tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28944274.post3256178835018245529..comments2023-08-10T23:28:30.929-04:00Comments on Til the Last Hemlock Dies: The ShiningJames Robert Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17281049641681225389noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28944274.post-88116948538683164872012-10-23T10:49:10.486-04:002012-10-23T10:49:10.486-04:00I think King is writing (or has already finished) ...I think King is writing (or has already finished) a novel about an adult Danny Torrance.<br />James Robert Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281049641681225389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28944274.post-9434438310963916102012-10-21T22:53:00.641-04:002012-10-21T22:53:00.641-04:00I have done all three...read the book first, saw ...I have done all three...read the book first, saw the Kubrick movie on cable, and then bought the ABC miniseries on DVD about two years ago...just to see it. I understand this was the last ABC Miniseries ever, cause the bloom was off the rose. And I thought Stephen King played a much more strong role in its production. And the exteriors were done at the Stanley Hotel...which I believe was the actual motel that King got lost in while drunk, and so, that's the inspriration for the story. I had forgotten that we went to visit that place YEARS ago when I was about 5 years old on a YMCA convention...and never remembered it until I saw the exterior and the "doll house" images. I also disliked the new version, particularly the "bee-lady" or is it the "wasp-lady" and the fight to control the pressure valve at the end...and especially the need to tack on the graduation appearance of Jack on stage. Sappy.<br /><br />I've also heard there is a sequel in the works.Kirk G - The Thrifty Rocketeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15787549409999764040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28944274.post-15519454006754173692012-10-20T10:03:20.417-04:002012-10-20T10:03:20.417-04:00King was apparently disappointed in the Kubrick fi...King was apparently disappointed in the Kubrick film for the reason that I stated--it was about a man's descent into madness rather than a story of a family trapped in a haunted inn.<br /><br />I've tried watching the TV version three different times. It is bad on so many levels that it's hard to quantify the awfulness of the effort. It's horrid. It actually is about as shitty as anything I've ever tried to watch on TV. I can't believe that the author of the novel would consider that piece of crap an improvement on the Kubrick film.<br /><br />James Robert Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281049641681225389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28944274.post-16785021665222423662012-10-20T09:57:20.945-04:002012-10-20T09:57:20.945-04:00I read somewhere that Stephen King didn't like...I read somewhere that Stephen King didn't like Kubrick's version of The Shining.<br /><br />He liked the made-for-tv version better.<br /><br />Not me. I'll take Nicholson's performance any day over anything the tv version had to offer.MarkGelbarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343075239471716588noreply@blogger.com