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| 14 APR 2003 at 1:00am |
Agustín CordesGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By SCiV (14 APR 2003 12:44am)
Let's step it up a little: All Lovecraft movies (or borrowed influences) are at least ten times better than his books are. I tried reading two or three of them, being bored took on an entirely new meaning.
Aaah! You almost give me a heart-attack! The only good (*plain* good) Lovecraft based movie I can think of is The Dunwich Horror. Also, Resurrected (based on Dexter Ward) was just OK.
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| 14 APR 2003 at 1:02am |
SCiVPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | Glad to see you're alright Rael
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| 14 APR 2003 at 1:08am |
dombrewerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | That's interesting. I've not read any Lovecraft so I'm not sure what films are based on his work, but I did see one film that were based on Lovecraft shorts I'm sure - it was a sort of compilation film in the style of "Creepshow" and "Tales from the Darkside" that was absolute toss, so if that's ten times better than the source material there is something seriously wrong. ???
As for Stephen King, again, I'm behind on the reading, but some of the films are so truly awful I can't believe the books are worse.
Excellent ones - The Shining, Shawshank Redemption, Stand By Me
Good/okay ones - Misery, Salem's Lot, Cujo, Maximum Overdrive (bad film, but I like it!), Carrie, The Green Mile, It, The Running Man, Silver Bullet.
Bad Ones - Christine, Apt Pupil, Thinner, The Dark Half, Sleepwalkers, Lawnmower Man, Cat's Eye, Children of the Corn (and multiple sequels), Firestarter, The Langoliers, Graveyard Shift, Sometimes They come back (and multiple sequels), Pet Semetary (and sequel)
These are only ones i've seen. I haven't put myself through some of the dross they make out of his stories.
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| 14 APR 2003 at 1:11am |
SCiVPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | Ofcourse, Shawshank is by King, great movie. I always forget those non-horror books/movies.
Come to think of it.. how do we classify "The Running Man"?
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| 14 APR 2003 at 1:35am |
dombrewerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | A brief foray into Sci-fi covered up by his pseudonym.
Or alternatively, an Arh-neld film. They have their own genre you know.
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| 16 APR 2003 at 10:25pm |
| Deleted User | Just an update, but I'm currently getting into Stephen Kings Dreamcatcher in a BIIIIG way. I've only started reading it today, but I'm on page 294 of a pretty big book, so I'm around halfway through... wow. It's good. You want aliens? Ufo's? Crazy military personell? Bizzare happenings? Madness? Bitter cold? Butt-wrenching deaths? Thrills? Spills? Chills? Mystery? Odd red fungus? This is the book for you!
I'm not joking... I haven't been this gripped since I read I Am Legend. Fantastic!
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| 20 APR 2003 at 7:42pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By SCiV (14 APR 2003 1:11am)
Come to think of it.. how do we classify "The Running Man"?
ahahhahhhahhahhahahhahahhhhhh, sorry
BTW Which Cthulu-based book is most worth reading?
I liked "The lurker on the threshold" very much. (Not sure of the title in english)
Now I'm reading for the first time some Harlan Ellison (I cannot find "I have no mouth-the game" so...). Wow, just wow. Dark dark depressing good good.
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| 20 APR 2003 at 10:20pm |
HelenGuild Master
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Status : Offline | I started reading Dreamcatcher last year, and although I thought it started out great, after I got a little more than half way thru I got totally bored with it and bounced it off the wall, I find that happens to me with most of Stephen King books, he starts out great, but im my opinion he just drags the hell out of everything, he gos on and on and on.......
I admit he has written some great stuff, I loved "Salems lot", "The Shining" "Carrie" "The Stand" ( even though sometimes the Stand really dragged on )and a few others, but now I dont even buy his books, I only will try to read one if someone gives me one, and most times I cant finish them, but I will watch Dreamcatcher the movie when it comes out on video, looks pretty good to me.
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| 21 APR 2003 at 12:28am |
sennebecGuild Master
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Status : Offline | i read "dreamcatcher" last year too and i liked it...
a little bit of the old stephen king shining thru...
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| 21 APR 2003 at 8:15am |
| Deleted User | Gamer - stick with the book! STICK WITH THE BOOK! The movie is apparently terrible. Still, I may go and see i anyway. I watched Battlefield Earth in Italian on it's release...
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| 21 APR 2003 at 10:42am |
HelenGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Well.... maybe Ill try again, but no matter what people say about movies, I always have to see them for myself,
sometimes I like em even though nobody else does. LIke 13 Ghosts, most people didnt like it but I loved it, reminded me of an adventure game with the walls moving and trying to get in the right areas so the ghosts can get ya, I thought it was great.
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| 22 APR 2003 at 2:15am |
| Deleted User | Jessica, I just finished Shogun too even though I've had the book for quite a few years. Loved it.
I also have to say that Stephen King's books are SOOOO much better than the movies!
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| 22 APR 2003 at 11:09am |
HelenGuild Master
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Status : Offline | I Loved Shogun too, it was a great book.
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