It was a ridiculously difficult task (Netflix had to send us 3 discs before we got one that was playable), but we finally got to watch [tag]The Omega Man[/tag] last month as a refresher before I am Legend opened. A month later, we still haven’t made it to I am Legend, but we’re still trying.
The Omega Man is worth a viewing, if only for the high comedy of [tag]Charleton Heston[/tag]’s frequent shirtless scenes and Acting that leaves no scene unchewed.
Each time we try to go see I Am Legend something thwarts us. (We discovered that our tire was about to split open from dryrot right before we were to set our for Orlando to see it in Imax. I guess the bigger the screen, the bigger the obstacle).
Appropriately, when I was listening to the audiobook of I Am Legend on a flight, I only had 12 minutes left when the pilot announced we had to turn off our electronic devices. When I turned my ipod back on later to finish the book it got to the last 2 minutes and then the battery died.
Nerd trivia: [tag]Ron Grainer[/tag], the mad genius who composed the bizarrely upbeat score for Omega Man also composed the themes for [tag]Dr. Who[/tag] and [tag]The Prisoner[/tag].
Is it true Heston has a cameo in I am Legend?
If he did, I didn’t notice it.
Get thee to I Am Legend.
He had a cameo in Planet of the Apes. I read somewhere that he was going to have a cameo in I am Legend, but that was way back when it was going to be an Arnold movie. And also I think before his Alzheimer’s advanced. So I’m guessing not, unless it’s footage worked in of one of his old movies – I don’t know if Will Smith screens movies for himself like in the other movies and books.
We *almost* got there last night, but halfway to the theater I realized I really did feel well enough to sit through a movie. Maybe tonight we’ll try again.
His cameo in Apes was PRICELESS. He was a dying old ape warning his son about the dangers of guns. I was in Florida when I saw this, so my insane cackling at the whole scene was met by disdain from the rest of the theater that had no idea what was really going on.