[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by hasbroherofan

I haven't seen the show, but being accurate to the book is not the same thing as being good. See: Stephen King's TV version of the Shining where he had full control and made it more like the book vs. the Kubrick film. Not even close.

That's because the movie was stretched out to be 3 episodes. However, Steven Weber was a far superior Jack Torrance than Jack Nicholson was. The same goes for Wendy, though a brick wall would have been better considering the Kubrick version cast Duvall as her.

Though, there are some aspects I do agree as I just got through the entire book version of IT and I'd say of the three versions, the two theatrical movies are by far the best version of the story. Yeah, there are a few things the book did I wish the movie had, but as a whole, the movies are better and cut out the 400 pages of fluff King had in his book (especially the sex scenes).

WIth that said, my friend said the show was fantastic. He is a little saddened he already went through the whole thing as he is now on his third viewing of it.