The Langoliers/YMMV

""It's the place where...all life begins!"
 * Alas, Poor Villain: Toomey.
 * Freud Was Right: At least in the miniseries, that time warp looks rather... like something else.

"It's so beautiful!""


 * Ham and Cheese: Bronson Pinchot knows exactly what kind of miniseries this is, and acts accordingly. Believe it or not, Balki is actually subtle next to Toomey!
 * Jerkass Woobie: Toomey could have been a Complete Monster but he does have a very good Freudian Excuse for his behavior.
 * Moral Event Horizon: As sad a character as Mr. Toomey is, what does he do to Dinah, the one person to show him compassion and attempt to help him?
 * Narm Charm: "SCARING THE LITTLE GIRL?!"
 * Also, Dean Stockwell's entire performance.
 * Nightmare Fuel: The Langoliers, questionable SFX aside, are just terrifying. They're Clock Roaches that devour the previous time continuum in order to extend eternity, but there's if that's the case, they would've attacked everything including the rest of the main cast instead of
 * Retroactive Recognition: Kate Maberly (Dinah) would go on to play Glumdalclitch in the Gulliver's Travels miniseries and Wendy in Finding Neverland.
 * Special Effect Failure: There is no other term that can possibly describe the presentation of the Langoliers in the mini-series. And the time rip is pretty hokey as well.
 * Well, in the novella the Langoliers were only a form they were comfortable with: they saw incomprehensible shapes almost like machinery until they thought of the motion of bouncing balls, at which point that's what was there.
 * The CGI plane used for in-flight scenes was startling fake as well.
 * Tear Jerker: Nick's death. That his actor playing him makes him so darn likable (despite being a hired killer and all) really makes it sad when he goes.