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What is the cure in I Am Legend?

An attempt to genetically re-engineer the measles virus to cure cancer becomes lethal, infecting 99% of the world's population, turning those it does not kill into vampiric, albino, cannibalistic mutants called Darkseekers, who are extremely vulnerable to sunlight and prey on the few who are left unaffected.
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What was the cure at the end of I Am Legend?

The Darkseekers try to break the window, and Robert realizes it's over. But then, he discovers the antidote is turning the female into a person again. He's found the cure! He takes a vial of the female's blood and gives it to Anna as he closes her into a little iron chamber.
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Does Neville find a cure in I Am Legend?

The original ending has Neville die after being ambushed by the Darkseekers after developing a cure for their mutation, but this ending is not a faithful re-telling of the book it's based on, 1954's I Am Legend by Richard Matheson.
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Is Will Smith the cure in I Am Legend?

In the end, Smith sacrifices himself after figuring out the cure but still saves humanity by handing it off to a fellow survivor, Anna (Alice Braga).
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Why is Neville immune in I Am Legend?

The film doesn't give a clear explanation as to why Neville is immune and it is assumes it is due to his genetics, as with the other immune survivors. In the book, he believes that a bat bite he had received while he was in the army (which made him ill for weeks) is what gave him immunity.
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Was Neville the villain in Am Legend?

Robert Neville was the main protagonist of I Am Legend. A military virologist, Neville spent three years in Manhattan searching for a cure to the Krippin Virus.
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Is Neville a full blood?

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Neville comes from a long-line of pure-blood wizards, although we don't know as much about the individuals as we do with some other wizarding families. What we do know is that both of Neville's parents were pure-blood, as was his gran, Augusta.
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How does Sam get infected in I Am Legend?

Eventually, the beam thinned enough for the infected dogs to cross and attack. Neville and Sam were able to fend off and eventually kill the dogs, but Sam was bitten and infected while doing so.
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What are the Darkseekers in I Am Legend?

Darkseekers are Mutants in the 2007 film adaption, I Am Legend. They are the humans susceptible to the Krippin Virus who were infected but did not die from it.
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What does the butterfly mean in I Am Legend?

No, the point originally was going to be that the dark seekers were the next stage in humanity, with the butterfly representing change, metamorphosis. The point of the story is that Smith's experiments were like an urban legend to the dark seekers, stealing away one or two of them every so often.
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Is Neville the last human in I Am Legend?

It is set in New York City after a virus, which was originally created to cure cancer, has wiped out most of mankind, leaving Neville as the last human in New York, other than nocturnal mutants.
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Why are there 2 endings in I Am Legend?

Unfortunately, as revealed by director Francis Lawrence, the reason the I Am Legend twist ending was changed to the more heroic one seen in theaters after test audiences had intensely negative reactions to the conclusion where Neville has his villainous realization.
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Are there 2 endings to I Am Legend?

The ending to the Alternate Theatrical Version varies from the original ending. Instead of blowing himself and the hemocytes up with a grenade, Neville discovers that the hemocytes actually came for the female he captured earlier in the movie.
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What killed most of humanity in I Am Legend?

The Krippin Pandemic was a devastating worldwide disease infection caused by the Krippin Virus that decimated virtually most of the human population and led to the collapse of virtually all modern societies within three years. The pandemic has spread faster than any other phenomena in human history.
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What are the Darkseekers weakness?

The major weakness of the Darkseekers was the unique side effect of their viral mutation, intolerance of ultraviolet light. When exposed to minute amounts to UV light their skin is rapidly eaten away and when exposed to full on UV radation of the sun they are killed within moments.
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Is Sam immune in I Am Legend?

While the virus could jump the species barrier, Sam was immune to the airborne strain, but was still at risk of being infected by the contact strain.
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Why can't Lilith hurt Sam?

Lilith's deception is revealed when she trips and is impaled on a set of deer antlers, but she is unable to kill Sam and Dean due to it not being part of God's plan.
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How does Sam get cured?

Using holy fire, Sam is able to cure himself and then save the remaining people in the town. Returning to the bunker, he and Dean find Castiel begging for help.
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Why didn't the cure work on Sam?

Why did Sam turn infected in The Last of Us Episode 5 on HBO? Despite Ellie meaning well, her blood alone was proven to not be enough to cure somebody of the Cordyceps infection. This is because blood on its own, leaking from a self-inflicted wound, is not scientifically able to cure a virus.
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Why does Snape bully Neville?

He didn't tolerate mediocrity. Neville, due to his low self-confidence and self-esteem, suffered a lot magically, especially at Potions. Snape's superiority complex just resulted in insulting him further when he failed at simple tasks."
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Who killed Voldemort Harry or Neville?

During the final battle of Hogwarts, Neville pulls the sword of Godric Gryffindor from the Sorting Hat and beheads Nagini, destroying the last Horcrux. This allows Harry to finally kill Voldemort after the latter's killing curse poetically backfires when Harry uses a disarming spell on him.
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Is Neville the heir of Gryffindor?

Harry is the Heir of Slytherin (through his mother's side) and also related to Gryffindor (through his father's side) though the current Heir of Gryffindor is Neville.
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