Robert Neville is Legend

[narfnitsirk]

It’s hard for me to think about this book without thinking about the way Hollywood mucked up the ending to the recent film. The test audience didn’t like the real ending, so they made it much happier, and much more Hollywood. It reduced the IAL vampires to common monsters-they left in that they set complex traps and whatnot, but then made them into

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Hollywood can suck it.

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As I've said before, the movie would've been okay, if it hadn't pretended to be "I Am Legend." Part of the power of the story was the ending, which of course the movie bean-counters couldn't just leave well enough alone. So they putzed with the whole thing and created something that had ZERO respect for the source material.

Fiction vs Reality

[anonymous]

I guess I'm glad I didn't see the movie. I will add it to the do not watch list. But I like your perspective on how the movie industry adapts stories to make the audience happy. It is a sad state of mind that you can't watch a movie according to the story. But then again, that's what Disney does with all their movies. "The Little Mermaid" actually turns into a pile of sea foam. My question is, just how accurate are the test audiences? What do they even know about the movie/novel? On the lighter side, there are movies that do depict the true endings, be they good or bad

Re: Fiction vs Reality

[anonymous]

Comment above is from Leadie Jo Flowers. How do you put your name on this one?

Re: Fiction vs Reality

[narfnitsirk]

I can not tell a lie. If they pay me for my book, they can do whatever they want to it, especially if it includes car chases and/or explosions.

What was especially infuriating about the movie is that Will Smith did a wonderful job carrying the first half of the movie on his own. I'm a big fan of his, and I thought he was great. Too bad the plot was mucked up.