Power lines and rules are drawn in the third episode of the television adaption of "The Mist". The two settings mirror each other because that's how writing is made easy. To say the writing is influenced by the likes of The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones would be a colossal understatement. Bad guys are bad because they're bad. Good guys are good because they want to survive. There's a death in this episode, which is as pointless as it is uninteresting. The character, as far as I know, is unnamed. One small bug creature enters his ear. He then convulses in pain, understandably, before the skin rips on his back, eventually forming wings. For some reason, and somehow. And did we mention that he has a large back tattoo of a skull with wings? Subtlety was for the early 2000's, people. What must be several hundred bug creatures then erupt from his mouth. Again, for some reason, and somehow. Also in this episode: gamer stoners are so dumb! Is this mist a mystical ancient Indian curse that defies all logic, or is this a sci-fi influenced story of horror, still loosely grounded in reality? I'd like it if the show could choose.
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bobcobb30123 July 2017
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Frances Conroy may be a screen legend, but I didn't really care for her character on Casual and her character here really isn't engaging me either. They're going to have her involved with the "deeper meaning" of the mist I am sure down the road, so right now we have to deal with her bizarre behavior.
The whole thing with the church is really boring television so I am glad some of the characters are getting out of there.
The whole thing with the church is really boring television so I am glad some of the characters are getting out of there.
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