I Am Legend Novel to Movie Comparison and Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ก.ย. 2024
- In this special episode we compare the original "I Am Legend" novel by Richard Matheson to all three movie adaptations, "The Last Man On Earth", "The Omega Man", and "I Am Legend". Which is the most faithful to the book? And which is the best movie? #iamlegend #theomegaman #thelastmanonearth
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Great concept. Great execution. I've never actually seen Hessie's Omega Man but I will definitely check it out now.
Yes totally check it out
Saw it when I was a kid. I remember really liking it, but that was before I was exposed to Romero. Wouldn't mind screening it again with my current extensive knowledge of Zombie Lore.
That was a fun video! Nicely done, my dudes. Last Man on Earth is my favorite out of the 3 flicks
Yeah it's great, it's the best horror film of them all
Love you guys. Keep up the reviews and I miss the old intro.
Haha thanks. Old intro is classic but our videos are getting longer and that intro was pretty long and decided for these longer videos it's time to cut to the chase to hold new viewer retention
Good to hear from you guys again
Every week buddy
Love you are wearing a Vincent Price hat as a tribute.
Thanks but It's just my every day hat!
Hey guys! I recently discovered your channel and love it! You deserve a lot more views and subscribers. Thanks for covering Richard Matheson's classic! He wrote some great stuff and had a massive influence on so many celebrated modern day storytellers like Stephen King and Steven Spielberg. I suspect Spielberg heavily "borrowed" from Matheson's short story "Little Girl Lost" (adapted for Twilight Zone) when he wrote the screenplay for Poltergeist -- seriously, revisit both and you'll notice more than a couple of similarities. Matheson's son, Richard Christian Matheson, has also written some excellent stories; he co-wrote what I consider an underrated, mostly overlooked 1980s teen comedy gem called "Three O 'Clock High," a film I highly recommend as I think you'd appreciate it. Keep up the awesome work! P.S. I'm one of your viewers who miss the old intro ... maybe you can use it every once in a while for special episodes?
Yeah after reading I Am Legend we really want to read more, he also wrote most of the best Twilight Zone episodes. We will try to sneak the old into in some times, we found it was too long and was hurting our viewer retention, and new viewers would just stop watching haha. It's one of those things that we thought we would sacrifice to maybe help grow the channel, while also maybe pissing off die hard fans.
Now we're talking. I first saw Last Man on Earth back when I was probably 11. I got to stay up and watch it on the local Chiller Theater out if Columbus. I was so freaked out that I must have had a couple of circuit breakers trip in my brain. And the novel is even better. This is a holt trinity. Vincent Price, Richard Matheson and Italo Horror.
Yeah Last Man on Earth is really underrated, surprised it doesn't get brought up more as being influential
Spot on review, agree entirely. You've made me want to watch both The last Man on Earth and Omega Man again
They are both fantastic, glad you liked the episode, thanks for watching.
Great Job guys! Totally dug this episode.
Thanks, it was a bit more work that usual, but we hope it was worth the extra effort!
Nice job, cool idea for a video, hope you do more like these. I think you guys nailed the comparison between the three films. All products of their time and all have a separate feel/tone, depending on what sort of film you're in the mood for.
Glad you enjoyed it! Which is your favorite!
Awesome video, guys! I read the novel and saw all the films but not recently enough to compare them. All I remember is not liking the film "I Am Legend" for pretty much exactly the reasons you laid out.
Funny we didn't think as many people would be on our side with that one
Great premise for a video!
Thanks. It was Justin's idea
Great job fellas! Happy (early) Thanksgiving! Non horror question: What’s your favorite dish on the Thanksgiving table? (Can’t say beer.) Keep Drinking!
All of it!! It's kinda different year to year. Can't go wrong with the pierogies though
Richard Matheson wrote the screenplay for the last man on earth but when he sold it the producers changed things that he didn't like so he used the name Logan Swanson in the credits. I have read the book and agree with you about all 3 movies.
Keep up the great content and keep drinking.
Funny he was unhappy cause they sure didn't change much at all. It's pretty close to the book.
Great comparison. Funny enough the writers of Omega Man got credited for the 2007 film, its more a remake of that film than a readaptation of the book.
Haha yeah I think we mentioned that in the EP. Thanks for watching
Delightful as always
Thank you! Cheers!
There’s all kinds of music in I am legend.
You guys need your own podcast
My favorite is the Vincent Price version mostly as I’m a Price fan, but the Omega Man is also fun with its odd touches; mostly the albino mutants. The ‘07 film could’ve been good had they not done that dumb ending reshoot since the OG ending is similar to the book’s ending where Neville realizes he’s the creatures’ boogeyman
We're glad allot of people are on our side in saying the Will Smith version is the worst of the three.
Omega Man was my favorite. I always like Vincent Price and its The Last Man on Earth is in my collection although I thought is was a kind of a slow burner. Will Smiths installment, I've never seen.
Most movies back then were slow burn, I wouldn't run out to watch I Am Legend honestly
Hi from the UK. Those beers look tasty. I remember reading the novel when I was 14 (long time ago) when on holiday, it had a very trashy cover which I had to hide from my parents. I found the novel very scary. All the films here have their moments but I still feel the true version is yet to be made. Robert Eggers would be my dream Director of choice.
What was trashy about the cover?
Bad photo of a naked woman about to be staked. It was a UK publication of the book by Corgi Books circa 1973.
This was awesome! I love the comparisons of films. Please Please Please do Invasion of the Body snatchers next....all 4 films...
Whoa that's a task
Yeah "I Am Legend" sucked for the reasons you laid out. Too bad - could have been good. Great video, guys!
yeah in a way by trying to make it look epic it hurt the movie and all the themes were lost.
You guys nailed it ! I would rank them the same ! Well done 👍
Thanks!
the Last Man on Earth film is a classic (can't go wrong with Vincent Price), would watch stuff like that with my father growing up; I actually saw it not too long ago on Tubi in color. I watched I Am Legend around when it came out and hated it; the design of the infected people was ugly (as you said, trash CGI) and I didn't like how fast they were - I just remember the end being really dumb lol I never watched Omega Man, but it looks interesting, I will have to give it a go sometime.
Don't know if we'd like The Last Man on Earth in colour, it just seen right. And yes totally check out Omega Man, you wont be disappointed.
You guys gonna do the new Hellraiser?
Probably not haha neither of us have hulu
@@FrightfullyForgotten When Pinhead was like, "You have chosen the Lament Configuration", I fkn cried!🤘😭
I know you know what a torrent is!
@@Nicolas.Vincent Actually did get around to watching it, thought it was okay. The story was good, and It did feel like a Clive Barker story, but I didn't really care much for he characters and it was a bit long in the tooth.
@@FrightfullyForgotten Oh shit! Well, I loved it! Not a perfect flick, but I love parts 1 & 2, the newest being my 3rd top ranked. It seemed like whatever they did that annoyed me, they'd only do it for a few mins to establish a character, and wouldn't keep it annoying. Like the drug recovery thing, it's only really furthering the plot.
I think they could do a better job next time if there is a next time.
I must say that I loved the villain! Tho, his Power Configuration transformation at the end was kinda lame! The Dr. Channard Cenobite transformation from part 2 was 100x more satisfying! I hope we get a sequel! I'm a little obsessed with Barker's work. Candyman is my personal fave 🐝🚽
I agree with the ranking...the first two made are very entertaining and are rewatchable....the Will Smith version was crap and when watching it...I was thinking...I am bored
Yeah no charm or "soul" to the Will Smith version.
Hard pick between last man on earth and the omega man😊
Hey if Charlton Heston was oh I don't know *literally the last man on Earth* I think that a much younger woman would probably be down even if he was old
Hahah okay yeah we can get behind that
I Am Legend.. Ugh. Such a lame movie. Hated it. I've said it before and I'll say it again-- how does CGI just keep getting progressively worse despite the huge boom in technology? I don't get it.
Yeah it kinda fucking sucks
Will Smith should have smacked the zombie vampires. That would have stopped them.😅
hahah nice one!
I Am Legend was WACK, man. It looked so fake, looks even more fake now and it had one of the cringiest, over-used actors of that time - Will Smith. I hated that movie from start to finish. 🤣🤣
Ha yeah I wouldn't say we hated it, but it wasn't good, and a piss poor telling of that story. Thanks for sharing!.
And don't forget the woke race swaps.
was "woke" even a thing back then? Probably just got Will Smith for is name.