The Paper's reporter Cheng Xiaojun
Just as the so-called world is great, there is no wonder. The Hollywood movie "I Am Legend," shot in 2007, has recently become a hit on foreign social media, not because one of the creative teams has had a scandal or done a good thing, but because many conspiracy theorists who oppose the use of COVID-19 vaccines have suddenly discovered a new continent from this apocalyptic theme work starring Will Smith.
In I Am Legend, the protagonist played by Will Smith is the only human who is not infected with the virus.
Adapted from the 1954 novel of the same name by renowned science fiction writer Richard Matteson, I Am Legend tells the story of an unknown virus that ravaged the planet and transformed humans into a new species similar to vampires after infection. The protagonist of the story, Robert, has become the last normal human being on Earth because of the virus antibodies in his blood. The novel is framed by the story of the end times, and the author Mattson actually wants to explore the metaphysical propositions of what is human, what is other, and what is human nature.
However, in this version of the Hollywood movie, after the popular adaptation of the screenwriter, the whole story was downgraded to a standard Hollywood commercial film played by Will Smith, the American virologist Neville surviving in the wilderness and fighting the demons. However, it is precisely because of this stylized lone hero story processing, coupled with Will Smith's star aura and Hollywood's superb special effects technology, "I Am Legend" was released in The Christmas file in 2007, the global box office reached 585 million US dollars, and its influence is still undiminished.
Recently, some American netizens asked on social media whether the zombie-like mutants "Night Devils" in the movie "I Am Legend" did not become like that after vaccination. Seemingly stupid questions have really caused a lot of heated discussion. In order to clear the source, Reuters specially issued a special article calling on blind believers to re-watch the opening part of the movie "I Am Legend" and understand that the above statement is not only absurd and nonsensical, but also runs counter to the plot of the movie.
In the film, the role of a doctor, played by Emma Thompson, said in an interview that he used the genetically modified measles virus to cure 10,009 cancer patients. "The measles virus has been genetically modified to produce benefits rather than harms. Imagine a scene where your body is like a highway, the virus is like a speeding car driven by a big villain, and think about how destructive it will be. But if we replace the bad driver with a good cop, the whole picture is different. This is what we did this time. The doctor explained. As a result, the measles virus, which was modified to cure cancer, mistakenly turned normal humans into "night devils", leaving only the protagonist Robert alone in the entire New York City.
Obviously, there is no vaccine in "I Am Legend", but for those who are blind believers, Reuters' debunking article obviously does not play much role. In an issue of The New York Times published last week, it told the story of how the boss of a 90-employee New York eyewear company coerced and induced the strength to suckle and get all the staff to agree to the new crown vaccine. According to reports, one of the staff members refused to get injections because "she believed that the humans in "I Am Legend" became zombies because they were vaccinated."
In the film, the virus that was supposed to cure cancer mistakenly turned humans into a new species.
After the article appeared in the newspaper, it immediately attracted all kinds of hot discussions, and Akiva Goldsman, the screenwriter of "I Am Legend", could only stand up and respond: "Oh my God, this is just a movie." That's what I made up. That's not the real thing. ”
According to The Guardian's Stuart Heritage, so far so many movies, it is almost impossible to find any episodes that have had problems with vaccinations. "Instead, vaccines play a positive role.
For example, in World War Z, it is the virus that creates the zombies, and the protagonist must find a vaccine to solve the crisis.
Zombie World Wars
In The Omega Man, also based on the novel The Legend, the protagonist played by Charlton Heston is not turned into a vampire or a zombie because of vaccinations.
And in "Outbreak", the virus is also raging, and the protagonist must find a vaccine as soon as possible.
"Extreme Panic"
At the end of the 1980 Japanese movie "Resurrection Day", the male protagonist also hugged some strangers who had been vaccinated and expressed heartfelt feelings.
In the 1973 horror film Sssssess, the protagonist played by Dirk Benedekt was indeed injected a lot of injections and turned into a snake, but even so, those injections were not vaccines, but poisons. ”
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