Comments on: I Am Legend… http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/12/26/i-am-legend/ Oracle related rants (and lots of off-topic stuff)... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: cmag http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/12/26/i-am-legend/comment-page-1/#comment-139997 cmag Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:06:26 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/12/26/i-am-legend/#comment-139997 Really enjoyed Luke's comment about the survival angle. Only thing I disagree with was the last bit. I think he really wanted to die after Sam died. Sam was all he had left of his family. Also, maybe someone here can describe how Neville actually makes the traps. Luke sort of hinted at it when he said most people on the street couldn't make that trap let alone a psychotic rabid infected guy. I couldn't piece it together how the trap was made. Really enjoyed Luke’s comment about the survival angle. Only thing I disagree with was the last bit. I think he really wanted to die after Sam died. Sam was all he had left of his family.

Also, maybe someone here can describe how Neville actually makes the traps. Luke sort of hinted at it when he said most people on the street couldn’t make that trap let alone a psychotic rabid infected guy. I couldn’t piece it together how the trap was made.

]]> By: Tim... http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/12/26/i-am-legend/comment-page-1/#comment-135932 Tim... Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:39:45 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/12/26/i-am-legend/#comment-135932 Hi. Interesting to hear your thoughts from the military/survival angle. :) Cheers Tim... Hi.

Interesting to hear your thoughts from the military/survival angle. :)

Cheers

Tim…

]]> By: Luke http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/12/26/i-am-legend/comment-page-1/#comment-135924 Luke Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:02:20 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/12/26/i-am-legend/#comment-135924 Forgive the lateness...but we've just seen I am Legend on TV here and as an ex survival teacher, I can make some other (late) observations. Firstly, Will Smith is supposed to be a Colonel, but he looks a bit too young for that rank. He would never soley rely on a Colt Commando (Ar-15) as he'd have shotgun back up, an extra auto-matic in the car and plenty of phosphurus grenades etc. plus a side weapon holstered. The dog would have to have been on a leash, as the danger of it running into a dark space would be very real, considering they were chasing deer on a day to day basis. Being military, he would have also seen to his 'shelter' and made sure the roof etc. was all welded up. (as he'd done with the windows) In just three years, he wouldn't have gone delusional in setting up shop dummies to look like some scene of normality in a video/dvd shop. Plenty of people stranded in survival situations, with nothing but the odd bird for company, have not gone loopy, but tried to better their condition, building new tools, amenities etc. Being in NY, he would have had lots to do/see everyday and with his work, plenty to occupy his mind, with the belief that he was hellping to rid humanity of a disease. (good fortune he was a scientist too!) The mannakin being moved was a major flaw in the film and again, being military, he should have know someone had moved it and gone into recce mode. Making his presence well known by shouting, freaking out and firing valuable ammunition into the dummy was terrible film making! The darkseakers are also supposed to look like nothing more capable than screaming, running and banging their heads into hard things; so why did they suddenley build a trap that most people on the streets today couldn't manage? Then Will gets caught in the trap and that knocks him out for a period of time....?! When he wakes, he has the bright idea of cutting the rope without holding on to the other end, resulting in him falling 15 feet to the floor, which again, in any situation is crazy. He could have broken his back, or at the least, one of his limbs. After that, a quick foolish ride around at night, totally unprepared (without much fire power) to round off the night and nearly getting himself killed...again. I guess that would be the human race all over : the only survivor is an idiot! (but great scientist) Apart from that, the tech staff on the movie did a great job and good acting too from the main (only) characters. Forgive the lateness…but we’ve just seen I am Legend on TV here and as an ex survival teacher, I can make some other (late) observations.
Firstly, Will Smith is supposed to be a Colonel, but he looks a bit too young for that rank. He would never soley rely on a Colt Commando (Ar-15) as he’d have shotgun back up, an extra auto-matic in the car and plenty of phosphurus grenades etc. plus a side weapon holstered.
The dog would have to have been on a leash, as the danger of it running into a dark space would be very real, considering they were chasing deer on a day to day basis.
Being military, he would have also seen to his ‘shelter’ and made sure the roof etc. was all welded up. (as he’d done with the windows)
In just three years, he wouldn’t have gone delusional in setting up shop dummies to look like some scene of normality in a video/dvd shop. Plenty of people stranded in survival situations, with nothing but the odd bird for company, have not gone loopy, but tried to better their condition, building new tools, amenities etc. Being in NY, he would have had lots to do/see everyday and with his work, plenty to occupy his mind, with the belief that he was hellping to rid humanity of a disease. (good fortune he was a scientist too!)
The mannakin being moved was a major flaw in the film and again, being military, he should have know someone had moved it and gone into recce mode. Making his presence well known by shouting, freaking out and firing valuable ammunition into the dummy was terrible film making!
The darkseakers are also supposed to look like nothing more capable than screaming, running and banging their heads into hard things; so why did they suddenley build a trap that most people on the streets today couldn’t manage?
Then Will gets caught in the trap and that knocks him out for a period of time….?! When he wakes, he has the bright idea of cutting the rope without holding on to the other end, resulting in him falling 15 feet to the floor, which again, in any situation is crazy. He could have broken his back, or at the least, one of his limbs.
After that, a quick foolish ride around at night, totally unprepared (without much fire power) to round off the night and nearly getting himself killed…again.
I guess that would be the human race all over : the only survivor is an idiot! (but great scientist)
Apart from that, the tech staff on the movie did a great job and good acting too from the main (only) characters.

]]> By: OneBACo http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/12/26/i-am-legend/comment-page-1/#comment-98342 OneBACo Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:47:06 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/12/26/i-am-legend/#comment-98342 Take a look to http://www.slashignore.com/2008/10/24/i-should-have-been-legend/ I summarize my thoughs about it Take a look to
http://www.slashignore.com/2008/10/24/i-should-have-been-legend/

I summarize my thoughs about it

]]> By: eboni http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/12/26/i-am-legend/comment-page-1/#comment-95971 eboni Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:35:05 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/12/26/i-am-legend/#comment-95971 I am legend was a great movie. I didn't really like the end. But everything else was on point. Will Smith is a very talented man. I am legend was a great movie. I didn’t really like the end. But everything else was on point. Will Smith is a very talented man.

]]> By: David http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/12/26/i-am-legend/comment-page-1/#comment-95173 David Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:20:36 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/12/26/i-am-legend/#comment-95173 Hi. Anna drove over the George..bridge...somethingcause they didn't destroy that one. You can see that in one of the deleted scenes. The electricity didn't work, Robert Neville had generators running on oil. Since the Zombies can't be out in sunlight, they cannot see where Robert lives. He poors vinegar on all his cloths and everywhere he goes to hide his scent. Ofcourse Dark Seekers hunt the deers, but deers are not dumb. I guess that they hid themselves during nightfall. When Sam runs into the dark, they really does eat the deer. So why shouldn't they hunt them? Hi.
Anna drove over the George..bridge…somethingcause they didn’t destroy that one. You can see that in one of the deleted scenes.
The electricity didn’t work, Robert Neville had generators running on oil. Since the Zombies can’t be out in sunlight, they cannot see where Robert lives. He poors vinegar on all his cloths and everywhere he goes to hide his scent. Ofcourse Dark Seekers hunt the deers, but deers are not dumb. I guess that they hid themselves during nightfall. When Sam runs into the dark, they really does eat the deer. So why shouldn’t they hunt them?

]]> By: Tim... http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/12/26/i-am-legend/comment-page-1/#comment-94748 Tim... Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:59:44 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/12/26/i-am-legend/#comment-94748 If you read the Wikipedia post on I Am Legend you will see the original story and film had a lot more story. Not only were there the uninfected and the infected, but there was an additional section of the population that were infected, but retained normal mental function... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Legend This would have added depth to the story. Cheers Tim... If you read the Wikipedia post on I Am Legend you will see the original story and film had a lot more story. Not only were there the uninfected and the infected, but there was an additional section of the population that were infected, but retained normal mental function…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Legend

This would have added depth to the story.

Cheers

Tim…

]]> By: Antionestrife http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/12/26/i-am-legend/comment-page-1/#comment-94746 Antionestrife Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:43:16 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/12/26/i-am-legend/#comment-94746 I almost wasn't going to comment to this blog until I saw how late the last post was. I thought the movie was okay. They should have been able to deveop the story and characters more completely, since it wasn't to many characters in this movie to work with. The flashbacks should have been more in depth. I guess they stopped becuase they wanted to build the suspense of what the infected people looked like. Which would have been easy if they used more creativty. They could of used shadows and the shaky camera coming at you too cover that up. Movies do seem to mimic each other with that drawing stuff out to long. I would have been maybe a little more disappointed if I saw this in a movie, but I saw it on bootleg and it was watchable. I do hate when movie makers think every movie goer doesn't pay attention to detail. Like where the two survivors came from, and who set the trap. They should have showed that leader infected do some other clever things. Also it would have been nice if Will Smith and the leader met earlier in some close call. This move would have been better if they had some more survivors and was able to form bond with each other. Plus that could have made the story have more possibilities. The 3 year gap didn't help at all. I almost wasn’t going to comment to this blog until I saw how late the last post was. I thought the movie was okay. They should have been able to deveop the story and characters more completely, since it wasn’t to many characters in this movie to work with. The flashbacks should have been more in depth. I guess they stopped becuase they wanted to build the suspense of what the infected people looked like. Which would have been easy if they used more creativty. They could of used shadows and the shaky camera coming at you too cover that up. Movies do seem to mimic each other with that drawing stuff out to long. I would have been maybe a little more disappointed if I saw this in a movie, but I saw it on bootleg and it was watchable. I do hate when movie makers think every movie goer doesn’t pay attention to detail. Like where the two survivors came from, and who set the trap. They should have showed that leader infected do some other clever things. Also it would have been nice if Will Smith and the leader met earlier in some close call. This move would have been better if they had some more survivors and was able to form bond with each other. Plus that could have made the story have more possibilities. The 3 year gap didn’t help at all.

]]> By: Shezza http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/12/26/i-am-legend/comment-page-1/#comment-94703 Shezza Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:01:14 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/12/26/i-am-legend/#comment-94703 I believe the infected set the trap for Smith, however my bf thinks Smith set it and forgot cos he was going crazy? It's good to watch a film that causes debate. Preferred the alternative ending though! I believe the infected set the trap for Smith, however my bf thinks Smith set it and forgot cos he was going crazy? It’s good to watch a film that causes debate. Preferred the alternative ending though!

]]> By: Tim... http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/12/26/i-am-legend/comment-page-1/#comment-87167 Tim... Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:47:37 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/12/26/i-am-legend/#comment-87167 Hi. I'd rather you didn't speak like that on my blog. Cheers Tim... Hi.

I’d rather you didn’t speak like that on my blog.

Cheers

Tim…

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