The Salem's Lot remake is on

[CatWoman]

anyone else watching?

[m-jean03]

1. West Coast time zone here

Gonna catch it in a few hours, so no spoilers! :hi:
Or at least, warn me. :)

[DrBB]

2. Yeah, some. I keep waiting for the day

...someone really does justice to one of King's stories from this period. Yet to happen, and unlikely on TV. Worst of all are the ones King himself is involved in. He has no sense of what's actually good about his own stuff.

[wyldwolf]

3. I agree...

The problem is that King's works invest heavily in character and historical development - something not easily translated to the screen.

[AlCzervik]

4. Don't hold your breath.

I'v read everything by King and i gave up on the movies after "IT". I think one of his scariest books was Pet Cemetary, that gave me nightmares, also i loved the Talisman, i cried like a baby near then end.

[Chovexani]

5. God it is completely suck ass.

Although it's still not as bad as the worst King tv movie, The Langoliers, aka PacMan: The Movie. :P

[DrBB]

6. Actually, given how low the bar is set

...it's not that bad. Fairly faithful to the original story, which to King's benefit was written back before he was too big to have anyone edit his stuff. More grittiness than you usually get and some good TV character actors who actually seem to be a little more invested in what they're doing than than the usual phoning-it-in performance.

Better than your average King adaptation, though as I say the bar is set pretty low.

on edit: I could sure live without the voiceover though. Ugh. Fortunately they seem to drop it after the first couple of commercial breaks.

[CatWoman]

7. I didn't know the English teacher was gay

guess that flew over my head.

[WilliamPitt]

8. Underwhelmed thus far

[CatWoman]

9. I think part 2 will be better

that's where all the action is.

It plays tomorrow.

[WilliamPitt]

10. I loked the Afghanistan confrontation

The Freepery comment, and then the voice-over about mindless evil.

[theivoryqueen]

11. oh yesssss

creepy deliciouso

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

12. "Creepshow" was the only SK movie project that I liked, had that

campy E.C. horror comix thing down pat. And "Carrie." I love the books "Salem's Lot", "The Shining" and many of the short stories, but I think the movies have generally been lameness. And yes, that includes the Kubrick "Shining." Sad--I think "Shining" would be very difficult to capture in a movie (a lot of it is internal dialogue and madness/fantasy with the Jack character), but "Salem's Lot" could be made into a KICK ASS horror movie. And a classy one at that.