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#1 2009-10-09 1:07 pm
The Shining is really the coded story of Kubrick's collusion w/ NASA?
I am a wingnut who will believe almost anything, as long as it's incredibly hard-to-believe and weird. However, I really have to wonder if the following is a joke. I hope, for the sake of the author, that he's joking:
Shining Secrets
The truth is that The Shining is the story of how Stanley Kubrick cut a deal with the U.S. Government to fake the Apollo moon landings.
It is also the story of how Kubrick may have accidentally told someone what he had done and how that person had to be killed.
The Shining is also the story of how faking the Apollo moon landings almost sacrificed his relationship with his wife.
Finally it is the story of how Stanley Kubrick barely escaped alive to create another day.
The Shining is the story of how a part of Stanley Kubrick was killed by the agreement that he made with the U. S. government to become the "caretaker" of The Project called A11 or Apollo 11.
It is also the story of the history of NASA.
This explains why the previous "caretaker" was so pressured and stressed that he had to kill his TWIN daughters.
Why?
Because the previous NASA missions before Apollo were named Gemini!
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#2 2009-10-09 1:16 pm
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Re: The Shining is really the coded story of Kubrick's collusion w/ NASA?
If I wanted to read paranoid ramblings, I'd go to timecube.
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#3 2009-10-09 1:21 pm
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Re: The Shining is really the coded story of Kubrick's collusion w/ NASA?
But wasn't the Shining a Steven King novel? 
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#4 2009-10-09 1:48 pm
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Re: The Shining is really the coded story of Kubrick's collusion w/ NASA?
dv, let's not spoil the craziness with facts, okay?
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Stack it!#6 2009-10-09 2:26 pm
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Re: The Shining is really the coded story of Kubrick's collusion w/ NASA?
It's Russian for, I will bury you.
I'm not dead yet.
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#7 2009-10-09 3:45 pm
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dv wrote:
But wasn't the Shining a Steven King novel?
The guy claims that all of the film's differences from the novel can be explained by the fact that Kubrick needed to insert various elements in order to covertly tell his story.
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#8 2009-10-09 4:16 pm
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dv wrote:
But wasn't the Shining a Steven King novel?
Don't you get it!? Kubrick invented time travel and tried to tell King about his NASA dealings. King screwed it up so Kubrick had to make the movie to clear the air.
Full Metal Jacket is really about his time travel invention and Eyes Wide Shut is an allegory about his obsession with Fig Newtons.
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#9 2009-10-09 4:20 pm
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This has really made my day.
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#10 2009-10-09 5:32 pm
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It's STEPHEN King.
He hated the movie. I heard/saw him say so in an interview.
I like the movie. Never read the book. I should.
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#11 2009-10-09 6:23 pm
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ukimalefu wrote:
It's STEPHEN King.
SAWRY
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#12 2009-10-10 8:23 am
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Let's face it: Stephen King totally destroyed whatever credibility he had when he criticized the author of Twilight.
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#13 2009-10-10 8:30 am
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According to my niece, you are absolutely correct. In fact, any person who mentions anything slightly negative about that woman, or anyone involved in film adaptations of her books, especially (gods forbid) Rob Pattinson himself, loses credibility and shows themselves as morally deficient and deserving of capital punishment.
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#14 2009-10-10 9:29 am
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Re: The Shining is really the coded story of Kubrick's collusion w/ NASA?
ukimalefu wrote:
It's STEPHEN King.
He hated the movie. I heard/saw him say so in an interview.
I like the movie. Never read the book. I should.
The movie was a decent movie but if you read the book before seeing it the suckage of the film was glaring.
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#15 2009-10-10 9:39 am
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Pariah wrote:
ukimalefu wrote:
It's STEPHEN King.
He hated the movie. I heard/saw him say so in an interview.
I like the movie. Never read the book. I should.The movie was a decent movie but if you read the book before seeing it the suckage of the film was glaring.
Sound like the normal state of affairs.
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#16 2009-10-10 9:56 am
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ScifiterX wrote:
Pariah wrote:
ukimalefu wrote:
It's STEPHEN King.
He hated the movie. I heard/saw him say so in an interview.
I like the movie. Never read the book. I should.The movie was a decent movie but if you read the book before seeing it the suckage of the film was glaring.
Sound like the normal state of affairs.
Seriously, the movie was filmed entirely with cameras featuring a blue filter, to give everything a moonlight-type glow. It was distracting. So was the bad acting.
Bren: Can you cite where King criticized Meyer? I'd like to read it for myself.
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#17 2009-10-10 9:56 am
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According to my niece, you are absolutely correct. In fact, any person who mentions anything slightly negative about that woman, or anyone involved in film adaptations of her books, especially (gods forbid) Rob Pattinson himself, loses credibility and shows themselves as morally deficient and deserving of capital punishment.
You know, I begged and pleaded for God to end the Harry Potter phenomena due to the annoyances I'd have to deal with at bookstores.
I'd like to take it all back.
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#18 2009-10-10 10:28 am
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Hah, hah!
I'm sorry to say I can't cite the source; it was some blurb I saw somewhere, in which King was quoted as saying she was a terrible writer.
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#19 2009-10-10 11:54 am
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Jokotai wrote:
Seriously, the movie was filmed entirely with cameras featuring a blue filter, to give everything a moonlight-type glow. It was distracting. So was the bad acting.
Did you enjoy the 1997 remake? I don't remember much other than it had Rebecca De Mornay, who was good.
Also, I just happened to watch the 1998 remake of The Taking of Pelham 123 Despite being wholly unnecessary, I found it to be pretty darn good, and certainly better than the 2009 remake. They wasted Lorraine Bracco, though.
Edit. NOTE: both the Pelham 123 remake and Kubrick's penultimate movie starred D'Onofrio, so no accusing me of free associating.
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#21 2009-10-10 2:32 pm
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That would be Full Metal Jacket.
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#22 2009-10-10 4:59 pm
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Oh, one more thing. Last night's episode of Dollhouse featured a serial killer whose weapon of choice was a croquet mallet, which was what Jack Torrance used in the 1997 version of The Shining (and presumably in the book), whereas in the Kubrick version he used an axe.
More true to the book, perhaps. Dunno if it's an improvement.
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#23 2009-10-10 10:15 pm
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mackerm wrote:
Jokotai wrote:
Seriously, the movie was filmed entirely with cameras featuring a blue filter, to give everything a moonlight-type glow. It was distracting. So was the bad acting.
Did you enjoy the 1997 remake? I don't remember much other than it had Rebecca De Mornay, who was good.
Also, I just happened to watch the 1998 remake of The Taking of Pelham 123 Despite being wholly unnecessary, I found it to be pretty darn good, and certainly better than the 2009 remake. They wasted Lorraine Bracco, though.
Edit. NOTE: both the Pelham 123 remake and Kubrick's penultimate movie starred D'Onofrio, so no accusing me of free associating.
I was actually referring to Twilight. I enjoyed the original "The Shining" and appreciate it for the classic that it is. I've also seen the remake, and it has its own merits (such as the authenticity mackerm noted), but the original is far superior.
This thread is confusing now since we have two books-become-movies floating around.
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#24 2009-10-11 1:12 am
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The original Shining movie had Scatman Cruthers in it, how can it NOT be great???
The made for TV movie really sucked largely due to lack of Scatman.
Case smurfing closed.
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#25 2009-10-11 1:19 am
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Jokotai wrote:
I was actually referring to Twilight.
I saw Twilight in a theater. I didn't think much of it, but a pair of 12 year old girls behind me applauded when it ended. I did read this review of the Twilight the book which made me want to read it. One of the best written book reviews I've ever read.
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