Is that like Omega Man, Charlton Heston and is
everything just a copy of a copy of a copy... ?
Omega Man, like all movies from the 70s, had the main character die in the end. The 70s was a real downer man... Very defeatist, “we’re all going to die”, food is scarce, mankind too many... The liberals must have seriously owned Hollywood back then too.
Hollywood has not had an original idea since 3-D. Maybe they can somehow resurrect Vincent Price for the new generation.
Yes and no. The Omega Man was based on the book "I am Legend" and , not surprisingly, so is this new movie. There are considerable differences, however.
The origin of the virus was different in both movies, but that doesn't make a dime's bit of difference to the plot. The major difference between the two movies is in the portrayal of the infected.
In The Omega Man, the infected build a new society which is very cult-like and they have what I could only describe as a religious hatred for all things technological. They have a charismatic leader (played by Anthony Zerb) who is a powerful nemesis to Charlton Heston's character.
In the new movie, the infected have lost all of their humanity and are more like animals. They are unrealistically fast and strong, and also sport unrealistically wide opening mouths. They are just mean and nasty like packs of vicious animals.
I don't know which is more like the book, since I never read it, but I think that The Omega Man was more engaging. That is not to say that I Am Legend is bad. It's still pretty good, but The Omega Man rules.
I thought “Legend” was the same as “Omega Man” when I saw
the first commercial. Are they “out” with it or do they also believe
that history began the year they were born?
NOT A CHRISTOPHOBE!
NOT A MATRIX CONSERVATIVE!
You know I was thinking the same thing.
Charles Heston made that movie back in the late 50’s if I’m not mistaken.
Hey, The Omega Man is the second time it was done. In ‘64 The Last Man on Earth with Vincent Price was based on the same book.