tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post4598819432429138607..comments2024-03-11T16:29:13.619-05:00Comments on Lingwë - Musings of a Fish: I Am Legend — a must read!Jason Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-6729815654186329012007-11-13T11:00:00.000-06:002007-11-13T11:00:00.000-06:00Yeah, terrific. Thanks for sharing that, FishWife....Yeah, terrific. Thanks for sharing that, FishWife. And ditto for <I>What Dreams May Come</I>. Remember how intriguing that movie was? I keep remembering that Ray Bradbury quote from the flyleaf that Richard Matheson is “one of the most important writers of the 20th century.” How can I not have heard of him before now?! I guess just because I’ve never really been indoctrinated into the horror genre (and not as deeply into science fiction as you’d think, either). I’m going to have to read some more stuff by this guy!Jason Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-41392692682893097772007-11-13T10:50:00.000-06:002007-11-13T10:50:00.000-06:00I just thought I'd let you know that Matheson wrot...I just thought I'd let you know that Matheson wrote the original novel (?) that the Kevin Bacon film "Stir of Echoes" was based. Cool to know, eh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-48705828439096659252007-11-13T09:12:00.000-06:002007-11-13T09:12:00.000-06:00Let’s tread carefully around spoilers, Brigand, bu...Let’s tread carefully around spoilers, Brigand, but I take your point. :)<BR/><BR/>In fact, having just read the book, I can’t help wondering just <I>how</I> well (faithfully, I mean) it can be adapted for film at all. So much of it is internalized in an inner monologue of the protagonist, Robert Neville — unavoidable in “last man” scenarios. Will we get a running voice-over, for instance?<BR/><BR/>Of course, this challenge hasn’t stopped Hollywood from filming two previous adaptations of the novel, has it? <I>The Last Man on Earth</I> (1964) and <I>The Omega Man</I> (1971). Has anyone seen either film? I have not.<BR/><BR/>I also wonder whether or how much of an influence Mary Shelley’s novel, <I>The Last Man</I>, might have been on Matheson. The plots are roughly similar. And it, too, has just been adapted to <A HREF="http://www.jamesarnett.com/aia/lastman.htm" REL="nofollow">film</A> (though for the the first time), ready for a timely release some time soon after <I>I Am Legend</I>. Lame, eh? Shades of <I>Deep Impact</I> vs. <I>Armageddon</I> all over again. Or <I>A Bug’s Life</I> vs. <I>Antz</I>. (All four of which hit screens in 1998.) What’s next, a film version of Daniel Defoe’s <I>Journal of the Plague Year</I>?Jason Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-13397979074583045632007-11-12T21:47:00.000-06:002007-11-12T21:47:00.000-06:00Even though the title only makes sense with the bo...Even though the title only makes sense with the book's ending, can the movie possibly keep it?N.E. Brigandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17601573470596905112noreply@blogger.com