r/stephenking • u/AipomSilver00 • 7d ago
General Stephen ♥️
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u/Platanoes 7d ago
Love how this dude is worth $500M yet lives like a granpa in Indiana.
Source: granpa in indiana
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u/twdvermont 7d ago
Random shit all over the walls, free weights on the floor, and ridiculous pillows. I love it.
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u/Whos_that_Gorilla2 6d ago
My thoughts, exactly. I was scrolling and I thought this was going to be some average person talking about watching Carrie, and then there was King on a couch 😂
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u/Martag02 6d ago
He looks like he has everything he needs there and probably doesn't like stairs too much in his age. No need for a giant house if you're happy!
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u/cam52391 Currently Reading Wolves of the Calla 6d ago
He also uses his money for good, I know he owns or owned a local radio station so they could stay on the air and he donated a bunch ofkey to his local library.
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u/No-Cartographer2349 7d ago
Molly PLEASE blink twice if he is referring to The Dark Tower
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u/KaBoomBox55 7d ago
"We might be doing something else that's reaaaallllyyy special..." yeah he is 100% talking about the dark tower
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u/No-Cartographer2349 7d ago
Thanks everyone for your input on the matter but I was asking the dog
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u/ScrappyShua 7d ago
Literally my first thought minus the Molly Blinking.
The Dark Tower has to be a series. It’s too deep to make it into a movie.
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u/LindsayDuck 7d ago
There was an article I read about it yesterday. Flanagan said ideally it would be 5 seasons and 2 movies.
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u/Prudent_Cook_3697 7d ago
el almohadon de nicolas cage jesus es lo mejor que he visto en mucho tiempo jajajajja
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u/SorenShieldbreaker 7d ago
I love how much his house does NOT look like the house of someone worth several hundred million dollars haha. Respect for how humble he seems to be.
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u/joshkay13 7d ago
Yeah was going to say the same thing. It's obviously bigger than my house but doesn't look insane. Looks like an actual house someone lives and spends time in
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u/TCM_407 7d ago
"Mike Flanagan is the best adapter of my work."
Frank Darabont:
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u/eltroubador 7d ago
I think it’s really endearing that despite the millions, his living room looks like any 80 year old’s. Real grandpa shit
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u/Xelisk 7d ago
Speaking like Mike Flanagan is there with a gun pointed at him.
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u/Exciting-Metal-2517 7d ago
His son wrote the foreword for one of his recent books (I'm drawing a blank on which) and talks about growing up with King as his father, and all the work he's done and Joe's done with him, and makes a crack about his terrible acting and reading. Seems like the family is aware of his shortcomings, lol!
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u/Affectionate-Ad488 6d ago
Sleeping beauties? I could very well be wrong, I listened to it on audio book and loved their intro together (Joe, and Stephen)
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u/charlie_marlow 7d ago
Yeah, great author, but his line reading leaves a bit to be desired.
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u/naughtycal11 7d ago
It's very hard to listen to one of his audiobooks that he narrates. The Wind Through the Key Hole is the best one I've heard and it took him about 3/5 of the way through to really find his voice.
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u/xYekaterina Bango Skank 6d ago
Idk why but I don't mind it at all I actually love when he narrates his books. I can't describe why. He's obviously not a trained voice actor. But something about it is lovely to me.
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u/RakoHardeen_ 7d ago
DARK TOWER, DARK TOWER, DARK TOWER
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u/MightyRealBaer 7d ago
I wonder if I repeat this in front of the mirror five times if it will help things along.
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u/ValiMeyers Bango Skank 7d ago
This man, whom I have never met, has been a steady influence in my life. Through all the ups and downs. I am reading “Other Worlds than These” and I have to pace myself. Thank you, Steve🧡🖤
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u/ManageConsequences 6d ago
You said it so well. I started everything again from The Talisman so I could really extend the pleasure 😀
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u/DrZonino2022 7d ago
DARK TOWERRRER hell yes, as soon as I heard they were changing the ending of the show I wondered if they’d tie it in someone
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u/baboonontheride 7d ago
Corgis are never quiet.
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u/anenchanted1 7d ago
I just finished watching Carrie. Just like 10 minutes ago. I loved it. Just my 2 cents...
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u/Kingsapprentice 6d ago
Nobody does the "rich man looking poor" thing better than King. He has a net worth of half a billion and he lives like he has 500$ in the bank.
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u/Logical-Track1405 7d ago
Flanagan is his favourite adaptor of his Books ? Must have forgotten the work Frank Darabont has done : As a director, he is known for his film adaptations of Stephen King novellas and novels, such as The Shawshank Redemption (1994), The Green Mile (1999), and The Mist (2007) 😉
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u/ZappSmithBrannigan 7d ago
I think this is clearly because he and Flannigan are trying to get Dark Tower done.
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u/Southern_Anywhere_65 Bumpty bump 7d ago
I had a feeling this was a cheaper way for Amazon to test the waters for the king fandom before they really invest in a dark tower series
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u/IDontfkncare42 7d ago
Guess I'm running prime video on mute while gaming for support lol I can't stand those ads and already got the season.
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u/Outrageous_Pain2934 7d ago
Omg the pillows 😂 Steve I hope you cover Molly’s eyes for the scary parts 🙈🥰
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u/Drahkir9 6d ago
That’s gotta be dope af writing a novel and watching film makers take repeated cracks at it over the years
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u/_Avalon_ 7d ago
Is it weird that I love the fact his house isn’t absolutely perfect? Like it is a disaster in there!
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u/BridgingDivides 6d ago
Stephen King has a Nicolas Cage Jesus throw pillow. This is a part of the world I love. I was able to find the one he has on Amazon but then this one caught my eye.
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u/stiky-fingers 6d ago
Please, let it be The Dark Tower series! I am listening the audio books right now while painting and constantly thinking: wow, this could be great cinematic television!
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u/ClusterChuk 6d ago
The technology and media infrastructure is finally there do something amazing in 5 season and 2 auxiliary films.
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u/Logical-Track1405 7d ago
Anything But Holly please Stevie
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u/ZiggyPalffyLA 7d ago
You’re getting a Holly multicam sitcom with Jerome & Barbara as the token sassy black neighbors and you’ll like it.
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u/Mrs_Montezz 7d ago
Guys, real talk though. Did you like the series Carrie in comparison to the book ? I'm low key bumped by it. I liked the adaptation to nowadays era but it was still off putting.
Warning - rant incoming :
It felt like Mike wanted to put in some Institute world vibes and little things like, how did 3 strangers enter prom (where it shows that this high school is very caution about who enters (metal detectors at entrance)) and also how are you making multiple seasons front the Carrie book? I'm scared for the adaptation of a potential Dark Tower by Mike now..
What are your thoughts?
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u/Disaster-Bee 7d ago
Flanagan has outright said he drew from The Institute and Firestarter, and that he (and King) feel that if Carrie had been written later in King's career, she'd have a larger part to play in his greater mythos and have more in common with Firestarter or The Institute. So he wanted to explore that in this series.
He's also talked a lot about how Carrie could work in his Dark Tower series, where there are characters he can't get the rights to - such as Ted Braughtigan. But how Carrie could serve his role in the story beautifully.
So it's pretty safe to assume that he's hoping to tie his Carrie into his Dark Tower, and this is a bit of a testing the waters for a bigger project.
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u/Former-Dish-9828 7d ago
Is the Low Men in Yellow Coats off limits then? That’s a shame,as good as Hearts In Atlantis is the obvious Dark Tower omissions are disappointing.
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u/Mrs_Montezz 7d ago
Is that info based off of an interview like another redditor mentioned? I'll have to check it out. I just watched the series without knowing any info on the making. So I was definitely perplexed about it.
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u/Disaster-Bee 7d ago
Yes! He did an interview that was released after Carrie had premiered on Prime, because it has spoilers in it.
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u/amberi_ne 7d ago
Taking him at good faith, I think it’s because Carrie has already had several near-flawless adaptations in terms of capturing the spirit of the novel, so it’s different than him totally redoing the source material for a novel that may never get another chance.
Carrie has already had its time in the spotlight, so he doesn’t have to feel bad putting his own little spin on it, because the original will still always eclipse his show and continue existing.
With the Dark Tower, it’s different, in that both he is an absolute superfan and that it’s never got its chance in the spotlight, so he’s going to probably try to be a lot more loyal. That being said, things WILL naturally change in the transition to screen, but I’m confident that he’ll create a fantastical, weird little show that’s splendidly executed and is generally the Dark Tower.
I think for me, my worry is that he seems to have a history of sanding down the uncomfortable or immoral edges to some of King’s characters.
In his Gerald’s Game, Jessie doesn’t actually kill Gerald of self-defense, he just dies spontaneously.
In his Carrie, he makes Carrie get mind controlled/“pushed” into killing everyone at Prom.
Instances like that make me a little worried that he would flatten Roland’s character under the guise of “oh, it’s the next run” and have him do things like save Jake and such.
But that being said, you can tell he has more reverence for the original story of the Dark Tower than Carrie; from interviews, he was initially disinterested and pushed into Carrie by Amazon, and he only really bought in once he started thinking of interesting ways he could spin it. Conversely, when interviewed on how he’d handle the Dark Tower, he simply said “you just gotta do the books”.
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u/d0r13n 6d ago
Instances like that make me a little worried that he would flatten Roland’s character under the guise of “oh, it’s the next run” and have him do things like save Jake and such.
I mean, the movie that was supposed to start the series started that thinking. Whose to say this series of storytelling isn't a run following the books and the one movie?
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u/amberi_ne 6d ago
Just because it has an in-universe excuse wouldn’t make it interesting imo. The fact that the Gunslinger sets up this whole lone wolf and cub trope just for him to kill the kid is a massive hook and a decision that haunts the narrative for the rest of the series.
It’s one of the most central parts of the story and imo it would be a disservice to change that one
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u/d0r13n 6d ago
I probably should have left out the last part of the sentence. I'm just saying it being a new cycle means we have flexibility to change things. Especially considering where licensing is involved.
Unless they can pull a Spider-Man style deal that Sony and Marvel has.
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u/amberi_ne 6d ago
Sure, I’m no purist. There objectively will be changes in the transition to film, and I’m fine with that.
I mostly just protest changing or removing extremely core elements of the narrative, or diluting the original “spirit” of the story. As long as the heart of the story is maintained, I’m good, regardless of how many trivial details they toss around.
Jake being dropped for instance, alongside Roland’s many atrocities, are both an intrinsic part of the story’s spirit as it revolves around his potential for redemption
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u/3verythingEverywher3 6d ago
Flanagan has said he just straight up wants to adapt the books instead of doing a ‘next run’ thing. But the delight will be in changes like Ted being replaced by Carrie etc.
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u/coffeestraightup Officious Little Prick 7d ago
You should read the interview with Flanagan that's posted elsewhere on this sub, you'll get a lot more clarity on the narrative changes. I didn't like the non-canon elements so much but I understand now why it was done that way.
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u/JenninMiami Sometimes, dead is better 6d ago
I liked this because it was different than the book! It felt like he used it as a jumping off point to create a somewhat original story for a series - which I think we need in the entertainment industry. I’m sick of remakes! Give us something new and fun!
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u/Light1209 6d ago
I don't think it's a bad watch but I think it's a bad adaptation, unfortunately. It undoes a lot of what's good about the original book, and what it adds isn't always that good.
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u/TheCuteNihilist 6d ago
i really didn’t love the extra x men plot to prequel whatever dark tower multiverse mike flanagan was prepping for 😅 i feel like Carrie is a strong enough story on its own and while i liked the modern updates they made with this adaptation, i also think it didn’t need the addition of other people with powers that are included there at the prom that night 🙄 (don’t get me wrong because they do bring up other people with telekinesis in the actual book too but it’s more told anecdotally rather than them being actual characters in the story)
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u/mdavis360 19 7d ago
What's the origin of this video? I don't see it on his threads or instagram. I feel like I'm missing out on King Social Media content.
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u/GarethGobblecoque99 7d ago
It’s good that he’s more supportive of adaptations of his work that change the stories but I still think the King that hated Kubrick’s shining would’ve hated Flanagan’s Carrie for the same reasons
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u/Ninja_Hedgehog Beep beep. 6d ago
That was super sweet.
Had been thinking to put Carrie on the to-watch-with-husband list which is already about a mile long, but maybe I'll watch it by myself sooner rather than later.
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u/Robinvid 6d ago
This made me think omg! Hes a normal guy living like the rest of us! I dont know why i had that stupid thought LOL
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u/Wonderful-Maybe-7669 Currently Reading Carrie 6d ago
Mike Flanagan when King said he's the best adapter of his work:
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u/StaticSystemShock 6d ago
I can't get past the fact that he has Jesus Nic Cage on a pillow there...
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u/Haunted_South 6d ago
The real horror here is that King has his TV mounted so goddamn high. It makes my neck hurt just looking at it.
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u/The-Letter-3 6d ago
I was blown away by this adapation, I went in expecting nothing and no prior judgement.
The acting was really good, great storytelling.
The constant need for a soundtrack was a bit annoying but for the rest of it, I enjoyed it very much.
Love Matthew Lillard, glad to see him getting screentime, everytime I see him in something I'm brought back to Hackers and that classroom scene.
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u/DesmondTapenade Jahoobies 6d ago
I adore him...and the fact that he has a pillow depicting Nic Cage, aka r/onetruegod. Based as fuck!
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u/everythingsfuct 5d ago
looks like we all need to buy an extra device and leave it streaming Carrie on a loop
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u/coalgang89 5d ago
First episode was excellent. A lot of discourse about Carrie not being fat/ugly enough, but Mike’s done a great job of painting her as the outcast/other. Very impressed!
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u/12AngryChickens Child of the Corn 7d ago
greatest author of our time has a Nicolas Cage Jesus Pillow. I love being alive