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I was shocked to talk into B&N the other day and see a new King novel - "Elevation." Zero buzz about this. Sounds like the same plot as "Thinner?"
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it's an aging baby boomer liberal writing about social issues during the trump era, it's going to blow enormous rear end
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Nov 5, 2018 19:17
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I've yet to hear anyone say something positive about it.
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Drunken Baker posted:I've yet to hear anyone say something positive about it. There were two reviews I read that were positive, though funnily enough both complained that it was too short.
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I think The Dark Half is one of those books by King that managed to actually disappoint me all the way through. Been many years since I read it, but it felt like something that never actually gets to the point at all.
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I always really liked it, but I have a natural fear of birds so I might not be objective.
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So I started Doctor Sleep late last night because I heard there’ll be a movie soon. I got to the part where the lady from 217 is scratching at the door and no loving lie someone started trying to get into my locked studio apartment. Got off on the wrong floor or something. Took me an hour to fall asleep, god drat.
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Rolo posted:So I started Doctor Sleep late last night because I heard there’ll be a movie soon. I got to the part where the lady from 217 is scratching at the door and no loving lie someone started trying to get into my locked studio apartment. Got off on the wrong floor or something. Pour yourself a stiff drink 
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While not a bad book, it is just a shame 'scary wise' that is by far the peak of that book.
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nate fisher posted:While not a bad book, it is just a shame 'scary wise' that is by far the peak of that book. That’s a shame, because The Shining was able to get me several times. I had nightmares about whatever was in the snowed-in playground.
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Dec 18, 2018 16:42
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Rolo posted:That’s a shame, because The Shining was able to get me several times. The Shining is a cracking read. I remember hearing about the topiary animals section ages before I read it and I thought there's no way this will be scary or creepy. I can confirm I was wrong. I've been listening to the Audible narration of It, and Holy Spirit, Steven Weber is absolutely stellar. I wasn't entirely convinced in the first few chapters but I'm about 25 hours in (out of 48 I think) and he's tremendous. I think it helps that I haven't read the book in 11 years but I'm loving the story and the way it's told.
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Dec 21, 2018 02:51
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The topiary section creeped me right out. I was talking to someone at work the other day about King, and in his prime, he totally could have written a story about a haunted dog bowl, and it'd have been spooky.
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Dec 21, 2018 03:43
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My girlfriend has never read any Stephen King but after watching Castle Rock she said she wanted to give him a try, so I've lent her my copies of Skeleton Crew and Everything's Eventual. She texted me the next day to say that King "knows a lot of proverbs, doesn't like writing endings and thinks cigarettes behind the ear are really cool" Pretty much nailed it
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Dec 21, 2018 03:54
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WattsvilleBlues posted:The Shining is a cracking read. I remember hearing about the topiary animals section ages before I read it and I thought there's no way this will be scary or creepy. I can confirm I was wrong. I don't know if it's better than the movie or what but it is excellent and very much it's own thing. That sounds backwards because I saw the movie a dozen times before bothering to read it last year or so but it's great. Especially towards the end when the Overlook really starts to go awry.
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syscall girl posted:I don't know if it's better than the movie or what but it is excellent and very much it's own thing. That sounds backwards because I saw the movie a dozen times before bothering to read it last year or so but it's great. Especially towards the end when the Overlook really starts to go awry. I first saw the movie as a kid, about 10 or 12 I think, and I always loved it. No horror scares me now like it did when I was 12, there's such a gorgeous nostalgia to it. I watched the movie about a year ago, about 7 years after reading the book and honestly the movie had lost a lot for me. I understand it's technically a great movie etc. but there's so much dread and tension missing from the book. It's difficult to convey a lot of it on screen since a lot of it is associated with Jack's thoughts and so on but I feel the book is a superior experience.
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Leavemywife posted:The topiary section creeped me right out. I was talking to someone at work the other day about King, and in his prime, he totally could have written a story about a haunted dog bowl, and it'd have been spooky. Before everything goes straight nutty and it’s basically “did that just move? I don’t think it was that close a second ago. I think it’s looking at me” is so scary considering it’s just talking a bush. I’m liking Doctor Sleep so far. I know not to expect early King quality but he can still write in a way that 100 pages fly by.
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Dec 21, 2018 15:18
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The important scene the movie is missing, and I say that loosely because the movie is telling a different story with different people, is the beehive scene. That's where the dread really sets in because you realize the hotel just won't let Jack win no matter what he tries to do - and he really is trying his best. Movie Jack doesn't even try and is just a dick, so with that lack of empathy comes a lack of horror.
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Darko posted:The important scene the movie is missing, and I say that loosely because the movie is telling a different story with different people, is the beehive scene. That's where the dread really sets in because you realize the hotel just won't let Jack win no matter what he tries to do - and he really is trying his best. The beehive scene and there are two One is Jack on the roof himself The other is the kiddo getting stung by wasps And Jack and his wife are the predominant characters it's not about the inner world of Danny yet and then and it's in this thread Jack is the hero He defeats the villain with some help
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Just ordered a bunch of Stephen King books I haven't read yet. The Shining Firestarter Salem's Lot Carrie The Deadzone I'm probably going to start with The Shining.
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RCarr posted:Just ordered a bunch of Stephen King books I haven't read yet. It's pretty good. So anyways I rewatched The Night Flier last night because the first time I saw it it was the most terrifying ending I'd ever seen. Miguel Ferrer was still great but I got over my fear of that movie so yay
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syscall girl posted:It's pretty good. I met the guy who wrote the screenplay for that movie, as I dated his niece in high school. He was a nice dude. His wife wrote romance novels. Too bad he didn’t do anything after that...
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Roydrowsy posted:I met the guy who wrote the screenplay for that movie, as I dated his niece in high school. He was a nice dude. His wife wrote romance novels. Too bad he didn’t do anything after that... I still contest that movie is chilling. Beyond what SK wrote. That ending in B&W where he gets forced to drink the blood and then gets Renfielded *shudder*
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Jan 8, 2019 23:05
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RCarr posted:Just ordered a bunch of Stephen King books I haven't read yet. thats a solid list
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Listening to the audio book of It has kinda made me resent the 2017 movie a bit. The novel just cries out for a 12 episode series with the budget to do it justice, and with the quality of some TV shows these days and services like Netflix it could be great. Even the 1990 TV movie felt to me that a better job was done with the kids' stories and the wrongness of Derry. The excellent soundtrack was better, too. Like The Apocalyptic Rock Fight, set to some rock song in the new movie. Gutted.
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WattsvilleBlues posted:Listening to the audio book of It has kinda made me resent the 2017 movie a bit. The novel just cries out for a 12 episode series with the budget to do it justice, and with the quality of some TV shows these days and services like Netflix it could be great. I dunno. Movie was pretty god damned good I thought.
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BiggerBoat posted:I dunno. Movie was pretty god damned good I thought. I was in a messed up place when I saw the new IT. Same with The Gunslinger. Tim Curry was streets ahead I guess. But the audiobook of IT is gold
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I thought the new IT was great, it's just really impossible to do a giant novel justice in one movie. Hopefully the second one is just as good.
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RCarr posted:I thought the new IT was great, it's just really impossible to do a giant novel justice in one movie. Hopefully the second one is just as good. This is basically how I felt about Stranger Things. I wanted the second season to catch up with the kids grown up. But wish in one hand
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Bloody crescents in the palm of the other.
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RCarr posted:I thought the new IT was great, it's just really impossible to do a giant novel justice in one movie. Hopefully the second one is just as good. Hence my dead wish for a series. I also wish they'd stuck with a big baggy clown suit as in the novel, rather than the white one from the movie.
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WattsvilleBlues posted:Hence my dead wish for a series. I also wish they'd stuck with a big baggy clown suit as in the novel, rather than the white one from the movie. To be fair to Pennywise he wore a lot of costumes. One time he was a sniper.
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syscall girl posted:To be fair to Pennywise he wore a lot of costumes. In a baggy clown suit, hovering half out a window. What a book.
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syscall girl posted:I was in a messed up place when I saw the new IT. Same with The Gunslinger. There is no place where The Dark Tower was a good or worthwhile movie
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:There is no place where The Dark Tower was a good or worthwhile movie It loving should have been, considering the excellent casting.
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:There is no place where The Dark Tower was a good or worthwhile movie Yea this is one of the biggest let downs as a King fan. It just seems like it would be so easy to make an awesome movie out of that plot.
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RCarr posted:Yea this is one of the biggest let downs as a King fan. It just seems like it would be so easy to make an awesome movie out of that plot. I dunno what studio would take the chance on a straight adaptation of that first book, but I wish they would. Keep the same cast, maybe tell McConaughey to tone down the mustache twirling and be more charming. And keep noted hack Akiva Goldsman far the gently caress away.
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:I dunno what studio would take the chance on a straight adaptation of that first book, but I wish they would. Keep the same cast, maybe tell McConaughey to tone down the mustache twirling and be more charming. And keep noted hack Akiva Goldsman far the gently caress away. Because there are so many adaptations and King has agreed to a lot of them and has a whole weird policy of "pay me a dollar" for independent and student filmmakers this should happen. It's not even that long of a book and there's some good material from it even as a standalone.
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ill gladly trade the dark towers for more geralds games and mists and 1922s
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Gerald's Game was fun/funny but dang it traumatized me as a child. 1922 and le mist were great adaptations Have I mentioned The Night Flier lately?
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And still no "The Long Walk" The easiest and least expensive adaptation someone could make All you need is some decent child actors and a loving street.
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