The Stand

[Procrustes Stretched]

The remake

sucks

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

The remake

sucks

I'm rewatching it now. It's ok.

The original was awesome!

 

[braalian]

Is the original the one from the 90s with Gary Sinese and Molly Ringwald? Slightly cheesy, looking back now, but loved it at the time

I was just getting into Stephen King books as a kid back then.

I liked the made-for-tv miniseries versions better then the more well known movie versions, cause the miniseries stuck closer to the original books

The more recent Stand miniseries was, indeed, a piece of crap.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Is the original the one from the 90s with Gary Sinese and Molly Ringwald? Slightly cheesy, looking back now, but loved it at the time

I was just getting into Stephen King books as a kid back then.

I liked the made-for-tv miniseries versions better then the more well known movie versions, cause the miniseries stuck closer to the original books

The more recent Stand miniseries was, indeed, a piece of crap.

Is the original the one from the 90s with Gary Sinese and Molly Ringwald?

Yes.

Like most King mini-series, the ending was stupid.

 

[braalian]

Is the original the one from the 90s with Gary Sinese and Molly Ringwald?

Yes.

Like most King mini-series, the ending was stupid.

True

That giant hand of God was corny af

The IT miniseries from around the same time was excellent right up to the end, too

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

True

That giant hand of God was corny af

The IT miniseries from around the same time was excellent right up to the end, too

Exactly!

Giant spider, boo.

 

[braalian]

Exactly!

Giant spider, boo.

I didn’t think the giant spider was so bad

More ending the series with that weird bike scene, focusing on the one guy’s wife, who had hardly appeared at all

 

[martybegan]

The remake

sucks

When they messed up Trashcan man you knew they were in trouble.

 

[braalian]

HBO should do new remake. They could do it right

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

I have not read a King book since The Stand and It. That was thirty years.

 

[braalian]

I have not read a King book since The Stand and It. That was thirty years.

I think I stopped after the final Dark Tower book

And I had to force myself to finish that one

 

[Innocynioc]

Neither of The Stand TV treatments can hold a candle to the book, especially the later published unabridged version.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Neither of The Stand TV treatments can hold a candle to the book, especially the later published unabridged version.

true, but that is par for teh course with good books getting a tv script makeover.

 

[marvin martian]

True

That giant hand of God was corny af

The IT miniseries from around the same time was excellent right up to the end, too

Stephen King was a good writer (back in the day), but he doesn't do endings well, and never did.

 

[22lcidw]

Is the original the one from the 90s with Gary Sinese and Molly Ringwald?

Yes.

Like most King mini-series, the ending was stupid.

The Devil character screwed himself over with his rage, ego and brouhaha.