Life imitating art?
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Cargo Master
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Life imitating art?
From 2007 Will Smith film 'I am legend':
From CNN yesterday:
Hmmm this is troubling.
Darkseekers are 'fast zombies', can swim, and are intelligent with apparent language skills.
In 2009, Dr. Alice Krippin develops a cure for cancer from a genetically-engineered variant of the measles virus
(CNN) -- A woman with an incurable cancer is now in remission, thanks, doctors say, to a highly concentrated dose of the measles virus.
Darkseekers are 'fast zombies', can swim, and are intelligent with apparent language skills.
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Good movie. I want to read the original version someday, though - whenever I can find the time...
I Am Legend (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maybe the director of the movie knows something we don't?
I Am Legend (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 2007, a third adaptation of the novel was produced, this time titled I Am Legend. Directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Will Smith as Robert Neville, this film uses both Matheson's novel and the 1971 Omega Man film as its source. However, this adaptation also deviates significantly from the novel. In this version, the infection is caused by a virus originally intended to cure cancer. Some vampiric elements are retained, such as sensitivity to UV light and attraction to blood. The infected are portrayed as nocturnal, feral creatures of limited intelligence but with superhuman strength who feed on the uninfected. Other creatures, such as dogs, are also infected by the virus. The ending of the film was also altered to portray Neville as sacrificing his life to save humanity, rather than being executed for crimes against the surviving vampiric humans. The film takes place in New York City in the years 2009 and 2012 rather than Los Angeles in 1975-1977.
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I actually have all 3 movies. The 3rd screwed up the original premise the worst. Alice Braga's voiceover at the end cemented it. The alternate ending didn't test well enough for the Hollywood idiots so they had to screw it up.
But let me state for the record, I am in favor of zombie hordes walking the earth - as long as they are slow zombies. At the very least it will improve our schools.
But let me state for the record, I am in favor of zombie hordes walking the earth - as long as they are slow zombies. At the very least it will improve our schools.
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