Stephan King Poll

[unitedwestand]

which is his best work?

[unitedwestand]

stephen*

[RotationSlimWang]

Which formulaic piece of crap by this talentless author is the best?

[Pixiessp]

Which formulaic piece of crap by this talentless author is the best?

the Stand

[captncrzy]

The Stand is his best book.

Christine has the best one-liners to steal.

Shawshank was the best adapted-from-a-Stephen King-story movie.

[Cheddar's Cousin]

The Bachman Books.

[amyzzz]

Hello Dark Tower series! I love that shit. The first book is not so good, but most of them after that, especially, book 2 and the last 3 books are AWESOME. I do like The Stand and It quite a bit too.

[Blinken]

The Stand, no question about it.

[MissingPerson]

The Stand is great. I do love me a nice apocalypse. Alas, I made the terrible error of getting the spangly new Author's Cut, which is waaaaaaaaaay too indulgent. I mean, the original was pretty indulgent, but clipped along at a solid enough pace to get away with it. The recut... no, I don't recommend it.

[Cdubby]

ummm it or the shining

[locachica73]

I remember trying to read the book "Christine" and got so scared I had to hide the book from myself so I didn't try to finish it, it is one of the few books I never actually finished after starting. And to this day I can't watch "The Shining" as soon as that little kid starts saying REDRUM I am done. And Pet Cemetary gave me nightmares for weeks. "Sometimes, Dead is bettah". UGH

[amyzzz]

Pet Sematary is fucking terrifying. And deeply grim. Freaky.

[TheWatcher]

It's pretty hard to pick one book as the best. But, "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon" should get honorable mention. It can appeal to people who do not really like horror stories, and it's hard to read it without knowing if the girl lives or not. I think some of his best works are the psychological thriller type, with creepy stuff lurking, but not detailed gory stuff.

This reminds me, I have "Duma Key" sitting waiting to be read. :D

[C DUB YA]

carrie

dead zone

firestarter

pet sematary

[dontfeedthebird]

the regulators

dolan's cadillac

[algunz]

I like his novellas. His books are too damn long.

The Body, Shawshank Redemption, but my favorite was probably his Green Mile series.

[amyzzz]

It's pretty hard to pick one book as the best. But, "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon" should get honorable mention. It can appeal to people who do not really like horror stories, and it's hard to read it without knowing if the girl lives or not. I think some of his best works are the psychological thriller type, with creepy stuff lurking, but not detailed gory stuff.

This reminds me, I have "Duma Key" sitting waiting to be read. :D
Duma Key is pretty good. I read it a couple weeks ago.

[MissingPerson]

Cell started out pretty well, and then, like 95% of all Stephen King stories, totally fell apart in the last bit. So Duma Key is good?

[traviscanada]

I like alot of the stories in skeleton crew.

[amyzzz]

Cell started out pretty well, and then, like 95% of all Stephen King stories, totally fell apart in the last bit. So Duma Key is good?
I don't want to give it away, but yeah, it kinda fell apart at the end. It was better than Cell though, and the beginning and middle parts were worth the read.

[MissingPerson]

Well, on that recommendation, I'll go and root it out so.

After all, wouldn't want to judge a book by it's cover...

[amyzzz]

Some of Stephen King's covers are pretty wicked. better than the stories even.

[RotationSlimWang]

The Stand is his best book.

Christine has the best one-liners to steal.

Shawshank was the best adapted-from-a-Stephen King-story movie.

Did you seriously just try to claim that Shawshank is a better movie than The Shining? Go fuck yourself.

[Blinken]

Shawshank is better than The Shining.

[amyzzz]

I couldn't choose between those. They are both excellent.

[Blinken]

They are both great. But for some reason whenever i am channel surfing and come accross Shawshank i can't help but watch it. The shinning doesn't have the same effect on me. But i do love both of them.

[RotationSlimWang]

You're a bunch of dumb fucking hicks. What should I expect from people who actually read his books?

[Blinken]

Out of curiousity what is your problem with Shawshank?

[amyzzz]

I would watch either movie if I was channel surfing.

[MissingPerson]

Shawshank is a great adaptation. I thought Morgan Freeman made for a very convincing red-headed Irishman.

[amyzzz]

haha, you take offense to that.

[devachan]

1.The Shining 2.Pet Cemetery 3.Misery 4.The Mist 5. The Langoliers

[MissingPerson]

haha, you take offense to that.

Aw, anybody else, maybe, but we like Morgan Freeman so we'll take him onboard no problem.

There's "Barack O'Bama" t shirts cropping up in Dublin lately too.

[roberto73]

There's "Barack O'Bama" t shirts cropping up in Dublin lately too.

That's a nice change. I was there in the summer of 2004 just before Bush's visit, and the city was plastered with protest signs.

[MissingPerson]

Yes, we have... issues with Mr. Bush. He's using our airports for troops and possibly renditions, and we're somewhat less than cool with it. It compromises our neutrality, which puts our peacekeeping troops in Lebanon and Chad in serious, serious danger and prevents them from, you know, keeping peace...

[MissingPerson]

Wow, I'm like cancer to threads.

Anyway, Stephen King's short stories are way better than his full novels. The Mist is brilliant. Is the film any good?

[Xenocide]

you are all wrong.



the correct answer is:
Insomnia.

[TheWatcher]

Are we including the Richard Bachman books/novellas?

I really liked Thinner and The Long Walk.

[MissingPerson]

Insomnia is terrible.

[Xenocide]

^ugh. this coming from 'the mist' guy??

[amyzzz]

Insomnia is terrible. This is coming from someone who has read every single Stephen King novel and short story with the exception of the ones written with Peter Straub.

I do like his short stories quite a bit too.

[devachan]

Wow, I'm like cancer to threads.

Anyway, Stephen King's short stories are way better than his full novels. The Mist is brilliant. Is the film any good?

The Mist (movie version) was satisfying but the "creatures" were so hokey, they actually made me laugh. I imagined them to be much more horrific and faster. It did have that Stephen King feel though.

Cell and Duma Key were ok...but it feels like he's writing these recent novels for a movie version and has cut back on the truly terrifying style I'm used to.

[MissingPerson]

Hmm. I still haven't seen The Mist. There was a massive delay on it getting to Europe, for some reason. Heard some dodgy reviews though, I think I might just stick with the monsters I've imagined, and playing Silent Hill.

[devachan]

Good call. It's worth seeing if you're a big SK fan though.

The only movie adaptations I have been 100% satisfied with have been The Shining and Misery.

Oh and I just thought of The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. And The Long Walk. I'll never get the image out of my head of those kids walking on bloody stumps.

[amyzzz]

I enjoyed The Mist movie quite a bit. The freaky monsters seemed really trippy to me--weird iridescent colors, and the way they moved was just wrong somehow. It may have helped that I was coming down on some excellent acid that I had the night before. [I have a very strong feeling that King has done copious amounts of psychedelics in his past. He mentions mescaline in several different books/stories.] I'd heard a lot of negative reviews of the movie too, and watching it without having high expectations also helped my enjoyment of it.

[amyzzz]

Stand By Me and Shawshank Redemption are excellent movie adaptations though. Don't forget those.

[MissingPerson]

It may have helped that I was coming down on some excellent acid that I had the night before.

You should go and make sure. Acid your ass up big style, then go and watch Shawshank Redemption. If, partway through, you find yourself thinking "Whoa, Tim Robbins is weird and iridescent. And the way he moves is just wrong somehow." then I think we've found the key to guaranteed enjoyment of Stephen King films.

[devachan]

I enjoyed The Mist movie quite a bit. The freaky monsters seemed really trippy to me--weird iridescent colors, and the way they moved was just wrong somehow. It may have helped that I was coming down on some excellent acid that I had the night before. [I have a very strong feeling that King has done copious amounts of psychedelics in his past. He mentions mescaline in several different books/stories.] I'd heard a lot of negative reviews of the movie too, and watching it without having high expectations also helped my enjoyment of it.

When I saw it, I wasn't expecting much either. I had heard weeks and weeks worth of bad reviews. What may have saved the film for me is the interaction between the groups of people stuck in the store. I think some liberties may have been taken with the adaptation...but it worked.

Stand By Me and Shawshank were well done. But no one can beat Jack Nicholson or Kathy Bates. They truly captured the characters I imagined.

Oh man, I just remembered that I actually sat through "IT" and "The Stand" adaptations for tv. I want those hours back.

[Xenocide]

The Mist was only better than his tv-adaptations... i find it difficult to name a worse theatrical SK release...

[woogie846]

I liked Pet Semetary a lot.

[amyzzz]

Oh man, I just remembered that I actually sat through "IT" and "The Stand" adaptations for tv. I want those hours back.
I liked those movies OK. The first part of both of them was way better than the last part.

[captncrzy]

Did you seriously just try to claim that Shawshank is a better movie than The Shining? Go fuck yourself.

The adaptation was completely wrong. Read the book and you'd know that. SK was pissed beyond all belief about it. Besides, Jack Nicholson is the only reason that movie is any good, imho.

Don't tell me to fuck myself Randy. I could kill you with my thumb, you know.

I forgot about what a great performance Kathy Bates had in Misery.

[amyzzz]

There was that miniseries version of The Shining made for TV several years back with that guy from Wings in it. It was pretty good, but I'm sorry, Stanley Kubrick's Shining is phenomenal even if he changed a bunch of shit from the novel.

[patsfan5454]

The Shining

[Xenocide]

There was that miniseries version of The Shining made for TV several years back with that guy from Wings in it. It was pretty good

i'm sorry, i can't take you seriously anymore...

[amyzzz]

No one here takes me seriously anyway.

[sbessiso]

am i really one of four people who voted MISERY??

that book roooooocks

[patsfan5454]

Misery was good but not best, I voted for other, personally i think the shining was the best stephen king book and the best adaptation, and whoever said that the TV version was good was waaayyyyy off! Anything tbeing put on network televison has no way of living up to possible expectations! And that series didnt come close

[nalfsen]

Maximum Overdrive!

"I just wanted someone to do Stephen King right." - Stephen King, Maximum Overdrive trailer

[humanoid]

I don't care if Stanley Kubrick changed everything he wanted when making The Shining, I'll take his vision over Stephen King's any day

[amyzzz]

So would anyone else.

[Mr.Nipples]

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[Mockingbird73]

The Stand

It

The Tommyknockers

The Shining

w/ Peter Straub...Black House was only so-so, but The Talisman was awesome!

[unitedwestand]

So According to this article,
these Stephen King movies are being made in 2009:
The Dark Tower Directed by J.J. Abrams
Black horse
Pet Semetary (Remake)
Bag of Bones
& From a Buick 6

[Backwater]

I have a very strong feeling that King has done copious amounts of psychedelics in his past.

and you, amy, are 100% correct. I saw an interview with him where he says, "I'm not gonna lie, in the late sixties when I was in my early twenties, I was a head. When I say that, I don't mean like I was a-head of other people, I mean I was a HEAD!!!" With a crazed look in his eyes, it was really funny. Then he said, "I mean really, I was tripping all-the-time!"

[sbessiso]

I saw that same interview. I think it was during a countdown of horror movie moments or something. It made me love him THAT much more, and your avatar Backwater, is outstanding

[Backwater]

Thanks, Peter Sellers is still the man, but the time came to change it.

[Mr.Nipples]

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[Errant]

you are all wrong.



the correct answer is:
Insomnia.

I liked that one, too :) But it would be hard for me to choose a favorite.

[amyzzz]

Insomnia sucked the big one.