Trucks + Sentience
September 18, 2015 10:51 AM Subscribe
The first of a trilogy, with the sequels being Cars and Cars 2.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 11:01 AM on September 18, 2015 [7 favorites]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 11:01 AM on September 18, 2015 [7 favorites]
"The thermostat has become sentient! Oh God, that's how Maximum Overdrive started!"
posted by Talez at 11:01 AM on September 18, 2015
posted by Talez at 11:01 AM on September 18, 2015
Stephen King:
Writer > Director > Pedestrian >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Actor
posted by Atom Eyes at 11:04 AM on September 18, 2015 [5 favorites]
Writer > Director > Pedestrian >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Actor
posted by Atom Eyes at 11:04 AM on September 18, 2015 [5 favorites]
It's a pretty good short story. Perhaps we'll just leave it at that.
posted by Chrysostom at 11:10 AM on September 18, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by Chrysostom at 11:10 AM on September 18, 2015 [4 favorites]
And with “Trucks”—not unlike Cat’s Eye, which was an anthology of three unrelated King stories—the plan was to package this one with “The Lawnmower Man” and “The Mangler” to create a compilation called The Machines. Subotsky moved forward with this idea, to the point that he even had a script drafted by screenwriters Edward and Valerie Abraham. Ultimately, however, he was unable to secure financing.
Interesting. Ultimately they all became movies (or in the case of Lawnmower Man the title for an unrelated movie) - The Mangler I remember as being actually really fun.
posted by Artw at 11:15 AM on September 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
Interesting. Ultimately they all became movies (or in the case of Lawnmower Man the title for an unrelated movie) - The Mangler I remember as being actually really fun.
posted by Artw at 11:15 AM on September 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
Bless Martha De Laurentiis and all of her works.
posted by rewil at 11:36 AM on September 18, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by rewil at 11:36 AM on September 18, 2015 [3 favorites]
I remember King was complaining before maximum overdrive that directors were failing to do his books well. So I was very interested in how his directorial vision would do things differently. Heh.
posted by BrotherCaine at 11:45 AM on September 18, 2015
posted by BrotherCaine at 11:45 AM on September 18, 2015
King has interesting views on what makes for a good adaptation of his work that do not necessarily coincide with making good movies.
posted by Artw at 11:48 AM on September 18, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by Artw at 11:48 AM on September 18, 2015 [5 favorites]
Mostly my job entailed getting coffee, making copies and delivering mail but, as I mentioned, I got to drive Emilio and some other actors around. I was a little awestruck because Repo Man had just come out and I loved it. And I remember one time we were driving down New Centre Drive in Wilmington—where Repo Man was playing—and Emilio’s name was in big letters on the marquee. That was kind of amazing, I think, even for him.
It's pretty much a downhill slope from there.
posted by Artw at 11:49 AM on September 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
It's pretty much a downhill slope from there.
posted by Artw at 11:49 AM on September 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
spoilers for page 3: Stephen King almost kills someone.
posted by Artw at 12:13 PM on September 18, 2015
posted by Artw at 12:13 PM on September 18, 2015
And in fact actuall blinds the only competent director working on the film. Did Kubrick ever blind anyone?
posted by Artw at 12:40 PM on September 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Artw at 12:40 PM on September 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
Artw: "King has interesting views on what makes for a good adaptation of his work that do not necessarily coincide with making good movies."
See also: Under the Dome.
posted by Splunge at 1:01 PM on September 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
See also: Under the Dome.
posted by Splunge at 1:01 PM on September 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
Yeah but the soundtrack rules.
posted by Liquidwolf at 1:03 PM on September 18, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by Liquidwolf at 1:03 PM on September 18, 2015 [3 favorites]
What happens when they inevitably run out of gas? Dumb aliens.
posted by leotrotsky at 1:09 PM on September 18, 2015
posted by leotrotsky at 1:09 PM on September 18, 2015
Wasn't it a comet? It's usually comets.
posted by Artw at 1:23 PM on September 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Artw at 1:23 PM on September 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
Artw: "Wasn't it a comet? It's usually comets."
You want triffids? 'Cause that's how you get triffids.
posted by Splunge at 1:42 PM on September 18, 2015 [4 favorites]
You want triffids? 'Cause that's how you get triffids.
posted by Splunge at 1:42 PM on September 18, 2015 [4 favorites]
According to ensuing legal documents, the lawnmower took off “like thunder” (according to Nannuzzi) or “like a runaway horse” (according to King).
Best photo caption ever.
posted by gottabefunky at 2:16 PM on September 18, 2015
Best photo caption ever.
posted by gottabefunky at 2:16 PM on September 18, 2015
Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
posted by Artw at 2:19 PM on September 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Artw at 2:19 PM on September 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
"THE GREEN INFERNO is like a glorious throwback to the drive-in movies of my youth: bloody, gripping, hard to watch, but you can't look away."
Thanks Steve, I had already pretty much written that off as hot garbage
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 2:21 PM on September 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
Thanks Steve, I had already pretty much written that off as hot garbage
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 2:21 PM on September 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
What happens when they inevitably run out of gas? Dumb aliens.
A gas tanker turns up, obviously!
(The short story finishes with the human protagonist being forced to pump gas for a massive line of trunks... it's one of his great early short stories, which makes the gloriously terrible adaptation even more glorious)
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 2:23 PM on September 18, 2015 [4 favorites]
A gas tanker turns up, obviously!
(The short story finishes with the human protagonist being forced to pump gas for a massive line of trunks... it's one of his great early short stories, which makes the gloriously terrible adaptation even more glorious)
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 2:23 PM on September 18, 2015 [4 favorites]
Pretty much everyone I know who has seen the Green Infferbo trailer is unified in saying "wow, that looks racist as fuck."
posted by Artw at 2:26 PM on September 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Artw at 2:26 PM on September 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
Wow, I didn't know about The Green Inferno before this...that shit looks awful. And racist as fuck.
posted by Existential Dread at 2:39 PM on September 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Existential Dread at 2:39 PM on September 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
When I saw The Green Inferno I was really hoping it was a treatment of The Green Brain by Frank Herbert. Sadly, no.
posted by Splunge at 2:39 PM on September 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Splunge at 2:39 PM on September 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
I mean, it's basically Cannibal Holocaust, right?
posted by Existential Dread at 2:44 PM on September 18, 2015
posted by Existential Dread at 2:44 PM on September 18, 2015
As far as I can tell its Cannibal Holocaust for people that think redoing Cannibal Holocaust in2015 is a good idea.
posted by Artw at 3:02 PM on September 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Artw at 3:02 PM on September 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
As far as I can tell its Cannibal Holocaust for people that think redoing Cannibal Holocaust in2015 is a good idea.
So, Eli Roth?
posted by Mezentian at 3:50 PM on September 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
So, Eli Roth?
posted by Mezentian at 3:50 PM on September 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
Artw: "King has interesting views on what makes for a good adaptation of his work that do not necessarily coincide with making good movies."
It's this, and it's a shame. What if you saw a Netflix 12 episode Gaumont version of Salem's Lot? Or The Stand, The Long Walk, or I don't know maybe the Dark Tower?
It's 2015, aren't we supposed to be through the looking glass?
posted by Sphinx at 4:18 PM on September 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
It's this, and it's a shame. What if you saw a Netflix 12 episode Gaumont version of Salem's Lot? Or The Stand, The Long Walk, or I don't know maybe the Dark Tower?
It's 2015, aren't we supposed to be through the looking glass?
posted by Sphinx at 4:18 PM on September 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
I really wish they'd gotten King in on this, just for the lulz.
Silvia: [with a very thick Italian accent] It was very funny. In the morning, Stephen King liked to eat sardines. And the mouth was full of sardines and his breath was breathing fish all day long. And he had a kind of a superstition. He had kind of a piece of the underpants of his wife at the belt. It was a kind of mascot. He always say, “this bring me luck.”
King: Yeah, definitely before I got clean.
Roberto: But also his attitude, I think is because he did not get what he wanted. He felt betrayed. This is my recollection; the script went through many changes, yes, but in every version, on every page, was the lead protagonist. And for this character, Stephen King wanted an “unknown” actor at that time: Bruce Springsteen. “I can do ten movies for you, Dino, but I want Bruce Springsteen.” But Dino say, “Bruce who? Bruce who?” Dino didn’t know. He didn’t know he was the boss; the man who would change rock music. So Stephen King explain and say, “I want to direct Bruce. This is my movie and the truck driver is Bruce Springsteen.” But Dino didn’t care. He just say, “I’ll get Emilio, Martin’s son.” When that moment became official—that there was no Bruce Springsteen—Stephen King couldn’t give a shit about the movie. That’s my opinion.
King: We're talking about John Belushi-league piles of cocaine.
posted by Halloween Jack at 4:19 PM on September 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
Silvia: [with a very thick Italian accent] It was very funny. In the morning, Stephen King liked to eat sardines. And the mouth was full of sardines and his breath was breathing fish all day long. And he had a kind of a superstition. He had kind of a piece of the underpants of his wife at the belt. It was a kind of mascot. He always say, “this bring me luck.”
King: Yeah, definitely before I got clean.
Roberto: But also his attitude, I think is because he did not get what he wanted. He felt betrayed. This is my recollection; the script went through many changes, yes, but in every version, on every page, was the lead protagonist. And for this character, Stephen King wanted an “unknown” actor at that time: Bruce Springsteen. “I can do ten movies for you, Dino, but I want Bruce Springsteen.” But Dino say, “Bruce who? Bruce who?” Dino didn’t know. He didn’t know he was the boss; the man who would change rock music. So Stephen King explain and say, “I want to direct Bruce. This is my movie and the truck driver is Bruce Springsteen.” But Dino didn’t care. He just say, “I’ll get Emilio, Martin’s son.” When that moment became official—that there was no Bruce Springsteen—Stephen King couldn’t give a shit about the movie. That’s my opinion.
King: We're talking about John Belushi-league piles of cocaine.
posted by Halloween Jack at 4:19 PM on September 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
Roberto: Remember, this was the 80’s. Everyone was on coke. But with Stephen King? No, I never saw. I didn’t.
With no one having any idea, it feels like the coke thing may have been a face-saving cover story. Far less embarrassing than being responsible for this.
It's always amused me that while it sounds pretty badass, the title of this film is basically "Lowest Power Cruise"
posted by rodlymight at 4:52 PM on September 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
With no one having any idea, it feels like the coke thing may have been a face-saving cover story. Far less embarrassing than being responsible for this.
It's always amused me that while it sounds pretty badass, the title of this film is basically "Lowest Power Cruise"
posted by rodlymight at 4:52 PM on September 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
Oh, I am pretty certain King had a substance abuse problem.
posted by Artw at 5:01 PM on September 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Artw at 5:01 PM on September 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
Yeah, a big chunk of his book On Writing covers it, among other things.
posted by Halloween Jack at 5:09 PM on September 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Halloween Jack at 5:09 PM on September 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
I suspect the soundtrack helps a lot.
posted by Artw at 5:27 PM on September 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Artw at 5:27 PM on September 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
A while back Eli Roth was publicly talking about how Green Inferno riffs on/makes fun of slacktivists and "social justice warriors". That totally drained my interest in the film.
posted by brundlefly at 5:43 PM on September 18, 2015
posted by brundlefly at 5:43 PM on September 18, 2015
With no one having any idea, it feels like the coke thing may have been a face-saving cover story. Far less embarrassing than being responsible for this.
King has written quite a bit about his substance abuse problems, namely alcohol and cocaine. Apparently he wrote Cujo while completely zonked and has no memory of even writing it. The plot of The Tommyknockers is, he has said, a stand-in for his cocaine addiction, sort of. With aliens instead of cocaine.
Both things can be true--he was high on drugs and a lousy director.
posted by zardoz at 7:03 PM on September 18, 2015
King has written quite a bit about his substance abuse problems, namely alcohol and cocaine. Apparently he wrote Cujo while completely zonked and has no memory of even writing it. The plot of The Tommyknockers is, he has said, a stand-in for his cocaine addiction, sort of. With aliens instead of cocaine.
Both things can be true--he was high on drugs and a lousy director.
posted by zardoz at 7:03 PM on September 18, 2015
Yeah, a big chunk of his book On Writing covers it, among other things.
And every interview with King since the early 1990s.
And many, many books.
posted by Mezentian at 7:11 PM on September 18, 2015
And every interview with King since the early 1990s.
And many, many books.
posted by Mezentian at 7:11 PM on September 18, 2015
Yeah, it's a pretty bad movie, but it did give us "Who Made Who," the greatest AC/DC song ever.
posted by jbickers at 5:42 AM on September 19, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by jbickers at 5:42 AM on September 19, 2015 [2 favorites]
"Don't make me a widow on my wedding day, Curtis!"
posted by ColdChef at 7:26 AM on September 19, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by ColdChef at 7:26 AM on September 19, 2015 [3 favorites]
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Thanks, Whelk! I'm saving this for later.
posted by brundlefly at 11:01 AM on September 18, 2015 [3 favorites]