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Hmm, maybe I actually agree with this - hence my point that the ones who made American Gods seemed to understand the way Neil Gaiman wanted to tell the story :)
Yeah, I also think many are stuck on the idea that he is a horror guy - and many of the actors and directors maybe grew up with his masterpieces, which were mostly horror? For me it was diferent, i read The Dark Tower first, and was kinda surprised when discussing him and IT or Carrie as his best works (in writing).
"Don't ever presume to tell me what to do, unless you are prepared to meet me in person. Which I would be more than happy to facilitate". - Hahahaha - are you real? Please Mr. FBI, don't make me meet you in jail.
"And then you can find out how much of a "manchild" I really am. " - I'm not into either men or children, so it would probably be very lonely (and dangerous I have heard) for you in prison :)
"You don't 'own' anything, unless you are claiming bad taste, which I suspect you have in spades." - Won't argue there!
"What manner idiocy is this? The fuck is that supposed to be, their imdb score? This sounds like populist non-sense, which rarely has fuck-all to do with the actually quality of film or the story it's telling. Which goes double in this society where the majority of the "populace" are fucking mouthbreathers who wouldn't know a director from a projector. Linking the quality of a film with how "popular" it is, is seven shades of moronocism. Simple minded people who are afraid to think for themselves usually cling to such qualifiers."
- Such hipster, and no it was the metascore based on peoples review of the movies.
"But let's face it, someone who creates an idiotic thread asking if there are any good Stephen King adaptations other than "Carrie" or "The Shining" isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer to begin with." - Never asked about Carrie though, pay attention.
"And let's clear some other things up:
1. I'm a purist, not a fanboy, a different thing entirely." - Random Internet Guy (2017). Where is point number 2. ?
"What I've found, is that when pissants like you say you don't like it when the creator gets involved what you're really saying is you don't like their work to begin with. You enjoy it when someone takes their work and tries to change it into something that better suits your sensibilities." - Are you a psychologist/pshycic in addition to a facilitator of prison time? :O
3/10 post - some points for effort
/ignore
lol :P
Hmmm, I must say that this seems like the most logical answer, as the examples you have provided are quite clear and show the trend. Gonna start a twitter-campaign #HBODarkTower2023KeepKingAway :P
Thanks man! :) Will check those titles out!
Nah, I agree more with the other comments here, it is when King himself is meddeling with the transistion to screenplay it becomes "Shart". At least for people who love a good movie and not only a word by word adaption from the books, which seldom are good. - You should propbably tone down your fanboyism, as it is quite embarrasing to read how you answer other people in my thread, quit acting like a manchild.
The parts about writing himself into the novels are examples of utter shite and to me it seemed to be done more in desperation than any plot points, the ending of the series was also completely rushed and had nowhere near the same quality as the first couple of books.
Anyway, only a scarce few of the movies you are referrring to above here even broke an 8 out of 10 in their movie adaption - seeing as King is hailed by many as _the_ top dog writer it is very strange indeed that his works perform so poorly on screen; the Dark Tower as the most recent example.
Besides, most of those movies you are referring to are not equally visually demanding on the part of fantasy as the Dark Tower - of course it was easier to visualize Kings work in the Green Mile as the special effects only need to show bright light from a prisoner. Are you seriously comapring this to, for example, visualizing Blaine the Pain and his trainride over the Wastelands? Dramas and horror are easily 10 times below the amount of skill needed in order to visualize an epic tale of fantasy.
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