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You guys sold me, next time I watch it, I’ll put that version on.

I have to watch that again - I’ve seen the theatrical twice and the directors cut once and I remember liking the shorter one more, but not significantly so. The original “Shining” movie also has two different cuts so there’s a nice symmetry there.

I think Doctor Sleep underperformed for two reasons, both of which are versions of bad timing. It came out a month or so after It Part 2, which audiences didn’t care much for. It’s hard to sell more of something to an audience when they’re already over it in that moment. If you’re disappointed...

On the other hand now I want to see Doctor Sleep again.

On the other hand, Doctor Sleep did a phenomenal job of adapting King’s book while telling the story in the vernacular Stanley Kubrick established, while bridging the differences between the source material so that it could work as sequel to the “Shining” film even though “The Shining” book is...

I honestly was not a big fan of the It movies, but I think thats because I loved the book and the way it was structured. I don’t like the way the movie split it into separate stories of them as kids and then adults because I think by making the story more linear, it removed a lot of its power...

I don’t think it’s as simple to say it’s just cost. “It” did very well, overperformed even, so there was a sudden rush to green light a lot of King material. But “It Part 2” underperformed (especially relative to Part 1), “Doctor Sleep” flopped, and television adaptations like “Castle Rock,”...

I forget who it was who said, if you take a long movie and cut parts out, you don’t get a short movie, you get a long movie that’s missing pieces. And that’s what makes it feel longer.

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/castle-rock-hulu.351445/ I was ultimately disappointed by the show; I did not think it was particularly well-written and it felt more like fan fiction than a genuine Stephen King work (which is what it was). Though it had one or two episodes...

If you've never read King's book "On Writing," there's a lot of great insight into his process there. I think the key for him is that he truly does treat writing like a day job, so unlike some other people who wait for inspiration, King wakes up every day, goes into his study, and sits as the...

Unfortunately, TV on Blu-ray doesn’t sell well, which is why many studios are now declining to put out shows in that format. It seems that most viewers are content to watch TV on streaming services where they can view entire seasons in HD quality at the touch of a button for less than the cost...

I really liked the Mr. Mercedes book, and I really enjoyed that King was stepping out of his comfort zone to do a detective story instead of his usual supernatural horror thriller (which is not to knock his works in that genre, which I tend to love). But I was disappointed that the final book in...

I completely understand why King hates the Kubrick film. I don't at all agree with that assessment, but Kubrick definitely took a novel that had been about one thing, and used the details from that work to a make a movie about something that was very different. And since The Shining was very...

I've definitely enjoyed other post-apocalyptic stories, but The Stand has left me cold the times that I've tried it. When I did try to read it, only the longer version was readily available, and I've been since told by some that the shorter original release is the better work (I've also been...

For what it's worth, I've read dozens of King novels and short stories, and the only one I've been unable to finish is The Stand. I've tried it either two or three times and I just don't care. Don't care about the characters. Don't care about the story. It baffles me that it's so highly regarded.

With the exception of The Shining, the King adaptations I tend to like best are the ones based on non-horror stories. Those don't have to transcend the boundary of "things that are scary to me on paper but not on screen" and I'm able to enjoy them better.

I love the creepy/scared feeling I can get reading a King novel. I wish I could get that from movies. The entire horror film genre kinda baffles me because they're never scary to me. They're so popular and I genuinely would like to better understand what the audience that watched and loves...

I've read over half of King's books, and at some point will finish them all. But I'm not a big fan of most of the film and television adaptions I've seen. I love The Shining, but Kubrick makes it his own. For better or worse, when King is trying to be scary, his writing can scare the crap...