Re: Steven King interview on the view

biancardi · ‎03-10-2010

On 9/24/2014 tansy said:
On 9/24/2014 mstyrion 1 said:
My favorite author!

I just finished Mr Mercedes.

I think I heard The Shining is being re-made. Or was it The Stand?

Probably The Shining. He didn't like the movie. I didn't either.

The Shining has already been remade (it had the younger brother from the series Wings as Jack). It has to be the stand, that tv mini series was awful

If you can't fix what's broken, you'll go insane ~ Max
Look, I don’t like the taste of broccoli, but it doesn’t get tastier if you call it “Broccoli!”!
You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling. ~ Eames

MickD · ‎03-10-2010

My fav book by him is ""The Stand""... the scariest for me ""It""...

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.... ~ S & G

biancardi · ‎03-10-2010

one of the best tv mini series, imho, was the 1979 Salem's Lot with David Soul. That was really great for TV!

I did like IT, but only the first 2 hours with the kids. It lost its steam when they focused on the kids as adults.

If you can't fix what's broken, you'll go insane ~ Max
Look, I don’t like the taste of broccoli, but it doesn’t get tastier if you call it “Broccoli!”!
You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling. ~ Eames

Moonlady · ‎03-10-2010

He was on one of the morning gabfests. Along with the movie, he also has a TV mini-series coming up--Big Driver.

The pain they have cost us, the evils that never happened.

mstyrion 1 · ‎09-18-2014

On 9/24/2014 biancardi said:
one of the best tv mini series, imho, was the 1979 Salem's Lot with David Soul. That was really great for TV!

I did like IT, but only the first 2 hours with the kids. It lost its steam when they focused on the kids as adults.

I agree about Salem's Lot. It did the book justice and was very scary for TV.

I liked the film versions of Cujo, Christine and Misery too.

~Enough is enough~

MickD · ‎03-10-2010

Salem's Lot was on the other week...loved that...that Marlowe vampire scared the bejeezus out of me as a kid!

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.... ~ S & G

biancardi · ‎03-10-2010

On 9/24/2014 mstyrion 1 said:
On 9/24/2014 biancardi said:
one of the best tv mini series, imho, was the 1979 Salem's Lot with David Soul. That was really great for TV!

I did like IT, but only the first 2 hours with the kids. It lost its steam when they focused on the kids as adults.

I agree about Salem's Lot. It did the book justice and was very scary for TV.

I liked the film versions of Cujo, Christine and Misery too.

I loved Misery - also Dolores Claiborne. Christine is so underrated- I do like that one too. And of course, Stand By Me and Shawshank

If you can't fix what's broken, you'll go insane ~ Max
Look, I don’t like the taste of broccoli, but it doesn’t get tastier if you call it “Broccoli!”!
You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling. ~ Eames

mstyrion 1 · ‎09-18-2014

On 9/24/2014 biancardi said:
On 9/24/2014 mstyrion 1 said:
On 9/24/2014 biancardi said:
one of the best tv mini series, imho, was the 1979 Salem's Lot with David Soul. That was really great for TV!

I did like IT, but only the first 2 hours with the kids. It lost its steam when they focused on the kids as adults.

I agree about Salem's Lot. It did the book justice and was very scary for TV.

I liked the film versions of Cujo, Christine and Misery too.

I loved Misery - also Dolores Claiborne. Christine is so underrated- I do like that one too. And of course, Stand By Me and Shawshank

yes! All of these.

They couldn't pick a better actor than Kathy Bates for Misery and Dolores Claiborne. She was stunning.

~Enough is enough~

moonstone dunes · ‎11-06-2011

I read Salem's Lot many years ago when it was first published. For years I could not have a window open at night - always had to be covered by drapes!!! Always those voices like glass chimes, whispering!

I did not care for "The Shining" the first time I saw Kubrick's version, but now I appreciate it for Kubrick's art. It isn't true to the book and King hated the film as well. The mini-series of Salem's Lot and Night Shift have been on cable recently.

Stephen King's short stories are amazing too. The story that really creeped me out was "the Boogeyman". There are others too - this one is in a collection titled "Night Shift". Highly recommend!