The Mist - An interesting TEOTWAWKI movie

If it was me confronted by the religious nut or any other for that matter I'd have calmly and nonchalantly asked them to talk to me or have a look at something in a quiet area. Maybe I'd have to fake interest in their scheme/beliefs. Then when you get them alone you shank the stuffing out of them. Get your arm going like a sewing machine and don't stop until you're stabbing air. Repeat until no more oxygen thieves and morale vampires are left.

If you are one of these types (and somehow have got onto this forum) then this is what awaits you if you're in my way in a true SHTF scenario. (Minus the crazy editing,lol)

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Anyone else think the guy in the gun shop in the remake of Dawn of the Dead wasted a great opportunity? How much ammo does an average gun shop have? 100,000 rnds in various calibers at a guess? So that's at least 100,000 dead zombies right? Where was that pile outside his shop? Mine would have had snow on it's peak!

Gotta love these types of movie though :thumbup:
 
I said right near the beginning that they should gaffer tape the nutcase before she got a following. Just for the lowering of moral the constant whining was causing.

My wife just said she would poison her on the quiet :eek:
 
it was good in a SHTF kind of way...but, as with most King movies/books, i thought it wasnt that great overall. I was soooo pissed when i read "It"...took forever and a day (slow reader) and then found out it was a fargin spider!!!! Grrr....disappointment deluxe!
 
I was never impressed with 'It' so much either. Just not my sort of story.

I did like John Carpenter's 'The Fog' (in my head 'cos of 'The Mist' of course) movie, and James Herbert's 'The Fog' book (completely different story)

Back on the survival topic though, Steven King's 'The Stand' was quite good, both book and film.

The BBC have just advertised a new series in the UK, 'Survivors' - looks like a modern take on one they did in the 80's by the same name which was very good for its day. A virus gets out of a lab and kills most of the population, etc etc.
 
foxyrick said:
Back on the survival topic though, Steven King's 'The Stand' was quite good, both book and film.
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The Stand is one of my favorite books, but I wasn't thrilled with the miniseries. Might give it another try, they're playing it on sci-fi on the 29th.
 
I enjoyed another book after The Stand which had a similar sort of feel to it - Swan Song by Robert R McCammon. If you like one, you might like the other.
 
I watched the mist a couple of weeks ago and thought it was ok. I absolutely loved the short story when I read it years ago (1990?). I had a very creepy feeling when I was visiting my friends in Maine, sitting on the porch at their camp at a lake and reading the raft. They had a raft at that lake we would swim to...... Weird feeling...
Oh, and I didn't like the movie ending of the mist at all.
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foxyrick said:
I enjoyed another book after The Stand which had a similar sort of feel to it - Swan Song by Robert R McCammon. If you like one, you might like the other.
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Ah, yes! Someone recommended Swan Song to me before; I've been meaning to read it, it's been on my wishlist for a while :) Maybe I'll get it for xmas; thanks for the reminder Foxyrick:thumbup:
 
Rick I'd be tempted to get myself some sort of professional food taster if I was you.
My wife just said she would poison her on the quiet
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. Every cup of tea I'd receive I'd be checking, mind you my lady is a bit mental.
 
lol, don't worry, I know I'm safe. My wife (Dawn) and I have quite similar outlooks really, we do now anyway. We face the world and its perils together.

She would never had said that when we first met though; I must be rubbing off on her!

Besides, I do almost all the cooking :D
 
The End really was. . . well, "unfortunate" so to speak. Still a good flick though. Wish I read the novella.
 
rksoon said:
I heard a movie or miniseries is already in the works for the Dark Tower (I love the opening scene with the painting of Roland in The Mist). I might not see it for fear of having my mental images corrupted :) I regret, to this day, watching The Stand miniseries.

I think nearly all his works (at least under the Stephen King name) tie in one way or another to the Dark Tower; it's awesome. He crowned it his masterpiece with good reason. Recently I've been rereading his anthologies and shorts; I was much younger when I first read many of them, and reading them again now that I'm older is like reading them for the first time. I've come to like his short stories and novellas just as much if not more than some of his longer works.

Did you read Duma Key yet Lambertiana? I have it sitting on my desk here, just been too busy to get sucked into it....

Added Wikipedia entry:
"IGN Movies has reported that a film adaptation is in the works; whether it is for a movie or a television series is unknown. J. J. Abrams, who has been behind shows such as Lost and Alias, is supposedly attached to produce and direct.[5] Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof, also affiliated with Lost and J. J. Abrams, have optioned the Dark Tower series from King for a reported nineteen dollars, which of course, is the infamous number from the Dark Tower series of novels.[6] According to issue #923 of Entertainment Weekly, King "is an ardent supporter of the desert-island show and trusts Abrams to translate his vision" into a film franchise with Lindelof being "the leading candidate to write the screenplay for the first installment."[7]"
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I haven't read Duma Key yet, I'll have to get a copy.

Now, who should be cast for the characters in the film version of Dark Tower? Hugh Jackman as Roland? What about Susannah and Eddie? I want to see Susannah throwing the plates at the wolves.
 
Hmm...I'm hesitant to spoil my mental images of the characters, but if I had to pick...

I think Viggo Mortensen has been tossed around as roland; I'm on the fence with him. It's too bad Clint Eastwood is so old...he might have best filled the role. I think King envisioned Roland as a mix of Eastwood and someone else IIRC. Hugh Jackman might work as a young Roland (susan delgado era), but I always pictured the "present" Roland as more grizzled and older. Hugh might work though, if they grizzle him up and make him look taller and more worn somehow. I don't really have a favorite for Roland.

Eddie - I'm liking Ed Norton for that one, christian bale maybe, milo ventimiglia maybe.

Susannah...maybe Jada Pinket?

No idea about Jake.
 
I'd take my chances with the slitherly things over being cooped up with all those wackjobs in the supermarket. The Soldier would be the exception, i'd snag him for weapons detail.!
 
foxyrick said:
I did like John Carpenter's 'The Fog' (in my head 'cos of 'The Mist' of course) movie, and James Herbert's 'The Fog' book (completely different story)
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James Herbert is a good writer for sure. He doesn't get so much press over here.
I have a stack of his books, must dig some out and re-read.
I remember reading the Rats (trilogy) back in the late 80's early 90's.
The third one was post-nuclear apocalypse wasn't it?
Is he still writing?
 
Most of King's work, including The Mist, is about the people and how they react to the situation they are in. The specifics of the "monster" in each work is incidental. The people usually are or create the true horror through thought, word, and deed... like the ending of The Mist.
Once you look at his work that way, you can enjoy it a whole lot more.

The second time we watched The Mist, it was soley to observe it as a shtf scenario.
Like others have said, quash the psycho extremist early.
 
tholiver said:
James Herbert is a good writer for sure. He doesn't get so much press over here.
I have a stack of his books, must dig some out and re-read.
I remember reading the Rats (trilogy) back in the late 80's early 90's.
The third one was post-nuclear apocalypse wasn't it?
Is he still writing?
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I think he's still writing, the last new one I saw was a couple of years ago though.

I read the first two Rats a long time ago, never got the third for some reason (must find one). One of my most favourite books is one of his recent ones, 'Once'. Not survival related, it's an 'adult faerytale'! Magic Cottage is another good one.

I have quite picky tastes in what I read; there aren't many authors I really like or genres I can be bothered with. Plus I don't really get much time to read any more; gone are the days when I could read a medium-sized novel in a week :(
 
LupaWolf said:
Most of King's work, including The Mist, is about the people and how they react to the situation they are in. The specifics of the "monster" in each work is incidental. The people usually are or create the true horror through thought, word, and deed... like the ending of The Mist.
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Yes good commentary and I agree that this thread is common in King's books. The SHTF is pretty much anything that causes a chaos and the story is about peoples reaction to it. All of King's heros are flawed. Even Roland is flawed in his waivering faith for his quest and self-loathing that comes with having to sacrifice everyone in his life. The ending to the Mist was fitting. I really liked that earlier comment about how every key decision by the hero in the mist was the wrong choice.

Now the ending to the Dark Tower kind of pissed me off and ends in one of those circular logic timewarp thingies that I never much like - then again maybe the ending really means that Roland is in hell and punished for what turns out to be the greed for his quest and crimes against his companions....

I like King and many of his books. The only ones I didn't like was the Dark Half books that were too formulaic pyscho stuff. King knows how to develop and describe characters wells. IT was fantastic just to show off King's ability to turn you into thinking like a kid again. The Stand was beautiful, but I much more enjoyed the front end of the book then the 2nd part.
 
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