A thought on King's "Dreamcatcher"

[cmdr_zoom]

Q. Why "____weasels"?

A. Because if he had them take the shorter route from the stomach, out through the front/belly, everyone would immediately realize he's just ripping off Alien within his usual mis en scene of fictionalized Maine. It's the only "new" element in an otherwise mostly recycled story, by virtue of being stolen from someone else rather than from his own previous works (particularly It).

Comments

[z-gryphon.livejournal.com]

Like Alien is some kind of lofty pinnacle of originality. Look, nearly-mindless space bugs. They Need Us To Breed! Ooooooooo.

[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

Yes, I remember your opinion of Them! the Giant Space Ants! ;)

Nor did I intend to hold Alien up as some exemplar (q.v. "Voyage of the Space Beagle"); but if anything, your comment only helps to further damn King's work as 100% post-writer product, if he can't even steal a new idea.

[biomekanic.livejournal.com]

I believe it was Family Guy which said it best:
"Scary lamp! Scary lamp!"

[z-gryphon.livejournal.com]

What can I say, the man's a national treasure to my people, or would be if the Anti-Federalists had won and the states were really states instead of misnamed provinces.

Mind you, there are a lot of writers out there who ought to turn their efforts to plagiarism. The DC Comics universe, for instance, would be a lot less tiresome now if Geoff Johns had just scraped the serial numbers off The Iliad and called it a day. :)

[mechaman.livejournal.com]

Can't totally agree there, actually. Though which of John's titles is coming to mind?

[z-gryphon.livejournal.com]

Wow, so many choices. Anything with "Green Lantern" in the title; anything with "Crisis" in the title; anything with "Justice" in the title; anything he didn't actually write but controlled the editorial direction on as part of coordinating one of his retarded crossovers...