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If you go to the Stephen King reddit you can still find it, the footage is really dark and hard to see but it's cool to hear more of Pennywise's voice. Finished my IT re-read today. Forgot many things... I assume a lot of conflation between my memory of the book and the miniseries. The ending is less of a wet fart than most of King's endings, it's almost good.
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Two weird little things in THE END OF THE WHOLE MESS. 1) That the 'peaceful town' that starts the whole thing is Waco, Texas. 2) The off-handed mention that there's a wall built at the Mexican border.
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XxGirlKisserxX posted:There's been a lot of good King-isms in this thread, and one that I've noticed in literally every King book I've read has been some variation on this: I could be wrong, but I remember reading or hearing that in New England (or at least the New England King grew up in) people put a ton of emphasis on family names. So the default is always to introduce yourself with your full name. I never lived in the area so I can't attest to that being accurate.
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BiggerBoat posted:I think his prose and language are fine and think the hardest thing to portray is the internally described fear he usually writes from the point of the person experiencing it. are there any adaptations that even try this? seems like it wouldn't be too hard really, throw in some dreamlike effects, panicked closeups and the impression they're running through mud, maybe some body horror in the scene concurrently, bam primal fear captuerd
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So, against my better judgement I just watched Disney's The Dark Tower. A story about the adventures of Jake Chambers, a young psychic with the power of the "shine" and his quest to save the dark tower... and our world. Jake Chambers, a 12 year old psychic who's haunted by the death of his father, a firefighter lost during the line of duty, must escape the clutches of The Man In Black (Matthew McConaughey) before he can be used as a weapon because of the power of his "shine". Making his escape Jake briefly travels to a strange place called 'mid-world' where he finds himself in the middle of a vast featureless desert he must cross alone. At the edge of this desert he meets up with a colorful character, a man named Roland (Idris Elba) who has his own history with The Man in Black, and becomes Jake's reluctant sidekick. Happening upon a village, and after a brief fight where the evil orcs try to capture Jake, he and Roland use the town's teleporter to take them back to New York, where the rest of our movie takes place. In a classic fish out of water turn, Jake teaches his sidekick Roland about things of our world, like soda pop, while Roland teaches Jake about the Gunslinger's code. Trying to get more ammunition, Jake is captured finally by The Man in Black's agents where he's used to create a giant sky beam that attacks the tower, while Roland must finish off The Man in Black once and for all along with a room full of skin people in the movies key action scene. At the end Roland tells Jake he must leave, but invites him to come back to mid-world with him, as theres nothing left for him in our world. Why did this movie exist? Who was this made for? What the hell did I just see? Good god what a waste of potential all around that was. They should have just straight up adapted The Gunslinger and at least had a movie that would stand on its own even after flopping and ending up the only part of the story to get filmed. Tom Guycot fucked around with this message at 06:22 on Aug 18, 2017 |
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Aug 18, 2017 06:00
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Tom Guycot posted:So, against my better judgement I just watched Disney's The Dark Tower. A story about the adventures of Jake Chambers, a young psychic with the power of the "shine" and his quest to save the dark tower... and our world. I think some people ITT predicted it would be a waste of talent. I couldn't even finish watching it. So bad. e: and I admittedly love some of SK's teleplays like Rose Red and Storm of the Century DT was just awful garbage syscall girl fucked around with this message at 09:59 on Aug 18, 2017 |
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Aug 18, 2017 09:56
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I could have lived with Disney's The Dark Tower if they'd just put the lobstrosities in the movie. And I don't mean a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo, I want those dim-a-chum ded-a-chuck assholes front and center.
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Aug 18, 2017 20:13
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Well Manicured Man posted:I could have lived with Disney's The Dark Tower if they'd just put the lobstrosities in the movie. And I don't mean a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo, I want those dim-a-chum ded-a-chuck assholes front and center. Dang, I sure missed it. Where the heck did the lobstosities show up?
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Aug 19, 2017 00:33
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Tom Guycot posted:Dang, I sure missed it. Where the heck did the lobstosities show up? Supposedly (according to the director) you can see one on ice in the background of the Dixie Pig, but I didn't see it. Man, I was mildly entertained by the movie when i saw it because i was drunk and had very low expectations, but what was Stephen King's excuse?
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Aug 19, 2017 00:39
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Well Manicured Man posted:Supposedly (according to the director) you can see one on ice in the background of the Dixie Pig, but I didn't see it. Should have had someone in the background boiling one up for her HONGRY CHAP
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Aug 19, 2017 02:16
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Well Manicured Man posted:Man, I was mildly entertained by the movie when i saw it because i was drunk and had very low expectations, but what was Stephen King's excuse? He has really bad taste in things
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Aug 19, 2017 03:20
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XxGirlKisserxX posted:He has really bad taste in things Stephen King is often a compelling writer, especially with his short stories. However, his taste in rock music is extremely dated and bad. This one is okay but it has so many call-backs it's ridiculous https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIr2gBiLuIE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBecM3CQVD8 syscall girl fucked around with this message at 03:36 on Aug 19, 2017 |
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Aug 19, 2017 03:26
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Well Manicured Man posted:I could have lived with Disney's The Dark Tower if they'd just put the lobstrosities in the movie. And I don't mean a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo, I want those dim-a-chum ded-a-chuck assholes front and center.
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Aug 20, 2017 03:04
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Man when I read Mr Mercedes when it came out I always thought the plot was stupid but King was onto something with car ramming thing. There have been so many more car attacks since 2014 than there ever was before.
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Aug 20, 2017 03:08
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I watched The Dark Tower movie and it was p bad the one good thing I can say is I thought Idris Elba was really good in it and really well-cast, but Roland doesn't really seem to have a role in the movie he's just there. He's not looking for the Tower or anything so what is he even doing also Jake's mom was hot
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Aug 20, 2017 12:09
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Ein cooler Typ posted:I watched The Dark Tower movie and it was p bad It feels like theres going to be a 4 hour director's cut blu ray released. It seemed so chopped up and just pointlessly brief across the board.
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Aug 20, 2017 13:08
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Ulio posted:Man when I read Mr Mercedes when it came out I always thought the plot was stupid but King was onto something with car ramming thing. There have been so many more car attacks since 2014 than there ever was before. Just imagine how Tom Clancy must have felt on 9/11.
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Aug 20, 2017 18:13
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Have any of you watched that new Mr Mercedes show? Its actually pretty good, too bad its stuck on some obscure US only network (Audience Network). It has no distribution deals outside the US it seems so downloading is the only option for any non-Americans.
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Aug 20, 2017 18:24
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tetrapyloctomy posted:Just imagine how Tom Clancy must have felt on 9/11. Richard Bachman definitely had a twinge on 9/11 quote:Richards takes McCone and Amelia as hostages and has the plane fly low over populated areas to avoid being shot down by a surface-to-air missile. However, Killian calls Richards aboard the plane and reveals that he knows Richards has no explosives, as the plane's security system would have detected them. To Richards' surprise, Killian offers him a chance to replace McCone as lead Hunter. Richards is hesitant to take the offer, worried that his family will become a target. Killian then informs him that Sheila and Cathy were murdered over ten days earlier, even before Richards first appeared on the show, and gives him some time to make his decision. Richards falls asleep and dreams of his murdered family and a gruesome crime scene. With nothing left to lose, he calls Killian back and accepts the offer. He kills the flight crew and McCone, but suffers a mortal gunshot wound from the latter. Richards allows Amelia to jump off the plane with a parachute, then uses his last strength to override the autopilot and fly toward the skyscraper housing the Games Network.
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Aug 20, 2017 18:49
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syscall girl posted:Richard Bachman definitely had a twinge on 9/11
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It's rather telling that there's little talk of THE MIST tv show in here. But I have to ask anyway... Anyone been watching it? Is it worth any amount of time?
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The lack of positive or negative hype that I've seen around tells me it's like a lot of mediocre TV these days--lost in the shuffle. This video might be a bit too real: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNRNCD-Xm5c
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Aug 21, 2017 09:22
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Le Saboteur posted:Have any of you watched that new Mr Mercedes show? Its actually pretty good, too bad its stuck on some obscure US only network (Audience Network). It has no distribution deals outside the US it seems so downloading is the only option for any non-Americans. Yeah, I just caught the first episode. It was awkward as gently caress to watch with my mother, but looking good. A lot better than The Mist at any rate.
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Aug 21, 2017 11:59
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Drunken Baker posted:It's rather telling that there's little talk of THE MIST tv show in here. But I have to ask anyway... Anyone been watching it? Is it worth any amount of time? I was watching it but it just isn't all that interesting. Especially compared to the movie. Mrs. Carmody dies in the first episode, she was the best worst part of the story
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Aug 21, 2017 14:50
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syscall girl posted:I was watching it but it just isn't all that interesting. Especially compared to the movie. well if that isn't proof that they don't understand the novella i dunno what is
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It's important to point out again that film-Carmody was right about everything and only your blinkered atheistic mindsets prevent you from seeing that
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chernobyl kinsman posted:It's important to point out again that film-Carmody was right about everything and only your blinkered atheistic mindsets prevent you from seeing that So it really was when Drayton shot his son in the head to do the blood sacrifice (accidentally) that the mist cleared and but the army was already inbound, had been for a while. Don't know if I can support this theory.
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Aug 21, 2017 15:23
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Actually now I think I prefer the novella ending. Just hanging out at HoJos waiting for something. Kind of like Salem's Lot, they didn't solve anything they're just waiting.
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I didn't picture Hodges looking like Brendan Gleeson. If they keep going I don't know how they'll handle the cancer/weightloss plotline since Gleeson is a big guy. I kind of don't want to watch it because the Brady planning on poisoning the dog bits really got to me when I read it. When his mom dies instead it was a massive relief which is probably what King intended.
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syscall girl posted:So it really was when Drayton shot his son in the head to do the blood sacrifice (accidentally) that the mist cleared and but the army was already inbound, had been for a while. yes, and: chernobyl kinsman posted:there's nothing in the film that gives us any reason to doubt her reasoning, and a fair bit that supports it. almost every major event in the movie has two possible explanations - one prosaic, and one divine. at no point is the prosaic clearly the 'correct' or only interpretation, but often the divine is subtly favoured. the fact that the army was inbound before the child was sacrificed is of no event; the mist only cleared for diet tom hardy and the viewers when the kid was killed, fulfilling her prophecy. chernobyl kinsman fucked around with this message at 18:18 on Aug 21, 2017 |
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chernobyl kinsman posted:yes, and: In my fundamentalist upbringing I was always taught that the scorpions were AH-64 Comanches or Mil Mi-24 depending on who you think is Babylon the Great And NIV posted:During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them. But in the novella and the movie there's no way they lasted 5 months In the tv show on the the other hand it'll be longer than that
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syscall girl posted:I was watching it but it just isn't all that interesting. Especially compared to the movie. Huh? I'm up to about episode 7 and she looks fine to me.
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Octy posted:Huh? I'm up to about episode 7 and she looks fine to me. I'm going to quote IMDB here: quote:Mary Bacon - Mrs. Carmody (1 episode, 2017) 1 episode.
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I've seen the dark tower movie now, and it's not the worst thing i've ever seen. Just kind of pointless and a million wasted potentials. They could have done something interesting with that setting instead of generic action schlock. E: its bad,
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Attitude Indicator posted:I've seen the dark tower movie now, and it's not the worst thing i've ever seen. Just kind of pointless and a million wasted potentials. They could have done something interesting with that setting instead of generic action schlock. It's worthless. Since it's in the YA category it has been beaten senseless by Hunger Games, Harry Pooter, Twilight and Ender's Game Narnia, three Hobbit movies Alice in Wonderland... (I am upset because I wanted it to be somewhat faithful to the book and keep the ball rolling as a tv show and that's obviously not happening)
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syscall girl posted:I'm going to quote IMDB here: I see what you mean but she plays an altogether different character. The religious zealot who is based on Mrs. Carmody from the book goes by a different name. I'll look it up later.
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Octy posted:I see what you mean but she plays an altogether different character. The religious zealot who is based on Mrs. Carmody from the book goes by a different name. I'll look it up later. Ah. That makes sense. I prefer grocery store guy played by Isiah Whitlock Jr. though. There are actually several good characters in the show but it just doesn't compare to the short/movie.
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chernobyl kinsman posted:yes, and:
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mind the walrus posted:I really like that interpretation, but I've got to go with the Novella ending on this one. The ending of the movie has a hammy charm, but didn't really register with me. God, it liked to loving crush me. Maybe being a dad to an infant boy had something to do with it but I remember feeling like I'd been hit by a bus.
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It was everything after he got out of the car and the Mist clears. It was glorious in that "1950s Serial" way but it was tonal whiplash. The rest of the movie had that 1950s feel too, but a contemporary take, so going full-on ham after loving child murder did not work for me at all. There just needed to be 30-60 seconds more of pacing.
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