tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17244873.post116366347590401689..comments2024-03-28T01:09:15.056-07:00Comments on Horrorthon: The Dead ZoneOctopunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14948127593611773731noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17244873.post-1163682777536164842006-11-16T05:12:00.000-08:002006-11-16T05:12:00.000-08:00The first King book I ever read was Cujo and I nev...The first King book I ever read was Cujo and I never looked back.JPXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03213973405902714780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17244873.post-1163677333201450432006-11-16T03:42:00.000-08:002006-11-16T03:42:00.000-08:00This was the first Stephen King I read. In 1978 I ...This was the first Stephen King I read. In 1978 I saw the poster for the paperback of "The Stand" on the subway (while going somewhere with my Dad, who, at that time, would lean in and say, "The next stop is ours") and I was fascinated by the Bosch-style image of the two figures with swords. I asked my friend Marc Sedaka for that book for my birthday; he couldn't find it, so he bought me "The Dead Zone," which had just come out. It's actually my least-favorite 70s King novel, which doesn't mean it's bad at all: just not as good as those other stunners from that decade. The movie reminds me of when Cronenberg knew what he was doing, before he started making overrated crap like "History of Violence."Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04915554155202804189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17244873.post-1163675560645431352006-11-16T03:12:00.000-08:002006-11-16T03:12:00.000-08:00A lot of talent in this movie, including a score b...A lot of talent in this movie, including a score by Michael Kamen (Pink Floyd The Wall, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon) and a title sequence by my favorites of all time, R/Greenberg associates (Ghostbusters, Superman, Alien, Untouchables, countless others) who basically invented the style of "We'll slowly build the logo -- the same logo as the poster, because we know what we're doing -- as a piece of precise animation, using the screen as our canvas, while really good typography will give you everything else, and, when the typography is complete, the logo will have finished constructing itself." I'm sure you guys know what I'm talking about; especially you, Summerisle, because you just watched The Dead Zone.<BR/><BR/>What the hell are we all doing up at this hour?Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04915554155202804189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17244873.post-1163672276511633272006-11-16T02:17:00.000-08:002006-11-16T02:17:00.000-08:00With that logic problem I always favor the "T-Rex ...With that logic problem I always favor the "T-Rex in Vienna" scenario. You have to maintain some random factors.<BR/><BR/>I remember reading this book at my cousin's house in New Hampshire and I just couldn't put it down. I liked the movie, too. There's a great bit where the father of one of Johnny's students isn't listening to him and he smashes some furniture with his cane. Also, the Martin Sheen vision is way more clear in the movie. I was fairly young when I read it and didn't get the metaphoric visions the way I understood the movie's straightforward approach.<BR/><BR/>And Brooke Adams (who plays Johnny's would-be girlfriend) was in the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Groovy.Octopunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948127593611773731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17244873.post-1163664016748631682006-11-16T00:00:00.000-08:002006-11-16T00:00:00.000-08:00Re: That Hitler hypothetical always bothered me be...Re: That Hitler hypothetical always bothered me because it seemed to be a moral trap set by self-righteous jackasses designed to get you to admit that you would take innocent life. The "correct" response is supposedly "No, I wouldn't kill him, I'd <I>love</I> him and teach him to respect others and blah blah." <BR/><BR/>What I would do? I'd go back and kidnap adult Hitler, take <I>him</I> back in time to child Hitler and force the adult to watch me kill his youthful version by hanging him by the testicles from a ceiling fan set to super-fast until they both die simultaneously.Johnny Sweatpantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00096734271846528993noreply@blogger.com