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I doubt we'll be seeing this for a long time, if ever.

posted 4 years ago by whynotwriteme (7114)
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Production, of course, is shut down now due to the coronavirus lockdown. Something tells me they either won't finish it or they will quietly complete it and sit on it for a few years until the memory of coronavirus is not so fresh. I don't think the general public will want to see a series about a pandemic killing off 98 percent of the world for a very long time. It will be seen as exploitative and insensitive to the families of the people who died.

[–] Gary O. (997) 4 years ago

2 I hope you're wrong.

[–] whynotwriteme (7114) 4 years ago

I hope I am wrong, too. I'd like to see it, but especially in the current climate of take-offense-culture, I fear it is unlikely to happen. Someday, perhaps, but not as soon as we fans would like.

[–] bek (661) 4 years ago

Not sure what you're talking about. What would be offensive about this old classic?

We'll see it soon-ish, I am sure.

[–] whynotwriteme (7114) 4 years ago

Well. A pandemic just killed a million people worldwide. If you know the story of The Stand, the first half covers a pandemic that kills 99 percent of humanity. Bound to touch a few raw nerves...

[–] bek (661) 4 years ago

Oh, I thought this was another of those "woke" comments. lol Yeah, I can see how this would be super-touchy when we're talking about a worldwide pandemic. Hmm... something to think about. I hope it still comes out.

[–] Moonglum9 (10699) 4 years ago

Unfortunately, you’re probably spot on. As we’ve already seen, any time there’s a public shooting, any movie with so much as a loud noise is delayed for fear of an outcry.

[–] vicegrips (87) 4 years ago

https://411mania.com/movies/the-stand-arrives-on-cbs-all-access-in-december/

this December peeps...

[–] Gary O. (997) 4 years ago

2 The release date is December 17

[–] TandyMan (10334) 4 years ago

They're gonna drop it on their streaming service, but I bet they do it real quietly. You're not gonna see ads for this plastered all over the internet.

[–] Tinkse7en (64) 4 years ago

Just saw Whoopi on James Corden & she promoted it. I flashed on The Stand back when it became evident that COVID19 was going to be catastrophic: it's my favorite King book, although it now has a deeper, sadder connection.

[–] TandyMan (10334) 4 years ago

Unless a meteor comes first, Viral Plague is most certainly what will wipe out the human race. It's what makes the book so powerful. Stories about nuclear war destroying the planet are certainly likely, but eh... almost the same odds as an alien invasion. And other such apocalypses. Now said disease could come from a mummy's tomb, or something frozen in melting ice caps, or even from space. But again, far more likely something we ourselves engineered which escaped.