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The Stand 2020 (lemmy.zip)
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I had heard that this was a bad, so I never bothered to check it out until recently. Good lord this mini-series is a travesty. Everything is wrong with this.

Here is my interpretation of the board room that greenlit this.

Question: How do you handle an adaptation of one of the most popular books by a world renowned author?

Answer: Throw out everything that made the book great and do something different.

The show managed to be rushed and really slow at the same time.

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[–] dontsayaword@piefed.social 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is it me or is it weird that the power lines have slack (hang down in a U shape) despite holding up the broken pole?

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 months ago

HAAH OMG I didn’t even notice that. They couldn’t even get the poster right.

[–] Marbling@feddit.org 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why is the pole levitating in the air when it's broken and should hang by the overhead lines.

This annoys me more than it should.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago

They are going for a religious symbol.

That poster is a perfect metaphor/symbolism of how shitty the mini-series is.

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It was so bad. The 90s miniseries was so much better.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It is so incredibly bad, it is almost an achievement in how much they fucked this up. yeah the 90 miniseries was better.

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I felt especially bad because my roommate had just finished reading the book as a recommendation by me, and he liked it, and we were so excited for the series, and it suuuuuuucked.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

I made it about four episodes in and it just blows my mind how bad it is. You can see the parts they tried to incorporate from the book and just completely screwed up.

[–] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You fuck with Parker Lewis, and you lose. Plain and simple.

Plus anything with Amber Heard is kinda doomed.

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 3 points 2 months ago

Parker Lewis, Molly Ringwald, Gary Sinese, Rob Lowe, and Dauber from Coach!

I’ve seen that miniseries way too many times.