anyone watching Stephen King's Desperation on ABC tonight

[cKGunslinger]

Originally posted by: Shadowknight
Here's what you need to know if you haven't seen it; It uses the standard Stephen King template he uses in most of his book

1. Slow beginning, very very minor stuff happens
2. Characters introduce each other with full name for some reason, bond in 2 seconds
3. Bad dialogue
4. Suddenly, creature/thing starts actually using its power, but does nothing impressive. Cue cheesy makeup and voice modulation to represent possession
5. Young girl ghost shows up to help/scare boy psychic
6. Monster kills a couple of people
7. Boy psychic starts rattling on about the will of God. Again. And Again. And Again. Starts telling people everything God wants them to do, even though we never actually see him speak to God.
8. Parents follow everything kid says, even though all they've seen are a couple of wild animal attacks and a crazy person/sheriff that has no indication that it's supernatural.
8. Skeptic doesn't want anything to do with it. Experiences paranormal event that he survives/dies from
10. Kid goes on and on about how God formed their group to fight Pennywise/Flagg/etc.
11. Cue argument about freewill, God being cruel, suffering to achieve his ends
12. Cynical character with shady past confronts evil being and reedems himself by sacrificing himself to save the other group members/world. Creature doesn't bother killing/possessing/threatening to tie up the character to watch "Barney and Friends" to stop the guy who's trying to kill/trap the monster
13. Beyond the grave "feel good moment" from one or more of the characters killed throughout the movie, most likely from the guy who redeemed himself in taking out the monster
14. Rushed, badly written ending.

So, you've never actually *read* a SK book, I see.

 

[Shadowknight]

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger

Originally posted by: Shadowknight
Here's what you need to know if you haven't seen it; It uses the standard Stephen King template he uses in most of his book

1. Slow beginning, very very minor stuff happens
2. Characters introduce each other with full name for some reason, bond in 2 seconds
3. Bad dialogue
4. Suddenly, creature/thing starts actually using its power, but does nothing impressive. Cue cheesy makeup and voice modulation to represent possession
5. Young girl ghost shows up to help/scare boy psychic
6. Monster kills a couple of people
7. Boy psychic starts rattling on about the will of God. Again. And Again. And Again. Starts telling people everything God wants them to do, even though we never actually see him speak to God.
8. Parents follow everything kid says, even though all they've seen are a couple of wild animal attacks and a crazy person/sheriff that has no indication that it's supernatural.
8. Skeptic doesn't want anything to do with it. Experiences paranormal event that he survives/dies from
10. Kid goes on and on about how God formed their group to fight Pennywise/Flagg/etc.
11. Cue argument about freewill, God being cruel, suffering to achieve his ends
12. Cynical character with shady past confronts evil being and reedems himself by sacrificing himself to save the other group members/world. Creature doesn't bother killing/possessing/threatening to tie up the character to watch "Barney and Friends" to stop the guy who's trying to kill/trap the monster
13. Beyond the grave "feel good moment" from one or more of the characters killed throughout the movie, most likely from the guy who redeemed himself in taking out the monster
14. Rushed, badly written ending.

So, you've never actually *read* a SK book, I see.

I take it you've never actually *seen* a movie based on King's books.

 

[cKGunslinger]

Originally posted by: Shadowknight

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger

So, you've never actually *read* a SK book, I see.

I take it you've never actually *seen* a movie based on King's books.

Yes, and they, for the most part, suck. But you said:

Originally posted by: Shadowknight
Here's what you need to know if you haven't seen it; It uses the standard Stephen King template he uses in most of his book

Books = Good
Movies = Bad

However, some good movies based on his work are Shining, Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile, Stand by Me, Carrie, etc. Even "IT" was a fairly decent adaptation in its time.

 

[OutHouse]

I watched it and it was just stupid. there should be a ban on making SK books into movies they all long and still suck.

 

[AntiStatic]

Technically Desperation and the Regulators (also rage, the long walk, the running man, and one other i can't remember) were written by SK's pseudonym Richard Bachman.

 

[AntiStatic]

Originally posted by: Citrix
I watched it and it was just stupid. there should be a ban on making SK books into movies they all long and still suck.

Shawshank Redemption and Green Mile sucked eh?

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: AntiStatic

Originally posted by: Citrix
I watched it and it was just stupid. there should be a ban on making SK books into movies they all long and still suck.

Shawshank Redemption and Green Mile sucked eh?

ok revision, made for TV...

those two MOVIES were great.

 

[Accipiter22]

well...I will say that only shawshank and green mile were decent adaptations....his books just don't transfer well to the screen.....well his horror books anyway, shaw and green weren't horror remember.


Also, you have to realize Desperation (and Regulators) were two of his worst books ever. I honestly stopped reading him after those 2.....he used to have really well written tapestry in his books....by the time he wrote Desperation it would be 18 straight cursewords, and then someone's name, and you have to go back a page to see what he was even talking about...

 

[Accipiter22]

TAK!

 

[imported_Scourge]

Originally posted by: Accipiter22
TAK!

 

[AntiStatic]

Originally posted by: Citrix

Originally posted by: AntiStatic

Originally posted by: Citrix
I watched it and it was just stupid. there should be a ban on making SK books into movies they all long and still suck.

Shawshank Redemption and Green Mile sucked eh?

ok revision, made for TV...

those two MOVIES were great.

ack... it was Stand By Me. That was the other Bachman book... it was called The Body originally but stand by me was a great movie. True his TV adaptations suck tho.

 

[Ronin]

DVRed it..was busy watching AI. ;p

 

[reverend boltron]

So I haven't had lunch yet, and I'm really hungry, and I totally read the title of this thread as "anyone watching Burger King's Desperation on ABC tonight"