http://www.indy.com/posts/2682 en-us joe.shearer A totally unnecessary update: I bought my dad a copy of "The Omega Man" and a copy of the Matheson novel for Christmas, and he's supposed to come to my house to watch it some night. Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:35:13 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/2682#comment_10319 http://www.indy.com/posts/2682#comment_10319 laura99in It was enjoyable enough to be memorable. But yeah, it could've been better. What's sad is, if that movie had come out 10 or 15 years ago it would've wowed us all. I'm going to give a spoiler here. I cried, and I don't cry over people. haha. Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:23:20 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/2682#comment_10317 http://www.indy.com/posts/2682#comment_10317 Jammy I too am glad I went to a matinee. It had lots of interesting tidbits and some great moments. Unfortunately you can't just string a whole bunch of good tidbits together and make a great movie. The "Last Man on Earth" despite all it's cheesiness told a better story. Mon, 31 Dec 2007 01:07:55 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/2682#comment_10075 http://www.indy.com/posts/2682#comment_10075 benjamindy I'm glad I paid matinee price for this movie.. It was entertaining, but it was plot seemed pretty thin. This movie had great potential, but the execution was less than desired. Sat, 29 Dec 2007 15:43:45 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/2682#comment_9998 http://www.indy.com/posts/2682#comment_9998 bronxkid My wife and I liked the movie. It wasn't boring and kept you wide awake. Seriously, we thought it was pretty good. Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:49:35 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/2682#comment_9986 http://www.indy.com/posts/2682#comment_9986 lisa_citymouse Ha! That's pretty awesome. But i have to side with Joe. Whether or not a movie is good doesn't have to depend on previous movie adaptations of the same story. A comparison is nice, but that's the problem with Hollywood, anyway. It's too much trouble to make a movie that hasn't already been made, so they just go back to what worked (or didn't) before. And i really hope no one makes another Gone with the Wind. The first one was bad enough. Those slaves were way too happy to be servin' the white-folk. And Scarlette just needed a beat-down. Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:47:40 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/2682#comment_8921 http://www.indy.com/posts/2682#comment_8921 lisa_citymouse I was afraid of that. Pretty good but not great. That novel deserves a great adaptation, though. Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:43:06 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/2682#comment_8917 http://www.indy.com/posts/2682#comment_8917 joe.shearer Nice try, Pops. Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:51:47 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/2682#comment_8771 http://www.indy.com/posts/2682#comment_8771 SeojRehtaf Joe , I agree with your Father. Could you do a decent review of Star Wars 3 without seeing the original ? What about the Die Hard sequels ? What if they do a remake of Gone with the wind , or the wizard of Oz , you could review these without seeing the originals ? ( I don't think so ). The Omega Man , 1971 was a powerful movie to a young teenager , more insightful than this newer version with Will Smith ? I guess I'll have to go see for myself .... Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:14:33 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/2682#comment_8743 http://www.indy.com/posts/2682#comment_8743 Redleg-155mm Joe: I'd also suggest reading the novel by Richard Matheson. Neither earlier versions captured the pure horror of the book, but Vincent Price's was the closest to Matheson's storyline. And it develops the villains to a great degree, a critical piece this new movie apparently lacks. Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:56:21 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/2682#comment_8709 http://www.indy.com/posts/2682#comment_8709 joe.shearer I would rather not divulge plot details. I'll just say I stand by my review, and the comparison I make, with regard to the dog. Might be a little hint for you. Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:03:52 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/2682#comment_8651 http://www.indy.com/posts/2682#comment_8651 wilymike Does the dog die? If the dog dies, I ain't goin. I doan like it when dee dog dies. Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:35:21 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/2682#comment_8594 http://www.indy.com/posts/2682#comment_8594 Garin My friend worked on this in NYC and said everyone on-set refered to it as "WaterWorld 2" shows you what the crew thought about it anyway! Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:00:24 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/2682#comment_8496 http://www.indy.com/posts/2682#comment_8496 Robert Hammerle Your review confirms my fears. In the words of my youngest sister as a teenager "No big Whup!" I'm going anyway. Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:06:33 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/2682#comment_8463 http://www.indy.com/posts/2682#comment_8463