Monday, June 16, 2008

JOLENE!

I think I'm the only person who is haunted by the opening of THE HAPPENING, not because of any creepy shit onscreen but because the first person you see, the woman reading on the bench, was so familiar. A few minutes later all hell is breaking loose on screen and I'm thinking "Of course! (or "Claro!" if you think in Spanish) it's Jolene from GUIDING LIGHT!" I like to imagine Jolene working with M Night Shyamalan on her day off from filming Reva's life Dogme'95-style in Springfield. Maybe she can work with him to film the story of Reva's clone?? It would be creepier than LADY IN THE WATER, that's for sure. But if M Night films a sequel to THE VILLAGE, he can tell the story of Reva in Amish country. Or if he does a sequel to UNBREAKABLE, he can film Harley's brief stint as The Guiding Light. Or he can just film a sequel to THE SIXTH SENSE, since Cassie is always seeing Tammy's ghost. Or he can remake SIGNS with Josh as the pastor. Or....

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