tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28690185.post7827594801981038678..comments2024-03-23T11:25:07.693-07:00Comments on MOVIES MADE ME: Kings of Horror (1 - 12)Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02536096683421557320noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28690185.post-24867258172852229742013-10-10T09:28:02.548-07:002013-10-10T09:28:02.548-07:00Interesting. Given the scenario he painted in the ...Interesting. Given the scenario he painted in the novel, yes, I'd agree the kid would likely die. Then again, and unfortunately, children survive a tremendous amount of physical abuse before succumbing (I've read way too many news reports that go down that same sad trail). Thanks, Joe!le0pard13https://www.blogger.com/profile/09421175808461787862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28690185.post-13220230375122030482013-10-08T11:53:44.167-07:002013-10-08T11:53:44.167-07:00Thanks for writing, Michael! It's interesting...Thanks for writing, Michael! It's interesting that you quoted King as saying that he wishes he could change the ending, because he fought for that ending when the book was published. He told an interviewer in 1984: "I was asked if I could revive him for the re-draft; at the publishing company they didn't want him to die. And I said no, that it would be a lie to say that he was alive. The movie people came along and said, 'What do you think about if the kid lived?' And I said fine, because movies are not books, and what they do doesn't bother me. I thought it would be real fun to see what happened if he did live. Even though I knew that it wasn't real. That would be make-believe. The kid really died."Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536096683421557320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28690185.post-12879346467616447552013-10-08T11:35:39.957-07:002013-10-08T11:35:39.957-07:00I so very much agree with you regarding CUJO, Joe....I so very much agree with you regarding CUJO, Joe. Y'know, I bet Teague filmed the novel's ending, and it's on some cutting room floor somewhere. Either way, Stephen King said that if he could go back and change anything from one of his books… [spoiler warning for those who've not read the novel]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />…it would be letting Tad live. This is why he survives in this film.le0pard13https://www.blogger.com/profile/09421175808461787862noreply@blogger.com