The Arrowhead Project ***The Mist Spoilers***
Just curious as to what you guys believe was the true nature of this government project. I've heard people say the government bred the creatures, but most people such as I believe it caused a dimensional rift.
What say you? Is it possible the old lady was correct in the nature of their experiments?
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
I believe what happened with the Arrowhead Project was the destruction of a valve, mentioned in more detail in another King book.
Momma told me there would be DAYS like this. SHe is coming back around, though...to put things back the way they should be. HIS story? Nah...we've had enough of that.
I'm guessing that it was secret government program involved with finding if other dimensions existed. I'd say some kind of rift or fluxuation was discovered up on the mountain and they decided to research it. After years of research and experiments, they finally ripped open whatever it was they found. I think The Mist was a veil, the visual sign of two dimensions coming together. I don't think that the monsters (as we know, some are huge...how big the rift would have been for them to fit out) all came out of the rift but as the mist spread it just revealed more of the other world.
In the movie we see the mist fading. What was the cause of this? I think the government managed to repair the rift and the mist all just kind of faded. Unless, of course, David Drayton was simply driving just in front of the clearing mist and it hadn't caught up with him until he stopped. The monsters also seemed to die when the mist disappeared. Perhaps that mist was similar to our oxygen?
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To be on the safe side, I made it a spoiler thread
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I believe it was either that orOriginally Posted by JohnBlaze
this.
It'll take a lot more than words and guns,
A whole lot more than riches and muscle.
The hands of the many must join as one.
And together we'll cross the river.
Puscifer, "The Humbling River"
In one of of the DT comics....King describes an incident where men try to destroy the tower. There is a great earthquake. The ground opens up, and out comes a thick mist.
I think they made a portal...and the portal didn't go to other worlds...just inbetween.
I agree with your idea JohnBlaze.
This.
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
i feel the sameThis.
Well, The Dark Tower is in Maine, of course.
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Can you give us the reference point?
I forgot to mention I haven't seen the movie yet. Does anyone know if it's out on DVD yet?
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
its not even in cinemas over here yet...scandal!!!!!!!
Move to the US.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
Can you give us the reference point?
From a Buick 8.
And, Song of Susannah.
Momma told me there would be DAYS like this. SHe is coming back around, though...to put things back the way they should be. HIS story? Nah...we've had enough of that.
where in SOS?
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
Can you give us the reference point?
I forgot to mention I haven't seen the movie yet. Does anyone know if it's out on DVD yet?
March 25th.
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Song of Susannah SPOILER:
Spoiler:
Walk over to a valve that controls the flow of water and take a sledgehammer to it and see what happens.
My general point is that the folks at Arrowhead must have come across one of these "valves" and somehow destroyed it. This could explain the flashes of light seen coming from where the Arrowhead Project was located.
Momma told me there would be DAYS like this. SHe is coming back around, though...to put things back the way they should be. HIS story? Nah...we've had enough of that.
ok, i can read that, but i don't see what that has to do with The Mist?
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
Have you ever read From a Buick 8?
Spoiler:
I tend to err on the side of caution regarding spoilers, and that just seemed too spoilerish, say sorry.
Last edited by Woofer; 02-07-2008 at 09:19 PM. Reason: To finish. Eep!
It'll take a lot more than words and guns,
A whole lot more than riches and muscle.
The hands of the many must join as one.
And together we'll cross the river.
Puscifer, "The Humbling River"
I actually have From a Buick 8, but have never finished it. Maybe I should read it before I go on.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
Exactly. It's hard to get across this particular idea without bringing up instances in other books to use as good examples. I can think of another one in 'Desperation'.
Also, I agree with what you said about 'From A Buick 8'.
Momma told me there would be DAYS like this. SHe is coming back around, though...to put things back the way they should be. HIS story? Nah...we've had enough of that.
Maybe the State Troopers turned it over to the Feds and it ended up at The Arrowhead Project facility, where some stupid scientists blew it up?Song of Susannah SPOILER:
Spoiler:
Walk over to a valve that controls the flow of water and take a sledgehammer to it and see what happens.
My general point is that the folks at Arrowhead must have come across one of these "valves" and somehow destroyed it. This could explain the flashes of light seen coming from where the Arrowhead Project was located.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
The funny thing is I've read most of these books, with an exception of From a Buick 8, and I don't remember these references. What was the one from Dreamcatcher?Exactly. It's hard to get across this particular idea without bringing up instances in other books to use as good examples. I can think of another one in 'Desperation'.
Also, I agree with what you said about 'From A Buick 8'.
Some memory you got.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
'Dreamcatcher' is one of the few books by King that I have not finished, so, I couldn't say for sure what the "valve" is in that particular book.
Momma told me there would be DAYS like this. SHe is coming back around, though...to put things back the way they should be. HIS story? Nah...we've had enough of that.
when was dreamcatcher mentioned?
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