I too did not notice the absence of dialogue -- even though I had read about it here before watching. Nicely done.

It did seem stretched a little long, though; it's a very tight story with a sudden and surprising ending, whereas this one seemed to meander a bit.

(And yes, Crouch End was _awful_.)

It took me awhile to notice the lack of dialogue, even though I had read this before watching it. Even after I did notice, I soon forgot and was more interested in the story itself having not read this one. I loved the "thermonulear weapon" badge on the box at the end, for some reason it made me chuckle. I was glad I tuned in for this ep, and glad I found something else to do while the next one, "Crouch End" was on.

not a huge fan of king's books, but have typically enjoyed the made for tv movies based on them: however, i couldn't stick with battleground beyond the first 20mins. no dialogue whatsoever, and it seemed overly ponderous. won't be tuning in to the rest of this summer series unless i have absolutely nothing else to do.

Seems like maybe TNT's trying to pick up on Showtime's relative success with the Masters Of Horror anthology series, but with a different angle. Instead of the hook being all these notable horror directors doing different stories, have the hook be that it's an anthology series of King stories. Hopefully it'll work for them, as the potential is certainly there to be a winner if they don't get lazy about it...

I can truthfully say that Steven King is responsible for the most physical reactions from me while reading his books. It's happened 3 times now -- IT, when somebody walked by carrying balloons out of the corner of my eye; The Stand, when somebody coughed; and Nightmares and Dreamscapes, the one about the reporter that goes on the trail of a wacko that turns out to be a real vampire (The Night Flyer, maybe?) That one gave me honest to god nightmares. Great stuff.