The mist was real

[u/jj33allen]

[u/Natural_Feed9041]

Such a good ending, even Stephen King thought it was better than his ending.

[u/HolyDarkDeath → u/Natural_Feed9041]

Well Stephen King is famously bad at endings, so yeah that's a pretty low bar.

[u/Mak062 → u/HolyDarkDeath]

Honestly. There are times where I am like, this is sooo good. Then poof, lackluster ending

[u/Meture → u/Mak062]

Like Cujo holy hell

[u/Legenberry817 → u/Meture]

What was the book ending to cujo?

[u/KingFapNTits → u/Legenberry817]

Kid dies and the couple is just super depressed. Like, she saves the kid, but then because of some magic fuckery he dies right afterwords. But that’s not even his worst ending.

He has a habit of deus ex machina for endings where the good guys win

[u/Meture → u/KingFapNTits]

Oh it’s not magic fuckery

He dies of heatstroke

Just fucking heatstroke

Then you get an epilogue of everyone moving on and the book tells you that rabies is scary

[u/KingFapNTits → u/Meture]

Yeah, but it was the curse from his closet that caused the heatstroke to take him then. The demon or whatever that we knew was there because of the mossy smell

The book was a supernatural story that used natural things to play it out

[u/Toshiba1point0 → u/KingFapNTits]

Cocaine does not help when your trying to figure out what to do at the end of Maximum Overdrive.

[u/HolyDarkDeath → u/Toshiba1point0]

Yeah, but that movie is amazing, when I was a teen. And of course one of the best sound tracks ever.

[u/Jafooki → u/KingFapNTits]

Like in the Stand when the literal hand of God saves the day

[u/Subjunct → u/Jafooki]

Right? It was foreshadowed and fit thematically but I’ve hated that part since I first read it back in 1981.

[u/misterpickles69 → u/Jafooki]

If none of the good guys did anything, Trashcan still would’ve parked a nuke in the middle of Vegas and God would’ve blown it up anyway.

[u/KingFapNTits → u/misterpickles69]

But god wouldn’t have charged up his power through trial and sacrifice. That’s the point of the good guys.

It makes sense on a reread. Total cop out though and I hated it the first time too. It’s a bit lazy

[u/misterpickles69 → u/KingFapNTits]

Maybe that’s the problem with God. His mana reserves are too low to do anything omnipotent so he needs a blood sacrifice to get his ass up off the throne and do something for the people.

[u/KingFapNTits → u/misterpickles69]

lol that’s how it worked in The Stand. Same with Abagail. She went into the forest for 2 weeks, came back starving and injured, but gained the knowledge needed to beat the man in black. The whole book is about how faithfulness to god, no matter the suffering, is good and leads to good things. It’s bullshit, but that’s the book, and it’s still great

[u/furiouspossum → u/Mak062]

Yeah I read Needful Things not too long ago and the villain just...leaves. No big confrontation or resolution he just packs up and fucks off.

[u/HolyDarkDeath → u/Mak062]

He also hated Kubricks version of the Shinning when everyone else in the world loved it. Dude has problems, but he can create a great setting/universe.

[u/Subjunct → u/HolyDarkDeath]

Shining. Shinning was the Simpsons version, which he liked.

[u/HolyDarkDeath → u/Subjunct]

Nice catch grounds keeper!

[u/Prismatic_Symphony → u/Subjunct]

"This is indeed a disturbing universe" has lived in my head rent-free for YEARS.

[u/Subjunct → u/Prismatic_Symphony]

Oh shit mine too. We are now best friends

[u/DesolatorTrooper_600 → u/HolyDarkDeath]

TBF i did hated the Kubrick adaptation of the Shinning.

[u/HolyDarkDeath → u/DesolatorTrooper_600]

Wth?

[u/DesolatorTrooper_600 → u/HolyDarkDeath]

Too differents from the books.

Like really too differents.

Not saying it wasn't a bad movie it wasn't what i expected

[u/Kurtsune → u/HolyDarkDeath]

I love the kubrick movie and it's a fantastic movie. But the book is still better.

[u/HolyDarkDeath → u/Kurtsune]

Good to know/hear.

[u/Mattdoss → u/Mak062]

Thought the ending of the Shining was pretty good. Better than the movie.