Who else felt insulted by this show?
I did. Stephen King took one of the best TV Horror shows ever (Lars von Trier's Riget aka The Kingdom) and turned it into Ally McBeal. I lost a lot of respect for him.
shareHaven't seen the series, so can't really comment on content. But I feel insulted anyways - by the title "Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital". The concept was originally Von Trier's. Since when can the adaptor use their name on the title? You shouldn't really mix King with Von Trier, unless when making a bad joke.
shareI have seen both and I liked them both.
shareIn agree Henkm. There's room for both shows without all this back biting.
shareKing used his own style in his version. As always a little controversial, but enjoyable all the same. King is the great entertainer of our time. He will never Be a Dickens, but he is the best of his generation.
his work is his. He is always original, and he is still the King.
It is funny you say that since Dickens is a writer of low brow pulp fiction. I often talk about how Steven King is the modern Charles Dickens a low brow writer of staggeringly popular books/stories that will carry on long after his lifetime.
Further I feel i should mention Dickens was a constant theif of stories.
Well first, it's not an adaptation. Second, I don't imagine Trier would have been listed as an executive producer if he didn't like King's story.
Two wrongs don't make a left hand turn.
Haven't seen the series, so can't really comment on content. But I feel insulted anyways - by the title "Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital".
That is the network's idea. Very unlikely to be SK's, he has always credited other works that inspire him - in his non fiction books and interviews. The credits made it clear the show is taken from LvT's earlier work.
SK is a world famous name, movies also cash in on his name.
Besides it doesn't matter the show never got a second season so it didn't work out for them.
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