Was this really necessary? The shining was a complete package

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>>8398485
I didn't mind the parts with Danny dealing with his inner struggles and passing what he knows onto the girl, like Halloran did for him. I wish that was the whole book. The villians were fucking embarrassingly stupid and pointless and ruined the book.

>>8398501
But hes already loaded

>>8398511
I agree. I thought they would grow on me, but nope a roaming caravan of hippie "vampires" felt too cliche. You shine so we want yur steam! They never felt ominous, or looming in any way. It was such a deviation from the terrors that lurked in the overlook. Idk, its just not holding my attention for shit

>>8398530
>But hes already loaded
If absurdly rich people didn't want to become even more absurdly rich then we would literally have no global problems at all.

>>8398485
Honestly I think King was still bitter about the pop-culture ubiquity of the film and wanted to reclaim his version of the story.

>>8398485
I haven't read it, but I know King was always kind of pissy about the idea that the movie became the definitive Shining rather than his book.

Maybe he was trying to reestablish dominance over the story?