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Stephen King's The Stand being remade as a feature film? NO NO NO
If there is already a post on this subject please forgive me.
I recently saw an article that "The Stand" one of Stephen King's earlier books is being adapted as an upcoming film. Matthew McConnaghy is being considered for the role of Randall Flagg.
Problem I have with all of this is (1) The Stand was such an intense, involved book with multi and well developed characters. No feature film could ever do it any justice.
(2) ABC did a miniseries back in 1994 based on this book and I thought it was quite good. I still own the VHS.
(3) Hollywood has always had trouble adapting a King book into a feature film. Most of them fall flat. Cujo, The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption (actually was a novella and not a novel) being the exceptions.
(4)I am tired of Hollywood remakes. Whatever happened to creativity. The country is crawling with creative people but Hollywood seems locked in this approach.
Your thoughts?
I recently saw an article that "The Stand" one of Stephen King's earlier books is being adapted as an upcoming film. Matthew McConnaghy is being considered for the role of Randall Flagg.
Problem I have with all of this is (1) The Stand was such an intense, involved book with multi and well developed characters. No feature film could ever do it any justice.
(2) ABC did a miniseries back in 1994 based on this book and I thought it was quite good. I still own the VHS.
(3) Hollywood has always had trouble adapting a King book into a feature film. Most of them fall flat. Cujo, The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption (actually was a novella and not a novel) being the exceptions.
(4)I am tired of Hollywood remakes. Whatever happened to creativity. The country is crawling with creative people but Hollywood seems locked in this approach.
Your thoughts?
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but i notice you left out 'The Shining' in your list there of exceptions - but thats ok, i'll forgive you ;)
At the risk of being punched in the nose, Pennywise wasn't in The Stand.
In regard to The Shining, like Stephen King, I prefer the miniseries to the Kubrick film. It stayed truer to the novel. I enjoyed the its cast better than the film. Did not care for the choices of Scatman Crothers and Shelley Long(?) Both Halloran and Wendy were stronger characters in the book than what we got in Kubrick's film.
It would be a movie I would not go and see.
That's what it should be. I wouldn't be surprised if they end up at least making two films once they realize that it's impossible to condense that novel down into a single 2-3 hour film. It sounded as though Affleck and his screenwriter were having trouble condensing the novel down to one film, so I'm hopeful that it will prove an impossible task and at least force the studio into making 2 films out if it, if not 3.
Like @SaintMark, a remake would be a movie I would not want to see.
You did read where I said "It" was being greenlit didn't you?... I know the difference between "The Stand" and "It".
There were aspects of the miniseries that were good - but on the whole I always felt it was vastly inferior to the Kubrick film, even with the creative liberties that Kubrick took with the story....... I do like the novel though.
When I read the book back in 1987, it was the originally published 700 plus page version. When King released the 1100 page original (that his publisher insisted be cut down more than 300 pages), I choose to pass on that.
What version did you guys read? the 700 or 1100 page version?
the Stand I read both versions and more in this case is better.
And with IT the end of the series is somewhat Meh, but Tim Curry as the clown is a character you'll never forget. And many a teenager and child have ever been left with a fear or strong sense of unevenness whenever they see a clown. IT the tv show was quite damaging for the clown industry. :D
same for me, read the Stand upon release and revisited the book on the release of the longer version and that one did it for me with far more story and depth. The longer version actually adds so much more that the short version is kind of a waste of reading time.