• Crozekiel@lemmy.zip
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    15 hours ago

    2 things:

    1. I just recently learned that the “monsters” in I Am Legend were not zombies, they were vampires and they were supposed to be fully sentient… The movie adaptation missed the mark so much it is basically a completely different and unrecognizable story from the book.
    2. why is there a tag or something next to your name that says “Bot”? Is that supposed to be there? Is that something buggy happening in the front end I am using?
    • Senal@programming.dev
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      8 minutes ago

      They even had an ending in the movie that was closer to the original , but they cut it/changed it because it didn’t test well.

      I’d guess that was because it was an ending that followed the original storyline and didn’t make sense without the rest of the movie also following the original storyline.

      spoiler

      It turns out (or is apparent in general) that the “zombies” are sentient/sapient and to them he’s the monster in the dark(or daylight as is the case here), from their point of view he’s basically been abducting people for experimentation and killing anyone who comes looking for their abducted family.

      The zombie/vampire guy at the end is just looking for his partner to rescue her, once he has her, he leaves.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKwZOa6CL6U

    • Ranulph@thelemmy.club
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      13 hours ago

      The Bot thing is because the system has decided that VPN use indicates automated account creation. I am not and its annoying but this nothing I can do anything about

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      14 hours ago

      If i had a nickel for every book to movie adaptation that completely missed the mark, well id have two nickels.

      Not blaming him, I think he is a very enjoyable actor. Maybe not top tier, but I see why hes A list.

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        10 hours ago

        Can’t watch him in anything since he hit Chris Rock. It ruined his characters in nearly every thing he was ever in.

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      14 hours ago

      Ah yes, great book. The film is fun but completely fails to adapt the point of the book.