![]() “The film adaptation was not faithful to the book.”.I thought, then, it was worth returning to this 2016 post.Ĭan a film be better than the book? It depends on how we define “better,” but book-lovers tend to say two sorts of things about adaptations: However, in this area, the book is stronger than the film–though the film really offers us more hope for our current moment. “It is not Good for Man to be Alone” is a good description of the main theme of I Am Legend in book and in adaptation. But other perils have grown in our world, not least of which is the peril of isolation. I have argued here that we should not be driven by fear or tempted by conspiracy theories in the face of COVID-19. ![]() Today, the mythic relevance of the film takes a new shape–a shape that I think helps restore one of the beauties of Richard Matheson’s original novella. In 2011, the conversation about I Am Legend and H1N1 was about the limits of human science. ![]() Like then, thoughts of plagues, death, and social breakdown bother our minds–and the fact that New York City is contagion ground zero in the film and one of today’s COVID-19 hotspots is not insignificant. I Am Legend took on a new significance in 2011 with the outbreak of H1N1 in 2011, fuelling conspiracy theories and providing teachers like me with great material for the classroom. I have decided to use Robert Neville from I Am Legend as the starting point. ![]() ![]() I am preaching tomorrow on the topic, “It is not Good for Man to be Alone” (Gen 2:18). ![]()
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