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>> "Bob"
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>> news:e6qn2e$56e$1@nntp.aioe.org...>>> MSey wrote:
>>>> "Bob"
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>>>> news:e6pqc3$p8i$1@nntp.aioe.org...>>>>> MSey wrote:
>>>>>> "Bob"
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>>>>>> news:e6kmat$d5k$1@nntp.aioe.org...>>>>>>> MSey wrote:
>>>>>>>> "Bob"
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>>>>>>>> news:e6kbg2$nhr$1@nntp.aioe.org...>>>>>>>>> Phil wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> "MSey" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>> news:ypuig.27606$771.25125@edtnps89...
>>>>>>>>>>>> The Long Walk and The Stand are neck and neck on my absolute
>>>>>> favorite
>>>>>>>>>>> King-thing list. Part of me would love to see it brought to
life
>>>> an
>>>>>>>> other
>>>>>>>>>>> part of me is terrified of seeing it butchered.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Murielle
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The Stand WAS butchered in an abysmal TV prog.
>>>>>>>>>> The actor playing the dark man was one of the worst performances
>>>> ever
>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> any
>>>>>>>>>> movie. Blonde for God's sake......some "dark man"......
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Well as far as the dark man goes he always took on different
>>>>>> appearances
>>>>>>>>> as to lure people in iirc so him being blond didn't surprise me
>>>>>>>>> much...and I actually liked that movie. Am I alone here? I
thought
>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> langoliers(sp?) was horrible but other than that I've enjoyed
most
>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> the movies spawned from King books. I mean The Shining was a
>> horrible
>>>>>>>>> rendition of the book but one of my favorite movies still to this
>>>> day.
>>>>>>>>> -Bob
>>>>>>>> I liked the Stand too. In fact, I even liked Molly Ringwald.
>>>> (Ducking
>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> running for cover.)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Murielle
>>>>>>> lol....I actually liked her in that to. I wonder how many people
that
>>>>>>> don't like the movie would like it if it was a stand(no pun
intended)
>>>>>>> alone movie.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Bob
>>>>>> Good question! It would probably depend on the director and the
>>>> screenplay.
>>>>>> Do you really think The Stand could be a two/three hour feature
film?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Murielle
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed
us
>>>>>>> with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their
use.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Galileo Galilei
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of
>>>>>>> things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to
>> work
>>>>>>> and don't have time for all that ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -George Carlin
>>>>> I think even 3 hours would force them to leave out major chunks of
>> story
>>>>> line. Think they could certainty make it less than 8 hours
though,parts
>>>>> of that movie dragged pretty good!
>>>> As much as I enjoyed, and still enjoy from time to time, the
mini-series
>>>> (The Stand) I think it could have been longer. One of the things I
>> think
>>>> King does best is character development. There really wasn't much
time
>> for
>>>> that in the mini-series. We never really got the full effect of any
of
>> the
>>>> characters, not the way we did in the book. (I prefer the original
book
>> to
>>>> the second release.)
>>>>
>>>> I blame the screenwriters and the directors. When you hold any of the
>>>> mini-series up against films like Stand By Me (The Body), The
Shawshank
>>>> Redemption (Rita Hayward and the Shawshank Redemption), The Green Mile
>> (The
>>>> Green Mile) the television versions just don't measure up. Why?
>>>>
>>>> The Green Mile is a really good example of a full length novel being
>> reduced
>>>> to three hours and it is a wonderful film that never leaves me feeling
>>>> "cheated". The screenwriter knew how to take King's work, take the
best
>> of
>>>> it, the meat of the story, and tell it in a way that didn't lose any
of
>> the
>>>> flavour.
>>>>
>>>> While The Body and 'Shawshank' were taken from short stories (The Body
>> was a
>>>> novella, I believe) they too, were expertly written and directed.
>>>>
>>>> Someone on this ng (can't recall who, sorry) once wrote that King
needs
>> to
>>>> stop giving his mini-series to his buddies to direct. I agree. I
also
>>>> think King should stick to writing novels and short stories. It's
what
>> he
>>>> does best. He doesn't produce the best screenplays. He should pass
>> that
>>>> job along to someone who knows when to say "when" and knows how to
turn
>>>> novels and short stories into wonderful films and mini-series.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, my two cents ... with inflations we're up to about a dollar
>> these
>>>> days, aren't we?
>>>>
>>>> Murielle
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -Bob
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us
>>>>> with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Galileo Galilei
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of
>>>>> things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to
work
>>>>> and don't have time for all that ...
>>>>>
>>>>> -George Carlin
>>>>
>>> I've actually thought King goes a bit overboard with character
>>> development and over all description in most cases. With a few
>>> exceptions it usually takes me a good 100 pages to start getting into a
>>> book by him. That was actually something(character development) I felt
>>> was done pretty well in The Stand.
>>
>> Really? Wow! That has only happened with a couple of his books. I
usually
>> fall into his work as easily as I fall into bed.
>>
>>> I thought Shawshank was great to,that one was done very well in all
>>> aspects IMO. Never seen The Body though. Delores Claiborn came off
>>> pretty good as a movie to.
>>
>> I forgot about Dolores Claiborne! I can't believe I forgot about
Dolores
>> Claiborne! (Okay, done now.) That was also a great adaptation.
>>
>> The Body is the short story/novela that King wrote it was made into the
>> movie Stand By Me.
>
> Now that I've seen! Great movie...never read tge short story though!
Oh, I highly recommend The Body. It's in Different Seasons. You know how
well King writes kids, he's the best.
>
>>> What did you think of Desperation?
>>
>> It was better than I feared and expected (based on promos). Though, to
tell
>> the truth I read Desperation as soon as I got my hands on it and haven't
>> reread it since. I started The Regulators immediately afterward and
just
>> didn't like it. Too violent with nothing to redeme it in my estimation.
>> It's one of the few King books I haven't finished. It's still sitting
there
>> on my a shelve in my bookcase with the original bookmark holding the
place
>> where I gave up.
>>
>> Sad, huh?
>>
>
> Not at all...some books just aren't for everyone. I like Regulators so
> far yet I have Rose Madder and From a Buick 8 laying around somewhere
> with bookmarks in them to! Had a hard time getting into Black House and
> The Gunslinger actually,both of which I am very glad I ended up getting
> into. For that reason I plan on eventually reading FAB & RM...just don't
> get to read much nowadays and when I do I have to really be into it to
> read it for any length of time. I mean Regulators I like and I'm only
> 150 pages in after almost a month!
I know. I'm the same. I love reading. Books breed in my home, but lately
I just don't read as much as I'd like, or even need. Don't know what it is.
Maybe I'm just getting old. ;-))
Murielle
>
> --
>
>
> -Bob
>
>
> I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us
> with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
>
> -Galileo Galilei
>
>
> Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of
> things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work
> and don't have time for all that ...
>
> -George Carlin
