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Post by hardball on Jun 6, 2018 10:31:26 GMT
I watched Firestarter and enjoyed it, though I prefer the book. I had no idea there was a sequel, and if it is one of the worst adaptations then that's really saying something because there have been some really awful SK films. Agree with Needful Things. It isn't one of my favorite King novels but the movie was even worse. I agree King should get more creative control and involvement in the adaptations of his workss. I have seen both versions of Salem's Lot and like both, though I do have a slight preference for the Rob Lowe version. I have never seen the Dead Zone TV show and thought the movie was just ok. I like the book except the ending because it was SO SAD. I really felt emotionally drained afterwards. I only read it once and never picked up the book again. Cujo was the very first King novel I read, and I was disappointed because it wasn't supernatural (I thought back then King only wrote supernatural horror stories). I almost didn't buy another King except the back cover for Pet Sematary said 'THE MOST FRIGHTENING BOOK STEPHEN KING HAS EVER WRITTEN" all caps. I took a chance and wasn't disappointed. It's still my fave King book along with Salem's Lot. Running Man - cool movie Riding the Bullet - haven't seen it yet Dark Half - I actually prefer the film over the book It - I watched this with my sis and mom on VHS and it was awesome. The 2017 is also good. Sometimes They Come Back - I liked the short story more but the movie was okay. I can't remember if I've seen the sequel or not lol. The Night Flyer is great, and Miguel Ferrer was terrific, just exactly how I imagined Rick Dees woud be like. Rose Red, Tommyknockers, the Stand, Thinner, 1408, the Mist, Secret Window and Dolores Claiborne I all like. Secret Window and DC are better than the books they're based on IMO. I haven't read the Cell yet but have seen the film, wasn't that good. Samuel L Jackson and John Cusack were better in 1408. As for the Mist, I know how polarizing the ending is, but overall the movie was good. There was also a TV show but it was cancelled after one season. I will check out Children of the Corn, Golden Years and Creepshow. Have you seen Dreamcatcher the film and the Dark Tower? What about Storm of the Century and Desperation? About that incest thing in Sleepwalkers yeah, it was disturbing, but since they were I believe the last of their kind, it's the only way to continue their species. I can go on and on about King, but I'll just stop here. Happy to know you're a fan of his also. The 'Firestarter' sequel was called 'Firestarter: Rekindled' and it came out in 2002 and had Marguerite Moreau playing Charlie 'cause Drew Barrymore was believed to refuse to return for it after seeing how bad the script was. One of the main problems with 'Firestarter 2' is it has a LOT of continuity errors and it is almost like the writers only watched 'Firestarter' once or read the book years ago and didn't freshen up their knowledge on the story before they wrote it 'cause there are too many errors for it to lineup as a proper sequel. They changed large parts of the first story in the flashbacks and had John Rainbird as the villain again with Malcolm McDowell playing him. In the sequel John has been experimenting on a group of young boys with special abilities like Charlie and he uses them to do illegal things for him like rob banks and steal weapons and then he gets them to try and kill Charlie. It is a very disappointing movie and I didn't find out about it until a few years after the movie had aired in America and I bought it on DVD thinking it was going to be good and it awful. I would have liked a proper sequel with Drew Barrymore playing an adult Charlie.
'The Dead Zone' TV show went for 6 seasons and it aired here in Australia on the Syfy Channel and I liked the show and own all of the seasons on DVD but it wasn't given a proper ending 'cause of the high production costs and ratings dropping off near the end. Another show I loved was 'Haven' and if you haven't watched that one you should check it out. It is based on Stephen King's 'The Colorado Kid' and it is very different than the novel but was a good show and it had a lot of references to other Stephen King novels and Troubles that were loosely based on them. I have seen 'Dreamcatcher', 'Desperation' and 'The Dark Tower' but I don't think I have seen 'Storm of the Century.' I have seen a lot of Stephen King movies and TV shows though and own a lot of them on DVD and I got box sets of Stephen King movies on Amazon like one that has 'It', 'The Shinning (1994)', 'Rose Red', 'Diary of Ellen Rimbauer', 'The Tommyknockers', 'Salem's Lot' and the 'Salem's Lot' remake and another with 'The Dead Zone', 'Pet Semetary', 'Silver Bullet' and 'Graveyard Shift.' Did you see ' Nightmares & Dreamscapes' and 'Kingdom Hospital?'
Kingdom Hospital not yet but I have seen Nightmares and Dreamscapes. I remember 3 episodes in particular, Crouch End, the End of the Whole Mess and Umney's Last Case. Crouch End was a bit disappointing, but I had such high expectations because it is one of my favorite SK short stories as I am a fan of HP Lovecraft. What did you think of Desperation the movie and the book? I actually thought it was a good adaptation. I also liked Dreamcatcher but I haven't rewatched it in a while because it kind of grossed me out. I like horror films but not the grossy stuff. BTW I saw Pet Sematary 2 on TV today, and watched it a bit. King had his name removed prior to its release, and now I know why lol.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2018 16:49:20 GMT
Every King story will one day be a movie or tv show, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. But not Dr Sleep. As a story on its own, I already found it one of the weaker ones, the villains started out interesting and menacing, but lost that appeal pretty quick, the characters never came to live at all. As a sequel to The Shining, this book might be the biggest disappointment I ever had with a King novel. But that's just me.
The movie or show might be better, but somehow I can't see them pull it off.
A Firestarter remake, more in tune with the novel, would be quite interesting.
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Kingdom Hospital not yet but I have seen Nightmares and Dreamscapes. I remember 3 episodes in particular, Crouch End, the End of the Whole Mess and Umney's Last Case. Crouch End was a bit disappointing, but I had such high expectations because it is one of my favorite SK short stories as I am a fan of HP Lovecraft. What did you think of Desperation the movie and the book? I actually thought it was a good adaptation. I also liked Dreamcatcher but I haven't rewatched it in a while because it kind of grossed me out. I like horror films but not the grossy stuff. BTW I saw Pet Sematary 2 on TV today, and watched it a bit. King had his name removed prior to its release, and now I know why lol. Yeah. Some of the episodes of 'Nightmares and Dreamscapes' weren't great but I enjoyed the show and own it on DVD. Did you know they also adapted another one of the stories from the novel, 'Dolan's Cadillac' into a movie wth Christian Slater? It came out in 2009 and was a direct to DVD release here and I rented it at Video Ezy. I heard they are working on a TV show of 'Just After Sunset' and I think that had some good stories in it and could work as a TV show and I am actually surprised they didn't adapt it sooner 'cause they have already adapted three of the stores in his following collection, 'Full Dark, No Stars' into movies. 'Creepshow' was a collection of short stories like 'Nightmares and Dreamscapes' and there were three 'Creepshow' movies and the first two are pretty good but I have to warn you to stay away from 'Creepshow 3' 'cause I have heard it is really, really bad and King hated it. The first two movies were made in the 80s by Stephen King and George A. Romero and the third was made in 2016 and had no involvement from either King or Romero and was made by Taurus Entertainment who bought the film rights. The 'Tales from the Darkside: The Movie' is more like a 'Creepshow 3' and features one of Stephen King's stories that was meant to be in 'Creepshow 2' but was cut for time.
I thought 'Desperation' was pretty good and I haven't re-watched that one for a while but I remember enjoying it but I did re-watch the 'Pet Sematary' sequel recently and it wasn't great but I thought it was kinda funny in some parts. 'Haven' is my favourite out of all the TV shows based on Stephen King novels even though it is very different than the novel and is more of a sequel. I am just hoping 'The Dark Tower' TV show still goes through with Stephen King in charge of it 'cause I thought it was a huge mistake to make it into a movie 'cause of how big the series is and under the right people could be a 7 season TV show. I would have liked to have seen what JJ Abrams had planned to do with it. It is a shame the original show didn't go through.
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Post by hardball on Jun 10, 2018 1:32:51 GMT
Kingdom Hospital not yet but I have seen Nightmares and Dreamscapes. I remember 3 episodes in particular, Crouch End, the End of the Whole Mess and Umney's Last Case. Crouch End was a bit disappointing, but I had such high expectations because it is one of my favorite SK short stories as I am a fan of HP Lovecraft. What did you think of Desperation the movie and the book? I actually thought it was a good adaptation. I also liked Dreamcatcher but I haven't rewatched it in a while because it kind of grossed me out. I like horror films but not the grossy stuff. BTW I saw Pet Sematary 2 on TV today, and watched it a bit. King had his name removed prior to its release, and now I know why lol. Yeah. Some of the episodes of 'Nightmares and Dreamscapes' weren't great but I enjoyed the show and own it on DVD. Did you know they also adapted another one of the stories from the novel, 'Dolan's Cadillac' into a movie wth Christian Slater? It came out in 2009 and was a direct to DVD release here and I rented it at Video Ezy. I heard they are working on a TV show of 'Just After Sunset' and I think that had some good stories in it and could work as a TV show and I am actually surprised they didn't adapt it sooner 'cause they have already adapted three of the stores in his following collection, 'Full Dark, No Stars' into movies. 'Creepshow' was a collection of short stories like 'Nightmares and Dreamscapes' and there were three 'Creepshow' movies and the first two are pretty good but I have to warn you to stay away from 'Creepshow 3' 'cause I have heard it is really, really bad and King hated it. The first two movies were made in the 80s by Stephen King and George A. Romero and the third was made in 2016 and had no involvement from either King or Romero and was made by Taurus Entertainment who bought the film rights. The 'Tales from the Darkside: The Movie' is more like a 'Creepshow 3' and features one of Stephen King's stories that was meant to be in 'Creepshow 2' but was cut for time.
I thought 'Desperation' was pretty good and I haven't re-watched that one for a while but I remember enjoying it but I did re-watch the 'Pet Sematary' sequel recently and it wasn't great but I thought it was kinda funny in some parts. 'Haven' is my favourite out of all the TV shows based on Stephen King novels even though it is very different than the novel and is more of a sequel. I am just hoping 'The Dark Tower' TV show still goes through with Stephen King in charge of it 'cause I thought it was a huge mistake to make it into a movie 'cause of how big the series is and under the right people could be a 7 season TV show. I would have liked to have seen what JJ Abrams had planned to do with it. It is a shame the original show didn't go through.
I didn't know that about Dolan's Cadillac, Creepshow 3 or the news about Just After Sunset. Wow you really are Stephen King fan as you're always up to date. I liked Desperation as well almost as the book too. By the way have you read the Regulators, where King used the same names in Desperation but for different characters? Have you seen the movie The Mist? What do you think of the ending as it's very polarizing. As for the Dark Tower, it looks like Amazon is going to produce the TV series and it's going to be a complete reboot. The original plan was to base the TV on Wizard and Glass, but that no longer seems to be the case. consequenceofsound.net/2018/04/amazon-tv-executive-confirm-dark-tower-series-in-since-deleted-tweet/I agree 100% the Dark Tower should have been a TV series. A 90 minute movie simply won't do it justice. No idea if Amazon can pull this off, though they're not lacking in ambition. I mean, they are turning Lord of the Rings into a miniseries so why not The Dark Tower.
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I didn't know that about Dolan's Cadillac, Creepshow 3 or the news about Just After Sunset. Wow you really are Stephen King fan as you're always up to date. I liked Desperation as well almost as the book too. By the way have you read the Regulators, where King used the same names in Desperation but for different characters? Have you seen the movie The Mist? What do you think of the ending as it's very polarizing. As for the Dark Tower, it looks like Amazon is going to produce the TV series and it's going to be a complete reboot. The original plan was to base the TV on Wizard and Glass, but that no longer seems to be the case. consequenceofsound.net/2018/04/amazon-tv-executive-confirm-dark-tower-series-in-since-deleted-tweet/I agree 100% the Dark Tower should have been a TV series. A 90 minute movie simply won't do it justice. No idea if Amazon can pull this off, though they're not lacking in ambition. I mean, they are turning Lord of the Rings into a miniseries so why not The Dark Tower. I actually didn't know about the 'Dolan's Cadillac' movie either until I came across it in the video shop one day and rented it and I don't think it was promoted that much upon its release 'cause I looked at Stephen King's site often and didn't see anything about it until after I hired it from the video shop but a number of Stephen King's movies weren't heavily promoted during that time and it is only recently with the success of 'It' we are hearing more and more about his movies on sites. I try to keep up to date with most of them and I use Google News and type in names of artists, bands, actors, writers etc and it comes up with all the latest articles about them and Stephen King has a LOT of movies and TV shows in development and according to one article there is something like 69 adaptions in the works. I only know a few of them so far but I am interested in seeing what the rest of them are going to be and the remake of 'The Stand' was going to be a movie but now it is going to be a 10 part series and I wonder if it will tie on to 'The Dark Tower' TV show through Randal Flagg 'cause he is in both and Walter Padick is Randal Flagg.
I am glad the TV show is going to be on Amazon 'cause we get a number of their shows here like 'The Handmaid's Tale' on SBS so I think we will get this one in Australia but I am surprised it is not on one of the networks. It is perfect for a TV show and from what I heard Josh Holloway was originally meant to be in the JJ Abrams adaption but I don't think he will be in it now 'cause he has his own show, 'Colony' which I think is still going in America. I have read 'The Regulators' and I heard Stephen King intended for them to be in parallel universes but I am not sure if that is true and there is a TV show of 'The Regulators' said to be in development. Have you got Stephen King's latest novel, 'The Outsider' and read the Bill Hodges trilogy? birthmoviesdeath.com/2018/04/02/is-josh-boone-directing-a-ten-part-limited-series-adaptation-of-the-stand
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Post by Terrapin Station on Jun 15, 2018 6:15:20 GMT
At first I was excited about this, but I'm out of touch with King's recent work. I wasn't aware that he'd written a sequel . . . and the description above doesn't sound very promising. Maybe the description of the novel is misleading, though. I don't know. It sounds like it's not going to be set in a location like the Overlook--a big, old, haunted building, which is what I'd hope for.
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Post by brownstones on Jun 15, 2018 11:28:13 GMT
2020? 😞
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Post by hardball on Jun 16, 2018 5:32:01 GMT
Thanks for the updates Deb. I'm happy to know Dr Sleep is moving forward and I think Ewan will do fine as Danny. While it's good to hear there will be more film and TV adaptation of King's works, I hope these aren't rushed. I have a feeling some studios just want these films done to see if it will be the next IT. Long Walk - I thought the story was ok, but I am not sure if this is really movie material. We'll see. Tommyknockers - this one I want to see. I liked the mini series with Jimmy Smits so I hope this one turns out good. Suffer the Little Children - yes yes yes yes. One of my fave stories in Nightmares and Dreamscapes. To this day I wonder if the kids were really monsters or the teacher just lost her mind. Pet Semetary - If it's just as half scary as the book I'll be fine with it. Haven't read In the Tall Grass or The Gingerbread Girl so I don't know what to expect. For the large number of King works being adapted, I wonder why Eyes of the Dragon and the Talisman are never mentioned.
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Post by hardball on Jun 16, 2018 5:43:07 GMT
I didn't know that about Dolan's Cadillac, Creepshow 3 or the news about Just After Sunset. Wow you really are Stephen King fan as you're always up to date. I liked Desperation as well almost as the book too. By the way have you read the Regulators, where King used the same names in Desperation but for different characters? Have you seen the movie The Mist? What do you think of the ending as it's very polarizing. As for the Dark Tower, it looks like Amazon is going to produce the TV series and it's going to be a complete reboot. The original plan was to base the TV on Wizard and Glass, but that no longer seems to be the case. consequenceofsound.net/2018/04/amazon-tv-executive-confirm-dark-tower-series-in-since-deleted-tweet/I agree 100% the Dark Tower should have been a TV series. A 90 minute movie simply won't do it justice. No idea if Amazon can pull this off, though they're not lacking in ambition. I mean, they are turning Lord of the Rings into a miniseries so why not The Dark Tower. I actually didn't know about the 'Dolan's Cadillac' movie either until I came across it in the video shop one day and rented it and I don't think it was promoted that much upon its release 'cause I looked at Stephen King's site often and didn't see anything about it until after I hired it from the video shop but a number of Stephen King's movies weren't heavily promoted during that time and it is only recently with the success of 'It' we are hearing more and more about his movies on sites. I try to keep up to date with most of them and I use Google News and type in names of artists, bands, actors, writers etc and it comes up with all the latest articles about them and Stephen King has a LOT of movies and TV shows in development and according to one article there is something like 69 adaptions in the works. I only know a few of them so far but I am interested in seeing what the rest of them are going to be and the remake of 'The Stand' was going to be a movie but now it is going to be a 10 part series and I wonder if it will tie on to 'The Dark Tower' TV show through Randal Flagg 'cause he is in both and Walter Padick is Randal Flagg.
I am glad the TV show is going to be on Amazon 'cause we get a number of their shows here like 'The Handmaid's Tale' on SBS so I think we will get this one in Australia but I am surprised it is not on one of the networks. It is perfect for a TV show and from what I heard Josh Holloway was originally meant to be in the JJ Abrams adaption but I don't think he will be in it now 'cause he has his own show, 'Colony' which I think is still going in America. I have read 'The Regulators' and I heard Stephen King intended for them to be in parallel universes but I am not sure if that is true and there is a TV show of 'The Regulators' said to be in development. Have you got Stephen King's latest novel, 'The Outsider' and read the Bill Hodges trilogy? birthmoviesdeath.com/2018/04/02/is-josh-boone-directing-a-ten-part-limited-series-adaptation-of-the-standI don't know when the Dark Tower will come out, but the movie was stuck in development hell for years. I don't mind if we have to wait a while for the TV series as long as it is done right. I haven't read the Hodges trilogy yet though the synopsis sounds intriguing. I haven't even heard of the Outsider and already it's being turned into a tv series. Well it sounds like something for TV anyway as it's a cop murder investigation that may lead to something else. Have you read it? First time I've heard the Regulators rumored TV show, but I hope that comes true. I haven't read any new updates on the Stand but I like they're turning it into a series. His large novels need to be mini series as there's too much too cram in a 2 hour film.
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Post by deembastille on Jun 16, 2018 13:17:51 GMT
Every King story will one day be a movie or tv show, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. But not Dr Sleep. As a story on its own, I already found it one of the weaker ones, the villains started out interesting and menacing, but lost that appeal pretty quick, the characters never came to live at all. As a sequel to The Shining, this book might be the biggest disappointment I ever had with a King novel. But that's just me. The movie or show might be better, but somehow I can't see them pull it off. A Firestarter remake, more in tune with the novel, would be quite interesting. THANK YOU! this was boring story and i was disappointed to find Danny's life to have turned out like that.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2018 18:27:20 GMT
Every King story will one day be a movie or tv show, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. But not Dr Sleep. As a story on its own, I already found it one of the weaker ones, the villains started out interesting and menacing, but lost that appeal pretty quick, the characters never came to live at all. As a sequel to The Shining, this book might be the biggest disappointment I ever had with a King novel. But that's just me. The movie or show might be better, but somehow I can't see them pull it off. A Firestarter remake, more in tune with the novel, would be quite interesting. THANK YOU! this was boring story and i was disappointed to find Danny's life to have turned out like that. It might have worked, if King hadn’t done it too many times before. The alcoholic writer, it’s just too common in his work. There was almost nothing in the story, definitely nothing that stood out. Boring indeed.
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Post by palerider on Jun 20, 2018 16:28:01 GMT
Is this going to be rewritten to be more in line with the movie version of the Shining? Because there were pretty big differences.
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Post by mszanadu on Jun 21, 2018 0:57:34 GMT
Thanks so much DebLovesBeccy for your subject post about this new film and article link to it also . I'm also looking forward to see this one when it's officially announced as well .
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Post by hardball on Jun 21, 2018 12:28:13 GMT
Is this going to be rewritten to be more in line with the movie version of the Shining? Because there were pretty big differences. My understanding is this is a sequel to the movie. If it is well received a prequel about the Overlook will also be made.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2018 6:55:27 GMT
Is this going to be rewritten to be more in line with the movie version of the Shining? Because there were pretty big differences. My understanding is this is a sequel to the movie. If it is well received a prequel about the Overlook will also be made. I don't think it will be a sequel to the movie. Stephen King hates the movie and from my understanding has control over this and I think it will continue on to the novel as a direct adaption of 'Doctor Sleep' that has no connections to the previous adaptions of 'The Shining.' I personally think it would have been a better idea to remake 'The Shining' one more time with Stephen King writing the movie script himself and had 'Doctor Sleep' as the second part like they are doing now with 'It.' That way Stephen King would have been able to fix all the problems with the previous movie.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2018 7:19:09 GMT
Thanks for the updates Deb. I'm happy to know Dr Sleep is moving forward and I think Ewan will do fine as Danny. While it's good to hear there will be more film and TV adaptation of King's works, I hope these aren't rushed. I have a feeling some studios just want these films done to see if it will be the next IT. Long Walk - I thought the story was ok, but I am not sure if this is really movie material. We'll see. Tommyknockers - this one I want to see. I liked the mini series with Jimmy Smits so I hope this one turns out good. Suffer the Little Children - yes yes yes yes. One of my fave stories in Nightmares and Dreamscapes. To this day I wonder if the kids were really monsters or the teacher just lost her mind. Pet Semetary - If it's just as half scary as the book I'll be fine with it. Haven't read In the Tall Grass or The Gingerbread Girl so I don't know what to expect. For the large number of King works being adapted, I wonder why Eyes of the Dragon and the Talisman are never mentioned. You're welcome and I think Ewan McGregor will be good in the role as an adult version of Danny Torrance and look forward to seeing the movie. I am excited about all the other adaptions of Stephen King's novels that are coming up but like you I am hoping they are not rushed too 'cause there have been quite a few novel adaptions that have ended up being disappointing 'cause of that. I think the studios are looking for the next 'It' too but at the same time I think they are also hoping to have success with multiple movies. There are still a few Stephen King novels that haven't been adapted into movies or TV shows yet and I am surprised they haven't announced a movie of 'Duma Key' 'cause the novel was fairly popular and won awards and there is also 'Blaze' which came out around the same time under the 'Richard Bachman' name that hasn't been adapted. What happened to the movie adaption of 'From Brick 8?' George Romero was said to be directing it and then Tobe Hooper replaced him and both of them have sadly passed away now and the movie never went through. It is odd it didn't 'cause I remember a lot of people being excited over it and saying it could be the best Stephen King movie ever made.
I agree with your thoughts about the movies and I haven't read 'The Tall Grass' either and don't remember it ever being released as a physical novel or in a collection but I read 'The Gingerbread Girl' and it was part of 'Just After Sunset' and I think that could be good but as I mentioned before I am a fan of most of Stephen King's novels and don't think he has many bad ones. One I especially like which I can't see being adapted is 'On Writing' and if you never read that it is worth picking up. I thought I read 'The Talisman' had a TV show in development but it must have been dropped.
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I actually didn't know about the 'Dolan's Cadillac' movie either until I came across it in the video shop one day and rented it and I don't think it was promoted that much upon its release 'cause I looked at Stephen King's site often and didn't see anything about it until after I hired it from the video shop but a number of Stephen King's movies weren't heavily promoted during that time and it is only recently with the success of 'It' we are hearing more and more about his movies on sites. I try to keep up to date with most of them and I use Google News and type in names of artists, bands, actors, writers etc and it comes up with all the latest articles about them and Stephen King has a LOT of movies and TV shows in development and according to one article there is something like 69 adaptions in the works. I only know a few of them so far but I am interested in seeing what the rest of them are going to be and the remake of 'The Stand' was going to be a movie but now it is going to be a 10 part series and I wonder if it will tie on to 'The Dark Tower' TV show through Randal Flagg 'cause he is in both and Walter Padick is Randal Flagg.
I am glad the TV show is going to be on Amazon 'cause we get a number of their shows here like 'The Handmaid's Tale' on SBS so I think we will get this one in Australia but I am surprised it is not on one of the networks. It is perfect for a TV show and from what I heard Josh Holloway was originally meant to be in the JJ Abrams adaption but I don't think he will be in it now 'cause he has his own show, 'Colony' which I think is still going in America. I have read 'The Regulators' and I heard Stephen King intended for them to be in parallel universes but I am not sure if that is true and there is a TV show of 'The Regulators' said to be in development. Have you got Stephen King's latest novel, 'The Outsider' and read the Bill Hodges trilogy? birthmoviesdeath.com/2018/04/02/is-josh-boone-directing-a-ten-part-limited-series-adaptation-of-the-stand I don't know when the Dark Tower will come out, but the movie was stuck in development hell for years. I don't mind if we have to wait a while for the TV series as long as it is done right. I haven't read the Hodges trilogy yet though the synopsis sounds intriguing. I haven't even heard of the Outsider and already it's being turned into a tv series. Well it sounds like something for TV anyway as it's a cop murder investigation that may lead to something else. Have you read it? First time I've heard the Regulators rumored TV show, but I hope that comes true. I haven't read any new updates on the Stand but I like they're turning it into a series. His large novels need to be mini series as there's too much too cram in a 2 hour film. Yeah. I don't mind waiting longer either as long as the TV show turns out to be good and they do justice to the novels and judging on the comments Stephen King made about it after he wrote a blog about why 'The Dark Tower' movie failed I think it is going to end up being a lot better than the movie 'cause I can't see them making the same mistakes and I am not sure about how many episodes or seasons generally run for on Amazon's streaming service but 'The Dark Tower' is something I could see going for a long time based on how many novels are in the series. Let's just hope they don't turn around and make major changes to it a few seasons in 'cause that is what they did with 'Under the Dome' 'cause that was one of the main things that killed that show and a lot of fans were not happy with the things they did in the final season. I think some changes can be good but when you take a novel and completely change it they can be quite disastrous and you can end up with something that doesn't even remotely resemble the original. I hope 'The Regulators' TV show happens too and when I first heard about that there were a lot of articles about it but then it died down which might not be a good sign 'cause usually the movies and shows that go through are talked about a lot on sites before they happen but some have still happened.
I have read 2 of the 3 books in the Bill Hodges trilogy and haven't got around to reading 'End of Watch' but I own it and I have a lot of novels and graphic novels I haven't got around to reading and our novel collection here is huge.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2018 23:59:23 GMT
THANK YOU! this was boring story and i was disappointed to find Danny's life to have turned out like that. It might have worked, if King hadn’t done it too many times before. The alcoholic writer, it’s just too common in his work. There was almost nothing in the story, definitely nothing that stood out. Boring indeed. Dr. Sleep had the feel of a trunk novel that King shoe-horned Danny into to make it a Shining sequel. I have a feeling this will be one case where the mivie could be better, but as a stand alone. Trying to make it a sequel to Kubrick's film version will set it up for failure from go.
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Post by darkpast on Jun 28, 2018 19:36:59 GMT
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