11.22.63

[Vivek]

Teaser Trailer for Hulu Series 11.22.63 - James Franco Has to Save JFK
This Stephen King adaptation is a eight part mini series.

Read good things about the book, need to catch up before watching the show. Some say it's King's best novel.

 

[Wes R]

It sounded good until i saw JJ Abrams involved. I'm a fan of conspiracy theories and such but I'm not a fan of Abrams being involved in things.

 

[vader1974]

I really enjoyed the book. They were shooting in downtown Dallas last month.

 

[The Terminator]

Just two days until the anniversary

 

[Inquisitor Peregrinus]

I really enjoyed the book. They were shooting in downtown Dallas last month.

Might want to think about your phrasing, there...

--Jonah

 

[Wes R]

I just hope the critics don't take any shots at it

 

[cayman shen]

Great book, bogged down a bit in the middle as many King stories will, but ended solidly.

 

[mattycsi]

Did anyone watch this?

I just finished the 2nd episode. Its excellent so far. Wish I had the time to marathon it.

 

[kalkamel]

Good show. I had my doubts about James Franco in the lead role, but those doubts vanished after I watched the series. The guy who played Oswald is absolutely spot on. The ending made me shed (manly) tears. Highly recommended.

 

[Probe Droid]

Also watched it recently. Anything that long will have a few wasted moments, and agree that Franco surpassed my expectations. Overall an 8.5 out of 10. Very well done and quite entertaining. If you're curious at all, try it.

 

[Riceball]

I completely agree with the consensus on this one, it was a really good series, very well done. I like that it was a mini-series and not a regular series, it definitely benefited from having an set ending, it would have sucked if they had just used the book as a premise and made it a regular series.

 

[PotionMistress]

This was such a fun show to watch and I like it for the same reasons as everyone else...Franco was at his best, Chris Cooper super and really gave it creedance and it was a fun mystery sci-fi show that was paced right and lasted one season which was perfect to tell the story. Loved it.

 

[mattycsi]

I'm enjoying it so far, good to hear it won't disappoint.

In ep2 did anyone else spot Frank, or is it even him outside the Dunnings?

 

[Malphas]

I started the first episode but had to stop for work. Now I have to restart it because the wife is interested. I like the idea for it though.

 

[Laspector]

A little off topic but--So how long do you think we will have to wait before someone does a time traveling movie about going back and trying to stop 9/11?

 

[AJK001]

A little off topic but--So how long do you think we will have to wait before someone does a time traveling movie about going back and trying to stop 9/11?

I hope we have to wait forever.

 

[Laspector]

Why? It's been done with Pearl Harbor, and God knows how many times its been done with JFK. Those were very real tragedies that affected a lot of people, also.

Is it just because our generation feels 9/11 is too personal to us? You know the 9/11 deal will be done at some point. I'm just wondering how long before it will happen.

 

[bwayne64]

It sounded good until i saw JJ Abrams involved. I'm a fan of conspiracy theories and such but I'm not a fan of Abrams being involved in things.

Yep, the conspiracy theory about JJ, is that he is a good director, ;-)

 

[The Terminator]

Did notice some fun nods like the Donnie Darko one already mentioned, the REDRUM on the wall, and the typo YOUR(which should have been "you're")

Did anyone watch this?

I just finished the 2nd episode. Its excellent so far. Wish I had the time to marathon it.

Yep, just finished my marathon, watched all 8 episodes back to back. Funny, exciting, well worth the watch. Only negative I have to say about it, is the fact that I caught a glimps of it on TV, and watched a snippet of the end of an episode, Franco dancing with Sadie. Which turned out to be the very last moments of the whole mini-series. So I was spoiled a bit regarding the whole reset.

More quality TV like this please.

 

[R.P. McMurphy]

Watched the whole series over the holidays. The book is one of my all-time favorites.

I enjoyed the mini-series but didn't like the additional impact given to Bill only to have him commit suicide. I imagine they needed him to condense some of the work/time done/used by Jake in the book.

Overall, though, solid.