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    Great News: An Andrew Niccol Script Replaces I Am Legend Prequel

    The World Without Us Is Legend?

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    Image of kushiro kushiro
    07/10/09

    In reply to Great News: An Andrew Niccol Script Replaces I Am Legend Prequel
    So, essentially Will Smith said, "Write me another movie to put one of my precious kids in. Oh, yeah, and she's been bugging me about going to England, so work that in there somewhere."
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    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    07/10/09

    @kushiro:

    I will not pay tpo see any movie with his children in it. No more talentless forced legacy actors.

    They shouldn't have touched my beloved Karate Kid.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    07/10/09

    In reply to Great News: An Andrew Niccol Script Replaces I Am Legend Prequel
    So Disney meets The Stone Raft?
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    Image of noamjamski noamjamski
    07/10/09

    In reply to Great News: An Andrew Niccol Script Replaces I Am Legend Prequel
    They could also try a wacky alternate version of I Am Legend which....I don't know...actually adapts the book! Vampires *are* after all cool again.

    Was I the only person who thought the I Am Legend film more closely adapted and borrowed ideas from World War Z?
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    Image of transbastard transbastard
    07/10/09

    @noamjamski: Why does Hollywood not get that it is the ending that makes the book a classic?

    "Here is a book with some cultural staying power, so to make it a success we should remove everything special about it. Another brilliant idea! Now to the nose powder for inspiration!"
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    Image of noamjamski noamjamski
    07/10/09

    @transbastard: Totally. Matheson put all of his Twilight Zone script writing to good use with that twist ending the movie completely chose to ignore. If the monsters are the real monsters all you have is a shitty flick that irresponsibly promotes use of Bob Marley to children.
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    Image of cletar cletar
    07/10/09

    @noamjamski: You're not the only one.
    The Will Smith thing was a remake of the Omega Man, anyhow, not an attempt to adapt I Am Legend--I don't know why they didn't just call it "Omega Man." I think a vampiresque quasi-faithful version of the book might have done better, anyhow.
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    Image of noamjamski noamjamski
    07/10/09

    @cletar: Yeah, I didn't mind the filmmakers modernizing the setting and plot for the Will Smith film. My issue was that they butchered and jettisoned the spirit and themes of the original work which I thought were very powerful.

    At least there was the amazing and faithful Vincent Price version, "the Last Man on Earth."

    http://www.amazon.com/Last-Man-Earth-Vincent-Price/dp/B000WC3A0I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1247263472&sr=8-1
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    07/10/09

    In reply to Great News: An Andrew Niccol Script Replaces I Am Legend Prequel
    i repectfully dissagree that a dumbed down niccol story is better than i was legend before i was legend. one could have been something great, the other could never have been anything other than what it was, which makes the former much more depressing than the latter.
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    07/10/09

    In reply to Great News: An Andrew Niccol Script Replaces I Am Legend Prequel
    I'm guessing the family circumstance that's keeping them apart is that he's a freaking street magician.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    07/10/09

    @omgwtflolbbqbye: it could be worse, he could be a street mime.
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    07/10/09

    @tetracycloide: But since Manhattan would more likely drift into France rather than England, I think that would actually be better.
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    Image of Dunny0 Dunny0
    07/10/09

    In reply to Great News: An Andrew Niccol Script Replaces I Am Legend Prequel
    In the rewrite, as Manhattan breaks away and drifts across the pond, it's filled with zombie unicorns that the little girl must tame in order to set her father free from... Um... Will Smith.
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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    07/10/09

    @Dunny0: Any movie with zombie unicorns would be instant win.
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    07/10/09

    @Dunny0: My name is Will Smithe and if you hear this. Then you are alive.
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    07/10/09

    @Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.:
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    Image of cletar cletar
    07/10/09

    @The Curse of Millhaven: "Next week, on a very special episode of 'Zombie Unicorn Island...'"
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    Image of NotChoinski NotChoinski
    04/02/09

    In reply to The World Without Us Is Legend?
    "A world without humans", starring Jean Tripplehorn. JEAN TRIPPLEHORN IS NOT HUMAN!
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    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    04/02/09

    In reply to The World Without Us Is Legend?
    I'm thinking something like "Quest For Fire" but with some kinda aboreal squid or other hyper-evolved animal. I'd pay good money to see that.
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    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    04/02/09

    @Aidan_: Maybe an alien survey team?
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    Image of Ama Wilson Ama Wilson
    04/02/09

    @Aidan_:

    A whole movie that just aliens uncovering our archeological leftovers would be fantastic.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    04/02/09

    @Ama Wilson: That was my thought for how they'd go with this.


    You get some visually-appealing bipedal aliens poking around and trying to figure out what happened to us and how we lived and there ya go.

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    Image of snowcrash snowcrash
    04/02/09

    In reply to The World Without Us Is Legend?
    jesus as this rate with so many people imagining the end of the world, it's going to happen. STOP IT.

    imagine a happy bright future for christs sake.
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    Image of Gann Gann
    04/02/09

    @snowcrash: Nobody said anything about the end of the world, just the end of the human race. Some would call that a very happy bright future.
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    Image of Travis Greene Travis Greene
    04/02/09

    @Gann: Who, cows?
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    Image of Gann Gann
    04/02/09

    @Travis Greene: Domesticated cows wouldn't fare that well post-humanity.


    @corpore-metal: While that is a valid argument, I'd attribute the popularity of disaster movies to eco-fear. Humanity's fears always show up in movies, just as people's fears always show up in their dreams. We are learning our only real enemy left is ourselves and are hoping we do not destroy the earth as we eventually bring about our own demise.

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    Image of Fedaykin Fedaykin
    04/02/09

    In reply to The World Without Us Is Legend?
    Um... unnecessary I Am Legend hate?


    And didn't History Channel or NatGeo already do The World Without Humans? Documentary-style, but still fun.


    Honestly, you think they'd get a greenlight for this from Hollywood without a love interest? :)

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    Image of psthmn psthmn
    04/02/09

    @Fedaykin: The hate is very necessary, since they missed the whole point.


    By an extremely wide margin.

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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    04/02/09

    @psthmn: also it was kind of a giant let down also. Super-creepy first half, enormously shitty CGI villains in the last half, followed by a boringly unsympathetic Will Smith in full on steroid-mode.


    And to top it all off, let's make ALTERNATE ENDINGS so that the whole world can see that nobody knew what the fuck they were doing, and this shitty movie was assembled by committee.

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    Image of Andrew Liptak Andrew Liptak
    04/02/09

    In reply to The World Without Us Is Legend?
    Interesting. I read the book a while ago, and really enjoyed it, but I honestly can't see what they can do that The Day After Tomorrow and I Am Legend hasn't done already.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    04/02/09

    @Andrew Liptak: well for starters they can make a film without a bunch of hand waving scientific drivel that doesn't dissapoint at the ending.
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    Image of Belabras ate my dingo! Belabras ate my dingo!
    04/02/09

    In reply to The World Without Us Is Legend?
    As long as they keep the arboreal squid I'm interested.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    04/02/09

    @Belabras Voted 5: Oh yeah, they better keep the squid ending!
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    Image of Slatz_Grobnik Slatz_Grobnik
    04/02/09

    @Belabras Voted 5: That whole end segment is Nightmare Fuel in its most distilled form.
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    Image of LeopoldNestor LeopoldNestor
    04/02/09

    In reply to The World Without Us Is Legend?
    In order for the audience to identify with the story there has to be some sort of character. Be that a survivor, a cute robot, or even some cockroach running around. There has to be a primary point of view character to tell the story with.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    04/02/09

    @LeopoldNestor: Not if a movie isn't a story. A story is a particular thing. A movie doesn't have to be. Haven't you ever seen Baraka? or Blue Earth?
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    Image of evildead1971 evildead1971
    04/02/09

    In reply to The World Without Us Is Legend?
    the history channel did this already
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    Image of EBone EBone
    04/02/09

    @evildead1971: No kidding. I saw it like six months ago. and now it's going to be a series:


    [www.history.com]


    Isn't that enough?

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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    04/02/09

    In reply to The World Without Us Is Legend?
    As long as there are no lovable German Shepards dying, I'm go for this one.
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    Image of Red-headed bookworm Red-headed bookworm
    04/02/09

    @Evlsushi: Seriously, that part made me cry. I was so upset at the dog dying.
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