I read “I’m a legend†this past year…Well, I enjoyed the book and after seeing the trailer of the film I decided that my memories about the novel were too nice to tempt my luck with the movie and Will Smith. In my opinion, “Based on†it’s quite a loose expression, especially if you liked the original book.
Targan, I think I had the same expectation you had with “Salvation†and, sadly, with the same final result. I always had found that the most exciting and stunning moments from the first “Terminator†are those short scenes of the future struggle between the humankind and the machines. When I knew about salvation I thought that finally, someone would exploit the plots suggested by those scenes, taking profit of the late technology in special effects… Again, technology is not enough, after all. (…mmmm…It seems a slogan for the Russian Army
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