James DiEugenio Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 (edited) A guy named Randall Colburn got in contact with me about a month or so ago. He saw my review of the mini series 11/22/63 based on King's book. We did the interview and he placed it on Patreon where I guess it did pretty well. He finally gave me a copy today. Here it is, he was a very fair moderator. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-losers-club-a-stephen-king-podcast/id1194913358?i=1000639782587 Edited December 27, 2023 by James DiEugenio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Brown Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 You realize that a man can't really walk into a back room in a diner and travel back to 1958. Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micah Mileto Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 (edited) As many readers have pointed out, he doesn't know enough about researching real-life events, places, and things, let alone a time period. King probably doesn't/didn't have enough time of care to finely detail such things. Why does one of the child characters of IT have the catchphrase "can't be careful on a skateboard" despite that portion of the book taking place in the 1950's, when skateboarding was only becoming popularized in the 70's? Edited December 27, 2023 by Micah Mileto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James DiEugenio Posted December 28, 2023 Author Share Posted December 28, 2023 I agree. And the thing is, he could have hired a team of researchers in order to get the details straight. And he still would have made a sack of cash anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Brown Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 The book is fiction, it involves time travel for cripes' sake. Get over yourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles Massicotte Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 (edited) 53 minutes ago, Bill Brown said: The book is fiction So is the Warren Commission Report. Edited December 28, 2023 by Miles Massicotte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micah Mileto Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 2 hours ago, Bill Brown said: The book is fiction, it involves time travel for cripes' sake. Get over yourselves. This beef goes back to when King was featured in the media to claim that he believed in a lone gunman after studying the subject very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Brown Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 On 12/28/2023 at 5:31 PM, Micah Mileto said: This beef goes back to when King was featured in the media to claim that he believed in a lone gunman after studying the subject very well. I'm aware of that. King sounds perfectly reasonable to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Cummings Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 On 12/28/2023 at 3:42 PM, Miles Massicotte said: So is the Warren Commission Report. Rim shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bauer Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 On 12/28/2023 at 12:42 PM, Miles Massicotte said: So is the Warren Commission Report. Ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bauer Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 (edited) Why haven't the same mass of critics who savaged Oliver Stone's film "JFK" for it's supposed inaccuracies and Hollywood creative license liberties blasted King's story for the same reasons? Stone spent years and millions of dollars researching and consulting many of the deepest JFKA research persons leading up to his production being released to at least give his script a factual foundation that held up his over-all film story despite admitted liberties he took to enhance his film's popular appeal. I watched King's 11,22,1963 film. It was lightly entertaining. Reminded me of the old TV show "The Time Tunnel." But you could immediately see that it had about the same research basis weight as that cheap production TV show. A nationally released big budget film financed by major players must also make money. "JFK's" 17th century Jesuit priests order of film critics thought Stone's creative license use was devil inspired blasphemy. Off with his head! Burn him at the stake! Put him on "the rack" until his bones crack! They went that nuts on Oliver stone. Edited December 30, 2023 by Joe Bauer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James DiEugenio Posted December 30, 2023 Author Share Posted December 30, 2023 Joe: You know the reason. King ended up supporting the Commission of sorts. Although I am still trying to figure out that ending. But in his interviews, he certainly did so. Like Bill Paxton, he got close to the Sixth Floor and Gary Mack. Therefore he got the softball interview in NY Times with Errol Morris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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