Page 3 of 3 FirstFirst 123
Results 31 to 45 of 45

Thread: The Stand (film)

  1. 01-Jul-2014 #31
    Neil
    Neil is offline
    Webmaster Neil's Avatar
    Administrator

    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    nr London
    Posts
    16,299
    England
    Quote Originally Posted by Rottedfreak View Post
    A way it could work is by having the plague as the backdrop to the events of the book, instead of having half the film drawn out with the world in chaos followed by gathering it could feature the chosen gathering during the plague itself for the first third, then in the second show them rebuilding in Boulder which has become a ghost town due to CDC operations and then the final third have the stand.
    ...but...but...that's the best bit! I'd be an unhappy panda!

    Seriously, if they don't go through the Lincoln tunnel in the film, it will be unforgivable! That said, that scene surely cannot be beaten in written form!

    Here's that part of the book here - http://www.sheilaomalley.com/?p=7689
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
    -Carl Sagan
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 02-Jul-2014 #32
    Rottedfreak
    Rottedfreak is offline
    Twitching
    Member

    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Age
    43
    Posts
    806
    Undisclosed
    That could be the opening scene, imagine it: we hear radio broadcasts denouncing the 'Captain Trips' scare over shots of New York City in chaos with the dead piling up, the living either choking on their blood or the uninfected helping or hindering the situation and then go to Larry and Rita outside the Lincoln Tunnel. They talk, they argue ad Larry has flashbacks of his dying mother warning about the dark man before entering the tunnel alone.
    Meanwhile in Ogunquit Maine life goes on, people surf, swim, there's traffic and then a guy on a beach has a cough he attributes to 'summer flu'.
    Okay the danger is the Stand becomes something what Michael Bay would do but given that it got three stinky hours it's unavoidable at this point.
    Last edited by Rottedfreak; 02-Jul-2014 at 11:41 AM. Reason: I mucked up okay? EVERYONE DOES IT!!!!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 24-Aug-2014 #33
    Neil
    Neil is offline
    Webmaster Neil's Avatar
    Administrator

    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    nr London
    Posts
    16,299
    England
    OK! I'm interested!!!

    Matthew McConaughey as Randall Flag? - http://www.aintitcool.com/node/68478

    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
    -Carl Sagan
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 24-Aug-2014 #34
    Geordie9
    Geordie9 is offline
    Dying Geordie9's Avatar
    Member

    Join Date
    Oct 2013
    Age
    42
    Posts
    420
    UK
    Good choice, i think hed make a good Randall Flagg
    Get that damn screwdriver out of my head!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 24-Aug-2014 #35
    kidgloves
    kidgloves is offline
    Walking Dead kidgloves's Avatar
    Member

    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Location
    UK
    Age
    53
    Posts
    2,152
    England
    Hell yeah!!
    The body is the instrument on which imagination plays.

    MY HOME CINEMA
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 24-Aug-2014 #36
    Neil
    Neil is offline
    Webmaster Neil's Avatar
    Administrator

    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    nr London
    Posts
    16,299
    England
    Quote Originally Posted by Geordie9 View Post
    Good choice, i think hed make a good Randall Flagg
    Understatement of the year - He'd make a totally epic Randall Flagg!

    That said, Jamey Sheridan was very good in the TV mini-series, so will be interesting to see how McConaughey compares!
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
    -Carl Sagan
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. 10-Sep-2014 #37
    Neil
    Neil is offline
    Webmaster Neil's Avatar
    Administrator

    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    nr London
    Posts
    16,299
    England
    3hr movie - http://www.aintitcool.com/node/68714

    I finished writing the script maybe a month ago. Stephen [King] absolutely loved it. It’s, I think, the first script ever approved by him. [It’ll be] a single version movie of The Stand. Three Hours. It hews very closely to the novel.
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
    -Carl Sagan
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  8. 08-Oct-2014 #38
    Neil
    Neil is offline
    Webmaster Neil's Avatar
    Administrator

    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    nr London
    Posts
    16,299
    England
    Now talks of two movies - http://www.aintitcool.com/node/69047

    Would seem to make more sense IMHO if they really want to get the most out of the characters/story.
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
    -Carl Sagan
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  9. 12-Oct-2014 #39
    Legion2213
    Legion2213 is offline
    Walking Dead Legion2213's Avatar
    Member

    Join Date
    Sep 2007
    Location
    England
    Age
    51
    Posts
    2,031
    England
    3 hours seems a little compressed...now 2x 3 hour movies, that could do it justice!

    I'll watch it either way, loved the book, really enjoyed the mini-series...so it's only decent to give this new version a shot with an open mind.
    Oblivion gallops closer, favoring the spur, sparing the rein - I think we will be gone soon
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  10. 12-Oct-2014 #40
    Neil
    Neil is offline
    Webmaster Neil's Avatar
    Administrator

    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    nr London
    Posts
    16,299
    England
    2 x 2.25hrs it'll end up being I recon...
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
    -Carl Sagan
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  11. 21-Nov-2014 #41
    Neil
    Neil is offline
    Webmaster Neil's Avatar
    Administrator

    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    nr London
    Posts
    16,299
    England
    Now it's going to be.... *ready for this*... FOUR FILMS - http://www.aintitcool.com/node/69554

    Huh? Sounds like too much! The story will get diluted surely!
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
    -Carl Sagan
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  12. 21-Nov-2014 #42
    AcesandEights
    AcesandEights is offline
    Just Married AcesandEights's Avatar
    Super Moderator

    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Location
    Mid-Hudson Valley, NY
    Posts
    7,479
    United States
    Quote Originally Posted by Neil View Post
    Now it's going to be.... *ready for this*... FOUR FILMS - http://www.aintitcool.com/node/69554

    Huh? Sounds like too much! The story will get diluted surely!
    Horrible

    "Men choose as their prophets those who tell them that their hopes are true." --Lord Dunsany
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  13. 21-Nov-2014 #43
    MoonSylver
    MoonSylver is offline
    Chasing Prey MoonSylver's Avatar
    Member

    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Location
    Columbus, Oh
    Age
    54
    Posts
    3,475
    United States
    Someone's got delusions of "Lord of the Rings"...
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  14. 21-Nov-2014 #44
    Neil
    Neil is offline
    Webmaster Neil's Avatar
    Administrator

    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    nr London
    Posts
    16,299
    England
    Quote Originally Posted by MoonSylver View Post
    Someone's got delusions of "Lord of the Rings"...
    Well, if I recall, there is a lot of walking in The Stand too!
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
    -Carl Sagan
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  15. 21-Nov-2014 #45
    MoonSylver
    MoonSylver is offline
    Chasing Prey MoonSylver's Avatar
    Member

    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Location
    Columbus, Oh
    Age
    54
    Posts
    3,475
    United States
    Quote Originally Posted by Neil View Post
    Well, if I recall, there is a lot of walking in The Stand too!
    Exactly. There's even a "Walking Dude" in it!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules