comments The Stand, Stephen King s epic journey of 1,152 pages, has enthralled millions. This is proven in the fact that back in the day millions of commuters enthusiastically carted around paperback versions of this doorstop around with them on public transportation, on walks and on trips. Read it and you ll get it: once you re well inside of the story, it is hard to put it down and walk away.
The same can t be said of subsequent attempts to bring it to screen, first in 1994 on ABC and again in 2020 on CBS All Access. But then, that s a common feature among TV adaptations of King s work. The best are watchable due to outstanding components as opposed to the work as a whole; HBO s The Outsider comes to mind. Similarly I have no qualms with Hulu s recent adaptation of 11.22.63. The lesser of them are . . . disappointing, if not complete jokes, like ABC s Rose Red.
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The Stand exists as a living document. The post-apocalyptic novel was originally published in 1978, but the author has taken multiple opportunities to change the text. In 1990 an unabridged version of the book was published, adding about 400 pages to the story as it was originally published, and a few years after that he personally took on the task of adapting the material as a six-hour miniseries.
More than a quarter century has passed since that last update, but now King has made further revisions in the form of a new coda that will air as the final episode of the new miniseries on CBS All Access. Itâs an exciting development for all Constant Readers, and now making it only more anticipated is the revelation that the character at the center of the new âchapterâ will be Fran Goldsmith â played by Odessa Young in the new adaptation.
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The Stand was officially unleashed across streaming screens around the world as of today, and viewers have another preview to help get them up-to-speed before The End begins. In the opener, our survivors begin to find their ways down one of two different paths- one to Mother Abagail (
Whoopi Goldberg) in Boulder, Colorado, and the other to Randall Flagg (
Alexander Skarsgard) in New Vegas. But with the fate of humanity at a crossroads, each of them will be called upon to take a stand.
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A deadly virus, a devastating pandemic and a divided America. Rings a bell? No, we re not talking about the COVID-19 pandemic but the latest Stephen King adaptation. Presenting the mystical and apocalyptic vision of a world decimated by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil, the nine-episodic limited series is all set to enthrall fans of the dark fantasy novel first published in 1978 by Doubleday.
In the televised version, the fate of mankind rests on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abagail (Whoopi Goldberg) and a handful of survivors. Their worst nightmares are embodied in a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg (Alexander Skarsgård), the Dark Man.
The Stand review: New Stephen King adaptation is too safe to be memorable, but too resonant to be dismissed Had the show retained the novel s pacing, and opted for grief over gore, King s message of humanity s resilience might have carried more weight in these times. Prahlad Srihari December 17, 2020 13:29:06 IST Still from The Stand
Language: English
The Stand opens in a church where frontline workers in PPE kits and N95 masks set about the unpleasant business of disposing dead bodies during a pandemic. It s a scene unnervingly of the moment. While there, one of the workers digs through shelves and drawers in search of DVDs. The world that s left is going to need entertainment, he says, before declaring his ambition to open a drive-in theatre: Put up a big screen, double features on Friday night. Yes, it s all too unnervingly of the moment.