I AM LEGEND loopholes

I just saw the movie again on tv and still had a few questions:

1.Why didnt the people at the quarantine hear Robet Neville's radio call?

2. If the zombies (or whatever they are) are so wild, mindless and irrational, they how do they have a conscious leader?

3. Why wasnt Robert more prepared for an invasion at his house?

4.How did the dummy (Fred i think) appear in another location?

I Am Legend is a summer action movie starring Will Smith.

A solid plot is not to be expected.

I just saw the movie again on tv and still had a few questions:

1.Why didnt the people at the quarantine hear Robet Neville's radio call?

Well it was automated I assume that none risked venturing out due to the fact of possible infection or leading the creatures back.

2. If the zombies (or whatever they are) are so wild, mindless and irrational, they how do they have a conscious leader?

They only appeared that way but in the alternate ending it shows they were actually intelligent.. To me this is more a nod to try to stay similar to the book.. In the book the vampires could actually speak and had some intelligence for the women always tried to seduce Robert to come out of his home..

3. Why wasnt Robert more prepared for an invasion at his house?

IDk why he would pick that location, more poor writing if anything.. The creatures were insanely powerful, rather rediculous they should have been at best like 28 days zombie strength.. Not super human to where they were capable of tipping over a car by RAMMING it.

4.How did the dummy (Fred i think) appear in another location?

The leader put Fred there, as well as set the trap for him.

raider1648

I just saw the movie again on tv and still had a few questions:

1.Why didnt the people at the quarantine hear Robet Neville's radio call?

2. If the zombies (or whatever they are) are so wild, mindless and irrational, they how do they have a conscious leader?

3. Why wasnt Robert more prepared for an invasion at his house?

4.How did the dummy (Fred i think) appear in another location?

raider1648

1.) The combined mass of the vampires, as well as the fluid they emit, stops radio waves dead in their tracks.
2.) It's actually quite brilliant; the vampire society in many ways reflects our own, only we're too delusional to see that we are, in many ways, mindless and irrational.
3.) It's a metaphor for promiscuous sex. He was unprepared, so he was invaded. He suffers the consequences.
4.) In many ways, Fred was the most real thing that Robert had. So, logically, as long as Robert believes him to be real, he can move freely.

I'm BSing, in case you haven't noticed.

I just saw the movie again on tv and still had a few questions:

1.Why didnt the people at the quarantine hear Robet Neville's radio call?

Don't remeber this part :(

2. If the zombies (or whatever they are) are so wild, mindless and irrational, they how do they have a conscious leader?

In the book they had some intelligence (language, etc.)

3. Why wasnt Robert more prepared for an invasion at his house?

He did have a pretty B.A. set up. Lights, explosions, I don't think he could have done much more. He is only one man.

4.How did the dummy (Fred i think) appear in another location?

The vampire things took them there, they set a trap there for Robert as well.

raider1648

[QUOTE="raider1648"]

I just saw the movie again on tv and still had a few questions:

1.Why didnt the people at the quarantine hear Robet Neville's radio call?

Well it was automated I assume that none risked venturing out due to the fact of possible infection or leading the creatures back.

2. If the zombies (or whatever they are) are so wild, mindless and irrational, they how do they have a conscious leader?

They only appeared that way but in the alternate ending it shows they were actually intelligent.. To me this is more a nod to try to stay similar to the book.. In the book the vampires could actually speak and had some intelligence for the women always tried to seduce Robert to come out of his home..

3. Why wasnt Robert more prepared for an invasion at his house?

IDk why he would pick that location, more poor writing if anything.. The creatures were insanely powerful, rather rediculous they should have been at best like 28 days zombie strength.. Not super human to where they were capable of tipping over a car by RAMMING it.

4.How did the dummy (Fred i think) appear in another location?

The leader put Fred there, as well as set the trap for him.

sSubZerOo

Ahhh.....OK...Thsnk you now I understand better. I completely missed that the leader set Fred there and set the trap. I was under the impression that Robert fell into his own trap and fredd teleported there or i dont know. Thank You

I have a question too.

1. Why is it that after more than 40 years, nobody has made a good I am legend movie yet? They have tried 4 times. First with the last man on earth with vincent price which was ok, then with Omega Man with Charlton Heston which again was ok but veyr cheesy, then they tried with I am Omega which sucked, now they have I am legend which started good for 20 minutes or so then started to suck more and more. The director even said that this film was going to be closer to the book than the others, lieing sack of crap.

I have a question too.

1. Why is it that after more than 40 years, nobody has made a good I am legend movie yet? They have tried 4 times. First with the last man on earth with vincent price which was ok, then with Omega Man with Charlton Heston which again was ok but veyr cheesy, then they tried with I am Omega which sucked, now they have I am legend which started good for 20 minutes or so then started to suck more and more. The director even said that this film was going to be closer to the book than the others, lieing sack of crap.

Film-Guy

There was one called I am Omega?

I just saw the movie again on tv and still had a few questions:

1.Why didnt the people at the quarantine hear Robet Neville's radio call?

2. If the zombies (or whatever they are) are so wild, mindless and irrational, they how do they have a conscious leader?

3. Why wasnt Robert more prepared for an invasion at his house?

4.How did the dummy (Fred i think) appear in another location?

raider1648

2) Don't they just lose their human-side? So they are still animilistic, not insane raving lunatics?

3) I think he expected that he would never be foolish enough to lead them back home.

4) The zombies did it. They set a trap. they saw him set a trap, and they mimicked it.

[QUOTE="Film-Guy"]

I have a question too.

1. Why is it that after more than 40 years, nobody has made a good I am legend movie yet? They have tried 4 times. First with the last man on earth with vincent price which was ok, then with Omega Man with Charlton Heston which again was ok but veyr cheesy, then they tried with I am Omega which sucked, now they have I am legend which started good for 20 minutes or so then started to suck more and more. The director even said that this film was going to be closer to the book than the others, lieing sack of crap.

aaronmullan

There was one called I am Omega?

[QUOTE="aaronmullan"][QUOTE="Film-Guy"]

I have a question too.

1. Why is it that after more than 40 years, nobody has made a good I am legend movie yet? They have tried 4 times. First with the last man on earth with vincent price which was ok, then with Omega Man with Charlton Heston which again was ok but veyr cheesy, then they tried with I am Omega which sucked, now they have I am legend which started good for 20 minutes or so then started to suck more and more. The director even said that this film was going to be closer to the book than the others, lieing sack of crap.

Greatgone12

There was one called I am Omega?

The company that made it pretty much profits from making knock offs.

The company that made it pretty much profits from making knock offs.

Film-Guy

100 Million BC
Snakes on a Train
30,000 Leagues Under the Sea
The Da Vinci Treasure
Pirates of Treasure Island
War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave
The 9/11 Commission Report
Allan Quartermain and the Temple of Skulls
Street Racer
AVH: Alien vs. Hunter

This is quality entertainment.

[QUOTE="raider1648"]

I just saw the movie again on tv and still had a few questions:

1.Why didnt the people at the quarantine hear Robet Neville's radio call?

2. If the zombies (or whatever they are) are so wild, mindless and irrational, they how do they have a conscious leader?

3. Why wasnt Robert more prepared for an invasion at his house?

4.How did the dummy (Fred i think) appear in another location?

Greatgone12

1.) The combined mass of the vampires, as well as the fluid they emit, stops radio waves dead in their tracks.
2.) It's actually quite brilliant; the vampire society in many ways reflects our own, only we're too delusional to see that we are, in many ways, mindless and irrational.
3.) It's a metaphor for promiscuous sex. He was unprepared, so he was invaded. He suffers the consequences.
4.) In many ways, Fred was the most real thing that Robert had. So, logically, as long as Robert believes him to be real, he can move freely.

I'm BSing, in case you haven't noticed.

I has a question. In I Am Legend, how did the girl and her son get on the island with the bridges blown out? And how'd they get off with the truck?lobodob

I has a question. In I Am Legend, how did the girl and her son get on the island with the bridges blown out? And how'd they get off with the truck?lobodob

Hollywood movie magic my friend, movie magic.

I just saw the movie again on tv and still had a few questions:

1.Why didnt the people at the quarantine hear Robet Neville's radio call?

2. If the zombies (or whatever they are) are so wild, mindless and irrational, they how do they have a conscious leader?

3. Why wasnt Robert more prepared for an invasion at his house?

4.How did the dummy (Fred i think) appear in another location?

raider1648

Well i will say that Robert was incredibly prepared but since he didnt really want it to be a trial and error thing he just did the best he could on his first go

[QUOTE="lobodob"]I has a question. In I Am Legend, how did the girl and her son get on the island with the bridges blown out? And how'd they get off with the truck?Film-Guy

Hollywood movie magic my friend, movie magic.

Or more likely, they used a boat to get across the river and then from there they found a car and used it. They got off with the truck by putting the key in the ingnition turning it, then putting the car into drive, and driving off much like any other person gets off with a vehicle.

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[QUOTE="lobodob"]I has a question. In I Am Legend, how did the girl and her son get on the island with the bridges blown out? And how'd they get off with the truck?trickmyster13

Hollywood movie magic my friend, movie magic.

Or more likely, they used a boat to get across the river and then from there they found a car and used it. They got off with the truck by putting the key in the ingnition turning it, then putting the car into drive, and driving off much like any other person gets off with a vehicle.

The Bridges were destroyed though:| How did they drive off?

Read the book.Dr_Brocoli

That is the real answer.

The movie sucked. Read the book.XanderKage

This.

To me if they made a amazing movie that was close to the book, I would probably committ to heavy drinking after I saw it.. Seriously no matter how good the book was, it was more DEPRESSING, then scary or pulse pounding...sSubZerOo

True, but the scene where they break into his house at the end of the book would have been incredible, especially beforehand him finding out his nemesis hid out in a (If I recall correctly) chimney down the street. XD

But yeah, definitely more depressing, but there would have been some suspenseful moments for sure.

The movie sucked. Read the book.XanderKage

There yea go. The book actually explains more things, and has more action.

Those are not plotholes.

The plothole is that the monsters were never explained, but we're supposed to believe that they can slam their face into a reinforced plexiglass wall repeatedly without killing themselves.

[QUOTE="XanderKage"]The movie sucked. Read the book.MrLions

There yea go. The book actually explains more things, and has more action.

No it doesn't :?, there is one seen where he gets caught out side real fast.. The rest of the book he goes through the house hold putting stakes in the sleeping vampires, where in the end he gets assaulted by another group of infected and arrested.

[QUOTE="MrLions"]

[QUOTE="XanderKage"]The movie sucked. Read the book.sSubZerOo

There yea go. The book actually explains more things, and has more action.

No it doesn't :?, there is one seen where he gets caught out side real fast.. The rest of the book he goes through the house hold putting stakes in the sleeping vampires, where in the end he gets assaulted by another group of infected and arrested.

He also shoots a bunch of them for no reason with his pistols.

And the story development and overall plot were much better developed.

[QUOTE="MrLions"]

[QUOTE="XanderKage"]The movie sucked. Read the book.sSubZerOo

There yea go. The book actually explains more things, and has more action.

No it doesn't :?, there is one seen where he gets caught out side real fast.. The rest of the book he goes through the house hold putting stakes in the sleeping vampires, where in the end he gets assaulted by another group of infected and arrested.

Well I felt that there was more action so shush! :cry:

[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"][QUOTE="MrLions"]

[QUOTE="XanderKage"]The movie sucked. Read the book.-TheSecondSign-

There yea go. The book actually explains more things, and has more action.

No it doesn't :?, there is one seen where he gets caught out side real fast.. The rest of the book he goes through the house hold putting stakes in the sleeping vampires, where in the end he gets assaulted by another group of infected and arrested.

He also shoots a bunch of them for no reason with his pistols.

And the story development and overall plot were much better developed.

They were different, in all honesty I think the movie could have been much better if it didn't try to appeal to kids.. The infected should have been at best like the 28 days later infected in the sense of being strong.. But not as crazy as the ones in I Am Legend.. That being said I Am legend the book had some far fetched things that would not translate well to a serious movie.. Such as how he got his immunity, by getting bitten by a vampire bat?

Though it was a amazing book.. It really didn't have story development.. It was more about the guys survival and it got depressing the more you read it, in him just trying to keep his sanity in a hopeless world.

I didn't like the movie but I think I have the answer for #4.

I think Will set him up there earlier in the day but forgot about it since he is going crazy there.

Read the book.Dr_Brocoli

[spoiler] The idea behind the entire story is that the vampires are actually intelligent beings trying to re-build society and Neville is the monster for killing so many of them, hence the title. [/spoiler]

I didn't like the movie but I think I have the answer for #4.

I think Will set him up there earlier in the day but forgot about it since he is going crazy there.

BlizzardBear

Why would he set a trap there? He has never tried to kill them in mass, and that way would be proven ineffective.. And he certainly couldnt have captured him, because the creature would be dead at dawn.. Furthermore it was clear when you saw the "leader" conviently in the building next to the trap, with dogs ready.

Those guys in the end weren't neccesaryly vampires, they did not feed off blood and used a pill to stop the effects.. Though day light could kill them.

Neville killed I believe only one of the non changed infected, the woman in the end mentions.. Neville is more killed because he is seen a freak, abomination, a monster because he is different.

[QUOTE="-TheSecondSign-"][QUOTE="sSubZerOo"][QUOTE="MrLions"]

[QUOTE="XanderKage"]The movie sucked. Read the book.sSubZerOo

There yea go. The book actually explains more things, and has more action.

No it doesn't :?, there is one seen where he gets caught out side real fast.. The rest of the book he goes through the house hold putting stakes in the sleeping vampires, where in the end he gets assaulted by another group of infected and arrested.

He also shoots a bunch of them for no reason with his pistols.

And the story development and overall plot were much better developed.

They were different, in all honesty I think the movie could have been much better if it didn't try to appeal to kids.. The infected should have been at best like the 28 days later infected in the sense of being strong.. But not as crazy as the ones in I Am Legend.. That being said I Am legend the book had some far fetched things that would not translate well to a serious movie.. Such as how he got his immunity, by getting bitten by a vampire bat?

Though it was a amazing book.. It really didn't have story development.. It was more about the guys survival and it got depressing the more you read it, in him just trying to keep his sanity in a hopeless world.

Not really, the immunity subplot was left intentionally ambigious.

[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"][QUOTE="-TheSecondSign-"][QUOTE="sSubZerOo"][QUOTE="MrLions"]

[QUOTE="XanderKage"]The movie sucked. Read the book.-TheSecondSign-

There yea go. The book actually explains more things, and has more action.

No it doesn't :?, there is one seen where he gets caught out side real fast.. The rest of the book he goes through the house hold putting stakes in the sleeping vampires, where in the end he gets assaulted by another group of infected and arrested.

He also shoots a bunch of them for no reason with his pistols.

And the story development and overall plot were much better developed.

They were different, in all honesty I think the movie could have been much better if it didn't try to appeal to kids.. The infected should have been at best like the 28 days later infected in the sense of being strong.. But not as crazy as the ones in I Am Legend.. That being said I Am legend the book had some far fetched things that would not translate well to a serious movie.. Such as how he got his immunity, by getting bitten by a vampire bat?

Though it was a amazing book.. It really didn't have story development.. It was more about the guys survival and it got depressing the more you read it, in him just trying to keep his sanity in a hopeless world.

Not really, the immunity subplot was left intentionally ambigious.

Yeah really.. Being bit by a animal in the past seems quite cliche and comic booky.. The movies was far more realistic in this sense that a very few had a genetic immunity.. This happens alot of times in real life cases, and seems far more realistic then a virus that has a 100% turn/fatality rate, that a guy who got bit and made sick from a bat early in his life is some how immune.. To me that is one of the things the movie actually did better by making it realistic in that sense.. That the virus killed the majority of people, adversely turned some 25% of the population to the creatures and the rare 1% were immune.

Those guys in the end weren't neccesaryly vampires, they did not feed off blood and used a pill to stop the effects.. Though day light could kill them.

Neville killed I believe only one of the non changed infected, the woman in the end mentions.. Neville is more killed because he is seen a freak, abomination, a monster because he is different.

sSubZerOo

Don't quote me on this, because I don't have the book handy, but I recall some talk in the book about how they're terrified of him because he's going around killing their family members and scared he'll kill them while they're asleep, because neville hadn't been able to tell the difference between the insane ones and the sane ones. Hence their enthusiasm when they get him in the end.

[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]

Those guys in the end weren't neccesaryly vampires, they did not feed off blood and used a pill to stop the effects.. Though day light could kill them.

Neville killed I believe only one of the non changed infected, the woman in the end mentions.. Neville is more killed because he is seen a freak, abomination, a monster because he is different.

Lockedge

Don't quote me on this, because I don't have the book handy, but I recall some talk in the book about how they're terrified of him because he's going around killing their family members and scared he'll kill them while they're asleep, because neville hadn't been able to tell the difference between the insane ones and the sane ones. Hence their enthusiasm when they get him in the end.

The thing is the vampires at his house at night weren't the same one.. They were truely the infected.. If I remember correctly the woman only mentions losing her husband because of him.. He was seen as a freak, I can't remember though.. From what i remember though, the mass majority of people he killed were infact the true infected.. The ones that the society started killing when trying to capture Neville.

[QUOTE="Lockedge"][QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]

Those guys in the end weren't neccesaryly vampires, they did not feed off blood and used a pill to stop the effects.. Though day light could kill them.

Neville killed I believe only one of the non changed infected, the woman in the end mentions.. Neville is more killed because he is seen a freak, abomination, a monster because he is different.

sSubZerOo

Don't quote me on this, because I don't have the book handy, but I recall some talk in the book about how they're terrified of him because he's going around killing their family members and scared he'll kill them while they're asleep, because neville hadn't been able to tell the difference between the insane ones and the sane ones. Hence their enthusiasm when they get him in the end.

The thing is the vampires at his house at night weren't the same one.. They were truely the infected.. If I remember correctly the woman only mentions losing her husband because of him.. He was seen as a freak, I can't remember though.. From what i remember though, the mass majority of people he killed were infact the true infected.. The ones that the society started killing when trying to capture Neville.

I know the ones around his house were truly infected, it's just I recall him killing more of the ones that hadn't succumbed; more than just that woman's husband.

[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"][QUOTE="Lockedge"][QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]

Those guys in the end weren't neccesaryly vampires, they did not feed off blood and used a pill to stop the effects.. Though day light could kill them.

Neville killed I believe only one of the non changed infected, the woman in the end mentions.. Neville is more killed because he is seen a freak, abomination, a monster because he is different.

Lockedge

Don't quote me on this, because I don't have the book handy, but I recall some talk in the book about how they're terrified of him because he's going around killing their family members and scared he'll kill them while they're asleep, because neville hadn't been able to tell the difference between the insane ones and the sane ones. Hence their enthusiasm when they get him in the end.

The thing is the vampires at his house at night weren't the same one.. They were truely the infected.. If I remember correctly the woman only mentions losing her husband because of him.. He was seen as a freak, I can't remember though.. From what i remember though, the mass majority of people he killed were infact the true infected.. The ones that the society started killing when trying to capture Neville.

I know the ones around his house were truly infected, it's just I recall him killing more of the ones that hadn't succumbed; more than just that woman's husband.

It was few, they wanted him dead because he was a freak.. That was the whole point of the title, that he became the monster vampire of their society.

[QUOTE="Lockedge"][QUOTE="sSubZerOo"][QUOTE="Lockedge"][QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]

Those guys in the end weren't neccesaryly vampires, they did not feed off blood and used a pill to stop the effects.. Though day light could kill them.

Neville killed I believe only one of the non changed infected, the woman in the end mentions.. Neville is more killed because he is seen a freak, abomination, a monster because he is different.

sSubZerOo

Don't quote me on this, because I don't have the book handy, but I recall some talk in the book about how they're terrified of him because he's going around killing their family members and scared he'll kill them while they're asleep, because neville hadn't been able to tell the difference between the insane ones and the sane ones. Hence their enthusiasm when they get him in the end.

The thing is the vampires at his house at night weren't the same one.. They were truely the infected.. If I remember correctly the woman only mentions losing her husband because of him.. He was seen as a freak, I can't remember though.. From what i remember though, the mass majority of people he killed were infact the true infected.. The ones that the society started killing when trying to capture Neville.

I know the ones around his house were truly infected, it's just I recall him killing more of the ones that hadn't succumbed; more than just that woman's husband.

It was few, they wanted him dead because he was a freak.. That was the whole point of the title, that he became the monster vampire of their society.

Well yeah, I understand that, it's not lost on me. I was just contesting the idea of him killing only one. Hrm. Now I've got to get my hands on that book again. :P

1. It didnt have the range to reach them.

2. They weren't all mindless.

3.He thought thy would never find him and the lights seemed like enough.

4. Neville was delerious and moved it there himself, but didnt rememeber.

Read the book it is 100 times better than the movie.

1. It didnt have the range to reach them.

2. They weren't all mindless.

3.He thought thy would never find him and the lights seemed like enough.

4. Neville was delerious and moved it there himself, but didnt rememeber.

Read the book it is 100 times better than the movie.

N8A

I don't think 4 is correct.. Fred was outside.. And there was no reason why Robert would set the trap there.. He only uses it once, and thats to capture one of them.. That trap would have killed the creature sense it would be in day light at dawn, assuming the creatures didnt tear the trap down.

Furthermore the main "leader" was conviently in the building next to there.. That seems like a real huge cocidence with a city that has over a thousand places for the creatures to be.