From: nobody@nowhere.com   
      
   On 12/30/2025 4:18 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   > On Dec 29, 2025 at 7:07:26 PM PST, "moviePig"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 12/29/2025 7:07 PM, shawn wrote:   
   >>>   On Mon, 29 Dec 2025 20:31:42 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701    
   >>>   wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>   On Dec 29, 2025 at 10:50:31 AM PST, "shawn"    
   >>>>   wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>   I basically watched all of Season 1 of MIDNIGHT, TX. I watched the   
   >>>>>   entire season back in 2018/19 so this was a rewatch. Started up   
   >>>>>   because I caught a good clip on the Youtube Shorts.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   Oh, last night I caught THE MONKEY, a 2025 movie that I only ended up   
   >>>>>   watching because I saw a trailer that seemed interesting. The idea is   
   >>>>>   that some kids found a wind up monkey that plays a drum when the key   
   >>>>>   is turned. Unfortunately it turns out that when the monkey plays the   
   >>>>>   drum someone will die. No control over who it will be other than it   
   >>>>>   seems like it will be someone within a limited distance of the monkey.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   It's described as horror/comedy but it has limited horror other than   
   >>>>>   some messy deaths and limited comedy. The deaths are quite horrific as   
   >>>>>   they are all impossible accidents like someone tripping and falling   
   >>>>>   face first into the arrow of a "House For Sale" sign.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   Based on the short story by Stephen King of the same name, from his   
   >>>> collection   
   >>>>   NIGHT SHIFT.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   Of course expanding a 15-page story into a full-length movie pretty much   
   >>>> meant   
   >>>>   they were going to write their own tale that bears little resemblance to   
   >>>>   King's and just use the wind-up monkey as pretty much the only story   
   element   
   >>>>   that survives the transition.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   Yeah I never expect a movie based on a Stephen King story to be an   
   >>>   accurate retelling of the story.   
   >>   
   >> One of the best King adaptations was THE MIST, which included a major   
   >> departure from King's original plot.  King acknowledged that the   
   >> departure was superior to what he'd written.  (And it was.)   
   >   
   > At the opposite end of the spectrum was THE LAWNMOWER MAN, which literally   
   had   
   > no resemblance whatsoever to King's story (other than the title). They   
   > basically just bought the rights so they could use King's name to market   
   their   
   > C-grade low budget horror movie. It was so egregious that King sued (and won)   
   > and the production company was forced to recall all their posters, TV   
   > commercials, and other marketing and take King's name off of it all.   
      
   Afaics, King shouldn't even have had to give the money back.   
      
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