Is rape against self just masterbation?

So tonight we went to see I Am Legend. If you're at all familar with the book, I do NOT reccomend it. I was beyond disappointed.
One of the things that I like best about Matheson is that he wants to be part of the book to movie adaptation to preserve his works. I have huge respect for an author that doesn't just cash the royalty check and go on his merry way leaving his works to be raped and plundered. He's said that he was overly happy with this version, and I was expecting perfection.

What I got was tripe.

Now, I should have seen this coming. Matheson actually did the screenplay for "The Last Man On Earth" in 1964, which was the original version, with Vincent Price. That was almost word for word from book.....but Matheson wasn't happy with it, so he had Omega Man made in '72. The fact that the version that was practically reading from the book wasn't good enough should have clued me in that the author wanted to change the story 50 years later.

The ending was changed soooo much, that the title was killed. "I am Legend" had one meaning in the book, but in the movie, that part was totally ignored, thus, a quick cheesy meaning had to be concocted. Sooo much was left out, a lot of it relevant to the original story.

I asked Nate, post viewing, if it was still considered rapage, if it was the raper's work.

All in all, I lost a lot of respect for Matheson tonight...and that hurts me.


He's so not getting a Christmas card this year.
~K

http://www.premiere.com/moviereviews/4320/i-am-legend.html

(I agree completely!)