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Funkydog 12/15/18 4:59:49 PM #51:	ultimate reaver posted... Funkydog posted... ultimate reaver posted... and just have their jaws floored at how dumb Stephen King can get He wrote himself into one his books (admittedly poking fun at himself) so already very dumb at times. I don't know, I don't think he's quite as self-aware as he'd like to be. Any of King's stories that aren't on the shorter side reliably turn really stupid. Something ridiculous always happens like Pennywise being opposed by a magic space turtle and turning into a spider, or Leland Gaunt being attacked by the main character sending out Stephen King Villains like Pokemon, or God smooshing Randall Flag with a giant hand, everything in the last two Dark Tower books, etc etc etc. He's incapable of writing long stuff that doesn't descend into grand nonsense. That's why stuff like Christine and Cujo and Pet Semetary are his best books. He forgot how to write horror that didn't involve insane mythology meta-narrative nonsense I liked the ending of The Dark Tower myself, even if most of the last books are meh. --- https://imgur.com/BGbZK <cite>Funkydog posted [p:914179933] in The openin... [t:77303334]...</cite> <quote><cite>ultimate reaver posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Funkydog posted...</cite> <quote><cite>ultimate reaver posted...</cite> <quote>and just have their jaws floored at how dumb Stephen King can get</quote> He wrote himself into one his books (admittedly poking fun at himself) so already very dumb at times.</quote> I don't know, I don't think he's quite as self-aware as he'd like to be. Any of King's stories that aren't on the shorter side reliably turn really stupid. Something ridiculous always happens like Pennywise being opposed by a magic space turtle and turning into a spider, or Leland Gaunt being attacked by the main character sending out Stephen King Villains like Pokemon, or God smooshing Randall Flag with a giant hand, everything in the last two Dark Tower books, etc etc etc. He's incapable of writing long stuff that doesn't descend into grand nonsense. That's why stuff like Christine and Cujo and Pet Semetary are his best books. He forgot how to write horror that didn't involve insane mythology meta-narrative nonsense</quote> I liked the ending of The Dark Tower myself, even if most of the last books are meh.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ultimate reaver 12/15/18 5:29:47 PM #52:	Orthopox12 posted... I mean The Dead Zone managed to keep it together. The Dead Zone is really good. Honestly everything that isn't The Stand from that era holds up really well, and even the first half of The Stand is pretty damn good. I don't think King started to really lose it until the 90s, and he didn't fully fall off a cliff until the 2000s --- butts <cite>ultimate reaver posted [p:914181190] in The openin... [t:77303334]...</cite> <quote><cite>Orthopox12 posted...</cite> <quote>I mean The Dead Zone managed to keep it together.</quote> The Dead Zone is really good. Honestly everything that isn't The Stand from that era holds up really well, and even the first half of The Stand is pretty damn good. I don't think King started to really lose it until the 90s, and he didn't fully fall off a cliff until the 2000s</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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