tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post3495938439217863902..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: This Week in Geek (1-07/11/20)Siskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-18968242056737376522020-11-08T11:41:25.343-04:002020-11-08T11:41:25.343-04:00Yeah, Stand By Me is one of my favourite movies of...Yeah, Stand By Me is one of my favourite movies of all time. I think in the original story, there's a line at the end about the Narrator going to the doctor because he's had some problems lately ... I can't remember exactly what the symptoms were, but the implication was that he had cancer. So the "death" theme was really there in the original short story (which also mentioned the older gang beating the living shit out of the kids instead of just forgetting about everything).<br />Mike W.http://www.eruditegorilla.comnoreply@blogger.com