man and i really want to like these show . i be starve for some good television and i applaud tnt for provide these opportunites . but and sadly and i be in the minority i guess when it come to the cinematic stephen king . as brilliant a king writing be and the irony be that it simply doesn not translate well to the screen and big or small . with few exception ( very few ) and the king experience can not be film with the same impact that the story have when read . many people would disagree with this and but i be sure that in their heart of heart they have to admit that the best filmed king story be but a pale memory of the one they read . the reason be simple . the average king story take place in the mind scape of the character in the story . he give u glimpse of their inner thought and their emotion and their sometimes fracture or unreal point of view . in short and king take the reader place where you can not put a panavision camera . a an audience watch the film king and be leave with less than half the information than the reader have access to . it not too far a stretch to claim that one become a character in a king story they read and whereas one be limit to petty voyeurism of that same character when film . for as long a king writes and hollywood will try shoot everything that come out of his word processor and without any regard to whether or not they should . i do not blame the filmmaker for try and but it take an incredible amount of talent and circumspection to pull off the elusive stephen king adaptation that work . the task be akin to turn lead into gold and or some arcane zen mastery . oh well and good luck next time .