The Tommyknockers

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The Tommyknockers; And other Stephen King goodness. :P
Topic Started: 20 Aug 2008, 05:35 PM (46 Views)
Ayeaka	20 Aug 2008, 05:35 PM Post #1
Member Posts: 57 Group: Newbies Member #905 Joined: 16 May 2008	Yesyes, Tommyknockers is an old book. xD I know. But I just finished reading it, and loved every bit. I have to admire how despite everything going to hell by the end--hundreds may die, thousands more may have their lives completely destroyed--but there's usually that little ray of hope at the end. At least one thing will be fixed, and go right by the conclusion. Redemption is another common theme, here, I've noticed. The Shining is one good example--and in the Tommyknocker's, Anne's sacrifice by the end could easily be considered redemption, as well. The movies make the books seem even darker than they are, though. >.> Anyone reading/about to read/just finished reading one of his books?



Gabriel Zero	12 Sep 2008, 10:27 AM Post #2
Posts: 12,777 Group: Administrators Member #1 Joined: 18 August 2007 Gender: Boy Favorite theme: RPA 2 (Standard) Country: United States of America Browser: Fire Fox	I wish I read the book. The movie was so dumb. I should pick up the IT novel soon.



Ayeaka	13 Sep 2008, 07:13 AM Post #3
Member Posts: 57 Group: Newbies Member #905 Joined: 16 May 2008	Yeah.. I don't like the majority of the movie adaptations I've seen. None of them do the original books any justice. Although I can easily see a lot of things in Tommyknockers not translating well to film, regardless. I mean.. CROTCH TENTACLES? Yeah. Hentai fest, right there.



Gabriel Zero	13 Sep 2008, 09:09 AM Post #4
Posts: 12,777 Group: Administrators Member #1 Joined: 18 August 2007 Gender: Boy Favorite theme: RPA 2 (Standard) Country: United States of America Browser: Fire Fox	The only adaptation I liked was "The Mist". That was a great film.



ladieluck	3 Oct 2008, 03:30 PM Post #5
Veteran Posts: 1,296 Group: Members Member #375 Joined: 26 October 2007 Gender: Girl Country: United States of America	Misery will always be one of my favorite books. The movie was pretty decent too, not a bad adaption at all. The book was so much better though, obviously because that's always the case.



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