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Is Steven King the bloke in the wheelchair who talks like those recorded messages on the train?

Or is that Larry Flynt?
 
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IT and Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption are my two faves. Haven't read anything of his for a while.
 
Yeah mate, but I haven't read anything of his for about 10 years.

The Stand is far and away my favorite.. probably my favorite all time book.
 

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helsy3 said:
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IT and Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption are my two faves. Haven't read anything of his for a while.
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Some parts of the movie are SO different to the book, especially near the end.

The Running Man was pretty good...but that was written by Richard Bachman ;)
 
To me, the following are fantastic...

The Dark Tower Series
The Talisman/The Black House (with Peter Straub)
It
The Stand
Bag Of Bones

Anybody into the Dark Tower series in particular?
 
Manbearpig said:
Yeah mate, but I haven't read anything of his for about 10 years.

The Stand is far and away my favorite.. probably my favorite all time book.
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Can I introduce you to the original? It's called Lord Of The Rings.
 
Where is the proper 'It' cover? That used to scare the bejesus out of me.

My favourites were Misery and The Stand.
 
helsy3 said:
The original was a drain wasn't it?
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That picture above is the movie poster (hence the WB icon).

I reckon 3/4 of movies made from Stephen King books are very ordinary.

The good ones are The Green Mile, Shawshank, Misery, Stand By Me and Carrie (although a bit dated now).
 

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The Shining was an awesome book and a great movie. The Tommyknockers and Pet Sematary were not good movies, but loved the books.

"Thinner" (by Bachman) was great too.

Steven King "On Writing" is one of my favourite books - part autobiography, part writing lesson. Excellent stuff.
 
roobear said:
The Shining was an awesome book and a great movie. The Tommyknockers and Pet Sematary were not good movies, but loved the books.

"Thinner" (by Bachman) was great too.

Steven King "On Writing" is one of my favourite books - part autobiography, part writing lesson. Excellent stuff.
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I really enjoyed On Writing too.

I had this habit of reading novels and then watching the film adaptation. Disappointed many many times. I think the supernatural themes SK writes just don't come across well sometimes on film. And his writing goes into such depth of character that its hard to develop that on film unless made very very well.
 
Manbearpig said:
I really enjoyed On Writing too.

I had this habit of reading novels and then watching the film adaptation. Disappointed many many times. I think the supernatural themes SK writes just don't come across well sometimes on film. And his writing goes into such depth of character that its hard to develop that on film unless made very very well.
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Agreed. Christine, for example. His writing style is quite simple, but he is able to convey a depth of character. The novel is about the 3 main people and how their lives are affected by the car, whereas the movie (which is actually not bad IMO) is all about the car.
 

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Lidge said:
^^

You forgot Salems Lot.


Also the 1st King book that I read.
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I remember seeing this on TV when I was a kid - remember pinching a crucifix from school so I'd have some protection if the vamps came to my window!!
 
Manbearpig said:
That picture above is the movie poster (hence the WB icon).

I reckon 3/4 of movies made from Stephen King books are very ordinary.

The good ones are The Green Mile, Shawshank, Misery, Stand By Me and Carrie (although a bit dated now).
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To that list you could add The Running Man, 1408, The Dead Zone, Creepshow, The Shining, Christine, Cujo and Silver Bullet.

The problem with King's novels being translated to film is that they are generally epic in proportion, have too much substance and the tone of the dialogue is virtually unfilmable. To prove my point, three of the five Manbearpig put in are based on short stories, and the other two are a couple of the shortest novels he wrote. The really huge books, like The Stand and IT had to be made as tv miniseries to try and do them any justice in regards to length, but the problem then lies with networks having to cut the graphic nature of the novel to cater to the censors.

Take the Dark Tower series for example, which is a favourite among most King fanatics. Seven books, each around the 1000 page mark. It really can't be done as a series of films because, to be honest, the only way justice can be done is to make a 10 movie series (and that would still be cutting huge chunks out of it). For me, the only way to go for this series is for HBO or Showtime to take it on as a series. This way there is no restrictions on time, and very few restrictions on censorship (as fans of The Sopranos or Deadwood would attest). And I would actually be for seeing It or The Stand refilmed on these networks too because they would really be given justice. IT was one of the scariest novels ever written and whilst Tim Curry WAS Pennywise, its restrictions let it down.

Further from that, there is an adaptation called "The Mist" directed by Frank Darabont (Shawshank, Green Mile) that is expected to absolutely rock the roof off.

And even further, "It" fans... King has been littering his novels recently with references to Pennywise that would suggest that a sequel is on the horizon.:thumbsu:
 

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