25 Movies That Would Have Been BETTER As TV Shows

25. I Am Legend

There will always be creative changes made to any story when it is adapted to film, whether it is coming from a novel, a comic book, or a video game. Some of these changes are easy to justify, and they make a lot of sense, while the reason behind others isn't always so clear.

Take I am Legend. Richard Matheson's novel was adapted in 2007, with Will Smith in the lead role as Robert Neville, and it's no exaggeration to say that it completely missed the point of the source material, instead favouring a big CGI finish.

In the novel, as the title alludes to, Neville ends up killing so many vampires that he becomes the legend to be feared among them. It is a thought-provoking piece that raises certain questions about humanity and morality, and absolutely none of that was translated onto the big screen.

Put this story on the small screen however, with more time to develop and no need to rush towards a typical and almost cliché finish, and this could have been a lot better. Hell, the sequel that is currently in development, and working from an alternate ending that never made it into cinemas, would have, and could have, just been a normal second season, without the confusion of picking up from an ending nobody saw.