Worst Stephen King adaption

Damn.

I forgot about the Langoliers.

There really have been some bad SK adaptions.

I've heard the Mangler is pretty bad, but I'd still like to watch it for myself. I think From a Buick 8 might eventually be considered bad, that book was so over the top, there's no way that it won't look cheezy on the silver screen..

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Balki Bartokomous

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He was the main problem. It was like he had never acted before. He was horrible.

These movies remind me of how worried I am for the adaption of The Dark Tower series

Turkey

JJ and Bad Robot backed out of Dark Tower. I think he realized how freaking impossible it will be to pull that crazy arse series off.

Ron Howard and his production company have decided to take a stab at it with a movie that then leads into a tv series.

The only way to make it work is a HBO or cable series. But It will also cost a pretty penny so I am not sure a TV series will make enough to cover the expenses.

I'm not down on Opie like most are on this board. I think he is competent but the source material is just so strange I am not sure it would have enough viewers to cover the expense.

I think King has another TV series coming out. If that fails, maybe the money men will be too nervous to try Dark Tower.

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The only way to make it work is a HBO

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Premium channels has the best chance for a show based on that series to survive. I think initial interest from his fans would give it a push, depending on how the pilot is handled.

I don't know how other posters feel, but if a series or show can't grab me in the first 4 episodes (sometimes 3 depending on how bad the first few were) I'm not going to tune it.

Then there are shows like Harpers Island and that other clusterfrick that only made it past 1 episode with me.

The way King's books are coverted for film has always been hit or miss, sort of 50/50. For every Tommyknockers and Langliers, there's a Mystery and Green Mile (I really liked Room 1408 also).

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I think King has another TV series coming out

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Speaking of his last series. Who watched Kingdom Hospital, and how good was it?

I lasted 1 season, 13 episodes I think. I think the timing conflicted with another show or two, so I didn't get a chance to watch it.

I know it was based off the series The Kingdom (Riget) by Lars von Trier, about a hospital in Denmark (I think it's a 3 series "movie"). I watched the first one in that series, but had trouble finding the others. Kind of a fricked up show, but very interesting.

I actually kinda liked The Langoliers. Not the execution of the movie itself, I guess...but the point of it. I thought the whole "I guess that's what happens to yesterday" premise was pretty cool, even if it looked cheesy and the acting was laughable.