Posted on 12/26/2018 9:34:31 PM PST by RArtfulogerDodger
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Like the horror classic called, “A Portrait Of Dorian Gray,” current photos of Stephen King seem to reveal a more and more frightful person. If his hair were a little longer he could look terrifyingly like somebody’s granny.
Actually, he maybe looks more like a chimp.
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A lot of the things King says, seem as dumb to me as any chimp might say; if chimps could talk.
Especially when this overinflated writer of horror, neuroses, and mental illness bloviates on political topics, his utter ignorance rises like a giant sac of hot air.
We see hot air balloons a lot here in New Mexico. Hot air ballons are as common as pigeons. We also have a lot of pigeons. These birds like to crap all over where they sit, sleep, and eat.
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Stephen King’s opinions and pronouncements seem like that. Pigeons always return to their dirty roost, even though they get picked off one-by-one by hawks, falcons, and owls.
It strikes me Stephen King is just an old, ugly, pigeon bird-brain, who keeps returning to the same dirty roost, over and over. One might think he’d figure out by now that nobody cares what he says about Donald Trump from his crap-splattered perch. And that the only reason he has a place to squat is because of the blood and blowjob in “Carrie.”
Kids, the movie was way better than the book.
I mean—King was rejected like a zillion times by book editors, until somebody started making movies that were better than his books. Then he apparently noticed he could sell made-up bull-crap stories about mentally ill characters.
This is maybe why he can’t seem to get a handle on Trump. Because Trump is Not mentally ill, or demonic, as are some of King’s fictitious creations.
The difference is this: although King seems to have some kind of closeup, first-hand knowledge of mental illness and its demons, Trump is not in that category.
President Donald Trump is a stable, non-drinking, non-smoking, genius with a talent for politics and saving Earth and America.
Whereas, King, his enablers in the twisted media, and those like him, or those susceptible to his portrayals of mental disease—they seem more interested in destroying the world, along with Truth, Justice, and the American Way.
Let’s not forget—King was nearly killed by a car, got banged up with head lacerations and injuries, and had five operations in a ten day span.
But, hey—Stephen King can say whatever he wants—right up there with Streisand, Reiner, Di Nero, Waters, and other, make-believe cartoon characters.
I mean—it’s a Free Country.
Right?
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But my favorite book of his, The Oath, doesn't have any pastors or churches anywhere in it. It's a wonderful allegory, though.
That didn't bother me. What bothered me is that he used to play his politics in his writing pretty much down the middle or not at all. And then his leftist side started getting tied in with his novels. Conservatives bad. Liberals good.
Thank you.
I’ll give it a try!
Looks good. Can’t wait to read the rest. Good writing.
Oh I just realized what this is: the TV series based on one of Elmore’s characters, the marshal, Raylan Givens, who says to his prisoner in the marshal’s car who is giving him a hard time:
“I’m not your problem.”
Classic.
I never wanted to watch this show, so afraid it would ruin the character for me, as happens so much. A close friend of mine was a devoted watcher.
There’s another great character who broke out of prison, and is so different from other men that everyone automatically looks at him when he walks into a club. Can’t think of his name right now. They made a movie out of that one too. Never, ever want to watch it.
But even then, it was far too long. And it seemed like two completely separate novels that were stitched together very poorly. The first half was pure science == apocalyptic plague wipes out 95%; speculate on how people & govts would deal with it, during & after. But the 2nd half was all fantasy and special powers and ESP and what not.
It was like, "Well, I have these two novels I'd like to combine cuz I don't want to harm my reputation as an author of War-And-Peace length books. Fortunately they're on a word processor so I can instantly change all occurrences of the name of any character in the 2nd novel to match someone in the first. And change a few scenes where one ends and the other begins, to make it appear that both halves might have been planned as one novel, as long as thwy don't look too closely at the finished product!"
One thing I had to roll my eyeballs at was his choice of cities to represent the centers of Good vs Evil, and that was Boulder CO and Las Vegas. It would have made a lot more sense to pick Boulder as the latter, and Colorado Springs as the former.
And I'm saying that as someone who grew up in Boulder, and spent much of my adulthood there.
Are you thinking of the famous bank robber, Jack Foley? Because the movie they made about him drawn from the novel, Out of Sight, is another excellent, true-to-Leonard movie. (Most Hollywood attempts at Leonard are gawd-awful.)
Just got back from the range. Got a fire a Sig Sauer SIG556R 7.62×39. Wow, talk about point and shoot, that thing was crazy accurate at distance.
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Yes. I think. Jack Foley and “Out of Sight” both sound familiar. The female star was Jennifer Lopez? I think that made it extra certain that I would never willingly see that movie.
In general it drives me nuts when people say “No, but I saw the movie.” It’s not snobbism on my part. It’s just that books and film and two totally different media and a prefer the former and don’t want my experience of the book all messed up by Hollywood’s version.
And with all of those shortcomings, it was still his best book so what does that say of the others?
:D
Lopez and Clooney do a good job, Dennis Farina and Steve Zahn, too.
I recommend it.
I agree. I am very literate (in command of Standard English) and relatively literate (in depth and breadth of reading material).
I rarely fail to finish a book; I am able to find some strength and pleasure in many flawed writers.
While horror is not my favorite genre, it is a genre I have enjoyed. I decided long ago it was time to read Stephen King. I chose The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger.
I did not finish it. I found his writing pedestrian and boring: neither particularly interesting nor suspenseful.
(Warning: bookworm discussion ahead)
I haven’t seen the Odd Thomas movie, but I am hesitant at best. Most movie adaptations are awful if you’re a reader.
FWIW, Koontz was a practicing Catholic last I heard, and he’s definitely Christian-friendly at the very least. His style is easy to “slip into” but he can sometimes be preachy, which annoys me even if he’s preaching something I believe in.
I like Odd Thomas, but it is something of a time sink. An earlier duology, “Fear Nothing” and “Seize the Night” are similar in theme and flavor without being quite as long. “Watchers” and “Lightning” are earlier works that are generally well-regarded, and I have a soft spot for both “From the Corner of His Eye” (quantum physics with a religious spin) and “One Door Away from Heaven” (UFO culture, anti-euthanasia, similar religious spin).
If you don’t mind straight-out fantasy, you might want to look into Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series as well. Action, reasonably twisty plots, fall-over funny, and excellent portrayal of his Christian characters, who are neither saints nor hypocrites.
I've often found great tips from fellow FReepers on movies, books, TV series, songs, etc.
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