tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post5305145865329080351..comments2024-03-23T12:33:33.918-04:00Comments on Junta Juleil's Culture Shock: Television Review: DESPERATION (2006, Mick Garris)Sean Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537515557596273876noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post-88639037069835132622013-09-26T15:32:09.071-04:002013-09-26T15:32:09.071-04:00Thanks, J.D.! Agreed on a Garris/King hiatus. Th...Thanks, J.D.! Agreed on a Garris/King hiatus. Though not great by any standard, I think Garris' best work in years was his Henry Thomas-and-Matt Frewer-starring MASTERS OF HORROR episode "Chocolate"– and that had nothin' to do with King, whatsoever, being based on an original Garris short story (!).<br /><br />I remember watching STORM OF THE CENTURY back in the day when it aired and enjoying it, or at least thinking it was better than the usual King miniseries. I may have to check it out again, eventually.Sean Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537515557596273876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post-25063338979484761902013-09-26T13:33:25.686-04:002013-09-26T13:33:25.686-04:00Nice review, sir! I remember seeing this film on S...Nice review, sir! I remember seeing this film on SyFy Channel and being quite disappointed dispite the always welcoming presence of Ron Perlman gleefully chewing up the scenery. Garris really needs to be banned from "adapting" any more of King's stuff. He is so bland mcplain wrap. Augh.<br /><br />And good call on Weber. He really is the poor man's Fichtner. No lie.<br /><br />The one sprawling epic-y King adaptation I think they got right, because it managed to be intimate as well, was STORM OF THE CENTURY, which was actually an original screenplay written by King himself, but I thought it was pretty good and stars Weber's WINGS co-star Tim Daly.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164105442273577128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post-63637978329442474542013-09-25T10:25:27.128-04:002013-09-25T10:25:27.128-04:00Heh, glad you enjoyed, Mike! An interesting theor...Heh, glad you enjoyed, Mike! An interesting theory– and I'm sure ONE of 100 would be good. I mean, the man made CRITTERS 2, after all. <br />Also, I haven't yet seen RIDING THE BULLET or BAG OF BONES, though I'm certainly not holding out hope that either of those is a hidden masterpiece.Sean Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537515557596273876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post-31232066936939665082013-09-25T02:23:01.637-04:002013-09-25T02:23:01.637-04:00Nicely done! The King-styled write up is a solid g...Nicely done! The King-styled write up is a solid gimmick and I wholeheartedly approve. It's too bad that this looks like another Garris TV snoozer, though. I wonder how many times you'd have to throw Garris, King, and Weber together until they made a good one of these. 50? 100? 1,000? I bet if the trio made 100 King adaptations (and don't rule out this happening!), at least a couple of them would turn out accidentally brilliant, right? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com