Originally Posted by fotno

The sad thing is Retro, that the mini-series was executive produced, and the teleplay written by King himself. Supposedly the intent of the remake was that it would stay truer to the original text, and be something that King would be happier with, than he had been the original film. But you're exactly right, it just plain sucked.

The Kubrick version is light years better than the most recent rendition.