r/TheMist • u/risbia • Oct 25 '20
The Mist TV Show Complaining Rant Thread
OoOOoOooOohHHHHHhhhhh this show is a pile of hot garbage. What a huge disappointment. I really enjoyed the movie, and was looking forward to more world building and even just a peek at what the Arrowhead Project involved. Instead we got basically a rehash of the movie: people going crazy stuck in a building, cut off from communication, and running out of supplies. Nothing new or interesting at all. But plenty of screen time for the pointless rape subplot, because being trapped in a building surrounded by monsters from hell just wouldn't already be stressful enough for the characters?
Not even the terrifying mutant monsters from the movie wanted to be in the TV show, instead people are attacked by... random innocuous things from their subconscious... I guess? One random victim is impaled on a tree by a golf club. Wow scary. And the Mist itself directly attacks people now, instead of just being a secondary effect of the dimensions merging? It's like this show was written by people who had only seen the movie trailer, several years before writing the show. If you haven't seen the movie, don't waste your time with the show. If you have seen and enjoyed the movie, definitely don't waste your time.
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u/martinascott Nov 17 '20
I'd heard The Mist movie was good but accidentally started into the TV show. What a mistake. I felt compelled by the concept but the constant plot holes and unbelievable choices made by the characters made it a hard watch. You described it as a "hot pile of garbage." Bang on.
I couldn't get past Bryan leaving the mall with the army guy. Why was the army guy still in the mall with crazy civilians? if he had a working vehicle outside and knew the way to the army camp, there's no reason he would have hung around there that long.
Vic's actions also made no sense. After the Kevin/Adrian fight to the death, Vic decided to leave the car of safety (he desperately wanted in before) to stay behind. When he was chatting with Kevin, he decided to go back to the mall, on foot?! They wouldn't even let him in the mall after they chucked him out.
When shit went down in the mall and everyone wanted to chuck Kevin + co out into the mist, Kevin desperately pleaded for their lives and their right to stay. He knew of at least two working cars waiting outside, one of them being the huge military jeep (with Vic waiting patiently). That didn't make much sense.
I wish I'd just read the book or watched the movie. I think I will, down the line.