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ginger 22512 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 05-22-06, 06:04 PM (EST) "Attention, Stephen King Fans" He's peeved. I don't really care. But I also don't care about American Idol this season, and some television treatments of King's work have been good. I'll probably watch this. He's very enthusiastic about this one (given his opinion re the television versus screen versions of "The Shining", that gives me pause, but still...). http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/king%20furious%20over%20idol%20competition_22_05_2006   Top

Subject     Author     Message Date     ID    RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans miamicatt 05-22-06 1    RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans zombiebaby 05-22-06 3        RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans miamicatt 05-22-06 5            RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans ginger 05-23-06 14    RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans PagongRatEater 05-24-06 28  RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans kingfish 05-22-06 2    RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans Wallflower66 05-22-06 7        RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans newsomewayne 05-23-06 9            RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans Wallflower66 05-23-06 18                RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans bystander 05-24-06 21                    RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans kingfish 05-24-06 27                        RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans Wallflower66 05-24-06 31                            RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans kingfish 05-24-06 32    RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans cahaya 05-24-06 24  RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans AZ_Leo 05-22-06 4  RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans dabo 05-22-06 6    RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans PagongRatEater 05-24-06 29  RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans Rhyn 05-23-06 8  Meh. geg6 05-23-06 10    RE: Meh. newsomewayne 05-23-06 12    RE: Meh. ginger 05-23-06 13        RE: Meh. miamicatt 05-23-06 15        RE: Meh. geg6 05-24-06 26  RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans weltek 05-23-06 11    RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans Brownroach 05-23-06 17  minority opinion cqvenus 05-23-06 16    RE: minority opinion Wallflower66 05-24-06 19        RE: minority opinion xwraith27 05-24-06 20            RE: minority opinion bystander 05-24-06 23  Not Bad. bullzeye 05-24-06 22    RE: Not Bad. ginger 05-24-06 25        Ginger, Ginger... zombiebaby 05-24-06 30

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miamicatt 9247 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 05-22-06, 06:16 PM (EST) 1. "RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans" I'm going to Tivo "Desperation"...I read the book and I liked it. I was pleased with the other TV adaptations of his books, specifically "The Shining". The original movie version totally screwed it up IMHO. I much preferred the miniseries edition. Meaning that the miniseries scared the piss outta me. As did "The Stand".   Top

zombiebaby 7356 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 05-22-06, 06:18 PM (EST) 3. "RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans" Completely agree. Those moving topiaries were CREEPY! Siggy conceived by Arkie, gestating done by Zombs I like this book too! Did you ever read the Regulators?   Top

miamicatt 9247 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 05-22-06, 06:34 PM (EST) 5. "RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans" And OMG when they finally got to room 217?! Aye...I could barely watch I was so scared. I did indeed!   Top

ginger 22512 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 05-23-06, 01:56 PM (EST) 14. "RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans" See, I thought, other than the topiary animals, the television Shining SUCKED BALLS. But that's what makes the King world go round. That "kisses kisses" speech? Ewwwwwwwwwwwwww.   Top

PagongRatEater 12996 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 05-24-06, 11:27 AM (EST) 28. "RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans" I agree! The film was gret, without question, but the TV series was much more in touch with the book. It gave you sympathetic characters that you understood and felt bad for - who felt bad for crazy Jack Nicholson? Understanding the desparation of the family, the way the house used Jack's alcoholism against him, and having a much more sympathetic Danny (IMO) made the TV version much more compelling to me. I LOVED it and actually went out and bought it. Very good. Very scary. Maybe even a scarier book than It. As Ginger said, diff'rent strokes and all that... I do think that King has a legit bone to pick with ABC. It seems a slap in the face that they would schedule this at the same time as the AI final. Any other night this week would have had little to no competition, so it seems intentional to get the show low ratings. I taped it and am looking forward to watching it tonight.   Top

kingfish 20752 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 05-22-06, 06:17 PM (EST) 2. "RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans" LAST EDITED ON 05-22-06 AT 06:25 PM (EST) All of you really really should watch this show, call up your Arbitron buddies to tune in, and buy massive amounts of the advertised products. American Idol fans are DOOMED!! And don't even THINK about a Basher thread for the show. Or... you should NOT EVER go out after dark, ... and you should not EVER go to sleep. And buy the book!!   Top

Wallflower66 2446 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Seventeen Magazine Model" 05-22-06, 10:03 PM (EST) 7. "RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans" Stephen King...Kingfish! OMG! NOW I get it! For real, I never noticed that was Stephen King's face in your siggie. I thought he looked familiar...D'oh!   Top

newsomewayne 9354 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 05-23-06, 08:18 AM (EST) 9. "RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans" Don't feel bad. I just realized the same thing. Handcrafted by RollDdice   Top

Wallflower66 2446 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Seventeen Magazine Model" 05-23-06, 11:55 PM (EST) 18. "RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans" Yeah, right? I thought it was LARRY King! They do look similar.   Top

bystander 4968 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Stuff Magazine Centerfold" 05-24-06, 10:50 AM (EST) 21. "RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans" OMG I thought it was Larry King also. D'OH! I always wondered how someone could be so enamored by Larry King!   Top

kingfish 20752 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 05-24-06, 11:18 AM (EST) 27. "RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans" LARRY King? HORRORS!!! Now THAT is scary. Point taken. Looks like I need to tweak the sig pic a little. Maybe I will steal this one from the website. Kinda goofy tho.   Top

Wallflower66 2446 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Seventeen Magazine Model" 05-24-06, 12:23 PM (EST) 31. "RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans" Here's one where he looks like a fish: A caricature pic: A crazy looking pic: A sexy looking one:   Top

kingfish 20752 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 05-24-06, 12:45 PM (EST) 32. "RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans" Thanks, WF. I'll steal them all, and have a sig for all occasions.   Top

cahaya 19891 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 05-24-06, 11:00 AM (EST) 24. "RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans" What King said: Those of you who don't, and watch American Idol instead… well, just remember: I have strange powers." Ooooo, this guy's skeery! An Arkie Asian creation, with Foo dog images by Bob. King's short story collections are even better.   Top

AZ_Leo 3526 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Thong Contest Judge" 05-22-06, 06:22 PM (EST) 4. "RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans" Maybe if he's peeved enough, he'll write a book giving American Idol the same treatment he has given to proms, vintage cars, clowns, pets, hotels, etc. I know I have a desire to pick up an axe any time I accidently run across the show. And reading the AI boards makes me wonder if there isn't some evil force coming through the phone lines that destroys the brain cells of those who dial in to vote.   Top

dabo 26942 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 05-22-06, 06:36 PM (EST) 6. "RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans" Hype! Hype! Watch it turn out to be another stinker like "Rose Red."   Top

PagongRatEater 12996 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 05-24-06, 11:32 AM (EST) 29. "RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans" Rose Red DID suck, but Storm of the Century was great - then again I really enjoyed Kingdom Hospital, too. But, the four of us had a great time.   Top

Rhyn 524 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Reality Show Commentator" 05-23-06, 08:05 AM (EST) 8. "RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans" Yeah, I am going to DVR it, too. I'll watch it some other time, but I totally get his annoyance. That's such a slap in the face.   Top

geg6 14941 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 05-23-06, 08:26 AM (EST) 10. "Meh." I have yet to see an adaptation for a Stephen King piece that fulfills even my lowest expectations. Desperation was a good read, though. I won't be watching that or AI. I have last week's Lost and the season finale of Desperate Housewives recorded for my viewing pleasure tonight. Goddess of the Steeler Nation   Top

newsomewayne 9354 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 05-23-06, 09:14 AM (EST) 12. "RE: Meh." It turns out George did it. Oh wait. That was last season's finale. Handcrafted by RollDdice   Top

ginger 22512 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 05-23-06, 01:45 PM (EST) 13. "RE: Meh." Not even "It"?   Top

miamicatt 9247 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 05-23-06, 02:01 PM (EST) 15. "RE: Meh." Dooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood. *shudder* This lady I worked with dressed up as "It" one time for Halloween. I couldn't stand to look at her. That was the scariest costume in the world.   Top

geg6 14941 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 05-24-06, 11:12 AM (EST) 26. "RE: Meh." After seeing The Rocky Horror Picture Show about a thousand times, I find it very difficult to find Tim Curry even remotely scary. Goddess of the Steeler Nation   Top

weltek 16936 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 05-23-06, 09:00 AM (EST) 11. "RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans" I might watch. I'm normally disappointed in King tv movies. I liked Desperation a lot & it's been a long while since I've read it. So this might be a good refresher.   Top

Brownroach 15341 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 05-23-06, 02:15 PM (EST) 17. "RE: Attention, Stephen King Fans" The NY Times gave it a terrific review today. They said it's King "done right" (for a change, they seemed to imply). I'm not really a fan, but it sounded like fans will like this one. Bridge for sale to highest bidder. Call 1-800-BRroach.   Top

cqvenus 9765 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 05-23-06, 02:11 PM (EST) 16. "minority opinion" i'm quite certain i'll be the dissenter here, but i cannot stand stephen king's writing. ugh. his novels completely blow. the dude can't write a decent ending to save his friggin life (for a prime example, see 'it'). short stories are okay. OKAY. not great. but OKAY. that all said, he is DH's favorite author, so i'll be taping this (on a VCR... we aren't that fancy around here) so he can watch it when he gets home from work. ~ cq   Top

Wallflower66 2446 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Seventeen Magazine Model" 05-24-06, 00:02 AM (EST) 19. "RE: minority opinion" "It" was my "favorite book ever" 18 years ago, but I only read it once. I don't even remember the ending. I hated the movie version of "It". Tim Curry was a sucky scary clown. I could just picture him in drag doing the Time Warp.   Top

xwraith27 1136 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Politically Incorrect Guest" 05-24-06, 00:23 AM (EST) 20. "RE: minority opinion" I admit. I'm a SK fan. I have almost all of his novels. And, yes, my favorite book of all time is "It". Followed closely by "Pet Sematary"   Top

bystander 4968 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Stuff Magazine Centerfold" 05-24-06, 11:00 AM (EST) 23. "RE: minority opinion" Also a big fan here although I haven't had time to read his most-recent books. The Talisman which he co-wrote with Peter Straub is also very good.   Top

bullzeye 5030 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 05-24-06, 10:56 AM (EST) 22. "Not Bad." Watched it, and overall, thought it was all right. Ron Perlman was a great choice for Tak IMO. That said - don't recall the book being as "preachy" as the movie, but then it has been quite some time since I read the book.   Top

ginger 22512 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 05-24-06, 11:05 AM (EST) 25. "RE: Not Bad." OMG. I forgot! And I floated this thresd! Presumably, I'll have another crack at it someday... Embarassed.   Top

zombiebaby 7356 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 05-24-06, 12:07 PM (EST) 30. "Ginger, Ginger..." "We all float down here..." I agree it did seem a little more preachy than I remember. I thought the kid did a good job though. Hey go Tom Skerrit! I don't know why but I love that guy! I also see that SK seems to be amassing some "regulars" in his movies. Stephen Webber and Matt Fuehr(sp?) Siggy conceived by Arkie, gestating done by Zombs   Top

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