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From:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	1 Oct 10:17
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... the first half was strangely uneven, carried solely by Gleeson's scenes interspersed with some flat material, or too much. And this is in the third season (supposedly the best). There's some whacko King stuff in this, but the characters are well-drawn and, eventually, performed. “Wonka and Bridgerton debacles have failed to dent demand for real-life experiences based on TV shows”

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From:	william (WILLIAMA)	1 Oct 14:14
To:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	3 of 9

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Yeah, I've never been a huge fan of Stephen King's writing. I always felt a bit sorry about that because by all accounts he's an all-round kind and decent person. I hadn't heard of this novel, or the TV series, until you posted. I think I'd watch a documentary on the comparative drying speeds of paint if it had Brendan Gleeson in it. He May Be Your Dog But He's Wearing My Collar

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From:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	1 Oct 16:53
To:	william (WILLIAMA)	4 of 9

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He's written some decently entertaining material in his day, but hasn't been right in the head since he got run over (which this was written well after). He kind of co-invented the populist-horror genre, along with such luminaries as Peter Straub, Clive Barker and Dean Koontz. Many movie productions have been terrible, a few not so much (The Shining). The Mercedes book was a terrible slog. I picked this up because I was curious to see how it would translate as a screenplay. Pretty well it turns out, with the right team, produced by David Kelley. It owes something to the Twin Peaks Lynch-Frost formula IMO. “Wonka and Bridgerton debacles have failed to dent demand for real-life experiences based on TV shows”

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From:	william (WILLIAMA)	1 Oct 18:09
To:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	5 of 9

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Well that sounds promising and I might give it a go. I wouldn't deny his influence on the world of writing, and I have tried. But... The Shining is a wonderful film. I never felt it was viscerally scary. It's not an Alien or Suspiria or whatever, but it's frightening in a way that stays with you. And it looks wonderful. He May Be Your Dog But He's Wearing My Collar

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From:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	1 Oct 20:07
To:	william (WILLIAMA)	6 of 9

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As I said, the first half. You might find it even tougher with Gleeson being the mainstay. “Wonka and Bridgerton debacles have failed to dent demand for real-life experiences based on TV shows”

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From:	Drew (X3N0PH0N)	2 Oct 03:21
To:	william (WILLIAMA)	7 of 9

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I think he's a very good writer of prose. He can describe a scene and it just flows beautifully. And he's good with imagery. But he absolutely cannot do endings. His stories just kinda deflate at the end (which tends to carry through in the films). His short stories tend to be better cos they just focus on one idea and see it through. I went through a phase of reading a lot of his stuff as a young teenager, which I think is a good age to read it. It's well-crafted middlebow stuff to help you step up to something more satisfying. , , , , , , , , , , `' (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) \ \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) ''`>-,--”-”---”-”---”-”---”-”---”-”---- ,'.*''`

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From:	Drew (X3N0PH0N)	2 Oct 03:28
To:	william (WILLIAMA)	8 of 9

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I agree about the Shining film. Beautiful to look at in that Kubrick way and disturbing imagery. The novel though... I had a big problem with it in that a story about a young family going to take care of a big remote empty hotel and dealing with the isolation and problems that crop up was wayyy more interesting to me than the horror stuff. I wanted it to be that. , , , , , , , , , , `' (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) \ \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) ''`>-,--”-”---”-”---”-”---”-”---”-”---- ,'.*''`

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From:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	3 Oct 22:43
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Forgot to mention Mr. Mercedes has Star Trek Voyager's Kate Mulgrew (Cpt. Janeway) playing the most vicious, cold-blooded serial killer this side of Animal Kingdom's Jacki Weaver. “Wonka and Bridgerton debacles have failed to dent demand for real-life experiences based on TV shows”

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