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New Trailer for THE MIST hits!!!

hmmm by rebel299	Oct 19th, 2007 06:32:43 PM
first Stephen King adaptation that I'm kinda interested in seeing in quite some time
Sweet! by Shady Drifter	Oct 19th, 2007 06:33:44 PM
Seems badass...
Looks good by aron	Oct 19th, 2007 06:39:35 PM
I fucking hate that Dimension are releasing this because more than likely we won't see it over here till early to mid 2008.
Tad Spoilery isnt it? by Z 008	Oct 19th, 2007 06:43:33 PM
Still looks awesome, got chills at the end.
THIS MOVIE LOOKS GOOD. by soup74	Oct 19th, 2007 06:43:49 PM
I WOULD NEVER SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT THIS MOVIE.
wait wait wait... by soup74	Oct 19th, 2007 06:50:40 PM
did that trailer just give away most of the story twists? I've never read it.
So this is just a bug movie? by Skilly McRailnob	Oct 19th, 2007 06:51:55 PM
I hope not. Trust in Darabont I guess...
It is a bit Spoilery.. by Ironmuskrat	Oct 19th, 2007 07:02:16 PM
Seems to follow the story, although the Army guys appear to be handled differently in the movie. They talk a great deal more about what is going on and their fate appears to be different then in King's story.
I, too... by ZooTrain	Oct 19th, 2007 07:06:54 PM
...get the feeling that the trailer told me more than I wanted to know. It doesn't look horrible, but it also doesn't seem to have the Frank Darabont texture either.
Sweet by Cobbio	Oct 19th, 2007 07:09:15 PM
I'm happy to see Frank Darabont back on stage and kicking some ass. I hope this is good.
Get Outta My Head.... by BoggyCreekBeast	Oct 19th, 2007 07:37:24 PM
....Frank! That shot of the lake and the aftermath looks exactly how it looked in my head while listening to the awesome The Mist 3-D sound cassette back in the day.
Oh boy, get ready for... by Bruno Diaz	Oct 19th, 2007 07:38:19 PM
unending references to the "war on terror", 9/11, etc. from critics. looks all right, but I'm hoping it's not a heavy-handed allegory for our fears in the era of Islamic terrorism. not that fears of Islamic terrorism or any other kind of terrorism are unfounded. I just hope people don't get carried away.
Oh I know what they were looking at... by TheRealSeveren	Oct 19th, 2007 07:53:21 PM
and its BIG!!! The only shot I didnt like was that same tentacle cgi moment. Itll look better in context though. Advanced screening please Mr. League and Mr. Knowles... By the way, I respect all of you.
sorry by HEADGEEK	Oct 19th, 2007 07:58:13 PM
thought I'd put the HD link in there. Oh well, it's fixed now.
FYI this is screening in Hollywood Nov. 19... by Ditch Brodie	Oct 19th, 2007 08:10:58 PM
...at the Egyptian Theatre. Darabont is scheduled to do a Q & A afterwards. Click on the Fandango link on the Egyptian website and you can buy tickets already.
Way to blow the movie by Laserbrain	Oct 19th, 2007 08:16:06 PM
Do we need to know what caused the Mist in the GODAMM TRAILER!?!?!?! Gag me with a fuckin spoon! Oh, wait! You already DID!
Sam Raimi Won't Direct Spider-man 4 by Cory849	Oct 19th, 2007 08:23:55 PM
Maybe this could use it's own talkback.
Yet another shitty trailer... by KillDozer	Oct 19th, 2007 08:24:01 PM
Why aren't they building the suspense instead of just showing all the shit that's in the mist? Part of the fun of the story was wondering wtf is going on. Now, thanks to the trailer, we know it all. Thanks, assholes.
Looks good, but nothing like the book by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Oct 19th, 2007 08:24:21 PM
novella, whatever. No bugs, no doorway to another dimension, just the Mist and well I don't want to spoil. Read the book.
I can't wait! by RoarsLoudly	Oct 19th, 2007 08:27:15 PM
It looks soooooooooooooo on target! Thank you Mr. Darabont!
No Black Guy by FearOfABlackPlanet	Oct 19th, 2007 08:32:56 PM
...Don't go out there. It seems very much in the spirit of the book to me.
BTW...Go and grab the book by FearOfABlackPlanet	Oct 19th, 2007 08:37:43 PM
It's called the "Skelleton Key"(SP?) and its da shit. Fav's "The Mist", "Type Writer Of The Gods", "The Raft"(Which was a short in Creepshow 2), And lots more...
Looks too Misty, I want a a PG-13 version, this looks fake by The Dum Guy	Oct 19th, 2007 08:44:10 PM
What else could one complain about?
Yes!! by buffywrestling	Oct 19th, 2007 08:45:21 PM
Had no idea that guy from Infamous was in this movie and I too have used my cellphone as a flashlight. I wonder if they were looking up at ginormous legs at the end?
My Fault by FearOfABlackPlanet	Oct 19th, 2007 08:47:22 PM
The book is called "The Skeleton Crew"...See what being drunk does for you.
i love trailers that show the whole movie by BMacSmith	Oct 19th, 2007 09:05:02 PM
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HEY THAT LOOKS PRETTY AWESOME, I WANNA SEE THAT by BringingSexyBack	Oct 19th, 2007 09:05:33 PM
If I was in the store I'd sacrifice AnimalStructure to the Mist. Cuz he's Anti-America and we don't stand for that shit.
FearOfABlackPlanet is right, it was Skeleton Crew by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Oct 19th, 2007 09:09:23 PM
It was the first "short story" in the collection. My copy is buried somewhere, but it's just over 100 pages I believe. In horror movies black guy alone equals red shirted ensign on alien planet.
Harry: Just how awesome was No Country for Old Men... by eggbeater	Oct 19th, 2007 09:09:46 PM
Was is "Fargo" fuckin awesome? Or was it "Ladykillers" awesome? I've been waiting to hear what you thought of it. You and Ebert are the only two critics in my book. And my book rules. On a different subject- I just finished your book and really dug it.
THAT BLACK GUY DIES IN EVERY MOVIE HE'S IN by BringingSexyBack	Oct 19th, 2007 09:10:41 PM
Last time I saw him he drowned in the Poseidon.
HARRY WROTE A BOOK? by BringingSexyBack	Oct 19th, 2007 09:11:31 PM
What kind of a book?
SEEMS VERY THE FOGGISH by BringingSexyBack	Oct 19th, 2007 09:14:10 PM
Except there are a lot of people in a store and there are giant flying bugs.
Grocery store goofiness by pretentiousboy	Oct 19th, 2007 09:14:49 PM
Whaaa? What was that? You know, i'm getting tired of directors trying to mimic true originality by making their story more cooky. Stephen king, Wes Anderson, and m night shamalamading dong. All they keep doing is starting with a regular plot and getting it so wierd that it falls outside of normal human behaviour. Film school kids with pretentious black glasses applaud, I just look on and ask simply "just retire".
THE MIST IS SYMBOLIC OF THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA by BringingSexyBack	Oct 19th, 2007 09:16:59 PM
AND THE FOG OF TRUTH THEY CREATE TO DIVIDE AMERICA. That's what I got from that trailer.
BringingSexyBack by eggbeater	Oct 19th, 2007 09:24:32 PM
Yes, Harry wrote a book called "Ain't it cool?" back some years ago. To be honest I didn't know this either. I've been coming to this site for the longest time and had no clue. My girlfriend got me the book for my birthday and she didn't even know I go to this site. She just thought it would be something I'd like. She was dead on. Its a great book for movie lovers and a great read in general. Holy shit I sound like a plant.
The reason the trailer "gives everything away"... by SubliminalJones	Oct 19th, 2007 09:24:39 PM
is probably because the marketing team figures that 98% of those who would go to see this have actually read the story and are familiar with all the big moments already. Of course, the fact that 3 out of 4 people in the United States haven't picked up an actual book in over a year puts this in the category of "arrogant presumption", which describes studio marketing people to a tee.
THAT BLACK GUY DIES IN EVERY MOVIE by smackfu	Oct 19th, 2007 09:26:28 PM
To anyone who watched the Homicide series, that black guy is Andre Fucking Brauer, one of the most talented and sadly underestimated and underused black actors working today. This guy would literally be this generations Sidney Poitier if Hollywood would only give him roles that actually give him a chance to shine.
THE MIST AND FLYING BUGS ARE SYMBOLIC OF NATURE'S by BringingSexyBack	Oct 19th, 2007 09:26:40 PM
revolt against Man's abuse and exploitation of the Earth's resources and its limitless appetite for consumption.
I Can Understand Killing the Black Guy... by Aquatarkusman	Oct 19th, 2007 09:28:16 PM
... but Andre "Frank Pembleton" Braugher?!? Why couldn't it have been Eddie Murphy?
Smackfu by BringingSexyBack	Oct 19th, 2007 09:30:12 PM
I thought Don Cheadle was this generation's Sidney Poitier.
EGGBEATER - THANKS by BringingSexyBack	Oct 19th, 2007 09:31:43 PM
Maybe I'll check it out at B&N. I didn't know Harry could write. This is very exciting!
HEY LET'S MAKE A PACT by BringingSexyBack	Oct 19th, 2007 09:33:14 PM
Next time you see a black guy getting offed in a movie, yell "Oh noes he just got Andre Braughered!" Okay?
Will love it by The Chosen	Oct 19th, 2007 09:34:00 PM
Seems terrific
BringingSexyBack...Thats Why I Joined This Site by FearOfABlackPlanet	Oct 19th, 2007 09:34:35 PM
Because I didnt think of any of that shit while I was reading the book. "Revolt against man's abuse and exploitation of the Earth's resources and its limitless apptite for comsumption" LOL...I though it was a biological weapon gone wrong or something like that. Yall(My Alabama Accent) analyze things, and come up with ideas I dont think the average person would even think of.
Also by FearOfABlackPlanet	Oct 19th, 2007 09:35:52 PM
I was kinda pissed off at the movie "The Patriot" because hollywood missed out on the film in which a black character actually should have died first...LOL
No by FearOfABlackPlanet	Oct 19th, 2007 09:37:24 PM
Don Cheadle is this generations Denzel Washington...Well that is if you forget about Denzel Washington.
FEAROFABLACKPLANET by BringingSexyBack	Oct 19th, 2007 09:38:52 PM
I can't say I know Stephen King's work all that well, but he's an author's author, and by that I mean he's the type of writer to inject layers of meaning and symbolism into his work to create something far more substantial than it looks on the surface. Then again, it could be just giant bugs and the mist is what they fart.
The Patriot II: Crispus is Attucksing The City! by Aquatarkusman	Oct 19th, 2007 09:41:47 PM
Crispus singlehandedly kills 2000 Redcoats, the Huron baddie from Last of the Mohicans, Jeremy Bentham (stuffing him for display in the British Museum), and Mary Wollstonecraft because Crispus don't truck with no hairy-legged feminist.
I THINK MEL GIBSON HAS BEEN A FRIEND TO BLACK PEOPLE by BringingSexyBack	Oct 19th, 2007 09:42:18 PM
I don't recall any token black deaths in any of his movies. He kills mostly white people. Even in the Lethal Weapon movies he kept Chris Rock alive and the villains were albinos, White Africaaners and Asians.
looks like SILENT HILL by Sir Loin	Oct 19th, 2007 09:43:28 PM
Darabont's still making movies?
DENZEL'S BLACK? by BringingSexyBack	Oct 19th, 2007 09:43:52 PM
I didn't notice. He's always working with those two cracker Scott brothers.
Yeah!!! by FearOfABlackPlanet	Oct 19th, 2007 09:44:26 PM
Actually I was messing around but still, this is why I love this site...Intelligence abound. But your right it could just be flatulent(SP?) bugs creating mist.
I Like The Scotts Movies by FearOfABlackPlanet	Oct 19th, 2007 09:49:30 PM
If I'm correct that would be Tony and Ridley Right...If so I like alot of there films....can't exactly claim to be a connoisseur of film but...
Seriously Anybody Want by FearOfABlackPlanet	Oct 19th, 2007 09:53:44 PM
"The Stand" Remake....Yall know it would pwn
Forget this- VERNS BOOK SEAGALOGY IS OUT by Guy Who Got A Headache And Accidentally Saves The World	Oct 19th, 2007 09:55:50 PM
Everyone get a copy, best damn book ever.
I don't want to spoil the end, but it really pisses me off when by The Dum Guy	Oct 19th, 2007 09:56:28 PM

TONY SCOTT'S MOVIES SUFFER SHAKEY CAM SYNDROME by BringingSexyBack	Oct 19th, 2007 09:56:33 PM
Although DEJA VU was surprisingly stable. I kinda liked it until the point Denzel got sent back into time, then it just became ridiculous.
Looks Great by Horned One	Oct 19th, 2007 09:58:57 PM
I think they're doing a fantastic job so far. I don't know why some folks are saying the CG looks bad. It looks fine to me. Perhaps the nay-sayers could share with us a few examples of what represents good CG in their eyes. What movie had the best CG you've ever seen?
LOL by FearOfABlackPlanet	Oct 19th, 2007 09:59:02 PM
haven't seen it yet...Should I?
Prediction: This will do weak business in theatres by Bobo_Vision	Oct 19th, 2007 10:08:12 PM
And will have somewhat of an increased following on DVD. Its big news amongst geeks because of Stephen King, Frank Darabont, and Thomas Jane, but to the general public, this means nothing. And that trailer, and the other one, is weak. The creatures like like those rubber spiders and lizards you can buy in costume stores.
FEAROFABLACKPLANET by BringingSexyBack	Oct 19th, 2007 10:12:05 PM
Yeah, it's a fairly good popcorn movie. Anything Denzel does is worth the time.
Cool by FearOfABlackPlanet	Oct 19th, 2007 10:13:17 PM
Cool Shawty...I will check it out when my local library gets it back in stock..lol
ON SECOND THOUGHT, MAKE SURE YOU RENT IT AND NOT BUY IT by BringingSexyBack	Oct 19th, 2007 10:16:58 PM
Denzel in a transporter is worth $1, not $10 ...
Library? What's that? by BringingSexyBack	Oct 19th, 2007 10:18:07 PM
I forgot about those places.
LOL by FearOfABlackPlanet	Oct 19th, 2007 10:19:33 PM
My sister just called...and said its a must see...Terribly odd situation.
This looks like typical Stephen King by ClockWorker	Oct 19th, 2007 10:28:16 PM
which frankly Im tired of by now. How many stories has he wrote with a crazy religous freak in it, I mean I wouldn't be surprised if there was a little psycic girl who knew that they were all gonna die soon if they didn't do something soon. The guy re does himself so much its sickening, dont get me wrong hes one of the best horror minds of the 70's, 80's, and early 90's but everything of late has been a revisiting of his earlier work. I do however have faith in Darabont, and I know that he has a dark side to him. Hopefully this wont be watered down but I do have my doubts. As for those who say they give away too much in this trailer I'll have to agree, showing the images of the bug creatures was a little to much info for a trailer. I mean the movie is called "THE MIST" not "THE MIST WITH CREEPY CG BUGS FLYING AROUND IN IT" ....(that might sound picky but I dont give a fuck about this movie either way)
Trailer makes the movie look like shit by Doc_McCoy	Oct 19th, 2007 10:29:58 PM
Loved the short story, scared me pretty badly as a kid. Still hopeful the movie might be good, but that trailer sucked.
Next Time by FearOfABlackPlanet	Oct 19th, 2007 10:30:18 PM
Actually Library's in "urban" areas suck diarea from a turtles anus....lol(Just finished watching The Angry Nintendo Nerd)...You would be amazed at how long it takes to get a book..
Woah by FearOfABlackPlanet	Oct 19th, 2007 10:31:45 PM
In Black Slang Stephen King is the shit...Not that I read every thing he comes out with...but he is an amazing writer.
whats in the mist?... i guess we know now. by ronniepooch	Oct 19th, 2007 10:44:11 PM

APOCALYPTIC CHOIR OF DOOM!!! by Osmosis Jones	Oct 19th, 2007 10:46:18 PM
I fucking HATE that trailer cliche. HATE IT.
ClockWorker: exactly by Sir Loin	Oct 19th, 2007 11:07:56 PM
Crazy religious freak = bad. Military = bad. Staple King material, but it's frankly stale even years later. And Darabont? He's the new Shyamalan.
Trailer makes me never want to see the film. by Bronx Cheer	Oct 19th, 2007 11:22:06 PM
Score that a minus one for the marketing dept.
C'mon by RipVanMarlowe	Oct 19th, 2007 11:48:12 PM
this looks fucking awful
let us recap what we all now know... by JimmyJoe RedSky	Oct 20th, 2007 12:27:16 AM
1.the mist cuts off customers and workers in a "costco" from the outside world - 2.the mist is evil and full of scary giant bugs and things that want to kill "us" - 3.the military (guy in uniform) is found responsible "we opened a window to another dimension" - 4.a bible nut incites the people in the store to sacrifice the main characters kid in order to make the evil go away 5.in an attempt to escape the human monsters inside the store the hero his kid and a few others make their way outside and confront the giant alien threat in the heart of the mist - i can guess the rest - or not - but why should i pay 12 bucks to see this now - the trailer kinda ruined it - the oversell is the studios way of begging for an audience - if they had just kept the creatures, military connection/responsibility, and crazy religious woman/enemy-within-the-group all secret the movie would have some "mist"ique - ill rent it though
Odd choice with "The Fountain" music by AlwaysThere	Oct 20th, 2007 12:49:37 AM
This trailer is pure comedy.
THE FOG: PART 2 - BUG PIRATES by Missing Dink	Oct 20th, 2007 12:52:01 AM
Actually Frank Darabont is THE MAN. So this will be really cool.
FearOfABlackPlanet... by cp	Oct 20th, 2007 01:08:53 AM
..not to nit-pick, but one of the short stories you referred to should be, "WORD PROCESSOR OF THE GODS". just finished skeleton crew. last time i read it was when i was 13. (10 years ago...shit). wanted to just reread "the mist", but had to finish book. "THE MONKEY" was the shit. agree with smackfu, ANDRE BRAUGHER is completely underutilized. should be GREAT as norton.
MISTY BEETHOVEN!! by BringingSexyBack	Oct 20th, 2007 01:09:07 AM
Classic porn on film and with a story beats out gag and spit videos anytime. Bring back the classics!!
oops... by cp	Oct 20th, 2007 01:33:49 AM
....read it 20 years ago, not 10! jesus...
haven't we seen this movie before? by GriffinMill	Oct 20th, 2007 02:43:07 AM
The Fog meets Dawn of the Dead meets generic B-horror me thinks.
THE MIST IS SYMBOLIC OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY by TedSallis	Oct 20th, 2007 02:49:39 AM
AND THE FOG OF BULLCRAP THEY CREATE TO DIVIDE AMERICA. That's what I got from that trailer.
Much, much better trailer. Now I'm excited! by HarryBlackPotter	Oct 20th, 2007 03:33:27 AM
It looks really, really good. The Mist is, IMHO, the best short story Stephen King ever conceived, so could this movie be the best Stephen King movie (not including Shawshank) yet? I hope so.
TedSallis, the Moonbat of the month by TheBloop	Oct 20th, 2007 05:56:32 AM
The Mist is creeping Marxism, as it is being pushed into our lives by Moveon.hate and ACLUlites.
Face it, though... by Catnip_Thieves	Oct 20th, 2007 05:58:51 AM
This movie could use a pirate ghost. In fact, all movies need a pirate ghost. Imagine how fantastic Crash (race hate version) would have been with a pirate ghost. Thandie Newton's getting touched up by Rumblefish and then a pirate ghost just appears behind him, and taps him on the shoulder, and Rumblefish screams like a girl and runs off. That's how that shit should have rolled. Uh, anyway. The Mist, yeah? Looks okay. Smells a bit Dreamcatcher to me, though.
if the bad guy in a horror movie by ironic_name	Oct 20th, 2007 06:25:35 AM
was black, could he be killed and stay dead? conundrum! but really, bad planet - tom jane's four-colour funny - is fun, get it.
Fuck! by Nice Marmot	Oct 20th, 2007 07:18:47 AM
Why in the world are they making the military guys spell it all out? Next to the mounting tension, my second favorite aspect of the story was how **SPOILER**their was just mystery and speculation behind the military facility and the Arrowhead Project and then the soldiers just went and hanged themselves in the back. And now they are explaining to the crowd that they opened up a window?
So we all agree... by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Oct 20th, 2007 07:39:53 AM
1)King's story,good, movie is nothing like it. 2)Andre Braugher, awesome under used actor who deserves plenty of awesome roles, but it will be hard for him to get anything better than what he brought to HLOTS. 3) This trailer sucks because except for the final body count it gives you the whole plot, and is nothing like the book. Even if this is a good movie, it gave it all away. 4)Hollywood has to stop killing the brothers, fight the power. 5)Did I forget anything?
Looks like they've already spoilered things a lot by Stefano	Oct 20th, 2007 08:05:59 AM
I didn't read King's story, so why are they giving away all those scenes? I would like to go to see this film and yes, I acknowledge that maybe something could be predictable from the start but why in the hell would you give away a lot of scenes in this gratuitous manner?
It seems to me by FearOfABlackPlanet	Oct 20th, 2007 08:13:48 AM
The Way they give away the movie in the trailer, that they expect the majority of people who read the book to be the one's who actually fork over money to see the film.
THE MIST IS SYMBOLIC OF ZIONISM AND THE BUGS ARE NEOCONS by BringingSexyBack	Oct 20th, 2007 08:37:24 AM
Good morning Fearofablackplanet
Um Grammaton Cleric Binks... by Mr. Luddite	Oct 20th, 2007 09:05:25 AM
What would you call the large spider like things and the large bug-like things that were clearly in the novella? I think bugs is a fairly good term to use, either you didn't pay attention to the novella, or its time for an old-timerz check up.
Good Morning BringingSexyBack by FearOfABlackPlanet	Oct 20th, 2007 09:10:58 AM
Isn't it a little early for allegory's
And while I know this is the wrong site for this... by FearOfABlackPlanet	Oct 20th, 2007 09:12:25 AM
Alabama Crimson Tide > Tennessee Volunteers
Eh wow because.. by A G	Oct 20th, 2007 09:16:34 AM
..I was quite intrigued at the start of that trailer, the mist descending, although reminiscent of The Fog was actually quite cool. I started thinking, I wonder what's inside it, if anything and where it came from ? Then a minute later I had seen the film so...
Now THAT is a fucking trailer!!! by CreepyThinMan1978	Oct 20th, 2007 10:33:30 AM

Creepiest part of the trailer... by khaos751	Oct 20th, 2007 11:23:55 AM

...oops by khaos751	Oct 20th, 2007 11:24:45 AM
Creepiest part of the trailer = Thomas Jane's delivery of, "what if you're wrong."
no bug in novella?Grammaton? by springheeljack	Oct 20th, 2007 11:28:52 AM
there are bugs in the novella numb nuts.
I like the clip by Guy Gaduois	Oct 20th, 2007 11:28:55 AM
it was grainy, like my fake id I used to get in to Zelo's in Santa Barbara in 1987. Grainy and cool. I'd still like to have seen this movie be in B/W. You know, as a commentary on the government's obvious intrusion into . . . aw, hell, I can't even pull it off. Yay monsters! Yay to no political commentary! Boo that this last yay will happen no more.
cheech and chong should walk out by ironic_name	Oct 20th, 2007 11:38:39 AM
"toms not here man!"
england: the movie by ironic_name	Oct 20th, 2007 11:41:37 AM
"the weather is fucking shit!" "lets go to ibiza!"
LA in the afternoon: the movie by ironic_name	Oct 20th, 2007 11:44:18 AM
'coz, um.. smog.
milk in water, the motion picture by ironic_name	Oct 20th, 2007 11:45:33 AM

bad planet: the movie by ironic_name	Oct 20th, 2007 11:46:47 AM
c'mon jane!
5 by 5 by 5 by 5	Oct 20th, 2007 01:08:02 PM
Was a pretty good short story by my favorite author. The trailer gives too much away. I hate that, it makes me sad and blubbery. reaches for comforting glass of Pepsi Just about the only suspense left now is what happens to everybody else.
SPOILER ALERT FOR THE TRAILER! by christian66	Oct 20th, 2007 01:20:13 PM
Had to type it in caps. Marketing folk just assume everybody are stupid. This trailer is no different than most, showing you the entire three act structure in two minutes. The only surprise now is how creepy the things will be and i pray for little CGI.
I guess it's been too long since I read the by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Oct 20th, 2007 04:08:14 PM
book since I don't recall bugs per se. I guess I'll have to dig out my copy again, and do an old timerz checkup as was suggested. See guys, how easy it is to disagree, and not have to resort to name calling?
T.V movies should not be shown theatrically. by Martino E. Hernandez	Oct 20th, 2007 06:10:23 PM
A preview that shows the talented Andre Braugher being the first one to die, and leaves it up to Thomas Jane who has'nt shined bright since "Boogie Nights", to carry the rest of the film! Are you serious? You can tell with the acting, and lazy effects that Darabont just took the job. Next.
It's just a serious Tremors but with mist and CG by performingmonkey	Oct 20th, 2007 07:36:35 PM
I don't think there's anything special about King's short story. He's written countless better novellas/short stories, the best ones already being turned into flicks (Apt Pupil, Shawshank, Stand By Me). The Mist feels like King on autopilot. Maybe it's because it was written over 20 years ago and this kind of thing has been done to death since. I don't know. It should have been made 20 years ago when CG couldn't plague it.
Skeleton Crew is an amazing set of stories by 'Cholera's Ghost	Oct 20th, 2007 09:14:07 PM
The Mist was a fun read, and maybe the best able to be adapted to the screen, but damned if Skeleton Crew didn't pack some better horror punches.
The story didn't have "bugs", per se... by Osmosis Jones	Oct 20th, 2007 09:53:42 PM
...they were described more as pinkish slug thingies with membranous wings and eyes on stalks. But I can live with more insect-like critters.
Why this is a GREAT trailer... by Fish Tank	Oct 20th, 2007 11:11:30 PM
Cut just perfectly. For those complaining that it shows too much, it may, but consider their budget. If this one featured Cruise/Pitt/Smith, the media machine would be in full swing. We would have seen teasers for it a year ago, ad space would have been bought in Mags, and that exposure (with added luck and audience fickleness) would guarantee a hit. This movie has LOW (by Hollywood standards) budget, caters to a very small crowd (age group - rated "R") and has a tight deadline. From their perspective they need to get as many people in the seats as possible. The average Joe doesn't want what some of you want. Classy reveals just aren't going to galvanize someone's feelings, but a "Holy Shit - did you just see... oh my Gawd that tentacle pulled that ki... how the Hell did those people make it ou... what happened to the people in the stor... (leading to the inevitable) ... I have GOT to see this movie!!!" Throw in a government man's explanation of where the fog comes from, so as not to be confused with (the recent and crappy) The Fog as well. The trailer gives enough without giving too much (only those freezing Quicktime can sorta make out some creatures - not the general public). Personally my only trepidation at this stage is that the creature design looks horrible. Effects might have been smoothed out (great), but the besic design of the creatures so far (except the tentacle which you can't screw up) have been kinda grade-schoolish. Those bugs with boots on the glass look like toys, the "winged creature" in the store looks like a bald parrot/bat mix, and from what I can make out of the spiders (freezing trailer) they don't look very menacing. These are creatures from ANOTHER DIMENSION, and should look nothing like what we're used to. Those crab guards in The Dark Crystal, as well as the stilt creatures are an example of fantastic creature design. This may end up being a small gripe, but we'll have to see on opening night.
could be an update of FROM BEYOND by Sir Loin	Oct 21st, 2007 12:35:54 AM
That was an awesome movie.
The story did too have bugs... by Bass Bastardson	Oct 21st, 2007 05:41:03 AM
It also had giant spiders. Oh, and this movie looks like crap.
Wow, Darabont should make more movies by Vamp-AICNchat	Oct 21st, 2007 09:43:32 AM
I'm glad regular Darabont cast member Jeffrey DeMunn is in it too, he's very understated in Darabont's movies but very good nonetheless.
I fucking love the APOCALYPTIC CHOIR OF DOOM by 'Cholera's Ghost	Oct 21st, 2007 01:23:51 PM
Sue me.
A-VE-SA-TAN-I! by Osmosis Jones	Oct 21st, 2007 04:34:05 PM
That stock choir ALWAYS makes my eyes glaze over every time I hear it in a trailer now. Spider-Man lands on a rooftop...? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! !!! Wolverine fights Kelly Hu...? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! !!! Steve Carell walks down the street...? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!! !!!
Meh by mefrog	Oct 22nd, 2007 08:33:42 PM
Looks like every other horror movie out there. With crap CGI. I'll pass.
Memories of Murder, and Spamster... by Fish Tank	Oct 22nd, 2007 11:25:30 PM
No, I'm sure they are not so ignorant and dumb as to spell "dimension" the way you did, several times. And Spamster, The Mist was written 20 years ago ('86), so Half-Life borrowed from this.

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