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The point of the original story is that last man on Earth, vampire hunter, realizes in the end, that the vampires are scared of him, and that He is the legendary monster that needs to be killed...because He is different from everybody else.
Yes the vampire rule the earth and will is the monster
Except that if there were other people that were living in the city, the “vampires” wouldn’t think twice about killing them.
You also not going to stop a vampire dog killing anyone either.
It works both ways.
The book is pretty great. Many differences between the source material and movie adaptation.
For what the movie had established up to the alternate ending the original ending made more sense. In my humble opinion. I just never thought humans would hand the planet over to vampires. We humans would fight to the end for our planet. In this case to find a cure.
I like how he becomes the new monster for a new species, but I was always confused by how the 'living' vampires in the novel. I get that there are two different versions of vampires: one is truly undead and the other is living. But wouldn't the ones who are living have memories of their time as regular humans? And why hadn't Neville run across them if they could stand sunlight for a short amount of time before? They can communicate and act more human, as the woman Ruth was able to.
This is why I prefer the explanation given in the alternate ending of the movie. The new society of vampires are truly new and clearly don't remember their time as humans, and they cannot go into sunlight. In fact, Neville discovering that they have regained human intelligence is hinting that it's only happened recently, which means this is the very first encounter.
That's what "I Am Legend" means. From the perspective of the infected, he is the terror in (their) night, he comes when they're asleep, and kidnaps their loved ones.
Usually, the word legend has a positive meaning. The main character came up with a cure. So he's a legend.
@@daviddori7265 Quite often, but not always, and not in the case of this film's title.
@@daviddori7265Bloody Mary is a legend, too.
@@daviddori7265the Headless Horseman is a legend.
But who's consciousness the dark seekers have? Is it the same person's mind before the infection but deciding to want to live as a dark seeker, or did the virus hijack the mind/create a new consciousness separate from the host's?
Because if it's the latter, Neville is definitely in the right to want to cure and restore the original person's mind and body. Even if it's still the host's mind, the virus would definitely be affecting it by a lot and try to preserve itself. I would be more sympathetic to the seekers if they were born like that, but they weren't and the mind was forcefully overtaken.
George got it!! That's why it's called I am Legend. He's Dracula, he's the legend.
That's definitely news to me! I remember the trailers not advertising the vampire aspect at all. Thought it was a guy going around NYC hunting deer.
Also including Bob Marley into the narrative. The album from which we hear thoughout the movie is entitled "LEGEND"
huh, interesting ! thanks for sharing ... I love movie trivia
The alternate ending does such a great job of this, it's unbelievable they ever filmed the theatrical one. But thank god they also filmed this one and released it.
And in post 9/11 America we couldn’t have a story end like that.. it had to be the noble sacrifice against the monsters…
This is the third iteration, loosley based on a 1954 novel, by Richard Matheson. The first was, "Last Man on Earth", 1964, starring Vincent Price. The second was, "Omega Man", 1971, starring Charlton Heston.
I think they would both love Chuck Heston's version...it is such a classic 1970s dystopian vision of the future.
Also the least like the book. It's a zombie movie that they slapped the title on. In the book it's a new society of intelligent vampires (though there are mindless vampires who were not alive when they became vampires which the intelligent vampires also hunt). It asks the question, if everyone on the planet is a vampire and the last human spends his days killing them while they sleep, then who is the real monster of the story? Is he now to vampires what vampires once were to humans? At least the alternate ending hints at that. But the movie just takes too many liberties for my taste. I miss the actual dialogue with the infected that is present in the previous versions. After two versions, I was hoping we'd get the definitive version. Instead, we got the version that most disregards the book.
The 1964 version starring Vincent Price, The Last Man on Earth, is the closest to the novel. Though Price is miscast as Neville. Even The Omega Man is closer to the book than the Will Smith version.
Out of all the versions the end of the Omega man I like the most from a dramatic and theme point of view.
I always loved the Vincent Price version. He was such a good actor.
And the fourth: I am Omega, with Mark Dacascos
29:08 "Will Smith said closing New York City streets to film meant he got a _lot_ of middle fingers."
Well, I mean, in NYC, that's the standard greeting.
10:32 George is on to something there because in the book they actually are more vampire-like and less zombie-like
In the book they're vampires
@@sollomom Oh yeah lol. It’s been about 10 years since I’ve read it so couldn’t remember if that was specifically said in the book. Thanks for the assist!
If I'm not mistaken, there were undead (zombie) vampires and, um, not undead (intelligent) vampires. At the end of the book the intelligent vampires were wiping out the undead ones that would surround Robert's house every night... I wish this movie had included the experiments Robert was doing on the undead ones he was capturing. My favorite was that most of them had an aversion to seeing the crucifix, just like traditional vampire folklore, but his neighbor didn't. Then he remembered his neighbor was Jewish before he turned, got out a Star of David and it reacted as if it was seeing a crucifix. Really cool idea making a traditional vampire weakness essentially a psychosomatic remnant of the original personality/faith.
@@lashier13 That makes much more sense with there being 2 different kinds of vampires. As the movie is, I don’t understand peoples’ obsession with the alternative ending because the movie doesn’t work if they aren’t mindless zombies. If they were civil and capable of being communicated with, they wouldn’t have killed everyone.
I’m surprised at this ending, I was expecting the other one! 😮 I completely forgot there was an alternate ending lol
I prefer the original one
i dont get this the "original" one throws the whole point off the window by making the darkseekers mindless at the end, this ending (which is the canon one) shows that they can sort of communicate and gives the real meaning to the movies name aswell@@TheNowhereMan0
i didnt know the alternate ending was put into the full movie
@@Washinyot Thank you. The theatrical release completely throws out the point that the WHOLE movie had been building up.
@@TheNowhereMan0 the alternate ending is much closer to the book
That is indeed the Brooklyn Bridge.
lol, she just throws out one of the bridge names and names the right one.
Where's that bridge go to, Walter?
Was about to say, haha.
As non American I think it's an easy guess, it's the 2nd most famous bridge in USA after San Francisco's Golden Gate bridge.
not sure you noticed but the trap the main "zombie" set was the same one that he set to catch the female. So the "zombie" guy inspected his trap and made the same thing and had clearly been watching him to know about the manikin...
The movie doesnt show this very well, but the original novel, the legend is the main character and in the eyes of the infected, he is the villain. He is killing them or making experience on them to find the cure. The movie have one extended scene that shows that but it was deleted.
@@clh35 except I don’t find the alternate ending conveyed that message very well either.
@@mistercard3599 It doesn't shove it in your face, but if you paid any attention while watching the movie it would be pretty obvious. The whole wall of pictures of dead Darkseekers behind Smith's character while the Alpha was essentially tearing him down sets a very obvious tone.
@@clh35 In the book, the vampire species capture him and execute him - and he agrees with the sentence of death they pass on him because as he tells himself in the book: "I am Legend". The book has two 'species" of "monsters" - zombies and the more violent but completely sentient and intelligent vampires, who actually fight and kill the zombies, who are no match for the vampires.
I miss the more obvious vampire aspect of the book. The way he tries to find scientific answers as to why the infected behave like classic fictional vampires. I think using classic vampires enforces the idea that they, the old legends, are now the victims of Neville, the new legend. Neville is the new boogeyman to the new society of vampires.
@@richardb6260 I always liked that Neville’s immunity was more of a coincidence than being born that way. I thought that added to the monster aspect of him.
I don't know if either of you are fans of Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, etc., but Mike Patton did all the vocal performances for the Darkseekers in this movie. The man is an unhinged genius 😆
Wow that's super interesting. I love Faith No More.
He also has done a ton of voice over work in video games such as left4dead, portal and The darkness
Makes sense, really.
We care a lot.
Hey no kidding! That's awesome!
Simone's hair on point 😍😍
And as someone who lives in New York and saw this when it came out, it is eerie how realistic the desolate streets of NY looks.
It's because they filmed on actual New York streets. Nothing beats the real thing.
It's my only real peeve with the movie, is the CGI infected, even at the time, didn't look that great.
@@TriarchVisgroup oh I know. I remember when the news here said they were filming this because some people downtown freaked out thinking there was an incident.
The title of the book and the film refers to Neville. He’s the legend of the infected’s stories.
Especially if his blood is eventually passed down to their descendants as a gift.
Only they undercut it by not making the infected seem intelligent enough to have stories.
So happy you guys are watching I Am Legend’s alternate ending. So many reaction channels only watch the original ending and are left disappointed by it. They retconned that ending and made the alternate ending cannon because of the sequel being made.
I seen so many people enjoy the theatrical ending. But that ending is just the overload dramatics that a lot of movies went for in that decade. Try making it so sad but enough already happened to him he doesn't need to die.
So people get a good drama but they lose a great ending missing out what was supposed to happen.
my opinion the original ending is much better
So in other words, this alternative ending exist now because of greed. Got it.
@@BigPat6521 I feel the opposite. The alternate ending is such a typical cliche of happily ever after. No stakes and nobody dies.
Him dying gives another meaning to his arc as he became the legend that saved all of mankind with his sacrifice
@@thangngudxop Nope, the alternative ending exists because the director wanted this to be the original ending, this ending has been around for way longer than the talks of a sequel my friend :)
that thumbnail feels like it's actually simone when when she's angry 😂
Simone when she hasn't had lunch yet
"It's a scorcher" originated from the Tug Speedman movie Scorcher, from which either 26 or 27 sequels spawned. These were prior to his Simple Jack movie.
Um, using the word "scorcher" to mean "very hot day" dates from at least 1874.
I'd say this alternate ending is closer to the novel than the theatrical ending, but even it is quite different from the book. The title "I Am Legend" refers to Robert Neville and his relation to the creatures, and the role reversal that occurs when creatures of myth such as vampires have taken over the world and have become the norm. To us, vampires are beings of legend. But in this juxtaposed world, Neville has become the legend to this race of vampiric beings.
The novel was really one of those trailblazing works that attempted to deconstruct creatures of fiction and fantasy in an analytical and even scientific way, as Nevile spends much of the book trying to determine if this vampiric state is caused by a biological pathogen like bacteria or a virus, and devise explanations for things like why vampires avoid sunlight and crosses and why a stake through the heart kills them.
Trying to figure out why a stake through the heart kills the vampire shouldn't be that difficult. To be fair, putting a stake through anythings heart would kill them 😂
Sorry i got to your last line and laughed about it.
These thumbnails are ICONIC first of all lol
I have never seen this ending before. And the actress was also in City of God where she played Rocket's love interest and Bene's girlfriend.
How every man expresses his feelings... "I was saving that bacon!" 🤣
I kinda want you to watch the theatrical ending, just so you can see how much it messed everything up
The plot twist about the "Zombies" being an intelligent people? Gone. Which makes all the clues leading up to it pointless.
I think the VAMPIREs were still intelligent in either ending, the one where they are so angry at nevil that they would rather sacrifice themselves to kill him seems more intelligent than simply forgiving him and letting him live, for no reason the other ending makes no sense in my opinion idky they would let him live and its kind of cringe
And props to Mike Patton for the vampzombie sounds
Omg at 22:06 when the lovely black and white cat gently asks Simone for more petting! Love it. 🙂 Feature the cat more, please.
You should have watched the alternative ending straight after and included it in the video at the end, a bit like a post-credits CineBinge scene!
I was expecting that.
26:43 He is the legend they tell their children of monsters in the night.
So is it explaned what happens to the consciousness of the people who became dark seekers? Is the original person's consciousness still there or the virus created a compeletly new personality? Basically does the original person choosing to stay and live as a dark seeker, or the virus created separate consciousness and forcing the person to be a dark seeker?
Because if the dark seeker's consciousness is a completely separate one from the normal person, I would definitely agree with Neville trying to apply a cure and restore the mind of the person since the virus is literally hijacking someone else's mind and body and people didn't choose that, it's not like they were born like this.
Per the book, some of the original consciousness of the person is still there. The "leader" dark seeker in this movie was, in the book, a long-standing antagonist to the main character. Whereas some of the dark seekers developed a phobia to traditional iconography like crosses, because they were Christians pre-turning, the "leader" wasn't because in life he'd been Jewish (if I'm remembering correctly, he was a former neighbor of the main character)
This movie was a reboot of a 1964 movie called _The Last Man on Earth_ and a 1971 Charlton Heston film called _The Omega Man._ All three are based on the 1954 novel _I Am Legend_ by Richard Matheson. I've actually read the book and it _truly_ is much better.
The book is great. The 1964 film was the closest they got. But Price was miscast. Heston made a better Neville. A perfect combination would be Heston in the 1964 film, but change the ending to something closer to the book.
Yeah, no movie has gotten the book right yet.
This movie takes disregarding source material to a whole other level.
@@macdadams This movie actually adapts the core theme of the book pretty faithfully if you watch the alt ending.
If I remember rightly (it’s been a long time since I read the book) the leader of the infected would visit Robert every night and sit outside his house and they’d actually talk to each other. It was like a game on mental chess between them about the morals of who’s actually the monster. Is that correct?
The Omega Man, A Boy and His Dog and many stories like this through the years.
I'd love to see a reaction to A Boy and His Dog, an adaptation of his work that Harlan Ellison actually liked.
@@richardb6260 I've been hoping to see a reaction to this film. Unhinged fun and cheesy enough to cause discomfort to the lactose intolerant.
This movie is actually a remake of the omega man.
@@DarthChadder which was a remake of The Last Man on Earth (1964).
the guy who wrote the I am legend story also wrote a star trek (tos) episode that examined good and evil in people
I'm "Omega Man" old, lol, and this movie is similar. That movie starred Charlton Heston and gave me nightmares as a kid. Mutant humans scare me more than zombies!
This movie has the most brutal dog death scene I've ever seen.
'The quiet Earth' from New Zealand.
Top secret experiment goes awry, nearly everyone vanishes without a trace.
The survivors are widely scattered; it takes some time before they discover each other.
I won't spoil it...
As a NZer, id second that one... while an old movie, its an excellent one, wonder how they'd react to seeing 'Utu'. RIP Bruno Lawrence, died way way to early.
No one reacts to NZ cinema outside of the LotR and Taika Whititi more recent movies (and most of those arent really NZ outside of the director). Granted alot of our films are very NZery and that can mean alot of cultural stuff is lost on anyone who isnt either a NZer or an Aussie.
@@NZBigfootIt's been a long time since I've seen 'Utu'...just thinking about the film has my eyes getting damp.
I get what this ending is going for, but it doesn't work. Not when it establishes the "zombies" in this movie as human beings infected with a curable disease and not some alien race or alternate species. It makes no sense to throw the cure away and doom the world because one semi-feral human is angry about losing their partner.
I agree, the original ending was way more believable.
It doesn't work because the movie didn't adapt the story properly. By setting the infected up as the clear monsters, the alternate ending (thematically more aligned with the actual ending of the book) doesn't make sense. That's why they changed it to the theatrical ending.
Had they stuck closer to the source material the real (alternate) ending not only makes more sense but is better. The infected were evolving and had begun to create their own society. Robert Neville was their legend. The monster that could walk in the sun and hunted and killed them. They had grown to fear him and they couldn't communicate with him either.
Him taking the Alpha's mate was the straw that broke the camel's back. It's only at the end when he realizes that he became their boogeyman that he sees the truth in them. That they're evolving and that their attacks on him are justified because those are the same feelings any normal human would have.
I enjoy the alternate ending with the context of the actual story in the background. Good movie but fails to capture the essence of the actual book.
14:00 you should see what Kevin James did with this scene, it's absolutely hilarious 😂
Wow, I've only ever seen the theatrical version....that was very different 😳
I've always wondered why test audiences have so much power to change an entire movie. The director was forced to reshoot after test audiences didn't like the (more accurate) ending.
@@DJKuroh- Probably because it makes more sense that a man hunting these things should die.
@Liofa73 They should have gone with the book ending, which was both. He finds out that he is the Boogeyman to them, and the infected put him on trial as a serial killer and condemn him to death. Best of both worlds. They tried to split the difference with the endings for some reason.
In the mid-late 90's this was to be an Arnold movie directed by Ridley Scott, but it never materialized. Also the decision to go CG for the creatures was a late one, previously actors (I believe Johnny Depp) were considered for those parts.
Interestingly, they still credited an actor (Dash Mihok) for the role of the Alpha, so I assume that either they shot it intending to use his (live) performance, or they just credited him for the motion capture.
the cgi was so bad, it completely took me out of the movie when i watched it back then
The upcoming I Am Legend 2 is the sequel to the ending of this version of the movie. In the original version only Anna and the boy escape the lab in a hidden passage and after they escape he blows up the lab.
So interesting fun facts that I pulled from different sources that had the same information: While initially released as book-accurate... the "alternate ending" was removed from the theatrical cut due to negative response from initial test screening audiences. Ironically, there is a plans for a sequel for this movie that would consider the "alternative" ending to be the canonical one.
The creators also wanted to create a prequel to the movie and depict what led up to this movie; but that prequel, so far, has not been green lit. The sequel has been green lit but no word on when it'll be made (let alone a release date).
26:31 yep, you got there! That is exactly the point. Flip perspectives around… and Neville was the monster all along.
Yep. He's the new legend. Without that ending, the title is meaningless. It's the punchline.
hes not a monster, he is a legend, now that humanity is the scarce being. but he is trying to help people who have been turned into murderous monsters. its set up very clearly from the flashbacks that the humans who turn then violently murder other humans. everything he did from that point was simultaneously self defence and also trying to save humanity. the movie isnt called "i am monster".
@@ge2719 he's a legend in the sense that Dracula is a legend. In the book, the vampires tell him that he is who they tell their children about to scare them into behaving. He's the new boogeyman. Before, vampires were the legend. But in a world where everyone is a vampire, it's Neville who is the legend.
@@ge2719 Allow me to specify what I meant by “flip perspectives around.”
I meant to flip the perspectives around.
Ok, sarcasm aside: all I meant was from the perspective of the infected, Neville was (as George pointed out) a “monster.” I don’t believe the infected understood anything about what Neville was trying to do, just that he was a disruption to their way of life, gruesome and disgusting as it is. Cheers!
@@ge2719They're talking about perspective. From the perspective of the infected who have essentially become their own species, Neville is the monster hunting, kidnapping, and killing them. He is to them what Dracula is to humans
All three adaptations of this novel have their strengths and weaknesses, but my personal favourite is 'The Omega Man' with Charlton Heston...
I love the original novel, and it even has some dry, dark humor in it. (Neville thinking "Have a drink, men, this one's really on me" when being attacked by vampires trying to suck him dry probably being my favorite line.)
so, IDK if you guys are gonna talk about this or know it, but this is a remake of a movie that was already remade in the 1970s. The first one came out in black and white in the 1960's with the main character being played by the infamously awesome guy Vincent Price (Last Man on Earth) then the second remake (The Omega Man) also starred an awesome actor by the name of Charlton Heston.
So sad that the closest thing he had to social interaction all that time was to watch and rewatch Shrek until he knew the lines from memory
This is the ending I first saw when I watched the movie and I was amazed, then downloaded the movie years later and saw the other ending without knowing there were different endings and was so disappointed, this is the perfect ending that makes u think
This is the first time I’ve seen the director’s ending, though I’ve heard enough about it over the years. Didn’t actually know it was available lol.
Watching the theatrical release when it came out was a totally different experience. I still think it made for a good movie, but definitely agree with this as the preferred one!
The movie missed the entire point of the comic book. It’s the slow realization, that he (the character played by Will Smith in the movie) Is no longer the majority species, and that to the vampires, he is the bogeyman. He is the legend. He is the thing that goes bump in the night that they tell their children’s stories about.
The ending from the film was filmed down 2 roads down from where I live!
EDIT: Ya'll didn't see the ending most did. What was this one!?
That Scene with the Dog 😭
George.... You just said winters must have been brutal. And the next cut, why would the huddle together??? Warmth my dude. Thats why they hyperventilate. Think of it like penguins. They huddle in a circle like that to keep the warm. This is the best way i think about it. The further away from the moshpit the colder it gets.
You're right! The one in the foreground is the Brooklyn Bridge. The one in the background is the Manhattan Bridge.
The alternate ending is the ending the sequel will follow, so it was a good idea you watched the alternate. Most reactors dont.
Also, i love the joke alot of people said about this movie. Will Smith survived 3 years alone with his dog but lasted less than 24hrs with a woman 🤣
Love this movie! Also the book and the first adaptation to film - Vincent Price is so good in it! It's called "The Last Man on Earth."
The original of this was a vampire movie you’ll notice all the vampire details, and yes that is Willow Smith.
I think the original was in black and white.
I can relate to the mannequin's being set up so it feels like you're having interactions with other people. The first 3 months of COVID, i was 1 of about 6 people that was deemed "essential" and had clearance to be inside a 32 floor building Monday thru Friday. I contemplated going to the looted clothing store around the corner and setting up some mannequin's throughout the parts of the building i frequented. It's amazing the mental impact that isolation can have on a person!
Seeing I am Legend always sends me back to Last Man on Earth.
The better film.
Show canceled before it’s time. 😞
7:34 I haven't read Richard Matheson's original book (I Am Legend) yet, but I know this story has been adapted into movies 3 different times. The Last Man on Earth (1964), The Omega Man (1971), and I Am Legend (2007). In the first adaptation, they referred to them as vampires. Even though their behavior was clearly closer to zombies. But from the vampire thing they also got a sensitivity to sunlight, which is why they are only out at night.
Will Smith is such an amazing actor. Very few actors could have so many scenes just talking to a dog and have me invested the whole way through.
Also, in the books the zombie are just straight up vampires. They talk and try to seduce you to come out at night, and even don't like garlic and crosses.
Check out the 1985 New Zealand film, The Quiet Earth. There are no zombies, so the main character is the last man on Earth! Watching how he copes with being alone is funny and disturbing.
I think you would enjoy Omega Man (1971) starring Charlton Heston. Pretty different interpretation of the original story, which is essentially a sci-fi vampire story.
The reveal that Sam is a female just makes it even sadder, and harkens back to him losing his wife and daughter.
Kinda weird that you admittedly felt sadder that she was a female than you would have if she were a boy.. care to explain yourself please?
@@clh35 - It's not less sad when a male dog dies, and it's not a big reveal, but a passing and notable one. It was intentional of the writers that he calls the dog Sam, and only before her death does he say Samantha. Sam on its own is moreso a male name, and just the circumstances of a dog he's out hunting with and the like, a lot of folks would just assume the dog was male. And, as I said, the dog ending up being female ties in further to the emotions of losing his wife and daughter. If we knew she was a girl all along it wouldn't matter the same, but the way they did it added something.
@@clh35 - Considering the writer who re-wrote the script changed the dog from male to female, no, I don't think my opinion holds no merit.
(Edit: Found with not much effort through Google from a 2022 Screenrant article.)
@@clh35 - I found it with not much effort through Google, from a 2022 article from Screenrant.
And now you are trying to be offensive.
@@clh35 it is more meaningful because he lost his wife, who is a female, and his daughter, who is a female. making the dog female hold more significance for him because it is a closer reminder of who he has lost, and who he couldn't protect. whether you like it or not there are differences between the sexes. the entire plot of the movie is about connection, the male zombie as in their own way bonded with the female zombie. try to keep up, its only the entire plot of the movie.
They changed the ending because test audiences apparently thought the protagonist blowing himself up was more acceptable than accepting humanity was over.
You have to look at the positive side of the beginning of the film, the cancer was eliminated.
Being more familiar with the old Vincent Price version of this movie "The Last Man on Earth" (a film now in the public domain) I was confused about the theatrical ending here. Yeah, the normal person is supposed to be the monster and come to that realization in the end. Kind of the point.
Quite enjoyed the film up until the theatrical ending.
That made this my least favorite out of the book's influences.
Glad the alternative ending is now widely available.
This is actually the 3rd adaptation of the novel by Richard Matheson. The original I Am Legend starred Vincent Price as Robert Neville, the 2nd adaptation was called The Omega Man with Charlton Heston.
@cinebinge quick question you might have missed something.
Do you have the Patreon shout-outs added automatically or manually add them in yourselves?
If it’s automatic then there’s a name on there I’m guessing you didn’t clock.
30:16 and half way down the middle column of names.
You’ll know which name when you see it.
Older version:
"The Omega Man" (1971) Charlton Heston
You are actually right. You guest it. In the book, they are vampires. And Will smith's Characters is a Legend among the vampires because he is the monster hunting them down during day time
Some day watch the same movie from 1971, called THE OMEGA MAN, with Charlton Heston.
Gasoline doesn't keep. It only lasts a few years even with stabilizer. Thats the thing that seems off to me.
So a little tidbit for you. So all react channels actually in a crazy way owe their ancestry to the Book that this film was based on. So, Charlton Heston read the book on a plane and pitched to have it adapted into a movie. The movie would become The Omega Man. In the film, there is a scene where Heston's character is watching a movie about Woodstock and is commenting as he watches. This scene inspired Joel Hodgson to create the tv series Mystery Science Theatre 3000. Where he and a bunch of puppet robots would watch a movie while adding reactive commentary. This would become what we see now as modern react channels such as you guys. 😁
Sorry for the essay lol, but I thought being a react channel you would enjoy this little bit of info.
And now I have reacted to your fine comment with a 👍! Well done!
You nailed it with your realization that Will Smith is the actual villain of this story.
In the original novel, the "infected" are more vampire-like than zombie-like. And they're not mindless monsters that kill indiscriminately - they talk and think and have their own society. They often roam the streets at night and call out to Neville to torment him (or maybe they know where his house is and just hang out outside of it and yell at him all night to disrupt his sleep). At the end Neville is captured, put on trial, and sentenced to death, and he realizes that the time of humanity is over - the people that humanity has mutated into from the virus is the new status quo, and that by kidnapping the infected and trying to turn them back into human, he has become the monster (which is what he thought of the infected up until this point). He has become "the legend" that the infected tell each other (and their children) to watch out for, like human parents warning their children about monsters, boogey-men, etc. He finally accepts that his goal to save humanity has been futile and that he has become this monster that has preyed on the infected.
(it's been a long time since I read the story so I may have gotten some bits wrong)
The theatrical ending eliminates any indication that the infected think at all and have any relationships (i.e. the alpha's desire to rescue his mate) - they're just mindless monsters. Neville doesn't realize that he's the villain and ends up coming up with a cure but sacrifices himself to give it to Anna to take to the colony. So it presents him as a hero that gives his life to save humanity from the "evil monsters".
This pretty much goes against the whole point of the book (and its title) that Neville has become "the legend" that is killing members of the new species that has replaced humanity.
There are more monstrous vampires in the book. They're the undead versions
Those that turned after they were dead. Neville sees the intelligent vampires (those that were turned while alive) killing the undead ones.
@@richardb6260 Ok, so it looks like when they made this film they went all-in on the monstrous vampires and just ignored the intelligent ones.
@@richardb6260 The intelligent vampires are the new status quo. They are killing the undead ones, along with Neville. Eventually they will be the ones on Earth, not normal humans or undead vampires.
@@jhornacek I think The Last Man on Earth is the only adaptation that makes that distinction.
10:30 If I remember correctly I read years ago that this is based on a graphic novel or something that was about vampires, but they made it about more zombie-like creatures in the film. I don't remember the synopsis of the original story too well, but I remember thinking that story would have been more interesting.
Novel by Richard Matheson. Who also wrote What Dreams May Come, The Incredible Shrinking Man, A Stir of Echoes, and Duel (all made into movies), as well as scripting many classic Twilight Zone episodes. He also wrote Hell House which was made into the 1973 film, The Legend of Hell House. In the 60s, he teamed with Roger Corman to adapt several Edgar Allen Poe stores. Many starring Vincent Price.
@@richardb6260Thanks.
@@richardb6260 Thanks.
I wish people would check out the 1971 movie The Omega Man also based on Richard Matheson's book (even if it takes some liberties with the original story). It's a great movie.
This also has the Batman vs Superman movie in the background before it was ever written. It wasn't real but sparked an interest
Almost missed it…...."Legend" 1985 and “The Fountain” 2006….would love your take on The Fountain especially. Thank You Cinebinge!!!
The dog dying scene is sad af
George.... "It's a scorcher out there" spawned the best 6 movies ive ever seen with actor tug speedman.
It's apparently based on the book The Omega Man. There was a movie from the 70s based on the book by the same name as the book. ie watched it but not red the book, so i don't know which is closer to the book. There some details similar between the movies i noticed like the device he uses to activates the lights looks identical, but the story plays out differently, but similar beats.
i think only 1 reactor put the fact about the trap together 0f the zombie saw his trap and did the same. love it
Batman vs Superman was foretold.
Fun fact this movie predicted Batman vs Superman years before it even was thought of
finally someone getting the best and canon ending
For the other ending you can just watch from the scene they attack the house. I MUCH prefer this alternate ending though... It's a great twist to realize what he's doing.
Smith's performance is so damn good and heartbreaking in this.
26:31 - you pretty much explained the name of the movie (book). "I am legend" is about Will Smith being the legendary monster that new population of turned humans feared.
0:01 fly (luh luh)luh l eye,,, "The Boxer," Simon and Garfunkle.-Ernie Moore Jr.
Richard Matheson wrote the book. If you don't know who he is, he's really, really excellent. Many have cited him as a huge influence on them... Steven Spielberg (who directed some of his adaptations), George Romero, Stephen King, Edgar Wright, etc. Spielberg said he puts Matheson in the same league as Issac Asimov and Ray Bradbury. So... damn good company.
“The skinnn…. And the bald?” 😬
I died 😂
This this the only reaction that I've watched on this channel that I appreciated your nerdness... you understood,without overintelectually making assumptions.
Danggg Nicole jumpscare for the thumbnail 😭😭❤️
Another sad thing is that those machines that checked for infection weren’t 100% accurate all the time since they doubled checked his wife. So there’s no telling how many people were “infected” but they actually weren’t
Sam and Will Smith listening to Don't Worry then switching to the bath shot was quite the vibe switch.
I don't remember this ending. The one that I remember Anna and Ethan was given a vial of the cured Feral and then was told to hide in a steal enclosure while Will Smith had a hand grenade as the Feral kept beating his head against the glass. When the glass broke both the Feral and Will was running at each other and the grenade went off, leaving only Anna her her child left. The last scene was showing Anna and Ethan driving and arriving at a secure location with high walls where Anna handed the blood vial from the cured Feral to a Dr. so a cure could be made.
This was the "original" ending that was replaced with the more "heroic sacrifice" ending because screen testers enjoyed it more.
This makes the third ending I have now seen to this movie.
Yes, you got it. He is the monster of the story... The 3 adaptations of the book are really good in their own ways. But, personally the 1964 version with Vincent Price is the best.
Mike Patton, from tge band Faith No More and numerous otger musical endeavors, did all tge voice work for tge infected. There is also a lot of BTS makeuo tests and OG concept art and photos from previous attemots at making this film. It was originally going to be dirrctes by Ridley Scott with Arnold Schwarzenegger... But before tge ultimate dexision to make the infectes all CGI there were some really cool practical effects tests tge did that leaked onto UA-cam
And that's why this is better than the theatrical. This one is more the book ending.
I love this ending so much more than the theatrical one where he just sacrifices himself, letting the creatures be the bad guys and him the martyr. This here is so much better with it's unexpected change of perspective. This world needs more capability to look at things from different perspectives. Thats why i think this ending is so much better and more important. The theatrical one is for people who can only think in black and white.
Exactly! The moment George stated that this was the alternate ending version I audibly cheered, lol. Most reactors watch the theatrical version with disappointment at the abrupt Hollywood ending and I don't blame 'em. I love this version because of the actual nuance that's missing from many movies these days. That and it stays true to the book, haha.
I've only been able to watch this movie once because of the scene with Sam...it murdered me.
The alternative ending is the cannon ending.
Hi guys, compare this to the Charlton Heston version, The Omega Man. The soundtrack is kinda cool.