It turns out that Mec also blogged about I Am Legend. Like me, she aslo had questions about the movie.
She asked:
1) what was Will’s character spraying on his steps? Water or Gasoline? If water, is it because the Darkseekers were ‘rabid’? If gasoline, was it to overpower the scent of living things (dog and man?)
2) Was the trap the darkseekers’ contraption or Will’s? Did they set it up or just positioned the dummy near it to catch Will with his own trap?
3) If they’re so intelligent to have caught Will, how could they not have followed him to his hideout before? Or at least narrowed down the area where he might have lived? Is the intelligence required to trap someone more complicated or basic than hunting someone down?
4) Why did the other survivors not come to Will?
5) If Will was immune, would his daughter have been immune as well? Could immunity be passed by a mother thru her breastmilk too?
6) How did the woman survive and travel to Will? Where did they hide?
7) Was Will’s house built that way even before, complete with locks and bolts?
Why didn’t Will have lights in his lab, where he’s trying to find a cure for the virus and experimenting with Darkseekers? He’s a doctor and soldier, surely he’d have thought to protect himself there too… aside from installing all those lights outside his home?
9) Why weren’t the deers infected? Or were they? And who are they running from in daylight?
10) Did the darkseekers ever mated?
11) Did the darkseekers destroy all lights in the City? Couldn’t have Will turned some on during the day just to annoy the Darkseekers hunting at night?
To which I answered:
1. I think vinegar. Mukhang container ng vinegar kasi, plus vinegar cleans just about anything. hehe!
2. I think the trap was something that Wil set up, but the darkseekers copied it, making Wil’s assessment that they were losing any form of humanity or intelligence is wrong.
3. Exactly! Why just now did they find out where he lived?
4. Yun din ang question ko, unless he really is the only survivor in the city and everyone else had sense enough to move to the country
5. If the daughter lived there is a 50/50 chance that she may have been immune too.
6. I’m assuming the woman survived through sheer luck and experience. And she traveled via all them brand new GM cars that keep appearing conveniently
7. I think Will fortified his house over the three years since he’s been surviving on his own. Although he’s gotta be some kind of contractor to do all that….. and strong too! I want to know how he erected all the stadium lights around his house. Also how did he lift all those heavy doors by himself? I guess that’s how he got so muscular, huh?
8. Maybe he thought they wouldn’t be able to make it that far?
9. The deers, I guess, were running from him. Although he wasn’t a very good hunter if you ask me. I’m also guessing that animals were not infected by this virus?
10. I’m with Toni. I hope not! too kinky
11. The bigger question is, where is all the electricity coming from? Are the power plants still running after three years of being abandoned?
What do you think? Visit the comments on Mec’s blog post to see other theories on these questions.
