The Screengrab 24-Hour Stephen King Marathon (Part One)

re: The Screengrab 24-Hour Stephen King Marathon (Part One)

Steve C. — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:43:13 GMT

Fair enough, sir. I withdraw the objection.

Also, you didn't mention BLOWBACK either. James Remar at his nuttiest + Mario Van Peebles at his beefiest = dumb late-night-cable fun.

re: The Screengrab 24-Hour Stephen King Marathon (Part One)

Scott Von Doviak — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:09:01 GMT

He had not made Commando at the time of Firestarter. You'll note I also didn't mention Pterodactyl.

re: The Screengrab 24-Hour Stephen King Marathon (Part One)

Steve C. — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:45:12 GMT

Whoa whoa whoa! How do you run down the "highlights" of Mark L. Lester's career yet somehow forget to mention that blind-squirrel moment he had with COMMANDO. How.

re: The Screengrab 24-Hour Stephen King Marathon (Part One)

Janet — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:32:34 GMT

I'm sorry, but I couldn't get past Brian Keith and Heather Locklear as a couple long enough to care about the miscasting of George C. Scott. Really, what weirdo cast this thing?

re: The Screengrab 24-Hour Stephen King Marathon (Part One)

LydiaSarah — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:45:27 GMT

LOL, Johnny Utah909! Why is it that so many people seem to have these sorts of coming-of-age experiences with Stephen King? My cousin and I read "It" at around the same age, and, although it was not my first experience with "grown-up" literature, or even violence and swearing, it was our first experience with explicit literary sex scenes. There was a phrase to the effect of "his penis was an exclamation point" which kept us giggling in titillated shock and delight for days. (That word! Written down!)

re: The Screengrab 24-Hour Stephen King Marathon (Part One)

Johnny_Utah909 — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:45:19 GMT

I'm loving it so far, thank you. I just want to add this to your Firestarter recap. You wrote, "Sheen brings in John Rainbird, a maniacal child-killer with an eyepatch and a ponytail. Would you cast George C. Scott in this role?" I can't recall whether this is in the movie, but in the novel Rainbird is Native American Indian. Would you cast George C. Scott in THAT role?

Having said that, Firestarter the novel has a special place in my heart as not only the first Stephen King I ever read (at age 10), but indeed the first real "grown-up" novel I ever read. It had real swearing! And killing!