Toggle sidebar

Stephen King

J

J_Dee

New member
Mar 21, 2008
4,284
4,317
0
  • Like
Reactions: christophero
LineSkiCat14

LineSkiCat14

Well-known member
Aug 5, 2015
37,306
57,119
113
Jesus, this thread had me scared.

Anyways, Maximum Overdrive will always be his greatest (directed) movie!
 
  • Like
Reactions: J_Dee
JDHoss

JDHoss

Well-known member
Jan 1, 2003
16,412
39,811
113
The Stand and The Dark Tower series are my two favorites, although I have others I really like as well. I'd love to see The Stand and Dark Tower be done as multi-season series by HBO/Prime/Netflix, etc. You just can't do them justice otherwise because there's too many rich/complex characters and stories to tell.

One King short story I'd love to see on film, maybe in a Creepshow type of movie is "Survivor Type". It's about a surgeon who is smuggling drugs on a cruise liner trying to make enough money to get his medical license back after losing them. The ship goes down, but he survives in a lifeboat and washes up on a small spit of land that has basically nothing on it.
 
  • Like
Reactions: J_Dee
S

Shadow1671

New member
Dec 11, 2002
4,791
1,448
0
JDHoss said:
The Stand and The Dark Tower series are my two favorites, although I have others I really like as well. I'd love to see The Stand and Dark Tower be done as multi-season series by HBO/Prime/Netflix, etc. You just can't do them justice otherwise because there's too many rich/complex characters and stories to tell.
Click to expand...
If I am not mistaken, Paramount Plus just did a new version of The Stand.
 
  • Like
Reactions: AustinTXCat, J_Dee and PhDcat2018
JDHoss

JDHoss

Well-known member
Jan 1, 2003
16,412
39,811
113
Shadow1671 said:
If I am not mistaken, Paramount Plus just did a new version of The Stand.
Click to expand...
Yeah, it was originally on CBS All Access, but available on Paramount Plus now. It was ok. Alexander Skarsgard was pretty good as Flagg, but otherwise, it was just okay. I believe there were 8 total episodes, and that's just not enough.
 
  • Like
Reactions: J_Dee
P

PhDcat2018

Well-known member
Jun 26, 2017
17,133
24,741
113
JDHoss said:
The Stand and The Dark Tower series are my two favorites, although I have others I really like as well. I'd love to see The Stand and Dark Tower be done as multi-season series by HBO/Prime/Netflix, etc. You just can't do them justice otherwise because there's too many rich/complex characters and stories to tell.

One King short story I'd love to see on film, maybe in a Creepshow type of movie is "Survivor Type". It's about a surgeon who is smuggling drugs on a cruise liner trying to make enough money to get his medical license back after losing them. The ship goes down, but he survives in a lifeboat and washes up on a small spit of land that has basically nothing on it.
Click to expand...
CBS did the stand. I think paramount+ has it. It was pretty cool.
 
  • Like
Reactions: J_Dee
LineSkiCat14

LineSkiCat14

Well-known member
Aug 5, 2015
37,306
57,119
113
JDHoss said:
The Stand and The Dark Tower series are my two favorites, although I have others I really like as well. I'd love to see The Stand and Dark Tower be done as multi-season series by HBO/Prime/Netflix, etc. You just can't do them justice otherwise because there's too many rich/complex characters and stories to tell.

One King short story I'd love to see on film, maybe in a Creepshow type of movie is "Survivor Type". It's about a surgeon who is smuggling drugs on a cruise liner trying to make enough money to get his medical license back after losing them. The ship goes down, but he survives in a lifeboat and washes up on a small spit of land that has basically nothing on it.
Click to expand...

Not a big reader and have only read a handful of King's works.. but I've heard from a few people that climax/ending of The Dark Tower series left people in shambles, some of them needing to be hospitalized, needing therapy, etc. Any of that true? I guess it was so mind blowing a portion of readers couldn't handle it.

Similarly, as a kid I remember being literally scared to turn the pages of The Shining.. having no idea what was coming next.
 
  • Like
Reactions: J_Dee
C

CatOfDaVille

New member
Mar 30, 2007
6,173
8,100
0
UKBrassowTipIN said:
I liked 11/22/63

I thought the hulu series was pretty good too

BTW, has anyone ever read any of his son's books?
Click to expand...
Loved that book and series although I would have liked somebody other than James Franco as Jake.

Since you mentioned his son, I read that he suggested the ending for the book to his dad. King always seemed to have trouble with satisfying endings, so I believe it.
 
  • Like
Reactions: J_Dee and Ukbrassowtipin
B

BDRintheVille

Active member
Apr 5, 2007
3,684
928
82
I've considered checking out the Dark Tower series. I understand it references other works of King's. Will that be lost on me if I haven't read his other works? I've read a couple here or there, but it's been a long time. TIA.
 
  • Like
Reactions: J_Dee
JDHoss

JDHoss

Well-known member
Jan 1, 2003
16,412
39,811
113
LineSkiCat14 said:
Not a big reader and have only read a handful of King's works.. but I've heard from a few people that climax/ending of The Dark Tower series left people in shambles, some of them needing to be hospitalized, needing therapy, etc. Any of that true? I guess it was so mind blowing a portion of readers couldn't handle it.

Similarly, as a kid I remember being literally scared to turn the pages of The Shining.. having no idea what was coming next.
Click to expand...
IMO, anyone who had that sort of reaction to it was already suffering from mental issues. Loved The Shining and it's one of the few King works that was done justice on film. Salem's Lot is a good read as well. The idea of children becoming vampires is pretty creepy.
 
  • Like
Reactions: J_Dee
funKYcat75

funKYcat75

Well-known member
Apr 10, 2008
32,271
40,647
112
She was dope in the 1994 series.

 
  • Like
  • Love
Reactions: J_Dee, JDHoss, christophero and 2 others
C

christophero

Well-known member
May 2, 2017
16,618
19,989
113
Anything up to and including It. The Stand, Different Seasons, The Shining, Salem's Lot, The Dead Zone, Firestarter, Carrie, Christine, Pet Sematary, Graveyard Shift. His early stuff was can't miss.
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: faithful fan, J_Dee and JDHoss
T

TexasTimCat

Well-known member
Jan 1, 2003
3,858
1,499
113
Agreed, The Stand, Salems Lot, The Shining are the best with honorable mention to Carrie and The Dead Zone.

Cujo was a different take on terror as was Misery.

I won't lie though, Pet Cemetery gave me the eebie jeebies.
 
  • Like
Reactions: J_Dee, JDHoss and christophero
C

christophero

Well-known member
May 2, 2017
16,618
19,989
113
Cujo was good too. Misery as well. I thought the Stand miniseries last year was decent. I liked It chapter one much more than two, although the kid's story was better in the book as well.
 
  • Like
Reactions: J_Dee
G

GrandePdre

New member
Jan 21, 2008
17,126
6,634
0
Pet Sematary got me hooked.

Salem's Lot gave me nightmares.

The Stand was unnerving.

Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption and The Body in Different Seasons had me dreaming of writing the screenplay to both.

And then I read It. And I've been pissed off at him ever since.
 
  • Like
  • Haha
Reactions: J_Dee and christophero
U

Ukbrassowtipin

New member
Aug 12, 2011
82,109
89,931
0
JDHoss said:
IMO, anyone who had that sort of reaction to it was already suffering from mental issues. Loved The Shining and it's one of the few King works that was done justice on film. Salem's Lot is a good read as well. The idea of children becoming vampires is pretty creepy.
Click to expand...
I always read king absolutely hated the shining film
 
  • Like
Reactions: J_Dee
JDHoss

JDHoss

Well-known member
Jan 1, 2003
16,412
39,811
113
UKBrassowTipIN said:
I always read king absolutely hated the shining film
Click to expand...
Jack Nicholson made that film. King wanted someone else who wasn't as famous. King didn't think there was enough character development. It's a 2 hour movie. I don't know what he was expecting in that length of time. That's why The Stand and the Dark Tower series needs to be a multi season series done by HBO, Prime or Netflix. The Shining was a big story and probably needed to be a 4 part miniseries, but I still enjoyed the Hell out of it, as I did the book.
 
  • Like
Reactions: J_Dee
C

christophero

Well-known member
May 2, 2017
16,618
19,989
113
Both the Shining book and movie are classics. I get why King didn't like it. While a great film, Jack is portrayed as a crazy guy almost from the start, where as in the book Jack was sort of a King stand in, with a basically decent guy wrestling with his alcohol demons. Kubrick clearly has no affection for the Jack character. Still; it's a classic film. JN did say that Kubrick would do a lot of takes and then used the one where he looked craziest, which may have been what King did not like.
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: J_Dee and JDHoss
J

J_Dee

New member
Mar 21, 2008
4,284
4,317
0
King's one my favorite authors -- he's one of the first authors I can remember reading whose characters really got under my skin -- and although I've read and loved almost everything he published up until around the mid-90s, I haven't read a lot that he's published since then.

The Stand (the 1990 version), Misery, and Night Shift are my favorite of his fictional works, and On Writing's my favorite of his few nonfiction works. I laid out of school for a few days in high school just to finish The Stand.

Favorite movies based on Stephen Kings' work: Misery, The Mist (I prefer the movie's ending over the novella's), The Shawshank Redemption.
 
  • Like
Reactions: AustinTXCat, christophero and JDHoss
H

HymanKaplan_rivals48997

New member
Aug 14, 2001
37,578
60,327
0
Re: The Shining (film) any of you ever checked out some of the videos on youtube about "The Wendy Theory"

Not sure I completely buy it, but there is some compelling evidence.
 
  • Like
Reactions: christophero
C

christophero

Well-known member
May 2, 2017
16,618
19,989
113
I'm going to watch Misery today or tomm. It's probably been 20 years .
I'm watching The Wendy Theory. That's crazy. (but actually more plausible than most Shining theories)
 
Last edited:
AustinTXCat

AustinTXCat

Well-known member
Jan 7, 2003
52,076
306,062
113
Loved Thinner even though critics trashed the crap out of it. Plan on re-watching later this month.

"white man from town". [laughing]

Other Steven King greats: Creepshow, The Stand. The X-Files.
 
  • Like
Reactions: christophero
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom