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  1. 13-Jan-2021 #16
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    I suppose they just didn't have the budget.
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    Quote Originally Posted by shootemindehead View Post
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    I suppose they just didn't have the budget.
    Hmmm... A dark tunnel, with not much to see? Doesn't sound budget bursting?
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    Well the latest episode featured Las Vegas, I felt it topped the nineties adaptations depiction at least.
    I did enjoy the nineties Las Vegas scenes but there was very little material there, just a few minutes in the second and third parts, and about forty minutes of the final part.
    The rest of the episode was a boring cliche.
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    I'm 4 episodes into 'The Stand' and I still don't know whether I like it or not. I want to watch Ep 5, so that's something I suppose.
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    Found episode 3 was generally pretty flat IMHO. I just don't see this series working now...

    And the jumping back and forwards is just contrived and clunky...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Neil View Post
    And the jumping back and forwards is just contrived and clunky...
    Agreed. This approach can alienate people who are not already familiar with either the novel or the prior series.
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    EP5 - Another mixed bag IMHO.

    For some reason too much of it is falling flat for me, which I think is a cross between just the adaptation of it and the acting/actors. For example, this version's Lloyd (Flag's right hand man) is seemingly spineless and camp? Not a patch on Miguel Ferrer's 1994 version IMHO.

    I'll soldier on... Interested to see what King's new ending is like...

    ps: At least there were less time jumps...
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    It's a queer old show, isn't it? It's oddly compelling, yet completely unsatisfying.
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    I've spotted two King cameos so far...
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    Quote Originally Posted by shootemindehead View Post
    It's a queer old show, isn't it? It's oddly compelling, yet completely unsatisfying.
    This turns out to be more and more the case. It's just not firing on all cylinders and feels very flat a lot of the time...

    Basically just counting the episodes now to see what King's new (hopefully improved) ending brings...
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    Don't hold your breath.
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    So... Episode 8...

    ***SPOILERS***

    So we reach the end of Vegas, basically the same as the original book, but with more visual effects, cos!

    And these new visual effects makes even more of a mockery of the premise. The hand of god (blob of ball lightening energy) is sitting there zapping people left right and center, and indeed even then fries Flagg.

    Why didn't God just do that months earlier thus saving lots of lives and suffering?
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    Mmmm...

    This was always the problem I had with 'The Stand'. The whole god/devil thing is just awful. The idea of Capt. Tripps and the end of the world is well done. But once that old dear appears and Flagg, it just gets too dumb.
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    Well, the series overall? Flat!

    And the additional bolted on episode on the end? Contrived...

    Overall, 6/10.
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