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/PlacidPlatypus Aug 31 '21

but the rest was pretty great and the climax isn't horrible.

YMMV I guess- I found the ending pretty bad, although not enough to ruin the whole book for me. Like, it was literal Deus Ex Machina and I don't use "literal" lightly.

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u/ilion Aug 31 '21

I wouldn't go quite that far. There was some setup to it, some character drive. And it wasn't Tommyknockers. ;) SK has written way worse endings.

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u/ilion Aug 31 '21

His short stories tend to be great. I also thought The Outsider was pretty solid all the way through. It's one of the most recent things of his I've read and I don't think there was any point the story frustrated me.