I liked Kandyse McClure in Battlestar Galactica, but her character here is obnoxious, at best. Her husband is worse, being stupid as well as obnoxious. I have't read the Stephen King short story yet, so I can't comment on this made for TV version being true to his short story. Stephen Kings works have a long history of being poorly adapted to television and movies, with few exceptions, such as "The Stand". That held together well almost to the end, which was typically horrid. Again, I haven't read that particular Stephen King work yet, but I hope it has a better ending that the TV mini-series did. Even Stephen King's being directly involved doesn't solve this frequently recurring problem.
I actually like Stephen Kings writings very much, I've read many of his novels, just not many of his short stories. He may be one of my favorite authors. But for some reason, his works don't translate well into visual media. Vicki Stanton has the right idea that something is wrong and they need to leave that town as soon as possible, but her meat head husband has some unexplained obsession with finding out where everyone is, or what happened to them. He's oblivious to the fact that something capable of wiping out a whole town would erase the two of them with ease.
Vicki's death at least stops her harpy shrieking, and Burt's death seems almost as justified ending to his bizarre stubborn stupidity. I'm guessing it might be somehow tied to his having post traumatic stress disorder due to his time in Vietnam. There's plenty on screen to explain that as the cause of his actions, but not how that makes his actions seem reasonable to him.
The basic plot is a rehash of "Logan's Run" with a religious fanaticism overlay and a few less years to live by the book, several years less by the movie. The children's society fell apart accordingly due to the insufficient time to pass on the knowledge required for an advanced, functional society. The children are distractingly clean, while the town is appropriately dilapidated. All the children have time to learn is how to grow corn, & apparently make decent, unbelievably clean clothing. No reason for this incongruity is given. I didn't see in detail what the children were eating, but they couldn't survive on corn alone, even if they used nixtamalization to prevent pellagra.
If I see enough of these horrible TV and film versions of Stephen King's work, I might just get motivated enough to see if I do as bad a job myself. Most likely it would be a high definition crudely animated version of part of his Dark Tower series. As far as I know, that hasn't been bastardized yet on film or video.
I actually like Stephen Kings writings very much, I've read many of his novels, just not many of his short stories. He may be one of my favorite authors. But for some reason, his works don't translate well into visual media. Vicki Stanton has the right idea that something is wrong and they need to leave that town as soon as possible, but her meat head husband has some unexplained obsession with finding out where everyone is, or what happened to them. He's oblivious to the fact that something capable of wiping out a whole town would erase the two of them with ease.
Vicki's death at least stops her harpy shrieking, and Burt's death seems almost as justified ending to his bizarre stubborn stupidity. I'm guessing it might be somehow tied to his having post traumatic stress disorder due to his time in Vietnam. There's plenty on screen to explain that as the cause of his actions, but not how that makes his actions seem reasonable to him.
The basic plot is a rehash of "Logan's Run" with a religious fanaticism overlay and a few less years to live by the book, several years less by the movie. The children's society fell apart accordingly due to the insufficient time to pass on the knowledge required for an advanced, functional society. The children are distractingly clean, while the town is appropriately dilapidated. All the children have time to learn is how to grow corn, & apparently make decent, unbelievably clean clothing. No reason for this incongruity is given. I didn't see in detail what the children were eating, but they couldn't survive on corn alone, even if they used nixtamalization to prevent pellagra.
If I see enough of these horrible TV and film versions of Stephen King's work, I might just get motivated enough to see if I do as bad a job myself. Most likely it would be a high definition crudely animated version of part of his Dark Tower series. As far as I know, that hasn't been bastardized yet on film or video.