Kingdom Hospital
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gategrrlI'm about half-way through the series now (watched three episodes yesterday, and am watching through to the sixth episode).
Wow, I'm impressed. The style of the show gels together, and although the story is slowly unfolding, the very beginning of the series gave me just enough background of the site the hospital rests on that it's okay if I wait a while more to find out exactly what the earthquakes are about, or where that evil ghost boy Paul comes from. I do wonder where Mary, the little girl ghost with the bell who is looking for her doll, got those two wounds above her eyes.
And the cool thing is, I didn't realize that HRG (Noah) from Heroes is a central character in this. Well, sort of central. He's spending most of his time helpless in his hospital bed.
All the descriptions that I've read of KH don't do it justice. I mean, c'mon, if you read that there was an invisible talking toothy anteater ghost-god? wandering around the halls of a hospital, wouldn't you wonder what the heck was going on? I really like the characters, and Peter Davidson, who plays a incompetent doctor, does a terrific job with the role. Of course, I love Stephen King's novels, even when they're flawed, and I'm enjoying the references to Castle Rock, Nozz-a-la and other things that the production staff sprinkled through the series.
I really like it, but I can see how there are folks who couldn't get into it for the weirdness. I only cringe a little when the doctors and nurses break out into spontaneous song in the ER when they get someone's heart beating again. Oh, and the surgery scenes with the blood? FF right through them. Hmm. Maybe if I can take this show, I can handle Supernatural; but that's actually a harder edged horror type of show. Maybe I'll tackle that next.
Wow, I'm impressed. The style of the show gels together, and although the story is slowly unfolding, the very beginning of the series gave me just enough background of the site the hospital rests on that it's okay if I wait a while more to find out exactly what the earthquakes are about, or where that evil ghost boy Paul comes from. I do wonder where Mary, the little girl ghost with the bell who is looking for her doll, got those two wounds above her eyes.
And the cool thing is, I didn't realize that HRG (Noah) from Heroes is a central character in this. Well, sort of central. He's spending most of his time helpless in his hospital bed.
All the descriptions that I've read of KH don't do it justice. I mean, c'mon, if you read that there was an invisible talking toothy anteater ghost-god? wandering around the halls of a hospital, wouldn't you wonder what the heck was going on? I really like the characters, and Peter Davidson, who plays a incompetent doctor, does a terrific job with the role. Of course, I love Stephen King's novels, even when they're flawed, and I'm enjoying the references to Castle Rock, Nozz-a-la and other things that the production staff sprinkled through the series.
I really like it, but I can see how there are folks who couldn't get into it for the weirdness. I only cringe a little when the doctors and nurses break out into spontaneous song in the ER when they get someone's heart beating again. Oh, and the surgery scenes with the blood? FF right through them. Hmm. Maybe if I can take this show, I can handle Supernatural; but that's actually a harder edged horror type of show. Maybe I'll tackle that next.
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Date: 2008-12-20 06:17 am (UTC)I can understand why an audience wouldn't "get it". King can be very quirky with a weird sense of humor.
The Stand and The Talisman are two of my all-time favorites, along with The Shining and Dolores Claiborne. I appreciate the Dark Tower books, but man, they're a slog at times.
Peter Straub; now *he* is a complex writer. Sometimes I'm not sure if he's purposely being obtuse and erudite, or what, but I like his books that star Tim Underhill.