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[urbpan]

In this installment I review Stephen King's Dreamcatcher, which borrows from many other stories, but innovates by having the main characters be telepathic, and by moving the scariest monster scene into the bathroom. I innovate by using the word "assweasel." (In the movie they use a slightly more offensive word.)

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Comments

[morgi.livejournal.com]

What's the promotional tagline, "Just when you thought it was safe to take a dump?"

[candent.livejournal.com]

Haha!!!

[aemiis-zoo.livejournal.com]

Have you seen Stephen King's "Desperation:. Mark bought it for me from the $5.50 bin at Wal-Mart and I wasn't impressed. I am curious as to your thoughts on it (if you have seen it).

[brush-rat.livejournal.com]

Whooof. In the waaaay discount bin already? I read the book and was interested in seeing the movie but it just slipped by which is never a good sign.

[aemiis-zoo.livejournal.com]

Did you like the book?

[brush-rat.livejournal.com]

I did, although some of that was due to it being the rare book set in Nevada that wasn't set in Las Vegas. Very creepy, very disturbing , particularly in the beginning when it's dealing with the small town cop, with absolute authority within his tiny little dominion. It kind of falls apart in the end when the supernatural baddy is revealed, but a good read. Oddly enough, he wrote the story twice, the second time as Bachman using a lot of the same names and gimmicks but in a completely different setting.

[aemiis-zoo.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...odd...I wonder why he felt the need to write the same story twice?

*ponder*

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

I have not seen it. Apparently it was made for TV. I like Ron Perlman, and it sounds like he was pretty good in it. The netflix members reviews are mostly people who had read the book and were very very disappointed with the adaptation.

I haven't read it, so I might like it more than others.

"An unbridled source of evil" makes Mark think of me

[aemiis-zoo.livejournal.com]

I didn't read the book either, and I still didn't like it. It was just odd. It had some sort of pseudo-religious theme, kind of like "The Stand", but without its redeeming qualities.