One way to fix Global Warming

Rating: 7/10 (29 February 2008)

I Am Legend leaves me with the feeling that I've seen something which could have been great, but which turned out to be rather disappointingly shallow.
But hey, no sci-fi junkie worth their warp drive would want to miss this one. The "last man on earth" theme coupled with the spectacular visuals of an empty NY are a flame to moths for such individuals.
Can't help comparing "Legend" to "The Quiet Earth", another "last man on earth" movie but having considerably more depth and intelligence on less than 1 % of Legend's budget, and with excellent cinematography and special effects nonetheless plus a nice segment on Alison Rutledge topless. Legend's hero (Smith) only touches lightly on those themes which arise if you really ARE the last man on the planet, so thoroughly explored by TQE's Zac Hobson.
I was going to complain about Legend's zombies (hasn't this market been exhausted lately?), but the movie's 1954 book source used these. The ones in the film have been considerably "modernised" though and with blatant disregard for the laws of physics.
Quite OK, but not particularly memorable.
As to the cynical title of this comment: It should be obvious to any sane, informed individual that the world is in for a pretty rough trot in future decades - wars could well break out over oil, water and land. Maybe humankind will be decimated by some sort of "limited nuclear exchange". A global biological disaster masquerading as a panacea probably won't occur (though who knows?), but global pandemics of various kinds might, as world population pushes inexorably upwards at a billion every 15 years or so (mainly developing nations, developed nations are in serious decline) and human greed and myopic self-interest run rampant.