RIP Robert Prosky

Oh, I still watch it every time it's on, just didn't think it was as good as the book.

 

That would be Michael Conrad as Sgt. Phil Esterhaus.

A tough act to follow, but Prosky pulled it off well.

 

During an awful string of King adaptations (Christine, Firestarter, Pet Sematary)

 

Bearrineau in Lords of Discipline

 

I didn't recognize the name, but as soon as I opened the link, this was the scene I thought of. I knew his face, never his name. A good sign for a character actor.

 

He was in Thief, too, a vastly underrated movie.

Joe Bob says check it out.

 

I thought "Christine" was lauded, for lack of a better term, as one of the better adaptations at the time?

I really liked it. Of course, I was 10 when I read the book, and I pilfered it from my dad on vacation. By the time he found out, it was too late muahahahha.

And no string of awful King adaptations can be complete without a mention of "Maximum Overdrive."

 

Or "Needful Things."

Geez, how did they manage to screw up so many great King stories? "The Shining," "The Stand," "Shawshank" and "Green Mile." After that, it's all horseshit.

 

Yeah but in their defense...the ones they got right, they REALLY got right.

Along those lines, don't forget Misery and Stand By Me.

 

Fixed

 

I'll gladly sign up for that way to die.