tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post5757917369890003616..comments2024-03-22T14:34:39.101-04:00Comments on MONDO 70: A Wild World of Cinema: THE OMEGA MAN (1971)Samuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-70738022093497993532010-08-21T11:27:08.201-04:002010-08-21T11:27:08.201-04:00FYI, RICHARD MATHESON ON SCREEN is tentatively due...FYI, RICHARD MATHESON ON SCREEN is tentatively due out in early October. Of course, you can always pre-order it. :-)<br /><br />http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-4216-4Matthew Bradleyhttp://bradleyonfilm.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-75440466056346989462010-07-12T23:51:34.357-04:002010-07-12T23:51:34.357-04:00As a longtime Matheson fan, I salute you (and Wend...As a longtime Matheson fan, I salute you (and Wendigo) for your perceptive comments on THE OMEGA MAN, I AM LEGEND, THE LAST MAN ON EARTH, and THE NIGHT STALKER. Interestingly, Matheson said he totally approved of casting Heston as Neville, if not the many changes made to his novel; earlier on, he had envisioned Jack Palance in the role. For all its faults (which, in Matheson's opinion, included a miscast Price), LAST MAN is certainly the most faithful version. Interested parties can read more about all three feature-film adaptations in my forthcoming book RICHARD MATHESON ON SCREEN.Matthew Bradleyhttp://bradleyonfilm.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-67842820999822358912010-07-05T23:28:39.611-04:002010-07-05T23:28:39.611-04:00As I said while reviewing Last Man, a truly faithf...As I said while reviewing Last Man, a truly faithful version of I Am Legend remains to be made. None of the three really gets the mood right. To do so would make the theoretical film an actor's movie rather than an action movie.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-57205927340159494622010-07-04T13:05:39.191-04:002010-07-04T13:05:39.191-04:00I watched this one after having read Matheson'...I watched this one after having read Matheson's novel, needless to say, I was disappointed. It missed the mark horrifically. It fails to capture the mood of Matherson's story, it changes way too many things. <br /><br />Plus, there are no vampires! <br /><br />Vincent Price's Last Man on Earth is way superior to this one.Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.com