Whatever one's opinion of any of the King adaptations, it's hard to deny the idea that this is a mishmash of King films spanning nearly 50 years.
23 Oct 2024
23 Oct 2024
By: Dolly
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Firestarter falls somewhere in the better half of that group of conversions. Being King's story, Firestarter is strange and hard to compare to the structure of a standard film.
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The film jumps in location, time, and plot across the country over the course of several years and is accompanied by multiple acts of varying tone, length, and focus.
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who participates in a paid experiment at college, where he is injected with a "low-potency hallucinogen" called LOT-6. McGee and his future wife Vicki Tomlinson survive the experiment
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Many others do not survive, and both gain psychic abilities. In the novel, Vicki gains some telekinesis and mind-reading and conversational abilities.
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However, her powers are not explored much in the film. Instead, Firestarter focuses on Andrew's ability to "push,"
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Which includes him being able to hold the sides of his head, concentrate, and control his mind and even some physical objects.
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When Andrew uses his powers, it is very painful and can damage his brain, and almost always causes his nose to bleed.
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Fans of Stranger Things will already notice the similarities between Andrew and Stranger Things' central character Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) - just like Firestarter, there were drugs involved.
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She's a parallel to Andrew McGee, but the real starter character who inspired Eleven is Andrew's daughter Charlie (Drew Barrymore in a very early role.