Stephen King's The Stand Series Might Head To CBS All Access

[JD]

Given that The Kid expunged from the book (and his reinclusion in the extended edition) doesn't seem to add that much to the story behind a bit of exposition on Trash Can Man's background.



Maybe a 51y,o actor would be a bit too old for the role, but for some reason I got the impression he wasn't that young but then again haven't ready the book recently.

I've never read the book, I was just going by his name.

 

[Grendelsbayne]

I've never read the book, I was just going by his name.

The name is more of a western-esque/james dean rebel kind of allusion than anything to do with age. He's a fast talking, stubborn, domineering 'free spirit' (who also happens to be a total sociopath and fatally reckless).

 

[JD]

Oh, OK, now I get it.

 

[JD]

Director Josh Boone has clarified exactly what happened with Marilyn Manson. They did talk to him quite a bit about playing The Kid, but they couldn't work out the schedule, and once they couldn't get Manson, they decided to just get rid of the character altogether. They were also going to use a cove rManson, and Shooter Jenning did of The Doors' song The End, but it ended up being to expensive for them.

 

[Anwar]

So this starts tomorrow.

I've tried to find out where it's playing in Canada. Apparently it's not, not on TV nor on Crave.

 

[The Wormhole]

So this starts tomorrow.

I've tried to find out where it's playing in Canada. Apparently it's not, not on TV nor on Crave.

Likely for once this will be exclusively on the Canadian outlet of CBS All Access.

 

[JD]

I Watched the first episode, and I enjoyed it. It wasn't anything amazing, but I enjoyed it enough to stick with it.

 

[crookeddy]

Looks like its a complete flop... Terrible RT score and IMDB as well.

 

[DonIago]

^That's disappointing. :/

 

[Anwar]

Looks like its a complete flop... Terrible RT score and IMDB as well.

64% isn't what I'd call a bad RT score thus far.

 

[Tosk]

I enjoyed the first ep, but I'm not convinced yet that presenting it with a jumbled chronology was the best decision. Maybe it will come into play in later eps, but so far it just feels like they did it because they could. (Or they were worried people wouldn't be drawn in quickly enough with a straight telling.)

 

[crookeddy]

64% isn't what I'd call a bad RT score thus far.

It's 54% and audience score is 29%... Seems to be a similar quality to the new Twilight Zone.
Other than Picard, has CBSAA had a critical hit? The good fight maybe?

EDIT: I guess Discovery gets decent critical reviews, but slammed very heavily by haters.

 

[Anwar]

It's 54% and audience score is 29%...

The audience scores are from the people pissed Amber Heard is in this...and for some reason those same folks complain about Whoopi Goldberg a lot these days too. Dunno why.

As for the actual critic reviews, the negative ones are saying the story just doesn't have the impact it once had and feels too topical for the modern time.

 

[DonIago]

I will say I don't think Whoopi Goldberg was a great choice for Mother Abigail, at least not without more of an effort to make her look older. Based on the trailers, at least. For a centenarian she appeared to have aged remarkably well.

 

[Anwar]

I will say I don't think Whoopi Goldberg was a great choice for Mother Abigail, at least not without more of an effort to make her look older. Based on the trailers, at least. For a centenarian she appeared to have aged remarkably well.

The Mother Abigail in the 90s version didn't look over 100 either, IIRC.

 

[DonIago]

I don't know what a person over 100 years old looks like per se, but I found the prosthetics for Ruby Dee more convincing, from what I've seen.

 

[Tosk]

People age differently from one another. You should look up Ann Nixon Cooper. She was 107 when she died and didn't look far off where they have Whoopi.

 

[BillJ]

I'm not a fan of Stephen King, nor have I read The Stand, though I did see the ABC TV adaptation from twenty years ago. I thought it gave an appropriate hook and the casting was well done, especially for Harold Lauder. Amy (my wife) seemed to like it and she is a huge fan of King and The Stand.

It was interesting enough for me to come back next week.

I enjoyed the first ep, but I'm not convinced yet that presenting it with a jumbled chronology was the best decision. Maybe it will come into play in later eps, but so far it just feels like they did it because they could. (Or they were worried people wouldn't be drawn in quickly enough with a straight telling.)

Might just be to differentiate it from the original mini-series.

 

[DigificWriter]

I enjoyed the first ep, but I'm not convinced yet that presenting it with a jumbled chronology was the best decision. Maybe it will come into play in later eps, but so far it just feels like they did it because they could. (Or they were worried people wouldn't be drawn in quickly enough with a straight telling.)

Here's an interview from Josh Boone about why he told the story of The Stand non-linearly:
https://www.joblo.com/horror-movies...wrunner-on-non-linear-approach-and-new-ending

 

[crookeddy]

The audience scores are from the people pissed Amber Heard is in this...and for some reason those same folks complain about Whoopi Goldberg a lot these days too. Dunno why.

As for the actual critic reviews, the negative ones are saying the story just doesn't have the impact it once had and feels too topical for the modern time.

Whoopi hate is at least partially due to some qanon madness.