I'm always impressed when someone can shoot a video in one take with no edits. Do you have notes with bullet points so you don't forget to mention anything important?
thanks, I do a few practice takes and sometimes i write notes down while Im reading but in this case I just remembered everything, I wish I had more time in my life to edit these vids but i dont, i read a lot of books so I just do a review video and move on, they're very amateur production quality I know
I've read The Long Walk 8 times and listened to it on Audible 16 times and listened to 2 different BookTubers on UA-cam read it, so I've been through the book 26 times. One time I read on my Kindle for Windows on my PC while listening to it on Audible. My first 10 times through was on Audible, so I missed alternate spelling of things like Popular Mechanix.
You forgot to mention that it's an alternate reality. There's a lot of World War II alternate history thrown in. The synopsis may say "near future" which would make sense when it was published in 1979. The technology to track the walking speed of 100 people down a specific route, still doesn't exist today. Those dishes on the halftracks somehow uniquely tracked 100 boy's speed in a specific direction while the vehicles are in motion. The number patches they were given must have been trackers. But the novel has aged and is clearly set in the 60s or 70s. King wrote it from 1966-1967 but it was published in 1979. He didn't write it as Bachman since he hadn't invented Bachman when he wrote it. But he clearly revised it in the late 70s since there are 70s pop-culture references. He also mentions milkmen which was a thing in the 60s when he wrote it. There are like 100 things that date the novel in the past. The only thing futuristic is the tech used to track walking speed. That's not even a thing now. I've seen pics from the movie set, and it's clearly set in the 70s with some alternate reality vibes. King published the Bachman books because his publisher limited him to 1 book per year. They didn't want to over saturate the market. He also wanted to see if he could be successful under a different name. He could also publish books that were askew of his current brand. Bachman books tend to be more brutal than King books. King actually published some Bachman books after he was outed. King obviously wanted to be discovered eventually which is why he dropped hints in his Bachman books connecting him to King, for example in The Running Man, they visit Derry, which is where IT and other novels are set.
wow, you're a super fan, all that info is really rad, didn't know, it being another reality would have went over my head, i missed that on my first read, should pay attention more. I see now, why he wrote as Bachman, that makes sense, I happen to like alternate histories and the overall vibe of 60s70s fiction, it's like experiencing another time I wouldn't get to otherwise
You assume a lot of things that the book does not give any details about. King does almost no world building. You assumed poverty is out of control. What is your evidence? The boys do seem poor but you're making an assumption. You said the walkers are narcissistic, highly ambitious and feel like they have nothing to lose. Many are narcissistic like Olson, Stebbins, Scramm and Barkovitch, but others are not like Baker, Garraty, Abraham, and McVries. I wouldn't say that McVries, Baker and Garraty were highly ambitious. They definitely feel as though they have something to lose as their bodies fail them. You said it was post apocalyptic but there is no evidence for this. You said the Long Walk is to purge anti-government revolutionary thoughts by expunging their energies like gladiatorial games would do. That's an assumption. The book never states this although McVries makes a similar comparison. You said it allows them to fantasize about beating the system by focusing on money. Another assumption. You called it a dystopian, but consider that it's voluntary. Most males from age 13 to 18 apply for The Long Walk but only 1 in 50 pass the physical and mental tests. Then only 200 are chosen in a drawing. You used the word lottery but the word lottery is not mentioned in the book. The 200 then can back out on April 15 and April 31 (alternate reality since there is no April 31). They are told on April 31 if they are backup or walker. If they were forced into it, then it would be a dystopian but it's voluntary. It's their choice, unlike the Hunger Games, which is a dystopian because those chosen are forced into it. You said the boys can be from anywhere but they can only be from American states. This is not an international competition. You said "any young man" can apply. Define young man. Is that like age 4 to 17? Like I said, age range is 13 to 18 so you can't call them teens because that would be 13-19 and you can't call them boys because 18 is an adult.
I should have stated that my assumptions were my theories, forgot. My evidence for poverty (probably) being out of control is the boys willingness to risk their lives on the walk in the first place, because the incentivized reward is "anything you want for the rest of your life," which I imagined is money or the material equivalent. My theory that nationwide poverty led the government to psychologically engineer and then perpetuate the phenomenon of the walk itself would be to stabilize the economy as well as avoid revolution is also because of the supposed reward for winning the walk. I compared it to the lottery because, like the lottery there are very few winners and many participants, each with the probably-fantasized-about motivation of money as a reward, each participant invests a risk with a low probability of winning, in the case of the lottery, loss of funds, in the case of the walk, loss of life, I wasn't exactly refering to the process in which the final applicants are selected for the walk, (which I didn't know before, so thanks for pointing that out, more lore, and that's interesting - I frankly don't remember those specific details, btw it blows my mind how much you know about this book, you must really love it, that's cool, dedication), I should have made that more clear I just don't have time to articulate and edit these reviews better, I do sometimes make generalizations in the heat of the moment. I know the walk is voluntary, but I did say that it was spiritually dystopian, not exactly dystopian. What I meant by that is that a society that supports the walk is clearly immoral, similar to how gladiatorial games were, which is merely my humble opinion. I wish I had time to get into why I have the opinion more, but this conversation has been fun anyway, cheers.
Oh, I forgot to mention something, concerning my opinion that the boys are narcissists. I used that word as generalization in the interest of time, I admit, to be more clear on what I meant: I think only very desperate (probably boys of poorer backgrounds) or the most egotistical boys (which I referred to as young men, which I've always associated with teenagers like age 13-18) would sign up for the long walk in the first place, because it is totally life-risking endeavor with low probability of winning, hard to imagine anyone without a huge ego signing up for it.
I'm always impressed when someone can shoot a video in one take with no edits. Do you have notes with bullet points so you don't forget to mention anything important?
thanks, I do a few practice takes and sometimes i write notes down while Im reading but in this case I just remembered everything, I wish I had more time in my life to edit these vids but i dont, i read a lot of books so I just do a review video and move on, they're very amateur production quality I know
I've read The Long Walk 8 times and listened to it on Audible 16 times and listened to 2 different BookTubers on UA-cam read it, so I've been through the book 26 times. One time I read on my Kindle for Windows on my PC while listening to it on Audible. My first 10 times through was on Audible, so I missed alternate spelling of things like Popular Mechanix.
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You forgot to mention that it's an alternate reality. There's a lot of World War II alternate history thrown in. The synopsis may say "near future" which would make sense when it was published in 1979. The technology to track the walking speed of 100 people down a specific route, still doesn't exist today. Those dishes on the halftracks somehow uniquely tracked 100 boy's speed in a specific direction while the vehicles are in motion. The number patches they were given must have been trackers. But the novel has aged and is clearly set in the 60s or 70s. King wrote it from 1966-1967 but it was published in 1979. He didn't write it as Bachman since he hadn't invented Bachman when he wrote it. But he clearly revised it in the late 70s since there are 70s pop-culture references. He also mentions milkmen which was a thing in the 60s when he wrote it. There are like 100 things that date the novel in the past. The only thing futuristic is the tech used to track walking speed. That's not even a thing now. I've seen pics from the movie set, and it's clearly set in the 70s with some alternate reality vibes. King published the Bachman books because his publisher limited him to 1 book per year. They didn't want to over saturate the market. He also wanted to see if he could be successful under a different name. He could also publish books that were askew of his current brand. Bachman books tend to be more brutal than King books. King actually published some Bachman books after he was outed. King obviously wanted to be discovered eventually which is why he dropped hints in his Bachman books connecting him to King, for example in The Running Man, they visit Derry, which is where IT and other novels are set.
wow, you're a super fan, all that info is really rad, didn't know, it being another reality would have went over my head, i missed that on my first read, should pay attention more. I see now, why he wrote as Bachman, that makes sense, I happen to like alternate histories and the overall vibe of 60s70s fiction, it's like experiencing another time I wouldn't get to otherwise
You assume a lot of things that the book does not give any details about. King does almost no world building. You assumed poverty is out of control. What is your evidence? The boys do seem poor but you're making an assumption. You said the walkers are narcissistic, highly ambitious and feel like they have nothing to lose. Many are narcissistic like Olson, Stebbins, Scramm and Barkovitch, but others are not like Baker, Garraty, Abraham, and McVries. I wouldn't say that McVries, Baker and Garraty were highly ambitious. They definitely feel as though they have something to lose as their bodies fail them. You said it was post apocalyptic but there is no evidence for this. You said the Long Walk is to purge anti-government revolutionary thoughts by expunging their energies like gladiatorial games would do. That's an assumption. The book never states this although McVries makes a similar comparison. You said it allows them to fantasize about beating the system by focusing on money. Another assumption. You called it a dystopian, but consider that it's voluntary. Most males from age 13 to 18 apply for The Long Walk but only 1 in 50 pass the physical and mental tests. Then only 200 are chosen in a drawing. You used the word lottery but the word lottery is not mentioned in the book. The 200 then can back out on April 15 and April 31 (alternate reality since there is no April 31). They are told on April 31 if they are backup or walker. If they were forced into it, then it would be a dystopian but it's voluntary. It's their choice, unlike the Hunger Games, which is a dystopian because those chosen are forced into it. You said the boys can be from anywhere but they can only be from American states. This is not an international competition. You said "any young man" can apply. Define young man. Is that like age 4 to 17? Like I said, age range is 13 to 18 so you can't call them teens because that would be 13-19 and you can't call them boys because 18 is an adult.
I should have stated that my assumptions were my theories, forgot. My evidence for poverty (probably) being out of control is the boys willingness to risk their lives on the walk in the first place, because the incentivized reward is "anything you want for the rest of your life," which I imagined is money or the material equivalent. My theory that nationwide poverty led the government to psychologically engineer and then perpetuate the phenomenon of the walk itself would be to stabilize the economy as well as avoid revolution is also because of the supposed reward for winning the walk. I compared it to the lottery because, like the lottery there are very few winners and many participants, each with the probably-fantasized-about motivation of money as a reward, each participant invests a risk with a low probability of winning, in the case of the lottery, loss of funds, in the case of the walk, loss of life, I wasn't exactly refering to the process in which the final applicants are selected for the walk, (which I didn't know before, so thanks for pointing that out, more lore, and that's interesting - I frankly don't remember those specific details, btw it blows my mind how much you know about this book, you must really love it, that's cool, dedication), I should have made that more clear I just don't have time to articulate and edit these reviews better, I do sometimes make generalizations in the heat of the moment. I know the walk is voluntary, but I did say that it was spiritually dystopian, not exactly dystopian. What I meant by that is that a society that supports the walk is clearly immoral, similar to how gladiatorial games were, which is merely my humble opinion. I wish I had time to get into why I have the opinion more, but this conversation has been fun anyway, cheers.
Oh, I forgot to mention something, concerning my opinion that the boys are narcissists. I used that word as generalization in the interest of time, I admit, to be more clear on what I meant: I think only very desperate (probably boys of poorer backgrounds) or the most egotistical boys (which I referred to as young men, which I've always associated with teenagers like age 13-18) would sign up for the long walk in the first place, because it is totally life-risking endeavor with low probability of winning, hard to imagine anyone without a huge ego signing up for it.