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Moriarty Survives An Early Trip Into Frank Darabont’s THE MIST!

Hey, everyone. “Moriarty” here.

If you had to make a list of the most influential television shows in history, I’m guessing TWILIGHT ZONE would be very, very near the top of that list. Rod Serling created the formula, but he worked with some amazing writers to create the series. Guys like Charles Beaumont, Richard Matheson, George Clayton Johnson, or Earl Hamner Jr. all contributed significantly to the show, helping to set a tone and perfect a style of storytelling that was predicated not just on twist endings that frequently blindside the audience, but that also depended on strong moral messages about the way we treat each other as human beings. There are so many writers who have grown up admiring that series, and I’m sure Stephen King counts himself among them.

It seems like as long as I’ve known Frank, he’s been attached to do THE MIST. This one’s been brewing for a while, and the thing that Frank does best in adapting King’s work is capture King’s voice. He preserves the language that makes something so recognizably King’s. Here, King was doing some pretty knowing homage to Serling’s “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street,” and Frank’s film feels like a nod to those origins, but it’s shot in a very aggressive, documentary style, which makes it feel both vintage and cutting-edge at the same time. No easy trick, that.

And, yes, to respond to some of the comments I read in our own talkbacks and elsewhere after the trailer made its debut a few weeks ago... this is a very inexpensive film. I would imagine that this was made for about what Warner Bros. spent on the catering for THE GREEN MILE. That seems to be a good thing, though. First, it knocked Frank out of his comfort zone, and as much as I like his previous films, it can be exciting to see what happens when a director throws out all the things he depended on as a stylist. Frank’s always been all about the careful compositions and the long carefully-choreographed takes, but here, he’s brought the camera crew from THE SHIELD in, and the result is this ragged, hunted energy that really suits the material. The film is intimate, claustrophobic, and as it progresses, it gets more jittery, until a turning point when a horrible calm finally sets in.

The trailer places an emphasis on the special effects sequences, and Café FX, who handled the digital work in last year’s PAN’S LABYRINTH, is busting ass right now to finish their work here, which sometimes shares the frame with the onset work that was done by KNB. The movie certainly features a few key sequences where the monsters come out to play, but this really isn’t a monster movie. I think they spent their micro-budget really well, and there’s a set piece here involving bugs and dinosaur bird creatures and fire and chaos that is just plain great. A hint of Harryhausen underscores every appearance by the monsters, and I’m dying to see the finished work on the pharmacy sequence, where I saw mainly unfinished spiders. For fans of the novella, there’s a moment near the very end of the film involving something enormous walking by on the road... you know the moment if you read it. It’s brought to haunting life here with a creature that was designed by Bernie Wrightson, and for a lifelong Wrightson fan, it’s a kick to see something that is so blatantly his brought to life. And having said all that, if the effects work doesn’t really ring your bell... well, it’s still only part of what this movie is. The things that are truly scary and upsetting about this film aren’t the effects.

Thomas Jane intrigues me. He’s a very strange, very particular actor. He can vanish into a role. He’s sort of hard to get a bead on. Is he the guy from BOOGIE NIGHTS? Is he the guy from STANDER? The guy from THURSDAY or THE VELOCITY OF GARY or THE PUNISHER? Because side by side, none of those guys seem to be the same guy, and when so many of today’s actors seem invested in creating a persona that they live from movie to movie, playing constant variations on a single theme, Jane’s one of the guys who seems determined to keep “Thomas Jane” out of focus while bringing different characters to life. David Drayton’s one of the oddest things he’s ever played. At the start of the movie, he’s Drew Struzan. Sort of literally. When you see him painting in his studio in the film’s opening moments, it’s Struzan’s work you see lining the walls, and the one he’s actually working on should be a particular blast for King fans. There’s even a moment when he’s sort of grousing about the way studios typically just slap together movie posters in Photoshop these days that is so obviously a line written by a lifelong poster art nerd like Darabont, but which cuts right to the livelihood of Struzan... it just made me laugh. It’s fairly inside baseball.

But that’s just a touch. Just a little thing. What really defines David is his fatherhood. Nathan Gamble plays Billy Drayton, David’s son, and he’s most recognizable from his role in BABEL, where he was one of the children left behind with the Mexican housekeeper in the most harrowing sequence in the movie. Watching that film in the theater, it was the scene in the desert involving Gamble and Elle Fanning and Adriana Barraza that freaked me out, set me on edge. Here, Gamble has several scenes that just gut me, and there’s a quiet conversation with Jane halfway through that tears me apart. It’s one of the simplest scenes in the film, but it’s real. It’s primal. Billy asks his dad to make him a promise. “You have to promise the very best promise that you can,” he whispers. “You have to promise you won’t let the monsters get me.” After what Billy’s seen, after what his dad’s seen, that question is no idle childhood speculation. Billy’s asking something that you can’t really ask of someone, and the notion of a ten-year-old acknowledging that he knows he’s probably about to die... that’s some dark, grim shit.

More than anything, that’s the word I’d use to describe THE MIST. “Grim.” Like I said, effects play just a small part in this film’s ultimate impact. What makes this truly horrifying is the shit we do to each other as people. Mrs. Carmody (Marcia Gay Harden) is the face of fear and extremism, and as things get worse both inside the grocery store and out over the course of this film, she emerges as a fairly persuasive human threat. I am sure some people will be upset because she’s portrayed as a religious fantatic, but she represents a valid point of view in this story. When faced with the extraordinary, it’s not a stretch to assume that many people will turn to religion to give them comfort or hope or strength. And as things wear on and get worse, Mrs. Carmody begins to prey on people’s proclivity to prayer, an insidious presence giving voice to everyone’s darkest suspicions. People want to understand. They want explanations. Carmody offers one, and she offers up “proof” that ties everything together, using scripture to somehow make sense of the hellscape they all get glimpses of in the mist. Just how far people fall apart is the substance of the film, and it escalates with a steady, awful gravity. In a way, I think part of what makes this film so shocking is that Darabont’s work as a director has always been marked by a sort of sweetness. SHAWSHANK, GREEN MILE, THE MAJESTIC...

... but not this one. This one’s jet-black, and it’s a reminder that Frank’s roots are indeed in horror. The opening moments are a sort of a tip of the hat to the tone that audiences might expect from a Darabont film, but that all goes away fairly quickly, and by the time this film reaches its shattering conclusion, you’ll understand why this didn’t get made at Paramount. You’ll understand why no studio could make or release this. You’ll understand that Frank Darabont is out to hurt you. He wants to make this horror film count. He wants it to stick to you, leave a scar. Even having read this a few years ago, seeing it play out is something else altogether. Frank’s cast really delivers in the last ten minutes or so. They hit every note just right. There are a few places earlier in the film where King’s highly-mannered small-town dialogue lays a little flat in the mouths of a few of the actors who are more naturalistic, but by the time things come to their wrenching end, everyone still in the film really nails it in moment after awful moment.

I still need to see this movie finished. I need to hear whatever final score they decide to use. I need to see the finished FX work all the way through. I need to see it color-timed, so all the darkness works on me the way it’s supposed to. But even in the state I saw it in, THE MIST is the real deal... a horror film that actually still has the ability to horrify. This isn’t a movie about cheap scares... it’s about deep scares. There are few things we are more afraid of deep down in the animal center of our brains than being devoured by the night, and this movie is a great reminder that there are things worth being afraid of, that some of them may live outside of us while others simply lay dormant in us all until some crisis awakes them. THE MIST works best when it reminds us that the genre of “horror film” is something more than just a way to score some quick opening weekend money off unsuspecting kids. At its best, the genre allows us to challenge ourselves to survival of things we can’t imagine surviving. It’s a hell of a movie, packing a much bigger punch than one would expect from such a modest production overall, and it’s a pretty significant reinvention of Darabont as a filmmaker.

Here’s hoping this experience spurs him to work again sooner rather than later. Especially if his next movie’s going to pack a brutal, unforgiving punch the way this one does.

I've still got more reviews to work through this week, but right now, I'm off to interview Sean Penn about his amazing INTO THE WILD, which I can't wait to see again. This is already one heck of a fall season, and it's just barely gotten started.



Drew McWeeny, Los Angeles

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I hope it's as good as you say.
by Novaman5000
Sep 18th, 2007
01:06:29 PM
FIRST!!!
by Dominic
Sep 18th, 2007
01:09:18 PM
Damn!!
by Dominic
Sep 18th, 2007
01:09:55 PM
Can't wait.
by Nordling
Sep 18th, 2007
01:10:03 PM
I'll echo Novaman5000.....
by just pillow talk
Sep 18th, 2007
01:17:18 PM
The Shawshank Redemption and...
by jimmy rabbitte
Sep 18th, 2007
01:37:48 PM
Good recent horror:
by Christopher3
Sep 18th, 2007
01:40:54 PM
I need to see this movie NOW!!!
by Daddylonghead
Sep 18th, 2007
01:47:12 PM
You got me wanting to see this more
by skimn
Sep 18th, 2007
01:48:20 PM
Thomas Jane is the guy from THE SWEETEST THING...
by Kubla_Khan
Sep 18th, 2007
01:48:32 PM
Kubla
by skimn
Sep 18th, 2007
01:52:44 PM
I'm dying to see this.
by Psyclops
Sep 18th, 2007
01:59:17 PM
Tom Jane's just looking for his kids
by jcrewrower2
Sep 18th, 2007
02:01:29 PM
Is Thomas Jane a homeless guy?
by tonagan
Sep 18th, 2007
02:05:35 PM
Does Andre Braugher survive in this movie?
by tonagan
Sep 18th, 2007
02:06:41 PM
I JUST WANT MY KIDS BACK!
by Quin the Eskimo
Sep 18th, 2007
02:08:08 PM
YEAH, QUIN, WELL I WANT MY DOG BACK !
by Pound Sand
Sep 18th, 2007
02:09:38 PM
microbudget?
by FranklinStreet
Sep 18th, 2007
02:09:38 PM
Just watched the trailer
by DarthJedi
Sep 18th, 2007
02:12:16 PM
All that "ragged, hunted energy" bunkum...
by Stalin vs Predator
Sep 18th, 2007
02:18:57 PM
Furthermore... it confirms my suspicion.
by Stalin vs Predator
Sep 18th, 2007
02:23:22 PM
Unless you've read the story...
by Fawst
Sep 18th, 2007
02:38:02 PM
Moriarty
by IAmLegolas
Sep 18th, 2007
02:56:55 PM
My mistake (shame on me)
by Fawst
Sep 18th, 2007
03:06:06 PM
Stalin Vs Predator
by slone13
Sep 18th, 2007
03:19:12 PM
Very Well Written
by Greenleaf1
Sep 18th, 2007
03:39:42 PM
Moriarty, answer this spoiler question for me..
by HollyW00d
Sep 18th, 2007
03:43:28 PM
I'll rent it, or download, but
by ATARI
Sep 18th, 2007
03:45:46 PM
This reads like one long excersise in damage control
by irc-Hollywood
Sep 18th, 2007
04:04:40 PM
fiester...
by -guyinthebackrow
Sep 18th, 2007
04:25:11 PM
anchorite...
by -guyinthebackrow
Sep 18th, 2007
04:26:59 PM
Crazy Christians!!!!!
by drewlicious
Sep 18th, 2007
04:49:49 PM
To paraphrase another Darabont movie...
by Nordling
Sep 18th, 2007
04:53:25 PM
You A-Holes Just WANT to Hate This
by TheBladehelm
Sep 18th, 2007
04:54:11 PM
NICE REVIEW
by THE KNIGHT
Sep 18th, 2007
04:57:16 PM
I cant wait!
by Vespalad
Sep 18th, 2007
04:57:59 PM
Stalin vs Predator, just in case you missed it...
by TheBladehelm
Sep 18th, 2007
05:07:48 PM
1408 was good
by Flipao
Sep 18th, 2007
05:24:23 PM
The Green Mile was the worst thing Darabont's ever done
by newc0253
Sep 18th, 2007
05:58:12 PM
ready to see it now
by liljuniorbrown
Sep 18th, 2007
06:03:01 PM
So When is the Next Matinee with Mori Column Coming out
by Internet Thug
Sep 18th, 2007
06:10:36 PM
Whatever Anchorlite
by TheBladehelm
Sep 18th, 2007
06:12:47 PM
Besides...
by TheBladehelm
Sep 18th, 2007
06:14:44 PM
Suprised to say...
by Tourist
Sep 18th, 2007
06:19:43 PM
the mist = dark tower world
by Jubba
Sep 18th, 2007
06:20:35 PM
I genuinely want this to work
by performingmonkey
Sep 18th, 2007
06:24:55 PM
Sounds promising, except for the "Shield" crew
by SpencerTrilby
Sep 18th, 2007
06:25:53 PM
Long Walk...
by JohnDeaux
Sep 18th, 2007
06:56:50 PM
By the way...
by JohnDeaux
Sep 18th, 2007
07:00:45 PM
I just reread "The Mist" and it was bad.
by NoDiggity
Sep 18th, 2007
07:10:28 PM
That giant beastie at the end of the story.
by Bubba Gillman
Sep 18th, 2007
07:24:18 PM
Christian Mainstream
by drewlicious
Sep 18th, 2007
07:26:58 PM
Just realised...
by kwisatzhaderach
Sep 18th, 2007
07:29:28 PM
Doesn't watching a not so complete film sometimes...
by Vamp-AICNchat
Sep 18th, 2007
07:35:31 PM
This isn’t a movie about cheap scares...
by gorydon
Sep 18th, 2007
07:42:48 PM
Kiwastzhaderach, "The Majestic" stunk.
by NoDiggity
Sep 18th, 2007
07:43:02 PM
"Deep scares, not cheap scares". Yeah, right.
by NoDiggity
Sep 18th, 2007
07:45:40 PM
Feister, I'll explain why King projects get no backing.
by NoDiggity
Sep 18th, 2007
08:15:19 PM
The schism between King fans and book critics
by Lovecraftfan
Sep 18th, 2007
08:19:16 PM
AICN chickened out, Indy spoiler article removed.
by wadi77
Sep 18th, 2007
08:23:07 PM
Lovecraftfan, "Bag of Bones" got great reviews.
by NoDiggity
Sep 18th, 2007
08:25:08 PM
Didn't Chicken Out, Wadi...
by TheRealMoriarty
Sep 18th, 2007
08:26:00 PM
I know Moriarty
by wadi77
Sep 18th, 2007
08:35:09 PM
No, I Understand...
by TheRealMoriarty
Sep 18th, 2007
08:59:47 PM
I JUST WANT MY KIDS BACK!
by s0nicdeathmonkey
Sep 18th, 2007
09:00:07 PM
Dude, Aliens cost 8-12 million.
by s0nicdeathmonkey
Sep 18th, 2007
09:01:15 PM
Bag Of Bones got great reviews only from critics
by Lovecraftfan
Sep 18th, 2007
09:01:38 PM
Steven Speilberg's Death Squad - Mission 1: COMPLETE
by Mullah Omar
Sep 18th, 2007
09:13:43 PM
For Real
by TheRealMoriarty
Sep 18th, 2007
09:28:35 PM
INDIE DIES!
by The Dum Guy
Sep 18th, 2007
09:29:28 PM
"he wished he wasn't really happy with"
by The Dum Guy
Sep 18th, 2007
09:31:44 PM
fuck yeah!
by El Borak
Sep 18th, 2007
09:32:53 PM
TheDumGuy...
by TheRealMoriarty
Sep 18th, 2007
09:34:17 PM
"He’s a very strange, very particular actor."
by El Borak
Sep 18th, 2007
09:38:38 PM
Good to hear...
by The Dum Guy
Sep 18th, 2007
09:40:32 PM
thanks mori
by El Borak
Sep 18th, 2007
09:42:40 PM
MOST Moslems are treated as clones of Osma?
by classyfredblassy
Sep 18th, 2007
10:05:58 PM
King is the craziest thing about King adaptations
by ButtfuckZydeco
Sep 18th, 2007
10:14:57 PM
Excellent review
by Osmosis Jones
Sep 18th, 2007
10:48:22 PM
ButtfuckZydeco
by The Dum Guy
Sep 18th, 2007
11:22:49 PM
Lovecraftfan: "Literary Prowess" re: Bag of Bones?
by NoDiggity
Sep 18th, 2007
11:28:25 PM
HULK SMASH STEPHEN KING!
by Cruel_Kingdom
Sep 18th, 2007
11:29:10 PM
Bag of Bones
by Cruel_Kingdom
Sep 18th, 2007
11:30:06 PM
Bag of Bones Pt. II
by Cruel_Kingdom
Sep 18th, 2007
11:31:18 PM
Dear Anchorite
by Cruel_Kingdom
Sep 18th, 2007
11:35:22 PM
Cruel_Kingdom, by "best writing in more than a decade".
by NoDiggity
Sep 18th, 2007
11:41:47 PM
NoDiggity
by Cruel_Kingdom
Sep 18th, 2007
11:46:59 PM
Cruel_Kingdom, there's always moments of beaty in King.
by NoDiggity
Sep 18th, 2007
11:50:44 PM
Dum Guy
by ButtfuckZydeco
Sep 18th, 2007
11:56:36 PM
Cruel_Kingdom "turns of phrase that read like prose"?
by NoDiggity
Sep 18th, 2007
11:56:39 PM
Buttfuck, I know how you feel.
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
12:09:32 AM
King's Writing, NoDiggity
by ye olde shiza
Sep 19th, 2007
12:09:35 AM
NoDiggity "always moments of beaty"
by Cruel_Kingdom
Sep 19th, 2007
12:10:39 AM
NoDiggity "there's always moments"
by Cruel_Kingdom
Sep 19th, 2007
12:14:59 AM
Not trying to start a war.
by ye olde shiza
Sep 19th, 2007
12:16:33 AM
Ye Old Shiza, BAG OF BONES was when he changed pubs.
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
12:29:28 AM
Christianity has done SO much more evil and Osama
by s0nicdeathmonkey
Sep 19th, 2007
01:19:53 AM
classyfredblassy Also...
by s0nicdeathmonkey
Sep 19th, 2007
01:39:14 AM
What you forgot to mention, classyfredblassy...
by DocPazuzu
Sep 19th, 2007
01:40:04 AM
s0nicdeathmonkey
by DocPazuzu
Sep 19th, 2007
01:42:21 AM
It's time for a Lost syle IT series
by Harold The Great
Sep 19th, 2007
02:44:14 AM
Bag of Bones was just fine.
by Daddylonghead
Sep 19th, 2007
03:14:44 AM
Sonic
by Lost Jarv
Sep 19th, 2007
03:53:07 AM
I thought the cartoonist was danish
by Lost Jarv
Sep 19th, 2007
03:56:12 AM
Only on AICN...
by Bobo_Vision
Sep 19th, 2007
03:58:33 AM
Lost Jarv
by DocPazuzu
Sep 19th, 2007
04:04:46 AM
Ye Old Shiza, WHAT moments of "Transcendence"?
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
04:05:29 AM
Cheers Doc
by Lost Jarv
Sep 19th, 2007
04:23:54 AM
anchorite
by Lost Jarv
Sep 19th, 2007
04:28:23 AM
In fact- just to be fair
by Lost Jarv
Sep 19th, 2007
04:35:40 AM
This movie won't just scare you .......
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
Sep 19th, 2007
04:56:43 AM
Eh. It's just a good apocalypse story.
by Ye Olde Gravy Leg
Sep 19th, 2007
05:08:17 AM
More Matinee Articles, Mori!
by theBigE
Sep 19th, 2007
05:29:52 AM
I always liked to associate the mist creatures...
by JackPumpkinhead
Sep 19th, 2007
05:36:27 AM
TheBigE And GravyLeg
by TheRealMoriarty
Sep 19th, 2007
05:37:45 AM
Jack...
by TheRealMoriarty
Sep 19th, 2007
05:39:50 AM
Well, cool.
by Ye Olde Gravy Leg
Sep 19th, 2007
05:51:49 AM
As long as the kid dies, I'll be happy...
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Sep 19th, 2007
06:44:38 AM
Sorry...
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Sep 19th, 2007
06:46:04 AM
DocPazuzu, great, glad there were some condemned
by classyfredblassy
Sep 19th, 2007
06:57:16 AM
DocPazuzu, great, glad there were some condemned
by classyfredblassy
Sep 19th, 2007
06:57:19 AM
classyfredblassy
by Lost Jarv
Sep 19th, 2007
07:26:13 AM
I would've loved to see you fuckers in the "Dogma" TB
by Rickey Henderson
Sep 19th, 2007
08:15:08 AM
Is that true Rickey?
by Lost Jarv
Sep 19th, 2007
08:18:09 AM
But arguing is a way of life for talkbackers
by Cruel_Kingdom
Sep 19th, 2007
08:20:30 AM
Krazy Khristians...
by micturatingbenjamin
Sep 19th, 2007
08:20:36 AM
re: Krazy Kristians
by Cruel_Kingdom
Sep 19th, 2007
08:22:18 AM
Lost Jarv, let me get this straight,
by classyfredblassy
Sep 19th, 2007
08:25:40 AM
Apart from Divisive Rhetoric...
by micturatingbenjamin
Sep 19th, 2007
08:27:39 AM
Khoresh example
by classyfredblassy
Sep 19th, 2007
08:29:57 AM
It's OSAMA, not Osma, goddammit
by Cruel_Kingdom
Sep 19th, 2007
08:35:26 AM
classy-
by Lost Jarv
Sep 19th, 2007
08:35:32 AM
bollocks to this stupid argument anyway
by Lost Jarv
Sep 19th, 2007
08:37:52 AM
Cruel_Kingdom thanks!
by classyfredblassy
Sep 19th, 2007
08:38:13 AM
Damn you are illiterate
by Cruel_Kingdom
Sep 19th, 2007
08:38:56 AM
Even your name is misspelled, lol
by Cruel_Kingdom
Sep 19th, 2007
08:41:14 AM
Freddy Blassy...
by micturatingbenjamin
Sep 19th, 2007
08:41:49 AM
Spelling Errors...
by micturatingbenjamin
Sep 19th, 2007
08:47:28 AM
Lost Jarv, let me get this straight,
by classyfredblassy
Sep 19th, 2007
08:50:05 AM
morons :)
by Harold The Great
Sep 19th, 2007
08:55:35 AM
Whoa...Freddy...Uh...
by micturatingbenjamin
Sep 19th, 2007
08:57:14 AM
Yeah Lost Jarv, it's true
by Rickey Henderson
Sep 19th, 2007
08:59:20 AM
You are such an utter shitbag
by Lost Jarv
Sep 19th, 2007
08:59:32 AM
micturatingbenjamin you're wrong
by classyfredblassy
Sep 19th, 2007
09:00:17 AM
Swamp Donkey= Character in Shrek
by classyfredblassy
Sep 19th, 2007
09:02:32 AM
and furthermore,
by Lost Jarv
Sep 19th, 2007
09:04:55 AM
I've never done this before, but...
by Lost Jarv
Sep 19th, 2007
09:08:18 AM
I brought up the Cameron "discovery"
by classyfredblassy
Sep 19th, 2007
09:14:52 AM
fucken typos
by Lost Jarv
Sep 19th, 2007
09:15:55 AM
Uh...Okay...
by micturatingbenjamin
Sep 19th, 2007
09:17:12 AM
Personally, I think the Satanic Verses deserves a fatwa
by Lost Jarv
Sep 19th, 2007
09:18:26 AM
Lost Jarv, you are total tool
by TheBloop
Sep 19th, 2007
09:19:42 AM
Also...
by micturatingbenjamin
Sep 19th, 2007
09:21:54 AM
Don't feel badChristians who get their throats cut?
by classyfredblassy
Sep 19th, 2007
09:24:56 AM
So they all die ?
by bluelou_boyle
Sep 19th, 2007
09:25:52 AM
yeah Salman Rushdie's a real hack
by TheBloop
Sep 19th, 2007
09:26:37 AM
Wow, Bloop, You are stupid.
by Lost Jarv
Sep 19th, 2007
09:26:58 AM
Again, bloopy
by Lost Jarv
Sep 19th, 2007
09:28:15 AM
or even "facetious"
by Lost Jarv
Sep 19th, 2007
09:28:53 AM
Classy..
by micturatingbenjamin
Sep 19th, 2007
09:31:13 AM
How can you diss Sleepwalkers, micturatingbenjamin???
by Nice Marmot
Sep 19th, 2007
09:42:10 AM
Hindu prayer in Congress
by classyfredblassy
Sep 19th, 2007
09:45:09 AM
So If the law says, "no blacks"
by TheBloop
Sep 19th, 2007
09:49:28 AM
NoDiggity- You really dont like King do you.
by Lovecraftfan
Sep 19th, 2007
10:07:56 AM
Pretty Much, Bloop.
by micturatingbenjamin
Sep 19th, 2007
10:11:06 AM
"It’s fairly inside baseball."
by Seph_J
Sep 19th, 2007
10:13:25 AM
CAN'T WAIT FOR YOUR SEAN PENN INTERVIEW, MORI
by BringingSexyBack
Sep 19th, 2007
10:16:41 AM
Actually, micturatingbenjamin...
by DocPazuzu
Sep 19th, 2007
10:25:31 AM
..oh and micturatingbenjamin...
by DocPazuzu
Sep 19th, 2007
10:28:02 AM
hypocritical to say hypocritical
by classyfredblassy
Sep 19th, 2007
10:31:30 AM
micturatingbenjamin, using your logic
by TheBloop
Sep 19th, 2007
10:33:43 AM
classyfredblassy
by DocPazuzu
Sep 19th, 2007
10:36:18 AM
DocPazuzum the comparison is of
by classyfredblassy
Sep 19th, 2007
10:41:00 AM
Latino Review still had the INDY 4 story up...
by Sequitur
Sep 19th, 2007
10:42:46 AM
My point is...
by DocPazuzu
Sep 19th, 2007
11:01:54 AM
Lovecraftfan, Nah, I don't hate King's work.
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
11:14:59 AM
Cold, Cold, Shit
by micturatingbenjamin
Sep 19th, 2007
11:27:19 AM
micturatingbenjamin, the more you talk
by TheBloop
Sep 19th, 2007
11:35:16 AM
Using my logic, Bloop...
by micturatingbenjamin
Sep 19th, 2007
11:37:23 AM
Like I said, micturatingbenjamin...
by DocPazuzu
Sep 19th, 2007
11:37:26 AM
Holy fucking shit: Tony Almeida Lives!
by Rickey Henderson
Sep 19th, 2007
11:38:50 AM
I read that too Rickey...
by just pillow talk
Sep 19th, 2007
11:44:20 AM
Pazuzu...
by micturatingbenjamin
Sep 19th, 2007
11:48:14 AM
Indeed Pillow, and they freaking need Tony too
by Rickey Henderson
Sep 19th, 2007
11:48:39 AM
Nice Review
by FILMFUNK
Sep 19th, 2007
11:49:00 AM
Extending the hand of fellowship...
by micturatingbenjamin
Sep 19th, 2007
11:59:47 AM
Batman and Robin was better than Fantastic Four
by classyfredblassy
Sep 19th, 2007
12:12:12 PM
Inside Baseball
by micturatingbenjamin
Sep 19th, 2007
12:12:51 PM
micturatingbenjamin, one last question...
by TheBloop
Sep 19th, 2007
12:14:15 PM
Fawst/"The Mist" is indeed part of the "Tower" saga
by Scrivener1701
Sep 19th, 2007
12:20:11 PM
Uh...Hrm...
by micturatingbenjamin
Sep 19th, 2007
12:20:21 PM
Mori, the big guy at the end...
by Somerichs
Sep 19th, 2007
12:22:32 PM
I'll pretend you didn't mention them Rickey...
by just pillow talk
Sep 19th, 2007
12:22:35 PM
Freddy...
by micturatingbenjamin
Sep 19th, 2007
12:23:13 PM
Hey Mori!
by Abin Sur
Sep 19th, 2007
12:26:56 PM
NoDiggity/Misogynisitc? Huh?
by Scrivener1701
Sep 19th, 2007
12:35:17 PM
SILVER BULLET
by classyfredblassy
Sep 19th, 2007
12:36:44 PM
Jack
by micturatingbenjamin
Sep 19th, 2007
12:38:23 PM
A Return to Salem's Lot?
by micturatingbenjamin
Sep 19th, 2007
12:40:13 PM
Moriarty/Breaking an NDA
by Scrivener1701
Sep 19th, 2007
12:45:28 PM
Scrivener, Mori and Harry are holding out hope...
by Abin Sur
Sep 19th, 2007
01:06:46 PM
Response to SK229 re: Colorists
by micturatingbenjamin
Sep 19th, 2007
01:08:35 PM
Scrivener, don't be an annoying bitch
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
01:56:45 PM
Awesome review Moriarty.
by heyscot
Sep 19th, 2007
02:00:43 PM
Krack
by Scrivener1701
Sep 19th, 2007
02:02:49 PM
NoDiggity/Writing a woman as an antagonist...
by Scrivener1701
Sep 19th, 2007
02:31:58 PM
DocPazuzu
by s0nicdeathmonkey
Sep 19th, 2007
03:01:20 PM
DH has the INDY 4 spoilers story up!
by Sequitur
Sep 19th, 2007
03:15:15 PM
s0nicdeathmonkey
by DocPazuzu
Sep 19th, 2007
04:00:21 PM
Crazy Christians and Magic Children
by kevinwillis.net
Sep 19th, 2007
04:46:32 PM
Why are you haters...
by DocPazuzu
Sep 19th, 2007
04:53:34 PM
We now return you...
by DocPazuzu
Sep 19th, 2007
05:00:20 PM
Scrivener ....
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
05:10:00 PM
Doc Pazuzu, try this for "Hate Fu" (spoilers for Indy)
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
05:17:06 PM
SoylentMean, you ignorant slut
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
05:36:11 PM
NoDiggity
by DocPazuzu
Sep 19th, 2007
05:38:56 PM
"ALIENS was a heavy remake of ALIEN."
by DocPazuzu
Sep 19th, 2007
05:40:26 PM
DocPazuzu, is that all you want from it though?
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
05:44:27 PM
"a cheap pulpification of the Cold War."
by DocPazuzu
Sep 19th, 2007
05:46:31 PM
ALIENS was a heavy remake of ALIEN
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
05:48:21 PM
NoDiggity
by DocPazuzu
Sep 19th, 2007
05:56:19 PM
More "remake" qualities to ALIENS
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
06:06:17 PM
Like I said, NoDiggity...
by DocPazuzu
Sep 19th, 2007
06:11:19 PM
Aliens = Alien remake? Are you daft?
by BringingSexyBack
Sep 19th, 2007
06:21:16 PM
DocPazuzu, so any "pulpification" in a film is okay ?
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
06:22:14 PM
NoDiggity, you idiot.
by DocPazuzu
Sep 19th, 2007
06:27:55 PM
anchorite
by one9deuce
Sep 19th, 2007
06:28:05 PM
No, "pulpification"...
by DocPazuzu
Sep 19th, 2007
06:29:32 PM
BringingSexyBack, the atmosphere is largely copied too.
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
06:30:35 PM
Pazuzu is right - Germans were victims of the Nazis
by BringingSexyBack
Sep 19th, 2007
06:31:53 PM
A question, NoDiggity:
by DocPazuzu
Sep 19th, 2007
06:35:12 PM
TomBodet, about Velazquez.
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
06:36:29 PM
NoDiggity
by DocPazuzu
Sep 19th, 2007
06:40:46 PM
NoDiggity
by DocPazuzu
Sep 19th, 2007
06:43:14 PM
You know what, in RAIDERS even the Nazis were human.
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
06:43:18 PM
Another ALIEN/ALIENS similarity!!!!
by Sequitur
Sep 19th, 2007
06:45:42 PM
"they mostly seemed like human beings."
by DocPazuzu
Sep 19th, 2007
06:48:34 PM
TomBodet, taking the far-left side of the moonbats
by classyfredblassy
Sep 19th, 2007
06:49:11 PM
"just replace Nazis with Commies"
by DocPazuzu
Sep 19th, 2007
06:51:40 PM
DocPazuzu, which character is Apone? Jog my memory.
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
06:52:32 PM
Aliens will bear some resemblance to Alien
by BringingSexyBack
Sep 19th, 2007
06:54:59 PM
Bringing Sexy, on significant diff in the characters ..
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
06:57:22 PM
"So stop going on about the superficial...
by DocPazuzu
Sep 19th, 2007
06:57:55 PM
No way Diggity. Aliens characters were all very well
by BringingSexyBack
Sep 19th, 2007
07:02:08 PM
Pazuzu, they weren't superficial.
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
07:02:55 PM
New episode of Top Chef on tonight
by BringingSexyBack
Sep 19th, 2007
07:03:04 PM
Aliens = Illegal Mexicans
by BringingSexyBack
Sep 19th, 2007
07:07:38 PM
At least the Aliens don't fuck horses
by BringingSexyBack
Sep 19th, 2007
07:08:35 PM
Aliens = Chinese toy manufacturers
by BringingSexyBack
Sep 19th, 2007
07:09:47 PM
SO to get this thread back to it's origins ...
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
07:10:18 PM
Aliens = White slavers in Africa circa 1700s
by BringingSexyBack
Sep 19th, 2007
07:11:06 PM
NoDiggity
by Mr. Nice Gaius
Sep 19th, 2007
07:18:55 PM
Oh, and Pazuzu, about Drake ...
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
07:19:12 PM
Nice Gaius, why stoop to insults?
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
07:25:26 PM
Classyfredblassy is a cunt.
by Ye Olde Gravy Leg
Sep 19th, 2007
07:39:14 PM
Soylent, No, I'm not.
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
07:39:49 PM
Oh, re: Parker/Brett vs. Velazquez/Drake ...
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
07:41:45 PM
My apoligies, Pazuzu. It was Soylent
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
07:44:54 PM
NoDiggity - I never stoop.
by Mr. Nice Gaius
Sep 19th, 2007
07:49:02 PM
Soylent, if the entire crew had survived ALIEN ...
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
07:53:13 PM
Okay, you are joking again.
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
08:02:40 PM
Ah, you're such a card, Soylent.
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
08:07:29 PM
What ?
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
08:11:40 PM
Ah. We need a new word for "Sequel that's also a remake
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
08:16:29 PM
NoDiggity
by one9deuce
Sep 19th, 2007
08:17:19 PM
One9Deuce, my point was that ALIENS has way too many
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
08:22:11 PM
Soylent, you reminded me of another parallel.
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
08:27:03 PM
NoDiggity
by one9deuce
Sep 19th, 2007
08:29:34 PM
NoDiggity
by Scrivener1701
Sep 19th, 2007
08:39:09 PM
NEWT IN ALIENS = JONESY IN ALIEN
by BringingSexyBack
Sep 19th, 2007
08:43:39 PM
ACID FOR BLOOD = ISLAMO-TERRORISM
by BringingSexyBack
Sep 19th, 2007
08:44:44 PM
JESSE JACKSON ACCUSED OBAMA OF 'ACTING WHITE'
by BringingSexyBack
Sep 19th, 2007
08:58:46 PM
Tom Bodet ...
by NoDiggity
Sep 19th, 2007
09:19:21 PM
Actually, NoDiggity has sold me on the remake thing....
by The Dum Guy
Sep 19th, 2007
09:46:26 PM
NoDiggity, you should write a book on this stuff
by Cruel_Kingdom
Sep 19th, 2007
10:27:48 PM
I reall want to see this.
by TattooedBillionaire
Sep 19th, 2007
11:41:37 PM
Scrivener, I mistyped. I meant "Textbook example"
by NoDiggity
Sep 20th, 2007
12:36:51 AM
NoDiggity
by DocPazuzu
Sep 20th, 2007
02:13:39 AM
Pazuzu, is this a game for you?
by NoDiggity
Sep 20th, 2007
02:29:19 AM
Seriously, Pazuzu
by NoDiggity
Sep 20th, 2007
02:37:24 AM
TO CLARIFY...
by NoDiggity
Sep 20th, 2007
02:49:37 AM
Just... stop... please....
by DocPazuzu
Sep 20th, 2007
03:53:21 AM
Pazuzu. Whatever.
by NoDiggity
Sep 20th, 2007
03:56:28 AM
Parallels: Dallas=Gorman, Kane=Apone, Ripley=Hick
by NoDiggity
Sep 20th, 2007
04:05:04 AM
There you go, Pazuzu. You forced me to look it up.
by NoDiggity
Sep 20th, 2007
04:10:17 AM
Actually, NoDiggity...
by DocPazuzu
Sep 20th, 2007
04:22:41 AM
What's more...
by DocPazuzu
Sep 20th, 2007
04:24:24 AM
Pazuzu, your objection is WHAT?
by NoDiggity
Sep 20th, 2007
04:45:00 AM
And you debated WHO, and it means WHAT?
by NoDiggity
Sep 20th, 2007
04:56:48 AM
Tom Bodet .... What is your problem?
by NoDiggity
Sep 20th, 2007
05:54:54 AM
TomBodet= an uglier Neville Chamberlain
by classyfredblassy
Sep 20th, 2007
06:57:38 AM
ASSHOLES AND ELBOWS!!! ASSHOLES AND ELBOWS!!!
by BringingSexyBack
Sep 20th, 2007
07:04:13 AM
Shhh .... Classyfredblassy is apparently unaware
by BringingSexyBack
Sep 20th, 2007
07:10:46 AM
If Bush was President during WWII
by BringingSexyBack
Sep 20th, 2007
07:17:25 AM
NoDiggity
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
Sep 20th, 2007
07:18:28 AM
If Bush was President he would let millions of Africans
by BringingSexyBack
Sep 20th, 2007
07:23:58 AM
Jesse Jackson says the march in Jena is like the march
by BringingSexyBack
Sep 20th, 2007
07:33:23 AM
Leviathan is a remake of Alien
by BringingSexyBack
Sep 20th, 2007
07:38:12 AM
The new Accord is a remake of the BMW 5 Series
by BringingSexyBack
Sep 20th, 2007
07:39:08 AM
I miss that old Horsefucker, I really do....
by BangoSkank
Sep 20th, 2007
07:39:30 AM
FDR has about as much in common...
by classyfredblassy
Sep 20th, 2007
08:36:19 AM
So Assyfredblassy speaks of nuanced thinking
by BringingSexyBack
Sep 20th, 2007
09:44:57 AM
BringingSexyBack would Penis Head be better?
by classyfredblassy
Sep 20th, 2007
10:29:34 AM
Guys, All I have to say is
by Kloipy
Sep 20th, 2007
10:44:39 AM
If NoDiggity Didn't like Aliens
by kevinwillis.net
Sep 20th, 2007
10:50:05 AM
You Fuckin Idiots!
by Knuckleduster
Sep 20th, 2007
11:40:04 AM
Mac and Me > Short Circuit
by classyfredblassy
Sep 20th, 2007
11:42:57 AM
Hi guys!
by Blue_Demon
Sep 20th, 2007
11:50:02 AM
The Behemoth is Kathy Bates Vagina=Gaping Maw
by Kloipy
Sep 20th, 2007
11:55:28 AM
Of course it's a remake.
by Gilkuliehe
Sep 20th, 2007
12:36:07 PM
Frank = Parker.
by Gilkuliehe
Sep 20th, 2007
12:40:47 PM
Horror films don't scare anymore.
by rbatty024
Sep 20th, 2007
01:25:02 PM
its sad u have to point out its from A.D.
by batmanthehorse
Sep 20th, 2007
02:33:15 PM
most muslims love xbox and halo 3 and toothpaste
by batmanthehorse
Sep 20th, 2007
02:36:01 PM
rbatty
by skimn
Sep 20th, 2007
03:06:18 PM
Soylent
by skimn
Sep 20th, 2007
03:29:47 PM
I'm not kidding about Jonesey equalling Newt
by NoDiggity
Sep 20th, 2007
03:54:22 PM
Nodiggity
by skimn
Sep 20th, 2007
04:29:12 PM
Why THE MIST sucked as a story, and the movie might.
by NoDiggity
Sep 20th, 2007
04:37:05 PM
"I'm not kidding about Jonesey equalling Newt"
by Gilkuliehe
Sep 20th, 2007
04:37:08 PM
Gilkuliehe, they are the same in FUNCTION
by NoDiggity
Sep 20th, 2007
04:40:34 PM
Skimn, that "difference" is a thin skin over the Ripoff
by NoDiggity
Sep 20th, 2007
05:06:12 PM
Shush, SoylentMean ...
by NoDiggity
Sep 20th, 2007
05:13:34 PM
Damn you Nodiggity
by Gilkuliehe
Sep 20th, 2007
06:07:11 PM
Gilkuehe, you felt the "Mother vs. Mother" theme?
by NoDiggity
Sep 20th, 2007
06:16:25 PM
D.Vader.
by Gilkuliehe
Sep 20th, 2007
06:47:23 PM
howsaboot a movie called The Fart...
by theonecalledshoe
Sep 20th, 2007
07:31:15 PM
SoylentMean, I don't see no damn unicorn...
by The Dum Guy
Sep 20th, 2007
07:49:07 PM
D.Vader, you have it backwards, I think.
by NoDiggity
Sep 20th, 2007
08:00:55 PM
Why would Cameron admit he ripped off the Alien Script?
by NoDiggity
Sep 20th, 2007
08:10:49 PM
Sounds interesting
by Lilana
Sep 20th, 2007
08:17:32 PM
This thread was fun.
by NoDiggity
Sep 20th, 2007
11:33:58 PM
Really excellent review, Mori.
by LoneGun
Sep 21st, 2007
12:21:50 AM
It seems pretty obvious to me...
by DocPazuzu
Sep 21st, 2007
01:05:29 AM
If the "daughter of Ripley"scene was so important
by NoDiggity
Sep 21st, 2007
02:01:17 AM
Final Explanation for Pazuzu
by NoDiggity
Sep 21st, 2007
02:13:00 AM
Again with the pick-n-choose.
by DocPazuzu
Sep 21st, 2007
02:13:38 AM
Pazuzu, a reinstated scene is relevant ...
by NoDiggity
Sep 21st, 2007
02:29:03 AM
All right. Goodbye, thread.
by NoDiggity
Sep 21st, 2007
03:03:01 AM
NoDiggity
by DocPazuzu
Sep 21st, 2007
05:34:12 AM
Nodiggity
by skimn
Sep 21st, 2007
10:33:39 AM
Nodiggity
by Lost Jarv
Sep 26th, 2007
11:24:11 AM

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