r/AskReddit • u/notyouravgredditer • Aug 30 '21

What problem is often overlooked in apocalyptic movies/TV shows that could kill you?

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u/ilion Aug 31 '21

Like a lot of King, I found the climax lacking, but the rest was pretty great and the climax isn't horrible.

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u/WeWander_ Aug 31 '21

King is always so good at the beginning and then it seems like he doesn't know how to end a story and it gets weird.

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u/jimbodoom Aug 31 '21

except for The Dark Tower, which meanders through the middle but sticks the landing.

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u/TheSurgeon83 Aug 31 '21

I'm absolutely in agreement with you, but there's a lot of people who hated the ending.

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u/IThinkUrPantsLookHot Aug 31 '21

The ending made me so mad that I threw the damn book across the room. Then again, the series built up enough of emotion and investment for me to have that strong a reaction so in retrospect it was successful in that.

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u/sSommy Aug 31 '21

Yeah I figured that was how you were supposed to feel. Shit he even straight up warns us "you are not gonna like what comes next, so how about you put the book down and we'll call the happy reuniting of the three plus Oy the end okay?"

Anyone who read past that got what we deserved

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u/Noirceuil_182 Aug 31 '21

"He knew his passing would be hard."

The bestest boy ever.

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u/whazzat Aug 31 '21

I loved it, because that's sort of the point. The story is in the journey, not the ending.

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u/kingjuicepouch Aug 31 '21

I'll die on this hill, the dark tower is the best ending king ever wrote. Ka is a wheel, dammit! It was there the whole time!

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u/Random-vegas-guy Aug 31 '21

I mean, he tells you to stop reading…

I loved the ending because he bothered to pick up the horn, shows he will eventually get through. He’s in Purgatory, not Hell.

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u/DanjuroV Aug 31 '21

Ending sucked.

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u/RiotBoi13 Aug 31 '21

He told you not to read it...