Posted on 12/26/2020 12:50:38 PM PST by DallasBiff
As anybody who read the book, Harold is a young Stephen King, in this adaptation.
How can a record player play when the electric is gone?
Also what is King's fascination with corn fields?
“Also what is King’s fascination with corn fields?”
He has a crush on Bill Mumy
I read the book many years ago, and barely remember it. I don’t even recall who Harold is, other than the King that got shot in the eye with an arrow at Hastings in 1066.
With Whoopi Goldberg as Mother Abagail, pass!
In the book, it was a battery-powered portable record player.
I’m guessing that Randall Flagg is just going to be a thinly-disguised Trump stand-in.
Be ‘ware of the corn stew.
Read the book a couple of times. Hard to make a movie of it. Or series IMHO. Just got the original version with Gary Sinise in the lead role and Molly Ringwald. ‘95 I think. We’ll wait on the newer one to binge watch it. And, can’t “stand” the author.
Gary Sinise is Stu..
This new adaptation sucks. What is it with Hollywood these days. The writers are idiots. They start the show in the middle of the book? It’s not like they didn’t have ten hours to do this.
“Randall Flagg is just going to be a thinly-disguised Trump stand-in.”
Dark Man becomes Orange Man
Mumy became a very bad man.
As rabidly unhinged as king has become I presupposed that any rework would be purposely insulting and offensive crap. And dog-face whoopie was just the clincher.
Hard no.
IIRC, he was one of the original East-coast group who turns Judas after Gary Sinese steals Molly Ringwald away from him. He failed as a bad guy too, though, and blew his brains out.
Read the book many times and the mini-series too. Will not be watching the reboot. As soon as I read that WG would be Mother Abigale, nope, not gonna watch.
When covid hit, my first thought was The Stand.
Thanks. I watched the original mini-series too, and only have vague recollections of the characters. I’m going to blame it on old age.
Agree!
LOL! Mrs rktman and I thought the same. But in this case there’s a 99.9% survival rate instead of death rate.
Psycho liberal nutjob Martin Sheen was born to play Randall Flagg.
No idea why we got one of the Beach Boys, instead.
Everyone else was cast well.
Goldberg may be the deal breaker for me.
Mother Abigail was a faithful, devout woman chosen by God.
Can’t see Whoopi being that good at even acting the part.
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