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While it's not a good movie even by the standards of b-movies, I enjoy watching it.

That being said, I would never recommend it unless I knew the person is a 90s b-movie coneseur.

I clarified what I meant by economic dead end. It's not going to happen tomorrow or even in ten years. But absolute corruption, rollback of democracy and a population where a large number of people support crime and corruption will have a caustic effect in the long term. It's a straw man to suggest that I was claiming an immense collapse in American economic might.

At one point the "sun never set on the British empire" and now the British empire is no more. There are also examples of economies that were once top end, but are now closer to middle income.

I don't think you understand the extent to which American "soft power" is being eroded right now. What countries have you lived in? What languages other than English do you speak? Do you have close friends in other countries?

Of course America is major economy, that doesn't mean the rest of the world doesn't exist. Just look at the state of Chinese products in the early 2000s and where they are now.

People don't like thugs and liars, especially ones who are constantly parroting polemics about "freedom for this and that" while engaging in criminality and opposing democracy.

Of course it can happen elsewhere.

Just US has a massive influence on tech platforms, and they are currently under-going an oligarch takeover (oligarch influence was already bad irrespective of whether the far right or centre right was in power).

Mind you I am not anti-American. I have largely always defended the US as a matter of pragmatism (it is the largest and most influential democracy-leaning country with a measure of respect for human right). US has done really bad things, but they have done good things as well. I can't say the same about say China or Russia.

Probably not, no. Both great movies though.

Not an Apple user, so I didn't know about this. Extremely disappointing.

It really does seem avoiding any and all American services/products (to the extent possible, with exceptions where reasonable) is the only way forward.

I am increasingly coming to the conclusion that the US is a ethical, cultural and even economic dead end. Yes even economic, only a fool would believe intense corruption and broad support of criminality and corruption among the population will not have any negative effects in the future.

Wait, what the hell?

I can't believe this, who the hell are they to decide what I should install?

They are welcome to curate their own store, but sideloading concerns only the user.

Hopefully, the EU and other jurisdictions block this.

Fucking corrupt American oligarchs.

Great movie, but I don't know if I would consider it a horror. More of a mystical thriller perhaps? But then again, The Longoliers could arguably also be labelled as more of a sci-fi thriller.

First time I've heard of this (I think I watched a later adaption, which from what I remember was mediocre).

The book is above-average compared to Stephen King's other works IMO.

Solid list, but IMO there are a couple less known Stephen King adaptions that have their own charm. They might not be as good as Misery or It (I am going to ignore Shawshank Redemption as it's not a horror), but they do offer something unique.

• The Longoliers - It's a TV movie so the budget is low (mainly CGI effects), but I thought it had interesting philosophical undertones while providing a compelling mystery.
• The Night Flier - A unique concept, fun characters and an awesome buildup to the finale.
• Storm of the Century - A pretty typical Stephen King setting, but there is something "cozy" about the winter storm in this movie. I would almost say this a is a better version of Mist.

To be honest, I like re-watching these movies more than some of the bigger, better productions based on Stephen King literature.

What are your favourite Stephen King adaptions? Any thoughts on the list?

I was surprised to see Running Man on the list even though I like the movie and book (dystopian US in the year 2025 is an interesting setting considering recent developments); I don't know if it's that good of a production.

Check out the original, it's definitely a horror movie, but with strong mystical/thriller elements.

Not good. I am a huge fan of Hell House LLC, the original is a masterpiece. The second and third releases were OK in my book (I am a found footage fan), but I would not recommend them to other people. Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor was IMO a return to form, it captured the spirit of the original.

Instead of watching this I would recommend the 90s show Total Recall 2070:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Recall_2070

It's not that well know and it's a great cyberpunk show.