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February 27, 2003

Dreamcatcher, based on the Stephen King novel from 2001, is about to be released theatrically. I liked the book, although like a lot of King, it was way good at the beginning and sorta petered out at the end. Part of the reason I liked it is because some of it takes place at the Quabbin Reservoir right here in the Happy Valley. The book concerns an alien invasion that begins in backwoods Maine, but threatens to overrun the country; the aliens take over by spreading spore (called "byrus" in the novel), which, when ingested, turns into one nasty gastroenterological problem, otherwise known as a "shitweasel."

The cast won't blow you away, but there are some recognizable names:
Morgan Freeman plays Colonel Abraham Curtiss (like "Kurtz." Get it?)
Thomas Jane is Dr. Henry Devlin, the troubled psychiatrist. (Jane is the guy from that tv show about the Cape Code airport, right?)
Jason Lee plays "the Beav." (That's the character's name. Honest.)
Donny Wahlberg plays "Duddits" the telekinetic Downs syndrome "Dreamcatcher" of the title.

Anyway, I'm sure the movie will suck. I'm really wondering who might play the part of the shitweasel, basically a furry tapeworm with needles for teeth and a prediliction for biting, shall we say, sensitive areas of the male anatomy? Hmmm. Will it be him? Or him? Or maybe "him"?

UPDATE: The Cape Cod airport show was called "Wings" and didn't star Thomas Jane. I believe I was thinking of Thomas Hayden Church, who played "Lowell" in that series. My bad.

eric 9:00 PM

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