Watching The Stand on CBS all access

[benld74]

Soon to be Paramount.

King fan, have read most if not all his books
Read The Stand first printing
2-3 times afterwards
Watched the 1st tv movie

Truly scary for any mind to contemplate
Each time I’ve read or watched I look at the country as a whole, but now

during this day and age
truly scary

[PatSeg]

1. I read the book when it first came out

and I saw the first TV movie as well. I have read some really bad reviews about CBS All Access's version because of the excessive flashback/flash-forward format.

What do you think of this version?

[benld74]

3. Noticed the flashbacks as well

Guess it’s the manner they have of clueing people into how things got this bad ie

1st outbreak local & how military guard got away
Harold’s vision of the Dark Man and his acceptance
Underwood the same but no acceptance

[PatSeg]

7. But you liked it nonetheless then?

[benld74]

9. It's not bad

I’ve got the commercial version, $5.99 per month. 90 seconds of commercials every so often

Guess I’m easy to please

I DO like the music chosen this time around

[PatSeg]

18. Thanks

I just signed up for CBS All Access again and wondered if it was worth the time. Meanwhile, I have a season of Star Trek Discovery to catch up on.

[TexasProgresive]

2. Two times 2 King novels gave me the hebbie jebbies

At the time I was working nights. The first was Cujo. We have Great Pyrenees dogs, big white and similar to St Barnards. I was on a motorcycle heading down our long curving driveway to the gate when Detta came sweeping around to head me off at the gate. All I saw in my imaginative mind was rabid Cujo. I was in the middle of reading the book.

The next time I was reading Salem's Lot. No dogs this time just vampires. I was taking care of several telephone central offices and I had to drive cross town to one. The town was completely dead, no cars, no people nothing. In those days the traffic lights would all flash amber. When I got to the other office it was all I could do to make myself get out of the truck. Let me tell you I had my keys in hand and was inside in 2 heartbeats. I normally would do my thing and go back, but I stayed until the sun rose. Pretty silly - I blame Stephen.

What I notice in most of his books, everything is normal except there is one minor kink you don't really notice. Soon as the twig is bent the story goes way awry.

[Arthur_Frain]

15. The best "twig" moment I ever had readin a book was from "Perdido Street Station".

By China Meiville. Barring that, Dan Simmons is always good at that.

There’s normally a part when reading either of those guys, that I find myself closing the booking and needing to talk a walk. Not in the dark, though.

[PCIntern]

4. I am of the distinct opinion

This this book is one of the great novels of the 20th century. Yes, I know he is not considered at the level of a Faulkner or Henry James or Emerson or Hawthorne, but the depth, breadth, and character development as well as the thesis of this novel compounded with the use of language and descriptors is remarkable. I am of course referring to the unabridged edition. I will undoubtedly watch this version on CBS.

[FakeNoose]

5. I read the book when it came out, and I probably would have loved it

... if the editors hadn't messed around with Stephen King's original manuscript. What the editors did to King's book was awful, and King was rightfully angry over the botched editing. I remember at the time - over 30 years ago - that he wanted to sue the publisher but I'm not sure if he actually did sue them.

My disappointment and frustration was over loose ends and side characters that were dropped halfway through, and I blamed King for doing a terrible job writing the book. Later I found out that it wasn't him, it was the editors who messed it up. Ruined it for me, but it gave me a better opinion of Stephen King after I heard that he was livid over it.

That said, I plan to watch this new version and maybe rekindle some enthusiasm for it.

[benld74]

10. Wonder if original version is available?

That would be interesting read

[FakeNoose]

11. The original manuscript would be the property of Stephen King

I'm not sure if he has ever released it. That's an interesting question.

[Crunchy Frog]

16. There's a complete, uncut edition for sale on Amazon.

A little pricey since it seems to be out of print, but not horrible.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01FKUQX00/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=&sr=

[Bayard]

6. One of my favorite books (M-O-O-N, that spells favorite!)

I saw they were doing a re-make.

I read, "Salem's Lot", when my boss gave it to me back in the 70's--You gotta read this! So, I stayed up all night reading it, then called in sick the next day.

When the movie came out a few years later, I nailed my crawl space shut.

Been a fan for many years, and have most of his books. I have thought of, "The Stand", often over the past 4 years.

[lame54]

8. I read the long version...

Only to learn it was the short version

800 pages is the short version

[aikoaiko]

12. Are all of the episodes viewable?

I hate waiting for a week. Netflix spoiled me.

[Arthur_Frain]

14. They haven't dropped the very last episode just yet, but 90% of the action is resolved.

Just a bit of dramatic cleanup left in the last one.

[Arthur_Frain]

13. The only Stephen King book I really cared for.

The 1994 version of the video is so much better. The casting for this version was incredibly poor, and didn’t have any chemistry. In the 1994 show, Matt Frewer, Gary Sinise, Ray Walston, I don’t even know the name of the actor who played Flagg, but he owned it. All of the character development was much more fleshed out, and the special effects weren’t bad either.

If you enjoyed this one, check out the older version, I think you’ll like it better. For dragging it out over 8 episodes, I hoped they’d surpass the old one, which had its flaws, but even so, this new one is poor sauce.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108941/

[marlakay]

17. How did Whoopie do?

She talked about it on the view a lot.

[Arthur_Frain]

19. Well she didn't move me.

She’s hard not to see as Whoopi Goldberg, no matter where she goes or what she does, or how much make-up she has on.

Again, I think Ruby Dee owned the part with her performance in the 1994 series.

[marlakay]

20. I really liked the series in the 90's

I hoped this one would be good, was going to buy a month of CBS if it was worth it.