The Stand (2020)

Still my favourite Stephen King work (run close by IT). I remember feeling well chuffed when I read it at over 1200 pages (extended version).

It's such a massive story that it will be some achievement to pull it off in 9 episodes. I wonder how much of the story it will cover?

The book is very much a slow burner but has so much depth in character development. I guess a tv series will have to add action and move along far quicker. I read that it's actually starting a year or so after the pandemic and the world is in tatters (very apt). So the story is well advanced from where the book starts.

Defo worth a watch👍..... Although not confident they can pull it off.
 
I remember watching the original tv series with Gary Sinise and Molly Ringwald. Must be over 25 years ago now.
 
Brilliant book, read it in my Teens but I also listened to the Audiobook recently as well, highly recommended. What will it be on over here?
 
Anyone started to watch this. Just watched the 1st episode, pretty good so far even though I`ve seen the original mini series and read the books

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The Stand 2020
 
I’d heard it was boring which was my view on the last time their did this . A lot of Stephen king tv stuff seems to be like that . Hopefully this breaks the mould
 
Brilliant book but like quite a few of Kings books he just can't write an ending.

Definitely. Think its the last book in the dark tower series (which I loved despite its inconsistent quality) where he even goes as far as putting in a note before the last chapter basically saying he knows the ending will likely really annoy a lot of people, please only read on if you can handle it (or words to that effect). 😂

The stand is a great book. Ending isn't that bad by his standards.

Anyone who likes it should try The Passage (and sequels).
 
I liked the first in the trilogy, but not the successors. The TV adaptation turned out to be quite uninvolving too. A shame as I like Justin Cronin as a literary critic.
 
Definitely. Think its the last book in the dark tower series (which I loved despite its inconsistent quality) where he even goes as far as putting in a note before the last chapter basically saying he knows the ending will likely really annoy a lot of people, please only read on if you can handle it (or words to that effect). 😂

The stand is a great book. Ending isn't that bad by his standards.

Anyone who likes it should try The Passage (and sequels).

The Passage is a fantastic trilogy. Gutted when the TV series got cancelled after one series or season if you are American.

Regarding S. Kings endings being poor. His son rewrote the endings for at least one of his. 11/22/63 I think. Thats a good read as well. Has two of my main interests. Time Travel and the Kennedy assassination.
 
I liked the first in the trilogy, but not the successors. The TV adaptation turned out to be quite uninvolving too. A shame as I like Justin Cronin as a literary critic.

The first one is the strongest for sure, but I did enjoy the others too. Not seen the series.
 
Still my favourite Stephen King work (run close by IT). I remember feeling well chuffed when I read it at over 1200 pages (extended version).

It's such a massive story that it will be some achievement to pull it off in 9 episodes. I wonder how much of the story it will cover?

The book is very much a slow burner but has so much depth in character development. I guess a tv series will have to add action and move along far quicker. I read that it's actually starting a year or so after the pandemic and the world is in tatters (very apt). So the story is well advanced from where the book starts.

Defo worth a watch👍..... Although not confident they can pull it off.

Its about 40 yrs since I read the book but if I remember correctly its starts during the Mr Tripps pandemic when someone crashes into a petrol station. Where does the series start?
 
Awesome episode 6 with finally the introduction of Trash Can Man and Tsar Bomba

Fact - The Tsar Bomba was denonated 4km above ground but was so large (in fact the largest) that it registered over 5.0 on the Richter all over the globe (let that sink in) and the mushroom cloud reached 60km
 
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