![]() What did Matheson adapt? On the surface, those with very good TV memories might think he adapted a rip-off it's not as if King's ideas all resonate with originality. "Battleground" (to be followed by another King story) is a luminous chunk of sparkling dark crystal, a devilishly haunting gem polished to near-perfection by director Brian Henson and adapting writer Richard Christian Matheson. Yet for all that carping and caviling, allow me to concede an exception to the rule - namely "Battleground," the opening installment in the new TNT anthology "Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King" - premiering tonight at 9. ![]() Then little Stevie might have lost all interest in dreaming up foolish, spooky schlock and become not a writer but, oh, a great garbage, butterfly or income tax collector instead.īut we can't go back in time and so, every 90 days or so (at least that's how it seems), television emits yet another movie, TV series or miniseries based on a novel, short story, grocery list or doodle by Stephen King. ![]() ![]() Mom's mantra was a rhetorical question: "Why don't you go outside and play?" If only little Stevie King's mother had asked the same question of him, and been more persistent about shoving him outdoors. ![]()
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