Storm of the Century was a complete FAIL because those in charge of creating said storm had obviously never set foot outside of Southern California. The horrifying, deadly blizzardon screen was what anyone who has spent a winter in a snow state calls a day ending in Y in January. AKA quit your whining, brush off your damn car, and get to work, slacker.

It ruined the movie completely.

Bathia_Mapes: Let's see..."It", "The Stand", "Salem's Lot" (1979 version), "Rose Red" (not on a SK novel, but he wrote the original screenplay). There have also been some decent TV adaptions of some of his short stories

Kingdom Hospital, although I never finished it, was quite good. And, while it's not a popular opinion, I liked The Shining with Stephen Weber.

Misery
The Green Mile
The Shawshank Redemption

I don't think "It" or "The Stand" were particularly good. "The Stand" particularly suffered from a lot of second-rate acting despite having some big name actors in it. "It" was just cheesy, and not in a good way. "Salem's Lot" was pretty good, though.

I wanted to like "Bag of Bones," but based on the first half, it's not looking all that good. Can't complain about Brosnan's performance, though.

Oh, TV!

/nevermind

'Salem's Lot. And that's pretty much it. Any TV or film project that Stephen King takes more of a hand in is destined to fail. For proof, look at the Kubrick version of The Shining (which King had very little to do with), and then look at the TV version they did a few years ago (which King was all over).

Crewmannumber6: Misery
The Green Mile
The Shawshank Redemption

TV Adapations. For fark's sake.

READ HEADLINES, god damnit.

coeyagi: READ HEADLINES, god damnit.

Now why on Earth would we want to do that? Next you'll be telling us to read the articles, for fark's sake.

Anyone happen to catch Neverland on SyFy? Just wondering if it's worth a watch

PizzaJedi81: coeyagi: READ HEADLINES, god damnit.

Now why on Earth would we want to do that? Next you'll be telling us to read the articles, for fark's sake.

True. Expectations - Why the fark would we want them?™

coeyagi: Crewmannumber6: Misery
The Green Mile
The Shawshank Redemption

TV Adapations. For fark's sake.

READ HEADLINES, god damnit.

Read headlines on Fark? Shirley you jest

TNT did these and I thought they were pretty good.

Does he only make good movies when his wife is between chubby cycles?

Maximum Overdrive looks like a made for tv movie, and is awesome, but i'm pretty sure it had a theatrical release...

The 2004 remake of Salem's Lot with Rob Lowe was surprisingly good. Actually quite nasty.

"The Stand" was terrible and "It" was even worse BECAUSE they made for TV.

"Storm of the Century" was OK

I would say It, but it lacked the underage gangbang scene that made the book so special.

The Shining's TV adaptation was very true to the book.

The book wasn't that good to begin with. It ripped off The Changeling, for starters. Secondly, half of it is about a custody battle.

Hopefully they'll do From a Buick 8. At least that one had a good ending, which is rare for King

gunga galunga: Hopefully they'll do From a Buick 8. At least that one had a good ending, which is rare for King

That quickly became one of my favorite books of his after I read it in, pretty much, one sitting.

jj325: Took the words right out of my mouth

But while it when he was kissing you? Oh, what am I saying, it must have been.

I want Clive Barker to make some TV shows and not for a big network either. Im talking late night TV so it wouldnt have to be so censoriffic. The Human Condition would make a great mini series.

I was feeling the same way watching this show last night. It felt like a chore.

Sad, indeed.

Jesus the 33rd: Maximum Overdrive looks like a made for tv movie, and is awesome, but i'm pretty sure it had a theatrical release...

Best soundtrack for a Stephen King movie ever.

One Bad Apple: "The Stand" was terrible and "It" was even worse BECAUSE they made for TV.

I expected "Bag of Bones" to be better because TV production values and the overall quality of TV projects have improved so much. But aside from the "edgy" jumpy edits, it still feels made-for-teevee.

Gee, the modern master of horror fiction can't adequately adapt his works to a medium with intense rules about content, and having to leave "cliffhangers" between parts I-II (and at every act break, every 7-10 minutes)?

Ever watched an edited-for-TV version of Shawshank? It's terrible.

// Langoliers (with the Pierce Brosnan wannabe/lookalike) FTW
// and Balky
// waiting for my 10-part Dark Tower movie series

SharkTrager: The Shining's TV adaptation was very true to the book.

But, it didn't have Jack.

Carrie
The Shining
The Dead Zone
Stand By Me
Misery
The Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile
The Mist
The Stand

And I'd put Maximum Overdrive and The Running Man (stretching it) on my guilty pleasure list

Another Government Employee: SharkTrager: The Shining's TV adaptation was very true to the book.

But, it didn't have Jack.

Yeah, it did...played by Stephen Weber.

Sapper_Topo: I want Clive Barker to make some TV shows and not for a big network either. Im talking late night TV so it wouldnt have to be so censoriffic. The In Human Condition would make a great mini series.

FTFM

it would help if the source material wasnt crap

I'll grant them a slight pass on 'The Stand'...because it was a mammoth undertaking. However...they royally farked up two key points, which made it fail, despite their best efforts:

1.) Casting Molly Ringwald as Frannie was epic, torturous fail. The character, book-wise, required far more depth and strength than Ringwald's talent could possibly muster. Frannie required a grit to her that Ringwald doesn't have the range or the physical presence for.

2.) Combining the characters of Rita and Nadine was just completely insane, and did a great disservice to the character arch of Larry. Granted, Rita was a minor character who died early on...but her presence was a very important catalyst for Larry transitioning from self-indulgent/absorbed rock star of pre Capt. Tripps land to a leader in the new world. Combining the two characters was just assinine and completely unneeded.

GrumpusMaximus: 'Salem's Lot. And that's pretty much it. Any TV or film project that Stephen King takes more of a hand in is destined to fail. For proof, look at the Kubrick version of The Shining (which King had very little to do with), and then look at the TV version they did a few years ago (which King was all over).

Put me in the camp that believes The Stand was rubbish. Just farking terrible.

BeatrixK: I'll grant them a slight pass on 'The Stand'...because it was a mammoth undertaking. However...they royally farked up two key points, which made it fail, despite their best efforts:

1.) Casting Molly Ringwald as Frannie was epic, torturous fail. The character, book-wise, required far more depth and strength than Ringwald's talent could possibly muster. Frannie required a grit to her that Ringwald doesn't have the range or the physical presence for.

2.) Combining the characters of Rita and Nadine was just completely insane, and did a great disservice to the character arch of Larry. Granted, Rita was a minor character who died early on...but her presence was a very important catalyst for Larry transitioning from self-indulgent/absorbed rock star of pre Capt. Tripps land to a leader in the new world. Combining the two characters was just assinine and completely unneeded.

Agreed on both counts. I think Randall Flagg was also badly miscast. That actor didn't have a nearly weighty enough screen presence for that role.

karmaceutical: Put me in the camp that believes The Stand was rubbish. Just farking terrible.

M.O.O.N ... that spells "butthurt."