the people inside are scarier than the monsters outside
"The Mist" first appeared as a short story in Stephen King's 1985 book Skeleton Crew. When I saw the previews for the film adaptation this summer I was giddy with glee. And last night I was not let down. It was a near-perfect projection from prose to film. This story is not the same as The Fog - there are no drowned sailor hauntings, instead there are otherworldly Lovecraftian horrors from beyond who force ordinary people into extraordinary situations: eventually, the monsters inside the supermarket become more frightening then the creatures outside the store.
I thought the release of the movie during this particular fear-mongering administration and evangelical religious extremism was particularly poignant, and during one dialogue they all but scream out how easily people are manipulated by fear. Eventually a handful of sensible people inside the the supermarket prefer to take their chances outside in the mist with the tentacled, clawed, web-shooting horrors outside. If you read the short story and liked it, you're gonna love the movie.
Completely unrelated yet interesting: time-lapse photography of the removal of a stranded sailboat from Lake Michigan.
An article in this week's DC's City Paper about raccoons and rabies.
Stocking stuffer ideas: Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall; Raising Sand by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, It Won't Be Soon Before Long by Maroon 5, & Red Carpet Massacre by Duran Duran. I'm eclectic this year.
I can't get enough of Ben Cohen's scruff:
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Wow, Jimbo... Thanks for that link to pics of Ben! I'm just drooling over those!
*sigh* I don't think Ben could be any purtier if he tried....
Ben Cohen... There was a time, not long ago, when I didn't know he even existed.
It's funny, my life didn't *seem* completely empty, but it must have been.
Regarding "The Mist," I know this sounds weird, but I think I would have enjoyed it even more if Thomas Jane hadn't been in it. He was so damn good looking, I found myself distracted by him. That split-second shirtless shot ruined my attention span for a good 30 minutes. The ending, however, quickly pulled me back in...
What does Ben Cohen do? Just wondering if I should have seen him before. Certainly hot, though!
Oh yeah, don't fuck around with Rabies: you can't wait till you're sick with Rabies. You get sick from it, you die. Pretty quickly. Period. If you think you've been exposed, start the post-exposure vaccination process. It's annoyingly inconvenient (you have to go to an ER like 4 or 5 times - difficult to just have your personal doc do it), but you should not be denied treatment for this, regardless of insurance.
(And that's One To Grow On)
He IS cute!
I remember reading "The Mist" when I was younger, and it terrified me. For months I refused to sit at night with my back to the big window wall in the living room as I was sure dragonflys with 3 foot wing spans were going to attack. I look forward to the movie.
yeah, ben is great but his bigger brother, phil vickery, is far more interesting in several ways. i always have to mention his ears. look at his ears and you will ask why men are so into rugby.
Fear-mongering is huge in Sri Lanka. A few weeks ago I was told that the government had issued a warning on the news that the Tigers had tampered with the water in Colombo. First, this would be crazy as there are a lot of Tamils living in Colombo and we all drink the same water. Second, it isn't like the water is all that pure to begin with. Anyway, I had people telling me to not even brush my teeth with it. I did and have been since, and I'm fine.
Good God...absolutely gorgeous. More pics please!
I have been resurrected Jimbo...I feel the fire under my ass, and am ready to write.