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That's pretty much it. SJW agenda backfiring big time.
The funny part is...it wasn't necessary. The Dark Tower already has a prominent Black character. Her name is Susannah Dean and she is fucking awesome.
Nonsense.
The shining mini-series is a perfectly serviceable adaptation. And anyone who has read Dr Sleep would know why King felt Kubrick's take was so off base.
As for the other flicks you listed:
Sleepwalkers was B movie goodness.
A Good Marriage was a solid tale with solid performances. Nothing to be embarrassed about there.
I didn't like Maximum override and despised the cell. Which was nothing like the novel.
Movies/mini series like Desperation, Rose Red, The Stand, It, The Langoliers, fall into the hard core fan territory. Anyone who has read and understands King's work knows the bulk of his work does not lend itself to the glossy, generic template that the plebians movie public is used to consuming.
The dance beat to a stephen king story is off-kilter, unorthodox, quirky, strange, and with a mixture of cheese and corn.
Many of his characters have old school "Ayup" sensibilities with super earnest golly gee approaches to danger and disaster who he seems to delight in bringing horrific deaths. A perfect example of this is his own sequence in the movie creepshow. Time and time again he has shown this dynamic whenever he has had a strong hand in the working of an adaptation or show. See the season 5 X-files episode he wrote.
The aforementioned movies are most King-like of his adaptations because they best represent King's sensibilities. Which for the hard core fan far outweighs hollywood gloss and standard expectations. The most pure of King's adaptations isn't really Hollywood friendly at all. In fact, my favorite Stephen King mini-series of all time, which love more than any of his other films is Storm of the Century.
Screenplay by Stephen King himself.
So I find your theory complete rubbish. My biggest problem with King is that he far too often lets fuckwits do whatever they want with his work. Something no creator should EVER do.
Plenty.
I'm guessing you are very young otherwise The Shawshank Redemption would have been your first clue.
There is also:
The Green Mile
Stand By Me
Misery
Pet Sematary
The Dead Zone
1408
Silver Bullet
Christine
The Running Man
Cujo
Secret Window
Dolores Claiborne
Firestarter
Needful Things
The problem has nothing to do with how he writes. The problem is when some asshole comes along who thinks they know better than King how to tell HIS stories. These morons need to check their ego and translate the work of the master to whatever medium they're shooting for while sticking as close to the source material as possible. The heavy lifting has already been done, all they need to do is what the story tells them to like an obedient lacky and they will be fine.
There are reviews, and they are as expected, awful.
Woe to any creature who disrespects the source material the way these clowns have.
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