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egon_beeblebrox posted:My wife looooved the first episode, and has never liked anything else Stephen King related. Even Shawshank, The Green Mile, or The Mist? Wow. I really enjoyed this episode too. I was this close to getting the book, and now I want to avoid spoilers.
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I'm really disappointed in how they handled Sadie's injuries compared to the book. "Oh no, a big scar!" versus salivary duct and cranial nerve damage with resultant facial droop -- really noticeable impediments and deformity. Really,, overall I'm not very impressed with the changes they made in the adaption, though I do think the actors have overall done a good job with the material they've been given.
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emanresu tnuocca posted:Yeah her very photogenic scar immediately reminded me of Tyrion's injury. American TV really can't deal with making a protagonist genuinely ugly, even if it's only for two episodes of a mini-series I guess. Tell me about it. 75% of the time her freaking hair covers up the scar anyway. I literally have seen worse injuries from someone being struck with a shoe. (And the obvious joke was actually true -- it was a stiletto heel.)
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Mar 23, 2016 18:18
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Yeah, I'm about ready for this to end. It wasn't bad, but just fell flat compared to the book, which I really enjoyed.
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Mar 29, 2016 12:45
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waitwhatno posted:Lee was great, the whole show should have been about him visiting various government agencies and complain about mass surveillance and capitalism. he could have visited the ATF, CIA, NSA, ATF, IRS, DMV, the Secret Service or maybe even the FDA.
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Mar 31, 2016 12:13
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I'll echo the above: great beginning, great ending, verrrrrry uneven middle. The show's portrayal of "the obdurate past" didn't live up to its initial car-into-a-phone-booth, which was extremely sinister. But, hey, there were some good moments. You sorta wish he'd at least have told Sadie that her husband was a crazy creepster. (Or that The Yellow Card Man was played by Tom Waits.)
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Apr 5, 2016 19:41
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Guy Mann posted:Apparently his son Joe Hill helped him rewrite the ending, but that was the Sadie stuff and not the actual time travel bits. Here's the original book ending. I would have been fine with either. The miniseries really did nail the ending, though it did appear that Sadie didn't have a scar. Whatever, it was such a leap up from the mid-series doldrums that I didn't care. Better to end on a high note rather than slump, since now I'll remember the series more fondly overall.
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Comrade Fakename posted:I noticed in the credits that JJ Abrams actually composed the title theme. Both the music and the visuals of the title sequence are great.
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