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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
Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of The Stand…
There is a decadence to the world of Randall Flagg which provides this show with some precious life blood. Ensconced within an ivory tower of gaudy extravagance, he surveys the domain like a feudal lord, bestowing leniency upon his subjects. That this perfect personification of hell exists in the barren dust bowl which is Las Vegas, only adds to its shallow opulence. Forty stories up and manipulating the outcome of numerous human narratives, Randall Flagg plays at being God wielding omnipotence like a weapon of war.
Controlling the vulnerable and offering up salvation for those foolish enough to seek refuge, this literal inferno offers guidance only for the weak. People like Nadine Cross and Harold Lauder who are in need of a saviour, open to suggestions or lacking a moral compass. Those are the people Randall Flagg prays upon guaranteeing a sense of purpose, a sense of family and ultimately acceptance into his perpetually expan
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The Stand has arrived, with its first episode landing on CBS All Access this week. Itâs an exciting time for fans who have been watching the project move ever so slowly through development â but itâs also a key time to provide a reminder that the show isnât going to be a carbon copy of its source material. Factors including the book being multiple decades old and having been previously adapted are going to influence certain new choices made by the filmmakers. And thatâs clearly evident in the series premiere, titled âThe End.â
So what exactly has been changed? The true answer is quite a number of things, but primarily there are eight key differences that we found between the book and the show. Some of them are significant, and some of them are just simple alterations, and weâve dug into all of them below.