IGN:
Before I Am Legend, Charlton Heston was the last man on Earth.
Sixty years ago, sci-fi and horror author Richard Matheson’s classic novel I Am Legend was published. Most modern audience members best recognize that title from the 2007 Will Smith film, which featured the star tearing up the streets of post-apocalyptic Manhattan in a battle against mutated, vampiric freaks. But long before that, there was another last man on Earth -- The Omega Man!
Starring Charlton Heston, this 1971 sci-fi picture was one to remember -- a film that for all its dated cheesiness has nonetheless remained a beloved favorite for many fans over the decades. While it’s safe to say that none of the film adaptations of I Am Legend (there have been three major takes on the book) have captured the true essence of the tale, it was The Omega Man that departed from Matheson’s work the most acutely.
Movieline: The Colin Farrell-starring sci-fi remake Total Recall is readying for release this weekend, and while Len Wiseman's adaptation of the 1990 Paul Verhoeven film that mixes up bullets, muscles and abstract notions of Cartesian dualism and the specious present isn't the worst thing in the world, it is hardly memorable. (A bit of an unfortunate situation, as the whole thing is about memory.) Still, it's important that we don't present ourselves as the type of dweebs who get all hung up over sci-fi remakes. Sometimes, they're damn good, as this list of ten shall prove.
isnt rise of the planet of the apes a better version of the original or king kong (2005) is as good or better than the original? well the list looks ok but i think there are more even than the 10 mentioned that might have forgotten
I saw this movie and I really thought it was pretty good for that time.