{"id":134372,"date":"2020-12-16T01:00:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T22:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mixed-results-for-stephen-king-adaptation-film\/"},"modified":"2020-12-16T01:00:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T22:00:56","slug":"mixed-results-for-stephen-king-adaptation-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mixed-results-for-stephen-king-adaptation-film\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mixed Results for Stephen King Adaptation \u2013 \/Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Mixed Results for Stephen King Adaptation \u2013 \/Film<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-640764 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/the-stand-trailer-nycc-700x321.jpg\" alt=\"the stand early buzz\" width=\"700\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/the-stand-trailer-nycc-700x321.jpg 700w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/the-stand-trailer-nycc-360x165.jpg 360w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/the-stand-trailer-nycc-768x352.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/the-stand-trailer-nycc.jpg 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Director Mick Garris adapted Stephen King\u2019s post-apocalyptic tome <em><strong>The Stand<\/strong><\/em> into a TV mini-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> back in 1994, but now\u00a0<em>The New Mutants<\/em> director (and noted King fanatic) <strong>Josh Boone<\/strong> has taken a crack at it for CBS All Access. The nine-episode limited series premieres on that platform this week, and we\u2019ve rounded up some early reactions from critics who have seen the first several episodes. Read the highlights below to get a sense of whether this is a show you want to check out during this holiday season.<span id=\"more-650299\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Before we get into the reactions, here\u2019s the latest trailer for the series and its official de<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>ion:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Stand | Official Trailer | Paramount+\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l--4gu4CQBM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><!-- SlashFilm_300x250_In_Post -->Based on the best-selling novel by Stephen King, CBS All Access\u2019s The Stand stars Whoopi Goldberg, Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd, James Marsden, Odessa Young, Jovan Adepo, and many more. The limited event series will also feature an all-new coda written by Stephen King.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv\/tv-reviews\/stand-stephen-king-cbs-all-access-review-1102209\/\">Rolling Stone<\/a>\u2018s Alan Sepinwall is mixed-to-negative in his review, specifically calling out the pilot\u2019s odd decision to alter the structure of King\u2019s novel:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In some ways, [this version of <em>The Stand<\/em> is] an improvement on the ABC version, thanks to several strong lead performances (particularly Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd as the Devil-ish villain, Randall Flagg, and James Marsden in his most convincing aw-shucks, All-American mode as Stu) and advances in digital effects and makeup that allow for a more believable end of the world than was possible to show a quarter-century ago.<\/p>\n<p>But this new\u00a0<i>Stand\u00a0<\/i>is troubling from the start \u2014 or, rather, from\u00a0<i>where<\/i>\u00a0it starts. Because for some baffling reason, this new version opts to begin in the middle.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>From all accounts, King\u2019s 1978 book has crackerjack pacing that hooks you from the start and races along, introducing its roster of characters and setting the stage for a clash between good and evil that would serve as an inspiration for untold movies and TV shows (including <em>Lost<\/em>, the showrunners of which regularly cited <em>The Stand<\/em> as a major influence). But this series seems to toss King\u2019s linear storytelling out the window, instead opting to leap around in time.<br \/>\n<!-- SlashFilm_300x250_In_Post_2 -->That decision seems to be a big sticking point for people, but <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tv.avclub.com\/the-stand-is-an-admirably-bold-often-messy-adaptation-1845882256?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=SocialMarketing&amp;utm_campaign=dlvrit&amp;utm_content=avclub\">The AV Club<\/a>\u2018s Randall Colburn thought opening\u00a0the series on supporting characters\u00a0Harold Lauder (<strong>Owen Teague<\/strong>) and his longtime crush Frannie (<strong>Odessa Young<\/strong>) worked pretty well:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">It\u2019s a bold move, but an inspired one. Harold wasn\u2019t written to be one of the story\u2019s main drivers, but his character serves as perhaps the purest vessel for King\u2019s themes of free will and new beginnings, both of which form the spine of\u00a0<em>The Stand<\/em>\u2019s strong pilot episode. In flashbacks, we see a bullied Harold watch in wonder as his Maine hometown is decimated by a mysterious super-flu from which he appears to be immune. Unmoved by the death of his distant family, he sees the looming apocalypse as a fresh start, a stroke of fate\u2014especially since the only other survivor in Ogunquit is his longtime obsession, Frannie (Odessa Young). As he thrives, Frannie collapses, broken by the loss of everyone and everything she loved. Both of them begin having strange dreams, some filled with a kindly, silver-haired prophet, others with an ominous \u201cdark man\u201d with big promises. One invites them to Boulder, Colorado, the other to Las Vegas\u2014both with the intention to rebuild.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">There are choices to be made: Do you continue? Do you evolve? And which of the two potential saviors do you seek out? Harold and Frannie have wildly different reasons for soldiering on, yet their fates remain tumultuously intertwined. If you\u2019re looking to shake up the structure of King\u2019s novel, this is the way to do it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/review\/the-stand-2020-tv-review\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>\u2018s Daniel Feinberg was underwhelmed by the series, dinging the show for many of the same structural problem Sepinwall took issue with:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Scene-for-scene, there are beats that are a little disturbing or a little scary, but glued together with insufficient artistry or consideration, there\u2019s no way for anything to build. There\u2019s a draining of the story\u2019s inexorable gravity and tension, especially when you know which characters are already in Boulder and therefore which instantly recognizable character actors are there as flu fodder.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I thought I found my first fully positive reaction in Roxana Hadadi\u2019s review at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2020\/tv\/reviews\/stephen-king-the-stand-review-1234852574\/\">Variety<\/a>, but nope \u2013 she, too, has some problems with the way the show plays out:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The series\u2019 first couple of hours, premiere \u201cThe End\u201d and second episode \u201cPocket Savior,\u201d build an exquisite amount of tension: The shifting locations capture the permeation of the outbreak; each cough and sniffle portends upcoming doom; and the series\u2019 makeup department should be commended for making the physical effects of [the virus] \u201cCaptain <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trip<\/a>s\u201d very, very gross. But after those initial world-building episodes,\u00a0<em>The Stand<\/em>\u00a0never feels dirty enough \u2014 neither in its presentation of the physical and emotional impact of all this sickness, loss, and death, nor in its consideration of the lure of [villain Randall] Flagg\u2019s totalitarianism-as-hedonism rule in his New Vegas bacchanalia.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- SlashFilm_300x250_In_Post_3 --><\/p>\n<p>You can read more reactions over at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/editorial.rottentomatoes.com\/article\/the-stand-first-reviews-new-take-on-stephen-kings-viral-apocalypse-is-entertaining-if-uneven\/\">RottenTomatoes<\/a>, but it sounds like this is a classic case of \u201cyour mileage may vary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Stand<\/em> premieres on CBS All Access on <strong>December 17<\/strong>, <strong>2020<\/strong>, with new episodes arriving on Thursdays.<\/p>\n<p>                            <strong>Cool Posts From Around the Web:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>                            <!-- \/post -->\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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