SmallBeans
patreon
321. Kings of King: The Dead Zone
🕑 Added 2020-09-21 13:01:02 +0000 UTC
Cronenberg and Walken. What can go wrong? Michael and Abe take a look at the story of a man who resurfaces from his coma only to find that he has psychic powers. He saves kids, solves crimes, and prevents nuclear war. The boys also discuss what makes for a good Stephen King premise and whether or not The Dead Zone is up to snuff.
Features:
Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP
Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty
Comments
Jason Olshefsky
The whole "Kill Hitler?" thought experiment is fine, but as a computer programmer who spent 1999 fixing Y2K bugs, I think Dead Zone swings for a more subtle angle—although I think it didn't know it was swinging. Like, what if the movie got moving faster and Johnny didn't die and instead had to explain his actions. How would you convince people that what you did was for the good? As for Y2K, what if someone could go back in time and sabotage the whole Y2K effort so communications and financial systems just collapsed, and we spent the better part of 2000 rebuilding melted down nuclear power plants: would people then take climate change seriously? I think the it was the echoes of the words "Y2K Hoax" that led people to ignore, uh, nerds, I guess, who are telling them they'd better change their ways or shit's gonna get real.
Hip-Hop Community
Hello! If you love old school hip-hop, you are welcome! I have a rare hip hop
Warren McDonald
My suggestion for next movie is Cujo, because it is technically a sequel to the Dead Zone. Frank Dodd’s soul went into Cujo and made him into a monster
Warren McDonald
Currently listening to the episode. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the movie or read the book, but as I recall all of his visions were something negative; so the reason he didn’t get any vision from touching his mother’s hand is because there was nothing negative to see.
