Newsgroup: it.fan.stephen-king
Titolo: Green Mile/Amazing Stories

Has anyone seen the episode of Amazing Stories (the failed but GREAT show 
by Steven Spielberg - similar to Twilight Zone) called "Life On Death 
Row"?  It was made back in around 1986 I believe and starred Patrick 
Swayze as a convicted murderer on death row who found out he could heal 
people.  The episode then goes on where a guard tries to get him free by 
showing the Warden his powers...he helps the warden's kid with blindness 
and the warden tries to get him freed....  
Anyway, anyone who's read the Green Mile knows how similar they are.  
Does anyone know anything about the similarities?  Did Stephen King write 
the Green Mile some time ago or did he use that story as inspiration...
I apologize if this subject has come up before.
Thanks.
sb...@cybertime.net

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  Nope. Never saw this subject before. This is wonderful! Alert Spielberg!
Copyright lawsuit on the Horizon!
It might be one of those unconcious influences that King started
developing in his own mind after forgetting the original inspiration.
Stephen Spielberg's "Amazing Stories" was an eminently forgettable
series, in my not so humble opinion. In fact, I can't remember any
of it, it was so forgettable. 
Robert W.

I apologize if this subject has come up before.
It came up about a minute before, when you posted it the first time.  =)


Spielberg's Amazing Stories was wonderful, in my humble opinion.  I will
never forget the one where the guy was stuck in the bubble at the bottom of
an airplane (military?) and the landing gear wouldn't come down.  So this
guy, who can draw cartoons, draw and picture of the plane with these huge
orange(?) inflatable tires, and the plane actually lands on huge orange
inflatable tires and they get this guy out before his concentration breaks,
and the plane smashes flat on the ground.  Pretty cool! -- Take care you. 
Love, Donna
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lil_mis...@my-dejanews.com
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: > Stephen Spielberg's "Amazing Stories" was an eminently forgettable
: > series, in my not so humble opinion. In fact, I can't remember any
: > of it, it was so forgettable.
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: > Robert W.
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: Spielberg's Amazing Stories was wonderful, in my humble opinion.  I will
: never forget the one where the guy was stuck in the bubble at the bottom of
: an airplane (military?) and the landing gear wouldn't come down.  So this
: guy, who can draw cartoons, draw and picture of the plane with these huge
: orange(?) inflatable tires, and the plane actually lands on huge orange
: inflatable tires and they get this guy out before his concentration breaks,
: and the plane smashes flat on the ground.  Pretty cool! -- Take care you. 
: Love, Donna
Wow. I guess I haven't completely forgotten "Amazing Stories" yet. That
was the most "amazing" story of all because it was absolutely so unsubtle,
so blatant, so STUPID. I mean, it's all very well to have the plane
survive miraculously, and some indication that it did indeed coast in
AS IF it had been on tires, but to blatantly show the big cartoon wheels,
and have people staring at them going "ooo!" was just...I'm sorry, the
sensibility fo kids who grew up on too many cartoons.


Gee Robert, pardon me if I'm wrong, but your yelling (in capitals) STUPID was
offensive to me.  Usually, this newsgroups is so considerate of each others
feelings and is open to other opinions and ideas.  Considering the amount of
the human brain that we do not use, I thought it was cool to imagine what we
could do if we used more of our brains, like the guy in the story did, so
what if they were big inflatable tires, and I'd like to see you not stare if
a military plane landed on those kind of tires!  If you don't be nice, I'll
tie you in a comfy chair and make you watch Amazing Story on video for 2
weeks.	LOL
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Take care you.  Love, Donna
"Earth's crammed with heaven, and every common
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 weeks.  LOL
Donna: 1 - Robert: 0
By the way: I've seen that one... he was the gunnman in a WWII plane, yeah! Great
one.
Rienk
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"Everyday that's slipping, come closer, the quicker to death."
 LIFE OF AGONY

it had anything to do with King...
Uhhhh, "Amazing Stories" came out BEFORE _The Green Mile_ did so your logic
doesn't work.  "Amazing Stories" wouldn't have had anything to do with King,
but did _The Green Mile_ mimic what was in the show, not did the show mimic
_The Green Mile_.

 
sb...@cybertime.net

 sensibility fo kids who grew up on too many cartoons.
I'm with you buddy...I couldn't believe this episode was directed by
Spielberg...

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	I loved that one too.  I think my favorite episode was a funny
one, though.  The one where the guy is playing a monster in a movie, a
kind of swamp monster thing, and his wife goes into labor and he can't
get out of his costume.  He then proceeds to the hospital and has car
trouble, etc.   It was hilarious.  And the one where Christopher Lloyd
played a teacher and his students hated him was another good one.  I
really enjoyed that series.
Debbie
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we are loved, loved for ourselves, or rather loved in spite
of ourselves.
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trouble, etc.   It was hilarious. 
This is the episode that sticks out in my mind also.  Only what made
it good is the *real* swamp monster ended up attending the birth!
Dede
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Dani K.
Aw shucks....it's nice to hear other people agree.  A lot people seem to
spend a lot of time worrying this issue to death.  Far better to relax and
enjoy the works in question.
Jim

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Allora tiratevela che sapete l'inglese..... che ci vuole, se fossi capace lo
farei anch'io... tse`.
Pekka/Ace_Merrill
"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"


Bravo!!! Fatte' sentì!!!
Lesson number one: The dog is on the table.
Tony

This makes sense... what did you say?
De kat krabt de krullen van de trap. Het is gezellig in Scheveningen.
Dode honden spelen geen poker en ik ben een bloedzuigend monster....
Groetjes,
Rienk
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>Groetjes,
Il gatto gratta i riccioli dalla scala.
E' piacevole a Scheveningen.
I cani morti non giocano a poker e io sono un mostro succhiasangue ...
Salutini,
Questa e' la traduzione letterale (se non sono troppo arrugginito con
l'olandese). Il significato non me lo chiedere. Dev'essere qualcosa
evidentemente legato ad un'overdose di Heineken.
ciao
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Vinicio Matteucci
Pistoia, Italy
vi...@sirius.pisa.it
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Nella stupidita' c'e' qualcosa di serio che,
meglio orientato, potrebbe moltiplicare
il numero dei capolavori.

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Lesson number one: The dog is on the table.
Where do you keep dogs?
Lesson two: I am...
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Uhuu....say what?
Ha solo fatto una traduzione delle [BEEP] che hai detto! E visto che mi
ci
trovo, chiarisco che il dog in questione non è morto e sa giocare
benissimo a poker, è salito sul tavolo perchè ha visto il gatto che
grattava i riccioli dalla scala... e LUI ODIA I GATTI E I
SUCCHIASANGUE...
E la follia ci colse alla sprovvista, mentre le urla prima ovattate poi
sempre più laceranti delle sirene, riverberavano
nell'it.fan.stephen-king una volta luogo silenzioso. I lampi blu che
accompagnavano l'uuuUUUEEEEE'E'E'eeeèèèèuuuuUUUUUEEEEE'E'E' (effetto
Doppler) saettavano minacciosi nell'oscurità. Uomini in candidi camici
bianchi scesero dalle loro auto bianche. Pretendevano che indossassimo
stranissime camicie bianche dalle lunghissime maniche e con
l'attaccatura dietro la schiena... Che folli che erano quei tizi...
Tony

Gee... and I thought dutch was not understandable.
Loop het verleden niet na,
verlang niet naar de toekomst.
Het verleden is voorbij,
de toekomst moet nog komen.
Laat hij die af en toe
een glimp opvangt van het heden
beseffen dat dit onbewegelijk,
onwrikbaar is en dit cultiveren.
Werp je nu op die taak.
Wie weet of je morgen dood bent?
Met de grote legioenen des doods
kun je het niet op een accoordje gooien.
    Buddha
Tony wrote:
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Ma sono l'unico a parlare la Lingua Eccelsa???
Tony

>kun je het niet op een accoordje gooien.
Bene, bravi, bis! Ehem... traduzione per i poveri che non sanno le
varie lingue più o meno nordiche?
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Io ti posso dire quello che ho scritto io, purtroppo l'olandese ed il
finlandese non li conosco;
"Perche` dovete continuare a scrivere cazzate in altre lingue che
l'italiano? Non capisco nulla...
Un gatto ha una coda in piu` di nessun gatto
Nessun gatto ha due code
Un gatto ha tre code
E questo e` quanto
Pekka/Ace_Merrill

Uhuu, say what?
I can speak Galic: "pog me home". Note that I don't mean this but it is almost
all I can say.

Un gatto ha tre code
Quest'ultimo gatto deve avere dei problemi...
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Se ho capito bene l'ultimo gatto è anche il primo, ergo anche il primo
gatto ha dei problemi... ma anche nessun gatto non scherza.
ah, queste radiazioni...
Tony

skit i?
Nej, det var inte vad jag menade. Vad jag menade ar att vi ar i en italiensk
NG har, sa det skulle vara bettre om dom skrivde i italienska an i andra
sprak....
Pekka/Ace_Merrill