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Some SDCC tidbits from the I am Legend panel:


- The new film will not have any nods/winks to the 2 previous incarnations: Omega Man and The Last Man on Earth.

- The creatures in the films are allergic to sunlight and crave blood. They are never referred to as vampires in the film. This makes it closer to the book.

- Matheson's son says his father already saw the film and he said it was "1st class!". That makes me think this won't be Hollywood tripe, sweet!

There was alot on the upcoming comic, Awakening Part II by Steve Niles and some pages of the comic were shown which included a village in South Africa being contained as to the vamp infenction by people in gas masks with some big guns. Steve Niles had adapted the book for a four-volume graphic novel more than a decade ago because he was deeply affected by the I Am Legend book as a kid. When he was 19 years old he approached Richard Matheson with the idea and Matheson let Niles do it for 100 bucks.

The comic is a prequel to the film, exploring the events that bring us to the apocalypse. It's also part of the actualy story for the film, and focuses on a family that is stuck in traffic during rush hour when the epidemic breaks out.

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Anonymous (4 years ago) Reply

tis film is cool

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dweeb (4 years ago) Reply

the movie was sweet, the flashbacks in it helped to discribe what led to what was happening at the present pretty sweet

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amnuale (4 years ago) Reply

it is the best film in horer then the end is not good why you did this

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shane (4 years ago) Reply

hey the movie was great but the book is better

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Nate (4 years ago) Reply

book is off the chain

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mike hunt (4 years ago) Reply

da movie is off da chizzain my nizzle

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Anonymous (4 years ago) Reply

I thought the movie was 1st class as well, but it derailed alot from Matheson's original concept of vampires, for example, the film butchered the significance of the title. In the book, Neville was the "legend" to the vampires because he came out at day, which was their night, and killed vampires. The movie completley changed that. I think the movie would've been much much better if it had followed the books storyline. Overall, however, the film was indeed very good.

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anime (4 years ago) Reply

oh my god this movie rocks i saw it and it was the best the flash backs every thing was good i feel so bad for the dog though you know the one caled sam she was such a cool dog i just feel so bad and also the ending was good before when i was gonna go watch the movie you know what my cousin asked me she asked why is it called I am Legend i said i dont know but now i do because of the ending you know the words at the ending were realy inspiring

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redpatt (4 years ago) Reply

the book is so much better

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Anonymous (4 years ago) Reply

great overall but bad ending

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gay (3 years ago) Reply

the movie was the shittest movie iv ever seen in my life nah it was the best movie i seen gay ending tho i thought he was the only mannnn i dont mine girls but i saw more then one mannnnn.

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Some weird guy (3 years ago) Reply

The movie was nasty, man, never read the book, sounds good, maybe I should've read the book first. Anyway kick butt movie.

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Default (3 years ago) Reply

The movie was way better than the book U guys r Retards if U think the book was better

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Anonymous (3 years ago) Reply

BOOK IS WAYYYYYYY WAYYYYY better.
wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.


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