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Thomas Jane wanders through THE MIST to find Tentacles, Bugs, Flying Batwinged Thing and Spiders... Oh My!

First! by The Rondo Hatton Blues Explosion	Oct 5th, 2007 02:51:02 PM
yep.
Worms of Hell by Stallion_Cornell	Oct 5th, 2007 02:51:27 PM
I'd offer you a biscuit, but I don't like you very much.
The Mist finally here by CarmillaVonDoom	Oct 5th, 2007 02:51:45 PM
Wasn't Romero attached to this a long time ago?
Holy crap. by The Rondo Hatton Blues Explosion	Oct 5th, 2007 02:54:36 PM
I actually made it! I ROCK!! WOOOHOOOFUCKIN'YEAH!!! Um...kinda anticlimatic, really.
do we need the spoiler in the title by Norm3	Oct 5th, 2007 02:58:45 PM
Thanx Harry!
When is this coming out? by THE KNIGHT	Oct 5th, 2007 03:05:01 PM
?
Thomas Jane IS Roland by Guy Who Got A Headache And Accidentally Saves The World	Oct 5th, 2007 03:05:24 PM
Piss on 19, AND PISS ON J.J. ABRAMS
Can't WAIT by Acappellaman	Oct 5th, 2007 03:08:05 PM
I've been waiting for this movie ever since I read the short story many many years ago. So far, so good. Everything looks almost exactly like I pictured it in my head.
wow by liljuniorbrown	Oct 5th, 2007 03:08:13 PM
I have got to see this movie ASAP. Tom Jane is so kick ass, and that kid ,I swear, he seems seriously scared to death. Damn, how could anybody think this movie is going to be bad? Mr.King has to be excited as all get out.
"The best King adaptations"? by JackPumpkinhead	Oct 5th, 2007 03:11:58 PM
Wait, is this news item about David Cronenberg and Tommy Lee Wallace, then? Since they are the ones who made the best King adaptations, it must be...
Romero was attached.... by liljuniorbrown	Oct 5th, 2007 03:12:01 PM
To every book King did at one point. King is in love with the guy and would let him direct his families home movies if he could. I know for a fact he was attached to The Mist, The Stand, and there were talks about him doing Cell for like a split second. Anyways, can't get enough of this movie already.
the cgi... by loafroaster	Oct 5th, 2007 03:18:36 PM
...still looks a bit ropey, but I'm still looking forward to this. The short story was a great, no-nonsense creature feature
Tom Jane WOULD make a good Roland by Vespalad	Oct 5th, 2007 03:22:26 PM
My personal choice for Roland would have to be Gary Oldman, though. Jane is almost too pretty-boy for the role...don't forget Eddie calls him Long, Tall, and UGLY. That's one of the things I DON'T like about the Marvel DT comics...Jae Lee made Roland too pretty-boy for my tastes. I can't wait for the next series, which actually contains NEW DT material and doesn't just re-hash what we already know. But yeah, the Mist is going to ROCK!!! It's the first movie I've been excited to see all year.
Can't wait! by Black And Gold	Oct 5th, 2007 03:23:37 PM
Just re-read the story after almost 2 decades and the tension is unbelievable. Really looking forward to this one.
Romero directed... by loafroaster	Oct 5th, 2007 03:26:48 PM
...the piss-poor Dark Half movie, which was a great book. If he doesn't direct another King adaptation, I'll be happy.
BAD...BAD...BAD CGI. by Batutta	Oct 5th, 2007 03:29:41 PM
I don't normally complain about these things, but come on, I've seen stuff bettern than that on the sci-fi channel. I expect more from a studio movie.
Oh brother, by pretentiousboy	Oct 5th, 2007 03:30:06 PM
Movies today are getting so bad that made for tv movies (like this one in quality) are now at par to get a theatrical release. Stephen King, please retire.
Wow! by TommyShag	Oct 5th, 2007 03:35:52 PM
It all looks awesome. I cannot wait!!
CGI tentacles by Juju the Journalist	Oct 5th, 2007 03:36:01 PM
I mean, don't the tentacles CGI look ugly??? Look like a cartoon!!
What do you want more???? by rost	Oct 5th, 2007 03:38:39 PM
Here's a MONSTER-MOVIE!!! ARE YOU WAITING FOR CLUBBERFUCK ARE WHATEVER IT'S CALLED????
Make it or by rost	Oct 5th, 2007 03:39:38 PM
...
The CG by HEADGEEK	Oct 5th, 2007 03:40:51 PM
From what I've heard - Darabont has been directing the visual effects companies to make the CG less photo-real and more like a Stop-Motion creature - sort of like the CG in MARS ATTACKS! We'll see how it works in the context with the film.
Didn't the tentacle suckers have teeth? by ButtfuckZydeco	Oct 5th, 2007 03:43:54 PM
in the story? I thought the tentacles looked pretty weak, but the rest was just fine.
Dig it and Dig it DEEP... by BoggyCreekBeast	Oct 5th, 2007 03:45:56 PM
...The Mist will be great. Or not.
Religious Fanatics by gboybama	Oct 5th, 2007 03:47:34 PM
See the clip entitled 'We Want The Boy?' Yeah, we know the first thing slightly unhinged Christians would do whenever the going gets tough is fall back on human sacrifice. It's been so long since I read the story that I don't remember if that's in there. If it is, nice work King. He's made a living on that particularly tiresome trope, hasn't he?
Bad CGI...seriously. by 7pointedstar	Oct 5th, 2007 03:49:03 PM
That just looked cheap. The bugs looked okay. The spider, eh. But those tentacles? Lame. So freaking lame. And the "stop-motion look" excuse doesn't work. It wasn't the motion that made the tentacles look bad, it was how completely fake they looked. Apparently, the artists need to learn a little thing about light and shadow. God, I hope those aren't finished effects. It looks more like a Sci-Fi Channel original movie.
that first one by frankenfickle	Oct 5th, 2007 03:57:13 PM
i like how the kid bonks his head on the door as he's getting dragged out. reminds me of that time when star wars was cool and did not suck, and the stormtrooper hit his head on the blast door. good times. anyhoo, that scene was absolutely laughable. didn't make it through to the rest.
The story does not slam Christians by Lovecraftfan	Oct 5th, 2007 04:11:26 PM
I love this idea that if its in the movie its gotta be in the story. In the story the woman was kind of a cross of being religous and backwoods superstition. It was not a slam against Christians.
Never read the story. by mrfan	Oct 5th, 2007 04:18:12 PM
Seriously. Would it be worth my time to read it. Thanks.
Like the CG in Mars Attacks? by Batutta	Oct 5th, 2007 04:19:06 PM
Because that movie was so scary. Why do tentacles in CG anyway? That's something quite achievable with real creature effects. Was Stan Winston booked up?
Not sold on that stop motion notion... by KillaKane	Oct 5th, 2007 04:23:11 PM
Darabont's a skillful writer/director, I'm sure it's going to deliver the goods in terms of it's performances and the creep factor, but that tentacle clip looked like it was rendered and comped in a day. Hope that retrograde CGI get's some tweaking before release.
Tentacles by Ironmuskrat	Oct 5th, 2007 04:25:28 PM
Not to prejudge the movie too much but the tentacle SFX was just plan bad. But even worse is the scene went by too fast. In the book the tentacle attack was one of the more intense moments in the story. In the Mist the kid is slowly dragged out of the dock door while everyone is trying to pull him back. After a struggle the people trying to help the kid realize they can't fight the strength of the tentacle and the poor kid is lost screaming and kicking into the mist. There is a real sense of foreboding after the attack that what is happening isn't going away and everyone in the store is basically screwed.
The tentacles !! (first clip) by Cleyu	Oct 5th, 2007 04:29:35 PM
Very poor fx........holy shit.
Special effects look like a bad SciFi Network movie by krack	Oct 5th, 2007 04:29:57 PM
That tenticle clip looked bad, and more importantly, not scary at all.
Romero........Directing The Mist? by RoarsLoudly	Oct 5th, 2007 04:31:52 PM
Thank goodness that didn't happen. Outside of some things Darabount sure seems headed in the right direction with this. The CGI work needs WORK!
VFX is not done yet by killgore23	Oct 5th, 2007 04:32:48 PM
Guys those are all temp effects from 3 months ago. The film is still being worked on. Hang in there the stuff looks great!
Jane is NOT Roland. by Fawst	Oct 5th, 2007 04:51:45 PM
My personal choice originally was Eion Bailey in about 5 years. But as others have pointed out to me, Viggo Fuckin' Mortenson would be aces.
I don't mind if it looks a touch ropey by FILMFUNK	Oct 5th, 2007 04:55:53 PM
I don't know why either as I'm usually the first to get annoyed at shit effects but the atmosphere is all there and then some with a great cast and story and I've been watching the old Superman A LOT recently as my kid's obsessed with it and don't mind the shit effects in that because the rest is so solidly done so maybee that's why!? Anyway looking forward to this and couldn't watch anymore after the tentacle as i dont want to spoil it all and the video player took ages to buffer and was jumpy as hell.
No MISTery? by christian66	Oct 5th, 2007 05:12:08 PM
I don't think they should be playing key attack scenes BEFORE THE MOVIE OPENS. This has become a real shitty way of marketing. Why not just dump the whole movie online? And again, I hate the CG.
The tentacles clip was horrendous by IndustryKiller!	Oct 5th, 2007 05:12:59 PM
If they actually look that fake its going to ruin the movie. Hopefully that's just early but if the studio released the clip I'm not holding my breath.
Aside from the FX, someone's gotta say... by cuckoo's indian	Oct 5th, 2007 05:14:53 PM
This looks awesome!!! Even if those are the final FX (which, certainly, we can all hope not), Darabont looks to be bringing his A game in all the other (and far more important) categories.
I'm glad to see.... by Cleyu	Oct 5th, 2007 05:24:18 PM
.....The Ed Wood / Bela Lugosi homagae in the tentacle scene.
The CG can look like shit... by MetiphisLabs	Oct 5th, 2007 05:25:06 PM
As long as the atmosphere and actor's expressions nail it.
OH MY GOD THAT LOOKS LIKE A FUCKING PILE OF SHIT!!!!!!! by Kurzinski Valentine	Oct 5th, 2007 06:21:57 PM
Just kidding, Moriarty!!! Don't spank me. None of those links were working for me, so you'll have to miss out on my biting cynicism until I get home from work. Love!
tentacles in Indy 4 by Juju the Journalist	Oct 5th, 2007 06:34:34 PM
Bugs and spiders: these were the creepy animals from Raiders and Indy 2. Perhaps Darabont want to show us something in an implicit way. Tentacles will be the creepy animals in Indy 4!!!?? I know, it's a cheesy theory.Hope I'm wrong actually. "Indiana Jones and the Heritage of Gods", would have been THE great title (you know, the notion of Indy's legacy, stuff like that)
on the subject of 'slamming christians' by smackfu	Oct 5th, 2007 06:53:23 PM
Every one of Stephen Kings doomsday-scenario type stories features an old uptight religious woman who rants and raves about sinners finally getting what they deserve until someone either hits her or tells her to stfu. It's as common a Stephen King staple as the black 'stepinfetchit' character. Come to think of it, almost all the characters in Kings books are recurring. The late 20s reluctant hero guy, the wise old woman/shaman, the smart alec asshole who doesn't know when to shut it, the disabled guy who makes a surprise sacrifice, the kid who seems more level-headed than the adults, the teenage sorority type girl, the crazy old doomsday-saying bible thumper, the black stepinfetchit, and usually there will be a washed up musician in the mix somewhere.
I don't know... by wampa 1	Oct 5th, 2007 07:24:33 PM
...but it sure smells good!
smackfu- You're thining of Dean Koontz by Lovecraftfan	Oct 5th, 2007 08:24:38 PM
Love the guy's early B stuff but my God he repeats characters all the time especially dogs for some reason.
It's gonna be good until the tentacles arrive onscreen by performingmonkey	Oct 5th, 2007 08:48:16 PM
That's just what I predicted months ago because that's EXACTLY how I felt when reading the book. When the Mist is just a strange ominous mist enveloping them THAT is cool, but it quickly turns into a run-of-the-mill seen-it-all-before story about bugs and tentacles and characters arguing and running out like idiots so they can be the next one to die. Could have been so much better without the creatures.
Roland is Kurt Russell or Titus Pullo from Rome or.. by Stormwatcher	Oct 5th, 2007 09:10:33 PM
Tim Daly, since they use him lots in Stephen King adaptions. But Kurt would own if they got him to loose about 30 pounds. He's the right age now. Right eye color, man his eyes are perfect and he's a freaking stellar actor. So Kurt it should be!
Tentacle Porn! by buffywrestling	Oct 5th, 2007 09:36:21 PM
I hope the ending is as good as I imagined it to be. One of my favorite short stories.
burt kurt isnt that tall or rangy looking, is he? by moondoggy2u	Oct 5th, 2007 10:11:11 PM
I mean, I love Kurt, too, but I'm not sure it would work. Then again, he does have that stare that seems to drill holes into people. Maybe it would work. Still, I kinda pictured that guy that plays the lead on House. I'm not saying that particular actor, but someone who has his profile.
speaking of thomas jane... by chaplinatemyshoe	Oct 5th, 2007 10:14:15 PM
when the fuck is killshot gonna get released? anybody know the story behind that one getting shelved?
OK, so what exactly did I miss? by BenBraddock	Oct 6th, 2007 02:06:06 AM
It's GONE, MacReady!
I completely agree with MOM by moondoggy2u	Oct 6th, 2007 09:22:34 AM
I'm Christian, and fundamentalist Christians are most deffinitely pretty whacko, sometimes. Now, do I think they are all the cardboard cutouts that Stephen King makes them out to be? No, but there are most deffinitely a bunch that are. Still, King can't help it, I suppose: the man hasn't written a character that isn't a mediocre cutout or retread of previous characters in years. Well, with the exception of Lisey's story, I suppose, but even then, the climax was almost entirely ripped from Rose Madder, wasn't it?
Re: Romero's "Dark Half" by toshiro-solo	Oct 6th, 2007 10:09:13 AM
Am I the only one who liked it? Been years since I've seen it, but I remember it being fairly faithful as an adaptation and being reasonably creepy. At the very least, I'd say it doesn't belong on the list of truly awful King adaptations.
Hey SmackFu by TedSallis	Oct 6th, 2007 12:10:27 PM
To be fair to King (and to most of us Christians), he usually depicts, not so much Christians but religious lunatics as his villains. The definition of a religious lunatic would be one who uses his faith as a weapon either politically or personal gain.
Dark Half was pretty good by Osmosis Jones	Oct 6th, 2007 12:26:49 PM
Too bad there's no widescreen DVD.
There is no excuse for bad CGI by Andy Warhol Jr	Oct 6th, 2007 01:46:54 PM
If Darabont wanted something looking like animatronics, he should've done animatronics. Otherwise it's just an exercise in stupidity.
To be fair King is pretty positive towards religions by Lovecraftfan	Oct 6th, 2007 02:32:42 PM
Just read The Stand and Desperation. Both are overtly pro-religous films.
Not just the fx...... by Cleyu	Oct 6th, 2007 04:28:37 PM
The acting was seriously bad too.........Seriously guys this is straight to DVD stuff...
New and improved clips..... by Cleyu	Oct 6th, 2007 04:33:37 PM
Harry it looked shit...........just admit it.
Fuck me, I'm not watching the clips . . . by Nice Marmot	Oct 6th, 2007 05:23:11 PM
. . . the trailer already showed me way too much. But from reading these posts, I sure as hell hope Darabont is too. Sounds like these FX need some serious improvement. Should have used WETA.
Nice Marmot.....the fx were awful. by Cleyu	Oct 6th, 2007 05:49:06 PM
Look at how this post has been mangled...........wait for new trailers with better fx...........
Hysterical sugar coating by RhesusmonkeyDave	Oct 6th, 2007 07:13:32 PM
"Darabont has been directing the visual effects companies to make the CG less photo-real and more like a Stop-Motion creature" Ok guys, I have like, $47.23 in my wallet, give me a tentacle! lol Can we say... Shoestring?
lovecraftfan by jedimindflayer	Oct 6th, 2007 08:55:25 PM
i don't know if i would say 'pro-religion' as much as i would say 'pro-spirituality'. as much blah-blah time as he spent on religion in the stand, it actually plays out as a spiritual journey by the end; desperation plays out like that as well- embrace your inner spirit voice and you shall know peace... i'm not certain that the spirit he refers to is necessarily jesus
For the Record... by TheRealMoriarty	Oct 6th, 2007 11:58:44 PM
... those clips were profoundly unfinished. Even when I saw the film, the FX were further along than this, and Cafe FX has been working to polish them nonstop. Basically, take a look at PAN'S LABYRINTH. If you hated those FX, then don't bother expecting much from THE MIST. If, like me, you thought PAN'S was a great low-budget genre film with inventive FX work, then that's what you can expect from the finished version of THE MIST.
Pan's Lab fo rthe frickin' record... by BobWalnut	Oct 7th, 2007 06:11:45 AM
"If, like me, you thought PAN'S was a great low-budget genre film with inventive FX work..." WHAT? Just a genre film? How about an emotional, allegorical masterpiece; a deeply personal meditation on war, responsibility and guilt... Do you just go to the flicks for a chance to see some "cool" FX? Unbelievable ...
when CGI becomes too real by Street Trash Bhoy	Oct 7th, 2007 10:39:05 AM
Fed up with all the flim flab about the CGI in this film. Watch the Thing, aint no fuckin CGI in that film and its better than any monster film made since. American Werewolf in London, again incredible special effects... NO CGI. CGI can lick my shitty anus. Bring back stop motion! Films like this however it must be said show the mental age of some talk backers.
Awww, Come On... by karcreat42	Oct 30th, 2007 04:01:47 AM
Play Nice! There are some of us that have waited over 20 years to see this as a film...people like, well, me...;) I read this in '82, have DREAMED of it as a movie (and occassionaly, as an illustrator, drawn up art relating to the story and so on) and I gotta say it looks EXACTLY as I pictured it in my head! Fellow fan? Check out my 'MIST' site... www.karcreat.com/TheMist.html See ya at the theater! K
LOL! by vezner2007	Nov 12th, 2007 04:40:48 PM
It's like going back in time to a very unpleasant place. Did AICN get hacked. HAR HAR HAR!
who knows, shuttleprod. I hit refresh by moondoggy2u	Nov 12th, 2007 04:41:44 PM
and then all hell broke lose. Thank G-d I'm not alone. I'm scared, shuttlepod.
My 'MIST' Parody Artwork... by karcreat42	Nov 27th, 2007 04:53:33 PM
Check it out, lemme know what ya all think... _____ http://www.karcreat.com/MISSED 01a.jpg ____ K

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