Stephen King: "Cell" - 1/24/06
03-03-06, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by The_Cube
The comment "Sorry, but you are 100% wrong." just isn't very nice. I basically took the comment as saying that I was a complete moron for comprehending the book the way I did. Also, the comment you made to me the other day made me feel insignificant. I'm a sensitive person.
I do find it a little ironic that you misinterpreted his post about your misinterpreting the ending of the book.
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03-03-06, 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by The_Cube
The comment "Sorry, but you are 100% wrong." just isn't very nice. I basically took the comment as saying that I was a complete moron for comprehending the book the way I did.
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Sorry if you get overly sensitive, but you are going to have to learn how to take criticism, sarcasm, and off-handed joke comments, especially when internet/forum memes are concerned. You'll soon learn that many of us posting have our own personalities and will make what seem like snide comments when we are in fact trying to get a laugh out of others. You'll note that I refrain from personal attacks. Just live and learn, I guess. Consider my thoughts on the matter finished.
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03-07-06, 01:43 PM
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Actually, the "fo-fo you-you" deal was reference to when his son was younger, if the phone rang he would say something like "is it fo-fo-fo me-me?" He's just speaking like his son used to...I highly doubt the theories presented above.
03-07-06, 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Tygan
Actually, the "fo-fo you-you" deal was reference to when his son was younger, if the phone rang he would say something like "is it fo-fo-fo me-me?" He's just speaking like his son used to...I highly doubt the theories presented above.
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03-08-06, 02:51 PM
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03-08-06, 07:33 PM
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Saw that this morning...pretty funny considering that I finished the book last night. I thought it was a good read...but I think it might be difficult to adapt into a movie due to certain aspects of the plot.
03-10-06, 11:51 AM
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Just finished it and thought it was a pretty good "end of the world" read. I have no problem with the vague ending. It was actually refreshing to read a Stephen King novel thats under 700 pages. I finished the Cell in 6 days. Not too bad by my standards!
P.S. - I also love Kings "retirement"...We should be so productive when we retire.
P.S. - I also love Kings "retirement"...We should be so productive when we retire.
06-12-06, 09:45 AM
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Just read this. Thought it was highly entertaining and moved at a very quick pace. I haven't read much King, but I loved this book. Sure the ending was a slight disappointment, but it worked well with the overall flow of the novel and I like that nothing was tied in a neat little bow.
Shocked at all the back and forth in this thread about the ending... clearly Clay handed the phone to Johnny and was just talking to him like back when he was younger. A great summer read and I'm definitely interested to see what Roth will do with the movie. I think he's done some good horror work, but I hope he can raise his game to do this one some justice.
MATT
I don't own a cell phone.
Shocked at all the back and forth in this thread about the ending... clearly Clay handed the phone to Johnny and was just talking to him like back when he was younger. A great summer read and I'm definitely interested to see what Roth will do with the movie. I think he's done some good horror work, but I hope he can raise his game to do this one some justice.
MATT
I don't own a cell phone.
06-12-06, 03:33 PM
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In regards to the discussion on the ending, Stephen has a message up on his site saying he thinks the final third of the book makes it pretty clear that things turn out ok for Clay's son...
12-31-06, 04:03 PM
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Just finished this. Thought it was a good read, and a fresh take on zombie stories. I'm not a big Eli Roth fan, but I must admit he's a good choice to direct the film (although I'd prefer to see this as an HBO mini-series).
12-31-06, 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Daveg27
I'm gonna give it a 2/5 simply because I know how much better King can do. I didn't mind the ending so much, and that says a lot coming from someone that has NEVER been satisfied with Kings endings. He's very good with concepts and imagery, just can't ever seem to wrap it up well.
01-18-07, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by crazyronin
I think you're being generous. 1/5. Stephen King simply cannot finish a story satisfactorily. Last King book I will ever read unless I'm infected by a cell phone virus and turned into a mindless zombie.
01-20-07, 06:06 PM
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Just finished it today, Had the book for a while just never had the time to finish it, I liked it, The beginning was great. But the last half was so-so. I didnt care for the ending too much
02-16-07, 10:01 PM
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I read most of the book last May and then just realized today that I had never finished the final 60 pages of it. I really liked this book a lot. I do think that the first half was better, before they started delving into the whole "phone crazies can fly and levetate and use telepathy" stuff, but I still liked the book overall and am looking forward to the movie. I'm also happy that Eli Roth is not writing the script, but just directing it. It'll be good to see what he can do with someone else's material, since his stuff up to this point is just directing his own stories.
02-17-07, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Groucho
I'd prefer to see this as an HBO mini-series.
02-19-07, 02:23 PM
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Finally got this one read. Big SK fan, and I liked this one a lot. The ending did piss me off, but I'm one of those folks that likes a nice neat ending to my stories, though. :P The ending of the Dark Tower series pissed me off too, but I eventually kind of liked it after I thought about it for a while. May come around to this one too.
02-21-07, 11:20 PM
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the dates at the end?
Anyone have any idea what the dates meant at the very end? Someone mentioned the fo-fo thing above, and that helped clear that up. He was starting from scratch.
Thanks
Thanks
02-24-07, 11:41 PM
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Read this just about a month ago . . . my two big criticisms of King stories are generally they are too long (and thus convoluted) and the endings.
The length of this may have been just a tad too long (the levitating and stuff was feeling out of place, which indicates it is droning on), but definitely glad it was not longer. It would not generate enough material to make a mini-series. I'd like to take a stab at the screenplay though (yes, lit is heavy on interior thought/monologue, but I was working it out in my head as I read).
As has been mentioned, the end falls back to what I call "Old King Familiars" -- but I think different ones than what was mentioned. Of course, one of the "OKFs" is to blow it all up . . . but it highly reminded me of one of the most chilling endings I have ever read: "Darling, it said."
At first I kept harkening to the disaster of a film (and it's remake) "Pulse." Luckily that stigma was shed early on. I liked that this novel was a little more simplistic than previous King works. It had its flaws, but was definitely one of my favorite King books in a while (tried to begin Lisey's Story -- can't get going.)
The length of this may have been just a tad too long (the levitating and stuff was feeling out of place, which indicates it is droning on), but definitely glad it was not longer. It would not generate enough material to make a mini-series. I'd like to take a stab at the screenplay though (yes, lit is heavy on interior thought/monologue, but I was working it out in my head as I read).
As has been mentioned, the end falls back to what I call "Old King Familiars" -- but I think different ones than what was mentioned. Of course, one of the "OKFs" is to blow it all up . . . but it highly reminded me of one of the most chilling endings I have ever read: "Darling, it said."
At first I kept harkening to the disaster of a film (and it's remake) "Pulse." Luckily that stigma was shed early on. I liked that this novel was a little more simplistic than previous King works. It had its flaws, but was definitely one of my favorite King books in a while (tried to begin Lisey's Story -- can't get going.)
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03-21-07, 04:48 PM
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Finally read this. I'm a bit disenfranchised with new King, but I have to say this is one of his newer books that I think is pretty good. I was worried that this would be a knock-off of 28 Days Later (and similar stories), but King took things in an original direction as the story went along. King still has a tendency to make his characters speak and act too cutesy at times, and seemingly can't resist going a whole book without slamming us with some profound mystical/religious significance. But overall solid stuff ... fast reading.
About the ending ... first about Clay's fate:
about the ending proper (and explanations):
About the ending ... first about Clay's fate:
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about the ending proper (and explanations):
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08-22-07, 05:06 PM
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I finished this recently and I have to say I absolutely loved the book. The first half was fantastic, with the latter half of the book falling a bit, but still managing to keep my interest. Maybe it wasn't the deepest story ever, but I was thoroughly entertained by this.
The first quarter of the book, with the outbreak and Clay forming his party and seeking shelter, rivaled any "zombie" books for sheer pulse pounding action/tense scenes I've ever read. It was unrelenting.
I did however have 2 problems.
The ending:
I'm another reader who is new to King, so I too can't wait to dig into the older stuff. Everything I've read so far has been really enjoyable.
The first quarter of the book, with the outbreak and Clay forming his party and seeking shelter, rivaled any "zombie" books for sheer pulse pounding action/tense scenes I've ever read. It was unrelenting.
I did however have 2 problems.
The ending:
Spoiler:
I'm another reader who is new to King, so I too can't wait to dig into the older stuff. Everything I've read so far has been really enjoyable.
08-29-07, 02:13 PM
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I just finished this book today. while i haven't read much king i am a "zombie" fan. This was an interesting take on the genre. I found it to be a bit dragged out for the last half but overall i enjoyed it. I would be interested in seeing it turned into a movie.