I thought that their was a thread but couldn't find one.
Did anyone see it last night? I missed most of the first one. Second one was pretty good.
If anyone saw the first story, whats up with the toy soldiers coming to life and trying to kill that guy?

7/13/2006 7:31:33 AM

Yeah I caught the second half of it, and it looked really funny.

I loved that part at the end with the elevator doors, haha.

From what I could gather when it cut back to his apartment and showed the box, it seems like it was kind of a Small Soldiers type ordeal. Looked like this guy got some type of box of "special" toys, it said "Suprise" on the box in a couple of spots. So I'm guessing these were prototypes or something that he had gotten a hold of. I really liked the "to scale thermonuclear weapon", haha.

7/13/2006 9:47:39 AM

I could be way off on this as I didn't watch any of it, but saw a commercial or whatever for it and I believe I heard somewhere that the guy had killed the toy maker or something like that so they were getting revenge.

7/13/2006 9:49:14 AM

^ Yep, he is a gun for hire, and did a hit on the toy maker. The package was delivered to his loft with a note that appeared to be signed by the toy makers, dead?, mother. At least it's what they hinted at with the handwriting of the note.

The second one sucked IMO. The first episode had a lot more mood and humor. Reminded me of good Twilight Zone episodes.

7/13/2006 11:01:20 AM

do yall know if they will rerun these shows?
i forgot to watch them

7/13/2006 11:29:12 AM

its TNT

it will be on 5 billion times

7/13/2006 11:34:54 AM

Its on again tonight from 11PM to 1AM....didnt see any other listings through Tuesday, so that might be it for now.

7/13/2006 12:30:44 PM

Yea the second one sucked and didn't make sense to me

7/13/2006 1:29:48 PM

i just watched the first one

interesting it had no dialogue

7/17/2006 1:12:47 AM

The Small Soldiers episode was awesome. I noticed the lack of any lines too and liked how it tied into his isolation.

7/17/2006 1:36:25 AM

I wish I had cable. The book was a fascinating read, at least for when I was ten. I wouldn't watch the thing in hopes of being scared, though. I think he released it right after Carrie, so that's all in his first stages of storymaking, complete with moronic bad guys and eerie supernatural crap that doesn't make sense.

My suggestions for films of King's work:
The Shining (1997)
Stand By Me (The Body)
Pet Sematary
It (the series)
Needful Things
The Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile
Apt Pupil
Hearts in Atlantis (just the first half)

I've either disapproved of or haven't bothered with everything else.

7/17/2006 6:17:56 AM

you picked tnt's the shining over kubrick's??

and what about misery?

Quote :

"^ including: the shining misery shawshank apt pupil it salem's lot stand by me children of the corn carrie"

but i can barely remember the book, been too long.

7/17/2006 12:38:05 PM

i like it thus far

7/17/2006 1:39:02 PM

Never got into the book, I got sick when he drank the soapy water and picked up the Gunslinger. Which I remember reading all three parts (that had been released at that time) while munching on leftover Halloween candy.

And yes, I definately think Kubrick did a fine job with The Shining, but I was more satisfied with the recent release. Not nearly as artistic and lacking Nicholson's blessed appearance, to be sure, but it was more accurate, and taking into consideration the accuracy of Shawshank and Green Mile, it's evident how that makes a better movie.

7/17/2006 1:41:07 PM

watched the second one

weird

7/17/2006 7:45:49 PM

At least the black guy isn't introduced and then dies in the next scene we see him in. There are several instances like that in the first one that have no reason to be there, and detract from the book's storyline.

And fuck yes, WEIRD IS AS WEIRD DOES! That's the SK way.

7/17/2006 7:56:06 PM

i wasnt talking about the shining anymore, i was talking about dreamscapes

7/17/2006 8:31:22 PM

3rd one was ok, didnt like the ending

7/23/2006 11:29:23 PM

so how many episodes has there been so far? im trying to dvr them all, so far i have only found 2 on tnt...

7/23/2006 11:32:14 PM

4 but I didn't think last weeks were all that great. interesting but no where near as good as the first week.

7/23/2006 11:44:54 PM

the only thing i really like about the newer shining was the fact that they included the hedge animals

7/23/2006 11:47:48 PM

Ive really only enjoyed the first episode. The middle two episodes were okay but i missed the fourth one. The stories just aren't grabbing me the way I thought they would.

7/24/2006 12:04:36 AM

in order best to worst so far

1
4
3
2

2 was just too strange and hard to follow

7/24/2006 12:14:22 AM

Yea I enjoyed the first one. I also noted there was no spoken words but I Agree that added to the coolness of it. The second one was plain bad. I tried to follow but it was almost like they were leaving too many things out of the story for it to make sence. When it was over I said to myself that I wanted the last 60 minutes of my life back

7/24/2006 6:50:31 AM

Uh can someone explain what the hell went on in the first one of tonight? It totally lost me. Why did that killer guy look like that woman from earlier?

7/26/2006 10:03:09 PM

It was a little too weird. I'll have to watch it again.

[Edited on July 26, 2006 at 10:13 PM. Reason : ..]

7/26/2006 10:12:44 PM

ya that is the first one i actually remember reading but it has been way too long

i dont have a clue about that ending

all of these like to kinda leave you hanging.

that said, last nights were both good

7/27/2006 9:29:50 AM

I wasn't paying much attention to the 2nd one from last night. What was that about? All I know was that their was alot of shooting.

7/27/2006 10:35:20 AM

that one was your basic crime drama, a la shawshank i suppose

it was good, not great, get a torrent

7/27/2006 10:40:57 AM

just started watching these last night, hate that I missed the 1st ep., hopefully TNT will re-run

I watched the 1st ep. from last night's duo and was lost as could be...I didn't get it at all. Gonna watch the other one when time allows

7/27/2006 8:58:14 PM

if you ahve a torrent client you can find all the eps

7/27/2006 10:41:00 PM

I missed this, but thought it sounded interesting...
Maybe I'll catch a rerun sometime soon..I want to see this whole samll soldiers thing

7/28/2006 1:56:57 AM

Last set is coming on right now. Hope this miniseries ends with a bang or this was very disappointing 8 hours.

8/2/2006 9:00:57 PM

Speaking of Stephen King, did anyone finish reading the Dark Tower series? I read the first three years ago. I believe that he finally finished the series.

8/2/2006 9:15:21 PM

i thought they were gonna cut a bitch - but that wasn't very scary

8/2/2006 9:56:39 PM

^^yea it was good as long as you follow his advice and dont read the ending he wrote

^stephen king isnt always scary. ever heard of the shawshank redemption?

8/2/2006 9:59:08 PM

^ He must have rushed the ending of the series. huh

8/2/2006 10:06:13 PM

i preferred that episode when tales of the crypt did it

8/2/2006 10:08:22 PM

I kept fall asleep during the episode thats just on. I know that guy got revived at the end.

The episode thats on now, I swear I thought it was a repeat of episode 2. I'm glad its not.

8/2/2006 10:18:51 PM

yeah i'm waiting for the story on this one...

[Edited on August 2, 2006 at 10:26 PM. Reason : CAN ANYONE WATCH THIS WITHOUT THINKING WINGS?]

8/2/2006 10:22:21 PM

Rock N Roll Heaven was kind of nuts. It kind of reminded me of Episode 2.

8/2/2006 11:02:46 PM

Yeah about the Dark Tower thing he did rush the ending

Getting hit by that minivan was the worst thing ever for him and now he's just scrambling to write stuff before he dies

8/3/2006 11:02:08 AM

^i disagree

there were one or two stupid things in the last book, but i thought the overall series was great.

i was just disappointed by the last 10 pgs, but he even said in the book to not read the last 10 pages b/c it would be disappointing.



As for N&D, i cant decide if i like or dislike that most of the eps just ended. I think the only one that frustrated me was #2.

8/3/2006 11:07:12 AM

The last book was alright but Song of Susannah was terrible. TERRIBLE. Like "god damn what a terrible book" terrible.

8/3/2006 11:15:23 AM