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Re: The Stand

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Alien Redrum wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 2:51 am I cannot wait until you finish it. I want to talk about that last episode. And I can't wait until you see my spoiler. :lol:
I did finish it. My comments from the last episode are right up there, a couple of messages back. I'm going to go read your spoiler right now.
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Alien Redrum wrote: Wed Feb 17, 2021 2:43 am PLEASE do not read this spoiler until after you finish the series, I beg you.
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MAGICAL NEGRO!!11!1!!ONE!!!UNO

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Oh, cool!

Okay, a few things and I'm not going to put the spoiler tag. If someone has read all 7 pages so far, they should be done with the series.

1. Fucking Frannie. Fuck her. She's a user. She uses EVERYONE. And if Frannie said to me, "I wanna go back home where there's no electricity, we will have a hard time finding food and gas, and we should go right now with this new 4lb (10lb) baby." I would reply with, "Bye."

Why in the FUCK would she want to live with...nevermind. Just fuck her. This made me hate her more.

2. This last episode was Flagg's redemption. This was truest to his character more than any other episode, and ended up being one of my favorites. I'm SO GLAD they used that additional ending I mentioned wayyyyyyyyyyy back. Saying how it looked like he disappeared right before that last lightening bolt hit and I hoped they'd have him show up in that jungle. That whole scene was fucking PERFECT and fucking FLAGG. Even though he fucking flew again, but whatevs.

3. I've been waiting for however long to say Magical Negro. :lol: It's like King knows that's a criticism of his and he just gave a big old FUCK YOU to the haters. :lol: She was literally a magical negro. God, I'm dying. I'm positive he was saying Fuck You to Shiki in particular. :lol:
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

1. Yeah,I hated her here. She brought nothing to this. She just caused problems for people. If she was left behind I bet Stu and Harold and Larry would've been BFF's like the 3 Musketeers and Nadine would never have traveled over to Vegas and all those people wouldn't have died or been blown up. I hate her.

And yeah, what sense does it make to go to Maine?!? Stu's a dipshit for going with her. Okay, I'm going to just say it, he's following her around the country and raising someone else's baby.... he's a cuck.

2. Yeah, I did like this for Flagg. I liked the end for him other than the floating like David Blaine. I think it just showed that with all that, none of it meant anything and he'd just go on doing as he always did.

3. I think this specifically was a jab at Shiki. I think he should take it personal.
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I would like to thank the two of you for saving me hours of disappointment and frustration. Now, I'll just read the damn book again.

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Gramps wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 1:19 pm I would like to thank the two of you for saving me hours of disappointment and frustration. Now, I'll just read the damn book again.

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Nah, you should watch it. If you like the story you'll still like this. Your eyes might roll so hard they fall out of your head, but there's still win here. Sorta :lol:
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:lol:

What Neon said. It really looks like we're taking a shit on it, but I loved the series. It's pretty problematic, but I'm glad it was made and I enjoyed it quite a bit.

But it also deserves the shit we're taking on it. It tries to over-explain too much and does fuck all for character development, but if you are familiar with the book, you should enjoy it.
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This isn't bad:



The original:



:lol: at the original. So '90s TV series. :lol:
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Yeah, that one's better but they both kinda suck. :lol: And that new one really has an 80's action movie vibe to it. Listen to it and imagine Sylvester Stallone and Carl Weathers riding their hogs to the arm wrestling championship as the opening credits roll. :lol:
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Neon Maniac wrote: Fri Mar 19, 2021 5:57 pmListen to it and imagine Sylvester Stallone and Carl Weathers riding their hogs to the arm wrestling championship as the opening credits roll. :lol:
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I'm watching the DC Avengers movie everyone's flipping their wigs about and I realize that the flash is trashcan man. :lol:
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This is awesome. But I'm surprised it took so long to come out. I would've expected this article months ago.

https://screenrant.com/the-stand-series ... as-ruined/
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Neon Maniac wrote: Thu Feb 18, 2021 10:35 pmI think their Casino set is actually an old cruise ship set. Definitely not a hotel or casino.
I just edited the review for this, and this came into my mind again and I busted out laughing.
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Alien Redrum wrote: Mon Feb 07, 2022 9:23 pm
Neon Maniac wrote: Thu Feb 18, 2021 10:35 pmI think their Casino set is actually an old cruise ship set. Definitely not a hotel or casino.
I just edited the review for this, and this came into my mind again and I busted out laughing.
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I swear it's got to be a cruise ship. It came from the 80s and they just painted it black to make it emo. This just makes me very angry. It really is one of the big things that they fucked up on, and really killed the story for me. Flagg is Law & Order. He's Jerry Orbach and Dick Wolf coming for you at once. It's his way or the highway. There's rules here, Lloyd. But no. Let's not make him that way at all. What if he was exactly the opposite because I am a stupid idiot who can't believe the idea of a demon who follows Law & Order. And I just can't possibly see how people who follow Law & Order can be evil because I'm so small-minded and stupid I have never thought about it.

Those writers are the exact people who end up in Las Vegas accidentally because they think the whole Law and Order shtick means he's good. Like all the bad cops that he had. I would love to be able to talk to some of the writers and let them know how wrong I believe they are, and how stupid they are compared to people like you and me.
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Because here's the thing.

If you know anything about demons and demonology in Christianity, the bible and all that bullshit; You know that angels have strict rules and hierarchy that they have to follow and you know that demons are just fallen angels. So, a demon isn't going to be some chaotic blargh let's do drugs and rape blargh! A demon is going to have a plan they follow precisely in order to achieve their goals. A demon might sow chaos upon mortals, but they aren't chaos themselves. In other words, there are rules here, Lloyd.

This isn't just my own BS trying to fit Flagg into the Demon World of Christianity. That's Flagg in every single book I think. All you have to do is derail his plan and he loses. Upsetting his rule set is his weakness. So there's thousands of pages of history for him that does not make him take over a 80s cruise ship in Las Vegas and go blarg blarg go do drugs blarg blarg.
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