM
Another lousy Will Smith Movie! In New York! You Know, I wonder if John Titor predicted this before he went back to the year 2036. This is the beginning of the American Civil War! The constant barrage of fraking lousy movies is the catalyst! Bring out your dead! Belgium man, Belgium.
4th by ekocher	Oct 1st, 2006 09:16:16 PM
w00t
COME OUT NEVILLE!!!!! by DOGSOUP	Oct 1st, 2006 09:19:01 PM
AND BRING A BETTER MOVIE WITH YOU!
That poster is very applicable at the moment by Bean_	Oct 1st, 2006 09:22:43 PM
Bush is pardoning him and his Administration for their war crimes in the Geneva Convention, we're being spied on, we can be arrested and named an enemy combatant and held in jail w/o a trial for years.
I hope this reimagining bombs... by ViolentN8	Oct 1st, 2006 09:43:46 PM
That way I can get an original prop version of that middle sign "Stay Home. Stay Safe. It's the LAW." Seeing that makes me want to get stoned (a rarity in the last decade) and listen to Jello Biafra albums. The experience just can't be complete without mounting that sign on my wall next to my lava lamp.
The Last Man On Earth by MajorMajor	Oct 1st, 2006 09:50:14 PM
Rob Zombie will be showing The Last Man On Earth some time on his Underground show on TNT in October. I've got a nice letterboxed copy on DVD with the most footage I've seen. But I always feel compelled to watch (and copy) a programming rarity like this to see if some new footage shows up. Rob Zombie should make this new version. I might get excited.
I hope they bring that "I,Robot" hardcoreness... by Mr.Mister	Oct 1st, 2006 09:53:35 PM
...anyway, there's no way they can re-create the intensity of Chuck Heston firing a shotgun at robed home invaders. Basically, Chuck's character is desperate to protect all those cases of Cutty Sark he's got stashed. Fuck the cure when you can just stay home, get drunk and stroke your piece(s).
who did the research? by hrwalf	Oct 1st, 2006 09:58:11 PM
5th ave is at EAST 85th st, not west.
ShiftyEyedDog by crackerfarmboy	Oct 1st, 2006 10:16:18 PM
Amen my brother. Amen.
Cool by Evil Chicken	Oct 1st, 2006 10:27:17 PM
I'm jazzed. It should be fun.
Its a sad, scary day when the future of mankind.. by JAGUART	Oct 2nd, 2006 12:00:31 AM
Rests on the shoulders of Will Smith.
Why isn't this called Omega Man!?! by flanaganagain	Oct 2nd, 2006 12:06:58 AM
That about says it all! Why waste the title "I am Legend" when it will be nothing like the book. I guess the faithful version could be called "I was Legend". I will boycott this sheet and why is this site giving this movie so much coverage. We should NOT encourage the creation of steaming piles of shit!
Will Smith was great in... by TomRothman	Oct 2nd, 2006 12:12:09 AM
I,Robot an underappreciated modern classic.This movie sounds good but im stoked about Live Free,Die Hard.I've heard great things.
2009 !!! DON'T DATE YOUR MOVIE by Mace Tofu	Oct 2nd, 2006 01:29:18 AM
Why put a date on the event of 2009. As a sci-fi film this means in 3 years it will be wrong to most of the public watching the film..."hey remember when that Vampire plague hit NY in 2009? No? You sure?" HELLLL NOOOO 2009 !?! TOO SOON
hahahah...tom rothman..... by CrayonPie	Oct 2nd, 2006 01:41:07 AM
Oh, what a foxy tool! Maybe if Will Smith was in "Idiocracy" Fox would have supported it. Then again Kiss Ass Will would never challenge his audience with such offensive material. Corporate kiss ass... "Id like to see that new Will Smith movie." "What? We dont have time for handjobs!"
Well 2009 could show that they know that no one will be by Mace Tofu	Oct 2nd, 2006 01:49:32 AM
watching I AM LEGEND again in 2009. They should call this A BOY AND HIS DOG 2...or would that be racist? Anyway we should get a good half hour of TURNER & HOOCH jokes before the action starts as Will drives around NY with his mans best friend. Calling this version "I AM LEGEND" is a waste of a good title if this film is more of a cross of the titles I listed mixed in with a little BULLET & OMEGA MAN blended with 28 DAYS LATER... Oh JOY {: P
Damn you Michael Bay by MCMLXXVI	Oct 2nd, 2006 02:47:08 AM
Damn you Michael Bay
2001 !!! DON'T DATE YOUR MOVIE by BannedOnTheRun	Oct 2nd, 2006 04:11:39 AM
I thought we'd never reach Jupiter by 2001 after the machine takeover by Skynet in 1997.
What about the ending? by Judge Briggs	Oct 2nd, 2006 05:17:06 AM
They changing the ending? Cause that ain't so hollywood if they keep the one in the book.
Best Adaptation by DforDandetta	Oct 2nd, 2006 06:49:44 AM
The Last Man on Earth is a pretty close adaptation of the novel. There isn't really any gore but it still gets creepy. Omega Man is hardly anything like the source material, sorry Chuck. The Last Man on Earth is available for viewing in its entirety on youtube just to let you guys know.
good 2 see ruining my favorite book by gfrankenstein	Oct 2nd, 2006 07:03:46 AM
will smith ? again lightweight actor unsurpassed in his ability to remind us all hes acting everytime hes on screen . this will stink .
Location by RenoNevada2000	Oct 2nd, 2006 07:05:33 AM
Where were these pics taken?
oh shit! those signs are AWESOME by triplefive	Oct 2nd, 2006 07:23:31 AM
I'm totally convinced now! this movie is gonna RAWK! Will Smith and Akiva Goldsman Bring it On!! Yeeeaahh!!
official website is up by Mr_ant	Oct 2nd, 2006 07:37:06 AM
www.iamlegendfilm.com
How about some "12 Monkeys" graffiti on the by durhay	Oct 2nd, 2006 09:10:05 AM
signage?
I used to love 12 Monkeys by FluffyUnbound	Oct 2nd, 2006 11:15:18 AM
But the other day I saw some French guy's short film on TCM, and I discovered that 12 Monkeys is stolen. I never even bothered to check if it was stolen, because it's Gilliam. Am I going to discover someday that Munchausen is based on some Czech guy's short film? I don't think I could take that. Oh yeah, this movie still looks like it will blow.
Even at the Apocolypse, hippies still protest. by modlight	Oct 2nd, 2006 11:33:45 AM
Boooo, the government doesn't want the plauge to spread. But what about our rights?!?!! Wahhhhhh.
FluffyUnbound by Lovecraftfan	Oct 2nd, 2006 11:34:08 AM
No 12 Monkeys was not stolen it was remake that had almost nothing to do with the original since the original was a short.
Fluffy by Bubba Gillman	Oct 2nd, 2006 11:37:11 AM
I think it's acknowledged that 12 Monkeys is influenced by the French short La Jetee (never saw it myself). In fact, if I'm not mistaken La Jetee is mentioned in the 12 Monkeys credits. Anyway, I agree with the above poster who commented that Last Man on Earth is a pretty faithful adaptation of I Am Legend. I was able to buy Last Man on Earth on one of those no frills dvds they sell at Kmart for 2 bucks and it was well worth the expenditure. I expect this new version of I Am Legend to appear in the same low budget bin in about a year.
La Jetee is really cool, try and find it by modlight	Oct 2nd, 2006 11:48:00 AM
But to say that 12 Monkeys is a faithful adaptation is stretching it because the thing is really short. Thats like not respecting the Godfather because its based on a book, or that "Just One of the Guys" sucks because its inspired by 12th night. Everything is stolen and the sooner people get over that the sooner you'll be happy.
Just cast in the film... by Uncapie	Oct 2nd, 2006 11:58:36 AM
...is DANIEL SMITH. Yes, son of Anna Nicole Smith is in negotiations to portray one of the living dead. Proceeds of his appearance will go to Miss Smith's wedding to several unpaid caterers that jettied in caviar and champagne to the yacht she was married on to ambulance-chaser, Howard K. Stern(No relation to the FM shock-jock.) When asked about her son's part in the film, the saucy Miss Smith commented, "Uh, what?" Rumor has it that zombie, Bruce Paltrow will also make a cameo. Film at 11.
Yeah, OK, you guys are right. by FluffyUnbound	Oct 2nd, 2006 01:00:10 PM
I guess "stolen" is too strong. But I was just shocked to be watching this little French short [in collage, and not even in film] about time travel, and the protagonist is sent back as part of an experiment to try to prevent an apocalyptic war, and he meets a woman he's been dreaming about since he was a boy, and he also has a memory from boyhood of seeing a man get shot, and it turns out at the end that the man who gets shot is him. But if the short is in the credits, then that's OK.
You know, if they were going for a "fresh" new take... by Childe Roland	Oct 2nd, 2006 01:19:12 PM
...on this material, why did they recycle the already aging (and none-too-gracefully) interbreeding of the biohazard outbreak/zombie genres? I mean, isn't this ground pretty thoroughly covered by 28 Days Later, Resident Evil and the Dawn of the Dead remake (which I'd love to see a sequel to, just because I know now I can trust Snyder to handle it with the right balance of action, gore, scares and tongue-protruding-from-decompo sed-cheek humor). For some reason, when I thiknk of what this movie is becoming and I look back on iRobot, I am always reminded of that episode of Cheers where Frasier reads A Tale of Two Cities to the bar. Maybe this will be more palatable after a day of drinking Norm style?
Disappointed by lack of Product Placement by Nezzer6364	Oct 2nd, 2006 04:10:02 PM
I’m pretty sure Will Smith will come through the rest of the movie ok, like he did I,Robot
I Robot? by Billyeveryteen	Oct 2nd, 2006 06:59:43 PM
Isn't that the one where he bitched about his sneakers? Ouch, that one was poo.
Sadder: the writer who spent a long time writing by CreasyBear	Oct 2nd, 2006 07:38:10 PM
the fine print on the biohazard sign, considering it will be completely illegible in the background of a half-second shot, or me for reading a few words of it? Yeah, I was afraid of that. I had to ask anyway.
ShiftyEyeDog....is Wild,Wild West popcorn fun? by CrayonPie	Oct 2nd, 2006 08:27:10 PM
The "Popcorn" defense for crap movies is an extremely tired cliche. Will Smith's non-threatening brand of blackness is pimped to corporate movie factories then packaged as charismatic poser cool. There is nothing genuine or illunminating about his rote schtick.
speaking of dating your movies... by redshirt	Oct 2nd, 2006 09:54:40 PM
I thought for sure we would have a moonbase "Alpha" by 1999! Well, maybe by 2019.
Due credit to La Jetee was given by the the writers... by NoHubris	Oct 2nd, 2006 10:02:41 PM
...David and Janet Peoples, in a lengthy article that I read about the movie.
They should have cast the Burger King as Neville by ZeroCorpse	Oct 2nd, 2006 10:24:43 PM
That would STILL be more believable than Will Smith's "Up-in-there" attitude.
BOTR Re: dating your movie...2001 lasted 33 years not 2 by Mace Tofu	Oct 2nd, 2006 11:34:30 PM
By 2001 we did land on the moon and send a probe to Jupiter and have Space Shuttles and 3 space stations : Skylab-MIR-ISS so the 2001 dream came true a little bit. Putting 3-D video cameras on the next space probes will be cool, not as cool as a Moon base : ( I am Legend 2007... I am Legend DVD 2008... I an Legend Network TV 2009... Dated in 2. I like how MAD MAX was "A FEW YEARS FROM NOW..." : )
Am I the only one who's lost interest in Will Smith? by Bill Clay	Oct 2nd, 2006 11:42:25 PM
I guess it started after he was in 'Wild, Wild West'. I once found him interesting but now I have zero interest in seeing a movie he is headlining. BTW, Tom Cruise has just recently entered that zone, also.
The Book by Droogie Alex	Oct 3rd, 2006 01:16:43 AM
This was one of my favorite books of my youth. You really have to read it to discuss any of this. The most chilling part is when he opens his front door to find his dead vampire wife, returned from the grave, trying to speak; "rob-ert...."
Bill Clay by KillingJoke	Oct 3rd, 2006 03:09:53 AM
You are not the only one. Not by a longshot.
Mace Tofu, I stand corrected by BannedOnTheRun	Oct 3rd, 2006 03:52:40 AM
"The Day After Tomorrow" is surely ripe for a false advertising lawsuit, though.
Stay Home. Stay Safe. Don't Watch This Movie! by lynxpro	Oct 3rd, 2006 01:58:56 PM
Come'on cinegeeks. Stay home. Refuse to watch this film and let the pre-release bad buzz tank this proportionately to the amount of wind that was taken out of the sails of Superman Lifts. Punish this idiotic studio (Warner Bros.) for wrecking their franchises by casting bad actors and unnecessairly tweaking the mythos. This film sucks, literally. We all know it. Spread the word like a virus. Come on out, WB Studio executives, we're waiting for you!
FluffyUnbound and 12 Monkeys by lynxpro	Oct 3rd, 2006 02:04:19 PM
Look up the classic Doctor Who episode "Day of the Daleks" from the 70s. In it, a time traveler goes back to prevent a war and actually becomes the cause of it. The plot involved timeloop consequences of going back in time to change events. A scenario that happened in 12 Monkeys but the writers were too stupid to realize that Cole did alter events and got stuck in a timeloop. And thus, despite Bruce Willis being in it, "Day of the Daleks" > 12 Monkeys.
Awww Hella Naw Bill Clay...you're not the only one by Bong	Oct 3rd, 2006 07:28:44 PM
Shoot
Not a bad film by AntoniusBloc	Apr 23rd, 2008 11:06:47 PM
The film worked in certain areas like suspense Will Smith also gave a decent performance
but by AntoniusBloc	Apr 23rd, 2008 11:13:55 PM
the effects did leave something to be desired the dog also gave a good performance, the non cgi one, that is

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