Charlie is born with psychic abilities, which apparently include the ability to read some minds and, most notably, extremely powerful pyrokinetic abilities.

24 Oct 2024

By: Dolly

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Like Eleven in Stranger Things, the government (in this case an agency called "The Shop") wants Charlie so they can experiment on her and learn how to use her as a weapon. 

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He also fears what might happen if his powers are left unchecked. Saying more would spoil the rest of Firestarter's story.

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The parallels between Charlie and Andrew in Firestarter and Eleven in Stranger Things are obvious and have been confirmed by Stranger Things creators the Duffer Brothers.

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They either want to see what inspired it or they want to see more of the wild mental action and its (generally rather awkward for a King adaptation) pacing.

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Its atmosphere varies greatly from act to act, there are awkward scenes, it has great acting from Keith and Barrymore and very spectacular special effects, and it's a finale for the ages.

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Whose mother was also the subject of a government experiment to develop mind control powers in subjects for military use.

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Which takes the real-world story of MKUltra and various other government experiments done on people and turns them into a fantasy about people with superhuman abilities.

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As mentioned, Firestarter and Stranger Things are not the only media that have been around since the beginning of time.

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Long generally referred to as “magic” or abilities that come from a demonic/angelic/supernatural source, the idea of ​​“psychics” emerged in the mid-19th century.

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