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Topic: Stephen King's The Mist
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silverstone Moderator Posts: 3152 From: Registered: Mar 2006
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posted April 21, 2008 06:26 PM
Anyone read this horror novella? It's a great read... I also enjoyed the movie. The morning after a violent thunderstorm, a thick unnatural mist rapidly spreads across the small town of Bridgton, Maine, reducing visibility to near-zero and concealing numerous species of bizarre creatures which viciously attack any human who ventures out into the open. The source of the fog and its inhabitants is never revealed, but strong allusions are made to an inter-dimensional rift caused by something known second-hand to the townsfolk as "The Arrowhead Project," long rumored to be conducted at a nearby top-secret military facility. The bulk of the story details the plight of a large group of people who become trapped while shopping in the town supermarket, among them a commercial artist named David Drayton (the story's narrator), Drayton's young son Billy, and their estranged neighbor Brenton Norton, who accompanied them into town after his car was smashed by a tree. Also trapped in the market are a young woman named Amanda Dumfries and three soldiers from The Arrowhead Project; the soldiers' eventual joint suicide lends some credence to the theory of the Project being the source of the disaster. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mist (¯`·._)Silverstone(¯`·._) __________________________________________________________________________________________ Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year.... The only other sound's the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake. The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. ~Robert Frost IP: Logged |
Lei_Kuei Knowflake Posts: 485 From: Window Between Worlds Registered: May 2005
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posted April 21, 2008 06:52 PM
Ive seen the movie, the ending is abit of a kick in the nuts But its pretty good all round IP: Logged |
silverstone Moderator Posts: 3152 From: Registered: Mar 2006
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posted April 21, 2008 07:04 PM
quote: Ive seen the movie, the ending is abit of a kick in the nuts
I agree, Lei_Kuei, I couldn't believe the ending In the novella, the ending is different... but I think that the movie was better in the end IP: Logged |
BrightStar Knowflake Posts: 225 From: Registered: Apr 2007
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posted April 22, 2008 11:28 PM
Hi there. I saw it too. My friend let me borrow it. He like to scare me to heck. I tell him no he says yes.IP: Logged |
Charlotte Knowflake Posts: 1757 From: USA Registered: Apr 2004
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posted April 22, 2008 11:43 PM
Hi! Silver, I've seen the movie and read the book. I enjoyed the book more, I hate bad endings... I'm a softy at heart and am always wishing for a happy ending. I will admit that it took guts to have the movie end that way.IP: Logged |
augentier Knowflake Posts: 741 From: KS Registered: Nov 2007
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posted April 23, 2008 12:17 AM
hated the movieIP: Logged |
SunnyRains Knowflake Posts: 132 From: USA Registered: Apr 2008
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posted April 25, 2008 05:13 PM
I love Stephen King! I've read a lot of his books but not his most recent...including The Mist. I loved Pet Cemetary! And btw.. the books are always better then the movies. Haven't seen a book live up to the movie version yet.
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silverstone Moderator Posts: 3152 From: Registered: Mar 2006
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posted May 01, 2008 02:50 AM
One of the best scenes: http://youtube.com/watch?v=7xxW6kjuDIw IP: Logged |
silverstone Moderator Posts: 3152 From: Registered: Mar 2006
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posted May 01, 2008 03:05 AM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Dq-YB8qD4LQ&feature=related Rev 9:3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. Rev 9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. Rev 9:5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. Rev 9:6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. IP: Logged |
silverstone Moderator Posts: 3152 From: Registered: Mar 2006
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posted September 23, 2008 01:55 AM
bump
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CrimsonChyld Knowflake Posts: 210 From: Murray, UT Registered: May 2008
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posted October 05, 2008 09:15 PM
One of my fav Steven King books was Tommyknockers. Big a$$ book, but worth the read!
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LEXX Moderator Posts: 1434 From: Still out looking for Schrödinger's cat.........& LEXIGRAMMING... is my Passion! Registered: Jan 2008
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posted October 06, 2008 10:37 AM
Yes! Very good/scary/believable! Reminds me in some ways of the Philadelphia experiments.------------------ It is not about waiting for storms to pass...it is about learning to dance in the rain! __________________________________________________________________________ IP: Logged |
silverstone Moderator Posts: 3152 From: Registered: Mar 2006
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posted October 06, 2008 07:10 PM
which one, Lexx, The Mist or Tommy Nockers?They were both good, but I liked The mist better! IP: Logged |
LEXX Moderator Posts: 1434 From: Still out looking for Schrödinger's cat.........& LEXIGRAMMING... is my Passion! Registered: Jan 2008
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posted October 06, 2008 10:29 PM
Defintely The Mist! I like the H. P. Lovecraft “Cthulhu" style giant creature!------------------ It is not about waiting for storms to pass...it is about learning to dance in the rain! __________________________________________________________________________ IP: Logged |
LEXX Moderator Posts: 1434 From: Still out looking for Schrödinger's cat.........& LEXIGRAMMING... is my Passion! Registered: Jan 2008
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posted October 06, 2008 10:34 PM
silverstone quote: I agree, Lei_Kuei, I couldn't believe the endingIn the novella, the ending is different... but I think that the movie was better in the end
I usually like the books better than the movie versions, but some I prefer the movie! The Hunger Bicentennial Man I Robot Moll Flanders Great Expectations, old version and modern version.------------------ It is not about waiting for storms to pass...it is about learning to dance in the rain! __________________________________________________________________________ IP: Logged |
Fluke Knowflake Posts: 295 From: Norway Registered: Nov 2006
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posted October 07, 2008 02:57 AM
I've read alot of King, but not The Mist. Saw the movie though, and I enjoyed it, I even surprised myself by constantly wanting to punch that %#¤%% lady, or wring her neck, heheh.. Rarely does a movie character engage me so. The ending was AWFUL, not in a "badly made movie" sense, just emotionally awful.. I felt suckerpunched and could vividly imagine what he must have felt. Good movie...------------------ Cancer Rising Gemini Sun Libra Moon Cancer Venus Gemini Mars IP: Logged |
LEXX Moderator Posts: 1434 From: Still out looking for Schrödinger's cat.........& LEXIGRAMMING... is my Passion! Registered: Jan 2008
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posted October 07, 2008 07:59 AM
quote: The ending was AWFUL, not in a "badly made movie" sense, just emotionally awful.. I felt suckerpunched and could vividly imagine what he must have felt. Good movie...
The ending reminded me of the move "The Illustrated Man". The people of the society were convinced that a terrible prophecy was true, that they would be going extinct. So to protect the children from the horror of some terrible catastrophe they killed all the children, only to discover the prophecy was not as they thought...no catastrophe came...except from the non fertile adults...THEY brought about their extinction because THEY destroyed ALL their fertile offspring. BIG terrible tragic OOOPS! ------------------ It is not about waiting for storms to pass...it is about learning to dance in the rain! __________________________________________________________________________ IP: Logged |