History YMMV / TheLangoliers

** Not to mention, Creator/DavidMorse, whose film career really became extensive after this film, even appearing in two other adaptations of King's works as different characters.

** No one ever seems to make a big deal out of the fact that 90% of the people on the plane were apparently vaporized at the beginning of the story. Justifiable, considering that there are bigger issues to deal with. Alternatively, as they were awake at the time, they may simply not have gone through the time rip with everyone else... and the plane. [[GravityIsAHarshMistress Oops...]]
** Contemplated early in the novella by Brian the pilot, and later {{Jossed}} by the (third-person omniscient) narrator during the second transit: "Nick Hopewell ceased to exist." So did the people who were awake during the first transit.

* MoralEventHorizon: As sad a character as Mr. Toomy is, what does he do to Dinah, the one person to show him compassion and attempt to help him? [[spoiler:[[UngratefulBastard He kills her.]] It's little wonder Dinah then decides to [[TakingYouWithMe get him killed too,]] though she is sorry about it.]]

* SoBadItsGood: The miniseries runs on NarmCharm and HamAndCheese acting.

* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Creator/DavidMorse and Mark Lindsay Chapman as somewhat expy of James Bond definitely deliver the most nuanced performances in the film.

* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Creator/David Morse and Mark Lindsay Chapman as somewhat expy of James Bond definitely deliver the most nuanced performances in the film.

* EsotericHappyEnding: Ends with the main characters running towards the camera and leaping into the foreground laughing and smiling -- just in case you were in any doubt that this is meant to be a happy ending. Don't think too hard however about the innocent blind girl who was stabbed to death, [[BlackDudeDiesFirst the black guy]] who was also stabbed to death, Mr. Toomy who was eaten alive (who is implied to have been a good person destroyed by his abusive father), and the guy who just heroically vaporized himself to save all of your lives. In addition, none of you will be able to explain what happened to the hundreds of other people on this flight who disappeared into thin air when the police start to investigate. At best, the authorities will think they are mad, and at worst, they will be tried for hijacking and kidnapping.

* HilariousInHindsight: At one point, the mystery writer attempts to explain how time travel works and why it would be impossible to change or stop events, using the [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy JFK]] assassination as an example. Years later, Creator/StephenKing writes ''Literature/ElevenTwentyTwoSixtyThree,'' a novel about a time traveler attempting to do just that.

* InferredHolocaust: No one ever seems to make a big deal out of the fact that 90% of the people on the plane were apparently vaporized at the beginning of the story. Justifiable, considering that there are bigger issues to deal with. Alternatively, as they were awake at the time, they may simply not have gone through the time rip with everyone else... and the plane. [[GravityIsAHarshMistress Oops...]]

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Just before the Langoliers show up in the miniseries, Toomey briefly confronts the image of his father and tells him he isn’t scared of him anymore, reasoning that the Langoliers don’t even exist. Even though he was proved wrong, it was still a brave moment on his part.

* CultClassic: As can perhaps be evidenced by the disproportionate size of the main page here in relation to the modest length and relative obscurity of the novella, this story is sort of a low-key favorite in the King mythos, with many fans to this day calling for a higher-quality screen adaptation. Even then, the miniseries is also remembered pretty fondly, in spite (or perhaps because) of being cornier than Nebraska.

** What does the horrifying noise of the approaching Langoliers sound like? "Rice Krispies after the milk has been poured in", apparently. Made even weirder after it's called a "horrible cereal noise".