Talk:Gerald's Game

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Untitled[edit]

This article really, really needs NPOVing.

Been working on it. What do you think now? Ellsworth 17:20, 29 Jun 2004 (UTC)

{{spoiler}} Dropped this:

If there was any chance of him being okay, it ends when he falls off the bed and splits his head open on the floor.

This did not happen in the version of the book I read (US hardback). He just had a heart attack and died. Ellsworth 22:38, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Actually, he did split his head on the floor, page 37-38 in the paperback Signet 1993, "The sound of his skull meeting the hardwood floor made her shriek again. It sounded like some enormous egg being cracked against the lip of a stone bowl."

-CrimsonKing 04:53, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

One could argue that this merely means his head makes that noise, and not that his head actually splits open here...skull fracture, maybe, but not necessarily actually busting his head open? User:Snyrt —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.192.68.117 (talk) 18:27, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also does anyone think it would be a good idea to add the resemblance to Ed Gein

-CrimsonKing 04:53, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

bibliography[edit]

King's Bibliography is irrelevant here and should be removed. Dgen 06:52, 26 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Problems with the lead paragraph[edit]

Anyone have issues with the first paragraph's subjectivity regarding the reason it hasn't been made in to a movie? Seems like a pretty dumb reason (nudity) the screenplay could take care of that with lingerie or a teddy. --Tronner (talk) 00:13, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree - that's a pretty dumb sentence to have in the lead paragraph. I've taken the liberty to simply throw it out and replace it with a one-sentence summary of the book. This is just a suggestion. Hope you or someone else can improve on it. --RenniePet (talk) 08:44, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why in the plot, how Gerald really died isn't explicitly mentioned?[edit]

In the plot, it is stated that Gerald died of a heart attack all of a sudden, during his "game". In the book, actually he died when Jessie on becoming very frustrated, kicked out at him, dealing him a lethal blow in some parts, and so he died probably from that injury and blood loss. Mr.Mog (talk) 18:32, 30 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

So maybe that should be added Mr.Mog (talk) 18:33, 30 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oh this had already been talked about in the 'Untitled' discussion. Please ignore this then. Mr.Mog (talk) 18:36, 30 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]