"See how he uses a spanner to tighten that nut!"

[phosfate]

Rose Red continues. If you're not watching, I cannot hope to convey the money-wasting badness. It makes Hell House look like The Cabinet of Dr Caligari. Except with sound.

Next person who says any variation on "Gee whiz, the house is alive!" gets punched in the mouth. Yes. We know. You went to the house to jump-start it. You did so. The house is now doing junk.

It's like buying a puppy, and bringing the puppy home, and letting the puppy loose on the floor (like you do), and then repeatedly pointing at the puppy and saying, "Look! The puppy is on the floor!"

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[finabair.livejournal.com]

"Look! The puppy is on the floor!"

I thought folks usually wound up pointing and saying, "Look! He made a mess!"

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

These guys wouldn't even get that far. They'd be up to their necks in doo and say, "Puppy...furry!"

[cageyklio.livejournal.com]

But... how will we stretch this out to three nights if we don't make inane comments and redundant observations! Ahhhhh!

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Shoot, I dunno. Characterization? Plot? Pacing? A lot of times, stuff like that'll help fill in a big chunk o'movie.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

"Stephen King's 'Rose Red,'" to give it its full title. Six-hour miniseries about the 'scientific' investigation of a haunted house in Seattle. Could have been very cool, but at the end of Hour 4 remains un-promising.

[minette.livejournal.com]

Is it as bad as the television version of "The Shining"?

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

I didn't see The Shining, so I don't know. It's not as good as Storm of the Century, which is pretty sad. The Stand would wipe its nose with it.

[minette.livejournal.com]

*sigh* They rarely ever get Stephen King right, as far as I'm concerned.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Considering he wrote it, helped produced, and has a tedious cameo, I can't say he didn't have input.

[minette.livejournal.com]

Now that's just sad.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Not really.