Well that was nice and tidy...Even gave the white boy a chance to save face even he had a little egg on it...(rasberry!)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Harry Belafonte was in another movie "The World, The Flesh, and the Devil". In it, he's a miner trapped in a cave in Pennysylvania, who escapes after several days underground. No one's left alive. He travels to NYC to find it a literal ghost town (no bodies, just no people). Far as he can tell, he's the only survivor. Later he finds a white lady who survived, and they become friends. There's all sorts of issues of the white lady falling in love with Belafonte, but he can't bring himself to cross the color barrier, having been subjected to so many years of racist society he just can't bring himself to really trust the lady. and then when you think he *might* kinda sorta think about it, another survivor-a white guy-- shows up to become a rival. Belafonte moves aside to let the white folk get together, but the lady's in love with him, and in time, the white man decides to kill Belafonte's character. But in the end the Brother realizes violence isn't the way, and his example makes th e white guy also regret his actions. The ending sucks: they literally walk away all friendly and stuff, with no clear understanding of which man won the lady's heart. She wants the black man, the white guy was ready to kill same for the lady, but the Brother is better than that. Hence, the "they lived happily ever after" ending. The idea is that in the end race doesn't matter, that good and evil, violence, etc., exist in all of us. Which, if you think about it--two men, one woman--could conjure up all sorts of freaky future scenarios! -------------- Original message -------------- From: Astromancer I have a question: Was Harry Belafonte in the 1964 version? If not, there's possibly a fifth version of that story floating around... Martin wrote: I have, Keith. It was on TCM during Hallowe'en week. Not bad, really, but I didn't see it from the start, so I came out thrown by the ending. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll check it out because i'm a sucker for scifi films. Tired of Will Smith getting so many "blockbuster" roles, but won't keep me from seeing it. I'm curious as to how it will compare to Charleton Heston's "The Omega Man", which I enjoyed. I'm *really* curious to see if, given modern studios' desires to give the people what they want, and Will Smith's popularity, the movie will end the same way as the book and the previous two movies? Speaking of movies, i've never seen the Vincent Price version, "The Last Man on Earth". I found a quick synopsis below. Evidently book author Matheson didn't like this one. Anyone ever seen it? *********************** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Man_on_Earth_%281964_film%29 The Last Man on Earth (originally titled L'Ultimo uomo della Terra) is a 1964 film based upon the Richard Matheson novel I Am Legend. The film was directed by Ubaldo Ragona and Sidney Salkow, and starred Vincent Price. The script was written in part by Matheson, but he was dissatisfied with the result and was therefore credited as "Logan Swanson". William Leicester, Furio M. Monetti, and Ubaldo Ragona were the other writers. It was originally filmed in Italy, and was later released theatrically in the United States by American International Pictures in. It has since fallen into the public domain. MGM Home Video, the current owners of the AIP film catalog released a digitally remastered widescreen print in September 2005. -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" > I'm a big fans of the old versions of Omega Man and I am Legend. Anyone > interested in seeing the Will Smith version? > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country" --------------------------------- Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] "Lets just saying you know more than you think, but were not going to help you figure it out." - The Side Street Chonicles by C.W. Badie --------------------------------- Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links "Lets just saying you know more than you think, but were not going to help you figure it out." - The Side Street Chonicles by C.W. Badie --------------------------------- Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
