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The Stand. I really liked parts of it, and I bounced
hard off other parts. But I think the moment that sums the show up best is that, towards the end of the series, there’s a scene where a character has sex with the Devil. The Devil usually appears as Alexander Skarsgård (exactly how I would appear if I were the Devil) but while the two character are having sex, his usual glamour slips a little, and the scene flashes between a romantic scenario in a rose petal-strewn hotel room with a naked Skarsgard, and some gross and rather violent writhing in a desert, which ends on a closeup of a terrifying monster screaming directly into the camera.
By the time you read this, I will be dead. No wait, I mean, CBS All Access will have released the final episode of
The Stand, their new miniseries based on Stephen King s epic pot-apocalyptic novel of good versus evil. And to mangle T.S. Eliot, rather than with a bang, this regrettable adaptation has gone out like a wet fart.
Expectations were high for a more King-friendly product after the 1994 miniseries was forced to pull punches for network TV. CBS and series developers Josh Boone and Ben Cavell promised a more faithful (read: R-rated) treatment for the material. Good news for everyone who felt all that was missing from the 94 show was f-bombs and simulated intercourse
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Glen Bateman s (Greg Kinnear) big sendoff during this farcical trial – instead of a conversation in a jail cell like in the book –made so much dramatic sense and just made it a lot more of a last, well, stand for my favorite character.
BENJAMIN CAVELL: The scene in the book is very memorable, but we had some questions about it. One is just about Lloyd Henreid s (Nat Wolff) arc. In the book, when we meet him, he s killing people and does not have an issue with it. So I always questioned why he hesitated in the book when he was ordered to kill Glen. Part of this is also a testament to Nat Wolff and his commitment and willingness to work with us on crafting an arc for that character. We put Lloyd in a position where he s never killed anybody and doesn t seem to want to and wanted to set this up as a bigger deal for him. It also always bothered me that in the bo
The Stand: How the Penultimate Episode Differs from Stephen King s Book
The eighth and penultimate episode of
Warning: spoilers ahead for the eighth episode of
The Stand appropriately titled The Stand . If you haven t seen the episode or are unfamiliar with King s novel, now would be a good time to turn back.
This week s episode was almost entirely focused on Vegas with Ray, Larry, and Glen facing off with Flagg and while the general mechanics of how that showdown changed (we ll explain that as you keep reading) the end result of the experience is the same: the Hand of God sets off Trashcan Man s nuke, thus ending this battle of good versus evil with good winning when everyone in Vegas is vaporized in the blast.
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After nearly two months of build-up, The Stand against Randall Flagg has been executed. The new CBS All Access adaptation of Stephen Kingâs
The Stand has now reached its big climax in its eighth episode, and audiences can now witness what happens with Glen Bateman, Larry Underwood, and Ray Brentner following their arrival in New Vegas. For the most part, like the rest of the series, the translation of the text is faithful, as most of the major beats are hit dead on â but also like the rest of the series, there are also a number of alterations that have been made, and itâs those differences that I am here to spotlight.