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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · Jul 21

In Dec of 2021, I turned 50.
It was time for a mid-life crisis.
It was going to be either a sports car or to embark on a journey to revisit a favorite aspect of my youth:

Reading Stephen King.

#StephenKing #horror #horrorbooks

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Once again, Ruby Dee knocks it out of the part with the key line from the film
“Be true… STAND!”

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DON’T SCREW WITH MY DISCO, NADINE!

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“You’re a virgin, aren’t you? Well, I am too and I’m gonna stay that way.”

That has to rank up there with one of the most mood-killing sexy talk I’ve ever heard. 😂

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I’m glad they dropped the whole Frannie’s diary/Harold’s journal subplot from the book.

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I’ve been to some long-ass church services before, and yeah, this is what it felt like.

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Tom’s hypnotism was one of the more memorable scenes from the book. “I’m God’s Tom…”

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Day 322: Nov 18, 2022

Finishing off the second half of Part 3 of the 1994 miniseries The Stand. The Boulder Free Zone is getting established, Nadine is making eyes at Harold, and Las Vegas is operating as efficiently as Twitter under Elon Flagg’s rule.

#TheStand #StephenKing

"The Stand" The Betrayal (TV Episode 1994) ⭐ 7.0 | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

1h 29m

www.imdb.com

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Well, this wouldn’t have been MY first reaction if a gorgeous woman begged me to make love to her…

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That’s a LOT of extras for a made-for-TV miniseries!

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Ruby Dee should have won ALL the awards for her performance.

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Hey look! It’s a cameo from Sai King himself!

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This cutaway to what he sees outside of the window – very disjointed use of bad CGI. Doesn’t even seem to have been necessary. Probably would’ve been better off with a matte painting, or even nothing at all!

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Harold’s skin really cleared up between Episodes 2 and 3.

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Beware of Peeping Harolds.

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Day 321: Nov 17, 2022

I pressed PLAY on Part 3 of the 1994 miniseries The Stand. It opens on a confusing scene with a bunch of new characters (the Judge, Dayna) in addition to Stu, Frannie abd Glen. If you hadn’t read the book, this could have been very disorienting.

#TheStand #StephenKing

"The Stand" The Betrayal (TV Episode 1994) ⭐ 7.0 | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

1h 29m

www.imdb.com

Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 2h

One of the hosts of Dark Tower Radio listened to the commentary track of The Stand (1984) and mentioned that several big-name actors were pursued to play Randall Flagg. Names like: Christopher Walken, James Woods, Willem Dafoe and Jeff Goldblum.

Can you imagine?

Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 2h

Next up is Dark Tower Radio with their 2 hr+ analysis of Part 2 of The Stand (1994).

podcastaddict.com/episode/1131...

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Day 320
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To help me make sense of Part 2 of the 1994 TV series adaptation of The Stand is The Losers’ Club with their typical nonsense!

#TheStand #StephenKing

The Stand Miniseries Rewatch Pt. 2 | The Losers' Club

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And that concludes Part 2 and brings me to the halfway point.

I know adaptations can’t cover every plot element from the source material – but this seems like its moving the story along and 10x speed, having just spend the last few weeks reading The Stand!

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Ruby Dee’s reaction as Mother Abigail to Nick’s declaration that he doesn’t believe in God… Absolute perfection!

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Interesting switch from the book – to place the kid Joe with Lucy Swann instead of with Nadine Cross.

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What a beautifully captured shot!

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Shawnee Smith as Julie Lowry is quite the looker. I looked up her filmography and other than being in a bunch of Saw films, she never seemed to strike it big. I’m surprised.

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Day 319
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Finishing up Part 2 of the 1994 ABC adaptation of The Stand. I left off at the start of the buddy road trip with Nick & Tom!

#TheStand #StephenKing

"The Stand" The Dreams (TV Episode 1994) ⭐ 7.2 | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

1h 28m | TV-14

www.imdb.com

Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 21h

Never thought about it like before, but now that you've said it, I can't unsee it!

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