[griddle]

Interesting..
Spoiler for those who havent seen it , of course

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO9aD71g12s

[slimsex]

this ending makes less sense, as 'they' appear to be now creatures with compassion, love and respect, where previously they were basically just zombies.

however, i prefer it

[Romarionsion]

Very cool, good find. I think it like that ending better to be honest. It shows Neville realizing he forgot that they were still human.

this ending makes less sense, as 'they' appear to be now creatures with compassion, love and respect, where previously they were basically just zombies.

however, i prefer it

They had all those things all along. It was Neville who assumed they didn't and therefore abducted them to experiment.

[Atmotteenrift]

He comments in the film on how they're starting to show elevated levels of behaviour and social structure. This can only be an offshoot of that.

This was a better ending, IMO. I HATED the way he's been in the City on his own for 4 years and in 1 night that stupid girl ruins EVERYTHING for him!!!!!!!!!!! [thumbdown] [thumbdown] [thumbdown]

Hopefully the we'll get a DVD with this ending!

[Romarionsion]

This was a better ending, IMO. I HATED the way he's been in the City on his own for 4 years and in 1 night that stupid girl ruins EVERYTHING for him!!!!!!!!!!! [thumbdown] [thumbdown] [thumbdown]

Its completely possible though. Looking at his "patient" wall you can see that he had been collecting for a long time. Just so happens that this time he took the female of the alpha male. Its only logical that after seeing so many of his fellow "humans" be abducted by this guy that losing his female to Neville is the final straw.

edit - BTW, he comments on how they ARENT showing any human like behavior. Thats where he was wrong and it showed his ignorance.

[Atmotteenrift]

Its completely possible though. Looking at his "patient" wall you can see that he had been collecting for a long time. Just so happens that this time he took the female of the alpha male. Its only logical that after seeing so many of his fellow "humans" be abducted by this guy that losing his female to Neville is the final straw.

edit - BTW, he comments on how they ARENT showing any human like behavior. Thats where he was wrong and it showed his ignorance.

Ah my bad, I thought he said they were, what with things like the dogs being sent out and whatnot?

I can understand about the alpha male and his mate though, I'd be peeved too!

[slimsex]

i just don't remember any human-like behaviour from the 'zombies' in the whole film. i'm ready to be corrected on this, but to me they seemed just animalistic in their almost purely instinctive behaviours.

meh, it doesn't matter.

[wowwieholmes]

To fans of the movie i can only suggest reading the book (or listening to the audiobook, whatever you prefer).
Sooo much different than the movie and so much better.

[zoneouddy]

To fans of the movie i can only suggest reading the book (or listening to the audiobook, whatever you prefer).
Sooo much different than the movie and so much better.

Exactly how i felt. When the movie was over, hell even half way through it i was pretty much disgusted at how they screwed this movie up so bad. Why can't they just leave stuff well enough alone when they go from book to movie?

[Atmotteenrift]

Exactly how i felt. When the movie was over, hell even half way through it i was pretty much disgusted at how they screwed this movie up so bad. Why can't they just leave stuff well enough alone when they go from book to movie?

Or just do a 1:1 representation?

[Romarionsion]

i just don't remember any human-like behaviour from the 'zombies' in the whole film. i'm ready to be corrected on this, but to me they seemed just animalistic in their almost purely instinctive behaviours.

Thats what Neville thought, but they actually were more social than he thought. They lived in groups and set traps for Neville. When the alpha exposed himself to sunlight, Neville assumed he was just being stupid, but he was furious about losing his mate and was desperate to get her back.

Dogs were effected by the virus and it seems that they tamed the dogs and trained them for their own use, which is very advanced! Granted they were very instinctive, but they weren't as socially devolved as Neville thought.

edit - Good book /= Good movie. They can't make everything the same or it would bore the hell out of people. If people are bored they lose money. They take the key points and make it "Hollywood" You can't even really compare the two. You have to detach from the book and view the movie as its own story. Otherwise you'll just over analyze it and be disappointed that it wasn't the same (which it wasn't trying to be). Bond movies anyone? :P

[h4z1XBI7]

That ending was much better and made a lot more sense. I may have actually liked the movie if they had this ending in it originally. Well, they needed to redo other parts of the movie but the ending was the final straw for me.

[expiclefich]

Hopefully the we'll get a DVD with this ending!

I think this alternative ending is on the Blu-ray.

[Fvmfrctt]

I think this alternative ending is on the Blu-ray.

It will be.

[usatramadolusa]

I don't like this ending one bit, don't tell me he live happily ever after with all those zombie [thumbdown]

[Poll Pitt]

I don't like this ending one bit, don't tell me he live happily ever after with all those zombie [thumbdown]

Considering that Neville found the cure, he would simply have to mass produce it and inject the "infected" with it. It really would be a happily ever after since there would likely be no more zombies

As for the comments about the book being better than the movie, I think you have to treat both as two separate entities. The movie was adapted to have more action (in the book, there were very long stretches of Neville doing mundane tasks throughout the day), and it was modernized to have parallels to today's society. Granted, it would be interesting to see Neville being executed by the refugees like it happened in the book (especially since Neville was ironically considered a monster due to his immunity), but I think the movie was more than decent enough without these additions. Other than the shoddy CGI (almost as bad as Van Helsing), I thought it was fairly solid.

[Patgaepx]

maybe the original ending didn't match the whole "I am legend" scenario closely enough?

might as well have named it vampire apocalypse.

I can still see why they chose to make an alternative... that said I didn't find the ending of the book particularly appealing either.

[DoctorBeny]

Well, i prefer this original ending as well , not juz the happy ending part... juz that i was like "wtf?!." feeling when the other ending that he blew himself up ... i mean c'mon... as if that helps.. [thumbdown]

maybe the original ending didn't match the whole "I am legend" scenario closely enough?

might as well have named it vampire apocalypse.

I can still see why they chose to make an alternative... that said I didn't find the ending of the book particularly appealing either.

Im curious, whats the book's ending?..

Cheers

[wowwieholmes]

Im curious, whats the book's ending?..

Cheers

Spoiler in white

*** In the end he is executed by the "new" civilization of infected, which has medication afair that keeps them "civilized" He then becomes nothing more but legend,.. the last human ***

[DoctorBeny]

Spoiler in white

*** In the end he is executed by the "new" civilization of infected, which has medication afair that keeps them "civilized" He then becomes nothing more but legend,.. the last human ***

Oh... i guess thats why they wanna keep that ending