“I Am Legend” and The Cubs

So here we are, just three days from baseball season (good god, what has become of me), and I’m watching my new DVD “I Am Legend” for the second time. As a teen I worked in movie theaters, and in college I worked as a movie theater projectionist, and so I got in the habit of seeing movies that I like multiple times. I guess that may explain why I enjoy collecting DVD, particularly for the special features they offer, as well as for the minor details that are easily missed in the first viewing of any movie.

So tonight I’m watching “I Am Legend” for the second time, and it begins with the sound of a sports radio program where the hosts are discussing the coming baseball season, and they predict a Chicago Cubs vs. New York Yankees World Series. And of course, I’m not spoiling anything to let you know that shortly after every person on the planet either dies or turns into a vampire that preys on the few remaining survivors. They don’t say how many Chicago Cubs survive, or if the Vampires continue to play baseball (only night games?), but it rather looks like a prediction of a Cubs World Series win is in fact a portent of the end of the world.

So the season starts on Monday. And it’s been 100 years since the Cubs last win, which provides a very poetic opportunity to end the drought, don’t you think? Let’s just hope the end of the world Vampire virus doesn’t strike until AFTER the Cubs end their century long series drought.

One comment

  • Jon Blakemore

    I just watched “I am Legend” tonight. Unfortunately, the prediction in the movie and your prediction did not come true. But, we can rejoice that the Cubs did finish on top in the best game of baseball ever played, on November 2, 2016 (and for a bit into the 3rd). One of two improbable events that would end up occurring that week.

    I searched for this because I too heard the radio broadcast. I was wondering if they were just being smart (a la “Back to the Future”) or if the broadcast was referencing the success of the Cubs in the oughts.

    Jon Blakemore
    Fredericksburg, VA

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