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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2018 6:18 am
by Avatar
Well, now that I watched E9, I see a connection...
in the whole multiple timelines/realities thing...
IIRC, the Stark alter-ego actually had an independent life in an alternate reality Castle Rock...(although like Cail, it has been a while).
As for the Pangborn / Polly thing, I'm just assuming this is long after...who knows what happened to her...could be anything.
(Saw a "Claiborne Creamery" shop sign which was amusing, even though Dolores was not connected to Castle Rock as far as I remember.)
--A
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2018 10:35 am
by wayfriend
That was a real confounding episode, to be sure. But it came together before the end. (The ending of episode 8 makes a hell of a lot more sense now. Also, parts of episode 7 have to be seen in a whole new light.) But I'm at the edge now ... If the last episode throws in more ... complications, it might lose me.
So people who cross over can't help but to cause evil wherever they go?
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 5:13 am
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Are there only going to be 10 episodes?
Don't see how it can be resolved in one more...
A slow burn is all very well, but at some point you have to start explaining stuff...
--A
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 10:09 am
by Cail
wayfriend wrote:That was a real confounding episode, to be sure. But it came together before the end. (The ending of episode 8 makes a hell of a lot more sense now. Also, parts of episode 7 have to be seen in a whole new light.) But I'm at the edge now ... If the last episode throws in more ... complications, it might lose me.
So people who cross over can't help but to cause evil wherever they go?
Agreed. This last episode answers some questions, but introduces a whole lot more. The fact that King's writings constitute a multiverse has been established for decades, but this latest wrinkle seems out of the blue, with one exception....
Randall Flagg.
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 2:16 pm
by wayfriend
I missed that reference.
And I'm not sure if this is a Dark Tower omniverse thing going on. For one, it doesn't seem like two different "books" are involved. Both universes seem the same except for a few key differences involving the main character. (And, oddly, the discovery of a cure for Alzheimer's.)
I'm hoping that this is something new. Like, the cosmos is reacting to two different people who are supposed to be the same person.
However, I will be disappointed if the villian becomes not-a-villian.
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 4:44 pm
by Cail
wayfriend wrote:I missed that reference.
And I'm not sure if this is a Dark Tower omniverse thing going on. For one, it doesn't seem like two different "books" are involved. Both universes seem the same except for a few key differences involving the main character. (And, oddly, the discovery of a cure for Alzheimer's.)
I'm hoping that this is something new. Like, the cosmos is reacting to two different people who are supposed to be the same person.
However, I will be disappointed if the villian becomes not-a-villian.
Unfortunately, I think the writing's on the wall for that.
We've established that the supposed Big Bad is now absolutely not the Big Bad, and that there's a good and bad Henry Deaver; the duality ham-handedly explained with a black and a white actor.
Meanwhile - and admittedly, it's been a long time since I've read any of the Castle Rock books - I thought it had been established that Castle Rock itself was the Big Bad.
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 4:36 am
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Well, if that was the last episode, I'm a bit disappointed. Ended up not being entirely sure what the hell happened.
--A
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 1:56 pm
by wayfriend
That was some ending.
I
liked what happened, how it played out. But I wasn't prepared for it to wrap up that way. However, I have to admit, a lot of my surprise and chagrin has to do with not understanding the format of the series. Which isn't my fault.
First, the post-credit scene: that character's name is Jackie Torrance, whose uncle is Jack Torrance, who went mad in The Shining. The fact that she's looking for a place to write her novel is interesting. Her fascination for axes is very interesting. I see trouble.
So it's looks a lot like next season will be a different story that is connected only loosely to this season. Same universe, some of the same characters. Maybe Henry will be part of it, but it looks like his part is wrapped up for now.
This is sort of like the Marvel movies. Which leads you to wonder and hope if they build season over season up to some grand Infinity War climax. Or if it's just the Twilight Zone with longer stories. Some sort of convergence of horror stories into an overarching, all-consuming existential crisis of horror would be really cool.
And so that is why, after being initially disappointed, I am starting to come back around to liking it.
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 4:46 am
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I'd actually like to see a novellisation of it, written by King. Maybe it would make better sense if I could read it.
--A
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 11:30 pm
by Cail
I thought it ended well, and I'm looking forward to the next season. I like anthology shows, and hopefully this works out better than AHS.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 12:24 am
by wayfriend
Some SK books have had worse endings, come to think of it.
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2018 10:03 pm
by wayfriend
Drove through Orange today.
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2018 8:21 pm
by wayfriend
Bump, hoping Cags notices.