Heh, I'm sure it was rubbish. I'd still agree with Brian's point that there is a certain sense of consequence missing in King's work, but I'd add once again that its endemic to popular fiction and cinema. Think of all those action flicks, like the Lethal Weapon pics, where huge chunks of masonry get blown up with little or no consequence, except a token portrayal of our heroes being chewed out by a superior, only to be reinstated in time for the next installment.
I believe this sort of thing may be called 'arrant fantasy'.
Makes you wonder why people accuse sf/f of implausability when so much of mainstream entertainment is just as implausible if not more so. But now I'm wandering into another topic altogether...