catbarf on 24/12/2007 at 16:52
Quote Posted by jtr7
Yeah.
[SPOILER]And they are intelligent, and don't really want to be cured, and they publicly execute him as a criminal after discussing the issue with him.[/SPOILER]
You're right, but I'm not a stickler so much for accuracy to the book so much as the fact that they kept the title but without the entire reason for the title.
Mostly Harmless on 24/12/2007 at 22:50
Did anyone else notice the movie poster with the Batman and Superman logos together, it was quite near the start of the movie when he was driving the red sports car around?
catbarf on 25/12/2007 at 01:35
You mean like the Apple computer in his lab? Or Shrek on TV? Or any of the other dozens of poorly-concealed product placements?
That sort of crap really annoys me when I go to see a movie. What, they're not making enough money off the whole movie?
jtr7 on 25/12/2007 at 01:48
Plagiarised from Superherohype:
In the beginning of the film, Will Smith is hunting a deer and when he walks through a deserted Times Square, fans get to see a quick glimpse of a big Batman vs. Superman billboard. It was meant as a joke by I Am Legend writer/producer Akiva Goldsman, but some fans are wondering if it means a Batman vs. Superman movie is already in development -- not so.
Goldsman was once attached to a real Batman vs. Superman movie, but the script didn't get the green light. He also wrote Batman Forever and Batman & Robin.
In the movie, even though it is 2012, the virus hit in 2009, so Goldsman thought about which movies "could" possibly come to theaters in '09. In the video store Will Smith goes into you'll also see fake Green Lantern and Teen Titans posters.
SD on 28/12/2007 at 08:57
Quote Posted by catbarf
You mean like the Apple computer in his lab? Or Shrek on TV? Or any of the other dozens of poorly-concealed product placements?
That sort of crap really annoys me when I go to see a movie. What, they're not making enough money off the whole movie?
Of all the modern bleatings about movies, this one is the least comprehensible. Don't you see brands in real life all the time? I see them
everywhere. Wouldn't it be less realistic if they made them inconspicuous?
gunsmoke on 28/12/2007 at 13:30
Quote Posted by Ulukai
The Omega Man! The zombie film that got me into zombie films in the first place. Ok, so they're not textbook zombies but you know what I mean. Still one of my favourites. If anyone hasn't see the Omega Man, go dig it up.
We already cleared this up, and discussed Omega Man and Last Man on Earth and their 'similarities'.
demagogue on 28/12/2007 at 21:39
Nobody's talked about the historic contribution of Night of the Comet to this genre, though, explained by one review: "In typical Valley girl fashion, the girls use the opportunity of being the last humans in L.A. to go shopping."
gunsmoke on 29/12/2007 at 04:40
lol, I just watched that last week.
catbarf on 29/12/2007 at 18:31
Quote Posted by SD
Of all the modern bleatings about movies, this one is the least comprehensible. Don't you see brands in real life all the time? I see them
everywhere. Wouldn't it be less realistic if they made them inconspicuous?
It's not that they need to be inconspicuous so much as not blatantly advertised. The Apple logo, for example, is in perfect focus (why?) and right near the center of the screen. It's obviously intentional, and that's what annoys me.
