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Reading through The Dark Tower series by Stephen King in the most chaotic way we could think of. Many Constant Worlds is not a spoiler free journey. While we are not aiming to spoil any of The Dark Tower or other Stephen King novels, part of our approach to reading these books may require us to tap into our foggy but possibly accurate knowledge of other related things from King books, movies, and misc knowledge. If you wish to remain pure for your first journey without the corruption of our Constant analyzing we understand if you have to go without us...
Ep 38: What is Real Power
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We're finishing The Dead Zone with this episode! Join us as we discuss power, the cycle of life, and finally finish one of King's favorites (supposedly according to internet sources).
This book is loaded content warnings so please take care of yourselves:
Rape, car accident, murder, animal cruelty, animal death, medical content, death, sexual violent, suicide, medical trauma, gun violence, violence, grief, injury detail, death of a parent, sexual assault, child death, child abuse, terminal illness, blood, mental illness, fire, religious bigotry, pedophilia, chronic illness, misogyny, physical abuse...
Ep 37: With Great Power Speech
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A dead man once said something about power and responsibility. That man isn't in this story but we've all seen him die so many times you know the one.
Regardless we're continuing to read The Dead Zone and getting a real view of the spectrum of what men with power do. We also go off the rails for a few minutes and discuss Baldur's Gate 3, its a great game and you should play it.
This book is loaded content warnings so please take care of yourselves:
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Dark This Week 05.14.25
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Hey All! Sorry for the delayed announcement, if you haven't already seen on Bluesky we will be dark this week. Just needed a little mental health break but we'll be back with the second episode of the Dead Zone on May 28th.
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Ep 36: Tragic Hero
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In this episode we're starting to discuss The Dead Zone. Now to be fair Johnny may not be a tragic hero but at least for the first 9 chapters it feels like we're heading down that path.
Join us as we discuss what my be our last detour before finishing the first Dark Tower book. Exciting!
This book is also a doozy for the content warnings so please take care of yourselves:
Rape, car accident, murder, animal cruelty, animal death, medical content, death, sexual violent, suicide, medical t...
Ep 35: Killin' Time
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We're wrapping up 'Salem's Lot in this episode. We find out what plan the guys concoct and how well it goes for them. Did Barlow's irresponsible spread of the vampire plague destroy the ecosystem of The Lot? Will Ben ever keep his love alive? Will Matt ever be released from the hospital?
These questions will be answered, are you prepared to hear the answers?
Content warnings: Child death, child abuse, death, blood, violence, animal death, death of a parent, murder, gore, domestic abuse, injury detail, physical abuse, body horror...
Ep 34: Irresponsible Vampirism
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Part 2 of 'Salem's Lot brings up a lot of questions of sustainable blood sourcing and the harsh realities of too many vampires. But really we're just razzing this one as things are heating up and the Lot is suffering a plague.
Content warnings: Child death, child abuse, death, blood, violence, animal death, death of a parent, murder, gore, domestic abuse, injury detail, physical abuse, body horror, grief, infidelity, rape, animal cruelty, substance use, car accident, homophobia, medical content, sexual violence, misogyny, suicide, bullying, emotional abuse, gun violence, sexual assault, fire, kidnapping...
Ep 33: The Lot
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We are finally reading ‘Salem’s Lot! Keeping that vampire vibe going with one we’ve both been excited for. Highly praised being scary, will we finally find ourselves frightened?
Content warnings: Child death, child abuse, death, blood, violence, animal death, death of a parent, murder, gore, domestic abuse, injury detail, physical abuse, body horror, grief, infidelity, rape, animal cruelty, substance use, car accident, homophobia, medical content, sexual violence, misogyny, suicide, bullying, emotional abuse, gun violence, sexual assault, fire, kidnapping, confinement, torture, stalking, pedophilia, racial slurs, cannibalism, fatphobia
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Ep 32: We're BAAACK!
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That's right! Moving forced us to take a longer break than intended but we're back lobsters!!! We watched the 1992 film Sleepwalkers for this episode and discussing how it ties to The Dark Tower.
Content Warnings: Animal death, specifically cat death, animal abuse, sexual assault, body horror, child death, stalking, body mutilation, parental death, kidnapping, jump scare, audio gore, incest, self harm, sexual content, blood, gore, and gun violence.
Just a reminder Many Constant Worlds is not a spoiler free podcast.
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Ep 31: Cycling
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We're back to finish off Doctor Sleep! We're taking everything and linking up with the King-verse in this one.
We will also be taking our January hiatus after this episode. Additionally we are moving so while February was going start in on Salem's Lot there have been some changes to our upcoming schedule.
Content Warnings: Alcoholism, Child death, Addiction, Death, Murder, Violence, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Blood, Torture, Substance use, substance abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Body horror, Death of parent, Cancer, Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Medical c...
Ep 30 - Its All Coming Together
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Happy Holidays Lobsters! Join us as we discuss part 2 of Doctor Sleep.
Content Warnings: Alcoholism, Child death, Addiction, Death, Murder, Violence, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Blood, Torture, Substance use, substance abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Body horror, Death of parent, Cancer, Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Medical content, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Gun violence, Vomit, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Incest, Racism, Infidelity, Car accident, Misogyny
Just a reminder Many Constant Worlds is not a spoiler free podcast.
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Ep 29: Its About Community
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This episode is all about community, we're diving into Doctor Sleep, the 2013 sequel to The Shining!
You can hear Kat rage about an evil ticketing system while we catch up on Dan Torrance's life.
Content Warnings: Alcoholism, Child death, Addiction, Death, Murder, Violence, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Blood, Torture, Substance use, substance abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Body horror, Death of parent, Cancer, Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Medical content, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Gun violence, Vomit, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Racial...
Ep 28: The Wasps
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This week we are finishing The Shining! What happens with a family of three are snowed in to a haunted, or maybe its possessed, hotel? Little good.
Join as as we discuss the thrilling conclusion to King's third published novel.
Content Warnings: Alcoholism, violence, child abuse, racial slurs, domestic abuse, murder, blood, addiction, physical abuse, death, gore, racism, emotional abuse, mental illness, death of a parent, confinement, toxic relationship, body horror, sexism, sexual content, suicidal thoughts, fire, gaslighting, grief, car accident, homophobia, ableism, child death, torture, pedophilia, sexual assault, s...
Ep 27: Back to The Overlook!
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Taryn and Kat are back with part 4 of The Shining!
Stuff around the hotel is starting to get intense and Jack is losing more of himself each day. Danny is trying to stay safe. And Wendy is just trying to hold the family together.
Content Warnings: Alcoholism, violence, child abuse, racial slurs, domestic abuse, murder, blood, addiction, physical abuse, death, gore, racism, emotional abuse, mental illness, death of a parent, confinement, toxic relationship, body horror, sexism, sexual content, suicidal thoughts, fire, gaslighting, grief, car accident, homophobia, ableism, child death, t...
Ep 26.2: So Am I Still Writing? Pt 2
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We are wrapping up On Writing, part two was written with King’s post near death experience perspective. He also provides some more concrete examples of his editing process with sample writing and we discuss our own efforts to use King’s tools with our own writing.
Content warnings for this episode:
Car accident, injury, injury detail, medical content, substance use, substance dependence, cursing, death of a parent, racial slurs, cancer, alcohol, vomit, medical trauma, blood, bullying, death, gore, mental illness, sexism, and terminal illness
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Ep 26.1: So Am I Still Writing? Pt 1
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Meghan is back and joining Kat through the second half of On Writing. We are learning to really pay attention to the subtitle of “Memoir” of the craft. We expected more about the art of writing, but have learned so much about Stephen King as a person. Then again writing is meant to be personal right?
Once again things ran long so tomorrow, October 31st, part deux will be out.
Content warnings for this episode:
Car accident, injury, injury detail, medical content, substance use, substance dependence, cursing, death...
Interlude: Non Ducor, Duco
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Episode 5 of the Middle Green Mysteries, a Kids on Bikes playthrough.
Kids on Bikes is a collaborative TTRPG written and created by Jon Gilmour & Doug Levandowski and distributed by Hunters Entertainment.
Content Warnings: negligent parents, bullying, alcohol, substance use, the supernatural, witches, missing children, fire, isolation, the 80s
Fire in the Sky is finally here and the Winchester sisters are wondering around when they bump into an unfamiliar girl. When she is chased by some unknown adults the twins quickly spring into action, do these...
Interlude: Sisters, Secrets, & Sovereignty
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Episode 4 of the Middle Green Mysteries, a Kids on Bikes playthrough.
Kids on Bikes is a collaborative TTRPG written and created by Jon Gilmour & Doug Levandowski and distributed by Hunters Entertainment.
Content Warnings: negligent parents, bullying, alcohol, substance use, the supernatural, witches, missing children, the 80s
Mom and Dad have returned home early from Miss Betsy's Murder Masquerade after an unfortunate accident. Swords are drawn as Sassy and Sera navigate family, boys, and each other.
Opening Music: Cattle by Telecasted
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Interlude: Many Constant Birthday Wishes!
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Happy birthday to Stephen King! We are wishing you many more to come!
We also do get a little distracted in the middle but still the positive vibes are there!
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Ep 25.2: Many Forwards Part 2 - The Writing Advice
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In Many Forwards Part 2 we're finally getting into the actual toolbox from Stephen King's On Writing. We're discussing the advice he gives and spoiler... a bit of a challenge is thrown down in this continuation of Episode 25.
Content warnings for this episode:
Car accident, injury, injury detail, medical content, substance use, substance dependence, cursing, death of a parent, racial slurs, cancer, alcohol, vomit, medical trauma, blood, bullying, death, gore, mental illness, sexism, and terminal illness
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Ep 25.1: Many Fowards Part 1 - A Life Of Writing
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This week Kat is joined by Meghan, aka Sassy from Middle Green, to discuss the first half of Stephen King's On Writing. Stephen King gives us a rundown of his life framed around writing from his traumatic childhood through his late 90's adult self.
The book surprised both with the amount of not writing in the beginning and this episode got a little long. Part 1 covers the Many Forwards and the CV while Part 2, which will be released Thursday, 9/19, will cover the actual writing advice we've received so far.
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Ep 24: The Insides a Disappointment
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We are cracking open Jack and the Overlook to have a peek inside. The Torrances and the spirits of the hotel are starting to truly settle in for the winter. The first snow hasn't quite hit so the family is afforded a few more escapes down to Sidewinder for supplies, a medical check up, and a rather poorly thought out phone call.
Content Warnings: Alcoholism, violence, child abuse, racial slurs, domestic abuse, murder, blood, addiction, physical abuse, death, gore, racism, emotional abuse, mental illness, death of a parent, confinement, toxic relationship...
Interlude: Lemon and the Hearse
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Episode 3 of the Middle Green Mysteries, a Kids on Bikes playthrough.
Kids on Bikes is a collaborative TTRPG written and created by Jon Gilmour & Doug Levandowski and distributed by Hunters Entertainment.
Content Warnings: negligent parents, bullying, alcohol, substance use, the supernatural, witches, the dead, death, murder, suicide, missing children, the 80s
*dun dun*
In the TTRPG system, dice crimes are considered especially heinous. In Middle Green the dedicated players do no investigation, ask no questions, and immediately throw these dice in jail. This is...
Ep 23: Job Interviews Suck
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We are Shining bright in this episode! We have finally made it to the Overlook and so far loving it.
Taryn is keeping a growth mindset as we dive into the winding minds of the Torrance's, Kat is trying to divine the sense of 7s, and we're finally reading The Shining!
Content Warnings: Alcoholism, violence, child abuse, racial slurs, domestic abuse, murder, blood, addiction, physical abuse, death, gore, racism, emotional abuse, mental illness, death of a parent, confinement, toxic relationship, body horror, sexism, sexual content, suicidal thoughts, fire, gaslighting, g...
Ep 22: Dimensional Thought
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We've finally read Rita Hayworth & The Shawshank Redemption! It gets us talking about Reno divorces, Kat is mathing 27s, and Taryn questions if anyone really exists.
This story conjures memories of The Eyes of the Dragon for us, bringing back breaking strain and we're really examining the confinement of King characters to date.
Also a reminder Friday, July 26th, is our birthday! We will be streaming A Way Out on the Many Constant Worlds Twitch Channel at 1pm PST.
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It's Been Nearly a Year?!?!
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To celebrate a year of podcasting and reading Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption (episode coming out on July 24th), we will be breaking out of prison with a stream of the game A Way Out.
Come check out the Many Constant Worlds Twitch Channel and join us on July 26th, 2024 at 1 pm PST for our daring escape! We will be attempting to stream the whole game so drop in and say 'hi' because we'll be there awhile.
Thank you for your continued to support and here is to...
Interlude: Party Line
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Episode 2 of the Middle Green Mysteries, a Kids on Bikes playthrough.
Kids on Bikes is a collaborative TTRPG written and created by Jon Gilmour & Doug Levandowski and distributed by Hunters Entertainment.
Content Warnings: negligent parents, bullying, substance use, the supernatural, witches, zombies, the dead, death, murder, suicide, missing children, the 80s
Welcome back to our Kids on Bikes adventure set in the nostalgic 1980s. In this episode, Sera and Sassy, dive deeper into the mystery surrounding a haunting phone call from a deceased girl in t...
Ep 21: Seeds for the Future
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We are planting our seeds for the future...
The day has finally come, we are testing the limits of physics with this is the last installment of It.
!!!Content warning!!!
This section does include the controversial scene from the book. It is time stamped to let you know where to skip @ 00:22:50, skip onward to 00:27:00 and you'll be in the clear.
We're also going to give our final thoughts and final classes of the Losers. So soothe your tummy aches, prepare your mind compass, and...
Ep 20: On Repeat
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We're back to Derry, toggling between 1958 and 1985. Things are hyping up as The Losers are preparing to go faceoff against It.
Thank goodness for that too cause we're very ready to be done with It. Who would have thought months of a single book might become a lot??? We do get a fun guest appearance in this reading section.
Please take care of yourselves! The following content warnings are on the book and thus this episode:
child death, racial slurs, racism, death, bullying, child abuse, sexual content, m...
Ep 19: Nineteen
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Episode 19! 19! NINETEEN!
We're nearly a year in and we hit our 19th episode. This week we're pausing our read of It so we can try to bring some Nineteen energy.
Kat is going over her psycho-analysis theory of Stephen King based on the Dark Tower. We're talking about morality within the King-verse looking back over all the books we've read to this point. Then Taryn is going to give us some predictions for what they expect to see as we continue our reading journey.
Also! We are o...
Interlude: Dead Girl Talking
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We are playing Kids on Bikes, a collaborative TTRPG written and created by Jon Gilmour & Doug Levandowski and distributed by Hunters Entertainment.
Content Warnings: negligent parents, bullying, sexual content, sexual content involving minors, substance use, the supernatural, witches, zombies, the dead, death, the 80s
It's June 21st, 1985 and if there's one thing we've gathered from Stephen King its that young girls are powerful and terrifying.
In this thrilling kick off to our Kid On Bikes playthrough, Taryn and Meghan are transported back to the neon-lit s...
Programming Update 05.08.24
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Hey Lobsters! We have a slight change in our upcoming planned programming.
We want to put together a great Episode 19 because you gotta... So our It discussion will resume with episode 20.
But we gotta finish putting together Episode 19 so next week we will be releasing our first installment of our Kids on Bikes game (yea... that's right the prophecy of Episode 18 has come to pass) next week instead of a reading episode.
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Ep 18: Don't Stop Believin'
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Yep, we're still working our way through It... We're finishing off part 4 and interlude 4. WOO!
We discuss some magical business as well as read one of the best quotes from the book so far.
We're also chasing any tangent that pops up as we're very ready to be done in Derry. Its a very depressing place...
Please take care of yourselves! The following content warnings are on the book and thus this episode:
child death, racial slurs, racism, death, bullying, child abuse, sexual content, murder, vi...
Ep 17: Losers Assemble
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We're still reading It...
But come join us as we read the first part of Part 4, Chapters 13-15. We're questioning how much free will we truly have with this one.
Please take care of yourselves! The following content warnings are on the book and thus this episode:
child death, racial slurs, racism, death, bullying, child abuse, sexual content, murder, violence, domestic abuse, homophobia, homophobic slurs, gore, suicide, fatphobia, animal cruelty and death, antisemitism, misogyny, pedophilia, sexual assault, and honestly a lot more things. This book is TRIGGERING...
Ep 16: You Can Never Go Back
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We’re back after an unexpected break! Thank you all for your patience. This week we’re continuing to read It. We discuss the reality of growing up, class the Losers, and Taryn shares some true crime info.
Please take care of yourselves! The following content warnings are on the book and thus this episode:
child death, racial slurs, racism, death, bullying, child abuse, sexual content, murder, violence, domestic abuse, homophobia, homophobic slurs, gore, suicide, fatphobia, animal cruelty and death, antisemitism, misogyny, pedophilia, sexual assault, and honestly a lot more...
Dark This Week
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Hey All! We are going to be taking care of our mental health this week and will be dark. We didn't want to leave any lobsters hanging so this is just a brief announcement. We will be returning April 3rd with Episode 16, in which we continue to read It.
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Ep 15: Holding On
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Its Kat's birthday! Stepping her one day closer to becoming the hag in the woods she aspires to be. Lend us you ear as a gift. We're continuing to read It! Finishing off Part 2: Chapters 8-9, and Interlude 2.
We're just holding on for one more day and really want an ice cream cone in this snow storm thanks to this section of the book.
Please take care of yourselves! The following content warnings are on the book and thus this episode:
child death, racial slurs, racism, death...
Ep 14: Let's Talk About The Fifth Grade
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We are continuing to read It and hearing a whole lot about the fifth grade and the stupid things we believed and did around that age ourselves. The adventures of childhood are magical until the lens of being an adult lays upon them and goes "wtf was I thinking???".
So our Many Constant Lobsters, join us as we read the first half of Part 2 of It, Chapters 4-7.
Please take care of yourselves! The following content warnings are on the book and thus this episode:
child death...
Ep 13: Into the Black
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We're back! And we're starting It in this first episode of 2024!
If you're not familiar with It, lets start by saying its loaded with content warnings! Please take care of yourselves! The following content warnings are on the book and thus this episode:
child death, racial slurs, racism, death, bullying, child abuse, sexual content, murder, violence, domestic abuse, homophobia, homophobic slurs, gore, suicide, fatphobia, animal cruelty and death, antisemitism, misogyny, pedophilia, sexual assault, and honestly a lot more things. This book is TRIGGERING. Please check out content warnings found...
Ep 12: Idle Talk
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We finish up Chapter 4 The Slow Mutants and got SO close to the end of Chapter 5 The Gunslinger and the Man in Black before we hit another hard stopping reference.
In this episode we share stories of things found, Kat's love of Twitch drag queen streamer Leidy Lei, and the effects of giant hamster balls on Middle Earth.
We do manage to finally reach the tarot reading in The Gunslinger so buckle up for a deep dive of the reading the Man in Black gives Roland to the best of...
Interlude: The Mist Watch Party
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We survived The Mist...
Then for some stupid reason we decided to read the story?
And of course you then must follow it with another viewing of the freaking Mist...
Well if you couldn't tell we're watching Frank Darabont's 2007 Film The Mist.
Similar to Misery if you hit play at the right moment we can totally watch the movie "together" and our ridiculous commentary will make sense. Probably...
Warnings:
We are snacking so there may be eating sounds. In order to avoid losing anyone in th...
