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Jia posted:I Am The Doorway is phenomenal, what the gently caress Khizan posted:How did I miss that? I love I am the Doorway. ...it all really worked for me. Although the one that probably freaked me out the most was the most crazy outlandish Stephen Kingy-ist "what ifs" ever written: "The Mangler." That poo poo hosed me up when I was a kid. For some reason I decided to read them by flashlight in bed on school nights when I was supposed to be sleeping. Great memories now, but a bad idea then.
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Mister Kingdom posted:I hope this does not happen. Honestly when I first pictured the cast of the movie when it was announced my gut feeling was Russell Crowe as Roland and MM for Walter...but only if he is capable of toning down the over-the-top accent. I'm not sure who else is a better fit at least among already-famous actors, but I think it's mostly pointless to worry about - I am almost certain even if it does get made on schedule and not cancelled/delayed indefinitely, it's going to be disappointing for both fans and the general public.
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I can't account for why, but my crystal-clear mental image for the Man in Black was always David Carradine. Admittedly there would be issues with that casting now.
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ProfessorProf posted:I can't account for why, but my crystal-clear mental image for the Man in Black was always David Carradine. He could play the Man in Black at the beginning of Drawing of the Three, I guess.
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Pheeets posted:I just picked up Rose Madder for a buck and was pondering whether or not to read it, I couldn't remember if I liked it or not. Thanks to this thread I'm going to give it a try. I liked it a lot but I'm in the minority here,
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I for some reason have the feeling the Mangler was adapted into something like Creepshow. Wikipedia says it was loosely adapted into a movie or something, but I've never seen that but swear I've seen some kind of short film that was basically the Mangler before (been a very long time since I've seen Creepshow, maybe I'm just having a weird fever dream similar to Hogan's meat shoes or something)
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Mister Kingdom posted:I hope this does not happen.  hell yeah I do. I think I've posted about this before in this thread when he was brought up (probably during the last iteration of "the movie is totally happening this time guys"). Maybe not 10 years ago when McConaughey was, I dunno, just pretending to not be good at acting, but the past 5 (maybe 10 now?) years he's shown he could do it and do it well.Also agreed with whoever said (or whatever casting rumour suggested) Jeffery Dean Morgan for Roland. Vastarien posted:Yeah, this is by far my least favorite King collection. A Death and The Dune are the only ones that I really liked. The others range from OK to completely forgettable.
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facebook jihad posted:I for some reason have the feeling the Mangler was adapted into something like Creepshow. Wikipedia says it was loosely adapted into a movie or something, but I've never seen that but swear I've seen some kind of short film that was basically the Mangler before (been a very long time since I've seen Creepshow, maybe I'm just having a weird fever dream similar to Hogan's meat shoes or something) It want short enough. The premise was spooky as a story, trying to find out how all the ingredients of a demon incantation got in there, and then finding out whoops we missed one and this is way worse than we thought, but the actuality of an industrial folding machine tearing itself loose and heading down the road isn't a good way to end a movie.
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facebook jihad posted:I for some reason have the feeling the Mangler was adapted into something like Creepshow. Wikipedia says it was loosely adapted into a movie or something, but I've never seen that but swear I've seen some kind of short film that was basically the Mangler before (been a very long time since I've seen Creepshow, maybe I'm just having a weird fever dream similar to Hogan's meat shoes or something)
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Oh no. I started reading Rose Madder, and right in the beginning they start talking about women at the battered women's shelter as "welfare lesbians", and at a dinner there they are of course listening to The Indigo Girls. It's so reminiscent of Insomnia where all the battered women become lesbians, which is such a huge misconception. I'm going to keep going and hope it doesn't develop that theme too much, but I may have to put it down if it does. Women don't become lesbians because men treat them like garbage, Steve!! For Christ's sake. And stop "arming" the sweat off your forehead every time you "breast" a hill !!
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Pheeets posted:Oh no. I started reading Rose Madder, and right in the beginning they start talking about women at the battered women's shelter as "welfare lesbians", and at a dinner there they are of course listening to The Indigo Girls. It's so reminiscent of Insomnia where all the battered women become lesbians, which is such a huge misconception. I'm going to keep going and hope it doesn't develop that theme too much, but I may have to put it down if it does. Women don't become lesbians because men treat them like garbage, Steve!! For Christ's sake. And stop "arming" the sweat off your forehead every time you "breast" a hill !! It's been a long time since I read that. That's a drat shame. Doesn't even begin to reflect reality either.
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The Mangler is an ace badmovie and so is The Mangler Reborn.
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The Time Dissolver posted:The Mangler is an ace badmovie and so is The Mangler Reborn. I like the one where it's a computer virus somehow.
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Pheeets posted:Oh no. I started reading Rose Madder, and right in the beginning they start talking about women at the battered women's shelter as "welfare lesbians", and at a dinner there they are of course listening to The Indigo Girls. It's so reminiscent of Insomnia where all the battered women become lesbians, which is such a huge misconception. I'm going to keep going and hope it doesn't develop that theme too much, but I may have to put it down if it does. Women don't become lesbians because men treat them like garbage, Steve!! For Christ's sake. And stop "arming" the sweat off your forehead every time you "breast" a hill !! Notes of this ring through in IT as well. I appreciate most parts of that book, but the graphic beating of Bev's confidante is some schlocky, lazy shock horror.
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I recently re-read 22/11/63 and decided to follow King's advice this time, and bought "Time and again" by Jack Finney. He calls it the "ultimate time travel story" or something. Well, I'm 23% into it, and so far the main character is basically LARP'ing 1880 in a hotel room or whatever. Please tell me there's more to it?!
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corn in the bible posted:I always thought the man in black was Johnny Cash Why even have a discussion on who should play him? Did something happen to Jamey Sheridan???
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11/22/63 trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QIShmtBdto
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Medullah posted:Why even have a discussion on who should play him? Did something happen to Jamey Sheridan??? i was making a joke ffs
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Medullah posted:Why even have a discussion on who should play him? Did something happen to Jamey Sheridan??? He aged twenty years. Back in the day before Walter and Flagg were the same guy, I felt Peter Wingfield would be a great choice for the man in black. He has that arrogant, condescending sneer down really well, so I the fireside palaver would have been dynamite with him in the role.
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corn in the bible posted:i was making a joke ffs As was I. 
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Ok this is driving me crazy. I can not find the name or where I read this short story and im 99% sure its King. The synopsis, was a horror magazine editor received a really good submission from some recluse that he decided to visit in person.... AND SHOULDNT HAVE. I couldve sworn it was in Just After Sunset or Full Dark but judging from the wikis its in neither. Does anyone know what the hell im talking about? 
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the_american_dream posted:Ok this is driving me crazy. I can not find the name or where I read this short story and im 99% sure its King. That's Joe Hill, from 20th Century Ghosts. The story is Best New Fiction. That whole collection is delicious.
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the_american_dream posted:Ok this is driving me crazy. I can not find the name or where I read this short story and im 99% sure its King. Technically correct, but it was Joe King. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Ghosts#Best_New_Horror
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the_american_dream posted:Ok this is driving me crazy. I can not find the name or where I read this short story and im 99% sure its King. I don't remember if it's in Skeleton Crew or Night shift, but I know it's in one of those. Something about Fornits?
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Guiness13 posted:I don't remember if it's in Skeleton Crew or Night shift, but I know it's in one of those. Something about Fornits? You're thinking of The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet in Skeleton Crew, but that's not the story other dude was looking for
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Haha wow I completely forgot ever reading Joe's book. Thanks guys
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I read that King himself hates Carrie and thinks it's schlocky horror. I think it's one of his better books. It has focused themes and images throughout, "real" horror like the fundamentalist mother and school bullying, and some of the more iconic scenes he's ever described. And it predates Roald Dahl's Matilda so it isn't a rip off either. I haven't read any King books since the 90's, and I think I was turned off by his shortcomings as an author. He can write iconic and suspenseful scenes and come up with great story concepts, and then he completely looses it and the shopkeeper turns into a magical dwarf satan. Captain Tripps posted:Technically correct, but it was Joe King. Are you joking? kjetting fucked around with this message at 08:40 on Nov 20, 2015 |
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Laocius posted:So, I've been thinking about starting the Dark Tower series, but I've heard that those books are really tied into a lot of other Stephen King books, and I've never read anything else he's ever written. Do the Dark Tower books stand on their own, or are there other specific books I should read first to get the most out of the series? I got a list of books you should apparently read to fully appreciate the Dark Tower series from Reddit I think, there are plenty of other lists but this one included books I already owned and read so I stuck with this one:
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Finished The Mongoliad 3 and started Joe Hill's 20th Century Ghosts." So far, I think it deserves the lavish praise it's received.
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kjetting posted:I read that King himself hates Carrie and thinks it's schlocky horror. I think it's one of his better books. It has focused themes and images throughout, "real" horror like the fundamentalist mother and school bullying, and some of the more iconic scenes he's ever described. And it predates Roald Dahl's Matilda so it isn't a rip off either. I don't know that it's true that King hates Carrie at all. His introduction to the book is one of the saddest things he's written as well. It's Pet Semetary he doesn't like.
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King mainly dislikes Carrie because its his first published book and he obviously didn't have as much control over it as he had on later books, nor as much time to polish it since he was on a tight schedule. It doesn't approach hate, it's more like disappointment.
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Dr. Faustus posted:Finished The Mongoliad 3 and started Joe Hill's 20th Century Ghosts." So far, I think it deserves the lavish praise it's received. He's really, really good. Horns is amazing, pick it up as zoo as you're done with 20th Century Ghosts.
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Dr. Faustus posted:Holy poo poo "The Dune" really got me. I won't say why, but it's really good. The Dune is a drat good story, too bad about Mile 81
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Really enjoying Hearts in Atlantis, but annoyed that that most interesting character is just a supporting character throughout all the stories.
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joepinetree posted:Really enjoying Hearts in Atlantis, but annoyed that that most interesting character is just a supporting character throughout all the stories. I liked the first parts but couldn't get through the titular section. I gave zero shits about the guy with the penny ante card addiction who flunked out. A friend told me it got good again after that but I never got around to rereading it. Have you seen Brautigan? Yeah he showed up in the later Dark Tower. That was cool.
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The second half of hearts in atlantis is good, followed by an ok story and then a pretty good one. But the most interesting story of all is never told, which is that of Carol.
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joepinetree posted:The second half of hearts in atlantis is good, followed by an ok story and then a pretty good one. But the most interesting story of all is never told, which is that of Carol. I would also have liked to read her story, especially since the college she supposedly blew up was the school I went to. It's always interesting to read about something you know in real life as an element in a story, kind of gives you a different perspective on it.
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