11/22/63

[forever1267]

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From the bestseller by Stephen King, and produced by James Franco and J J Abrams, comes this time travel tale of a man who goes back to 1960, in order to stop the Kennedy Assassination, and create a better future.

But time does NOT like to be changed.

The book is long, but IMO, one of his absolute best, up there with The Stand, The Shining and Misery. A really good love story, an homage to a not that long ago, but very different America, and a minor follow up to events from It. James Franco would not be my first choice for the lead (Costner in the 90's. Maybe Eckhart? Gyllenhaal?)

It's airing on HULU. I really really really hope they got this one right.

[scarlet]

I watched the first ep yesterday. Given that I just reread the book about six months ago, I'm very tuned into all the changes--some of which I'm not crazy about so far. But Franco is doing a good job and they're getting the vibe of the time frame right.

[Ladybug]

Do you have to pay for Hulu to see this?

[forever1267]

The writer Bridget Carpenter, who also wrote for Friday Night Lights, Dead Like Me and Parenthood said to watch the opening credits closely, as they will change with each episode.

[scarlet]

All 8 episodes are up now. I had a lot--A LOT--of issues with the changes that were made from the book, but the last episode was pretty great and true to the book. I didn't cry quite as much as I did with the book, but tears were shed during the last scene.

[save lilo!]

I watched this all without reading the book. Hated it, I realize. Is Sadie really better off in life marrying a homicidal maniac and staying with him? Lee's strange accent bothered me so much.

[GirlyGhoul]

I watched this, but really didn't enjoy it. I read the book, but I had a lot of issues with the book too. I think in some ways the series did a good job of trimming a lot of the fat and excess from the book. But the stuff it did keep and the stuff it added in that wasn't in the book meant it was still a mostly dull, draggy mess. I hung in there because I was curious to see how the series handled what the world wound up being after he saved Kennedy- but that scene wound up being pretty dull too.