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    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    11/30/09

    In reply to Dead Zone Producers Team With King For Haven
    I want a show about a spooky town where everything is as it seems!

    None of this pretense BS! Yes she's a witch, he's from another galaxy, yes that tree stump eats cats, and yes that plow is haunted by the spirit of a dead racehorse.

    Also the postman, he works on Sundays, at the the 7-11!
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    Image of phoghat phoghat
    11/30/09

    @RoboBagins:
    Spyder Robinson's Callahan's Bar series
    Oh yeah, this doesn't soaund like Fringe at all
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    11/30/09

    In reply to Dead Zone Producers Team With King For Haven
    Why doesn't SyFy just get it over with and change their name (again) to "Supernatural Channel, now with 120% less sci-fi!"
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    Image of Belabras Belabras
    11/30/09

    In reply to Dead Zone Producers Team With King For Haven
    *Spoiler*
    While this doesn't sound all that much like the novella, in written form The Colorado Kid has no resolution to the mystery. I sincerely hope the adaptation does not follow that example.
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/30/09

    @Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!: Depends how they do it. Lack of resolution to the big mystery is OK as long as they can make you feel like you are inching closer to the explanation (Lost, pre-movie X-Files). Most small mysteries should be resolved, but it's OK if some are not. Makes them more, uh, mysterious. Also keeps the viewers on their toes. I don't like it that I can look at my watch with most shows and know that if it's 10 min to the hour, this guy must be the real killer (every CBS procedural).
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    Image of Michael Hanscom Michael Hanscom
    11/30/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: Why wait untill 10 minutes 'till the end? Just look for the obvious recognizable guest star. Most crime shows, the killer can be ID'd within the first ten minutes.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Michael Hanscom was starred Michael Hanscom was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/30/09

    @Michael Hanscom: AKA the "Murder She Wrote" theorem.
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    Image of Scimarad Scimarad
    11/30/09

    In reply to Dead Zone Producers Team With King For Haven
    Isn't Haven the town from The Tommyknockers? I could have sworn it was...
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    11/30/09

    @Scimarad: You are correct sir!
    [en.wikipedia.org]
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/30/09

    @Scimarad: WHERE MY TEEF?
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    Image of daveNYC daveNYC
    11/30/09

    @Scimarad: In that case will they attempt to throw in nods to some of King's other works? I remember a throwaway line in Tommyknockers where some of the kids went to the next town over to get some batteries and saw a clown in a manhole.
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    Image of phoghat phoghat
    11/30/09

    @daveNYC:
    Most of king's stories contain references to his other works.
    In the Gunslinger series he even appears as himself.
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    Image of bookling bookling
    11/30/09

    @Scimarad: Yeah, there are little nods to his other works in almost all his novels. I remember in Pet Sematery, there was a mention of nearby Salem's Lot, and I just finished reading Under the Dome, which mentioned Castle Rock and Derry.
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    Image of dirtybacon dirtybacon
    11/30/09

    In reply to King: I'm Working On The Shining II
    You know what I want from King? I want him to finish the "Golden years" TV series. I know that there is NO CHANCE of it seeing light on TV... so just write something up. Hell, just give me a synapsis and I'll be happy.

    I need closure for poor Harlan.
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    11/29/09

    In reply to King: I'm Working On The Shining II
    The Shining 2: Spirit Boogaloo.
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    Image of ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
    11/30/09

    @The Curse of Millhaven: Shine Harder
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    Image of aubreyf aubreyf
    11/30/09

    @The Curse of Millhaven: The Shininging
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    Image of hhaller hhaller
    11/29/09

    In reply to King: I'm Working On The Shining II
    World collectively asks: Why?
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    Image of golddiggersof2033 golddiggersof2033
    11/29/09

    @hhaller: I'm going with "Why not a prequel?"
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    Image of Julius Seizure - Canuck Julius Seizure - Canuck
    11/29/09

    In reply to King: I'm Working On The Shining II
    That headline sounds like a threat.
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    11/29/09

    @Julius Seizure - Canuck: Instead of scaring his readers, now he's REALLY scaring his readers.
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    Image of PACKFAN4LIFE PACKFAN4LIFE
    11/29/09

    In reply to King: I'm Working On The Shining II
    I wonder where he'll go with this...I bet it'll be good. His newest, Under The Dome was better than I'd thought it be. Anything from King is good.
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    Alasdair5000 promoted this comment PACKFAN4LIFE was starred PACKFAN4LIFE was unstarred
    Image of misko3000 misko3000
    11/29/09

    In reply to King: I'm Working On The Shining II
    I thought the news article this story came from was proven to be a hoax.

    From Dreadcentral.com on 11/25 I read:

    We reported yesterday on Stephen King's supposed plans to write a sequel to The Shining, as relayed by Toronto 1st. Sadly some new first-hand info has come to light denouncing their report.

    Dread Central reader syd13 was in attendance at the reading, and this is how he says things really went down:

    "Not to burst anyone's bubble, but the report is bullshit. I was at the Toronto Q&A, and the "Toronto 1st" article is spinning a story where there isn't one. What happened was this: Cronenberg asked King if he enjoyed looking back over his works. King responded that he did sometimes enjoy looking over his older stuff, and sometimes wondered where the characters would be now. He then proceeded to lay out a few minutes about where he had pictured Danny Torrence being.

    From the way he spoke, I got the impression that these were ideas he had come up with a few years back. But this was definitely just King indulging in a little bit of "what if" for the receptive audience. It was a nice moment, but he certainly didn't imply that he was planning on actually writing the book. The "Toronto 1st" page is definitely misrepresenting what happened. Pretty blatant rumor-mongering."

    And there you have it, folks. A pretty sad cap on what was some fairly big news. We'll do a bit more digging to get official word either way, but color us officially deflated.
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    OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear promoted this comment Edited by misko3000 at 11/29/09 3:24 PM misko3000 was starred misko3000 was unstarred
    Image of Alasdair5000 Alasdair5000
    11/29/09

    In reply to King: I'm Working On The Shining II
    I'd actually be really interested to see where he goes with this. I just saw The Shining for the first time and I'm not only interested to see where the book differs but where a sequel might go.
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    11/29/09

    In reply to King: I'm Working On The Shining II
    i think king will live forever as long as he writes. if there is a 4 month span without a new book from him i will fear the worst
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    11/29/09

    In reply to King: I'm Working On The Shining II
     
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    Image of Zyg Zyg
    11/29/09

    In reply to King: I'm Working On The Shining II
    King is over
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    Lassus promoted this comment Zyg was starred Zyg was unstarred
    Image of Lassus Lassus
    11/29/09

    @Zyg: Even if he is (which I don't agree with and consider a typical internet snarky hate drive-by), he's reached Neil Young and Prince territory. He can put out whatever dreck he wants, he has immunity for the level of career good and previous peak awesomeness.
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    Image of Byronotron Byronotron
    11/29/09

    @Lassus: agreed.
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    11/29/09

    @Zyg: Long live the King!
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    11/29/09

    @Lassus: I think of Stephen King the same way I think of a buffet. There are things on the menu that geared for the majority of the people there, horror and sci-fi

    Then he'll write something like Dolores Claiborne.
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/29/09

    @Lassus: Hey, hey, back off the Neil Young bashing.

    My, my.
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    11/29/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: ?

    That was actually the exact opposite of bashing. Neil Young has permanent immunity for things like Landing on Water. And Trans.
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/29/09

    @Lassus: I'm kinda torn here.

    On the one hand, you said Niel Young puts out dreck. On the other hand, you cited two albums that are definitely dreck. So are a few others.

    Actually, I was just trying to get the "Out of the Blue, Into the Black" reference in. I'm a huge Niel Young fan and I own all his albums but definitely some get alot more play than others. I could lose the two you named years ago and never know it.
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    11/29/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: Heh. My main point is this: Neil Young (and Prince, and Stephen King, various others) have such overall career and peak career value that the dreck they do on occasion put out - no one is perfect except Bach - they have complete immunity for.
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    11/29/09

    @Zyg: Long live the King.
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    Image of Zyg Zyg
    11/29/09

    @Bill-Lee: long live 1000 page novels
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    Image of Insomnia Bob Insomnia Bob
    11/21/09

    In reply to Steven Spielberg To Bring Stephen King's Dome Horror To Life
    This premise of the invisible dome that cuts off a small town is almost verbatim the plot of a little known comic series called 'Girls' that hit selves a few years back.
    ...wonder if King read it?
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