And Christine! Who knew a car could be so scary?

I wish they would remake The Stand. Although the mini-series had some great performances, it was ruined for me by Molly Ringwald as Fran. She was doing that whiny sneer thing, and this was supposed to be Frannie - the Mother Earth, the hope for the human race! Puh-leeze!

Who wuld you have casted for the role?

Maria Bello

Looked her up. I remember her from ER. I can see that. Molly Ringwall will always remind me of the role in Sixteen Candles! She does have that annoying habit of biting her lips!

Hawt .

When I look at her I know how women feel when they say "too bad he's gay." Because she's s beautiful woman, who happens to be a lesbian.

No big deal, but a great blow to heterosexual men everywhere .

She has that perfect combination of beauty and strength that Fran possessed.

Absolutely. She's gorgeous, and the strength that you mentioned is what makes her so sexy to boot.

I like that movie she's in with viggo mortenson or what it was and he was some half ass wisfeguy from philly can't remember the name off the top of my head but the cheerleader scene on the steps was classic

Here's the name of the movie : A history of violence
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399146/

The Shining was the best movie adaptation of his books. I think the movie Thinner was good too. I finally got to see saw Salem's Lot and was very disappointed. The movie did not do the book justice.

Just got done re-reading The Shining,Misery and Carrie. All great!

Hey Tis. I remember how you enjoyed "11/22/63."

Well, it's going to be a nine hour mini-series on Hulu. But it won't be "small budget" because it's being produced by Warner Brothers:

http://nypost.com/2014/09/22/stephen-kings-book-on-jfk-assassination-to-be-hulu-series/

I read that this morning pizzaboy. I'm excited for it. I had heard rumors that they might adapt it into a movie but this 9-hour mini-series definitely allows for more adaptation rather than a 2 or 3 hour movie.

King's stuff always works better as a mini-series, Irish.

I've always said here that I'm in the minority camp who preferred the Steven Weber mini-series version of "The Shining," as opposed to Nicholson's campy (yet iconic) version.

You just can't take a Bible length novel and adapt it properly into a two hour movie.

I saw that too. I never used Hulu. I wish it were on regular tv though. But, I am glad they are making it a mini series.


TIS

SB, speaking of King and Maria Bello, Lifetime has been advertising a new King movie with Bello. It's called "Big Driver." Have you heard of it cause I have not. Looks good tho by the previews.



TIS

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/stephen-kings-big-driver-heads-714555

That should be a good one, Tis. It's from his novella of the same name. It's about a woman who gets raped and takes revenge Stephen King style .

Lookss good and previews. Sounds real "Kingish" lol

Btw, for Hulu, you watch on line right? And how much does it cost and how reliable is it to download without virus or computer problems?


TIS

Hulu is a million percent safe, Tis. As for the price, Basic Hulu is free. But there's a charge for Hulu Plus.

I recently reread 11/22/63. It was even better this time around. Did they say anything about casting? I wonder who will play Sadie?

Would you recommend it for me?

Absolutely. I wish Paul were alive. He would have loved it.

I also read 11/22/63, and just loved it. Especially Sadie's character. I am so happy they are going the mini series route as well. I heard rumors they were thinking of mini series, movie, or go Under the Dome route.

Also, since PB brought up The Shining. I wonder if Doctor Sleep will be made into a movie or mini series as well.

I second that recommendation. I'd rank it up there as one of the best novels I have ever read. Definitely check it out!

Any of you King fans read MR. MERCEDES yet? I thought it was excellent!

I enjoyed it. But I was puzzled by King's description of the book as his first detective novel. He wrote an excellent novella about 8 or 9 years ago called "The Colorado Kid" for the Hard Case Crime series. I thought it was great. Same goes for "Joyland," which came out last year.

But then again, both of those books were very short by King's standards. So it's possible that he meant that "Mr. Mercedes" was his first full length crime novel.

The Body is my favorite Novella by him...wound up being stanf by me and the dialogue is verbatim

BIG DRIVER was a great story!!

"IT" used to be my favorite book by him but now it's "11/22/63". Short story....that's hard. My favorite of his longer ones is probably "Dolan's Cadillac". Of the shorter...probably "The Man Who Loved Flowers".

I got to say I was a bit disappointed by Mr. Mercedes.

I mean it was very good (as anything by King is likely to be) but he gave way too much about the villain away too soon. He was piteous. He should have went the route of making the villain more psychologically durable and scarier - more Max Cady-ish. In fact, seeing as it would have fit the character more, the Columbine killers wouldn't have been a bad place to start when trying to mold the character.

Some of the procedural was a bit contrived too and I wasn't buying some of the supporting characters the black neighbor kid (Jerome) and the two main female characters.

The ending was also a bit of an anti-climax.

All being said I can't wait for the sequel - Finders Keepers.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/stephen-king-fearful-and-feared-author-on-new-movie-a-good-marriage/

I didn't hear anything about this until now. King doing the screenplay for a new movie - his first since Pet Sematary - that is out on 3 October. Based on the BTK killer.

That story was in "Full Dark, No Stars." It was EXCELLENT. But I'm always a bit leery when novelists adapt their own work for the big screen. But I'm hopeful for this one because I really like Anthony LaPaglia as an actor.