I am Legend

[Tricky]

I went to see this the other night,really enjoyed it as well!very similar to 28 days later (but yes i know the story was written in the 50's so it came even before romeros films) Only problem i had with it was the extreme over use of CGI,they could have made it much better by using folk in make up to be honest!

[Relic]

ADDED BY MODERATOR - ***SPOILER*** - Yes the mod had the time/effort to put this warning in! When the sun went "down" officially is when the dog turned, so yeah, he made it home that night. After killing Sam, and visiting the rental store, he decided to take out as many of them as he could before he himself went down. After the woman rescued him with her light-torched vehicle, I guess he told her where he lived, and she drove him there. They must have followed. Why they didn't attack that night, who knows? Maybe they were consolidating forces...

[AcesandEights]

I finally saw it on iMax Wednesday. It was alright, but i can understand people might gripe about it. I think Smith did a good job with what he was given, but the script needed far more work.   [QUOTE=Relic;125992]ADDED BY MODERATOR - ***SPOILER*** - Yes the mod had the time/effort to put this warning in! After the woman rescued him with her light-torched vehicle, I guess he told her where he lived, and she drove him there. /QUOTE] He did tell her. "I live at" Blah blah blah "don't let them track us." right before he passed out. I finally saw it on iMax Wednesday. It was alright, but i can understand people might gripe about it. I think Smith did a good job with what he was given, but the script needed far more work. ADDED BY MODERATOR - ***SPOILER*** - Yes the mod had the time/effort to put this warning in! After the woman rescued him with her light-torched vehicle, I guess he told her where he lived, and she drove him there. He did tell her. "I live at" Blah blah blah "don't let them track us." right before he passed out.

[Neil]

Alternative ending The tone of the ending of the film was altered dramatically before the film's release, with the majority of the changes made to the standoff between Neville and the infected in his laboratory. Visual effects supervisor Janek Sirrs recounts the original ending starting with the standoff, "At that point, Neville's - and the audience's - assumptions about the nature of these creatures are shown to be incorrect. We see that they have actually retained some of their humanity. There is a very important moment between the alpha male and Neville." David Schaub stated, "Then, when Neville finally turns the alpha female over to the alpha male, there is this little love moment between the two of them." The infected then retrieve the captured female and spare Neville's life. The original final shot follows Neville, Anna, and the boy as they cross the remnants of the George Washington Bridge in hopes of finding other survivors. ps: Can anyone find out if 'I Am Legend' and 'I, Robot' used the same special effects company/people!?

[Rottedfreak]

That ending would have made it more then just another running zombie film. I am Legend Special Effects by Ozzy Alvarez .... lab technician: Quatum creation FX Mark Ballou .... on-set coordinator: Tinsley Transfers Inc. Phillip Beck .... special effects assistant David Beneke .... key eye technician: Tatopoulos Studios James R. Bilz .... special effects technician Michael Bird .... special effects technician Jeff Brink .... special effects foreman Conrad V. Brink Jr. .... special effects coordinator J.C. Brotherhood .... special effects foreman Robert Kato DeStefan .... lab technician: Quantum Creation FX Damian Fisher .... special effects technician Gilbert Gertsen .... special effects technician Cleve Gunderman .... moldmaker: Tatopoulos Studios Glen Hanz .... sculptor: Tatopoulos Studios Micheal Hartney .... special effects technician Mike Hartney .... special effects technician Russ Herpich .... special effects technician Tom Hester .... sculptor: Tatopoulos Studios Brian Hillard .... special makeup effects: Tinsley Transfers Pete Kelley .... special effects technician Tom Killeen .... painter: Tatopoulos Studios Allison Klein .... studio coordinator: Tatopoulos Studios Carol Koch .... sculptor: Tatopoulos Studios Constance Kowtna .... creature coordinator James Lauer .... special effects crew Yong Lee .... special effects crew Kimberley Lieber .... special effects technician Harvey Lowry .... special makeup effects consultant Micheal Maggi .... special effects foreman Harold McConnell .... special effects technician Robert McKinnon .... conceptual artist: Tatopoulos Studios Scott O****a .... special effects mechanical designer Robert Paquette .... special effects technician Mark Rappaport .... creature effects supervisor Toby Rosen .... special effects technician Daveed Shwartz .... matte paintings Charlie Simunik .... special effects foreman Chris Starwalt .... motion editor Patrick Tatopoulos .... creatures designer and supervisor Christien Tinsley .... creature suit designer/creator: Tinsley Transfers Inc. Joel Weaver .... special effects technician Diane Woodhouse .... creature effects shop coordinator: Tinsley Transfers Robert Woods Jr. .... special effects technician I robot Special Effects by Peter Abrahamson .... robot mechanic: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs Inc. Victor Aguirre .... video operator: Digital Domain Yan Allain .... robot digital prototyper Douglas W. Beard .... special effects technician Perry Beckham .... special effects rigging supervisor Jon Dawe .... animatronic designer: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs A. Scott Hamilton .... special casting: model unit Guy Himber .... project supervisor: Patrick Tatopoulos Design Kai Hirvonen .... stunt rigger Wayne Kennedy .... model lead Maya Kulenovic .... special effects casting: model unit Bill Mills .... special effects foreman Paul Noël .... mechanical special effects designer (as Paul Noel) Ivo Panayotov .... technical coordinator Shane Rangi .... special effects facility Erick Schiele .... lighting effects Edward M. Sweet .... special effects assistant (as Ted Sweet) Patrick Tatopoulos .... robot designer Melanie Tooker .... shop coordinator: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs Inc. Attila Vaski .... special effects crew Andrew Verhoeven .... motion base operator Mike Vézina .... special effects director Cam Waldbauer .... special effects workshop supervisor (as Cameron Waldbauer)

[Neil]

It's got to be the same effects house! The things looked too alike across the two films!

[Mike70]

here is the special effects credits from imdb: i am legend Special Effects * CIS Hollywood (visual effects) * Gentle Giant Studios * Giant Studios (motion capture technology provided by) * New Deal Studios (visual effects miniatures and photography) * Patrick Tatopoulos Design * Proof (pre-visualization) * Quantum Creation FX (bodies and creature make-up consultation) * Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI) * Svengali Visual Effects (additional visual effects) * Tatopoulos Studios * Tinsley Transfers (creature suits) i robot Special Effects * Digital Domain (special visual effects and digital animation) * Weta Digital (digital visual effects) * Rainmaker Digital Pictures (visual effects) (as Rainmaker) * Pixel Magic (visual effects) * Forum Visual Effects (visual effects) (as Forum Visual Effects/DPS Film Roman) * Modern VideoFilm (additional visual effects) * Pixel Liberation Front (pre-visualization) * Patrick Tatopoulos Design (robot design and fabrication) * Dave Asling: Miniature Effects (miniatures) * Grand Unified Theories * Image Engine Design (pre-visualization) * Lidar Services (scanning and modeling) * Motion Analysis Studios (motion capture) * Tatopoulos Studios tatopoulos studios is listed on both.

[Khardis]

I went to see this the other night,really enjoyed it as well!very similar to 28 days later (but yes i know the story was written in the 50's so it came even before romeros films) Only problem i had with it was the extreme over use of CGI,they could have made it much better by using folk in make up to be honest! THAT story wasn't written in the 50's Mathesons tale was, and Mathesons "I am Legend" was superior on every level than this monumental let down.

[bassman]

I went to see this the other night,really enjoyed it as well!very similar to 28 days later (but yes i know the story was written in the 50's so it came even before romeros films) Only problem i had with it was the extreme over use of CGI,they could have made it much better by using folk in make up to be honest! I think that's everyone's complaint. Well....with the exception of people that whine because it's not an exact re-telling of the book.