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As with the book, IT chapter 2 is inferior to It chapter 1 and it’s just not very scary imo. I will say it didn’t feel like a 3 hour movie to me though.
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Is Castle Rock S2 connected to season one? I kinda gave up on the show halfway through the first season (I vaguely recall reading summaries of what happened but don't remember the details), wondering if I could pick it back up since it seems to have a different cast and story this time around?
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The Berzerker posted:Is Castle Rock S2 connected to season one? I kinda gave up on the show halfway through the first season (I vaguely recall reading summaries of what happened but don't remember the details), wondering if I could pick it back up since it seems to have a different cast and story this time around? pick it back up
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Oct 27, 2019 20:27
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Castle Rock was good, but someone else mentioned that you don't remember anything from it 5 minutes later and that's pretty much the truth. I'm not quite sure what makes it so ethereal because it's not boring. Maybe it had too many story lines.
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Oct 27, 2019 20:36
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BiggerBoat posted:Not really recent but "From a Buick 88" is a blatant re-write of "Christine" Except it wasn't good.
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Oct 27, 2019 21:16
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Mister Kingdom posted:Except it wasn't good. I liked it. It's a slow burn for sure, but I like the weird and unexplained poo poo happening to normal people stories.
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Oct 27, 2019 21:30
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The Berzerker posted:Is Castle Rock S2 connected to season one? I kinda gave up on the show halfway through the first season (I vaguely recall reading summaries of what happened but don't remember the details), wondering if I could pick it back up since it seems to have a different cast and story this time around? I've heard a couple off-hand comments linking them but it does seem to be a separate story. It's also really good, the first episode of season 2 especially is amazing.
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Oct 27, 2019 22:17
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Best line of episode 2 - "you better be sick or dead in there, I poo poo you not!"
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Oct 27, 2019 22:19
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I want to try some Stephen King but I'd quite like to read something that hasn't been made for the screen. Is there anything left out there that's good and hasn't been made into a tv show or a film?
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Oct 29, 2019 19:38
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The DPRK posted:I want to try some Stephen King but I'd quite like to read something that hasn't been made for the screen. Is there anything left out there that's good and hasn't been made into a tv show or a film? Try the short story collections (Night Shift or Skeleton Crew) or Long Walk from the Bachman Books collection, but novels? I guess Revival might best thing left that hasn’t been touched for the screen (better hurry cause that will change). That said don’t let the movies/mini-series stop you from reading his best works.
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Oct 29, 2019 20:35
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There's a reason that his best works have been remade into movies multiple times. A good story is a good story, even if the movie sucks rear end. I just noticed that Eyes of the Dragon is in pre-production as a Hulu series. Seth Grahame-Smith, who executive produced the King adaptations It and It Chapter Two, is writing the pilot and will serve as showrunner.
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Oct 29, 2019 20:42
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The DPRK posted:I want to try some Stephen King but I'd quite like to read something that hasn't been made for the screen. Is there anything left out there that's good and hasn't been made into a tv show or a film? I'm partial to Duma Key, myself. It's definitely an odd story, but I love me some Wireman, and art/mythology stuff. Rose Madder is good for that vibe too.
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Oct 29, 2019 20:58
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Revival is probably your best bet, but that's a weird restriction. Like 90% of King's bibliography has been adapted in one form or another, and you'll miss out on all of his best stuff. You can just ignore the movies, lord knows most of his readers do.
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Oct 29, 2019 23:55
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The DPRK posted:I want to try some Stephen King but I'd quite like to read something that hasn't been made for the screen. Is there anything left out there that's good and hasn't been made into a tv show or a film? nate fisher posted:Try the short story collections (Night Shift or Skeleton Crew) or Long Walk from the Bachman Books collection, but novels? I guess Revival might best thing left that hasn’t been touched for the screen (better hurry cause that will change). I thought I had an answer locked and loaded but was suprised to see just how many of his books had made the screen. Guess I shouldn't have been but I'd never really thought about it. nate fisher nailed it though. But also know that even several short stories have been adapted as well. So, yeah, go read The Long Walk. It's fantastic.
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Oct 30, 2019 00:03
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The DPRK posted:I want to try some Stephen King but I'd quite like to read something that hasn't been made for the screen. Is there anything left out there that's good and hasn't been made into a tv show or a film? The Long Walk (by Richard Bachman)
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Oct 30, 2019 00:42
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Nice one, thank you all. I will get round to his other stuff if I like these recs. I'm just finishing up LOTR and while I'm enjoying it, I'm finding myself picturing a lot of the scenes from the films (also, time and again I keep thinking I wished that I was reading this for the first time and I didn't know what was going to happen). I want to try and avoid that next time round and see what my imagination creates with only the words as a cue.
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Oct 30, 2019 01:22
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Has anyone been watching the Creepshow the series?
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The DPRK posted:I want to try some Stephen King but I'd quite like to read something that hasn't been made for the screen. Is there anything left out there that's good and hasn't been made into a tv show or a film? Salem’s Lot was made into a TV movie in the 1970’s so that’s as good as never been adapted. It’s also one of this best books. I really enjoyed his take on vampires (much better than Dr Sleep’s).
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Oct 30, 2019 02:45
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:Has anyone been watching the Creepshow the series? Yes. It's two segments per episode and they're mostly good to great with no outright stinkers (yet). It does a pretty good job of capturing the tone of the movies without being a parody. Evidently it's a huge hit for Shudder.
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Oct 30, 2019 02:52
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:Has anyone been watching the Creepshow the series? It's been pretty good, the best part is they're all short and don't wear out their welcome.
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Oct 30, 2019 03:10
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The DPRK posted:Nice one, thank you all. I mean, have you actually watched the ABC adaptation of The Stand? A lot of the overall look of the LOTR movies came from people who have been doing LOTR illustrations for years/decades, so really what changed for me, a lot of what does take over when I re-read LOTR, is the faces of the actors who have done a good job embodying the characters.
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His next book drops in May. It's four novellas. If It Bleeds https://www.amazon.com/If-Bleeds-Stephen-King/dp/1982137975/
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escape artist posted:His next book drops in May. It's four novellas. If It Bleeds That's... a quote from Predator?
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VAGENDA OF MANOCIDE posted:I mean, have you actually watched the ABC adaptation of The Stand? What really weirded me out about that is that I read it for the first time a couple of years before the miniseries was even announced, and Gary Sinise was an exact 100% match for how I pictured Stu
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Yeah I’ve been reading the Stand and have never seen the series, but I’m still in the part where everyone is getting horribly sick and it’s very descriptive
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That’s the best part. King does a fantastic job of describing a society breaking down from the inside. Also Sinise was a great Stu, but I will never see Nick as Rob Lowe. That was a terrible casting choice. The whole thing was bad except for playing Don’t Fear The Reaper at the military base.
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Krispy Wafer posted:Also Sinise was a great Stu, but I will never see Nick as Rob Lowe. That was a terrible casting choice. The whole thing was bad except for playing Don’t Fear The Reaper at the military base. Great use of the song. Almost as good as the Johnny Cash into in Dawn of the Dead (2004). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuHXcJdoRdo
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the best part of the miniseries is when Dana goes to use her Assassin's Creed-rear end forearm blade and Flagg turns it into a banana that corny poo poo is so good
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:What really weirded me out about that is that I read it for the first time a couple of years before the miniseries was even announced, and Gary Sinise was an exact 100% match for how I pictured Stu I had totally pictured the big dude from "Coach" as Tom Moon when I had read the book years before the miniseries.
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The Stand miniseries starts out pretty good and gets worse as it goes on, but most of the casting is great. I loved Ray Walston as Glen Bateman. I just looked at the cast for the 2020 version and Glen Bateman is played by... Greg Kinnear.  Whoopi Goldberg as Mother Abigail rules though.Edit: Biggest beef with the 2020 version is that they've once again cast a skinny person as Harold Lauder.
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Lester Shy posted:
Maybe they'll start him off in a fat suit?
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Canuckistan posted:Great use of the song. Almost as good as the Johnny Cash into in Dawn of the Dead (2004). The opening credits are better than the whole movie and the movie wasn’t bad. The company that made it is called Prologue Films and it looks like all they do are title sequences.
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So nobody here saw Dr Sleep?
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Don't think it's out yet.
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Canuckistan posted:Great use of the song. Almost as good as the Johnny Cash into in Dawn of the Dead (2004). That's just a really really loving good song, though. I actually don't think it's all that good in the sense of "being used exceptionally well," I mean, it's a very good opening sequence and a very good song, but in truth I actually don't truly think they go as well together as it seemed at first... Part of it is probably my own biases, in terms of really liking Johnny Cash and really disliking Zack Snyder and that remake. Also, to be frank, I thought the frenetic editing in that opening sequence was distracting and didn't work at all with the song... But then, I thought his infamous credits sequence for 'Watchmen' with Dylan's "Times They Are-a-Changin'" was fantastic and that everything went together beautifully - that was a great use of the song, and the pacing of the shots flowed with the music. This one seemed forced and haughty. Again, though.. Could just be me, your mileage may vary. Great song, regardless. Here's my favorite musical opening sequence ever from a film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54YhQZN5Uq8
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BiggerBoat posted:So nobody here saw Dr Sleep? I don’t think anybody read it either!
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I’m just joking. I’m sure it sold well.
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Inspector 34 posted:Don't think it's out yet. Well that would make sense. I had read several reviews so assumed it was out and had just bombed spectacularly
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BiggerBoat posted:Well that would make sense. I had read several reviews so assumed it was out and had just bombed spectacularly It's out in Europe.
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WattsvilleBlues posted:It's out in Europe. Got it. Here's an AV Club write up comparing the book(s) to the film(s) if anyone's interested. Contains spoilers. https://film.avclub.com/as-a-film-doctor-sleep-could-only-exist-at-the-interse-1839671918 I don't know. I didn't hate the book (Dr. Sleep) but it seemed unnecessary, shoved a bunch of psychic vampires in there for some reason, was largely forgettable and really didn't even read like a sequel. I'm one of those who love both the book and the film of the original The Shining but overall think I prefer the film. Most of what I'm reading about this movie doesn't get me that interested in seeing it int he least and I slot the whole she-bang as something that didn't need a sequel at all or require any more exploration. As a sequel, Dr. Sleep's connections to the The Shining are tenuous at best and it felt like I was reading a story that was just sort of shoved into that world rather than inspired by it. A grown up Danny could have been interesting but wasn't something I felt I needed to delve into or desired. I honestly can't think of a King novel that I wanted a sequel to. Or a movie for that matter.
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