Quote Originally Posted by excitebike
The ONLY thing that his idea has in common is that their plots both have a cure in them. In I Am Legend it is a cure for cancer. In his story, it is a cure for everything. In I Am Legend, the cure turns into a virus that causes everyone to turn into a zombie. In his story everyone remains cured and ends up living a lot longer. This increase in life expectancy makes for overpopulation. The 'cure' that kills in his story kills indirectly. As opposed to I Am Legend, where the cure is the direct cause of the death of civilisation.
So this is just like I Am Legend, right?





Ha ha! Just joking! I was thinking exactly the same thing. Why do people keep bringing it up? The only common factor is a cure gone wrong, but everything else is a completely different idea. The idea that something we hope for, a cure for all diseases, would lead directly to what we want, a long life without sickness, but also lead INDIRECTLY to overpopulation and disaster is a good idea. There's always something interesting about unintended consequences. And it plays on and exagerates the unintended consequences we already face with our success --- the already high population we have and all the problems that come with it.

Of course, to really make a success out of this, it'll need to be adapted for a Hollywood movie. Maybe we can get Will Smith! Maybe we can add some zombies!!!