Rereading Tommyknockers

External Since: Nov 09, 2005 Posts: 11

I was doing the same thing with the Tommyknockers book. ALthough I though
Jimmy Smits was a great Gardner, I thought Maybe Sarah Michelle Gellar would
have been a better Bobbi, especially with her look from the movie "The
Return" is just was SK decribed in the book is how Bobbi Looked like.

On the Stand, I think that the guy who played Mr. Fantastic in the Fantasic
4 would have been a great Larry Underwood.

Rob

"Tamara CallaLilly" wrote in message

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> "Rob" wrote in message
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>> You know, I enjoyed the interaction of Bobby and Gard myself..call me
>> crazy, but I liked the non-traditional way the whole thing between them
>> ended. I couldnt think of a worse way to die than how Bobby did, and
>> Gard had to commit the final, most gruesome act of freindship. I know we
>> all want a happy ending when we read something, but that is why I like
>> the book so much. (For that reason also is why I hate the movie...they
>> changed it to a typical hollywood ending) *sigh*
>>
>> Right now I'm into the Stand. Its funny what you catch the 2nd time
>> around that you didnt the first time.
>>
>> Rob
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> or the 8th or 28th time *lol* I'm reading the original Stand again and I
> have to PUSH OUT OF MY HEAD the movie version and hearing the voices of
> the actors (Nick played by that smug Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald as Fran... )
> and it's actually giving me the irrits.
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> I do like the interplay of the characters in it and the visitation of good
> vs bad and the choices and alignments. I also find it interesting to take
> note that all the 'techies' went and aligned themselves with Flagg because
> of his 'order'.
>
> Tamara
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>> "Bev Vincent" wrote in message
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>>> "Jim Odell" wrote in message
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>>>> D'accord. I liked the book as well. The general weirdness mixed in with
>>>> a sort of a sense of wonder suited me. As for the drug thing, try
>>>> reading Billy Burroughs. Now that's one addicted doggie.
>>>
>>> To my mind, King lost the thread on this one. The opening section is
>>> fascinating. I love Bobbi and Gard. But then he abandons them for
>>> several
>>> inches of pages and all I wanted was to get back to their story. I
>>> didn't
>>> care about all these other characters and their issues. I wanted more
>>> Bobbi
>>> and Gard. That meant I read though a chunk of text just to get through
>>> it,
>>> hoping to get back to B&G, which ruined the book for me. I've reread it,
>>> and
>>> that feeling persists.
>>> --
>>> Bev Vincent
>>> www.BevVincent.com
>>>
>>>
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External Since: Oct 15, 2004 Posts: 33

On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 20:35:59 -0700 Scoot QWERTY'd the following:
>I only read TOMMYKNOCKERS upon its initial release. Just the one time
>time and I completely enjoyed the experience. Some parts of that book
>are so good as to rank among King's finest. Imagine to my horror that
>nearly everyone else who talked about the book could only say bad
>things about it. I wondered if they, or I, read a different
>TOMMYKNOCKERS. Didn't matter. I read it. I enjoyed it. And have a
>good memory of the experience. Those that didn't like it, well, too
>bad. You missed a great book.

So why did you only read it once?

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