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scary ghost dog posted:i think, if you take the Dark Tower movie on its own merits, it is bad. however, if you consider its place in the “cycle,” and its nature as a sort-of sequel-prequel to the books, as well as the way they included certain elements from every book and tightened it to a cool ninety minutes, it is still bad. This also applies to the Assassin's Creed movie.
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Give Frank Darabont a billion dollars and tell him, "make the biggest wankiest Dark Tower series ever".
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Aug 30, 2023 15:46
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Yes! It's a very early King, but it's incredible.
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PurpleXVI posted:I only remember it vaguely, I think it was included in King's book on writing, but it stuck in my mind, which I think is a sign of a really good horror story(short or otherwise): that it pops into your mind unbidden years if not decades later. Ladyfingers
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I'm rereading the short story now and it's marvelous. Lester Billings is so well characterized in just a few pages. What a horrible little man.
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LSoE is really good. Some solid Rolanding. It's in Everything's Eventual, which is a great short story collection.
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Sep 25, 2023 13:54
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drat but the man could turn a phrase when he put his mind to it.
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Sep 29, 2023 15:42
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Newer King can have a weird edge to it too. The last bit of Revival felt very old King to me.
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Breadallelogram posted:Maximum Overdrive kicks rear end. I still think there's a good movie to be made out of Trucks. It's a really solid little apocalyptic story.
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He's also a great believer in the adage, "I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards."
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Oct 5, 2023 11:26
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I really like the realistic portrayal of Bill's parents slowly drifting apart after the death of their son. There's just a big silence that keeps growing.
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Oct 28, 2023 10:00
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Little Sisters is just a side story, it doesn't add much to the main story as I recall.
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The second book is trippy, but I skip it because I want to get to the good stuff.
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Insomnia is really good. It's also set in Derry!
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Feb 15, 2024 18:49
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afroserty posted:Revival might be close enough to scratch the itch and it's really good. Revival might be his bleakest work and I love it dearly. Something happened!
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Feb 16, 2024 08:31
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Thinnies are now battlefields.
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It's really cool that his style was basically worked out from book 2: do some nonlinearity, put a guy in a spooky town in New England, let stuff kick off.
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Mar 17, 2024 20:57
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So it goes. Similarly, the chapter in The Stand about all the people who survived the plague only to die from falling off a ladder or eating an expired can of tomatoes is so bleak and so good.
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Dryland, or Cibola as it's also known
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