Tadd and his best friend Peter talk about Stephen King’s Magnum Opus The Dark Tower Series.
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In this Book Club Tadd and Peter find the Ka-Tet hitting some more modern looking (albiet not in the best condition) roads and then the next day reaching the bridge to Lud and meeting a new character who takes Jake!
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In a rare Book Club that actually has some show notes.
First the video games from 1990 that King would have possibly had in mind with his line about slow moving video game backgrounds:
Next up the meme I made for this section:
Last up the colorize picture of this section lol:
On this episode Tadd and Peter palaver about Simpsons Sai King references, Extended Dark Tower Reading Orders, Best King actors, Salem’s Lot Delay, and go through ranking the modern (21st Century) King film.
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First up a list Tadd could not help but cover, every King reference in The Simpsons. Check the article HERE.
Next is the “Extended” reading order for The Dark Tower Series. Check the article HERE.
And Tadd referenced this but did not dive deep, Chris from Australia has done some work on this. Check it HERE.
Next up is best acting roles from King films. Check it HERE.
Next up Salem’s Lot has been delayed until 2023. Check the article HERE.
Next the article on the Duffer Bros production company and the new quote about The Talisman. Check it HERE.
Next the tributes to the late James Caan.
First from King:
Next Reiner:
Last up from Kathy Bates:
Then the article where the further quote from Kathy Bates came from. Check it HERE.
Then last up is the ranking of the modern King adaptations.
On this Round Table King reminices about a critizism that has stuck with him for a lot of years and it pays off incredibly, a few partial lists, Talisman update from the Duffers, and the actor who portrayed the best bartender from Portland, Maine to Portland Oregon has passed away. Plus a new segment!
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First up an article about the criticism that stuck with King for years. Check it HERE.
Next up that woman is found in a small world type moment. Check it HERE.
Next up Top 10 best horror movie endings. Check it HERE.
Next up Most Emotional scenes in Horror movies. Check that one HERE.
Next the Stranger Thing’s Creators update The Talisman. Check it HERE.
Next Lewis Pullman talks about the difficulty adapting Salem’s Lot (and King in general). Check it HERE.
A great write-up from Fangoria on The Dark Tower series and a bunch of big anniversaries this year! Check it HERE.
Sad news Joe Turkel has passed away, he played the best bartender from Portland, Maine to Portland Oregon in The Shining. Check it HERE.
Next turns out Red was in Cell 237 as Frank Darabont hid a little Shining Nugget in Shawshank.
Next Shelley Meals tweets in celebration of the first day of the writer’s room for Welcome to Derry.
Next DC has a new logo for Detective Comics and it was mistakenly thought to be in reference to Stranger Things.
Then the article that went alongside our new Dream Casting Segment looks at who would you cast for The Shining Today. Check it HERE.
Last up the picture that Joe from WA State sent in for Peter.
In this Book Club the Tet finds a downed WWII Airplane with a very large mummy in it, riddles are discussed and told in camp, Eddie tells jokes, fins some messed up bees, and hear disturbing things from Lud.
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On this Round Table, Tadd and Peter palaver about King novels that have never been adapted, an IT documentary, King’s thoughts on the Welcome to Derry, and a Cujo sequel has been written!
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First up every King novel that has not been adapted for screen… YET. Check it HERE.
King has a sequel to Cujo written! Check it HERE.
HERE is the Loser’s Club Podcast with Sai King where the Cujo sequel was revealed.
Next is director Rob Savage talking about his upcoming adaptation of The Boogeyman. Check it HERE.
Next the Documentary on the 1990 IT adaptation is coming to theaters and VOD next month! Check it HERE. Check below for the trailer.
Next is King’s thoughts on Welcome to Derry. Check it HERE.
Firestarter Digital and Disc release is out this month along with a director’s commentary and an Alternate Ending. Check it HERE.
Next FINN is out on Scribd and Sai King gave us a promo code to get 60 days free. Click it HERE to get that promo.
Below is a screengrab of THIS tweet from Bev Vincent, looks like Fairy Tale is done!
Last up is a screen grab of THIS tweet where King gives his thoughts about the new season of Stranger Things and the ST writing staff responds to his complaint about it not being released all at once.
Then we threw out an open challenge that we will cover in July: Rank all Modern King film adaptations (from the year 2000 until today). You can skip ranking any you have not seen but rank the rest!
In this Round Table we cover an article about how to make Dark Tower work on screen, also some Salem’s Lot stuff, some Firestarter 2022 stuff, Jack’s Ax, a new King Short story, and Adaptations that went too far.
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