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BiggerBoat posted:
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There had better be a gigantic bird and gigantic 20 foot tall shark fin in this.
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Mar 30, 2017 01:19
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Chiming in to say that I'm more excited for It than I am for The Dark Tower. The latest info I read about the Dark Tower made it sound more like a goofy action movie, so my enthusiasm has been damped a bit. That trailer, though, looks amazing.
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Mar 30, 2017 01:41
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Leavemywife posted:Something that just occurred to me was the decision to set it in the 80s is a nice touch, brings some modernization to the story, but could the success of Stranger Things have helped influence that? Was that the plan before ST premiered? if they're going to do two films, then it's also cheaper to do just one period piece rather than two
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Mar 30, 2017 01:45
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USMC_Karl posted:Chiming in to say that I'm more excited for It than I am for The Dark Tower. The latest info I read about the Dark Tower made it sound more like a goofy action movie, so my enthusiasm has been damped a bit. That trailer, though, looks amazing. The fact that it's a followup instead of a straight on adaptation makes me way more interested than I would be. Plus, I mean, Stringer fuckin Bell. "I am Roland, son of Stephen, and you are bringing me way too many 40 degree goddamn days, now what the gently caress" My favorite part thus far is watching how salty some nerds are over a black Roland. "BUT HIS RACE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE PLOT, SOMEHOW!"
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Mar 30, 2017 04:35
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IT trailer looks so good. So damned good. Make with the Dark Tower trailer, Sony!
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Mar 30, 2017 04:45
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:The fact that it's a followup instead of a straight on adaptation makes me way more interested than I would be. Plus, I mean, Stringer fuckin Bell. "I am Roland, son of Stephen, and you are bringing me way too many 40 degree goddamn days, now what the gently caress" Oh for sure, I'm definitely holding out hope and am way excited to see Idris as Roland. The uproar over him being cast as Roland was drat funny. To be honest, I can easily see Idris being Roland cause he has that quiet charisma that I always pictured Roland as having. This article, while pretty poorly written, kind of damped my enthusiasm just a smidge. quote:... I mean, action is definitely a part of The Gunslinger, but I never really saw Roland as some kind of superman that has magical guns. He was just, well, basically like a navy seal cowboy (or whatever special forces suits your fancy). Like, he could do some pretty nutty stuff, but for some reason that paragraph just kind of turned me off a bit.
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Mar 30, 2017 05:50
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Well, his guns are forged from Excalibur. So they're pretty implicity magical, even if it's never outright shown.
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Mar 30, 2017 13:55
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im a lil disappointed at the description of flagg having generic psychic powers in that blurb
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Mar 30, 2017 13:59
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scary ghost dog posted:generic psychic powers New Stephen King Novel Title Leaked Online The Car (movie) comes out 1977 Christine (King novel) comes out 1983 Link? Thoughts? Lawsuit?
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Mar 30, 2017 14:03
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FYI, somebody started a dedicated IT thread in CD. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3815219
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Mar 30, 2017 16:36
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I love King's sense of humor.  https://twitter.com/joe_hill/status/847449577921896448/photo/1
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Mar 31, 2017 18:13
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Pretty much everything about that made me laugh, including the fold lines.
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Apr 1, 2017 15:19
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Franchescanado posted:There's a lot of good adaptations, though? Like, for years and years the bad ones were still only middling, minus outliers like Maximum Overdrive and Cell. A lot of people enjoyed the new Carrie (though I didn't bother). New carrie was bad but the old one was pretty good from what I remember although neither are as good as the book. A lot of the SK adaptation kinda miss the point that his books are about normal people dealing with real lovely problems with some supernatural aspects but the movies always tend to focus on the flashy supernatural elements. I am really happy for the new IT and Dark Tower. Dark Tower has some great actors like Idris Elba and Mcconaughey. The IT director atleast has previously directored a horror movie Mama. I mean the ending was bs but it had some scares in it hopefully with King writing the screenplay this one is better.
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Apr 1, 2017 22:14
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Ulio posted:I mean the ending was bs but it had some scares in it hopefully with King writing the screenplay this one is better. There were a couple of things about the book IT that I didn't like and one was the ending being a boss fight with a giant spider. Remember when King wrote endings as punchy as Pet Semetary? Actually, when King is writing novellas and short stories he is still good at endings. Kind of excited for the new movie of IT. Is it right that it's in two parts? Tommyknockers audio book is back up on YouTube. Recommended listening, if you have a spare 24 hours. Tommyknockers is really fun. It actually has a fair bit of logic behind it - I guess that most people who take against it object to the whacky sci-fi elements. But that is actually important to the plot. One of Gard's most pressing reasons for helping with the dig is because he sees Bobbi's revolutionary sci-fi powered devices and sees a way to free the world from nuclear and fossil fuels, which is his hobbyhorse but also an economic system he finds oppressive. The motivations and character interactions are plausible enough and you do feel that King doesn't allow his usual deus ex machina to sort everything out. You feel the stories of the cops and press untangling the story of Haven really adds to the tension and excitement. Tommyknockers contains a few self-contained episodes (Becka Paulson, Hilly's magic trick, the female sheriff's death, Bobbi's sister) which are really pleasing in themselves. I really can't see the appeal of UTD compared to Tommyknockers. Even little things like the characterisation of Pete, Bobbi's dog, is low-key, heartfelt and funny and that sort of stuff is what I miss from UTD. Oh, I heard there was some Dr Sleep praising going on while I was away. The word is in: it is a bad sequel and a bad novel. 
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Apr 2, 2017 00:53
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It was a space spider and they fought it with their minds. And the help of the turtle of enormous girth. It wasn't as physical as the TV version where Bev just hits it with the slingshot.
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Apr 2, 2017 01:00
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Bobbi's sister is one of the few fictional characters I've ever honestly loathed.
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Apr 2, 2017 01:27
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Josef K. Sourdust posted:There were a couple of things about the book IT that I didn't like and one was the ending being a boss fight with a giant spider. Remember when King wrote endings as punchy as Pet Semetary? Actually, when King is writing novellas and short stories he is still good at endings. Kind of excited for the new movie of IT. Is it right that it's in two parts? Yes I think at this point everyone knows that King can be hit or miss with endings and for me he has been miss more often but I am still a huge fan of his work. I mean its kinda a testament to his stories that even if the endings aren't the best you still end up liking the novel as a whole. I think for some people the ending is really important but I am more of a person who is about the journey than the end.
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Apr 2, 2017 01:58
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Ending of Pet Sematary is very, very good, probably not fair to compare to most of his stuff, really.
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Apr 2, 2017 02:50
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King has said he hates writing endings and that's why lots of them suck.
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Apr 2, 2017 05:04
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Soul Glo posted:Ending of Pet Sematary is very, very good, probably not fair to compare to most of his stuff, really. Without spoiling too much, is it basically the ending to the movie?
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Apr 2, 2017 05:15
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Rolo posted:Without spoiling too much, is it basically the ending to the movie? Honestly, I bought that movie after finishing the book, and I turned it off halfway through because it was so loving terrible and Munster's accent was unbearable. So I don't know.
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Apr 2, 2017 05:41
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Soul Glo posted:Honestly, I bought that movie after finishing the book, and I turned it off halfway through because it was so loving terrible and Munster's accent was unbearable. It's funny, I loved Kubrick's version of The Shining until I read the novel. Now I can't watch the movie, they botched Jack Torrence so bad and Mr. Halloran ended up ruling so hard in the book I hated seeing him portrayed as such a useless character in the film. Come to think of it, everyone except Lloyd sucked in the movie.
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Apr 2, 2017 05:49
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The Ritual of Chud owns, sorry nerds
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Apr 2, 2017 06:16
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I can't remember if I saw The Shining's movie before I read the book, but I still enjoyed (and still do) the movie all the same. It's certainly different in some very crucial ways, but it's an excellent movie divorced from the source material. The cinematography alone is worth spending time with it, regardless of just how different the characters and, to an extent, the themes are.
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Apr 2, 2017 06:21
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The Mist was a pretty good and faithful adaptation. The monster at the end wasn't nearly huge enough though
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Apr 2, 2017 06:33
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i thought it was sufficiently huge
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Apr 2, 2017 07:42
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Apr 2, 2017 08:05
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Rolo posted:Without spoiling too much, is it basically the ending to the movie? I wasn't a huge fan of the book, though at the time I was having great difficulty concentrating on anything. Reading was especially impossible, so that's probably why I found it so tough to get through. But the last act I powered through when my concentration returned and it's some of the best writing King has done for the sheer horror of what was happening. If you're not inclined to read the whole book, I'd even check out the last act. It's tremendous.
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Apr 2, 2017 08:31
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Leavemywife posted:Bobbi's sister is one of the few fictional characters I've ever honestly loathed. Never read any Jonathan Franzen novels eh?
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WattsvilleBlues posted:I wasn't a huge fan of the book, though at the time I was having great difficulty concentrating on anything. Reading was especially impossible, so that's probably why I found it so tough to get through. Say no more, I'll add it to the list.
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Apr 2, 2017 14:49
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WattsvilleBlues posted:I wasn't a huge fan of the book, though at the time I was having great difficulty concentrating on anything. Reading was especially impossible, so that's probably why I found it so tough to get through. I was sufficiently creeped out at the jogger's death scene Still haven't finished it but if it can top that holy poo poo.
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Apr 2, 2017 15:13
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Rolo posted:Without spoiling too much, is it basically the ending to the movie? Without the kissyface and stab-stab yes. I have a one year old. Pet Sematary is the greatest book I'm never, ever going to read again.
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Apr 2, 2017 16:32
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:
I hear that.
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Apr 3, 2017 05:20
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Pet Semetary is great because it's pretty much a sequel to The Shining. Instead of the addiction on the surface manifested in Jack's alcoholism and anger issues, Pet Semetary concentrates on destroying the nuclear family in the tradition of The American Dream and the addiction is manifested as bringing creatures back to life and trying to tell God to gently caress off in your grief. In The Shining, Jack's just an alcoholic because his dad's an alcoholic. In Pet Semetary, Louis turns to addiction as a solution to his dissillusionment with his family life, career, and then eventually his grief. Pet Semetary is incredibly tightly written for being close to 600 pages. Every section ties into a theme of Addiction, Grief, Death and/or how it compromises The Traditional American Dream
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Franchescanado posted:Pet Semetary is great because it's pretty much a sequel to The Shining. Instead of the addiction on the surface manifested in Jack's alcoholism and anger issues, Pet Semetary concentrates on destroying the nuclear family in the tradition of The American Dream and the addiction is manifested as bringing creatures back to life and trying to tell God to gently caress off in your grief. In The Shining, Jack's just an alcoholic because his dad's an alcoholic. In Pet Semetary, Louis turns to addiction as a solution to his dissillusionment with his family life, career, and then eventually his grief. It's telling that both King and his wife hate PET SEMETARY. I think it's because it strips back some very dark, but perfectly natural things, about marriage and being unfulfilled. I mean, even from the start, Louis is just kind of a loser.
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DrVenkman posted:It's telling that both King and his wife hate PET SEMETARY. I think it's because it strips back some very dark, but perfectly natural things, about marriage and being unfulfilled. I mean, even from the start, Louis is just kind of a loser. Totally. The first scene is Louis fantasizing about leaving his family multiple times, because they're annoying, they're loud, he's stuck in a car ride with them, etc. while simultaneously thinking about Disney World, a motif that's repeated often. I think a great unspoken aspect of Louis is his inner conflict of getting what he subconsciously wanted. He was tired of his family, they're constantly a nuisance to him: his in-laws hate him, his wife has a traumatic past she's not dealing with, his children are wild, he has a lovely cat, he has a lovely job in a place he doesn't really like, all because he's stuck in this paternal role. And then he gets this unspoken dreadful wish fulfilled in the death of his son. His wife now has to deal with her trauma, his in-laws grow to respect him, his children aren't annoying anymore...But then the dark side of the wish fulfillment happens. He's sad because of the reality of Gage's death, but he also asked for it for three hundred pages before it happened. Which is terrible, but how many parents make jokes about wishing their kids were gone? Seems like a healthy but morbid non-joke until it actually happens. Then it's an all-consuming guilt monster. I don't have kids.
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Apr 3, 2017 17:34
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Oh god is Zelda in the book? I had managed to repress my memories of her until now.
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Rolo posted:Oh god is Zelda in the book? I had managed to repress my memories of her until now. Understanding that dynamic a whole lot better the way prose can do was worse than seeing her in the movie.
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