Author of the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series of novels, George W. Bush, R· R. Martin, known for his "procrastination syndrome". In a conversation with Stephen King, he once lamented the latter's "high yield".
Since selling his first short story, "The Glass Floor," in 1967, Mr. Kim has published 58 novels, six non-fiction books, and more than 200 short stories.
However, writers have their own troubles, Uncle Martin is often "urged" by readers to lose control of emotions, and Uncle Jin is also worried about the film and television dramas adapted from his novels. In recent years, nine times out of ten episodes based on his novels have been "cut off" by tv stations, and last year's movie "Joker Returns" (IT) can be regarded as a "tribute" for him.
Poster of Castle Rock
"Castle Rock," which aired this summer on the HULU platform in the United States, can be seen as a turnaround for Stephen King's novel in the field of drama reform.
In fact, the first season of 10 collective "Castle Rock" is not adapted from any of Stephen King's novels, but rather combines many of his novels into one furnace. To paraphrase the now popular concept of the universe, this new drama can be appropriately called the "Stephen King Novel Universe".
The opening credits of Castle Rock contain elements from a number of Stephen King novels, such as "Bad Omen" and "Dead Light"
As of August 1, Four episodes of Castle Rock have been released, and in the first four episodes, Steven King's fans have spotted the shadow of several novels: such as the novel Cujo, which was adapted into the movie "Rabid Dogs" in 1983; "It", which was adapted into the movie "The Joker Returns" in 2017; "The Dark Half", which was adapted into the movie "Human Ghost Twins" in 1993; and "The Essentials Store". (Needful Things), which was adapted into the movie "Ghost Game" in 1993. The list goes on.
Exterior view of Shawshank Prison
For Chinese audiences, the most obvious Easter egg must be the movie "The Shawshank Redemption", and the prison called Shawshank that appears in the first episode is obviously from the novella "The Shawshank Redemption".
According to the show's executive producer, J. According to J. Abrams (whose previous masterpieces were Mission Impossible and Lost), each season of Castle Rock will focus on a theme, that is, the characters and story lines in the original Stephen King novels will be re-polished and spliced together in a new story, most likely to retain the characteristics of the original characters, but reinterpret the plot, and let these characters from different time and space meet together. This "one place" is naturally Stephen King's hometown and the town of Maine, which his novels love.
Comb through the "Stephen King Fiction Universe" that appeared in the first four episodes:
1. Alan Pangborn
Alan Pangbourne is played by Scott Glenn
In Castle Rock, the man named Alan Pangbourne is the retired sheriff of Castle Rock, and in several of Stephen King's novels, the character named that name appears several times, including the aforementioned "The Other Half of Darkness", "The Essentials Store", and the short story "The Sun Dog".
2. Leanne Chambers
Lianna Chambers (right), played by Phyllis Sommerville, henry Devos (left), played by Andre Holland
In the first episode, Henry Devos, a lawyer who specializes in death penalty lawsuits, defends an elderly woman named Lyanna Chambers in Texas. Although the character with the name never appears in Stephen King's novels, many fans believe that this person is a mixture of characters from many previous novels, including Chris Chambers in The Body and Jake Chambers in The Dark Tower series.
3. Bullet holes left by Norton
Stills from the movie "The Shawshank Redemption", with Bob Gunton playing norton warden
As soon as Porter, the new warden at Shawshank Prison, arrived at the office, he heard someone outside the door saying, "You can still see the bullet hole left by the Norton warden", and yes, it is the norton warden who finally committed suicide in the movie "The Shawshank Redemption".
Bill Skarsgård
Bill Skarsgaard plays an anonymous boy
The popular young student from Sweden, needless to say, he played the clown named Pennywise in last year's blockbuster movie "The Return of the Joker", and in the new drama, his appearance is equally eerie.
5. "The Green Mile"
Stills from the movie "Miracle in the Green", in which the mouse has a very special role, but this seems to be invisible in "Castle Rock"
Skarsgaard is famous for playing an anonymous man in Castle Rock, who is locked up in prison and sees a rat running across the floor outside the classroom and then being caught in a rat trap, which is famous because it appeared in the 1999 movie Starring Tom Hanks.
6. The mascot that jumped from the top of the teaching building to commit suicide
In the second episode, at a high school football game, a young man dressed as a varsity mascot commits suicide by jumping from the top floor of the school building, and before he commits suicide, a little girl waving at him is from the novel "Corpse", and a similar plot appears in the 1986 film "Stand by Me", based on the novel.
7. The past sins of Castle Rock Town
This scene in the play is from the novel "The Shining", which is a fairly complete restoration of the description in the novel
It is mentioned in the play that every house in Castle Rock is "sin", and we see someone committing suicide in their bathtub by cutting their veins, this scene is from the novel "The Shining", and the scene of a woman poisoning her husband with a car-eliminated exhaust gas is from the novel "Christine".
8. An easter egg in the room of former warden Lacey
Lacey's room has many Easter eggs from Stephen King's novels
Lawyer Henry walked into Lacey's room, and he saw a lot of old newspapers scattered around, almost every headline pointing to Steven King's previous work, such as "Rabid Dog Tears Through Town" from "Bad Omens."
9. Pet Sematary
The plot of the grave digging is from the novel "Pet Cemetery"
According to the Chinese Simplified version of the book, Pet Cemetery is "Stephen King's most horrific novel to date", and the plot of the book also appears in the TV series, in which Pangborn digs a stray dog grave, because Pangburn's current partner, the adoptive mother of Henry's lawyer, Ruth Devos, is convinced that the dead dog is back to her.
10. The Ramones
Stephen King pays tribute to the Raymonds band
Posters of The Ramons band were plastered in Henry Devos's childhood room, stephen King's favorite band.
11. Wonder Bread
Wharton bread, also known as surprise bread, magic bread, is a well-known bag bread brand in the United States, claiming to add many nutrients that are beneficial to human health. In Castle Rock, the nameless boy eats only Wharton bread, which comes from the novel Gerald's Game.
12 Vince Desjardins
Desgardans from the novel Corpse
In the first three episodes, the audience learns that Henry Devos was missing for more than ten days as a teenager, and Henry still says that he can't remember where he was staying, and in the fourth episode, he begins to investigate his disappearance and finds a person named Vince DesGardans. This man appears in the novel Corpse, and the mystery surrounding Desgardenses can never be solved, according to the novel.
13, the house of many people who have died
When Lacey wants to sell the house, the real estate agent Jasmine reminds those who come to see the house that many people have died in the house, a plot that clearly points to the novel The Dead Zone.
14. Death graffiti
Death graffiti, symbolizing the nameless boy's potential superpowers
There are many graffiti in the cell of the Nameless Boy, notably "The Reaper", which can only point to Stephen King's early work The Reaper's Image (1969).