<![CDATA["I Am Legend" Gets "28 Weeks Later" Treatment - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA["I Am Legend" Gets "28 Weeks Later" Treatment - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA["I Am Legend" Gets "28 Weeks Later" Treatment]]> Disappointment was heaped upon disappointment in this adaptation, but by far, the most offensive to me was the reuse of the CG scream from The Mummy. All I saw when the Darkseekers opened wide was Imhotep's face in the sand.

Bellatrixie

]]> <![CDATA["I Am Legend" Gets "28 Weeks Later" Treatment]]> Spoileriffic discussions ahead. Seriously.

As Chiper said, it would be pretty much impossible for them to include Will Smith again anyway, without going for the prequel angle - pretty pointless, it has to be said. It'd be interesting, sure, but pointless.

As far as I can see, if they want to rescue any credibility for this, the cash-in sequel to the third failed adaptation of a legendary book, they need to bring back that dark irony of the title. The cure was taken from the miraculously healed specimen, right? Maybe she wasn't all healed. Maybe by reproducing that sample and passing it round the remaining humans of the camp, we can have the race of halfway-vampires that the book had - albeit in a slightly different way, but intelligent, reasoning members of an infected society, that were all fully human until Dr. Neville's "cure" condemned them all, thus becoming the legend of the man who finished off humanity.

I'm grown up enough to realise that the chances of this happening are effectively zero and this is yet another adaptation that's failed to live up to the book. Sigh.

sonofsanta

]]> <![CDATA["I Am Legend" Gets "28 Weeks Later" Treatment]]> Gag me. I decided not to see I Am Legend once I learned the ending was completely different from the original; this sequel won't get my money either.

clarient

]]> <![CDATA["I Am Legend" Gets "28 Weeks Later" Treatment]]> @Seth L: True, I would've love to see a little back story as to what was the aftermath once the island was quarantined. How did they get rid of the dead bodies in the proceeding days/weeks? Did they burned them, buried them in Central Park or just dump them into the rivers? Just the sight of hundreds/thousands of floating dead bodies on the rivers would've been a stark and humbling sight at the frailty of man. Were people making a mad dash for provisions at Whole Foods/Trader Joe? Was there total anarchy with raping and pillaging of those still uninfected?

jabber

]]> <![CDATA["I Am Legend" Gets "28 Weeks Later" Treatment]]> @tetracycloide:

I would say up to the first point we meet the infected, it's all downhill from there.

I just wish one of the writers would have put in Smith's character telling his story. He seemd to have so many interesting things to say.

I mean, how cool would it have been for a scene like the night at sea in Jaws. Just the characters sharing their stories of the end of the world.

Seth L

]]> <![CDATA["I Am Legend" Gets "28 Weeks Later" Treatment]]> he mistakenly made the greatest buddy cop action movie of all time out of fear... that he might miss a payment on his solid gold fountain of liquid gold...

HeyThereKiller

]]> <![CDATA["I Am Legend" Gets "28 Weeks Later" Treatment]]> @Mercurypdx: it wasn't all suck, everything up until the point where they left out the twist that makes the title actually meaningful and the book version good was great.

tetracycloide

]]> <![CDATA["I Am Legend" Gets "28 Weeks Later" Treatment]]> Sorry. I thought that I Am Legend would be more like 28 Days instead of the Hugetastic Ball of Suck™ it was. No second chances.

MercuryPDX

]]> <![CDATA["I Am Legend" Gets "28 Weeks Later" Treatment]]> Eh, I spent five minutes trying to avoid a spoiler on this comment, and finally just gave up.

Of course Will Smith wouldn't be back...

Chiper

]]> <![CDATA["I Am Legend" Gets "28 Weeks Later" Treatment]]> Oh...god...NO! *weeps*

benjaminby

]]> <![CDATA["I Am Legend" Gets "28 Weeks Later" Treatment]]> It will have Vin Diesel driving a sick Mopar, a hot ethnic girl, and few some dark seekers.

iamthor

]]> <![CDATA["I Am Legend" Gets "28 Weeks Later" Treatment]]> Sigh. Another money sequel. Hooray.

Jim

]]> <![CDATA["I Am Legend" Gets "28 Weeks Later" Treatment]]> Well, I'm not surprised. They gave the whole first movie the 28 Days Later treatment, why not go for broke? I loved 28 Days Later BTW, I just have a strong dislike for what they did to I Am Legend.

Dekker

]]> <![CDATA["I Am Legend" Gets "28 Weeks Later" Treatment]]> maybe it will have the book's infinitely superior ending...

tetracycloide

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