• finitebanjo@piefed.world
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    20 hours ago

    The move “The Mist” which ends with uh…

    a questionable choice of action taken by an entire family immediately revealed to be incorrect before the credits roll.

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      19 hours ago

      My favourite bit of trivia from that movie was that Stephen King watched it and was furious by the ending because he wished he’d thought of such a grim ending when he wrote the book.

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        19 hours ago

        That seems to happen to a lot of adaptations of his work. I think he may have even admitted that he’s not great at ending what he starts.

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          18 hours ago

          He’s my favorite author, up there with Pratchett anyway, and yes he’s said that. He doesn’t plan anything, just sits down and starts hammering it out. He’s so engrossed in writing the tale, he doesn’t want it to end, doesn’t plan that part.

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        17 hours ago

        Yeah Stephen King probably wrote some ending about having to sacrifice a child and then it showing up before the credits as a ghost with the other dead children in a dreamworld. I have no idea, just guessing.

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          He left the ending ambiguous for the reader to imagine what happens. He missed out on twisting the knife.