[–] MrPim 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Hollywood has trouble making a normal Steven King book into a movie. I'm not sure why people think an epic of this scale would be worth watching. Look at the state of the new IT movie. A cluster fuck already. If you gave it an HBO GoT treatment or put it on Netflix, maybe. But a series of movies will be a shitfest.
[–] Catcat [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Good points. Maybe it's just wishful thinking on my part. I wouldnt necessarily want the GOT treatment. HBO has to have the sexier content which sometimes detracts from the story. Netflix sounds promising. For now the comics are a pretty good alternative.
[–] MrPim 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Well I don't want HBO to try to sexy them up. I just meant the longer term series with good writing,direction and acting.
While I'd love to be able to sit and watch a well made version(to share w people who wont read it) I just don't have any confidence a series of movies will be well done. So I'd rather they not do it and give people a bad impression of the books.
[–] irishredfox 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Maybe something like the Marvel universe, since King has spent so much time working his other books into this one.
[–] Vladimir_Komarov 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I'd rather no movie than something like the 'under the dome' series.
[–] Catcat [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I would like to see it done well. Its so hit or miss when it comes to his movie adaptations. I'm hoping for another Shining.
[–] Biflindi 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I saw the show first and thought it was interesting. I started to read the book and in the first (maybe second) I actually set the book down and said, "What did I just read?" The book was so much better and the departures from the source the tv show made just seemed so random to me.
[–] Vladimir_Komarov ago
I read it right at release which was a departure for me, but I wasn't expecting it to be so good all the way through. Then I tried to watch some of the show and just couldn't.