…cool memory though…eh?

…yes…I think remakes can be very good, especially with the improvements in technology, filming, acting, etc. I think they can be great. But the lack of originality is depressing. In having my memoir converted to a professional screenplay adaptation, my co-writer has told me that no film is made without the element…

…my favorite SK story involved going to Colorado to visit my girlfriend. I was on a bus, reading The Shining, and this guy next to me nudges my arm and points at a turn-off that is covered by a U-shaped, wrought-iron sign that said…Estes Park…! The guy explained that the hotel that was used for The Overlook Hotel in…

…I seem to recall that the film version of "It" tanked at the box office? I read the book, and enjoyed it…but not as much as The Shining. The need to remake the movie simply illustrates the creative bankruptcy of the film industry. Remakes and Super-Hero-Special-Effect-Films seem to be the only thing the can come up…