Stephen King: Discussions

I am reading The dark tower series. I am on book three and i love them so far.Have you read them and what did you think of them?

Hi all;

My favorite I think of all is The Stand.

I just watched Thinner on the television last night & it was great too.

Come you SK fans join in!

J

The following post may upset and offend some of you. Please understand that I love Stephen King's work as much as anyone, and would like nothing more than for him to go on forever writing great stories, like It, The Stand, the Dark Tower series, etc. That being said, let us begin the discussion:

For those of you who have read, or are reading Just After Sunset, his newest collection of short stories, what do you think?

Quite frankly, I'm pretty disappointed so far (halfway through the stories). At least three of the stories that I've read so far seem almost carbon copies of stories I read years ago by different authors, or have heard as folk tales my entire life. Stories about phone calls back from the dead (or letters in past stories) have been written for years. Seeing the future in a dream? Been there, done that.

What it is seeming like to me is that King has taken some tried-and-true campfire/ghost stories and basically rewritten them (slightly) in his own style. I keep waiting for a story about the man with the hook, or the hitchhiker that disappears on down the road.

As he stated in his own words, some people think he could write a grocery list and sell a million copies - well, at least a grocery list would be original.

Maybe King is running out of ideas? What do you think?

P.S. If you want to include a plot spoiler, please mark it as such - I'll be happy to go into more detail of the stories later, and will make sure I do so.

So we all have our fave book, character and movie, but do the books of Bachman outshine the King. Is The Long Walk a better read than Firestarter.? Desperation or The Regulators.? Blaze v Cell.? Does Pet Sematary creep you out more than Thinner.?

The skeleton crew short story to big screen. I hope its better than 1408. I was really dissapointed with it. but not as bad as Lawnmower man runningman adapts I guess. I just felt that 1408 lacked anything spooky in the movie special effects are great but stink for scares. I am crossing my fingers when i see this one. Hopefully it will be like the stand, or secret window.

So c`mon guys who makes your toes curl?, who gave you sleepless nights?, who made you wanna scream? Kings biggest and baddest villain award goes to.......
Well for me it has to be IT, aka PENNYWISE aka BOB GRAY etc I mean that character ripped kids apart, murdered and mutilated and terrified. As bad as it gets surely,,,,, or do you guys know different?

Hello everyone.
For those who have seen the movie "the Mist", check this out. The main character in it is an artist who designs movie posters. I think in one of the scenes early in the movie, when we're in his studio, I see a movie poster w/ a gunslinger on it, he looks eerily close to Roland in the Dark Tower!
Anybody see this? Am I just imagining things or could this forshadow an upcoming Dark Tower movie?
Thoughts?