# Stephen King's The Mist **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 8, 2007, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-mist/425712 "2007-11-08T21:32:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Sug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9f8e36/32.png) [@Daniel\_Sug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel_Sug)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-mist/425712/21 "2007-11-09T13:22:47Z")
Yeah, I’m definitely catching this one. This is the story I read years ago as a kid that, to this day, makes me always think wherever I am, “Okay, if I get trapped in here with these people, what do I do? Where are the places to hide, what resources do we have, who do I align myself with, etc?” …my parents were right when they said these stories would affect my mind, weren’t they? ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-mist/425712/22 "2007-11-09T13:29:40Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] (whole post) [/QUOTE] **Cal** , I just wanted to say that last night I read your article/story/column/whatever titled “_Fu Manchu and the Giant Squid_” and thought it was amazing. [/brief hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-mist/425712/23 "2007-11-09T13:36:17Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] It looked good! But then all trailers look good. Except for the trailer for Fred Claus – that trailer even looked bad in the theater. [/QUOTE] I don’t know, man…that Mr. Magorium thing looks like a real stinker too! I have high hopes for The Mist too, though they might wreck it. It’s almost certain they’ll change the ending, as Siege said. And you know they’re going to show the monsters, so I hope they’re not too goofy. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-mist/425712/24 "2007-11-09T13:36:55Z")
[QUOTE=Daniel Sug] …my parents were right when they said these stories would affect my mind, weren’t they? [/QUOTE] Yes. Yes they were. As a whole, I abhor the movie-going experience, but I’m in for this one. Maybe I can convince my friend to do a late night showing at his theatre for a select few of us… ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-mist/425712/25 "2007-11-09T13:40:19Z")
I’m super excited about this. It’s my favorite King short story other than The Long Walk which I’d also love to see be made into a movie. The trailers look promising and from what I’ve seen it seems true to the story but I’m really hoping that they don’t fup it up and give it a happy ending. And I also hope they don’t leave out the best part–the giant legs from nowhere attached to a creature so big they can’t even see the rest of it I read The Mist when I was 13 and it scared the teetotal crap outta me and now my 12 year old is begging to go see it. Haven’t made my mind up about that yet as denying her would be kind of hypocritical since I read it when I was her age. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-mist/425712/26 "2007-11-09T14:08:56Z")
> [@](#): > > Cal, I just wanted to say that last night I read your article/story/column/whatever titled “Fu Manchu and the Giant Squid” and thought it was amazing. Uh…Geee, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-mist/425712/27 "2007-11-09T14:41:49Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] As I’ve mentioned before, I can in some cases see where I’m certain King gothis inspiration. Not merely some chance resemblance that just happens to be similar, but such a close resemblance that it’s very clear to me that this is what inspired King, and it’s happened so often that it seems to be a _modus operandi_ for King. [/quote] I don’t doubt you at all, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing - as you say, one can take an idea and do it better. Hell, > [@Ecclesiastes](#): > > What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. Is there anything of which one can say, “Look! This is something new”? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time. and that was written in 250 B.C.E.! > [@](#): > > I call bull on any claims anywhere that “you don’t have to show the monster” They sold Forbidden Planet by saying that the monster was going to be invisible, but they ended up showing it anyway. There will bne CGI monsters in this one, I predict. And it will need them.) I for one didn’t mean they won’t or shouldn’t show any monsters, just that to maintain the feel of the original and not kill the tension in the movie, they need to be judicious about it, and it appears that may be the case. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-mist/425712/28 "2007-11-09T14:44:40Z")
[QUOTE=jsc1953] Well, I remember liking it enough to get jazzed about a film adaptation. Definitely not an 8-year-old kinda movie. I don’t remember crazed fundamentalists, but then they wouldn’t be as memorable as scary flying things & tentacled things & BIG stomping things out there in the fog. Trailers are available [here.](http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809834165/trailer) [/QUOTE] OMG, I just watched the trailers! :eek: I’m not all namby-pamby about horror movies or anything. But holy crap that looks scary! Now I’m really excited! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-mist/425712/29 "2007-11-09T14:57:06Z")
> [@](#): > > and that was written in 250 B.C.E.! …and the Special Effects showing the Giant Bugs were surprisingly good in Ecclesiastes. Much better than in those Apocryphal books. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-mist/425712/30 "2007-11-09T15:04:39Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] …and the Special Effects showing the Giant Bugs were surprisingly good in Ecclesiastes. Much better than in those Apocryphal books. [/QUOTE] The effects were by Ecclesiastical Light And Magic. A well-funded organization. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-mist/425712/31 "2007-11-09T15:05:28Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] …and the Special Effects showing the Giant Bugs were surprisingly good in Ecclesiastes. Much better than in those Apocryphal books. [/QUOTE] Well, Ecclesiastes is like the Grampa Simpson section of the Bible, so you need something to hold the audience’s attention. ---
**Author:** ![dotchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-mist/425712/32 "2007-11-09T15:58:17Z")
[wet blanket] I don’t know, man. I hope the horror isn’t predicated on the people being stupid. I mean, they were trapped in a _convenience store_, for crying out loud. They had enough food to last them a good long time, especially if the electricity doesn’t fail. Yeah, being stuck in such a small place with so many people would suck, but so would being vivisected by a giant tentacle monster. [/wet blanket] ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-mist/425712/33 "2007-11-09T15:59:24Z")
[QUOTE=jsc1953] Anybody heard any buzz on this? [/QUOTE] Oh, yes, in fact the buzz is coming from right up there, from that . . . that . . . **RUN!!!** :eek: ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-mist/425712/34 "2007-11-09T16:02:12Z")
[QUOTE=Greywolf73] I read The Mist when I was 13 and it scared the teetotal crap outta me and now my 12 year old is begging to go see it. Haven’t made my mind up about that yet as denying her would be kind of hypocritical since I read it when I was her age. [/QUOTE] Tell her she can only see the movie if she reads the story first and passes a basic plot-quiz. (There’s ways and ways to get your kids to read! 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-mist/425712/35 "2007-11-09T16:06:06Z")
[QUOTE=dotchan] [wet blanket] I don’t know, man. I hope the horror isn’t predicated on the people being stupid. I mean, they were trapped in a _convenience store_, for crying out loud. They had enough food to last them a good long time, especially if the electricity doesn’t fail. Yeah, being stuck in such a small place with so many people would suck, but so would being vivisected by a giant tentacle monster. [/wet blanket] [/QUOTE] Nitpick: a grocery store. Yeah, I always thought that I’d be one of the ones who stayed behind and took my chances that the mist would lift and things would somehow be okay. Of course, if I’d been in The Poseidon Adventure, I wouldn’t have climbed up the Christmas tree, either. If we’re ever together when disaster strikes, do the opposite of what I do. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-mist/425712/36 "2007-11-09T16:07:07Z")
[QUOTE=dotchan] [wet blanket] I don’t know, man. I hope the horror isn’t predicated on the people being stupid. I mean, they were trapped in a _convenience store_, for crying out loud. They had enough food to last them a good long time, especially if the electricity doesn’t fail. Yeah, being stuck in such a small place with so many people would suck, but so would being vivisected by a giant tentacle monster. [/wet blanket] [/QUOTE] Actually, they’re stuck in a _grocery_ store. With giant windows in the front. The electricity has failed, and while they have enough food to last them “a good long time”, they do not have infinite food. Ultimately, _staying_ would be the stupid thing to do. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-mist/425712/37 "2007-11-09T16:27:33Z")
Yeah, people don’t like to be confined, even in relative comfort. It’s like being snowed in. Even if we have food, electricity, etc., after a day or two you just have to get **out**. Then factor in not knowing what’s going on in the rest of the world – you have to try. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-mist/425712/38 "2007-11-09T17:29:48Z")
What’s this? A Stephen King movie about a group of people confined by bad weather who have to deal with a supernatural/alien menace. I’m looking forward to this new twist. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-mist/425712/39 "2007-11-09T17:41:12Z")
I’m really looking forward to this movie, and I’m really hoping it doesn’t suck. Unlike most of his books, I thought the ending of _The Mist_ was perfect. _1408_ wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t quite the version I wanted. This morning I copied the audio play onto my phone so I can listen to it at lunch- it’s been years since I’ve last listened to it. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-mist/425712/40 "2007-11-09T17:44:34Z")
Can’t wait, can’t wait. I would love to do a Dollar Baby version of The Long Walk. Who wants to help? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-mist/425712.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-mist/425712.md?page=3)