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Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Summer Viewing: The Institute
'It wasn't very nice, but the truth seldom was.'
Stephen King
Regular FH readers know that Stephen King is one of my favorite authors. Although known for Horror, If you've read much of his work, you know Horror is just a part of his diverse body of work. My love of King's work inspired a Halloween themed series of posts back in 2021. In addition to spotlighting my favorite projects from King, I also took a dive into the scenes of male skin in his movies and television adaptations. (HERE:)
One of my favorite of King's recent books is The Institute. I devoured the book a few summer's ago and was hoping it may make it's way to to the screen. Given the length of the book, I'm glad it's a television series. So many of King's books are shoved into 2hr feature films, not nearly enough time to do them justice.
The Institute introduces us to Luke Ellis, who parents were recently murdered. He wakes up at The Institute in a room that looks just like his own, except there's no window. Outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids. who got there the same way Luke did
The TV adaptation stars Mary-Louise Parker and Ben Barnes, one of my favorite actors. Newcomer Joe Freeman takes on the starring role of Luke. The series was filmed last summer in Nova Scotia and is set to begin airing with two episodes July 13th on MGM+.
Although there was some nudity in the book, mostly scenes of Luke being stripped for experiments during his time at the Institute, I'm guessing it won't, nor should, make the TV series. Although Freeman is now 19, he would have been 18 at the time of filming. He also looks much younger, closer to 12, the age Luke was when he entered The Institute.
The Celebrity Olympics: Part VIII
★ Battle of the Network Stars VIII ★
May 4th, 1980
Ahh, we're finally entering the 1980's! When I began this series, I thought I'd breeze through the episodes from beginning to end quickly and easily. The best laid plans... It's taken longer than I planned, especially ensuring the shots I feature are from the episode I'm spotlighting. I know I've made some mistakes, especially with actors like Gregory Harrison, who wore his speedos in multiple battles. Although the bathing suit bulge is my focus, sometimes I can only identify the exact battle by who else in the photo.
But, back to this battle, the first in the 1980's. The one and only Battle I watched when it aired was actually the last Battle in 1988. I saw a few older ones in the 1990's when they aired repeats on the TRIO network. I didn't have the channel, but remember seeing while visiting my brother who at the time had a satellite dish. The rest, I caught on Youtube, most of which, are still there today.
It's nice to be up to the 1980's though, as I'm more familiar with the contestants In some of the shows from the 1970's, I had no clue who some of the 'celebrities' were. Now that we're into the 80', I have to head to Google fare fewer times than I did when watching the earlier versions.
Head on over to the NEXT PAGE HERE to see more from this Battle, and as many images of hotties in speedos as I could find!
Nudist Jeff: Natural And Connected
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