[BillyBoy]

>> I haven’t seen this movie, but it sounds exactly like Charlton Heston’s “Omega Man.” Is there any connection? <<

Yes, they're both based on the book "I Am Legend" by Richard Matherson. Will Smith's film is actually the third adaptation of the novel, the first was a black & white film called "The Last Man on Earth", starring Vincent Price as Nevile. The Will Smith film borrows heavily from the Heston film, except the mutants is the Heston film are still intelligent people you can converse with, instead of mindless screeching CGI monsters. The Heston film was much better than the remake, IMO. But even by using the word "remake", I'm sure someone on here will object and claim it's not a remake.

[RikaStrom]

Yes, they're both based on the book "I Am Legend" by Richard Matherson. Will Smith's film is actually the third adaptation of the novel, the first was a black & white film called "The Last Man on Earth", starring Vincent Price as Nevile. The Will Smith film borrows heavily from the Heston film, except the mutants is the Heston film are still intelligent people you can converse with, instead of mindless screeching CGI monsters. The Heston film was much better than the remake, IMO. But even by using the word "remake", I'm sure someone on here will object and claim it's not a remake.

I think there are actually 4 versions. The SyFy channel, back when it was Sci-Fi did a two evening mini-series on it staring Marc Dacascos called "I Am Omega".

Oooops, I doubled checked, looks like it was a straight to video thing.

I Am Omega

[discostu]

I like to take a Saturday afternoon and bang through all three. The all have their strengths and weaknesses. Smith probably did the best job in the lonely and depressed part. The Omega Man mutants were the most entertaining. Vincent Price had the best ending meltdown.