jetboy Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 HI NEVER HEARD OF HIM,until now....though i did like the twilight zone episode,with the gremlin opn the plane wing,and mr w.shatner,that probably scared me more,than any movies at that time....? http://news.sky.com/story/1107720/richard-matheson-sci-fi-author-dies-aged-87 cheers Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaker Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 From the article Matheson's 1954 horror novel I Am Legend was adapted three times as a film, most recently in 2007 as a big-budget thriller starring Will Smith. It is considered a landmark work in the genre, ushering in zombies and apocalyptic themes to post-World War Two America. Shame the original novel was based around the idea of Vampires not Zombies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Shame on you, Don. He also wrote The Incredible Shrinking Man and a bunch of other stuff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigsty Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Or, to be completely, pedantically accurate, he wrote The Shrinking Man and complained about the studio changing the title. "The guy's shrinking! Surely that's incredible in itself?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Or, to be completely, pedantically accurate, he wrote The Shrinking Man and complained about the studio changing the title. "The guy's shrinking! Surely that's incredible in itself?" "Pedantry is only cool when I do it." - Enzo Matrix. But you're right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roymattblack Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 "Pedantry is only cool when I do it." - Enzo Matrix. But you're right. Surely, using the word pedantic isn't necessarily pedantic if you aren't being pedantic with intent. Pedantic only becomes pedantic if the pedantic phrase or comment is intentionally pedantic. THEN pedantic isn't pedantic, but the use of the word pedantic, is.... Just being pedantic................. Roy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyro-manic Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 I Am Legend is an incredible book, one any sci-fi fan should read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 (edited) Damn, there goes my pedantry blocker failing again. I confess to not being aware of Matheson by name but sure aware of his work, I always thought that "I am Legend" was a better book than movie, at least the Will Smith one which is the only one I've seen or want to. Steve. Edited June 28, 2013 by stevehnz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oggy4624 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 I preferred the Omega Man myself. He sure did have a lot of his work turned into screenplays. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 I really loved The Omega Man when I was a kid; I suppose I still do, for that matter. Brother Mathias and his "Family" really gave me the creeps. I suppose it was those eyes. Regards, Jason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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