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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.

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And that concludes my viewing of The Stand (2020).

While a longer and unconstrained adaptation for the screen was absolutely necessary, this series wasn’t it. Not by a long shot.
My eyeballs are now sprained from rolling so hard. This is the laziest, most predictable and boring writing I have ever seen.
A lot has been made of the “magical Negro” trope used in Stephen King’s works (think Mother Abigail and Dick Hollarann from The Shining).

And then King doubles-down on it in the last episode of The Stand (2020).
Utilizing the idea of the tribe untouched by man from the book’s extended edition epilogue, eh?
And then the little smiley face button appears and you hear the little “ding”? That shit belongs back with The Mangler 3.
This had to be the dumbest thing I’ve seen in this series so far.

Billy Joel’s “The Stranger” is playing as the camera pans through the rubble of New Vegas. Fine, Flagg is back. 🙄

Not necessary, or even wanted, but whatever.
This scene was quite touching.

“Hey Abby. Meet your Daddy.”
In fact, I doubt any viewers would even remember who Nick was by Episode 9.
Well, one thing I hoped they would’ve shown was how Tom Cullen took care of Stu and nursed him back to health. I guess they dropped it because the supernatural element of Tom getting medical guidance from Nick’s ghost would’ve felt out of place at this point.
The opening scene with Frannie’s baby getting Captain Trips was quite well done, I thought.
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟯𝟱𝟴
Blissfully, I have reached the last episode of The Stand (2020). This was the episode penned by King himself which added a new ending to this classic story – a postscript to the fall of New Vegas. Will this redeem what has otherwise been a subpar series?

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"The Stand" The Circle Closes (TV Episode 2021) ⭐ 5.5 | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
49m | TV-MA
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The last word on Ep 8, “The Stand” of the miniseries The Stand (2020) belongs to Two Guys from the Dark Tower Came.

“This episode was a disaster.”

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“A pile of shit” is how they opened up this review of the New Vegas-centric episode of The Stand (2020).

They didn’t care for the ending as written in the book to begin with, so it’s not surprising that they panned this episode.
𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟯𝟱𝟳
It’s windy as hell and below freezing in a southern state that puts out advisories every time the temperature drops below 50.

Before civilization collapses, I’m listening to Dark Tower Radio‘s review of Ep 8 of The Stand (2020).

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They reminded me of how ludicrous the producers’ vision of “evil” was and this scene of a half-naked man swinging on monkey bars for no reason at all being a prime example.

In a battle between Good and Evil, apparently Cirque du Soleil would be attracted to the dark side.
They brought up a point I had not considered:

What was the purpose of the lightning bolts from God zapping random people to bits when the electric ball was going to touch the nuclear warhead and blow up the entire city anyway?
Oh these Losers are definitely not a fan of this episode. Even Randall, who has been a positive voice on this 2020 series up to this point, said he’s checked out.
I’m no coroner but I don’t believe I’ve heard of lightning bolts “exploding” people before.
Looks like Zeus is the one true God after all. Pretty bold move on behalf of Josh Boone.
I know the producers & screenwriters had to thing long and hard how to improve upon the “Hand of God” scene when compared to the 1994 version.

I thought the cloud enveloping the casino effect was pretty cool!
Trashcan Man is having a serious meltdown.
Instead of being stretched until their limbs detached, the execution method for Larry & Ray is drowning by pool water.

And that little dance Flagg does? Is there no rhythm in Hell?