[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Omega Man (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 3/6/2010 9:56:39 AM EDT
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Love the original movie (With Charlton Heston). Think it was made in the early to mid 70s.
Haven't seen it on TV for ages. Any other fans of this flick? |
Oh, welcome to the site!
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This. Fanfail. Also welcome. |
Just picked up the DVD too |
Oh, and BTW...
THE OMEGA MAN was released in theaters in 1971. The apocalyptic events were supposed to have taken place in 1975, and the action of the film was supposed to be in 1977, two years post-apocalypse. Rosalind Cash, who played "Lisa," the beautiful black woman that Neville falls in love with, died of cancer on Halloween, 1995. I almost chose an image of her for my avatar and may still do that someday as I like to rotate avatars from time to time. The fountain that Col. Neville dies in at the end of the movie is still there in LA, and can be seen in the introduction of the TV show "Friends." For my money, still one of the greatest movies ever made. I first saw it around Halloween, and always associate it in my mind with Halloween. Oh, and Will Smith does not hold a candle to Charlton Heston, sorry. |
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Quoted: Oh, and BTW... THE OMEGA MAN was released in theaters in 1971. The apocalyptic events were supposed to have taken place in 1975, and the action of the film was supposed to be in 1977, two years post-apocalypse. Rosalind Cash, who played "Lisa," the beautiful black woman that Neville falls in love with, died of cancer on Halloween, 1995. I almost chose an image of her for my avatar and may still do that someday as I like to rotate avatars from time to time. The fountain that Col. Neville dies in at the end of the movie is still there in LA, and can be seen in the introduction of the TV show "Friends." For my money, still one of the greatest movies ever made. I first saw it around Halloween, and always associate it in my mind with Halloween. Oh, and Will Smith does not hold a candle to Charlton Heston, sorry. This. Also, book ending FTW |
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Yes, both based on the Matheson story "I am Legend". Apparently Matheson didn't like the way it was going with The Last Man on Earth, left the project, and asked that his name not be associated with it. Given TLMON was by far the closest movie adaptation of the three, one can only imagine what he thinks of the other two. They're good movies but for anyone who has read the story they diverge a lot. I guess at least in the cases of TLMOE and Omega Man they had enough respect to use a different title. Why the Will Smith fiasco was called I am Legend is beyond me. It bears almost no resemblance to the story and doesn't even address the main point of the story and why the title is I Am Legend. |
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Quoted: Why the Will Smith fiasco was called I am Legend is beyond me. It bears almost no resemblance to the story and doesn't even address the main point of the story and why the title is I am legend. The first time I saw it, "Meh". With each successive viewing, I hate it more and more. The "infected" are CGI jokes. Will Smith is ridiculously miscast. The central, and most powerful, themes of the story are totally ignored. Give me Omega Man or TLMOE, any day. |
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Wow that is cool. I met Charlton Heston at a video dealers convention, great guy. They ran out of film when I was having a shot taken shaking his hand, so I had the awkward 5 minutes of standing there holding his hand waiting for the film to be found and loaded. |
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Quoted: Oh, and Will Smith does not hold a candle to Charlton Heston, sorry. Some say that The Pill has increased women's attraction for less masculine men: link It ushered in the 1960s sexual revolution and gave women control over their own fertility. But the Pill may also have changed women's taste in men, according to a study. Scientists say the hormones in the oral contraceptive suppress a woman's interest in masculine men and make boyish men more attractive. Although the change occurs for just a few days each month, it may have been highly influential since use of the Pill began more than 40 years ago. If the theory is right, it could partly explain the shifting in tastes from macho 1950s and 1960s stars such as Kirk Douglas and Sean Connery to the more wimpy, androgynous stars of today, such as Johnny Depp and Russell Brand. . . . Many of the biggest box office draws are boyish in appearance, rather than classically rugged. The top Hollywood earners of last year include Will Smith, Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio and Hugh Jackman. Other boyish film stars include Jude Law. . . . |
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Got that one too, and of course, I Am Legend 
The Last Man on Earth is the only one that's anywhere close to the book 
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Very nice! |
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Oh, and BTW... THE OMEGA MAN was released in theaters in 1971. The apocalyptic events were supposed to have taken place in 1975, and the action of the film was supposed to be in 1977, two years post-apocalypse. Rosalind Cash, who played "Lisa," the beautiful black woman that Neville falls in love with, died of cancer on Halloween, 1995. I almost chose an image of her for my avatar and may still do that someday as I like to rotate avatars from time to time. The fountain that Col. Neville dies in at the end of the movie is still there in LA, and can be seen in the introduction of the TV show "Friends." For my money, still one of the greatest movies ever made. I first saw it around Halloween, and always associate it in my mind with Halloween. Oh, and Will Smith does not hold a candle to Charlton Heston, sorry. 
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Saw the Omega man when it first came out. . .I was 15. . . thought it was cool, but I wasn't into arfo'd black chicks at the time, so I was kinda bummed that that is all that Chuck Heston was left with. . .
Trivia: I was just watching "Cool Hand Luke" on TMC, I think, the other night. . . that movie of course is full of great "B" movie actors. . .One of them, of course is Anthony Zerbe, who plays the leader of the zombies, or whatever they're called on the Omega Man. . . In Cool Hand Luke, he is one of the guards. . . Please, no comments from arfo'd black chicks. . . I have no prejudice or bias against beautiful women, no matter what color/race they are. . just those afros man. .  . . and all of the black folks I went to high school with back in the early 70's had afros! You were "acting white" if a girl straightend her hair. . . It was the days of "Black Power"!
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Quoted: Browning BAR and M3 Sniperscope FTW! http://www.imfdb.org/images/thumb/3/31/OM-BARa.jpg/600px-OM-BARa.jpg No... bottle green velvet smoking jacket with lace cravat FTMFW! 
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You win, I only have dvd 
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Browning BAR and M3 Sniperscope FTW! http://www.imfdb.org/images/thumb/3/31/OM-BARa.jpg/600px-OM-BARa.jpg No... bottle green velvet smoking jacket with lace cravat FTMFW! No... Charlton heston... Firing an M1918 BAR with an M3 Sniperscope while wearing a bottle green velvet smoking jacket with lace cravat.. FTMFW!!! |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Browning BAR and M3 Sniperscope FTW! http://www.imfdb.org/images/thumb/3/31/OM-BARa.jpg/600px-OM-BARa.jpg No... bottle green velvet smoking jacket with lace cravat FTMFW! No... Charlton heston... Firing an M1918 BAR with an M3 Sniperscope while wearing a bottle green velvet smoking jacket with lace cravat.. FTMFW!!! Now, who says folks in GD can never agree on anything? |
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AWESOME!!!! 
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Saw the Omega man when it first came out. . .I was 15. . . thought it was cool, but I wasn't into arfo'd black chicks at the time, so I was kinda bummed that that is all that Chuck Heston was left with. . . Trivia: I was just watching "Cool Hand Luke" on TMC, I think, the other night. . . that movie of course is full of great "B" movie actors. . .One of them, of course is Anthony Zerbe, who plays the leader of the zombies, or whatever they're called on the Omega Man. . . In Cool Hand Luke, he is one of the guards. . . Please, no comments from arfo'd black chicks. . . I have no prejudice or bias against beautiful women, no matter what color/race they are. . just those afros man. . . . and all of the black folks I went to high school with back in the early 70's had afros! You were "acting white" if a girl straightend her hair. . . It was the days of "Black Power"!CH was a huge supporter of the civil rights movement BEFORE it was popular. He marched in the 1963 civil rights march in Washington and was a champion of black actors at a time when most hollywood studios were only interested in having black actors star in movies for black audiences only. CH was one of the first big hollywood stars to put black actors in his movies in positive non-stereotypical roles. He often paid for his stand professionally and ironiclly was later in his career blacklisted for his "ultra-conservative" political stance. Earlier in his career he was supposedly blacklisted by some studio heads for his civil rights stance. Even more ironiclly if you were to ask say susan sarandon or spike lee or some other hollywood retard about Charlton Heston today they would tell you he was some kind of racist, biggoted, gun nut. When the reality is that spike lee and danny glover wouldnt even be allowed inside mainstream studios today if not for people like Charlton Heston taking a stand years ago. |
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Oh, and Will Smith does not hold a candle to Charlton Heston, sorry. Some say that The Pill has increased women's attraction for less masculine men: link
It ushered in the 1960s sexual revolution and gave women control over their own fertility. But the Pill may also have changed women's taste in men, according to a study. Scientists say the hormones in the oral contraceptive suppress a woman's interest in masculine men and make boyish men more attractive. Although the change occurs for just a few days eachmonth, it may have been highly influential since use of the Pill beganmore than 40 years ago.
If the theory is right, it could partly explain the shifting in tastes from macho 1950s and 1960s stars such as Kirk Douglas and Sean Connery to the more wimpy, androgynous stars of today, such as Johnny Depp and Russell Brand. . . . Many of the biggest box office draws are boyish in appearance, rather than classically rugged. The top Hollywood earners of last year include Will Smith, Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio and Hugh Jackman. Other boyish film stars include Jude Law. . . . Fascinating. If that is true, one wonders if the downfall of our society can be far behind. (Oh, wait, I forgot - the downfall of our society is already IN PROGRESS). |
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Oh, and Will Smith does not hold a candle to Charlton Heston, sorry. Some say that The Pill has increased women's attraction for less masculine men: link
It ushered in the 1960s sexual revolution and gave women control over their own fertility. But the Pill may also have changed women's taste in men, according to a study. Scientists say the hormones in the oral contraceptive suppress a woman's interest in masculine men and make boyish men more attractive. Although the change occurs for just a few days eachmonth, it may have been highly influential since use of the Pill beganmore than 40 years ago.
If the theory is right, it could partly explain the shifting in tastes from macho 1950s and 1960s stars such as Kirk Douglas and Sean Connery to the more wimpy, androgynous stars of today, such as Johnny Depp and Russell Brand. . . . Many of the biggest box office draws are boyish in appearance, rather than classically rugged. The top Hollywood earners of last year include Will Smith, Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio and Hugh Jackman. Other boyish film stars include Jude Law. . . . Fascinating. If that is true, one wonders if the downfall of our society can be far behind. (Oh, wait, I forgot - the downfall of our society is already IN PROGRESS). Hugh Jackman - boyish? I think he's one of the few actors today that I think would have done well in days of yore. |
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Saw the Omega man when it first came out. . .I was 15. . . thought it was cool, but I wasn't into arfo'd black chicks at the time, so I was kinda bummed that that is all that Chuck Heston was left with. . . Trivia: I was just watching "Cool Hand Luke" on TMC, I think, the other night. . . that movie of course is full of great "B" movie actors. . .One of them, of course is Anthony Zerbe, who plays the leader of the zombies, or whatever they're called on the Omega Man. . . In Cool Hand Luke, he is one of the guards. . . Please, no comments from arfo'd black chicks. . . I have no prejudice or bias against beautiful women, no matter what color/race they are. . just those afros man. . . . and all of the black folks I went to high school with back in the early 70's had afros! You were "acting white" if a girl straightend her hair. . . It was the days of "Black Power"!CH was a huge supporter of the civil rights movement BEFORE it was popular. He marched in the 1963 civil rights march in Washington and was a champion of black actors at a time when most hollywood studios were only interested in having black actors star in movies for black audiences only. CH was one of the first big hollywood stars to put black actors in his movies in positive non-stereotypical roles. He often paid for his stand professionally and ironiclly was later in his career blacklisted for his "ultra-conservative" political stance. Earlier in his career he was supposedly blacklisted by some studio heads for his civil rights stance. Even more ironiclly if you were to ask say susan sarandon or spike lee or some other hollywood retard about Charlton Heston today they would tell you he was some kind of racist, biggoted, gun nut. When the reality is that spike lee and danny glover wouldnt even be allowed inside mainstream studios today if not for people like Charlton Heston taking a stand years ago. Uh, yeah. . . .ok. . . not sure what that has to do with my comments. . . . 
I mean I know all about CH's civil rights stance and all. . . but I still don't like afros on black women. . . sorry. . . And apparently neither do most black women––––don't see too many wearing 'fros these days! 
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Quoted: CH was a huge supporter of the civil rights movement BEFORE it was popular. He marched in the 1963 civil rights march in Washington and was a champion of black actors at a time when most hollywood studios were only interested in having black actors star in movies for black audiences only. CH was one of the first big hollywood stars to put black actors in his movies in positive non-stereotypical roles. He often paid for his stand professionally and ironiclly was later in his career blacklisted for his "ultra-conservative" political stance. Earlier in his career he was supposedly blacklisted by some studio heads for his civil rights stance. Even more ironiclly if you were to ask say susan sarandon or spike lee or some other hollywood retard about Charlton Heston today they would tell you he was some kind of racist, biggoted, gun nut. When the reality is that spike lee and danny glover wouldnt even be allowed inside mainstream studios today if not for people like Charlton Heston taking a stand years ago. This is why I hate that fuck stain Michael Moore so much for trying to portray Heston as, among other things, a bigot in Bowling For Columbine. |
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The sky's alive with turned on television sets
I walk the streets and seek another vision yet The echo makes me turn to see that last frontier The edge of time closes down as I disappear Omega Man |
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Speaking of the Civil Rights Movement, The OmegaMan had the first interacial kiss on the big screen.
TOM is probably my top 1 or 2 movies of all time, still trying to decide between that and The Road Warrior. Can't forget the TOM quote... "How much will you give me for trade in on my Ford, oh really?, thanks a lot you cheating bastards". Also Heston was tactical before it was cool, just check out that S&W 76 with that bid old flashlight mounted on it. |
