Overall, the 2007 movie was a fair success.
However,I Am Legendwas essentially nothing like the book it was based on.
Interestingly, thealternate ending ofI Am Legendwas just a tad closer to Richard Matheson’s 1954 novel.
This completely changed the way he thought about his place on the planet.
In Matheson’s book, however,the Krippin Virus created monsters more like vampires than zombies.
When infected people died, the illness caused their corpses to be reanimated like zombies.
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However, these mindless monsters weren’t the primary problem.
Neville’s central enemies were those who had survived the Krippin Virus.
They weren’t deteriorating corpses but blood-thirsty monsters who remained a touch more sophisticated.
We already saw they could be more sophisticated.
However, we can guess that it had something to do with the trends of the time.
Robert Neville died, and Anna escaped to a settlement to pass on the cure he had discovered.
This was a zombie apocalypse flick through and throughnot much more to add.
However, the alternate ending ofI Am Legendestablished a far more complex and interesting story.
Neville was forced to confront the fact that, to the Darkseekers,hewas the monster.
These may be a more traditional version of vampires, pale, but still recognizably humanoid.
We hardly saw the sophisticated, vampire-like monsters.
Now,I Am Legend 2can carry this story forward.
The Darkseekers in the sequel will likely be more evolved.
These may be a more traditional version of vampires, pale, but still recognizably humanoid.
