Will Smith’s I Am Legend is the third film version of the book I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. Vincent Price starred in the first film, The Last Man On Earth, and Matheson so hated that film he took his name off the credits. Matheson didn’t like The Omega Man either, and I can’t say that I blame him much. Charlton Heston made three of the oddest movies of his long career in the 1970s, Solyent Green, The Omega Man, and Planet of the Apes. It’s kind of odd watching these films now and seeing a slightly out of shape,…
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I Am Legend- Will Smith All Alone
“That was kind of a depressing.” person behind me in the theater. Gene Shalit on the Today Show seemed to feel I Am Legend was a bit of a downer as well. Did you happen to see the trailer for this movie? It’s about the Last Man On Earth, how funny did you think it was going to be?In the book I Am Legend by Richard Matheson, Neville is the last man on earth because everyone else has become a vampire. Yes, vampires. The people in Hollywood still don’t have the balls to make that movie.I Am Legend with Will…