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Posted on 9/8/25 at 12:40 pm to wareaglepete
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Did you read the other short stories in Skeleton Crew? The Jaunt? It's longer than you think.
Yeah the ending of that one was pretty brutal
Posted on 9/8/25 at 2:04 pm to madmaxvol
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but I also know that nobody has ever been able to truly capture characters like his books.
Interestingly enough, probably the two best movie/TV adaptations of his works are the ones that aren't horror/supernatural: Stand By Me (The Body) and The Shawshank Redemption.
Posted on 9/8/25 at 3:20 pm to BRich
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but I also know that nobody has ever been able to truly capture characters like his books.
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Interestingly enough, probably the two best movie/TV adaptations of his works are the ones that aren't horror/supernatural: Stand By Me (The Body) and The Shawshank Redemption.
The Green Mile was amazing, too.
As for things that caught me by surprise by really freaking me out were "Thinner" and "Insomnia". The things that he can imagine that can scare the crap out of you are limitless.
Now I hear they are also making a movie from The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. I'll be interested to see how it turns out, too.
Posted on 9/8/25 at 3:22 pm to wareaglepete
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Did you read the other short stories in Skeleton Crew? The Jaunt? It's longer than you think.
I read it, but it didn't stick with me like the others. It has been over 35 years or so...
Posted on 9/8/25 at 3:43 pm to madmaxvol
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As for things that caught me by surprise by really freaking me out were "Thinner"
Curse of White Man from Town
Not a gypsy around that can beat that curse.
This post was edited on 9/8/25 at 3:47 pm
Posted on 9/8/25 at 5:01 pm to madmaxvol
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Mrs. Todd's Shortcut
I'm an unabashed SK fan, and I really don't think he'll get his due until the academics start putting together the interconnectedness of his entire career's work.
Anyway, MTS is one of my absolute favorites and almost no one mentions it, so thanks for upping a great one.
Posted on 9/8/25 at 10:11 pm to wareaglepete
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Did you read the other short stories in Skeleton Crew? The Jaunt? It's longer than you think.
The Jaunt is so fricking great
Posted on 9/9/25 at 8:53 am to wesfau
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Mrs. Todd's Shortcut
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I'm an unabashed SK fan, and I really don't think he'll get his due until the academics start putting together the interconnectedness of his entire career's work.
Anyway, MTS is one of my absolute favorites and almost no one mentions it, so thanks for upping a great one.
I always thought that MTS always felt like an amazing episode of The Twilight Zone after reading it. I may have to dig it up and read it again, now.
Posted on 9/9/25 at 11:26 am to wesfau
I like a lot of SK stuff from before 2000. Haven’t read much I’ve liked from the last 20+ years. Some are ok.
I was absolutely not happy with him inserting himself into the Dark Tower near the end. That was hackish and inexcusable.
I agree he has done a good job connecting different stories together. While I hated him injecting himself into the Dark Tower, I loved him bringing in Father Callahan.
I was absolutely not happy with him inserting himself into the Dark Tower near the end. That was hackish and inexcusable.
I agree he has done a good job connecting different stories together. While I hated him injecting himself into the Dark Tower, I loved him bringing in Father Callahan.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 8:36 pm to tzimme4
Just got out
Posted on 9/11/25 at 9:04 pm to tzimme4
Good?
Posted on 9/11/25 at 10:20 pm to wareaglepete
Yeah the acting was great. Kinds dragged towards the end but good film
Posted on 9/12/25 at 5:12 pm to tzimme4
Great movie. Powerful and disturbing. Really liked it. Will never watch it again.
Posted on 9/12/25 at 6:37 pm to wareaglepete
Saw it today. I really enjoyed the movie didn’t mind the combination of book characters to a movie character.
Ending shocked me, I thought they were gonna go with book ending and have garraty win. But having Peter win is fine. While listening to the audiobook at one point I thought they were gonna go with Peter.
I liked not having the shadow person in the distance. It makes sense for the book and that time period. But I thought if in the movie would have been a little odd.
Ending shocked me, I thought they were gonna go with book ending and have garraty win. But having Peter win is fine. While listening to the audiobook at one point I thought they were gonna go with Peter.
I liked not having the shadow person in the distance. It makes sense for the book and that time period. But I thought if in the movie would have been a little odd.
Posted on 9/15/25 at 2:40 pm to The Dunder Mifflin
Yeah the ending threw me off because I was expecting the book’s ending. I also recall in the book (and it’s been ages since I read it) King developed the Stebbins character a lot more and he was of much greater importance towards the end. They sort of just glossed over the “twist” with him before he got his ticket.
The acting was great especially Jonsson. I also can’t recall a film adaptation of a book matching my brain’s idea of the setting as this one did.
The acting was great especially Jonsson. I also can’t recall a film adaptation of a book matching my brain’s idea of the setting as this one did.
Posted on 9/16/25 at 6:48 am to The Dunder Mifflin
I did not like it at all. I thought this movie was trash and could have been much better.
Posted on 9/16/25 at 8:07 am to m57
Yes, I can see the stebbins character not being fleshed out in the movie. The “twist” didn’t hit like it did in the book.
Ik they had to trim some of the book, but I wish they had scramm. I enjoyed his story during the book.
I thought jonsson and Hoffman were great in the movie. They talked about wanted to do more movies together in the future and I am down for that.
Ik they had to trim some of the book, but I wish they had scramm. I enjoyed his story during the book.
quote:Another thing I didn’t like Jonsson “accent”. But then I learned he’s from England and it was his actual accent.
Jonsson
I thought jonsson and Hoffman were great in the movie. They talked about wanted to do more movies together in the future and I am down for that.
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