Episode 6

SPOILERS maybe

F#@k this show and the horse it rode in on.

6 Episodes in, 3 to go and we finally get to see Trash, and boy was I right. I kind of knew Ezra Miller would screw it up but even I could not prepare myself for this rendition of the Trashcan Man. He's only in the episode for all of 5 minutes, for non readers it established nothing about him, then 2 seconds later he's being introduced to Flagg and he calls him the legendary Trashcan Man, huh? WTF? Based on him blowing one thing up and masturbating as it burns... legend.

Same issues continue. Nick is a hollowed out shell of what he should be, Franny is completely unlikable, Lloyd, oh god damn, I don't have the words. Female judge Farris had 0% impact on the story at all, was pretty much a passing thought. Glen is just in scenes to say something lame every once in a while. Whoopi is horrid as Mother Abigail.

None of the relationships have been developed Stu/Fran, Nick/Tom, Lloyd/Flagg, Nadine/Larry. The whole thing feels forced like they are just trying to check off moments from the book.

How did the 94 version get you so invested with 3 hours less run time, just makes no sense at all.

This is, by a country mile, the worst Stephen King adaptation to date. I'm not even joking.

F@#k this show!

I watched the first episode of the fan edit, Waz.  The dude who did it didn’t have much to work with lol. Someone suggested that when he finishes fixing the whole series it would be best to assemble the eps in the proper timeline as the book and 94 series.  This flashback method is ridiculous!  What a shame it was completely bungled!  Some of the comments on the Stephen King Reddit are hilarious too. Most said that Flagg isn’t even scary, he’s just boring!  Just a clustererf%*k!  

Episode 7

SPOILERS... well as much as you can spoil a turd

Closing in on the end of this abomination.

This episode was so utterly boring that I did actually skip about 20 minutes of it because I could feel my life force draining.

Trash is back for about the first 2 minutes or so, it's so embarrasing to watch Ezra play this charater. I literally had to turn the sound down because of the noises coming out of him.

Whoopi puts on a cringe inducing performance in this ep.

I just don't care about anyone, Nick is dead, couldn't care less. Big emotional attempt when Stu and the gang start their walk, couldn't care less.

So we have Stu, politically correct Larry, politically correct Ralph... sorry Ray and young stoner Glen starting the walk to Vegas. Ray is an absolute plank of wood who has no tangible relationship to any of the other charaters. They even throw in some humorous racism because Ray is a native American now... argh.

Finally figured out who Lloyd is trying to channel, think Jamiroquai if he was a really lame gangster pimp.

This is a mess with zero redeeming qualities. 2 episodes left, I just want to see King's new ending and then I will never think of this disaster ever again.

King needs to get back on the coke after letting his son co-write this shit.

Waz, kudos to you for seeing it out!  Your reviews are more entertaining than the actual shit fest

They need to get Peter Jackson perhaps to do The Stand and It properly and with reverence. He did a good job with TLOTR. And his fix of the Beatles Let It Be footage looks unreal too

Stephen King has the DC comics curse. So few works ever filmed being worth a crap. Maybe Christopher Nolan should try a King story?

What King novel plays with a funky time-line or time travel?

Quoted from JEStaats What King novel plays with a funky time-line or time travel?

That'd be:

11/22/63.
Going back in time to try and prevent the assassination of JFK.
James Franco series 2016. Wasn't too bad.

Quoted from stevie King needs to get back on the coke after letting his son co-write this shit. Waz, kudos to you for seeing it out!  Your reviews are more entertaining than the actual shit fest They need to get Peter Jackson perhaps to do The Stand and It properly and with reverence. He did a good job with TLOTR. And his fix of the Beatles Let It Be footage looks unreal too

That definitely seems to be the overwhelming problem with King adaptations is that people just don't know what to do with the material. I'd love to see Peter Jackson tackle The Dark Tower, I think he'd smash it out the park.

Quoted from JEStaats Stephen King has the DC comics curse. So few works ever filmed being worth a crap. Maybe Christopher Nolan should try a King story? What King novel plays with a funky time-line or time travel?

Very true.

Quoted from LC That'd be: 11/22/63. Going back in time to try and prevent the assassination of JFK. James Franco series 2016. Wasn't too bad.

Or maybe a new remake of The Dead Zone.

Quoted from LC That'd be: 11/22/63. Going back in time to try and prevent the assassination of JFK. James Franco series 2016. Wasn't too bad.

On a different Stephen King note. I just finished my first pass of The Running Man, I've been putting it off because I just didn't think I'd like it for some reason. Boy was I wrong. I think it easily fits into my top 5 and may even sneak into my top 3. Short, but a damn good tale.

Quoted from Warren On a different Stephen King note. I just finished my first pass of The Running Man, I've been putting it off because I just didn't think I'd like it for some reason. Boy was I wrong. I think it easily fits into my top 5 and may even sneak into my top 3. Short, but a damn good tale.

I know I read it when it came out as a Bachman book but I can't think of the story that clearly.  Time to revisit it!

Quoted from JEStaats I know I read it when it came out as a Bachman book but I can't think of the story that clearly.  Time to revisit it!

Showing your age there  

It's a cracking read IMO.

Quoted from Warren Showing your age there

There's just no hiding it anymore.

Episode 8

SPOILERS

They gender swopped the Rat Man... hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha... couldn't even have that, F@#k me.

God damn this episode was dumb. Some of the worst dialogue all series, just awful.

Flagg has a little rave... So that happens.

After all the gender and race politics in this I couldn't help but be a bit suspicious of the final scenes where white male Lloyd and white male Flagg are in the process of killing politically correct Larry and politically correct Ralph... sorry Ray. Call me crazy but I think they are trying to say something.

Nadine looks like she done some last minute Halloween make up, it's so pathetic.

Just when you think it can't get any worse they say "hold my beer".

I hate to say it but it would take nothing short of a real life miracle for King to save this shit in one episode, it's beyond redemption.

So like Warren, I've watched it all as well, given that I read the Stand and it was definitely one of my favorite books.  I thought, surely with a mini-series they can do this justice.  Well...

It just feels like this thing is all over the place in terms of pacing and characterization and getting you invested in the rooting for Stu and the gang, but honestly, I've been only remotely interested in it so far.  Skaargard was a good choice for Flagg, but I'm kind of indifferent to the rest.  Did not care for Whoopi at all.  The guy playing Lauder was just too over the top, and the Trash Can Man is just like a guy straight out of a Mad Max casting call.

They had such an opportunity with this book and I think had the wrong people involved in making it, which is to say, I'm guessing they had producers and writers who weren't emotionally invested in the book the way we probably were, and the series has suffered for it.