Novel or Mini-Series?
I haven't seen/read either. Is the novel worth a read ?
shareI haven't seen/read either. Is the novel worth a read ?I'd say so, definitely. It is long, but it is a very good story. The mini-series is good as well, and it follows the book pretty closely.
The Stand is my favorite SK novel and the 1994 mini-series is one of my all-time favorite films. share
The comic book adaption is also extremely good and very faithful to the novel.
shareThe comic book adaption is also extremely good and very faithful to the novel.The comics are the only version of The Stand that I don't have nor even seen. I'm going to look into getting them. share
It's a great read and the panels are very close to King's incredibly detailed description of places, characters, situations etc. Let us know what you think of it when you're done reading :)
PS: I think IT would translate extremely well into a comic book as well. If the creators of The Stand did it, that is :)
Still need to pick it up. Very curious to read it.
I also always thought IT would make a graphic novel
My father was a drunk, a gambler and a womanizer. I idolized him
My sister bought me the uncut version for Christmas about twenty five years ago and it remains one of my favorite Stephen King novels.
I had no interest in reading it, but since my sister gave it to me (and complained about how heavy it was to lug around the Mall while shopping, lol)I thought I'd give it a chance. The first chapter was puzzling. I was wondering what the heck was going on. But the story picks up steam rather quickly and never lets up. I even enjoyed what some people have termed "the slow parts".
Maybe it was just me, but it was one of those books that I couldn't put down. I've read many books which I enjoyed but I could put them down for a day or two or more and then get back to them. The Stand was one book that I had to read every day until I finished it. Even if I could only read a few pages, it kept calling me back.
The characters are very clearly drawn. Their stories are separate at first and it is so interesting to see how Stephen King draws them all together. It works on so many levels. It's the age old story of good vs. evil.
When the miniseries was announced, it was fun trying to cast the parts in my head! I never imagined Jamey Sheridan as Randall Flagg. But once I saw in him action, I thought he was perfect. In fact I thought most of the cast was well chosen with the glaring exception of Molly Ringwald as Frannie Goldsmith. She was great in those teen movies. But she either didn't have the acting ability to portray the different facets of the character or she got poor direction.
Frannie had much more depth in the book. A lot of her personality is revealed in the private journal she kept in the novel. Don't know how that could have been conveyed in a miniseries. But Molly's interpretation of Frannie just reminded me of a slightly older Claire from The Breakfast Club, a Claire who was forced to grow up because of dire circumstances.
But I thought it was one of the better miniseries to come out of a giant sized novel. A lot of things had to be skipped and some characters are combined into one. But both the book and miniseries are well worth it.
For me I felt the miniseries did a great job. The caste wasby perfect but nothing I couldn't live with.
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