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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / November 2007The Mist
Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! http://tinyurl.com/yrl3y4 Jill > Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! > > http://tinyurl.com/yrl3y4 > > Jill OMG - saw a preview of that on TV last night..... Read it ages ago! I don't remember the "military did it" part of the story (aka The Stand), nor the religious zealot who called for sacrifice.... But it *looks* like it will be a good movie...  Signature-- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep >> Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I don't remember the "military did it" part of the story (aka The > Stand), nor the religious zealot who called for sacrifice.... Oh she was in it, but she was an old woman in the story rather than a crazy middled aged lady ;) I find it hard to believe there's only one kid in the entire grocery store. They apparently don't shop where I do LOL > OMG - saw a preview of that on TV last night..... Read it ages ago! I > don't remember the "military did it" part of the story (aka The Stand), nor > the religious zealot who called for sacrifice.... > But it *looks* like it will be a good movie... That is one of my favorite-ever King stories. I'm looking forward to the movie, while keeping in mind that the movie might be disappointing, or just plain bad. There wasn't an explicit explanation of what caused the mist, just speculation (a "research lab" was hinted at, I seem to remember). But that was one of the things I really liked about the story - you never found out what caused it, or even how far it had spread. (In the preview, I heard someone say, "It could be the whole world!" In the story, it's not clear how wide the effect is.) I went through a phase of reading King novels in the mid 90s, starting with Gerald's Game, which I *loved*. (Most King fans seem to hate that book, but, maybe because it was my first, I really enjoyed it.) One thing I noticed, though, about most of his books, was that while they started out with gobs of great, creepy atmosphere, and a tantalizing mystery, the endings were often pretty lame, IMO. I would often end up feeling like, "So *that's* all it was? Who cares?" Of course, I would go on to read more of his books because they were so much fun, but then I'd be disappointed at the end again. The Mist avoided this problem by not explaining anything, so it ended on a wonderfully creepy, uncertain note. I'm curious how the movie will handle that. Joyce > > OMG - saw a preview of that on TV last night..... Read it ages ago! I > > don't remember the "military did it" part of the story (aka The Stand), [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Joyce I like the fact that some of his stories could actually happen: Cujo - a rabid St Bernard..... Signature-- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep > Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! > > http://tinyurl.com/yrl3y4 > > Jill I've not read a lot of his newer stuff but I have most of his older books. I actually got to see him in Columbus, OH a few years back. This was around the time Insomnia came out. He rode his motorcycle across the country, stopping at independent bookstores along the way and signing copies of Insomnia. He gave a talk one night at an auditorium. I remember him telling how he would do research for his stories. When he was writing Gerald's Game (the one where the husband ties up the wife during sex and then dies, leaving her tied up), he asked his son to help him see if a particular ending would work. He handcuffed his son's wrists to the bed posts and asked him if he would be able to get out by putting his feet over his head and pushing the bed away from the wall, and then flipping over and slipping the cuffs over the bed posts. The son, who did gymnastics, said he'd end up breaking his wrists. Stephen's wife walked in, saw the two of them, shook her head and said "I don't want to know." I did end up with 2 signed copies of the book. Theresa > Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! > > http://tinyurl.com/yrl3y4 > > Jill I've gotten tired of King's latest stuff, but I loved "The Mist" when I read it. And the Book on Tape - oh man, did that keep me entranced when I was driving the truck! Dan >> Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Dan John isn't a reader but he's a huge fan of books on tape since he drives long distances to the art shows. I'm just not in my car long enough or often enough to have ever indulged in that pasttime. I haven't cared for the last few things King has written but overall I've been a fan from the get go. Have you ever seen his house? My god, it's the stuff nightmares are made of! Huge Victorian mansion (added on to, since I doubt it came with an indoor pool LOL). He had the wrought iron gates custom made with bats at the top ;) Jill > John isn't a reader but he's a huge fan of books on tape since he drives > long distances to the art shows. I'm just not in my car long enough or [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Jill No, I haven't seen it but it sounds like I'd like to! One of these days I'm going to get into the storage unit and dig out all of my books on tape. Once I do I'll send you an e-mail and you can see if John would like any of them. >> John isn't a reader but he's a huge fan of books on tape since he >> drives long distances to the art shows. I'm just not in my car long [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > No, I haven't seen it but it sounds like I'd like to! Have a look-see :) http://www.horrorking.com/photo2.html > One of these days I'm going to get into the storage unit and dig out > all of my books on tape. Once I do I'll send you an e-mail and you > can see if John would like any of them. That would be great, but he's not into spooky stuff. Me, I love to be scared silly ;) Okay, I'm weird. I'm a Leo, what more could you expect? Jill >> John isn't a reader but he's a huge fan of books on tape since he drives >> long distances to the art shows. I'm just not in my car long enough or [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > of my books on tape. Once I do I'll send you an e-mail and you can see if > John would like any of them. Here are some googled images of his house: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=stephen+king+home+pictures&um=1&ie=UTF-8 &sa=N&tab=wiorhttp://tinyurl.com/2zcuvsHugs,CatNipped > >> Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Jill I used to live in Bangor, Maine, and he is an incredibly down to earth guy. He used to come into the pharmacy I worked at in the mornings, then the video game arcade I worked at in the evenings. He used to play Frogger and try to get the frog mushed by the big truck in the final trafic lane. Then he'd just giggle like a madman. Everyone knew him, so no one minded, but it was easy to see how his mind worked. My mom and dad actually became pretty decent friends of Steve and Tabby. They'd come over for dinner, we'd go over there for dinner. He'd get weird, telling some 'ghost story', and Tabby would look him in the eyes and say, "Steve, either you behave or you can go into the basement." (that's where he used to write). What a great family they were. He used to make his house a 'Halloween Haunted Mansion' every year, until his lawyer finally said he was going to get sued by someone who just wanted money (that place was always incredibly scary, even when you were an adult), for scaring them so badly. What was weird was reading the earlier books and realizing that he's talking about the towns (we initially lived in Old Town Maine, yes the canoe place) we lived in. You'd be walking around and see the "big house" where the vampire lived in 'Salem's Lot' (that was Old Town). Now I live in Colorado, and I've been to the Stanley Hotel (The Overlook from The Shining), and driving I-70 to Grand Junction, you used to be able to see all the sites he talked about in The Stand (before expansion, improvements, etc.). I have hated Eisenhower Tunnel from the beginning when I moved here because of that book (lol). I love his stuff. Especially the Dark Tower Series. Though I think The Stand is my favorite book and favorite movie of one of his books. He always wanted the adults to pay for what they'd done, and sometimes it was awful (Cujo is the prime example), and Hollywood wouldn't do it, so it lost the "bite" (pardon the pun). In fact, most times, the ending is awful. The books I don't care for are the "happy ending" ones, where it seems no one got "scarred" by what happened. There should be punishment, especially in a King story (yeah, I'm weird). Smokie Darling (Annie) - that said, I'm looking forward to The Mist. >> >> Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! >> [quoted text clipped - 61 lines] > > Smokie Darling (Annie) - that said, I'm looking forward to The Mist. I've always thought of him as "just another guy" type of person. Ever since I read one of his books, and in the prefix he wrote about his fears, as a kid, of the 'monster under the bed' and how now, as an adult, he absolutely cannot, for any reason whatsoever, have a foot, hand, or any other body part, hang over the edge of the bed, for the fear that the 'monster' will grab it and drag him out of bed. If I had been his kid - I would have been sooooo evil, and snuck into his bedroom at night and grabbed his foot. Of course I probably would have ended up in juvie court for causing my father to die of a heart attack.... <eg> Signature-- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep > "Smokie Darling (Annie)" <Barnabus1...@yahoo.com> wrote in > [quoted text clipped - 59 lines] > > - Show quoted text - You know, he described the "thing under the bed" once, in a book I think. The yellow slick, warty looking skin, with hair on the fingers between the knuckles looking like 'spines' and long, thick, discoloured, pointed nails. I'd never said anything, but *that* was the hand of the thing under my bed too, when I was small. Not now though. Granted, I don't live inside the head that writes stories like he does either. His one son (Owen) might've tried something like that, but when I knew him, he had a tendency to giggle when he was up mischief (lol). That would have been a dead giveaway. Smokie Darling (Annie) On Nov 9, 12:53 pm, "Magic Mood Jeep" <Nob...@Nowhere.Net> wrote: > "Smokie Darling (Annie)" <Barnabus1...@yahoo.com> wrote in > [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] > > - Show quoted text - You know, he described the "thing under the bed" once, in a book I think. The yellow slick, warty looking skin, with hair on the fingers between the knuckles looking like 'spines' and long, thick, discoloured, pointed nails. I'd never said anything, but *that* was the hand of the thing under my bed too, when I was small. Not now though. Granted, I don't live inside the head that writes stories like he does either. His one son (Owen) might've tried something like that, but when I knew him, he had a tendency to giggle when he was up mischief (lol). That would have been a dead giveaway. Smokie Darling (Annie) *** Whenever I read one of King's books, I think that I'd hate to be married to somebody who had all that in his head. Joy > " > I've always thought of him as "just another guy" type of person. Ever since [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > course I probably would have ended up in juvie court for causing my father > to die of a heart attack.... <eg> I just finished a book entitled "A Heart-Shaped Box" by Joe Hill who is Stephen King's son Joseph Hilstrom King. There's a disturbing book if ever I've read one. I think that he wants to make his own way in the craft so he doesn't use the name King (Annie, is Hilstrom a family name maybe?). I could imagine him hiding under his father's bed and grabbing his foot. No question about it. Julie > I just finished a book entitled "A Heart-Shaped Box" by Joe Hill who > is Stephen King's son Joseph Hilstrom King. There's a disturbing book > if ever I've read one. I think that he wants to make his own way in > the craft so he doesn't use the name King Is this a horror novel? Or psychological suspense? I'm in the mood to read something like that, but I must ask this question - and this is the only place on the entire Internet where I know nobody will laugh at me for asking - is there any cruelty to animals in the story? I've just gotten so sensitive about it that I have a hard time reading scary books or watching scary movies - which I used to enjoy - but I'm so afraid that whoever/whatever the nasty person/entity is will harm an animal so the author/screenwriter can show us what a baddie he/she/it is. So every time I turn the page, or watch the DVD, I'm waiting. I absolutely *can't stand it* if someone in a horror movie, or even a garden variety suspense movie, has a cat. The whole time, I'm worrying that something bad will happen to the cat. Remember that movie "Enemy of the State"? Political suspense/thriller starring Will Smith and Gene Hackman? The Gene Hackman character was a total paranoid, and lived in a barricaded building, thinking that the CIA or NSA or whoever was going to kill him. And he had a cat - an adorable orange and white sweetie. There were scenes where he's in a van with some Mafiosos who are threatening to kill him, and he's got the cat with him - I nearly chewed all my fingernails off!!! (Nothing bad happened to the kitty!) Joyce > On Nov 9, 2:53 pm, "Magic Mood Jeep" <Nob...@Nowhere.Net> wrote:> " > > I've always thought of him as "just another guy" type of person. Ever since [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Julie Owen was the youngest and he's the one I remember the best. I would hazard a guess that if Hilstrom was a family name, that belonged to King's mother (who died of cancer around the time that Pet Cemetary was written). Honestly, and this is awful, Naomi and Joseph didn't make much of dent in my memory, but Owen was a typical little 2-3 year old when my family and his met. I'd have loved to babysit for them, just because I adored that house. I probably would have sat for free (lol). Smokie Darling (Annie) PS I'm not surprised that the kids would write as the parents did (Tabby's book wasn't bad, wasn't great, but it was fun to read as I recall). On Nov 10, 8:53 am, "Smokie Darling (Annie)" <Barnabus1...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > On Nov 9, 2:53 pm, "Magic Mood Jeep" <Nob...@Nowhere.Net> wrote:> " > > > I've always thought of him as "just another guy" type of person. Ever since [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > King's mother (who died of cancer around the time that Pet Cemetary > was written). I'm going to have to back out of the guess I hazarded earlier... My brain is not functional without coffe. Joe Hill (for whom Joseph was named) was a labor organizer (union). Not sure, at all, if Hilstrom was a family name. Sorry for the prior misinformation. > Honestly, and this is awful, Naomi and Joseph didn't make much of dent > in my memory, but Owen was a typical little 2-3 year old when my [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > - Show quoted text - On Nov 10, 9:53 am, "Smokie Darling (Annie)" <Barnabus1...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > On Nov 9, 2:53 pm, "Magic Mood Jeep" <Nob...@Nowhere.Net> wrote:> " > > > I've always thought of him as "just another guy" type of person. Ever since [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > - Show quoted text - I thought I was the only one to have ever read Pearl. :) Anytime I mention it, I either get blank looks or asked if I meant the literary classic "The Pearl". [Stephen King] > What was weird was reading the earlier books and realizing that he's > talking about the towns (we initially lived in Old Town Maine, yes the > canoe place) we lived in. You'd be walking around and see the "big > house" where the vampire lived in 'Salem's Lot' (that was Old Town). Living in (or near) Edinburgh you're permenantly on location for fictional settings, it must be getting more fictional treatments every year than any other city of its size in the world. (Ian Rankin's books are the best known at the moment). One of my faves was the ending of Iain Banks's "Complicity". It's a very gory story (and not really all that good, certainly not up there with "The Bridge"). I lived a few doors down the street from that fishmonger's. You might think no author could put something that gross into a real business and not get sued, but the place had been forcibly closed down just before he wrote the book. If anything, what actually happened there was nastier than that scene in the book... ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 On Nov 10, 5:17 pm, Jack Campin - bogus address <bo...@purr.demon.co.uk> wrote: > [Stephen King] > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 > stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 Another two authors I need to add to "read 'em" list (lol). Hey, as fast as I read, the more authors the better. Now if I can just force myself to read the last book of the Dark Tower series (I just don't want it to be over <sob>)... Smokie Darling (Annie) - so Iain Banks and Ian Rankin? > Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! > > http://tinyurl.com/yrl3y4 > > Jill I saw the trailer when I saw Kingdom come in the theaters I have read all his book seen all his movies even got to met him once But in horror terms I am more of a Dean Koontz fan >> Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > But in horror terms I am more of a Dean Koontz fan I like Koontz, too, although his early works were rather clumsy. I love his featuring pets in some of his books. He's fond of golden retrievers :) Jill >>> Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! >>> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Jill Yes he is A few of his books have made the big screen such as Phantoms another good author is John Saul He has a tendency to put economics and politics in his books and warp it till it is funny. One book he made fun of Wal-Mart another was home owner associations > >>> Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > - Show quoted text - OMG, you and I would get along famously I think. There is another author... Let me find a title... Ah Bentley Little. He's a pretty decent author. DH and I have read most of his books: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b/002-0653002-4170464?url=search-alias%3Dstrip books&field-keywords=Bentley+Little I've read King, Koontz, and Saul from the first book of each. The only King book I couldn't finish (and I think I'm alone in this) was Rose Madder. Saul has had a few I couldn't finish, but that's just me. I don't like *knowing* where it's going, it's one thing to "think" it's headed somewhere, but to *know* it's going there is boring. Smokie Darling (Annie) > I've read King, Koontz, and Saul from the first book of each. The > only King book I couldn't finish (and I think I'm alone in this) was > Rose Madder. Saul has had a few I couldn't finish, but that's just > me. I don't like *knowing* where it's going, it's one thing to > "think" it's headed somewhere, but to *know* it's going there is > boring. Wow, I don't see how you could know where Rose Madder was going to go... going into a painting? (Wasn't that what happened? She battled a minotaur or something "classical"?) I was interested in that book when I read it, but I don't think I'd enjoy it now. I've enjoyed a number of King novels, but the truth is, I don't find them all that scary. Entertaining, but not very chilling. I don't know why. Koontz novels definitely scared me, but after a while I found his novels too formulaic and got bored. I did love the one about the smart dog, though - who didn't? Joyce On Nov 9, 12:13 pm, jXwXeXrXmXoX...@sonic.net wrote: > > I've read King, Koontz, and Saul from the first book of each. The > > only King book I couldn't finish (and I think I'm alone in this) was [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Joyce I'm not even sure I knew where Rose Madder was going, but rather that I just could not get into another "woman in peril" book. I read it (or tried to) right after Gerald's Game. Everyone I've talked to loved the book but everytime I've tried to read it, I get stuck at the same point, and just can't get beyond it. I enjoyed Cell (King), it was a little frightening, in a predictable way, but a little frightening. The newest King that I could read over and over is Lisey's Story. Not scary per se, but very supernatural and suspenseful in places. Good story, pretty well written. Sort of reminds me of Eyes of the Dragon (wasn't that one?). Watchers by Dean Koontz. Three films made off the book. Oddly the second one, with Marc Singer, was closest to the book, and the best imho. I enjoyed it. Hated the first movie (with one of the Corey's, Haim, I think), it just didn't work for me. I'm rather hooked on Koontz's Odd Thomas books. I just love that character. Anticipating the next (if there is one) with baited (bated?) breath. SD (Annie) > On Nov 9, 12:13 pm, jXwXeXrXmXoX...@sonic.net wrote: >> [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > > SD (Annie) I love Odd and the spirit of Elvis that hangs with him > "Smokie Darling (Annie)" <Barnabus1...@yahoo.com> wrote in > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Have you read Brother Odd yet? It's my favorite so far, that's why I want another one. Right. This. Very. Minute! SD (Annie) >> "Smokie Darling (Annie)" <Barnabus1...@yahoo.com> wrote in >> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > SD (Annie) Finished the whole series > I enjoyed Cell (King), it was a little frightening, in a predictable > way, but a little frightening. I think Cell is one of the best books I've read in the last couple of years. Somehow it just makes sense cell phones cause people to go a little bonkers ;) It certainly seems true of people driving (or shopping) these days. And if you read the afterword, King says he doesn't own a cell phone. Heheh. Jill > > I enjoyed Cell (King), it was a little frightening, in a predictable > > way, but a little frightening. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Jill Exactilactily SD (Annie) > > I've read King, Koontz, and Saul from the first book of each. The > > only King book I couldn't finish (and I think I'm alone in this) was [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Joyce His books mostly disturbed me never really scared me. Now some of the moves sacred the heck out of me such as Cujo and the Cat people > <jXwXeXrXmXoX...@sonic.net> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > - Show quoted text - I thought Cujo the book was scarier than the film, but that was because you "heard" what the d*g was thinking, and you went a little mad with him. > > <jXwXeXrXmXoX...@sonic.net> wrote in message > > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > > > - Show quoted text - > I thought Cujo the book was scarier than the film, but that was > because you "heard" what the d*g was thinking, and you went a little > mad with him. Cat People is not a Stephen King novel!! It's a very old movie, from before SK's time. Then it was remade, maybe in the 70s?, with Natassja Kinski (sp?). Nothing to do with King. Joyce On Nov 9, 5:15 pm, jXwXeXrXmXoX...@sonic.net wrote: > > On Nov 9, 12:56 pm, "Matthew" <Iamacatsl...@proudtoserve.com> wrote: > > > > > > His books mostly disturbed me never really scared me. Now some of the [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Joyce I was thinking of Sleepwalkers (for some odd reason, I always confuse it with Cat People, only in name), or Cat's Eye, which was the three parter all involving a cat (which I didn't watch, but DH did). SD (Annie) >> <jXwXeXrXmXoX...@sonic.net> wrote in message >> [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > because you "heard" what the d*g was thinking, and you went a little > mad with him. I hated Cujo the book and didn't see the movie because of that. I felt really cheated when the little boy died. He didn't have to do that! Joy >> >>> Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! >> [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > Smokie Darling (Annie) I have read all Little books. Scary writer I remember seeing some of his books become big screen such as Creature I have found Mercedes Lackey ( ??? ) is an excellent writer so is Terry Brooks You know some of a Saul's book were finished by another. Saul is a freak that knows how to get his point across There is a new author Is just got done finishing her last book her name is Keri Author she is from down under. Her book are about werewolves a little sexual but that is what the beast is but very good reading. I have also found theseto be a good writers James Patterson he did the firm and a time to kill Robert Jordan did the Wheel of time books Terry Pratchett to many to name George R.R. Martin wo did wild cards and a A Song of Ice and Fire series R.A. Salvatore did the Drizzit series and too many others to name Jim Butcher did the Dresden files Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson they did the DUNE series Anne Rice Interview with a vampire ( she is a little slow in some books but all are good reading ) Dan Brown Davinci code Angels and Demons David Farland Rune Lords triligy > >> "jmcquown" <jmcqu...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 81 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Okay, we are going to be new best buds. The only name that didn't jump out at me as instantly recognizable, but I read the book named, was Butcher. Ever read Laymon (Richard)? SD (Annie) >> >> "jmcquown" <jmcqu...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message >> [quoted text clipped - 95 lines] > > SD (Annie) Jim Butcher He wrote the Dresden files which became a TV series on sci-fi channel One author who I thought was better on film was JR Tolkien but I wish they had done the hobbit first instead of it being only animated. But lets not get me started on Anime for I am freak when it comes to that. Yes I liked the book called The Cellar I use www.sfbc.com and www.amazon.com I have read so much that the local Library call me and says he we got some new books for you love him,will go see this fer sure! > Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! > > http://tinyurl.com/yrl3y4 > > Jill > Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! > > http://tinyurl.com/yrl3y4 > > Jill One of the scariest most memorable short stories I've ever read. *shiver* Unfortunately, so few King works seem to translate to film well. >> Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > *shiver* Unfortunately, so few King works seem to translate to film > well. The only ones that worked well were the ones where he was in collaboration on the production of said film. He is one of the screenwriters on this one so it should probably turn out pretty well. He was also a screenwriter for Firestarter so I wasn't surprised to find some of the dialog was line for line from the book. But those he wasn't actively involved in didn't translate well. And some of his books are just too darned long to make into a 2.5 hour movie. The Mist was a short (well, short for King!) story. I loved adored (and own) 'The Green Mile'. But then again, casting Tom Hanks was a stroke of brilliance. Not to mention the music of Thomas Newman. Jill >>> Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! >>> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > The only ones that worked well were the ones where he was in collaboration > on the production of said film. > What I was going to say. > He is one of the screenwriters on this one > so it should probably turn out pretty well. He was also a screenwriter > for > Firestarter so I wasn't surprised to find some of the dialog was line for > line from the book. Pet Semetary is another one. When it was out in theaters, my roomies & I went to go see it - but were dragged out when Gage is struck by the semi. Seems one of my roomies had a nephew that looked a *lot* like Gage, and she couldn't take it! > But those he wasn't actively involved in didn't > translate well. And some of his books are just too darned long to make [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Jill Lately, putting Tom Hanks in just about anything makes it better. Signature-- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep > "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote in message >> I loved adored (and own) 'The Green Mile'. But then again, casting >> Tom Hanks was a stroke of brilliance. Not to mention the music of >> Thomas Newman. >> > Lately, putting Tom Hanks in just about anything makes it better. I adore Tom Hanks. Who would have thought a guy who started out in a TV sitcom featuring a guy dressing in women's clothes would have become such a superstar? I absolutely adore him :) Jill >> "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote in message >>> I loved adored (and own) 'The Green Mile'. But then again, casting [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Jill Yes, his talent and versatility are amazing! Joy > >> Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Jill Okay, here's a question for you... Which was your favorite The Shining? The one that Stanley Kubrick did, or the one that King was involved with that was a television mini-series? Personally, I liked the mini-series best. Smokie Darling (Annie) >> >> Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! >> [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > Smokie Darling (Annie) I thought the mini-series was far superior, although I did like the ending in Kubrick's version. Joy > >> >> Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! > [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > Joy- That's true, though I wasn't wild about the maze. The topiary animals scared crap out of me. The mini was proof that most King books need to be longer than the standard film (for theatrical release). Smokie Darling (Annie) Hide quoted text - > - Show quoted text - >> >> >> Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! >> [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] > > Smokie Darling (Annie) When I first saw and heard trailers for the movie, I was very annoyed that they kept calling it "Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining'". Whenever I heard that, I'd say, "No it isn't! It's Stephen King's 'The Shining'." When I saw the movie I realized they were right. I was very glad to see Stephen King's 'The Shining' on TV. Joy >> >> Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! >> [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > Smokie Darling (Annie) Both were equal at the time. I saw the shining when it was in the drive in. I forgot the guys name it will come to me after I hit send Jack Russell I think his character scared the heck out of me I forgot who wrote the original omen but that was a filmed freaked me out when I saw it Now or Kings Mini series I loved the Stand but found it very lacking and to much jumping with no sense to it The one move that I did not move when I watched it was the original Amityville horror >>> >> Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! >>> [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > The one move that I did not move when I watched it was the original > Amityville horror My favorite King book is The Green Mile. I loved the movie, too, because it was so true to the book (with one small change that was actually an improvement, IMO) and because the casting and acting were so good. Joy >>>> >> Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! >>>> [quoted text clipped - 51 lines] > > Joy Excellent on both parts. Me and my mother watched the movie together she is not a movie buff she loved the movie specially the mouse. the actors were awesome to say the least >>>>>>> Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! >>>>> [quoted text clipped - 56 lines] > Excellent on both parts. Me and my mother watched the movie together > she is not a movie buff she loved the movie specially the mouse. Mr. Jingles ;) He hid in the padded room after John Coffey (like the drink, Ma'am, but not spelled the same) was executed. Michael Clarke Duncan won an Academy award for that one. > the actors were awesome to say the least Tom Hanks, always awesome. David Morse who played "Brutal" . Michael Clarke Duncan, the gentle giant. I went to see this film with my ex-fiance and he said before we got there, "It's a chick flick, isn't it?" Excuse me? A film about prisoners on death row doesn't exactly spell "chick flick", does it? Was a great film. And the music by Thomas Newman was haunting. Jill > >> My favorite King book is The Green Mile. I loved the movie, too, > >> because it was so true to the book (with one small change that was [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Ma'am, but not spelled the same) was executed. Michael Clarke Duncan won an > Academy award for that one. Nominated, no win. Michael Caine won for Cider House Rules that year. >>>>> >> Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! >>>>> [quoted text clipped - 56 lines] > is not a movie buff she loved the movie specially the mouse. the > actors were awesome to say the least Yes, the mouse was great, and the characters were, indeed, awesome. Tom Hanks is one of my favorite actors because of the way he *becomes* his characters, but all of them were amazing. I couldn't stand that nasty little Percy. When I saw that actor in something else, I almost didn't watch it because I disliked his GM character so much. ;-) Joy >>>>>>>> Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary >>>>>>>> story! [quoted text clipped - 68 lines] > > Joy Percy got his payback. "Looks like the cheese done slipped off it's cracker" ;) Jill > "Smokie Darling (Annie)" <Barnabus1...@yahoo.com> wrote in > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > The one move that I did not move when I watched it was the original > Amityville horror Eek! Even the book terrified me of Amityville. Yeah, The Omen with Gregory Peck. Even with the subpar, by today's standards, special effects, it was very frightening. SD (Annie) - Hide quoted text - > - Show quoted text - >>>> Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! >> [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > Smokie Darling (Annie) Mini-series of The Shining? Didn't know there was one! I really didn't like Shelly Duvall as the wife in the film but then I don't care for her in general. Jack Nicholson was spectacular. Jill >>>>> Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! >>> [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > Jill IMO, Jack Nicholson's performance was the only thing that saved that poor version of King's book. Joy >>>>>> Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! >>>> [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > > Joy Jack has that affect on all his movies >>>>>>> Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! >>>>> [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] >> Joy > Jack has that affect on all his movies Except for one that he *(co)wrote*: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063049/ Signature-- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep >>>>>>>> Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! >>>>>> [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > Except for one that he *(co)wrote*: > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063049/ I remember that movie it was not bad for the time now I would get a hammer out and hit myself in the head before I watch it ;-) > "Matthew" <Iamacatslave@proudtoserve.com> wrote in message > > Jack has that affect on all his movies > Except for one that he *(co)wrote*: > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063049/ I don't blame the badness of that movie on the writing, I blame it on the Monkees. I never saw this when it was first released back in the 60s, but it was shown on TV maybe 5 or 6 years ago, and I have to admit that I enjoyed it, despite the profusion of stupidity. Some of it was innovative and clever, and I like trippy stuff. I'll assume the clever parts were Nicholson's innovations, probably doing a hit of acid himself while writing it. Also, I always liked that Porpoise song... Joyce >>>>>>> Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! >>>>> [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] >> Joy > Jack has that affect on all his movies He's so convincing as someone who is insane, or at least twisted, that I can't help wondering if he isn't like that in real life. ;-) Joy > >>>> Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > Jill- Rebecca DeMornay played the mom. The guy from Wings, Steven Weber, played John. The little kid was also perfect. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118460/ I enjoyed the movie, don't get me wrong, but the mini played it just right. Steven went mad subtly as opposed to Jack's today I'm here, tomorrow I'm gone. > Rebecca DeMornay played the mom. The guy from Wings, Steven Weber, > played John. The little kid was also perfect. > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118460/ I was surprised that this one was as good as it was. I never pegged Steven Weber as any kind of good actor, but I liked him in this. I didn't see the Kubrick version, though, so I can't compare. Rebecca DeMornay is more "TV-friendly" than Shelley Duvall, I guess, but I like Duvall better because there's just something creepy about her, that hyperthyroid stare of hers, I guess. Speaking of Rebecca DeMornay, am I the only person who really liked that move "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle"? It was definitely a trashy B-grade movie, but what can I say, I liked it. Also, it was the first time I'd ever seen Julianne Moore, and I *loved* her. Joyce On Nov 9, 6:59 pm, jXwXeXrXmXoX...@sonic.net wrote: > > Rebecca DeMornay played the mom. The guy from Wings, Steven Weber, > > played John. The little kid was also perfect. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Duvall better because there's just something creepy about her, that > hyperthyroid stare of hers, I guess. It was just that the character in the book wasn't that wimpy, wishy- washy, passive, let me stand-here-shaking-a-butcher-knife-all-over-the- place, victim-waiting-to-happen type, that's why I didn't really like her in the part. Duvall has talent, she was just not right for *this* person (imo). I know Kubrick did not want her to be "pretty", that didn't fit his mental image of what the character was (something about how "pretty enough" would find someone to rescue her, I think). Nicholson does do nuts a little too well, for anyone's comfort. I was really shocked that Weber could do *that*. I knew he had some decent comedic chops, but to find out that he did insane that well? Real surprising. > Speaking of Rebecca DeMornay, am I the only person who really liked > that move "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle"? It was definitely a trashy > B-grade movie, but what can I say, I liked it. Also, it was the first > time I'd ever seen Julianne Moore, and I *loved* her. > > Joyce I don't know, I was too creeped out by 'Q' (Star Trek: The Next Generation) being a pervert... Okay, not really a perv, but a way creepy kinda doc. Other than that, it was alright. Julianne Moore is nearly always good, though some of the films she is in are really awful, I don't think that is *her* fault. Smokie Darling (Annie) > It was just that the character in the book wasn't that wimpy, wishy- > washy, passive, let me stand-here-shaking-a-butcher-knife-all-over-the- [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > didn't fit his mental image of what the character was (something about > how "pretty enough" would find someone to rescue her, I think). Well, as I said, I didn't see the Kubrick version, so I don't know how she actually played the part. She just *looks* weird, and would lend an eerie air to a film, I would think, as she did in at least 2 Altman films I can think of. > Nicholson does do nuts a little too well, for anyone's comfort. I was > really shocked that Weber could do *that*. I knew he had some decent > comedic chops, but to find out that he did insane that well? Real > surprising. Yeah. >> Speaking of Rebecca DeMornay, am I the only person who really liked >> that move "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle"? It was definitely a trashy >> B-grade movie, but what can I say, I liked it. Also, it was the first >> time I'd ever seen Julianne Moore, and I *loved* her. > I don't know, I was too creeped out by 'Q' (Star Trek: The Next > Generation) being a pervert... LOL, I only just found out today that was the same actor, by looking him up on the IMDb. When I saw the movie, back about 15 years ago, I'm not sure I knew who Q even was. I don't have the best recollection for faces, though, so I might've seen him on Next Generation, but if so, then I didn't remember him. > Okay, not really a perv, but a way creepy kinda doc. He seemed pretty pervy to me. He's another one with a creepy-looking face. And he also just looks sleazy. So I totally bought him as the molesting ob-gyn doc. > Other than that, it was alright. Julianne Moore is > nearly always good, though some of the films she is in are really > awful, I don't think that is *her* fault. I know what you mean. Some actors/actresses I really admire end up in some real dogs for movies. I always wonder - did they have bad judgement? Were they hard up for a job? Were they doing someone a favor? Who knows... Joyce On Nov 9, 9:52 pm, jXwXeXrXmXoX...@sonic.net wrote: > > Other than that, it was alright. Julianne Moore is > > nearly always good, though some of the films she is in are really [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Joyce One of my all time favorite actors (Gary Sinise) has a record of very, very bad films. When someone asked him about it, he said, "... read the script, it's a great story, you have these wonderful ideas of how it will go, then you see the finished product and wonder, what the ...?" So, while there are some who obviously do the jobs for the money, there are others who think it could be good (or think that the character would great to play, so who cares about the whole story), and it ends up being crap. Smokie Darling (Annie) >>>>>> Anyone else love Stephen King? Aye... what a great scary story! >> [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > played John. The little kid was also perfect. > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118460/ LOL I was told years ago I looked like Rebecca DeMornay back when The Hand that Rocks the Cradle came out. > I enjoyed the movie, don't get me wrong, but the mini played it just > right. Steven went mad subtly as opposed to Jack's today I'm here, > tomorrow I'm gone. Steven Weber was in Single White Female. Poor guy got a stiletto heel in his eye. EEEK! Jill > > Rebecca DeMornay played the mom. The guy from Wings, Steven Weber, > > played John. The little kid was also perfect. > >http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118460/ > > LOL I was told years ago I looked like Rebecca DeMornay back when The Hand > that Rocks the Cradle came out. I went to a concert in May, got asked by three or four people if I was Jennifer Beals. I just smiled, said no, and Oh, by the way, do you realize that you just made my entire YEAR? SD (Annie) - who thinks I look NOTHING like Jennifer Beals, she is very beautiful, but I do smile whenever I remember that (you know, every other day or so <snort>). > Jill- |
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