I'm not a huge Stephen King fan.  I read the first dark tower book, but I haven't gone back to the series.  My favorites have to be The Stand and The Eyes of the Dragon.

I like Stephen King books....think my favourite is either IT, or Christine....have you seen Stephen King's Nightmares and Dreamscapes.....they're good

The Stand is the definitive King novel for me.  M-O-O-N, that spells Tom Cullen!

Felonia, there are very few decent screen adaptations of his work, imo.  Some are just downright awful!  I did love the mini-series of The Stand, with Gary Sinise and Molly Ringwald.  The Dark Man was so scary in that!

XPlayxBunnyx, I've never watched Nightmares and Dreamscapes.  Is it scary?

i read a lot of his books in high school but they were the old ones like christine and carrie, there was more but i can't remember them now. i don't like scary movies but i use to like reading about it, it seems less scarier to me.

Christine is my favorite book.

Stephen King is a good read once in a while. I've never seen a movie, but my favorite books of his include IT, Cell, and Dreamcatcher. I couldn't get into the Dark Tower series.

The Green Mile was my favorite book/movie for a while. Very powerful stuff, and a good switch from horror writing to drama. My mom bought the original series of The Green Mile (King wrote The Green Mile in parts as opposed to one whole book) but unfortunately my friends baby sister colored in all of them. They bought a replacement but it was the whole novel in one.

The Stand movie is my favorite movie aside from The Sandlot. I love Gary Sinise and who could turn down ROB LOWE! Gah he's so hot in the movie.

brandedastar wrote:

The Stand movie is my favorite movie aside from The Sandlot. I love Gary Sinise and who could turn down ROB LOWE! Gah he's so hot in the movie.

Totally forgot about Rob Lowe!  He was unbearably cute as Nick.  But I always had a thing for Gary Sinise, and Stu Redman in the novel, so Nick was kinda cast aside for me.

Stephen King - God of scary stuff. haha, I would watch his movies and read his books but no doubt I'll get nightmares. haha

Kawakami wrote:

I like him and I dont like him.......The Shining is in my top all time favorite films so I have to credit him for that and I love IT until the giant space spider shows up and The Mist is one of the best short stories you could ask for.  He has amazing ideas but then towards the end alot of times they get goofy, like he cant think of a way to end it properly.

Then I got upset over the whole in real life when the guy in the van ran into him while he was jogging.  SK was over the top cruel to him and he ended up killing himself. 

LoL what I just wrote is a little confusing, if you understand what I am getting at..YAY

Yeah, I thought so too.  He wasn't even jogging was he?  I thought he was walking down the road reading a book or something.  I could have just made that up though..I don't know.  But either way, he was a bastard to the guy and it was irritating. 


Anyway, I love King books and short stories.  You Know They've got a Helluva Band was really good, as was The Long Walk.  That one was creepy scary because of the good chances of it happening in reality.  It wasn't supernatural at all. 

He also wrote the stories The Running Man and Stand By Me were based on. 

I LOVED the Dark Tower Series.  Pretty much I loved everything he's ever writeen.

Dawnm wrote:

Kawakami wrote:

I like him and I dont like him.......The Shining is in my top all time favorite films so I have to credit him for that and I love IT until the giant space spider shows up and The Mist is one of the best short stories you could ask for.  He has amazing ideas but then towards the end alot of times they get goofy, like he cant think of a way to end it properly.

Then I got upset over the whole in real life when the guy in the van ran into him while he was jogging.  SK was over the top cruel to him and he ended up killing himself. 

LoL what I just wrote is a little confusing, if you understand what I am getting at..YAY

Yeah, I thought so too.  He wasn't even jogging was he?  I thought he was walking down the road reading a book or something.  I could have just made that up though..I don't know.  But either way, he was a bastard to the guy and it was irritating. 


Anyway, I love King books and short stories.  You Know They've got a Helluva Band was really good, as was The Long Walk.  That one was creepy scary because of the good chances of it happening in reality.  It wasn't supernatural at all. 

He also wrote the stories The Running Man and Stand By Me were based on. 

I LOVED the Dark Tower Series.  Pretty much I loved everything he's ever writeen.

You are right, he was walking and reading at the same time. I'm not sure how he was a horrible to the guy (I never read much on it) but I think I'd be pretty POed if someone hit me with a car. I think the guy was actually turning around to take care of his dog in the back. So he wasn't paying attention.

And yes, The Running Man was awesome, because that too can happen in real life. And The Long Walk is one of my favorites.

Well, I'd be pissed too but I also wouldn't be walking against traffic reading a book.  But that's just me. 

Maybe I'm cunfusing things and it was his fans that were awful to the guy, I don't know, but I thought I remembered him being sort of really mean to the guy.  The guy shouldn;t have been trying to get the dog situated while driving, thats true too.  But if i recall correctly, the dog was getting into a cooler or something and he turned around for a second?  I don;t know-I've taken my eyes off the road for a second as well.  I don;t think many people haven't, if we're to be honest.

It doesn't take away from him being an awesome wirter at all, and I didn't mean it that way.  Also, as I said, I'd harbor ill feelings towards someone who critically injured me too.  I can definately see both sides of the story here.