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Also, the thinny is in Roland's world but it is also the veil between where IT comes from and the creatures from THE MIST come from and in THE MIST the gunslinger portrait is being done in the beginning by the main character when project arrow head has their accident. Also it is said the veil or thinny is weaker at the hotel in the shining
Also, the thinny is in Roland's world but it is also the veil between where IT comes from and the creatures from THE MIST come from and in THE MIST the gunslinger portrait is being done in the beginning by the main character when project arrow head has their accident. Also it is said the veil or thinny is weaker at the hotel in the shining
It’s Randall Flagg not Rick and he wasn’t a nobody that happened to get powers he was a demon/evil sorcerer who is an antagonist in many of King’s books
RF/Martin Broadclock/Walter O'Dim is a man first. When Mordred ate his eyes, tongue, and finally the rest of him he saw as much within his mind. What he did and how, are a part of the Crimson King's former might, at least I think. Pretty sure he's let a demon into his being as well.
The Stand is a masterpiece. During covid I patiently waited for the apocalypse, imagining the worst case scenario that King created. Oh I for sure would have died, as I was a CCU nurse. The Stand and Michael Criton's Coma were what was every day life for me during that time. Yeah, until you take 6 bodies to the morgue in a 12 hour shift, you will never know how close the bleakness of Stephen King is to reality. He is tapped into something more than most humans will ever know. I love him so much.
Every time you call Randall Flagg "Rick Flagg" it made me giggle a little--one of his aliases is Richard Fannin, so you're not entirely wrong, but it still hit my ear funny every time you said it.
Im old enough to remember as a kid in the late 80's seeing the commercial on tv for the complete and uncut version of this book with the two guys fighting on the cover. It stuck with me throughout my life and I read the Stand for the 1st time around 1999, i have since read and reread it twice a year since. It helps keep me in balance. That is how amazing this book is.
I read this book 30+ years ago and the part where they feel their way through the Lincoln tunnel is so vivid, I think about it every time I travel through not only the Lincoln tunnel but any other tunnel in NYC as well
The dancing fever is a reference to a real illness that roamed parts of Europe during the late midevil age. People simply danced until they died of. This phenomenon has never been solved.
The stand is a masterpiece. King sought out to create the lord of the rings in modern times, and he did just that in his own horrific way. The stand is a book about lawlessness, and what half of people would do vs. What the other half of people would do. Its psychological, its terrifying, and its also full of the hope that makes people social creatures. Its amazing, ive read it twice, and im ready to read it again.
I love this video- I’m putting it on my Rainy Day Content playlist. Some minor mistakes and things but I love your perspective and the passion in your words- I would love to see you do a whole Stephen King series on your channel!😎
Just finished it in less than 2 weeks. M-O-O-N! That spells wow! I loved it. You can tell who my favorite character is but shoutout also to Big Steve/Kojak!
Randall Flagg has a lot more in common with Nyarlathotep than the devil he's malicious but more of a trickster with a long-term plan that goes far beyond this level of the tower.
The devil is a trickster. he has pieces of every trickster throughout all of the religions that Christianity ever came into contact with. Although his plan is known, his means are infinite and complex.
One of my favorite stories of all time. I own the book but never read it. I watch the movie probably once a year because its very good. Thanks for making this video and well done.
Love the mention of the Judge from Blood Meridian. If you haven't read it yet, do so and especially if you have trouble reading, check out the audiobook. You can find it for free. It is admittedly a tough read as its written in sort of a stream of consciousness style with little to no punctuation.
The opening & the thumbnail brings back so many memories. I was a kid in grade school when my Mom got this book. I would always look at the cover and wonder "What the h*ll is going on??? We got some Luke Skywalker wannabe fighting a... a... WHAT DAFUQ IS THAT THING????? Is this Dungeons and Dragons meets Star Wars??? WHAT THE H*LL AM I LOOKING AT??? IS THIS WHAT HAPPENES IN THE ACOPALYPSE????? IS THIS JESUS AS LUKE SKYWALKER AND IS HE FIGHTING THE DEVIL??????" (Mind you, I went to Catholic School in the 70s to 80s... so, I'm easily triggered. )
The Stand is a great book for the simple fact that it does what all great escapist fiction does, and builds a world that the reader can imagine themselves inhabiting and wondering how they would act. Every successful franchise does this; harry potter, star wars, MCU... Sure, you watch the shows and movies, but the magic is mostly the ability to superimpose yourself into those settings.
It's called on the border because there is a thinny growing between Flagg and Mother Abigail connecting this mundane level of the tower to outworld so the entire world has literally moved to the border of reality, the world is figuratively on the precipice between the light and the outer dark, and the story is on the border between getting the band together and playing the show.
I know a large part of the cut content is trash can man’s journey which is why I’ve only read the uncut version once. Also It’s Randall Flagg, not Rick, and the bad guys went to “the city of sin” an old nickname for vegas )I dunno if you’re old enough to have caught that one on your own. I think you’ve got the makings of a great reviewer for sure and I’m excited to see you grow and bloom! Good luck
Trash cans man journey is worth the read. Hes literally an autistic pyromaniac, and his psychology is very interesting to read. King writes him sympathetically, taking into account, his obsession with fire, and his inability to understand social life. How he is taken advantage of because of his obsession becoming a skill, and hes subserviant nature when someone is willing to indulge his urges, something that was supressed by the "old world". Trashcan man is one of the simplest, yet most complex characters ive ever read about. Worth the time.
Wow. I have read fantasy most of my life, and fell in love with Stephen's work when I was still a preteen. I have read almost all of his early work. The Stand is the only fictional book I've never been able to finish, even though I have tried to read it many times. I came to terms with never finishing it over a decade ago. This excellent video has done the impossible - you have made me excited to read and finally finish it. ❤❤❤ Thank you.
Kings Magnum Opus is The Dark Tower. The Stand is only the events upon one of its many beams. Randal Flagg hails from midworld and dwelt in Giliad itself once upon a bye. So his evils come from the Prim. The Stand has the Tokuro Spirit, and Nozzola. It's not the "real" beam.
Wasn’t the hand of god an old nuke they found out in the desert? It’s been awhile since i read it but I think I remember the trash can man found it and brought it and figured out how to set it off because he wanted to see the big fire or something, and the fact that it just so happened to line up with the two guys getting executed is a part of the whole fated outcome thing.
ANd in the quick of a flash they reach for a moment and try to reach their honest Stand. BUt they wind up wounded and not even dead. Tonite in Jungleland. --- Bruce Springsteen.
A good portion of the content added back into the Uncut edition is more of the end of the world. Smaller stories combined into the end of Captain Trips about ranfom people who did not die of the disease but by other means. Like an old man who jogs a lot and has a heart attack, or a child who wandered into a bush and falls down a well and starves to death. And a woman who is afraid of being attacked so she accidentally shoots herself with her own gun, because the bullets are so old it just blew up in her hand. A school of children is mowed down by the military for trying to peacfully exit the quarantine zone. Really horrific stuff. Plus, all the time specific refrences were all aged up to refrence the '90's. So it doesn't take place in the '70's anymore.
The Stand gives King an enormous amount of time to build his characters. Even though the story is jam-packed with characters we get to know them intimately because of the sheer length of the work. Other writers like Salman Rushdie and John Irving skilled at writing characters and dialogue that they can make you feel as though you know these people within a hundred pages.... King has never been that naturally gifted at character building, but the breadth of the novel gives him the luxury of building these characters to a point that we deeply care what happens to them, something that's missing from a lot of his shorter works
Just rewatched the movie/mini-series, and I gotta' say, it really feels like Stephen King did not know a satisfying way to end what is otherwise an INCREDIBLE story. The four men being sent to Vegas from Colorado after Abigail tells them to kind of feel like they were sent there for absolutely nothing at all. Seriously, why did Abigail send them? If she was prophetic, did she not see that Trashcan man was gonna bring a nuke into the city? What did their deaths *actually* accomplish? What was the goal? It just really feels like Stephen wrote himself into a corner and answered his own frustrations with "da hand of god nukes dem all" because he got sick of his own story and just wanted to be done with it already.
Nah the slowest/draggiest section isn't the rebuilding in Colorado, it was the last quarter where Stu is slogging back to Colorado. That part drags soooo long. Randall Flagg was not a nobody, who happened to get powers, he was an ancient and immortal evil being. He was definitely evil for the sake of being evil and lashed out at his followers, who lived in paranoia and fear. The people on that side weren't good, they gave in to the dreams they had of a very evil being. Boulder, Colorado was chosen due to the low volume of bodies. It was sent to Mother Abigail, none of the earthly survivors picked it. They were told, we're going here and they went.
Well, none of us were subject to the brutality of the Japanese empire or Nazi Germany during the war, so we can’t really speak on history we didn’t live through. Japan would have done the same to the United States had they been afforded the opportunity.
@@brantisonfireI, Randall Flagg was there. On a different run of the Wheel of Ka but I was there and can say for sure they didn’t deserve it just like me and the fine citizens of New Vegas didn’t. Notice we didn’t try to nuke the Bolder Free Zone. (the claims Trashy was already working on getting us a nuke for that purpose is pure conspiracy and fake news) yet that wicked Mother Abigail and her disciple’s God still nuked us just cause I knew some spooky cool magic tricks. He never felt the need to nuke Chris Angel who also did magic in Vegas. My point is, when I finish teaching these tribesmen everything and come back for the building of Newer Vegas, I hope we all learn from history which side is the right side. Also Newer Vegas will be like in the new miniseries and not the book, meaning we will allow cocaine and strippers. That alone says who’s side is the right side. Which would you rather take part in? Multiple chapter long ad-hoc meetings for a group that couldn’t stop a edgelord incel nerd from killing most of their politicians or cocaine and strippers? The answer is clear. #TeamFlagg
I love _The Stand_ in fact, the only thing I love more than this story is probably Coors. Coors beer is the only beer. I’d piss Coors if I could. You believe that happy crappy?
I really wish we could see a version of the book on a cable channel like HBO. Made by people who love the book and seek to make a faithful adaptation. The version from the 90s was way too short, and the most recent adaptation fell victim to writers who thought they could improve on it.
@@happyfuntimereviews5600 Don’t tell me, I’ll tell you!! My thoughts EXACTLY. Yes, the 1990 extended version might not flow as well as the original, but when it comes to this story, I want as much content and character development as possible. The fact that the remake replaced Larry Underwood’s escape from Manhattan through the corpse clogged Lincoln Tunnel - the most chilling part of the novel AND the ‘94 miniseries (IMO) the grotesque horror of all those ppl decomposing, the terror of something else down there inexplicably coming after Larry in the pitch black darkness, Stephen King at his absolute best, replaced with Larry using his smartphone’s gps down in the sewers and cgi rats, tells you everything you need to know when it comes to comparing the 1994 and 2020 versions. A big budget, 2 season HBO adaptation that stayed as true as possible to the extended version of the Extended version of the book would be incredible. The only thing incredible about the 2020 remake is the overall disappointment…
@@jamesm34712 seasons would still be cutting it short, no? Youre asking for the moon, in supposing directors and writers of visual media today would ever respect a written source that was published before 2012. I'd like to see at least 4 seasons please, thanks.
Guthrie actually explained whart "This is my land, this land is your land" because so many people were using it in a wrong context. He was travelling and came to a fanced off piece of private land. Right there it struck him that no one should fence themselves off from their felllow man. The world truly belongs to all of us. And, yes, he was very left wing and didn't like borders or people claiming ownership over pieces of land and nature, keeping the common man out for no good reason except greed
Here is the relevant part he quoted as the point and inspiration of the song. "There was a big, high wall there that tried to stop me A sign was painted said "Private Property" But on the backside, it didn't say nothing This land was made for you and me"
I have to ask did you read the book. You mentioned the cuts. The 1990 version isn't uncut they're cuts left in. An where were the cuts removed he says that to. A lot of details are wrong. Why people did or didn't do things etc
I am reading this book now. I watched both TV adaptations and l often think how l would react to what happened. I would get as far away from other people as possible. Why go back to a society where you have to follow rules and work when everything is free? I’d get a beautiful house and relax. I am also rather anti-social
The Stand is basically Lord of the Rings but infused with Americana, which is no surprise because Tolkien wanted to tell an epic based of Anglo-Saxon folklore, King dose the exact same thing here.
I like the idea but it deffintly needs some work on delivery. Some edits and redelivers. The reading of the songs is probably one of the less good deliveries and the woody guthrie one where you half sang the first line then quit for the rest was kinda funny. Hopefully the future videos are a little more refined
It really is an amazing book, the only problem in my view is the ending King can't write endings for crap, he fumbled the ending to 'the stand' he fucked up 'the gunslinger' ugh don't even want to think about it... Neither Miniseries really holds up either, though i think the older one has better actors...
Yeah, Hiroshima was bad, but how many more would have died if we decided to invade instead? We are STILL using the purple hearts they made in anticipation of the invasion
I didn't read down below if anyone discussed the end scene with the nuke. It is the literal hand of god.... The 4 were sent west by mother Abigail as she DID receive a message from god in the wilderness. when the 4 went willingly into the lair of the beast, the lord accepted their sacrifice and smote the evil old testament style. If you read all the interconnected stories in the King-verse, Gan, or the Turtle... I've always believed THAT is what answered Abigail in the wilderness. Whether or not that was the Abrahamic God of the Bible is up to interpretation.
The cities were chosen because they are both relatively large by huge dams to provide power and water, not because one is a good place and one is bad. You could have easily reversed the cities.
There’s no dam near Boulder, Colorado. I lived there. We have a reservoir but not a dam. You are thinking of Boulder City, Nevada. Boulder is known as “The Bubble” or “The People’s Republic of Boulder” because of its hippie, inclusive and liberal culture.
0:33... I know. My Mom had this book with THAT cover. And it was heavy a.f. I remember when she had all of his books (at that time) on top of our glass & steel shelf (called an etagere), and every now and then, his books would topple over. And if The Stand was about to fall... LOOK OUT!!!
0:24 This is NOT the longest book ever written. Not even close. Did you check before making that statement or were you referring only to books that you have read? Or books by King? "Les Miserables" is longer. "War and Peace" is longer. "A La Recherche du Temps Perdu" or "In Search of Lost Time" is nearly double the length of "The Stand".
She 108 and doesn't give anybody visions. She only knew about 4 people. She couldn't really be called a prophet. Prophets see the future then tell people about what they saw. She never told anyone anything untile after it happened
I hate that every single movie based off a king novel (besides the shining, shawshank redemption, and stand by me) are just absolutely terrible. Terrible
He is obviously young. A lot of the subtlety is probably lost on him. Also the book is of it's time. It may be difficult for a young person to understand 1970s USA.
I tried reading The Stand. The 200 page boringness about rebuilding was where I put it down and refused to pick it back up. Just couldn't do it. I remember reading about the plan to go out to Vegas. I remember them talking about going out and wanting to do something, but I also remember thinking that I was over halfway through and that I couldn't relate to our horny protagonist. I'm sorry, but that always got in the way of my enjoyment of the book and Steven King in general. He's too damn horny.
I'm not even halfway through your video, but you have misread almost every song quote that you have referenced. I'm still interested to hear your thoughts on this novel, but I wonder how often you misread parts of this book, which could easily lead you to an interpretation not intended by the author. Thank you for taking the time to post your thoughts on this novel.
Never thought the scenario would play out the the second decade of the 21st century. Aptly named Flagg... symbolic of all the tRump flags. Greg Stillson, also an archetype.
Yall I’m sorry I thought Rick was a short way to say Randall because that’s just what I called him when I was reading, my apologies😭😭😭
Also thank you guys for blowing this video up, I didn’t expect it to do so well I luv u all😘
@@IsaacTheFunny By the by.....Rick Flagg is the soldier who leads the suicide squad lol.
Flag is a crow
In any king book if you see or read about a crow
He is also the man in black ...Roland hunts the man in black/flag
Also, the thinny is in Roland's world but it is also the veil between where IT comes from and the creatures from THE MIST come from and in THE MIST the gunslinger portrait is being done in the beginning by the main character when project arrow head has their accident. Also it is said the veil or thinny is weaker at the hotel in the shining
Also, the thinny is in Roland's world but it is also the veil between where IT comes from and the creatures from THE MIST come from and in THE MIST the gunslinger portrait is being done in the beginning by the main character when project arrow head has their accident. Also it is said the veil or thinny is weaker at the hotel in the shining
No matter what I watch on CZcams, I can't escape the Dark Souls OSTs.
Demons souls'
It’s Randall Flagg not Rick and he wasn’t a nobody that happened to get powers he was a demon/evil sorcerer who is an antagonist in many of King’s books
RF/Martin Broadclock/Walter O'Dim is a man first. When Mordred ate his eyes, tongue, and finally the rest of him he saw as much within his mind. What he did and how, are a part of the Crimson King's former might, at least I think. Pretty sure he's let a demon into his being as well.
To be fair, if you read a character with any RF initials in a King book it's the same dude.
The Stand is a masterpiece. During covid I patiently waited for the apocalypse, imagining the worst case scenario that King created. Oh I for sure would have died, as I was a CCU nurse. The Stand and Michael Criton's Coma were what was every day life for me during that time. Yeah, until you take 6 bodies to the morgue in a 12 hour shift, you will never know how close the bleakness of Stephen King is to reality. He is tapped into something more than most humans will ever know. I love him so much.
I'm sorry you had to go through that. Thank you for the vital service you provided.
Yeah, he was tapped into COCAINE
On some real shit, being a nurse during that time had to be absolutely brutal. Props
@@schnoz2372 it was for everybody working in hospitals
I'll never forget the Walking Dude... Randall Flagg... And M-O-O-N that Tom keeps spelling hehe
THE STAND is my favorite book of all time- and this was the best video essay I’ve seen on it. It has inspired me to read it again- thank you!
Although he'd disagree The Stand is King's best and the first Mini Series is awesome
Every time you call Randall Flagg "Rick Flagg" it made me giggle a little--one of his aliases is Richard Fannin, so you're not entirely wrong, but it still hit my ear funny every time you said it.
Same.
Im old enough to remember as a kid in the late 80's seeing the commercial on tv for the complete and uncut version of this book with the two guys fighting on the cover. It stuck with me throughout my life and I read the Stand for the 1st time around 1999, i have since read and reread it twice a year since. It helps keep me in balance. That is how amazing this book is.
The Stand is my favorite of King's books. Iconic villain and main character.
Yeah, i love Frannie too.
I read this book 30+ years ago and the part where they feel their way through the Lincoln tunnel is so vivid, I think about it every time I travel through not only the Lincoln tunnel but any other tunnel in NYC as well
What scared me was Larry underwood walking through the tunnel it was like you were walking in their with him, king did a veeeery good job on that part
And they then proceeded to remove one of the best parts from the abortion of a miniseries
The dancing fever is a reference to a real illness that roamed parts of Europe during the late midevil age. People simply danced until they died of. This phenomenon has never been solved.
They discovered MDMA and bass at the same moment.
It was the court of the dance macabre walking around carnival's Harlequim. The true Harlequim, the same one here that was rising Scorpios...
I've not read this book in more than thirty years. Was bloody brilliant, so good. Thanks for this video, and glad you enjoyed it so much too.
The stand is a masterpiece.
King sought out to create the lord of the rings in modern times, and he did just that in his own horrific way.
The stand is a book about lawlessness, and what half of people would do vs. What the other half of people would do.
Its psychological, its terrifying, and its also full of the hope that makes people social creatures.
Its amazing, ive read it twice, and im ready to read it again.
I love this video- I’m putting it on my Rainy Day Content playlist. Some minor mistakes and things but I love your perspective and the passion in your words- I would love to see you do a whole Stephen King series on your channel!😎
Just finished it in less than 2 weeks. M-O-O-N! That spells wow! I loved it. You can tell who my favorite character is but shoutout also to Big Steve/Kojak!
I first read the Stand in 1981 when I was a 10th grader in high school. I reread the expanded version in 2022. I forgot how good it was.
Randall Flagg has a lot more in common with Nyarlathotep than the devil he's malicious but more of a trickster with a long-term plan that goes far beyond this level of the tower.
The devil is a trickster. he has pieces of every trickster throughout all of the religions that Christianity ever came into contact with. Although his plan is known, his means are infinite and complex.
One of my favorite stories of all time. I own the book but never read it. I watch the movie probably once a year because its very good. Thanks for making this video and well done.
Oh you gotta read the book. It's so much better than the miniseries.
Randall Flagg
Great character, one of King's most memorable for me.
@@chriselyr2484yeah but not Rick
Nuff said
The Traveling Man.
His name is RANDALL flagg, not Rick.
How does he not know this?
Love the mention of the Judge from Blood Meridian. If you haven't read it yet, do so and especially if you have trouble reading, check out the audiobook. You can find it for free. It is admittedly a tough read as its written in sort of a stream of consciousness style with little to no punctuation.
The snatches of songs are what inspired King throughout the writing process.
The opening & the thumbnail brings back so many memories. I was a kid in grade school when my Mom got this book. I would always look at the cover and wonder "What the h*ll is going on??? We got some Luke Skywalker wannabe fighting a... a... WHAT DAFUQ IS THAT THING????? Is this Dungeons and Dragons meets Star Wars??? WHAT THE H*LL AM I LOOKING AT??? IS THIS WHAT HAPPENES IN THE ACOPALYPSE????? IS THIS JESUS AS LUKE SKYWALKER AND IS HE FIGHTING THE DEVIL??????" (Mind you, I went to Catholic School in the 70s to 80s... so, I'm easily triggered. )
The Stand is a great book for the simple fact that it does what all great escapist fiction does, and builds a world that the reader can imagine themselves inhabiting and wondering how they would act.
Every successful franchise does this; harry potter, star wars, MCU... Sure, you watch the shows and movies, but the magic is mostly the ability to superimpose yourself into those settings.
Stephen King already had his own connected universe with Randall Flagg being a reoccurring villain.
M.O.O.N. That spells moon. - Tom Cullen
Top notch video my guy!
It's called on the border because there is a thinny growing between Flagg and Mother Abigail connecting this mundane level of the tower to outworld so the entire world has literally moved to the border of reality, the world is figuratively on the precipice between the light and the outer dark, and the story is on the border between getting the band together and playing the show.
Loved the majula tune
I know a large part of the cut content is trash can man’s journey which is why I’ve only read the uncut version once. Also It’s Randall Flagg, not Rick, and the bad guys went to “the city of sin” an old nickname for vegas )I dunno if you’re old enough to have caught that one on your own. I think you’ve got the makings of a great reviewer for sure and I’m excited to see you grow and bloom! Good luck
Trash cans man journey is worth the read.
Hes literally an autistic pyromaniac, and his psychology is very interesting to read.
King writes him sympathetically, taking into account, his obsession with fire, and his inability to understand social life.
How he is taken advantage of because of his obsession becoming a skill, and hes subserviant nature when someone is willing to indulge his urges, something that was supressed by the "old world".
Trashcan man is one of the simplest, yet most complex characters ive ever read about.
Worth the time.
Wow. I have read fantasy most of my life, and fell in love with Stephen's work when I was still a preteen. I have read almost all of his early work.
The Stand is the only fictional book I've never been able to finish, even though I have tried to read it many times. I came to terms with never finishing it over a decade ago. This excellent video has done the impossible - you have made me excited to read and finally finish it. ❤❤❤ Thank you.
It was a fantastic read. The films cut too much out.
I read the book as a teenager.
Kings Magnum Opus is The Dark Tower. The Stand is only the events upon one of its many beams. Randal Flagg hails from midworld and dwelt in Giliad itself once upon a bye. So his evils come from the Prim. The Stand has the Tokuro Spirit, and Nozzola. It's not the "real" beam.
Very well done
Wasn’t the hand of god an old nuke they found out in the desert? It’s been awhile since i read it but I think I remember the trash can man found it and brought it and figured out how to set it off because he wanted to see the big fire or something, and the fact that it just so happened to line up with the two guys getting executed is a part of the whole fated outcome thing.
ANd in the quick of a flash they reach for a moment and try to reach their honest Stand.
BUt they wind up wounded and not even dead.
Tonite in Jungleland. --- Bruce Springsteen.
A good portion of the content added back into the Uncut edition is more of the end of the world. Smaller stories combined into the end of Captain Trips about ranfom people who did not die of the disease but by other means. Like an old man who jogs a lot and has a heart attack, or a child who wandered into a bush and falls down a well and starves to death. And a woman who is afraid of being attacked so she accidentally shoots herself with her own gun, because the bullets are so old it just blew up in her hand. A school of children is mowed down by the military for trying to peacfully exit the quarantine zone.
Really horrific stuff.
Plus, all the time specific refrences were all aged up to refrence the '90's. So it doesn't take place in the '70's anymore.
The Stand gives King an enormous amount of time to build his characters. Even though the story is jam-packed with characters we get to know them intimately because of the sheer length of the work. Other writers like Salman Rushdie and John Irving skilled at writing characters and dialogue that they can make you feel as though you know these people within a hundred pages.... King has never been that naturally gifted at character building, but the breadth of the novel gives him the luxury of building these characters to a point that we deeply care what happens to them, something that's missing from a lot of his shorter works
Just rewatched the movie/mini-series, and I gotta' say, it really feels like Stephen King did not know a satisfying way to end what is otherwise an INCREDIBLE story. The four men being sent to Vegas from Colorado after Abigail tells them to kind of feel like they were sent there for absolutely nothing at all. Seriously, why did Abigail send them? If she was prophetic, did she not see that Trashcan man was gonna bring a nuke into the city? What did their deaths *actually* accomplish? What was the goal?
It just really feels like Stephen wrote himself into a corner and answered his own frustrations with "da hand of god nukes dem all" because he got sick of his own story and just wanted to be done with it already.
Actually, the extended version of the book explains that that wasn't the literal hand of God. It has something to do with Randall Flagg.
Nah the slowest/draggiest section isn't the rebuilding in Colorado, it was the last quarter where Stu is slogging back to Colorado. That part drags soooo long.
Randall Flagg was not a nobody, who happened to get powers, he was an ancient and immortal evil being. He was definitely evil for the sake of being evil and lashed out at his followers, who lived in paranoia and fear. The people on that side weren't good, they gave in to the dreams they had of a very evil being.
Boulder, Colorado was chosen due to the low volume of bodies. It was sent to Mother Abigail, none of the earthly survivors picked it. They were told, we're going here and they went.
I visited Hiroshima when I lived in Japan. There is nothing that makes me think that people deserve to have a weapon like that used against them.
See late night with the Devil Stephen King liked it
Yeah, and we have weapons that are a thousand times more powerful in the hydrogen bomb today.
Just look up the rape of nanking.
Well, none of us were subject to the brutality of the Japanese empire or Nazi Germany during the war, so we can’t really speak on history we didn’t live through. Japan would have done the same to the United States had they been afforded the opportunity.
@@brantisonfireI, Randall Flagg was there. On a different run of the Wheel of Ka but I was there and can say for sure they didn’t deserve it just like me and the fine citizens of New Vegas didn’t. Notice we didn’t try to nuke the Bolder Free Zone. (the claims Trashy was already working on getting us a nuke for that purpose is pure conspiracy and fake news) yet that wicked Mother Abigail and her disciple’s God still nuked us just cause I knew some spooky cool magic tricks. He never felt the need to nuke Chris Angel who also did magic in Vegas. My point is, when I finish teaching these tribesmen everything and come back for the building of Newer Vegas, I hope we all learn from history which side is the right side. Also Newer Vegas will be like in the new miniseries and not the book, meaning we will allow cocaine and strippers. That alone says who’s side is the right side. Which would you rather take part in? Multiple chapter long ad-hoc meetings for a group that couldn’t stop a edgelord incel nerd from killing most of their politicians or cocaine and strippers? The answer is clear. #TeamFlagg
Randall flag comes back in the dark tower books
Also came from Eyes of The Dragon 👍🏻
I love _The Stand_ in fact, the only thing I love more than this story is probably Coors. Coors beer is the only beer. I’d piss Coors if I could. You believe that happy crappy?
I really wish we could see a version of the book on a cable channel like HBO. Made by people who love the book and seek to make a faithful adaptation.
The version from the 90s was way too short, and the most recent adaptation fell victim to writers who thought they could improve on it.
@@happyfuntimereviews5600 Don’t tell me, I’ll tell you!!
My thoughts EXACTLY. Yes, the 1990 extended version might not flow as well as the original, but when it comes to this story, I want as much content and character development as possible. The fact that the remake replaced Larry Underwood’s escape from Manhattan through the corpse clogged Lincoln Tunnel - the most chilling part of the novel AND the ‘94 miniseries (IMO) the grotesque horror of all those ppl decomposing, the terror of something else down there inexplicably coming after Larry in the pitch black darkness, Stephen King at his absolute best, replaced with Larry using his smartphone’s gps down in the sewers and cgi rats, tells you everything you need to know when it comes to comparing the 1994 and 2020 versions. A big budget, 2 season HBO adaptation that stayed as true as possible to the extended version of the Extended version of the book would be incredible. The only thing incredible about the 2020 remake is the overall disappointment…
@@jamesm34712 seasons would still be cutting it short, no? Youre asking for the moon, in supposing directors and writers of visual media today would ever respect a written source that was published before 2012. I'd like to see at least 4 seasons please, thanks.
The 90s version was fantastic tho. The cast was so good.
I loved this book … it was by far the longest book I’ve read …
I read the uncut version; it took me a year too the very day
I tried paying attention to the whole video, but I had "Boogie Fever" followed by that guitar riff on loop in my head for about 90% of the runtime.
1:16 Man considers himself slow for finishing in 4 months. It took me all of 2018 to finish the book 😭
Rick flagg is from suicide squad
Guthrie actually explained whart "This is my land, this land is your land" because so many people were using it in a wrong context. He was travelling and came to a fanced off piece of private land. Right there it struck him that no one should fence themselves off from their felllow man. The world truly belongs to all of us. And, yes, he was very left wing and didn't like borders or people claiming ownership over pieces of land and nature, keeping the common man out for no good reason except greed
Here is the relevant part he quoted as the point and inspiration of the song. "There was a big, high wall there that tried to stop me
A sign was painted said "Private Property"
But on the backside, it didn't say nothing
This land was made for you and me"
Homie I listened to the whole thing. This was great I subscribed.
I unsubscribed. And I like his videos 😂
Look at that. I even unliked my own comment
It took me 3 tries before I read it cover to cover and when I finally did I wanted the story to continue
Is the audiobook any good?
It's been a long time since I've read this book.
All hail the Crimson King.
I have to ask did you read the book. You mentioned the cuts. The 1990 version isn't uncut they're cuts left in. An where were the cuts removed he says that to. A lot of details are wrong. Why people did or didn't do things etc
I am reading this book now. I watched both TV adaptations and l often think how l would react to what happened. I would get as far away from other people as possible. Why go back to a society where you have to follow rules and work when everything is free? I’d get a beautiful house and relax. I am also rather anti-social
You'd probably die the first 28 days thought...
Amazing how many likes a video can get when so much fundamental information about this book is so confidently presented incorrectly.
Your grasp of this work is elementary at best. Rick Flagg man? Cannot finish.
Rick Flag ia the guy from Suicide Squad, this is Randall
I read fast, but i ponder a lot.
If you enjoy The Stand you should read Swan Song by Robert McCammon. It is the greatest imo
Read it in 78, ought to read the unabridged I think.
I read the Stand and couldn't stand it. I enjoyed most of his early novels.
THIS MAN IS USING THE MUSIC FROM THE DARK SOULS 1 CHARACTER CREATOR!! he thought we wouldn't notice... but we did 2:05
The Stand is basically Lord of the Rings but infused with Americana, which is no surprise because Tolkien wanted to tell an epic based of Anglo-Saxon folklore, King dose the exact same thing here.
Mmm, I think this is a stretch. I love the Stand, but LotR is on a different scale in many ways
@@Direfloof I disagree, Stephen King's himself said the one to tell Lord of the rings style story, and he did it with the stand.
@@cane6074 I don't think you read the book. I think you saw an interview. I'm gonna need some solid examples of this theory.
@@EXcentricSAM Would y'all say this is worth reading?
@@EXcentricSAMthere are hundreds of examples of Stephen king putting references and easter eggs of lotr in his books.
I like the idea but it deffintly needs some work on delivery. Some edits and redelivers. The reading of the songs is probably one of the less good deliveries and the woody guthrie one where you half sang the first line then quit for the rest was kinda funny.
Hopefully the future videos are a little more refined
I really think you got Randall Flagg...He is a demon
Rick flagg? The guy's name is Randy Flagg.
It really is an amazing book, the only problem in my view is the ending King can't write endings for crap, he fumbled the ending to 'the stand' he fucked up 'the gunslinger' ugh don't even want to think about it...
Neither Miniseries really holds up either, though i think the older one has better actors...
Wasnt IT a ball of light too...
She died in town not the woods.
Yeah, Hiroshima was bad, but how many more would have died if we decided to invade instead? We are STILL using the purple hearts they made in anticipation of the invasion
I love the book, too, but, dude, you can not read lyrics.
The books way better than any series or movie or show based on his work.
Always read his book don't bother with the movies
I didn't read down below if anyone discussed the end scene with the nuke. It is the literal hand of god.... The 4 were sent west by mother Abigail as she DID receive a message from god in the wilderness. when the 4 went willingly into the lair of the beast, the lord accepted their sacrifice and smote the evil old testament style. If you read all the interconnected stories in the King-verse, Gan, or the Turtle... I've always believed THAT is what answered Abigail in the wilderness. Whether or not that was the Abrahamic God of the Bible is up to interpretation.
Actually the uncut edition of The Stand explains that it wasn't the literal hand of God. It had something to do with Randall Flagg.
This is great but it’s Randall Flagg
The cities were chosen because they are both relatively large by huge dams to provide power and water, not because one is a good place and one is bad. You could have easily reversed the cities.
There’s no dam near Boulder, Colorado. I lived there. We have a reservoir but not a dam. You are thinking of Boulder City, Nevada.
Boulder is known as “The Bubble” or “The People’s Republic of Boulder” because of its hippie, inclusive and liberal culture.
Did you even read this book?
Great book. I like Swan Song better. You should read it
I think on the border…means you’re in the middle,what side you’re going to pick.
I love that wendigoons blood meridian video is popular enough that it can be seen as the alternative to reading the book
youare making the flash insites a bit too fast cant catch
0:33... I know. My Mom had this book with THAT cover. And it was heavy a.f. I remember when she had all of his books (at that time) on top of our glass & steel shelf (called an etagere), and every now and then, his books would topple over. And if The Stand was about to fall... LOOK OUT!!!
Those living in Colorado better keep your eyes open😅
0:24 This is NOT the longest book ever written.
Not even close. Did you check before making that statement or were you referring only to books that you have read? Or books by King? "Les Miserables" is longer. "War and Peace" is longer. "A La Recherche du Temps Perdu" or "In Search of Lost Time" is nearly double the length of "The Stand".
She 108 and doesn't give anybody visions. She only knew about 4 people. She couldn't really be called a prophet. Prophets see the future then tell people about what they saw. She never told anyone anything untile after it happened
I hate that every single movie based off a king novel (besides the shining, shawshank redemption, and stand by me) are just absolutely terrible. Terrible
You sure you read this book?
He is obviously young. A lot of the subtlety is probably lost on him. Also the book is of it's time. It may be difficult for a young person to understand 1970s USA.
this is one of his most underrated stories. and that's saying something. could you dissect more of Stephen King's stories?
...What? It's generally considered one of his best.
FFXIV has ruined the phrase "Good and evil" for me.
I must always think "The war eternal!"
I tried reading The Stand. The 200 page boringness about rebuilding was where I put it down and refused to pick it back up. Just couldn't do it.
I remember reading about the plan to go out to Vegas. I remember them talking about going out and wanting to do something, but I also remember thinking that I was over halfway through and that I couldn't relate to our horny protagonist.
I'm sorry, but that always got in the way of my enjoyment of the book and Steven King in general. He's too damn horny.
Good video long form book essays are honestly top tier content especially since I hate actually reading
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I'm not even halfway through your video, but you have misread almost every song quote that you have referenced.
I'm still interested to hear your thoughts on this novel, but I wonder how often you misread parts of this book, which could easily lead you to an interpretation not intended by the author.
Thank you for taking the time to post your thoughts on this novel.
Completely mid. Never understood why this and IT get so much praise.
They're good books. He is getting details wrong from the book that changes a lot of the meaning in the book.
@@docholtzful they're ok books. I get why people might like them but they're nowhere near masterpieces
Never thought the scenario would play out the the second decade of the 21st century. Aptly named Flagg... symbolic of all the tRump flags. Greg Stillson, also an archetype.
This book was so dumb. Flagg's ending ruined the whole thing
i prefer The Talisman
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