Stephen King's The Stand

[Magnetron]

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/nov/24/matthew-mcconaughey-the-stand-stephen-king-adaptation

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The Randall Flagg in the original was not the sexy at all.

 

[ryan8558]

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/nov/24/matthew-mcconaughey-the-stand-stephen-king-adaptation

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The Randall Flagg in the original was not the sexy at all.

Believe it's also going to be a four part movie adaptation. Hope they release one every 6 months!!

 

[Jennifer]

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/nov/24/matthew-mcconaughey-the-stand-stephen-king-adaptation

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The Randall Flagg in the original was not the sexy at all.

No, he was not sexy. OMG, McConaughey. Do we have any idea of a release date?

 

[butters]

4 parter? this is good; it's a story that deserves time being explored. so long as the don't ruin it the way (for me) they ruin so many king books, even with king's input. The Stand is one of my biggest favourites, so please please please let it be great.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

But four films, though?

Really? Two films at 2.5 hours apiece would be sufficient, if written properly.

Being a SK fan, I loved the book as well, but they're really going to have to take big liberties in the "based on a SK novel" berth and totally diversify the few big-action moments the book had to justify that sort of stretched-out split for cinematic viewing. As much as I like the LOTR universe, even The Hobbit trifecta had to be padded out with marginally acceptable extra fluff n' stuff.

 

[butters]

But four films, though?

Really? Two films at 2.5 hours apiece would be sufficient, if written properly.

Being a SK fan, I loved the book as well, but they're really going to have to take big liberties in the "based on a SK novel" berth and totally diversify the few big-action moments the book had to justify that sort of stretched-out split for cinematic viewing. As much as I like the LOTR universe, even The Hobbit trifecta had to be padded out with marginally acceptable extra fluff n' stuff.

but the hobbit was only ever a small book (ok, punsenuff) and it needed complete re-upholstering to span 3 films. for me, The Stand, felt like a journey through months and months. 4 might be a film too far, but there's just so much material to work with given the unabridged version. i think i can see where they'd make the breaks for 4.

 

[Magnetron]

Also in the works is a 2 part remake of IT.

And CELL starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson should be in theatres soon.

 

[Jennifer]

Also in the works is a 2 part remake of IT.

And CELL starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson should be in theatres soon.

Really? I'm out of the loop. That book gave me nightmares.

 

[PayDay]

I have to say I was a fan of the original The Stand 'made for TV' series back in the day. Sinise rocked it. Granted, they did cut the hell out of the TrashCanMan, but I still like it, they obviously tried very hard to do a good job.

 

[butters]

Also in the works is a 2 part remake of IT.

And CELL starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson should be in theatres soon.

cell will slot in perfectly with the 'zombie virus rampage threat to humanity' fashionable at the moment, vamps and werewolves being a little tired after all the twilight (etceteras) sagas.

 

[PayDay]

cell will slot in perfectly with the 'zombie virus rampage threat to humanity' fashionable at the moment, vamps and werewolves being a little tired after all the twilight (etceteras) sagas.

pssht... Zombie films are always cool.
Even World War Z had moments of awesomeness.

 

[butters]

pssht... Zombie films are always cool.
Even World War Z had moments of awesomeness.

i enjoy a good zombie movie the fast zombies are scarier!

 

[lovecraft68]

I'm assuming four films means they are going with his extended version that was three hundred pages longer than the eight hundred page original.

What I learned from picking up the long uncut version was.....it was cut out for a reason, the extra material was King just being self indulgent and rambling out of control.

I won't bother seeing it.

 

[PayDay]

i enjoy a good zombie movie the fast zombies are scarier!

Did you catch Diary of the Dead ?
www.imdb.com/title/tt0848557/

or Land of the Dead
www.imdb.com/title/tt0418819/ ?

I got a real kick out of them, good societal/social commentary on top of Zombie anarchy.

I'm assuming four films means they are going with his extended version that was three hundred pages longer than the eight hundred page original.

What I learned from picking up the long uncut version was.....it was cut out for a reason, the extra material was King just being self indulgent and rambling out of control.

I won't bother seeing it.

hmmm....

 

[butters]

I'm assuming four films means they are going with his extended version that was three hundred pages longer than the eight hundred page original.

What I learned from picking up the long uncut version was.....it was cut out for a reason, the extra material was King just being self indulgent and rambling out of control.

I won't bother seeing it.

personally, i disagree with your opinion there: i felt the extra material went a long way towards adding depth to certain characters, explaining more about how they got to be the people they were. for me it rounded the book out in places it needed.

 

[butters]

Did you catch Diary of the Dead ?
www.imdb.com/title/tt0848557/

or Land of the Dead
www.imdb.com/title/tt0418819/ ?

I got a real kick out of them, good societal/social commentary on top of Zombie anarchy.



hmmm....

not seen either of those. i'll look out for them!

 

[IrezumiKiss]

personally, i disagree with your opinion there: i felt the extra material went a long way towards adding depth to certain characters, explaining more about how they got to be the people they were. for me it rounded the book out in places it needed.

What makes a fattened-up book for a better read with the engine of your personal imagination may not work well cinematically for the patience of sitting in a theater for a four-part epic. Assuming each film is also epic-length.

I know it can be done that way, but should it be done that way, that's the tricksy part. I keep seeing franchise dollars driving things before art and craft.

Either way, King's set for life, so...

 

[PayDay]

What makes a fattened-up book for a better read with the engine of your personal imagination may not work well cinematically for the patience of sitting in a theater for a four-part epic.

Killer sentence. 'nuff said.

 

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[Magnetron]

I'm all for remakes, if they bring something different to the table.

The 1st remake of Carrie was slight improvement as it delved into the destruction of town during her walk back home after having burning down the school.

The 2nd remake was almost a 1:1 clone of the original. It was pointless.

 

[butters]

What makes a fattened-up book for a better read with the engine of your personal imagination may not work well cinematically for the patience of sitting in a theater for a four-part epic. Assuming each film is also epic-length.

I know it can be done that way, but should it be done that way, that's the tricksy part. I keep seeing franchise dollars driving things before art and craft.

Either way, King's set for life, so...

see? this is where we part company, zumi you regard it as 'a fattened up book', where i see it as the original, unabridged epic, that suffers in places where it got chopped down to fit a certain size his publishers wanted to put out. i guess only time will tell how well it's worked, and i lurve good long films. it always baffles me when people complain about the length of a LOTR or Harry Potter movie. i never want them to end - and that's exactly how i am with SK books for the most part. given his often weak endings, perhaps he doesn't like bringing his storoes to a close either

I'm all for remakes, if they bring something different to the table.

The 1st remake of Carrie was slight improvement as it delved into the destruction of town during her walk back home after having burning down the school.

The 2nd remake was almost a 1:1 clone of the original. It was pointless.

not seen any of the remakes - they've sorta passed me by. the original was good and creepy way back when, though.

i honestly feel the best films made of his books were the green mile, shawshank redemption, stand by me, the shining, christine and, maybe, carrie. so many of his supernatural-type stories just fail for me when they're adapted to the screen. under the dome as a tv series is hugely disappointing.

 

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[Wrong Element]

I'm assuming four films means they are going with his extended version that was three hundred pages longer than the eight hundred page original.

What I learned from picking up the long uncut version was.....it was cut out for a reason, the extra material was King just being self indulgent and rambling out of control.

I won't bother seeing it.

King has rarely had a novel that couldn't have stood a little trimming, "little" as in "a good hundred pages at least."

The Stand is a decent read, but it also came early in King's career. Its themes have been revisited so many times in his other novels over four decades that I doubt the new films can come across as anything other than overly familiar.

 

[Magnetron]

not seen any of the remakes - they've sorta passed me by. the original was good and creepy way back when, though.

i honestly feel the best films made of his books were the green mile, shawshank redemption, stand by me, the shining, christine and, maybe, carrie. so many of his supernatural-type stories just fail for me when they're adapted to the screen. under the dome as a tv series is hugely disappointing.

All three Carries might be on Netflix at the moment. And Carrie 2 : The Rage which was a decent sequel.

Which Shining? The 2nd made for TV was truer to the book. I can't stand the Kubrick version.

The Dome series is nothing like the book. So completely off the rails that it is like those movies loosely based on true events.

 

[gravyrug]

I'll probably watch to see if they do a better job this time. The first miniseries had a few really good things (Gary Sinise, most obviously), but ultimately failed to capture the mood of the book. And McConaughey is almost guaranteed to be better than the guy that played Flagg in the first one.