Stephen King's "The Shining " -- TV Series.
By Silvermist
@silvermist (19701)
India
September 26, 2017 4:06am CST
'' Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
-- Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Most of the readers especially who those who love suspense/horror and supernatural stories will be familiar with the writings of this best selling author.
The shining is one of his better liked books.
This book had been adapted as a movie of the same name in 1980,directed Stanley Kubrick.
I had read the book and watched the movie.Though the movie does not follow the book faithfully,it was very good.
In 1997 The Shining was adapted as a TV series.I had not watched it till date.
It is said to be a more faithful adaptation of the book.Also,I remember @LadyDuck saying this was good.
So now I have downloaded it and am going to watch it.It has only one season with 3 episodes.
How many of you are familiar with the book?
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@LadyDuck (502573)
• Italy
26 Sep 17
You remember well, this TV mini series is a lot more similar to the book than the movie. I bought the DVD many years ago and I liked it. At least the end is the same as the book, the ending of the movie was totally invented by Kubrick and I know that Stephen King did not appreciate.
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@silvermist (19701)
• India
26 Sep 17
Thank you.I read somewhere that Stephen King hated Kubrick's interpretation of the primary characters in the film.Any way as it is not too long,I hope to finish watching it this week.
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@LadyDuck (502573)
• Italy
26 Sep 17
@silvermist It's long, but not too long, I hope you are enjoying.
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@silvermist (19701)
• India
29 Sep 17
Yes,his stories are scary.I think you could try reading'' The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon'' and '' Dolores Claiborne ''. They are not scary.I have only just started to watch it it.
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@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
30 Sep 17
@silvermist I will keep those two books in mind. I hope you enjoy the series when you do watch it.
@JESSY3236 (22245)
• United States
26 Sep 17
It seems like I had seen the tv show. He also wrote a sequel to The Shining recently. The sequel is good too.
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@JESSY3236 (22245)
• United States
29 Sep 17
@silvermist yeah. I couldn't think of the title.
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@silvermist (19701)
• India
29 Sep 17
Watching horror may lead to unnecessary stress.I have only just started the first episode.
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@RasmaSandra (98033)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Sep 17
I have enjoyed the book and the movie with Jack Nicholson.
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@Marilynda1225 (91129)
• United States
26 Sep 17
I did read the book and saw the movie but didn't know it was made into a TV series
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@silvermist (19701)
• India
26 Sep 17
I too did not know about that until @LadyDuck let me know about it some months back.
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@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
26 Sep 17
Not yet familiar but you give me curiosity.
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