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I Am Legend scrapped its original ending because test audiences 'felt cheated' by the big twist Discussion (winteriscoming.net)
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[–] 14 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Yes, the movie has a version of infected fast zombies. The book had vampires.

Also, I didn't think the main character of the book was monstrous. The other book characters should not of thought that either. The vamp faction that caught him was actively hunting other vampires that were not part of their faction, so no one should have been shocked.

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  • [–] 19 points 8 months ago

    The book had two types of vampires, mindless ones that wiped out humans who were then wiped out by thinking vampires that had built a society.

    To me the main failing of the movie was that it used CGI “zombies/darklings”. Good lord they looked so terrible on screen. Why the hell the movie didn’t use actors and actresses in costumes and makeup is beyond me.

    There is a lot greatness in the movie that gets overshadowed by the endless posts about the alternate ending. Sam is one of the best on screen depictions of Man’s best friend ever and the sequences with Smith scavenging around NYC are great.

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