Interesting Observation...

[notsolost42]

We are watching an old Stephen King movie right now on sci-fi called Storm of the Century. Now, we are all well aware of the many references by TPTB to Stephen King and in fact, one directly made to this movie. The black and white stones Jack found on Adam and Eve. In this movie, at the end when the child is chosen (won't say for who or what in case there is anyone who hasn't seen it) the child was chosen by picking stones out of a small little pouch. Yes, black and white stones.
Now, that is not the observation we made though. Just an interesting point that many of you already know. This is what we found. The bad guy in the movie, Linoge (?sp) is played by a terrific actor. In fact, the way he moves, holds his body, his expressions and his delivery of his lines are just like Benjamin Linus! We were thinking that maybe the character Ben was modeled after this guy, It is commonly done. Interesting. It's like watching Ben's daddy!!! LOL!!!! If anyone else has seen the movie just think about it!
One othe little thing I just noticed about this movie...there are whispers in it also!!! Yilkes!!! U never noticed before but I haven't seen it for a long time and maybe never related it directly to LOST.

[boutte]

We are watching an old Stephen King movie right now on sci-fi called Storm of the Century. Now, we are all well aware of the many references by TPTB to Stephen King and in fact, one directly made to this movie. The black and white stones Jack found on Adam and Eve. In this movie, at the end when the child is chosen (won't say for who or what in case there is anyone who hasn't seen it) the child was chosen by picking stones out of a small little pouch. Yes, black and white stones.
Now, that is not the observation we made though. Just an interesting point that many of you already know. This is what we found. The bad guy in the movie, Linoge (?sp) is played by a terrific actor. In fact, the way he moves, holds his body, his expressions and his delivery of his lines are just like Benjamin Linus! We were thinking that maybe the character Ben was modeled after this guy, It is commonly done. Interesting. It's like watching Ben's daddy!!! LOL!!!! If anyone else has seen the movie just think about it!I saw the movie a while back but it was before Lost. Linoge was an interesting character and I thought it was one of the better King adptations. I usually don't like his movies because the books ars so much better.

I wish they would do a big screen adaptation of The Stand. It would take more than one movie to do it justice though. (Think LOTR)

[tpbaxter]

If anyone else has seen the movie just think about it!

REDRUM! REDRUM!

REDRUM! REDRUM!

REDRUM! REDRUM!

i thought about what you said for a very, very long time. i took a seat in a very quiet room and turned down the lights. still, that was the only thing i could make myself think of.

i think there's something wrong with me.

[notsolost42]

I saw the movie a while back but it was before Lost. Linoge was an interesting character and I thought it was one of the better King adptations. I usually don't like his movies because the books ars so much better.

I wish they would do a big screen adaptation of The Stand. It would take more than one movie to do it justice though. (Think LOTR)

True, the movies are never as good as what we can imagine King's words to be in our own minds. I think they did The Stand. It's about 6 hours long. Again, they did it no justice.

[boutte]

REDRUM! REDRUM!

REDRUM! REDRUM!

REDRUM! REDRUM!

i thought about what you said for a very, very long time. i took a seat in a very quiet room and turned down the lights. still, that was the only thing i could make myself think of.

i think there's something wrong with me.

I think we all think that at one time or another. Some of us are right. :p

[boutte]

True, the movies are never as good as what we can imagine King's words to be in our own minds. I think they did The Stand. It's about 6 hours long. Again, they did it no justice.

I saw that and thought it was decent effort. They did a tv movie of The Shining which was a lot better than the Nicholson flick. The TV version of Salems Lot was'nt too bad.

[tpbaxter]

Remember that movie "It"?

that damn clown bastard gave me the heebie jeebies when i younger!

say... just a theory but does anyone know of Benjamin Linus being seen with hidden clown paraphernalia in any scenes?

[notsolost42]

I saw that and thought it was decent effort. They did a tv movie of The Shining which was a lot better than the Nicholson flick. The TV version of Salems Lot was'nt too bad.

Uh, I have to disagree about the tv version of The Shining. No one, absolutely no one, can play the character better than Nicholson...

....Here's Johnny!!!!

OMG! Chills!!!

[notsolost42]

Remember that movie "It"?

that damn clown bastard gave me the heebie jeebies when i younger!

say... just a theory but does anyone know of Benjamin Linus being seen with hidden clown paraphernalia in any scenes?

Speaking of younger. Isn't there a children's Lost forum somewhere?

[boutte]

Uh, I have to disagree about the tv version of The Shining. No one, absolutely no one, can play the character better than Nicholson...

....Here's Johnny!!!!

OMG! Chills!!!

Yeah I love Nicholson too but I thought the movie didn't do justice to the book. I guess when you only have two hours to tell a story you have to make a lot of compromises.

[bunnydixon]

i've never even heard of the storm of the century (maybe it goes by a different name here, that happens a lot) so i'm off to imdb it.

boutte - the shining is a great movie but the made for tv one was a better adaptation of the book. apparently mr king himself also preferred it!

[boutte]

i've never even heard of the storm of the century (maybe it goes by a different name here, that happens a lot) so i'm off to imdb it.

boutte - the shining is a great movie but the made for tv one was a better adaptation of the book. apparently mr king himself also preferred it!

Storm of the Century is also a mini-series. I bet you can watch it online at Netflix. (Do they have Netflix over there?)

[bunnydixon]

i dont think so!

i cant even think which story it is based on but to be honest, i havent really read a lot of his more recent books (when i say recent i mean in the last 10 years or so lol!)

[boutte]

i dont think so!

i cant even think which story it is based on but to be honest, i havent really read a lot of his more recent books (when i say recent i mean in the last 10 years or so lol!)I don't remember the book either. But the film is at least 10 yrs old so the book (or short story?) has to older.

[notsolost42]

i dont think so!

i cant even think which story it is based on but to be honest, i havent really read a lot of his more recent books (when i say recent i mean in the last 10 years or so lol!)

Bunny, if you can find it somewhere it's worth it. It's a real goodie! It's a story about the people on an island, there are whispers in one scene, a real strange bad guy who talks like Ben, and a pouch with black and white stones! As a matter of fact, this guy, Andre Linoge, has a mean cane just like Ben;s baton!Seriously, it is really a thriller! Even the ending is good and I usually don't care for Stephen King endings. I find them to be very anti-climatic after such great story telling. This one is good!

[bunnydixon]

Bunny, if you can find it somewhere it's worth it. It's a real goodie! It's a story about the people on an island, there are whispers in one scene, a real strange bad guy who talks like Ben, and a pouch with black and white stones! As a matter of fact, this guy, Andre Linoge, has a mean cane just like Ben;s baton!Seriously, it is really a thriller! Even the ending is good and I usually don't care for Stephen King endings. I find them to be very anti-climatic after such great story telling. This one is good!

i will keep my eye out for it, sounds interesting!

i have a knack for thinking about a movie and it shows up on tv the next week lol!

[boutte]

Did you ever see "Rose Mader"? If not save yourself the effoert. Total crap.

[bunnydixon]

Did you ever see "Rose Mader"? If not save yourself the effoert. Total crap.

i saw one called rose red - well i started to watch it anyways and that says enough in itself there ;)

[razonje]

Remember that movie "It"?

that damn clown bastard gave me the heebie jeebies when i younger!

say... just a theory but does anyone know of Benjamin Linus being seen with hidden clown paraphernalia in any scenes?

Haha I love pennywise the clown! His best line..."Kiss me Fat Boy!" HAHA so funny

[Here'sLOCKEing at you,Kid]

Bunny, if you can find it somewhere it's worth it. It's a real goodie! It's a story about the people on an island, there are whispers in one scene, a real strange bad guy who talks like Ben, and a pouch with black and white stones! As a matter of fact, this guy, Andre Linoge, has a mean cane just like Ben;s baton!Seriously, it is really a thriller! Even the ending is good and I usually don't care for Stephen King endings. I find them to be very anti-climatic after such great story telling. This one is good!

I don't like his endings either, NotSo. Except Langoliers... probably the only actual happy one...:rolleyes:

[rekhyt]

It is not a novel or short story as such, it's an actual, published screenplay.:)

Storm of the Century (http://www.amazon.com/Storm-Century-Screenplay-Stephen-King/dp/067103264X/ref=sr_1_10/179-8562384-4564201?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235941852&sr=1-10)

[bunnydixon]

It is not a novel or short story as such, it's an actual, published screenplay.:)

Storm of the Century (http://www.amazon.com/Storm-Century-Screenplay-Stephen-King/dp/067103264X/ref=sr_1_10/179-8562384-4564201?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235941852&sr=1-10)

that will be why we cant remember it ;)

so he just wrote the screenplay as opposed to it being adapted from a story he wrote?

[rekhyt]

Exactly...King started it as a novel but then wrote it straight for tv. I haven't seen the series but I read the screenplay and it's an interesting story...there are people trapped on an island and a young boy who is "special", for example. ;)

[boutte]

Exactly...King started it as a novel but then wrote it straight for tv. I haven't seen the series but I read the screenplay and it's an interesting story...there are people trapped on an island and a young boy who is "special", for example. ;)

Hi Rekhyt. Haven't seen you before. Nice to meet you.

[notsolost42]

Exactly...King started it as a novel but then wrote it straight for tv. I haven't seen the series but I read the screenplay and it's an interesting story...there are people trapped on an island and a young boy who is "special", for example. ;)

You were right Boutte, it was a mini series and I spent the afternoon watching it. Wow, it was great. I haven't seen it in a long time. The actor I was talking about is Colm Feore. He's been in a lot of interesting movies.

[rekhyt]

Hi Rekhyt. Haven't seen you before. Nice to meet you.

Thank you for the nice welcome, boutte! :)

[boutte]

Thank you for the nice welcome, boutte! :)

Interesting avatar. What is it?

[sirchin]

I saw the movie a while back but it was before Lost. Linoge was an interesting character and I thought it was one of the better King adptations. I usually don't like his movies because the books ars so much better.

I wish they would do a big screen adaptation of The Stand. It would take more than one movie to do it justice though. (Think LOTR)

I thought the made for t.v. movie of "The Stand" was pretty good. The Shawshank Redemption was by far the best book to movie by Stephen King. BTW I have read Nightmares and Dreamscapes, a collection of short stories a couple of times. I have seen at The Movie Gallery they have made those into short films. Anyone seen them? , and are they good?

[abcd1234]

I thought pet cemetery was good