The Long Walk !?!?!?! what a end???

[tillyn]

Like i said before , always leave them wanting more.

[JSinn1018]

I just finished reading it and the ending is very vague. My guess is Garrity died but I don't really know. Games like The Long Walk is not totally unbelieveable. We have Fear Factor and Survivor and stuff. Maybe in the future gameshows will be as extreme as the Long Walk. The general public is pretty sick,I mean we live in a society where millions watch men and women eat and regurgitate bull testicles(ala' Fear Factor) and stuff. So in that The Long Walk has definetly got a timeless quility.

[Jack Frost]

I just finished reading it and the ending is very vague. My guess is Garrity died but I don't really know. Games like The Long Walk is not totally unbelieveable. We have Fear Factor and Survivor and stuff. Maybe in the future gameshows will be as extreme as the Long Walk. The general public is pretty sick,I mean we live in a society where millions watch men and women eat and regurgitate bull testicles(ala' Fear Factor) and stuff. So in that The Long Walk has definetly got a timeless quility.

Heck, human history has also seen such glorious "fun" as the Roman Gladiator Games. I mean history is filled with horrible torturous events (the Spanish Inquisition, the Holocaust, etc), but the Roman Games were actually MEANT for entertainment!!!

With all the reality crap that's out there, raise your hand if you think we're heading down the road to the MODERN Gladiator games (the one thing that might stand in the way is that we couldn't use animals like lions to kill and eat the gladiators, because anymore animal rights seem to outweigh the value of human life!)

[JSinn1018]

Heck, human history has also seen such glorious "fun" as the Roman Gladiator Games. I mean history is filled with horrible torturous events (the Spanish Inquisition, the Holocaust, etc), but the Roman Games were actually MEANT for entertainment!!!

With all the reality crap that's out there, raise your hand if you think we're heading down the road to the MODERN Gladiator games (the one thing that might stand in the way is that we couldn't use animals like lions to kill and eat the gladiators, because anymore animal rights seem to outweigh the value of human life!)

I think so. My roommate sells mixed martial arts gear and the UFC and MMA fighting as a whole is becoming huge. Full blown Gladiator death-sports are not unthinkable. The hilarious thing is we think were so evolved but really change is just a variation on the past.

[DaveBond21]

I think that, Constant Reader, is for YOU to decide....

Precisely. It's up to the reader. You could argue that Garraty dies at the end of the story. There are countless possibilities. I doubt that his life and health were normal after the Long Walk.

[Machine's Way]

My favorite short story of King's by far!! The ending is great and leaves it up to the reader to decide. But I agree is there really a winner? I would love to see this in a movie, but done right. A very depressing story but one of the best in my opinion.

[wendyk90]

i agree this should be made into a movie!!!!! hint,hint

wendyk90

[Raq]

Yea and it should be directed by Frank Darabont..I'm sure he could make something awesome of it....just please keep Mick Garris away from it...
As it goes for the ending, it's one of the best, and one of a kind...Totaly enigmatic and as open for interpretation as parris hiltons legs...Just think about it..you couldput basically anything there and people would go 'yeah that could be it'...As long as it goes for short format stories this one is my favourite

[Jack Frost]

FYI---Frank Darabont is actually slated to do The Long Walk. He's just got other projects in line first. For Frank to do it, I'll be happy to wait!!!

[Raq]

Yea, I've heard that he is attached to direct and I will be more than pleased to see him do that