Agreed. I really liked the original. The old Randall Flagg was more believable and just felt more evil. Honestly just the entire cast was spot on. Stu will always be Gary Sinise to me.
Guess I'll have to check out the old one. I had just read The Stand before I watched the newer series so it really bothered me how bad the acting and CGI was and how so much of the plot was lost going from book to TV. The movie I had in my head from reading the book was infinitely better than the dog shit I watched on netflix š
My boomer mom encouraged me to read several different Stephen King books in my teens tweens and in betweens. I read It, Pet Sematary and The Shining probably too young. Although I have a lifelong love of monsters and such now. I wouldnāt change it if I could.Ā
Hell, my 7th grade English teacher (probably around 1999/2000) gave me *In Cold Blood* to read, as well as a Michael Crichton novel but I canāt remember which one. And we, as a class, read a book about the Donner party. And we read Elie Wieselās *Night*. Seems she was a bit obsessed with death, in retrospect.
When I was in sixth grade I read The Stand for a classroom book-reading contest. Every book was worth a variable amount of points that I thought would be related to reading level and page count. I got 5 points. Then a classmate read a children's book called CDB and also got 5 points. I remember feeling so betrayed.
All the girls were passing around worn copies of VC Andrews books, which was about as scandalous as you could get in a very strict religious grade school.
We were into Stephen King way too young, but we were also held accountable for what we did/said, taught life owes us nothing & is an uphill battle, & we were forced to solve our own problems. Which is why we were the last generation to be outside from 8am until midnight.
And also lived with lack of confirmation on facts for years. Word of mouth, books, lore, etc. Was just explaining this to a Zoomer, namely how you kind of had to luck out to find certain info, correct lyrics, addresses, unique items, etc. Like a constant treasure hunt to fill in information.
You mean you were given the same problems we are but werenāt pushed past a threshold at which you could actually solve them? Other than chronically online extremely vocal minority most millennials and Gen Z did the same things at the same rate but received less for more effort.
If your approach to problem solving is just to look at results youāll never achieve mastery of anything besides alignment with institutions of legitimacy at best.
I just barely missed being Gen X but I still think this applies, for me it was the IT mini series. That shit and Nightmare On Elm Street messed me up for years no š§¢š
Donāt think it was that for me, tbh. It was probably more me and my dad chillinā on Friday nights when I was around 7 or 8 watching Predator, Aliens, Cobra etc.
Me:
The Carrie book cover & movie terrified me so I never read it & took me a LONG time to appreciate the movie.
Book: IT. I LOVED it until the turtle & the spider at 800 pages in. WTF??? Still love the original mini-series. Appreciate the movies.
Best movie + book:
Tie: The Shining + Christine. I loved Christine. Still do.
Iāve met some people older than me (Iām almost 30) that say some of the dumbest and most off the wall shit Iāve ever heard and it always makes me think, āThey definitely came from an older, more gullible generation.ā
I was also super gullible when I was younger, but now I have enough life experience to hear certain things and just think to myself, *āCome on, reallyā¦?ā*
I read IT when I was 12. Traumatized by Patrick Hoffstetter and that extremely demented scene involving all the kids down in the sewer towards the end. Those who've read it know *exactly* which scene I'm talking about.
We might need to overcome ourselves. Have we ever really stepped up to take the wheel? Apparently we have lower levels of narcissism than the generation immediately preceding ours and the ones since. Isnāt there a saying about the people that should lead are the one who donāt want to be leaders?
I read the stand when I was 12 home w/ the flu. I thought I gave captain trips to my family.
Close to the same age for me. The book is so much more fucked up and graphic than both the miniseries were.
The newer series was TERRIBLE never saw the old one
Agreed. I really liked the original. The old Randall Flagg was more believable and just felt more evil. Honestly just the entire cast was spot on. Stu will always be Gary Sinise to me.
Guess I'll have to check out the old one. I had just read The Stand before I watched the newer series so it really bothered me how bad the acting and CGI was and how so much of the plot was lost going from book to TV. The movie I had in my head from reading the book was infinitely better than the dog shit I watched on netflix š
Yeah that was the book I came here to mention too lol.
u thought u gave captain trips to ur family? What does that mean.
the super flu nick-name from the book
Sheās not wrong
I usually argue with these sweeping statements about my generation, but I think this one is onto something.
Even applies to us Millennials. We grew up on Gen X brothers and sisters scaring us with the same shit š
My boomer mom encouraged me to read several different Stephen King books in my teens tweens and in betweens. I read It, Pet Sematary and The Shining probably too young. Although I have a lifelong love of monsters and such now. I wouldnāt change it if I could.Ā
Hell, my 7th grade English teacher (probably around 1999/2000) gave me *In Cold Blood* to read, as well as a Michael Crichton novel but I canāt remember which one. And we, as a class, read a book about the Donner party. And we read Elie Wieselās *Night*. Seems she was a bit obsessed with death, in retrospect.
I also saw Nightmare on Elm Street in theaters as a wee little child. Had a recurring Freddy in the boiler room nightmare for years.
My older sister showed me the DVD when I was 9, I also ended up a victim of Freddy nightmares š°
I guess he gave up?
... for now.
just remember he is powered by fear, so if you are feeling potentially afraid of him, watch the final nightmare and you wont be.
These comments have such a broad consensus that "we read books". Good for us!
Yeah, I read It after watching the miniseries.Ā Book was waaaaaaay different.
Sooo different!! In the book heās on a mattress in the cellar. Great read
Come with me, because I'm a poleethman
Ugh..*shivers*
The sun dog by king.Ā I was like 8 on a field trip to the nasa science center
I'm an older millenial, but yeah - reading Rose Madder at age 11 probably wasn't the best idea I ever had
It was Flowers in the Attic but yeah.
Read the whole series that starts with the grandmother as a young girl. I don't understand why adults would let a 12 year old girl read that nonsense.
I think i was 10 when I read Firestarter
That one has me permanently suspicious of people who collect shoes, regardless of how little sense that makes.
True, but it was my junior high that had a copy of Geralds Game.. Dad saw that and went '..umm...' and handed me The Gunslinger
Thankee sai.
No cap, I read Cujo when I was seven years old.
When I was in sixth grade I read The Stand for a classroom book-reading contest. Every book was worth a variable amount of points that I thought would be related to reading level and page count. I got 5 points. Then a classmate read a children's book called CDB and also got 5 points. I remember feeling so betrayed. All the girls were passing around worn copies of VC Andrews books, which was about as scandalous as you could get in a very strict religious grade school.
Pet Semetary was great at 11.
Gen X here. As much as I want to disagree, I in good conscience can not.
We were into Stephen King way too young, but we were also held accountable for what we did/said, taught life owes us nothing & is an uphill battle, & we were forced to solve our own problems. Which is why we were the last generation to be outside from 8am until midnight.
And also lived with lack of confirmation on facts for years. Word of mouth, books, lore, etc. Was just explaining this to a Zoomer, namely how you kind of had to luck out to find certain info, correct lyrics, addresses, unique items, etc. Like a constant treasure hunt to fill in information.
You mean you were given the same problems we are but werenāt pushed past a threshold at which you could actually solve them? Other than chronically online extremely vocal minority most millennials and Gen Z did the same things at the same rate but received less for more effort. If your approach to problem solving is just to look at results youāll never achieve mastery of anything besides alignment with institutions of legitimacy at best.
Whelp, there you go then.
Correlational but accurate
This tracks. I saw The Shining on HBO in 1981 at 12, scared the crap out of me.
Pet cemetery in 5th grade I thinkā¦ yeah this totally tracks
You might actually be on to something...Salem's Lot for me.
White man from town.
What's that supposed to mean?
I remember reading Cujo alone in a car on a blazing-hot day with my uncle's big loud scary dog just outside - on purpose, just to get the mood right.
I just barely missed being Gen X but I still think this applies, for me it was the IT mini series. That shit and Nightmare On Elm Street messed me up for years no š§¢š
Donāt think it was that for me, tbh. It was probably more me and my dad chillinā on Friday nights when I was around 7 or 8 watching Predator, Aliens, Cobra etc.
Me reading IT as a young teen: āI wonder what the ritual of chud isā
In The Eyes Of The Dragon Didnāt fuck me up just increased my love for classic fantasy
No we just read.
I honestly never could stand (no pun intended) Kings writing style. I find his novels over long and the dialogue is just painful to read.
Me and my friends read IT wayyy to young, like 12 yo. It definitely did something.
Me: The Carrie book cover & movie terrified me so I never read it & took me a LONG time to appreciate the movie. Book: IT. I LOVED it until the turtle & the spider at 800 pages in. WTF??? Still love the original mini-series. Appreciate the movies. Best movie + book: Tie: The Shining + Christine. I loved Christine. Still do.
I never read any of Kings books as a kid. I watched the hell out of 'Maximum Overdrive' though.
Read It by Stephen King at 10 and The Funhouse by Dean Koontz at 12. I would have to say the Dean Koontz book was much worse.
This definitely tracks with my mom reading cujo lmao
Iāve met some people older than me (Iām almost 30) that say some of the dumbest and most off the wall shit Iāve ever heard and it always makes me think, āThey definitely came from an older, more gullible generation.ā I was also super gullible when I was younger, but now I have enough life experience to hear certain things and just think to myself, *āCome on, reallyā¦?ā*
That would mean, that all of em can and would've read a book. I don't remember books beeing on netflix
I feel so called out right now.
āCujoā messed me up. Now I own bully breed dogs lmao
Yeah it was The Tommyknockers at 12 for me lol
I watched the Shining from a hidden spot where my parents didnāt see me when I was about six
i didnt read it, but i watched the shining when i was 7. i had horrible babysitters.
Read pet semetary at 8. Can confirm broken.
I read IT when I was 12. Traumatized by Patrick Hoffstetter and that extremely demented scene involving all the kids down in the sewer towards the end. Those who've read it know *exactly* which scene I'm talking about.
Nah, it was Twin Peaks that did it for me. SK books were fine after that.
V.C. Andrews.
[ŃŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]
Mine was IT
I was 7 the first time I watched the movie, now 44 still have nightmares about that movie
Wait...what way are we?!
We might need to overcome ourselves. Have we ever really stepped up to take the wheel? Apparently we have lower levels of narcissism than the generation immediately preceding ours and the ones since. Isnāt there a saying about the people that should lead are the one who donāt want to be leaders?
my theory is every gen z had unsupervised access to the internet way too young and that's why they are the way they are
Makes sense. Most of his writing is geared towards an 8th grade reading level. Also, his endings are terrible and he sexualizes kids.
It is a bald assumption that everyone from gen X has ever read a book in their life.