Which version of I AM LEGEND works best?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMCNbjoJExw
A short video explaining some of the major and minor differences between all 3 versions of Richard Matheson's novella in the posters opinion.
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My biggest beef with Last Man and Omega Man (won't even discuss the Will Smith travesty) is that both films make their protagonist a scientist. Most of the suspense of the novel is all the constant researching Neville's doing. While Last Man tries hard and ultimately succeeds more than Omega, which is still a blast of a fun movie, neither one has the sense of isolation and the dread. If they are going to make a legit movie of I Am Legend, it needs to NOT be a Hollywood blockbuster with some hot shot actor in it. Read the source material, screen 'writers' and I use the term very loosely.
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I'll give Omega Man a pass on that since it's a considerably more over the top adaptation but yeah it does seem a little too convenient that the last man on earth just so happens to be a scientist. The idea that a plain ol' factory worker would be the only survivor of a worldwide plague must've been just a bit too hoi polloi for hollywood at the time.
I'm genuinely convinced that every movie would be better with Arnold Schwarzenegger in it.
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The scientist complaint aside, I'm easily going with Price's classic as the best.
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This is the best one.
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