Anyone watching the new Salem's Lot? (spoilers)

[Andrew D. Gable]

Watched the first part of this last night, will be watching the next part tonight. Has little changes (I don't recall Ben Mears being the one who found Marsten's body, for instance) but it's still as good as the first. I think Mr. Barlow showed up, last night, and he's not the nosferatu-type, he's Rutger Hauer (satisfactorally creepy, I think).

Only thing I don't care for as much is Donald Sutherland as Straker. I liked the old version better.

 

[Jamdin]

I watched both nights and was a bit disappointed in it as a whole.

 

[Abraxas]

Watched both nights - enjoyed it.

I liked Lowe's narrator voice. Years ago I had a set of SK's short stories on tape - Rob Lowe read one of them. His voice is perfect for the works of Steven King.

 

[Cannibal_Kender]

It was ok. It couldn't compare at all to the book though.

 

[Andrew D. Gable]

Maybe some King fans can clear up something that was going through my mind. Was "One for the Road" (I think that was the name, the story in Night Shift with the truckers in the snow with the vampires) a sequel to Salem's Lot of sorts? I always thought the trucker were in the Lot...

Also, is the story "Jerusalem's Lot" (also in Night Shift), about the priest and the Cthulhu stuff, a prequel? Or is it just a name that got reused?

I always thought one of the most effective bits in Salem's Lot was the Marsten House, especially as there is (was) a house near here that was extremely similar - in appearance, it had a more-or-less vampire legend attached, and it was burned down.

 

[frankthedm]

Also, is the story "Jerusalem's Lot" (also in Night Shift), about the priest and the Cthulhu stuff, a prequel? Or is it just a name that got reused?

I think its a tainted general area, like the Arkahm of HPL. I think that the area of the cthulhu story was much father off the betten path that even the vampires home.

IF I RECALL CORRECTLY.

 

[The Serge]

It wasn't bad. It was generally closer to the book than the 70's miniseries, but there were some parts that I didn't care for. The end, in particular.

However, I do like the fact that Barlowe actually speaks in this. It's a pity they didn't do it as a six hour mini-series (three nights, two hours a piece). This would have allowed for a greater appreciation for the fact that the town itself was filled with petty evil from the start and would have made the situation with the priest more significant. I also think that some of the adjustments with the children were senseless and did nothing to perpetuate the story. I did like the treatment of Ben Mears and the handling of Mike Ryerson.

Not bad, but it needed more time.