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Why does the first paragraph state that this is "an example of a zombie apocalypse story"? The creatures breathe and have heartbeats. They're clearly not zombies, which I think is kinda like the main criteria for zombie apocalypse stories. --Tygrrr (talk) 01:36, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am Legend is vampires, or at least it should be like in the book. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mnbvjifhgtge (talk • contribs) 07:41, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Tygrrr, the mutants in the movie are not at all zombies. The virus has just changed their human bodies so that they are extremely susceptible to sunlight and are very primitive creatures that have only the most basic of instincts. They try to attack Robert Neville simply to kill him, not to drink his blood. 123dylan456 (talk) 23:42, 19 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Zombie doesn't necessarily mean that the people are undead, it means they act like automata and are possessed by some outside force. ie you can say if a wizard possesses a group of people, they become his 'zombies'. In this case, you could argue that the people who were once patient and thinking beings are now completely impulse-driven and controlled by their adrenaline. They've lost their personalities and souls. The movie is completely inconsistent about this though. These supposedly impulse-driven adrenaline controlled people are apparently patient enough to play mind games with Neville and try to catch him by baiting traps. Go figure. Brianshapiro —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.240.161.245 (talk) 01:12, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"I Am Legend" has been made into at least three movies. "The Night of the Living Dead" was loosely based on it. But none of them are faithful to the original story. Why is that? Why bother turning a book into a film if you are going to totally change the story?74.100.60.53 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:00, 8 April 2011 (UTC).[reply]

The genre in the intro line has been changed a couple times recently. If the genre description is not stable, then perhaps the lead should simply say "2007 film directed by..." without genre. Gimmetoo (talk) 23:28, 26 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I read somewhere that this character's name, Dr Krippin, is a riff on the murderer Dr Crippen, but can't find a source. Can anyone help? I can't imagine many Americans know about him, but his name is still a byword for a murderer here in the UK, all these years on. Did Emma Thompson chose her character's name as an in-joke? 86.152.23.121 (talk) 23:03, 28 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's also unclear why Emma Thompson doesn't receive a credit. The article doesn't explain why and it's very odd. Did she disapprove of her character's portrayal in the movie and ask for the credit to be removed? --Ef80 (talk) 15:04, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's quite common for big name actors to make uncredited cameos in films. It doesn't mean they hated the film or their performance though. I think it's fairly obvious that her character was named after Dr Crippen as she (unwittingly) killed billions of people. 88.104.26.204 (talk) 04:51, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In the first paragraph of the plot summary, everything is past tense - even what is going on during the story. What tense should be used for this kind of background information? ProtoFire (talk) 21:48, 30 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"The film is set to release 2013." This isn't right, anyone agrees on changing it? The director said 'the project is dead'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bubbly (talk • contribs) 18:34, 1 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Unless there is some backstory outlining the social structure of the infected humans, what is there to define each of the first one of them who attacks Will Smith as an Alpha Male? Maybe he was just the hungriest one? Landroo (talk) 15:25, 23 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The actor, Dash Mihok, is credited as "Alpha Male". :) Erik (talk | contribs) 16:46, 23 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]