Steven is a democrat, but I have loved his work for most of my life. First story of his that I read was “The Langoliers”. It was some fantastic sience fiction I suppose, great, great story. I have read a great many of his books since then, and I have always enjoyed the movies made of them, even though some were low budget.
Steven King is a real treasure, especially for those of us who like horror.
Oh please, Lord, impart wisdom into the director, actors and screenwriters to make this great series of books into a great rendition. And you’re right, Hoodat. You can’t cram those seven wonderful books into a three-part movie.
I like his books but the movie treatments are best left for the Made for TV set.
I think Ron Howard is a poor choice of director for this undertaking.
Exactly.
What’s with ‘King’s answer to Lord of the Rings’?
Has King ever stated that?
I wonder if they’ll be able to get Anthony Hopkins to reprise his role of Ted Brautigan from “Hearts In Atlantis.”
Would be interesting to see if they can pull it off. Personally I am still waiting on the film adaptation of “Cell”, one of the few books that I could not put down. Thought the movie was supposed to be out this year.
After King’s okay to change the ending of the film version “The Mist”, I haven’t picked up a book of his.
I agree with others that “The Stand” book (the re-issue) has no peers in post-apocalypse stories (which I love). And yeah, Molly was a poor choice in the mini-series. I just realized a few weeks back that the actor who played Harold in the mini-series was Corin Nemec, of Stargate SG-1 and ScyFy channel crappy movie fame. It was one of those slap-the-forehead moments.
Is the series worth reading??
I’ve enjoyed a few of King’s books, The Stand, The Shining, but Carrie was awful!!
If you condensed “The Gunslinger” and “The Drawing of the Three” into one movie, “The Wastelands,” “Song of Susannah” and “Wolves of the Calla” into the second (Hell, “Song” and “Wolves” were fairly close to each other, anyway), made the final book — “The Dark Tower” — into its own movie and scattered flashbacks from “Wizard and Glass” through all three, it might be a doable series.
It is about time.
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