The original source may lie buried in some dank corner of the web, or in some MGM warehouse somewhere. In a lot of these cases the cites in question simply chase each other’s tails, and it may be impossible to get to the bottom of things. All of the principals are long dead so can’t get anything from them either. I believe there is an authoritative book on the making of the film and perhaps the plot point in question is there.
Not quite sure that I would actually want to see it, but there is a bit at the end of Time Bandits that suggested the possibility of a sequel. The kid has a photograph of the dwarves holding up the map. So, he had the map, which left open all manner of possibilities. Sequels often suck, but not always. Especially if they go off in a completely different direction.
There is support for this courtesy of the Loki TV series where we see graphics that clearly show variant universes only get trimmed if they stray outside of a defined line. They can and do branch off (which is why there are four Punishers etc.) but so long as they stay within certain loosely defined parameters, they are fine.
Yes but in the original timeline he went sleeping (and not aging…) in the artic ice shelf for 50 years. Peggy (the love interest) helped create an worldwide organization, but unfortunately deeply infiltrated by Nazis. Cap was a war hero and celebrity, so his reapparition would have an inescapable impact.His best friend was captured by those same Nazis and brainwashed into assassinating various world leaders.So Cap had to lay low and let countless murders and other nastiness happens, just so he can live with Peggy? That’s a level of selfishness that is totally in opposition of his previously established character (ready to put himself in danger to save others, loyal and lawful good in the extreme)
… the ending of the story is more atmospheric (see what I did there?).
[suggestion: go listen to the audiobook before you read the spoiler. It’s short, we’ll wait here…]
The driver explains to the reader that it’s probably hopeless but he’s pushing on, because he thought he heard, layered with the static from the car radio, a scrap of one word. “Providence”.
Guess who D_Beetle and burpo buy their insurance from?
OK, before the inevitable slug fest begins, the version of The Mist I had for years was more of a radio play than an audiobook. The David Drayton character was voiced by William Sadler, who played Jim in the movie. Am I the outlier here? BTW, it was a very well done version.
Now see, I didn’t make that connection until you pointed it out just now; clever. Is your audiobook read by someone or is it the radio play-type version I had for years?
Mine was just read by one (breathy, desperate) narrator. I think it was Will Patton.
It might have been as far back as 1980 when it was first published in Dark Forces, or probably 1985 when the book Skeleton Crew came out, with The Mist being one of two novellas in it.
But we’ve already established that my memory’s… well, creative, so who knows?
I know a lot of people love the ending of the movie version of The Mist, but I far prefer the novella’s ending. Whenever I rewatch it, I always turn it off just before they run out of gas.
Actually, a remake. The last scene of the last episode made it seem like it might have been a prequel. It wasn’t picked up for a second season so I guess we’ll never know.
In ‘Die Hard’ when McClane meets Hans Gruber in person and Gruber pretends to be one of the hostages, there’s no explanation for how McClane knew who Gruber was, to give him an unloaded gun.
I’ve heard there was a cut scene that explained how McClane knew who Gruber was.
Well, if that were the case, why would he hand the citizen a gun at all? Giving someone a gun in order to defend themselves that they think is loaded, but is not, would be hugely irresponsible.
