ROTTEN TOMATOES: "I Am Legend" Trailer ... and "I, Robot 2"? Comments

"I Am Legend" Trailer ... and "I, Robot 2"?

by Scott Weinberg | June 08, 2007

Summary

Two stories in one, both of which deal with science fiction and Will Smith. Back to Article

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dracus writes:
on Jun 08 2007 07:41 AM

Even though the clip for I Am Legend makes it look a lot like 28 Days Later, it is a movie that I'm looking forward to. Nothing needs to be said about I, Robot 2.

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Matanuki writes:
on Jun 08 2007 07:58 AM

Sweet and double sweet. I, Robot was hott so I"m looking forward to the sequel. I am Legend? Great book, and looks to be a cool movie. I'm sold.

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DanielLee8793 writes:
on Jun 08 2007 07:59 AM

[b]Great...[/b]
Will Smith is one bad ass dude. Seriously just about all his movies are great. Id see anything he was in because he is that good.

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Mr. Kong writes:
on Jun 08 2007 08:45 AM

Didn't watch the trailer yet, but I'm excited about I,Robot 2. I really liked the first and the credits of the producer.

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narfellus writes:
on Jun 08 2007 09:17 AM

I've never read the book, but the trailer makes Legend look much more action-oriented than i would have expected. But that shouldn't be a big surprise. It looks good.

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Bear45 writes:
on Jun 08 2007 09:40 AM

I wouldn't mind an "I, Robot 2"
I kinda use "I, Robot" as my unofficial prequel to The Matrix movies. Anybody else do that?

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Matanuki writes:
on Jun 08 2007 09:45 AM

In reply to this comment (#868607)
Right here, Bear. Well that and Ghost in the Shell anyway.

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Elixor writes:
on Jun 08 2007 10:05 AM

In reply to this comment (#868604)
Independence day is one of my all-time hated movies (not Will Smith's fault). Other than that I do like Will Smith movies. He does a great job.

I'm looking forward to I Am Legend. How long has it been since a good Sci-Fi post Appocalypse movie? 28 Weeks Later wasn't really post-Appocalypse in my books.

I'm not too sure if a sequel to I-Robot is a good idea or not. Will have to see what comes out about it.

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RockinTheFro writes:
on Jun 08 2007 10:14 AM

Will Smith is a better actor than I think a lot of people give him credit for. I think he'll be excellent in I Am Legend, and I'll be there opening night.

I, Robot was fun, but I'm not so sure about a second one.

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Samwise Gamgee writes:
on Jun 08 2007 10:47 AM

I liked I, Robot. It was decent. I guess I really liked some of the shots for I am Legend, and I hate to sound, oh I don't know, but there was no action. I don't need action in my movies, but for a trailer I like the quick cutting action stuff, especially with Will Smith attached. I don't know. It was an interesting choice, but I don't think anyone would've minded had they tacked on a bit of the action. This was mildly underwhelming.

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Typhoon20 writes:
on Jun 08 2007 11:31 AM

Sam, you have to understand it's a teaser.
They kept the action a bit in the shadows. For a 200 millon movie
you know the action and special effects are going to be there.

I love the teaser, it didn't show much which a lot of trailers are doing these days,
Spidy 3 showed almost all the action scenes so do most of the movies, it's nice to not see that for a change.

I'm now officially pumped for IAL.I had my doubts overall, but so far looks excellent.

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Elixor writes:
on Jun 08 2007 01:16 PM

Great point Typhoon.

*Warning: Off the subject rant*

Teasers have become silly nowadays (man, I'm sounding old). You could take all the teasers for these blockbuster movies and practically splice 2/3 of the movie together, not to mention they show ALL the good action and/or humor scenes from the movie. If you look at the movie trailers on your DVDs for some of the older movies like Alien, Willow, etc you can see what trailers should be like. They should give you a hint about what the movie is going to be about without laying out the entire movie for you and show you the best scenes in such a way that you don't even need to go see the damn thing.

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Matanuki writes:
on Jun 08 2007 01:22 PM

In reply to this comment (#868613)
It's because they generally had more faith in the quality of their stories back then. Nowadays, there's seldom any story at all.

Grief, thanks alot, Elixor. Now you're making me feel old too. ;-)

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Typhoon20 writes:
on Jun 08 2007 01:37 PM

Well said Elixor, agree with matanuki. That's why I'm so hyped about AIL.
It didn't had to manifest the teaser on the action scenes, instead it relied on the quality of the movie and brought out the mystery factor which adds so much, sometimes less is more.When you go to see IAL, you know there's going to be a lot of stuff you haven't seen.
Overall though, the trailer is so good yet looks so meh. I mean that in a good way.
It's a great trailer.

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See-Jay writes:
on Jun 08 2007 02:26 PM

I liked "I, Robot" though a sequel seems completely unnecessary.

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SukmyPikachu writes:
on Jun 08 2007 02:47 PM

I Robot sequel *shudder*

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tyriz writes:
on Jun 08 2007 03:42 PM

This is my first posting guys. I thought the trailer was cool but I was disappointed to not see any of Francis Larence's trademark odd cinematography, special effects, and lighting that is used in his music videos and in Constantine(besides on the grass)

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wazzat writes:
on Jun 08 2007 03:51 PM

I Am Bored...

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ajmueller writes:
on Jun 08 2007 06:48 PM

I, Robot was much better than I anticipated. A sequel could prove entertaining.

I Am Legend just skyrocketed to my #1 anticipated movies for the holiday season. I've never read the book, but I love me some disaster sci-fi+apocalypse movies.

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killermonkey8822 writes:
on Jun 08 2007 07:01 PM

I Robot was not even that good........ i guess it was alright nowhere near as good as that guy's other films (the crow for example) i didn't mind it or anything i can say that but we really don't need a sequel for that one..........as for I Am Legend i will probably see that......... i am not expecting it to be more of a B-movie but it looks like fun entertainment....... and who knows maybe it will be the one 2007 movie that just blows me away.

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Legit writes:
on Jun 08 2007 07:55 PM

I am Legend doesn't have too much action, if I remember the book correctly, but nonetheless a very good book and I'm pumped for this movie. Oh yeahhh this movie will pwn.

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jeremyd4 writes:
on Jun 08 2007 10:35 PM

[b]trailer music..[/b]
is it just me or does the musical score to that trailer sound like a crappier version of the Requiem for a Dream song.

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jeremyd4 writes:
on Jun 08 2007 10:36 PM

and the poster seems like the poster for "THE ISLAND".. ya know, the one with the exact same colors but says something like NO ONE ESCAPES THE ISLAND

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Elixor writes:
on Jun 09 2007 07:46 AM

The "Requiem for a Dream song", named "Lux Aeterna", makes excellent movie trailer music. My favorite version is the one used for the Two Towers trailer called "Requiem for a Tower" (stupid name I know), which is full orchestra instead of a string quartet. I beleive that this music has made it into many movie trailers.

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I Am Remote writes:
on Jun 09 2007 10:25 AM

In reply to this comment (#868622)
Anyone basing what "I am Legend" will be like based on what the book was... have you learned nothing? "I, Robot" isn't an action book either, but that's what it became, didn't it?

Will Smith is a joke. He doesn't act in these movies, he entertains. Agent Jay, the ID4 character, Jim West, the I, Robot character... they're all the same thing. He's paid millions upon millions to be himself and yell "Hell, no!" a few times. Bang bang. I'm sick of him and his middle of the road, please all demographic performances. Yawn.

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Matanuki writes:
on Jun 09 2007 10:58 AM

(sigh) Here we go again. Another "Will Smith is a sorry actor" diatribe. Check the clock, folks. That train is never late.

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Mr. Kong writes:
on Jun 09 2007 12:46 PM

I love the Requiem for a Dream song. After I heard it in the "Sunshine" trailer (the link is below) it almost became an obsession of mine.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q2Kf__euJJs

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I Am Remote writes:
on Jun 09 2007 01:38 PM

In reply to this comment (#868627)
Well, nor should it be. The truth should be frequent. Less checking your watch. More checking your movie screen.

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Typhoon20 writes:
on Jun 09 2007 02:33 PM

A perfect appetite wetter, without giving too much away.

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Movie Maniac! writes:
on Jun 09 2007 10:23 PM

What I'm mentioning right now is really random here, but- didn't anyone think that the scene with the red and white car near the end of the trailer looked a bit cartoony? It looked like it was a video game from an Xbox 360 or something.

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Bigbrother writes:
on Jun 10 2007 02:05 AM

In reply to this comment (#868629)
Preach on Truthsayer. Finally someone on this site willing to declare that their opinion is the only one that matters and should be taken as universal gospel...wait a minute, Akkendon3 needs to get in here. This guys crapping all over his trademark. Seriously dude, maybe what you say Will Smith does is true, but obviously a lot of people like it. If you don't, here's a novel idea. Don't go see his movies. I'm sure he won't miss your 7 bucks on the bed of cash he sleeps on at night with his hot wife, but who knows maybe the absence of your money will send him into a Princess in the Pea inspired madness and drive him from the movie industry. Either way it's a win win for you.

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Bigbrother writes:
on Jun 10 2007 02:10 AM

Oh, and as for the Robot 2, How many times are we going to trust those damn robots!?! Even I figured out after Maximum Overdrive and Terminator that once the robots get too smart it's only a matter of time before they're gonna turn on us and try to take over the world. That's why you'll never see one of those damn robot puppies in my house. Damn Sony is leading us down a highway to hell.

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Matanuki writes:
on Jun 10 2007 04:23 AM

In reply to this comment (#868634)
Sony's just riding the tide. You know, as we speak Honda is, yes, building an actual robot. We humans will never learn. But that's because we love self-destruction. So I, Robot can spin 4 sequels and The Matrix 3 more without it ever not fitting in with a real world trajectory. Fasten your seatbelt! I hear that highway's got one hell of a speed limit.

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High School With Money writes:
on Jun 10 2007 05:51 AM

In reply to this comment (#868613)
[b]Coming to a TV near you...[/b]
Not just the teasers, but moreso with regular trailers. I don't have to actively seek out all the 10-20 versions of a film's marketing TV campaign, and already they'd spoiled a ton of info. I blame Bob Zemeckis.

Now the question is: can this studio keep up the suspense for [i]I Am Legend[/i] up to December, or will they blow their romance-explosion and get all spoiler-happy by National Turkey Feast Day?

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RandomVirus writes:
on Jun 10 2007 06:16 AM

I Robot 2 : I Also Robot

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friends_ls_1 writes:
on Jun 10 2007 09:37 AM

In reply to this comment (#868602)
[b]ANOTHER REMAKE[/b]
THIS MOVIE IS NOT A SEQUEL, IT IS A EXACT REMAKE OF THE OMEGA MAN, STARRING CHARLTON HESTON IN THE LATE 70S OR EARLY 80S, THE NAMES ARE THE SAME, THE STORY IS EXACTLY THE SAME, I GUESS THEY HAVE RUN OUT OF NEW IDEAS IN HOLLYWOOD.

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friends_ls_1 writes:
on Jun 10 2007 09:40 AM

[b]ANOTHER REMAKE[/b]
THIS MOVIE IS A EXACT REMAKE OF 'OMEGA MAN', THE LATE 70'S movie starring charlton heston

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capeo writes:
on Jun 10 2007 10:31 AM

In reply to this comment (#868638)
[b]Not really[/b]
Omega Man was based on I am Legend. They significantly changed a lot though. It had none of the vampire elements the define the book nor any of the good psychological elements of an ordinary man trying to figure out what the hell is going on and becoming a legendary creature in the eyes of beings that once were thought to be legend. Instead, they went with the christian allegory angle in Omega Man. The Last Man on Earth, w/ Vincent Price was also based on I Am Legend but there were so many changes that eventually Matheson had his name taken off the film. If this movie sticks close to the book it could well be quite good and it won't be exactly like anything done before it.

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Mr. Kong writes:
on Jun 10 2007 10:51 AM

In reply to this comment (#868626)
SOMEBODY hasn't seen Pursuit of Happyness.

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Mr. Kong writes:
on Jun 10 2007 10:53 AM

In reply to this comment (#868637)
That'd be funny if they actually called it that...

well, it wouldn't be so much funny as sucky.

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dukeone writes:
on Jun 10 2007 11:13 AM

Wait and see. I, Robot was good but I'm at least open to a sequal surprize. It all depend on the script. If that's good the film will be good. If the text is poor, even the greatest film makers in the world can't make the "magic" happen. Remember Batman Begins? There was a sequal that was much, much better that ALL the Batman films that went before. As for I Am Legend, again...wait and see.

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Typhoon20 writes:
on Jun 10 2007 12:09 PM

I robot was underrated, it wasn't that bad. I quite enjoyed it and I think
it has a lot of room for new ideas, I'm open to a sequel. I loved the robot character sonny.

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Bigbrother writes:
on Jun 10 2007 12:26 PM

In reply to this comment (#868640)
Plus Charlton Heston isn't a black man and I personally don't think he could pull off any of Will Smiths wide variety of catchphrases. Though I'd pay to see him try...To Pharoah "Hear and obey...Ahhhh....hell...NO!!!!"

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sistrunk writes:
on Jun 10 2007 12:26 PM

[b]don't mess this up[/b]
I don't think Will Smith is a good choice for this. If you guys have read the book, did you honest picture Neville looking someone like Will Smith? Also, Neville never made wisecracks or was humorous in the book. We know how Will Smith acts. Not to knock on Will Smith, I've liked him in most of his roles. There is definitely a niche for his style; however, I just don't think it's best served here.

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I Am Remote writes:
on Jun 10 2007 01:23 PM

In reply to this comment (#868632)
Who said I paid to see any of these movies? Sorry, but I don't subscribe to the "if everyone likes it, it must be great!" axiom. that's cool though, go right ahead in do that. That body length wool sweater looks great on you.

And Will Smith's wife thanks you.

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Ashron writes:
on Jun 10 2007 03:20 PM

In reply to this comment (#868643)
Actually I think it should be called I Robot 2: I (heart symbol) Robot.

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skasforfags writes:
on Jun 10 2007 03:48 PM

In order for me to not hate this movie I have to remember that the book and movie, from the trailer, seem...not completely, but very different. The message from the book is key and the last few pages are dynamite. I am not a fan of Will Smith's "Hell, naw!" action stuff either but when he does his more dramatic roles he's pretty good. Maybe he could pull him together. As long as the message remains, I'm game.

"I, Robot 2: I <3 Destroy" with that cute blue robot. http://pds1.egloos.com/pds/1/200606/18/82/c0065682_3415831.jpg

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Bigbrother writes:
on Jun 11 2007 06:23 AM

In reply to this comment (#868648)
Yes because you are obviously massively self-obsessed. Don't watch his movies and let the rest of us blissfully go on with our day to day lives. You act like Will has wronged you or something....wait a minute, Carlton is that you!?!

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Mr. Kong writes:
on Jun 11 2007 06:32 AM

In reply to this comment (#868651)
Best.... idiot.... on a tv show.... ever (I'm Talking about Carlton, not you bigbrother, you're cool)

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Typhoon20 writes:
on Jun 11 2007 09:01 AM

Does anyone know when the trailer is going to come out ?
Any predictions ? I thought the trailer would come out a couple months after the teaser.

Can't wait

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rmobbs writes:
on Jun 11 2007 12:05 PM

God this looks stupid. But it's based on a boring, overrated book about a depressed alcoholic. So what can you expect.

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Mr. Kong writes:
on Jun 11 2007 12:38 PM

In reply to this comment (#868654)
I thought it was a great book....

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Bigbrother writes:
on Jun 11 2007 12:48 PM

In reply to this comment (#868652)
Doing the "Carlton dance" as we speak :)

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rdp00 writes:
on Jun 12 2007 12:07 AM

In reply to this comment (#868607)
ditto! actually I Robot looks like an expanded version of the "Second Renaissance" from the animatrix.

plus, there's already a sequel to I Robot, it's just called Terminator 3. :P
then The Matrix comes after that. :P

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Matanuki writes:
on Jun 12 2007 04:19 AM

In reply to this comment (#868654)
I'd probably be a depressed alcoholic too if I were the last man alive. Wait a minute. Sometimes I DO think I'm the last man alive. I'm just dreaming all you guys.

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brettswiz writes:
on Jun 12 2007 11:50 AM

In reply to this comment (#868659)
[b]Author of the book[/b]
I know the author of I Am Legend, but earlier in the thread someone was talking about a book called Tonight, He Comes. Anyone know the author?

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RexLaboro writes:
on Jun 12 2007 07:58 PM

I'ROBOT was on FX the other night and I was reminded how cool this film was. I'ROBOT 2 is an excellent idea. I will defenitely go see I AM LEGEND. All Smith's sci-fi action films are good.

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zooman writes:
on Jun 13 2007 12:55 PM

In reply to this comment (#868614)
[b]dont we love to idealize the past?[/b]
really, it's so easy to idealize the past.... In 10 or 15 years we are gonna be like "remember when commercial movies had interesting characters (x men, bourne, shrek, pixar, new bruce wayne, jack sparrow even if i dont like him, neo, umma thurman in kill bill) and well developed stories (the movies from the characters just mentioned)? Remember when, after the 80s and early 90s, producers started to give way more opportunities to independent filmmakers ?and more freedom to filmmaker when they were to do the big studio commercial films (sam reimi, christoper nolan, peter jackson, bryan singer)? Remember when animated films were fresh and original with Pixar? Remember when more and more good full filmmakers were writing, directing and producing and were still allowed to be in hollywood (coen brothers, alexander payne, paul thomas anderson, anthony minghella, kevin smith, quentin tarantino, gus van sant)? Remeber when even the younger and/or newer actors often outshone the older big names (matt damon, leonardo dicarprio, joseph gordon levitt, mark wahlberg, johnny depp, heath ledger, naomi watts, benicio del toro, jake gyllenhaall, maggie gyllenhaal, maybe shia leboef)

Come on, there has always been idealization of the past, especially when it comes to hollywood and pop culture. Seriously though, I dont want to go back to the days when a few oportunist producers gathered exotic dancers to make them divas and make a business with the new growing movie industry, nor to the days when what we called big summer action flicks were the same revenge story with steven segal, or arnold shwarzenneger, or sylvester stallone, or van damme, or chuck norris, or many others; nor to when disney did the same family movie over and over again (even if given that they barely exist today, we remember them as precious, again through idealization); nor to when there were many rush hours a year, but with even less quality; nor to when making a comic book adaptation, or tv cartoon adaptation, or tv show adaptation, was forcibly very cheap and bad, except for batman and maybe, to many, superman (which i cant stand).

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zooman writes:
on Jun 13 2007 01:06 PM

also, its not that i defend hollywood so much, I just react quickly against idealization or generalizations like that... I actually find it sad hollywood wants to do yet another sequel, and for a movie like I robot.. Im amazed to see the positive response for this sequel, but I guess this means they probably should do it... I myself dont care about watching even the first one, less so the second one, but I guess I cant say anything about the franchise if i havent seen but a few uninteresting scenes. I still dont thnk I'd watch it, but I could watch I am legend.

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moviemann45 writes:
on Jun 14 2007 08:15 AM

wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! I, Robot sequel!?!? Let me guess how the pitch was for the move, "Ok, remember the last movie, where these people built all of these robots and then the robots turned and attacked them? Well, these people are SOOOO stupid that they didn't learn anything and started building even MORE intelligent and evil robots!"

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gorillagolanking writes:
on Jun 14 2007 12:02 PM

[b]Will Smith is cool but...[/b]
I guess I'm one of those assholes who reads a book and brings my own assumptions to a film based loosely on said book so...anyway, I always imagined Neville to be a curmudgeon and a downright mean dude, Will Smith is charming and cool it's going to be hard for me to accept him as Neville.

Regardless, I want this movie to be great and I'm looking forward to it.

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moviemann45 writes:
on Jun 15 2007 06:36 AM

LOL, wait, I just figured out how funny the tagline for I Am Legend is. "The Last Man On Earth Is Now Alone"? Then that means that hes not the last man.....someone should slap the advertising department.

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Bigbrother writes:
on Jun 15 2007 11:04 AM

In reply to this comment (#868666)
Emmmm, Vampires and Zombies don't count as men buddy. Also Goblins, demons, Incubus'. poltergeists, ghosts, ghouls mummies. I'm a little fuzzy on Doppelgangers, she-males, hermaphrodites and Werewolves. The latter probably only on full moon nights or maybe it's like that riddle where the doctor ends up being a woman and mysogynists don't get it cause they think Medicine isn't "woman's work". Final verdict on the title...both clever and correct.

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kfarschman writes:
on Jun 15 2007 07:52 PM

In reply to this comment (#868667)
The "man" used in the slogan is the universal use meaning human. It doesn't mean the gender so hermaphrodites would count. Also the vampires in I Am Legend aren't supernatural, but are people that get infected with a vampiresque bacteria. He also only knows he is the last uninfected in his small radius. So I say the slogan is incorrect and dumb.

I find the slogan with the poster funny because it says that in big letters and then it shows him walking with his dog on the bottom of it. So I always think "He's Not Alone. .... because he has his dog there keeping him company", when I see it.

Speaking of the whole dog thing. If that is the direction there are taking things from the book this movie will suck hard. People that read the book you know what I mean about the dog scenerio.

I bet this will end up being PG13 now. Damnit.

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Relling writes:
on Oct 24 2007 07:55 AM

i totally thought that i am legend WAS the i, robot sequel.

because... they have the same exact image of the broken bridge!!!

then i watched the trailer and was kinda confused, and then i read about the actual story. i think that its kinda sad that ANOTHER one of these movies is getting made. re-vamped zombie movies and torture flicks are all we have now?

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