that's almost a given i think!
― diafiyhm (darraghmac), Monday, 30 April 2012 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
explicitly had a literal magic negro in it
I was genuinely surprised at how uncritically this was embraced. Not surprised that King created this character.
― Meanwhile, on some cars... (Austerity Ponies), Monday, 30 April 2012 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
I got off the bus around Needful Things and didn't really get back on until Duma Key ... since then I've gone back a bit and found some books in between that I enjoyed. He's always been inconsistent and willing to publish some awful crap, but he's been on a good roll the last few years.
― Brad C., Monday, 30 April 2012 16:26 (twelve years ago) link
[xp] you're talking about a critical engine that gave "The Legend of Bagger Vance" mixed reviews so I'm not sure where your surprise is coming from
I mean, here's a quote from Ebert about "Bagger Vance":
It handles a sports movie the way Billie Holiday handled a trashy song, by finding the love and pain beneath the story.
and this is from someone writing in Kalamazoo and is hilarious:
Robert Redford's beguiling drama reminds us even the most hopeless causes can be turned around through the power of positive thinking and perserverance, if we're willing to embrace the possibility of success instead of the probability of failure.
obviously questioning the concept of the magic negro archetype is not the at the forefront of the filters of the people reviewing these movies
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Monday, 30 April 2012 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
Never watched bagger vance 'cause it was supposed to be some inspirational movie about golf.
― Meanwhile, on some cars... (Austerity Ponies), Monday, 30 April 2012 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
wikipedia says the term/concept didn't enter the mainstream until spike lee used it to describe bagger vance and the green mile.
― the acquisition and practice of music is unfavourable to the health of (abanana), Monday, 30 April 2012 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/38/Kazaam_poster.jpg/220px-Kazaam_poster.jpg
― O Aquaman (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 30 April 2012 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
So would any of you recommend 11.22.63? I was iffy on reading it because King can be so hit or miss and time travel always has the potential to be terrible, but I've been hearing some good things about it.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Monday, 30 April 2012 17:18 (twelve years ago) link
thread revive was two or three saying it's good
― diafiyhm (darraghmac), Monday, 30 April 2012 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
100% recommended
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 30 April 2012 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
I gave up on the Dark Towers after Wolves of the Calla, should i bother with the final 2? And can i skip Song of Susannah... it sounds lame.
― sofatruck, Monday, 30 April 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
Those last two get SUPER SUPER meta, like enough to make you suspect King was back on coke at the time, but I think they're worth it. They contain two of the most heartbreaking scenes I've ever read, if nothing else.
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Monday, 30 April 2012 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
he'll just keep making more: http://www.avclub.com/articles/stephen-king-the-wind-through-the-keyhole,73144/
― Meanwhile, on some cars... (Austerity Ponies), Monday, 30 April 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
sigh. i'm going to read it
― Meanwhile, on some cars... (Austerity Ponies), Monday, 30 April 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
don't
― diafiyhm (darraghmac), Monday, 30 April 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
I can quit dark tower any time
― Meanwhile, on some cars... (Austerity Ponies), Monday, 30 April 2012 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
I dunno, I enjoyed them a ton. Also: crying. lots of crying.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 30 April 2012 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
that vulture article is some garbage
― thomp, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 07:50 (twelve years ago) link
Huh: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/stephen-kings-be-adapted-by-334899
Warner Bros’ adaptation of the classic Stephen King novel It has a director and writer.Cary Fukunaga, the hot-shot filmmaker behind last year’s adaptation of Jane Eyre, is boarding the project as director and will co-write the script with Chase Palmer, who previously adapted Frank Herbert’s Dune for Paramount. . . . A best-selling book when it was published in1986, It, like The Stand, is one of King’s biggest and most dense tomes, and the plan is for Fukunaga and Palmer to adapt the work into two films.
Cary Fukunaga, the hot-shot filmmaker behind last year’s adaptation of Jane Eyre, is boarding the project as director and will co-write the script with Chase Palmer, who previously adapted Frank Herbert’s Dune for Paramount.
. . . A best-selling book when it was published in1986, It, like The Stand, is one of King’s biggest and most dense tomes, and the plan is for Fukunaga and Palmer to adapt the work into two films.
"who previously adapted Frank Herbert’s Dune for Paramount" = "do not get your hopes up, that was nearly 30 years ago and also terrible"
Also, creepy paedo gangbang scene this time or I want my money back.
― Julie Derpy (Phil D.), Friday, 8 June 2012 12:33 (eleven years ago) link
I imagine they're talking about the new Dune adaptation
― Number None, Friday, 8 June 2012 12:38 (eleven years ago) link
According to his imdb, it was
(2010) Unused screenplay for a new adaptation of Frank Herbert's novel Dune, for director Pierre Morel and Paramount Pictures.
Everything else he's been involved with has been short film.
― how's life, Friday, 8 June 2012 12:40 (eleven years ago) link
There's a NEW Dune adaptation? Wait, you mean that one for Syfy a few years back?
― Julie Derpy (Phil D.), Friday, 8 June 2012 12:41 (eleven years ago) link
http://vimeo.com/8898869
― how's life, Friday, 8 June 2012 12:42 (eleven years ago) link
it seems to have been shelved but there was a new movie on the cards for a while
― Number None, Friday, 8 June 2012 12:44 (eleven years ago) link
11/22/63 - worth reading?
― calstars, Friday, 8 June 2012 12:47 (eleven years ago) link
Definitely.
― Julie Derpy (Phil D.), Friday, 8 June 2012 13:03 (eleven years ago) link
100% worth it
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 8 June 2012 13:38 (eleven years ago) link
Friend of mine randomly gave me an old copy of Night Shift the other day. Haven’t read King since I was a teenager and I’m oddly psyched to dig into it.
― circa1916, Friday, 8 June 2012 14:00 (eleven years ago) link
I love "It" so much as a novel (even though the ending is wtf) but I have no hopes that a good film can be made from it.
― Soccer mom, hopeless and lost, in utter despair (Dan Peterson), Friday, 8 June 2012 14:02 (eleven years ago) link
IT's has already been filmed once. had john boy walton in it iirc.
― koogs, Friday, 8 June 2012 14:09 (eleven years ago) link
Yep, and Tim Curry as the clown. It's okayish, but enh.
― Soccer mom, hopeless and lost, in utter despair (Dan Peterson), Friday, 8 June 2012 14:24 (eleven years ago) link
tim curry as pennywise totally ruined my sleep for months when i was 8 or 9 years old
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 8 June 2012 14:38 (eleven years ago) link
tbqf this is a great way to snatch kids. probably.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EWQ_Pvviocw/TAsMy6bKBJI/AAAAAAAAANM/Z9SPfr-218U/s1600/clownIT1.jpg
― Julie Derpy (Phil D.), Friday, 8 June 2012 14:55 (eleven years ago) link
xxxpost Night Shift! omg the first two SK's I read were Skeleton Crew and Night Shift...god Grey Matter was a trip and a half. That story wigged me out for a great many nights.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 8 June 2012 16:25 (eleven years ago) link
xp: my little girl has taken to hanging out on top of a storm drain at our local park (it's the best place to throw rocks from, which is basically her favorite thing to do). Yesterday some crazy noises came out of it and I totally had an It flashback.
― how's life, Friday, 8 June 2012 16:28 (eleven years ago) link
also had an It flashback during the Beasties poll.
― how's life, Friday, 8 June 2012 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
He's doing a sequel to The Shining?http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stephen-king-shining-dr-sleep-240853
― calstars, Friday, 8 June 2012 20:09 (eleven years ago) link
ooooh that IT pic just gave me a flashback to the book, *shivers*. think there might be a lot in there that i'd rather not remember.
― Jesu swept (ledge), Friday, 8 June 2012 23:24 (eleven years ago) link
It's a beast of a book. I love the historical digressions (the vIronworks, the Black Spot, etc.)
― how's life, Friday, 8 June 2012 23:38 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/series/rereading-stephen-king
Grauniad columnist Jason Smythe re-reads King's works in chronological (publication) order.
― Darren Robocopsky (Phil D.), Monday, 10 September 2012 14:47 (eleven years ago) link
jason smythe can die in a fire
― thomp, Monday, 10 September 2012 15:04 (eleven years ago) link
Has to wait 2-3 more books for that iirc
― Darren Robocopsky (Phil D.), Monday, 10 September 2012 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
lol
I am enjoying these purely because of the nostalgia rush I feel for King novels up until Gerald's Game, particularly the early period where dude was consistently and scarily awesome (in my memory, Rage is a lost classic)
― DARING PRINCESS (DJP), Monday, 10 September 2012 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
is that the school-shooty one? i liked it when i read it but i was p much the protagonist's age so i fear a lack of critical distance
'the long walk' was my favourite of the bachman books i think
― thomp, Monday, 10 September 2012 15:15 (eleven years ago) link
oh yeah, easily; The Long Walk is in my top 5 King stories ever
― DARING PRINCESS (DJP), Monday, 10 September 2012 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
i tried to do a top five and got i. misery ii. under the dome and then far too much of everything else was showing up at some kind of technical joint twenty-second place
― thomp, Monday, 10 September 2012 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
haha
for me it's:
The StandItThe Long WalkMisery'Salem's Lot
I hear really good things about some of his more recent work (esp. Under The Dome) and it kills me to not have The Gunslinger or Eyes of the Dragon on that list
― DARING PRINCESS (DJP), Monday, 10 September 2012 15:35 (eleven years ago) link
itthe shiningpet semetarythe dead zonesalems lot
― Ward Fowler, Monday, 10 September 2012 15:37 (eleven years ago) link
DJP, I read Cell this summer and enjoyed it start to finish.
― centipede burt s (how's life), Monday, 10 September 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
Salem's LotThe Dead ZoneCujoPet SemataryDolores Claiborne
The Shining used to be my very favorite, but every time I crack it open to reread a scene, it seems puny compared to my memories of it.
― Eric H., Monday, 10 September 2012 15:41 (eleven years ago) link