Man. I’m a avid King reader I’ve read most of his works, but never got around to reading the stand until now. This is truly his best book. The writing is top notch the story is paced perfectly. Some of his best perspective writing and character development. I can’t believe I’ve waited this long to read it.
I read the uncut version a year or so after this video was filmed, I think I was about 13, and I thought it was brilliant. I actually wrote to him as part of a school project and he replied, I was blown away!
I remember also being smitten with the short story from Night Shift, forget what it was called, where Captain Trips was mentioned. It felt more like a vignette, with some kids on a beach and a very apocalyptic mood. Something about it even though it pretty much lacked a narrative in the traditional sense.
After leaving work one day I knew I was coming down with the Flu so i decided I would just stay in bed all weekend and read a book. I Stopped by a local book store on my way home and bought The Stand. Of all the books to read while in bed with a bad case of the Flu. This is my favorite book of all time. "A dark chest of wonder indeed."
Probably my favourite as well, after the Bible. The Talisman and Swan Song are right there as well. I remember reading The Stand as my Dad and I were driving from Virginia to Arches National Park in '86. Actually, during the part (no spoilers, I promise:) where they're walking from Colorado to Nevada I believe we were in either western Colorado or eastern Utah....ironic, poignant and unforgettable. Thanks Dad! Love and miss you...thank you for the memories.
I just finished The Stand Complete and Uncut for the first time this week, after never having read the original. The absense of the scene with Fran and her mom shocks me. That was such a great scene. Brutal, but great.
Never read the cut version, but the uncut version is a masterpiece. I can't imagine missing a single scene! I did a review of "The Stand" (uncut) if any are interested. FANTASTIC book.
The cut version was "almost" as good. I mean, if you think about that whole business with the Kid, you can see that removing it wouldn't really change anything else. It was great stuff, but it was "cuttable" without reducing the quality of the book to any extreme degree.
I heard that The Kid's storyline was cut, which was probably the only thing about the book that I didn't like, I thought it felt out of place and it just felt like filler to me, other than that though I wouldn't cut anything, after hearing about some of the cuts that were made I'm shocked, I loved those scenes.
The Stand uncut is absolutely fantastic, but I'd still go with The Shining as my #1, simply because it's the scariest. The part with the stone statues in the lawn fucked me up...
The Stand still haunts me to this day, it also moves me emotionally. Stephen King does not write horror, his best books (like The Stand and IT) are beautiful character studies.
@@nedflanders5302 King seems to like that sort of character - I think he feels they have an innocence that others don't. In the Dark Tower you got Sheemie in that same mold.
Oh yes - that was great. Just reinforced how Tom told us Flagg never dies. I read that as "humans will never lose their capacity for evil." Flagg's role in the universe is to provide scope and opportunity to our evil. The endless test - we have to rise above it again and again.
:-) I just 1) re-watched the mini-series, 2) re-read the extended edition, and 3) read the entire series of comic books, all in a few weeks. So I'm probably about as "on top" of that story as I've ever been.
they didn't really want to make it into a big block-buster movie, like his other books, b/c in the story its a biological weapon released by the govt. so they created a different story where the virus came from a monkey instead and called it OUTBREAK.
of all the 30 books I have read by him the stand has to be my favorite, I started reading him back in 1976 and I was reading the talisman, now without Stephen king I would be forever lost.
The Talisman is a GREAT READ as well. It contains what I regard as King's most overtly, immediately SCARY AS HELL scene. I won't detail it here so as not to spoil it for anyone, but I'll just refer to it as the "Our boy?" scene - those who've read will know. Just creeped me THE HELL out.
Then I saw the miniseries advertised on Superbowl Sunday. I was apprehensive and joyful at the same time. My complaint in the miniseries were the characters of Harold, Frannie, and Trashcan Man were underdeveloped.
I just finished re-watching the mini-series and re-reading the complete / unrevised edition. My biggest complaint about the mini-series is the elimination of Rita Blakemore and the "taking over" of her plot line by Nadine Cross. I think Rita's fate in the novel was a huge factor in Larry's character development - it haunted him for most of the rest of the book. The mini-series was unable to follow that path because of the Rita/Nadine compositing. Because of that change, they were forced to bring Joe / Leo into the story through Lucy instead of Nadine, and that affected Nadine's character development a lot. Out of all the changes made for the mini-series, I think that's the one that caused the most issue.
Yeah, there just wasn't enough time - he had to "make it fit" somewhere. My main complaint was the elimination of Rita Blakemore and the fusion of some of her bits with Nadine, which also caused them to need to put Joe/Leo with Lucy from the jump. The events he experienced with Rita were *totally* vital to Larry's character development. All of that was just lost from the mini-series. And Nadine was very underdeveloped as well. No criticism here - I recognize King was working under a time constraint that put big limitations on him.
There are always shocking moments and many times in the many stories we lose an essential character we've grown attatched to.. torture and love juxtaposed, married in & it leaves us angry thrilled and drawn to the stories, tjanks Mr King.
Back in the he day, when I fell in love, with the man, behind the horror. Thank you Steve, you gave me hours of pleasure/terror. Love you more. The Stand, to me holds the single most horrific chapter in American literature. The walk thru the Lincoln tunnel. Omg I couldn't sleep for a week. Thanks Steve, I'm gonna always love you for that.
King has the ability to craft words in a way that makes you feel like you are there - you FEEL the feelings he's trying to produce. I put in a plug somewhere else in these comments for Jim Butcher's Dresden Files books - Butcher has a similar ability - you feel like you are THERE, in his universe, right alongside the characters. It's a rare gift, apparently, because I just don't get that feeling from most books. I can still enjoy the stories, but it's not the same - not as "personal." Those of you that enjoy King, I definitely recommend you try out Butcher. The first Dresden novels were written the very beginning of his career, and it shows to some degree - somewhat like King when he wrote The Gunslinger. But there are 15 Dresden books, with 7 or 8 more expected, and he grows to his full power over the course of the first few. He Butcher, that is, to his full power with words.
Just rebought it hardcover cuz my old paperback copy broke and it was held together w duct tape I had had that copy for like 15 years. It was in this miniseries I first heard “don’t fear the reaper” and “everybody wants to rule the world”
I've read both the original 800-page version and the restored 1200-page version, and personally I prefer the original. The restored version definitely has some additional flavor but like so many of SK's works, it's just too dang long and overly detailed.
The word processor at the time of this video was a technology fairly long in the tooth by today's standards; I recall its mainstream advent to be sometime around 1974 (of the type with a display monitor commonally thought of as a "modern" WP by we boomers - although the concept w/o display had been around for about a decade even then but not in general use) and by '78 becoming a widespread(-ing) technology among writer's & editors. However, it never really gained the stature of "office fixture" that it would have owing to for the meteoric rise of the PC with its ability to interface with both the tractor-fed printer & the IBM Selectric, quickly followed by the "daisy wheel". I also recall writing in longhand cursive & riding ponies to school.
Back in those days "word processors" were computer appliances that did just that - you didn't do general purpose computing on them the way you do today. So the thing sat there and looked a lot like a desktop computer, but only did the one application. So that terminology fits, and was indeed what was said at the time.
A lot of the things that happened as the various characters crossed the country were cut out in the mini-series. The whole episode where Stu and party rescued Susan Stern, Dana Jurgens, and some other less significant women from the men who were holding them prisoner was cut. That storm cellar scene with Nick and Tom was cut. Rita Blakemore was cut completely and integrated with Nadine Cross - that change then required them to have Joe/Leo be with Lucy initially instead of Nadine. The Kid was cut, totally. The bit where the news team overpowered their military supervisors and broadcast footage of bodies being dumped in the ocean was cut. Quite a few things, actually.
@@Karaaaa_Anne I'm sorry - for some reason I thought we were talking about the mini-series, not the original "pre-extended edition" book. I concur with you. I remember Rita from my earliest read, which was the abridged one. But not the Kid.
KipIngram I went back through the sections with trash in the abridged and the kidd was mentioned but not by name. Trash talks about a sexual encounter he had in the middle of the story. At the end, when the free zone gang is going towards Vegas the man that got destroyed by wolves was mentioned. The connection wasn’t made that these situations both involved the kidd.
I read most of Kings classics Shinning, Pet Cemetery, Salems Lot, It and the more recent 11.22.63 I can't decide what to read next would anybody recommend it highly or something else ?
I think a lot of the very best writers are a little weird. I think you have to be in sort of a funny head space to produce things that wonderful. P.K. Dick was a great writer too, and also... very weird.
Those short sighted idiots messed it all up. I have your version of it and I read it every few years. I am reading it now. There will be a movie and they will screw the pooch on it. The tv mini series is gold.
The mini-series did do a very good job of staying true to the written plot. Some changes in the name of making it all fit, and they all hurt, but generally it was excellent. Camp level was a bit on the high side, but that's just a reflection of the times. There's a screenplay from before the mini-series, when they were thinking of making a movie. I read it - it's not nearly as good . Major plot changes. Still ends basically the same way, but it was just... changed, and not in good ways, I think.
I’ve been trying for years to understand why people love this book so much which brings me to this video. I honestly just don’t like this book. I like a lot about it but this book is just not good in my opinion. But I’m trying to like it because people love this book and I just don’t get it.
Well, everyone is entitled to their tastes, Nathan. I think the book is great, but your opinion is just as valid as mine, and fortunately no one is going to force you to read it. You'll probably get a lot of guff from fans for your opinion, but not from me - we're all different and that's ok.
Having read the old version twice in two decades, I definitely enjoyed the uncut version. It's a wonder how this man can crank out so much and in different genres! Comparing Carrie to The Green Mile shows his immense talent. My only wish is he'd leave out the vulgarity, especially the endless ways he takes Jesus' name iin vain, when he CLEARLY knows the Holy Bible.
I understand if you don't like "vulgarity" but he was not speaking himself. He was having his characters speak. Their characters *would* use profanity and vulgarity whereas Stephen King may not or another character may not. Simply put, vulgarity is necessary in some cases. Sometimes a "darn it" isn't going to cut it!
I compare this to something Lenny Bruce said about profanity. That some use it for shock value or stirring people up, but he used it as a character’s rhetoric. He was always thought of as so controversial but if you listen to what he’s doing, he’s making up scenarios and voices and he’s trying to use accurate dialogue. Like a drunk guy cursing people out, you’re using curse words because it fits their demeanor.
I look at it as "everyone has been exposed to people who swear out loud and somehow managed to live. Get by. Excuse it because they have thick skin." And that's the truth. If you don't hear swearing around you, you're isolating yourself. Don't throw that censorship/isolation on the rest of society. Prayers sent your way sister.
Antonio Moya I actually think the TV Miniseries of "The Stand" is very good in terms of characterizations and casting (when I re-read it once a year, I visualize Stuart, Glen, Larry & Ralph as the Actors who played them), and the only *iffy* parts are the ones that had to be cut down by airing on Network Television.
The mini-series did an excellent job of sticking fairly close to the story. Compare that to the original movie version of The Shining. While it shared some events with the book, it told a completely different story.
Randall Flagg: Pleased to meet you, Lloyd. Hope you guessed my name. Lloyd Henreid: Huh? Randall Flagg: Oh. Nothing. Just a little classical reference.
Mick Jagger's, "In Sympathy With The Devil." Was the reference that Randall Flagg was talking about. The historical parts are about the devil during certain major events. Nice touch!
I just finished The Stand half an hour ago, and I can't stop reading and watching more and more about it. An absolutely beautiful book.
Bhaibhai.
It really is amazing
Man. I’m a avid King reader I’ve read most of his works, but never got around to reading the stand until now. This is truly his best book. The writing is top notch the story is paced perfectly. Some of his best perspective writing and character development. I can’t believe I’ve waited this long to read it.
I read the uncut version a year or so after this video was filmed, I think I was about 13, and I thought it was brilliant. I actually wrote to him as part of a school project and he replied, I was blown away!
I have only ever read the uncut version. I also have the Marvel graphic novels which are awesome.!
+ryan mcmillan I've not got round to getting the graphic novels yet but I intend to. I've heard they're very good.
They are awesome.They are an adaptation of the uncut version of the book.Very faithful,almost word for word,scene by scene. Excellent artwork.
uncut is a brilliant read, just finished it…started last week and could not put it down.
I remember also being smitten with the short story from Night Shift, forget what it was called, where Captain Trips was mentioned. It felt more like a vignette, with some kids on a beach and a very apocalyptic mood. Something about it even though it pretty much lacked a narrative in the traditional sense.
After leaving work one day I knew I was coming down with the Flu so i decided I would just stay in bed all weekend and read a book. I Stopped by a local book store on my way home and bought The Stand. Of all the books to read while in bed with a bad case of the Flu. This is my favorite book of all time. "A dark chest of wonder indeed."
It also my favorite book. There is not even a close second.
That situation is so ironic lol. Reading The Stand while you are sic lol.
Dude - life really gave you a punch in the gut, didn't it???? That's hard for me even to imagine.
But yes - it's an incredible, incredible book.
Probably my favourite as well, after the Bible. The Talisman and Swan Song are right there as well. I remember reading The Stand as my Dad and I were driving from Virginia to Arches National Park in '86. Actually, during the part (no spoilers, I promise:) where they're walking from Colorado to Nevada I believe we were in either western Colorado or eastern Utah....ironic, poignant and unforgettable. Thanks Dad! Love and miss you...thank you for the memories.
@David Lutz it isnt flu, its a cold.
"And they never saw Stu Redman again" I remember losing my mind when I read that sentence.
Same here. Such a clever way of phrasing that
TheBull916 the way it was phrased it made the reader think that Stu was going to die
He's good. Always keeps you on your toes.
Which part is this in reference to? Is it in reference to when Larry, Ralph, and Glen left Stu on their way West?
@@davidriedy5977 Yes.
I started getting into King last year and I realised there was no better time to read the Stand than during a flu-like virus pandemic
I just finished The Stand Complete and Uncut for the first time this week, after never having read the original. The absense of the scene with Fran and her mom shocks me. That was such a great scene. Brutal, but great.
Never read the cut version, but the uncut version is a masterpiece. I can't imagine missing a single scene! I did a review of "The Stand" (uncut) if any are interested. FANTASTIC book.
The Glasses Push In the cut version the whole part with The Kid and Trashcan Man meeting and travelling together was missing. _Sacrilege!_
Truest statement if I have ever read on RUclips.
I just checked your channel & didn't see it :O
Nice IT review though!
The cut version was "almost" as good. I mean, if you think about that whole business with the Kid, you can see that removing it wouldn't really change anything else. It was great stuff, but it was "cuttable" without reducing the quality of the book to any extreme degree.
I heard that The Kid's storyline was cut, which was probably the only thing about the book that I didn't like, I thought it felt out of place and it just felt like filler to me, other than that though I wouldn't cut anything, after hearing about some of the cuts that were made I'm shocked, I loved those scenes.
I am so glad that Double Day allowed Stephen King to republish "The Stand" in the original format.
The uncut version is definitely my favorite Stephen King book that I have read.
You bet. The Shining is a distant second.
theivory1 the shining is my all time King book! It's stunningly beautiful
The Shining for me as well.
The Stand uncut is absolutely fantastic, but I'd still go with The Shining as my #1, simply because it's the scariest. The part with the stone statues in the lawn fucked me up...
The Stand still haunts me to this day, it also moves me emotionally. Stephen King does not write horror, his best books (like The Stand and IT) are beautiful character studies.
TechNoir1982 Except Tom Collins. He is a bit much.
Many of King's books are listed as 'Horror' tomes, as described by experts.
@@nedflanders5302 King seems to like that sort of character - I think he feels they have an innocence that others don't. In the Dark Tower you got Sheemie in that same mold.
@Degree7 Heh heh - and in The Stand, Vegas is nuked...
@@nedflanders5302you take that back
The added final chapter wigged me out. Flagg on the beach, spoooky.
GEMINII FILMS I only read the Uncut version. Was the beach scene really not in the original?
GEMINII FILMS
at the end on that beach was that flagg?? i was confused on who that was thx!
+Alex M-O-O-N, that spells Flagg, Laws yes!
Oh yes - that was great. Just reinforced how Tom told us Flagg never dies. I read that as "humans will never lose their capacity for evil." Flagg's role in the universe is to provide scope and opportunity to our evil. The endless test - we have to rise above it again and again.
Shoulda had him show up in Mid-World to make it more cohesive with Dark Tower III
The Stand...one of my favorite stories. I think it's time for a re-read!
Homer Simpson Probably my favorite work of King's, and a once-a-year-re-read (I just finished my latest go-around).
Yep. I read it once a year.
:-) I just 1) re-watched the mini-series, 2) re-read the extended edition, and 3) read the entire series of comic books, all in a few weeks. So I'm probably about as "on top" of that story as I've ever been.
I was enthralled by the characters and by the rich and vivid tapestry of the novel.
they didn't really want to make it into a big block-buster movie, like his other books, b/c in the story its a biological weapon released by the govt. so they created a different story where the virus came from a monkey instead and called it OUTBREAK.
M-O-O-N that spells Uncut.
Everybody knows that, my laws !
Isn’t it just
Summed up in 2 points:
1: Once, someone published a cut version of The Stand
2: Eventually someone else published an uncut version of The Stand
I love the old The stand. The characters is amazing. But i cant explain it, its the Atmosphere. Music, the way its filmed, there just pulls you in.
Agreed, it had a killer soundtrack and score, the new one is an empty and clumsy mess.
of all the 30 books I have read by him the stand has to be my favorite, I started reading him back in 1976 and I was reading the talisman, now without Stephen king I would be forever lost.
The Talisman is a GREAT READ as well. It contains what I regard as King's most overtly, immediately SCARY AS HELL scene. I won't detail it here so as not to spoil it for anyone, but I'll just refer to it as the "Our boy?" scene - those who've read will know. Just creeped me THE HELL out.
How did you read The Talisman 8 years before it was released?
I was also also astounded by how nearly PERFECTLY The Green Mile was adapted from book to movie! I always read the book first!
I saw the movie first, and read the book later, but yes - that was jut an incredible story as well, and very, VERY well adapted.
Yes!! Sorry I know you wrote this a long time ago lol but so true. Literally line for line!
The Stand and Misery are probably my favorite of his books.
Misery was an incredible book. By far the most likable I'll ever find James Caan, is his role in the on-screen version.
They're up there for me too but my favourite currently is The Long Walk, it always resides in the top five when it's not number one.
Big King fan here and I'm actually reading the stand right now for the first time and during the pandemic somewhat ironically
There's absolutely nothing "ironic" about it
"I'd PISS Coors if I could, boy! You believe _that_ happy crappy?!"
Im reading The Stand right now!!!
dereksmallsuk you are in for a scary and sociopathic treat indeed
I finished reading it last night.
I'm on my 6th read of The Stand. Read it when I was 11 for the first time. Thank God.
His 3 or so page description of the Walking Dude..... hurts and also I would be there. He wrote the devil in a fantastically beautiful way.
i first read the cut version of the stand and didn't think it was an amazing book, then i read the uncut version and loved it much more.
This interview of Stephen King looks rare, thanks for sharing this.
Stephen King, you ROCK!!!
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The Dark Tower series was my favorite, but Eyes of the Dragon & The Talisman have special heartfelt adoration for me...
How beautiful is this! I love him so much! Thank you so much.
Then I saw the miniseries advertised on Superbowl Sunday. I was apprehensive and joyful at the same time. My complaint in the miniseries were the characters of Harold, Frannie, and Trashcan Man were underdeveloped.
@TheBull916 yes, many many m-o-o-ns ago now. Molly ringwald as frannie
I just finished re-watching the mini-series and re-reading the complete / unrevised edition. My biggest complaint about the mini-series is the elimination of Rita Blakemore and the "taking over" of her plot line by Nadine Cross. I think Rita's fate in the novel was a huge factor in Larry's character development - it haunted him for most of the rest of the book. The mini-series was unable to follow that path because of the Rita/Nadine compositing. Because of that change, they were forced to bring Joe / Leo into the story through Lucy instead of Nadine, and that affected Nadine's character development a lot. Out of all the changes made for the mini-series, I think that's the one that caused the most issue.
Yeah, there just wasn't enough time - he had to "make it fit" somewhere. My main complaint was the elimination of Rita Blakemore and the fusion of some of her bits with Nadine, which also caused them to need to put Joe/Leo with Lucy from the jump. The events he experienced with Rita were *totally* vital to Larry's character development. All of that was just lost from the mini-series. And Nadine was very underdeveloped as well.
No criticism here - I recognize King was working under a time constraint that put big limitations on him.
Thanks Mr King, for The Stand I've found joy in reading.
One of my all time favorites, few end of the world scenarios can top The Stand. Remember literally watching the tv series around 20 times as a kid
The only thing that comes close is Swan Song, by McGammon. It's not AS good, but it is good - quite good.
The kid was such an interesting part of the book! I’m so glad I read the uncut version!
S.K. is my favorite writer. The Stand is my favorite book.
Bumpity bumpity bump.
There are always shocking moments and many times in the many stories we lose an essential character we've grown attatched to.. torture and love juxtaposed, married in & it leaves us angry thrilled and drawn to the stories, tjanks Mr King.
"His fingernails ripped back like wet decals." OWWWWIE!!!
I have both in hard back they are treasures I think the Dark Tower series was his masterpiece but enjoyed both
still my favorite book of his
Would love to read an uncut version or even add to it from your perspective now, Stephen...would be supercool!
Great writer. Great speaker
Get your kicks with Captain Trips...
The best Christmas of Tom Cullen. I cried reading that part of the book . 😢
Back in the he day, when I fell in love, with the man, behind the horror. Thank you Steve, you gave me hours of pleasure/terror. Love you more. The Stand, to me holds the single most horrific chapter in American literature. The walk thru the Lincoln tunnel. Omg I couldn't sleep for a week. Thanks Steve, I'm gonna always love you for that.
King has the ability to craft words in a way that makes you feel like you are there - you FEEL the feelings he's trying to produce. I put in a plug somewhere else in these comments for Jim Butcher's Dresden Files books - Butcher has a similar ability - you feel like you are THERE, in his universe, right alongside the characters. It's a rare gift, apparently, because I just don't get that feeling from most books. I can still enjoy the stories, but it's not the same - not as "personal."
Those of you that enjoy King, I definitely recommend you try out Butcher. The first Dresden novels were written the very beginning of his career, and it shows to some degree - somewhat like King when he wrote The Gunslinger. But there are 15 Dresden books, with 7 or 8 more expected, and he grows to his full power over the course of the first few. He Butcher, that is, to his full power with words.
Weren't these his exact words in the beginning of the uncut version of the stand?
i just unknowingly liked my comment from 8 months ago
lol When you're right, you're right!
good point, why is that, thats creepy in itself, sounds intentional now.
Yass exactlyyyyy
More or less, but he did say he would try to recall what he'd written there, and then went on to do a pretty good job.
Just rebought it hardcover cuz my old paperback copy broke and it was held together w duct tape I had had that copy for like 15 years. It was in this miniseries I first heard “don’t fear the reaper” and “everybody wants to rule the world”
I adored my hard back uncut version of The Stand! My hubby got it for me for $13.
I have a copy of the uncut version and I will be seeing all the gaps that get filled in from the original!
What a genius
No great loss.... What a book.
"It" is definitely his best book
The Gerry Adams look.
#cheers ... #cujo STYLE
#stephenking
Jemaine Clements should play Steven King.
That's for Steven got your buddy sitting right here
The stand, IT and the bill hodges trilogy are the best!! Imo they are all good though
When Fran and her father discussed the pregnancy, it was one of the best scenes I’ve ever read. Then Stephen killed him. 😭
S. King knew better how pandemic should look like. So ironic.
I wish I'd kept my copy of the cut-down version of The Stand; probably worth more than $12.95 these days.
Cant imagine The Stand without Trashcan or The Kid.
June 27, 2020---Read/have both versions and longer version really didn't add that much to the story over all.
I've read both the original 800-page version and the restored 1200-page version, and personally I prefer the original. The restored version definitely has some additional flavor but like so many of SK's works, it's just too dang long and overly detailed.
Yesss
Stephen King's the best well written book writer ever!
Under the dome is best
Cutting out The Kid is a tragedy that is the scariest part in the book, I felt disgusted after reading that part
"Word processor" Hillarious.
The word processor at the time of this video was a technology fairly long in the tooth by today's standards; I recall its mainstream advent to be sometime around 1974 (of the type with a display monitor commonally thought of as a "modern" WP by we boomers - although the concept w/o display had been around for about a decade even then but not in general use) and by '78 becoming a widespread(-ing) technology among writer's & editors. However, it never really gained the stature of "office fixture" that it would have owing to for the meteoric rise of the PC with its ability to interface with both the tractor-fed printer & the IBM Selectric, quickly followed by the "daisy wheel".
I also recall writing in longhand cursive & riding ponies to school.
Hey, when King first started, he used a manual typewriter.
Back in those days "word processors" were computer appliances that did just that - you didn't do general purpose computing on them the way you do today. So the thing sat there and looked a lot like a desktop computer, but only did the one application. So that terminology fits, and was indeed what was said at the time.
who knew the stand would become a true story in 2020 with the Coronavirus
OMG! If I read The Stand in the 90's am I missing stuff?
Yes. A HUGE amount.
The kidd was cut out ? I loved that section
He wasn’t cut out in the uncut version, though he was killed off
A lot of the things that happened as the various characters crossed the country were cut out in the mini-series. The whole episode where Stu and party rescued Susan Stern, Dana Jurgens, and some other less significant women from the men who were holding them prisoner was cut. That storm cellar scene with Nick and Tom was cut. Rita Blakemore was cut completely and integrated with Nadine Cross - that change then required them to have Joe/Leo be with Lucy initially instead of Nadine. The Kid was cut, totally. The bit where the news team overpowered their military supervisors and broadcast footage of bodies being dumped in the ocean was cut.
Quite a few things, actually.
KipIngram I just finished the abridged edition and Rita Blakemoore was mentioned. There was a whole subplot between her and Larry that was included.
@@Karaaaa_Anne I'm sorry - for some reason I thought we were talking about the mini-series, not the original "pre-extended edition" book. I concur with you. I remember Rita from my earliest read, which was the abridged one. But not the Kid.
KipIngram I went back through the sections with trash in the abridged and the kidd was mentioned but not by name. Trash talks about a sexual encounter he had in the middle of the story. At the end, when the free zone gang is going towards Vegas the man that got destroyed by wolves was mentioned. The connection wasn’t made that these situations both involved the kidd.
You want to be able to have been in a positiion to have a 1300 plus page version of a novel that then have 500 pages edited out.
I can critisize King's work, but I read, "The Stand", when it came out. I burned through it.
0:25 slurping intensifies
Meanwhile, outside this facility, a van came to life on its own and began its wait for Stephen...
read 13 times and maybe 13 more before I see the other side
At least 2 different people publish under the King name . . . if you've read enough of his books u can tell the difference.
Give us lists of books associated with each one.
I read most of Kings classics Shinning, Pet Cemetery, Salems Lot, It and the more recent 11.22.63 I can't decide what to read next would anybody recommend it highly or something else ?
All, read them all. But, next...start The Dark Tower series. The Gunslinger is the first book. You're welcome.
kerreill thank you I've heard good things I'll be picking them up soon
Full Comic Alchemist His short stories are amazing. Cycle of the Werewolf is terrific!
Full Comic Alchemist ii
Another vote for The Dark Tower series!
he looks good with a beard wonder why he ditched it
Bruh. IFKR.
Wild spells moon
This guy looks a lot like Joe Hill.
Even though it's not with a b and a pH instead Stephen King anyway funny stuff
Almost word 4 word intro in the uncut book
a face for the radio, & a mind for the curiously creative
Blaine is a pain.
Young stephen king looks weird & not right. I'm used to seeing him in his 60s
Are you 12?
I think a lot of the very best writers are a little weird. I think you have to be in sort of a funny head space to produce things that wonderful. P.K. Dick was a great writer too, and also... very weird.
The Stand = The Coronavirus
Superflu > Corona
It was not in vain.
Isn't that precious?
Those short sighted idiots messed it all up. I have your version of it and I read it every few years. I am reading it now. There will be a movie and they will screw the pooch on it. The tv mini series is gold.
Are you being sarcastic about the mini series? I've seen a few clips and it looks really bad. The actor who plays Tom Cullen seems way off the mark.
The miniseries is not very well-made, but it's a lot of fun. I thought Tom Cullen was pretty good, though.
The mini-series did do a very good job of staying true to the written plot. Some changes in the name of making it all fit, and they all hurt, but generally it was excellent. Camp level was a bit on the high side, but that's just a reflection of the times.
There's a screenplay from before the mini-series, when they were thinking of making a movie. I read it - it's not nearly as good . Major plot changes. Still ends basically the same way, but it was just... changed, and not in good ways, I think.
...did he poot?
Digyoman
I’ve been trying for years to understand why people love this book so much which brings me to this video. I honestly just don’t like this book. I like a lot about it but this book is just not good in my opinion. But I’m trying to like it because people love this book and I just don’t get it.
Well, everyone is entitled to their tastes, Nathan. I think the book is great, but your opinion is just as valid as mine, and fortunately no one is going to force you to read it. You'll probably get a lot of guff from fans for your opinion, but not from me - we're all different and that's ok.
Because people can see themselves, their friends, their family or neighbors in the characters. They can relate to it.
Having read the old version twice in two decades, I definitely enjoyed the uncut version. It's a wonder how this man can crank out so much and in different genres! Comparing Carrie to The Green Mile shows his immense talent. My only wish is he'd leave out the vulgarity, especially the endless ways he takes Jesus' name iin vain, when he CLEARLY knows the Holy Bible.
Lorrie Smith I get what you're saying, but his profanity and slurs are what make him the "King"!
I understand if you don't like "vulgarity" but he was not speaking himself. He was having his characters speak. Their characters *would* use profanity and vulgarity whereas Stephen King may not or another character may not. Simply put, vulgarity is necessary in some cases. Sometimes a "darn it" isn't going to cut it!
Agreed with Gray Ace about how it's the characters talking, not King.
If King edited out the 'vulgarity' he would not be as famous as he is now.
I compare this to something Lenny Bruce said about profanity. That some use it for shock value or stirring people up, but he used it as a character’s rhetoric. He was always thought of as so controversial but if you listen to what he’s doing, he’s making up scenarios and voices and he’s trying to use accurate dialogue. Like a drunk guy cursing people out, you’re using curse words because it fits their demeanor.
I look at it as "everyone has been exposed to people who swear out loud and somehow managed to live. Get by. Excuse it because they have thick skin."
And that's the truth. If you don't hear swearing around you, you're isolating yourself. Don't throw that censorship/isolation on the rest of society.
Prayers sent your way sister.
Sorry and badly lame long, long movie. What a waste of talent and time. Happily I was able to skip most of the boring scenes.
Antonio Moya I actually think the TV Miniseries of "The Stand" is very good in terms of characterizations and casting (when I re-read it once a year, I visualize Stuart, Glen, Larry & Ralph as the Actors who played them), and the only *iffy* parts are the ones that had to be cut down by airing on Network Television.
Antonio Moya You must have the attention span of a goldfish :)
The mini-series did an excellent job of sticking fairly close to the story. Compare that to the original movie version of The Shining. While it shared some events with the book, it told a completely different story.
The original was better. FIGHT ME
What an overrated P.O.S. book.
His books suck.
Bad bad bad mistake. The 1978 version is superior. The uncut version is just TOO slow zzz 🥱 😴
Anamorphic Embryos
M-o-o-n spells Tom.
M-o-o-N that spells I heard they're remaking The Stand?
Tombstone Dreams they need to! I nominate Angelina Jolie as Nadine Cross and Cicely Tyson as Mother Abagail
I have used that on several occasions.
Tombstone Dreams Oh they are
Laws, yes.
Randall Flagg:
Pleased to meet you, Lloyd. Hope you guessed my name.
Lloyd Henreid:
Huh?
Randall Flagg:
Oh. Nothing. Just a little classical reference.
When he was revealed as Legion, I lost my mind. I've read most of Dante's Inferno and Flagg as Legion is still the best Biblical reference imo.
I watched that scene today and chuckled. I got his reference.
Not sure I ever caught that bit before.
🤣🤣🤣
Mick Jagger's, "In Sympathy With The Devil." Was the reference that Randall Flagg was talking about. The historical parts are about the devil during certain major events. Nice touch!