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BiggerBoat posted:Cujo Oh hey, Teague did two King adaptations!
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Give Carpenter Rose Madder.
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Mar 26, 2020 06:36
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Carpenter might do a good job with Revival. He was good at building tension and an air of unease before everything hit the fan in his horror "trilogy".
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Mar 26, 2020 13:33
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Tim Burton's The Shining starring Johnny Depp as Jack Torrance and Helena Bonham Carter as Wendy Torrance. Music by Danny Elfman.
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:Tim Burton's The Shining starring Johnny Depp as Jack Torrance and Helena Bonham Carter as Wendy Torrance. Music by Danny Elfman. He dumped HBC for Eva Green, but yeah pretty much. Also featuring Terrence Stamp as Scatman Crothers as Hallorann and Deep Roy as Danny.
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Mar 26, 2020 19:25
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Cujo the dog would be CGI nowadays
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:Tim Burton's The Shining starring Johnny Depp as Jack Torrance and Helena Bonham Carter as Wendy Torrance. Music by Danny Elfman. Isn't Johnny Depp basically becoming Jack Torrance? Davros1 posted:Cujo the dog would be CGI nowadays Same with Christine.
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Mar 27, 2020 00:37
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BiggerBoat posted:Isn't Johnny Depp basically becoming Jack Torrance? Jack Torrance is supposed to be 29 in the book.
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Mar 27, 2020 00:55
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BiggerBoat posted:Isn't Johnny Depp basically becoming Jack Torrance? Depp is the victim of abuse which maybe led to his alcoholism so it's not exactly the same. Where is The Stand movie? This is like the perfect time for it. Also I thought Carrie was the best King film. The original one, I mean. Never saw the remake.
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NikkolasKing posted:Depp is the victim of abuse which maybe led to his alcoholism so it's not exactly the same. They did a 4-episode miniseries in 94 that wasn't bad, if you weren't aware.
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Mar 27, 2020 02:44
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They're making a new Stand mini series for CBS' streaming
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Mar 27, 2020 15:21
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Most of what the '94 Stand had going for it was casting and the soundtrack.
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Mar 27, 2020 15:35
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So now seems like the perfect time for me to get around to reading The Stand. As I understand it there are a bunch of different editions of the book and a lot of talk about which one people should read. Is there a general thread consensus on which one is the best? I'd prefer to read a version that doesn't have a bunch of clumsy updates and just flat-out takes place in the 70's, but are there some drawbacks to that version of the book?
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Mar 28, 2020 16:46
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All the versions kind of blend together for me. If you have an original book it’s set in 1980. The paperback edition is set in 1985 and I think there are 2 expanded editions, one with some “modern” updates. I liked all the extra Captain Trips stuff in the expanded editions. I’ve heard the original is better, but I’ve read/listened to every version and I can’t tell the difference. It’s not like the 1990 version is significantly different than the 1980 one. No one has cell phones. If you want The Stand with cell phones, read Cell. Don’t read Cell. Krispy Wafer fucked around with this message at 17:20 on Mar 28, 2020 |
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Mar 28, 2020 17:18
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Pretty sure the original release doesn’t have the “no great loss” chapter, which is one of the best things King has ever written.
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The original version will be the one with no confusing modernization attempts. But it will be missing some good content, and some bizarre and bad content as well (good: No Great Loss, bad: The Kid). I'd say pick your poison. Or just read the original and then look up the No Great Loss chapter online or something.
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How awkward is the 'modernization' stuff, anyway? I always figured it wasn't anything too noticeable or intrusive, and that he just cleared up some of the more anachronistic dialogue to make it less particular to that period of time (circa 1980) and not necessarily 'modern' but just more generalized. It's a big problem when trying to use street argot, it tends to date VERY quickly, in a matter of 1-3 like 1-3 years. The best books that utilize street slang prominently and in a really good way that never seems dated are the books where the writer has created his own street argot in whatever manner he chooses. The best example is probably A Clockwork Orange; Alex and his droogs will never sound dated or specific to any period, because the slang they used and the way they talked was so inventive and unique. To me, they sound simultaneously futuristic and very old-school, which is a very cool trick, and what Kubrick was going for initially. I never felt like Stephen King was all that good at working his own made-up language (well, it's not like he ever made grammar or more than a handful of words I think) for the Dark Tower series. I really enjoyed reading it, but I always felt like the way he interspersed stuff like "thankee sai" was a bit silly and awkward at times.. But you know, even then it still retained a certain lovable quality 
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Mar 28, 2020 20:40
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Krispy Wafer posted:
Listen to this person. I sweat to god, I've never read another book that just falls off a loving cliff quite like this one. I've quit on books before but god drat this one basically committed suicide.
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Mar 28, 2020 20:51
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I know for a fact I’ve read “Cell” but I couldn’t tell you anything more than cell phones somehow made zombies but not everyone for some reason
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Mar 28, 2020 20:59
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I barely remember Cell. I remember the beginning because the beginning was great, and I remember something about radios and a football stadium, and I remember it sucking.
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Mar 28, 2020 21:43
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King books often falter at the end. Cell is unique in that the ending was about 400 pages long. Why I kept reading that I don't know. The ending made me angry.
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kaworu posted:How awkward is the 'modernization' stuff, anyway? It's not terrible or anything, especially since (as I recall) it's only prevalent in the first part of the book, but it is noticeable, if only because it's not consistent.
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Untrustable posted:He did In The Mouth of Madness which is just a Lovecraft story featuring Stephen King with the serial numbers filed off. Do you read Sutter Kane?
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Ornamented Death posted:It's not terrible or anything, especially since (as I recall) it's only prevalent in the first part of the book, but it is noticeable, if only because it's not consistent. It's definitely annoying, but I always say read the longer version.
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Mar 29, 2020 07:12
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oldpainless posted:I know for a fact I’ve read “Cell” but I couldn’t tell you anything more than cell phones somehow made zombies but not everyone for some reason I bought Cell and From a Buick 8 at a charity shop for a buck a piece. The best thing that happened was that the charity shop got two bucks.
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Mar 29, 2020 11:31
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Why are people so harsh on Buick 8? Cell, I get, because it's an incredible example of watching a book get worse through every chapter, but Buick 8 has a good cast of characters, a nice mystery, and a good, weird, atmosphere.
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Mar 29, 2020 13:47
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I’m not gonna say “don’t read Cell”. I am gonna say “stop reading Cell after they set off a bomb”. The beginning of that book rules so very, very much, the back half sucks, and the contrast is why everyone hates it.
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Mar 29, 2020 14:04
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The bomb killed off all the bad guys, the end. No one reading Cell today would believe mobile phones could last weeks without power.
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BaldDwarfOnPCP posted:Do you read Sutter Kane? Nah I actually am an unwitting character in one of his novels. I run a gas station that has demons in it or something.
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Mar 29, 2020 15:22
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Krispy Wafer posted:The bomb killed off all the bad guys, the end. Or would pick up a call from a random number.
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Mar 29, 2020 16:12
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king's luddism in that book is even more quaint considering it was written in the pre-smartphone days you're going to the barricades against the old clamshell cell phones, dude? they were basically paperweights with antennas on
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King writing kids dialogue in Under the Dome was especially bad, as i remember
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Leavemywife posted:Why are people so harsh on Buick 8? Cell, I get, because it's an incredible example of watching a book get worse through every chapter, but Buick 8 has a good cast of characters, a nice mystery, and a good, weird, atmosphere. 
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oldpainless posted:King writing kids dialogue in Under the Dome was especially bad, as i remember I hardly remember them but I remember thinking they were the cool 90’s skateboard kids trope mixed with hackers that did unrealistic stuff.
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Leavemywife posted:Why are people so harsh on Buick 8? Cell, I get, because it's an incredible example of watching a book get worse through every chapter, but Buick 8 has a good cast of characters, a nice mystery, and a good, weird, atmosphere. Yeah, I've never understood the hate. I really enjoyed it for the weird little story it was.
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Mar 29, 2020 23:31
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The weird anachronisms in The Stand work now that it's been tied into the Dark Tower.
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BiggerBoat posted:I like Christine and Cujo more than most here (the movies and the ) and would like to have seen Carpenter take another shot at a King script even though I can't think of one offhand that lends itself to his style. Trying to think of a King adaptation that would have benefited from what Carpenter does, preferably one that sucks. First one I thought of was The Mist but I liked that movie so... Imagine a Carpenter version of the Running Man.
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What's this about Luddism? Are we talking about The Stand? I haven't read the other books being discussed but I don't think The Stand was anti-technology so much as it was sort of...Spartan? Spartan In the sense of an austere conception of discipline and community. Such a thing being necessary after the complete collapse of civilization and government makes sense. Foregoing excess and forging close bonds would be vital in such a world. But this is different from thinking science is bad.
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Nah, Stephen King didn't like cell phones, so he's clearly a Luddite.
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