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Old 11-20-2016, 11:29 PM   #74
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop View Post
Like I said, I felt exactly the same way about the awful I, Robot and I Am Legend.
I've always felt that the movie "I, Robot" was more of a prequel to the Asimov's stories. It seemed to explaining why there were no robots on Earth.

I think I read "I Am Legend" after seeing the Will Smith movie. As cheesy as "Omega Man" was, it seems to be the better adaptation. The overall tone fits the book a lot better, as do the creatures. Of course, the ending is completely different, but that doesn't surprise me.
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As for the answer to your question on why they release unrelated movies under the names of famous books, the answer is name recognition.

In the case of Starship Troopers, it was originally a script called Bug Hunt at Outpost Nine. Then they bought the rights to Starship Troopers.
The story I heard at the time was that Verhoeven was pitching the movie and it was turned down. Then he asked. "What if we call it Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers?" No idea if this is true, but it isn't hard to imagine something like that happening.
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