I would have preferred the third segment of Robotech but instead we have the Stand only super lame. On the upside way less people dying. On the downside uhh.. PEOPLE ARE DYING. :(
The Stand the book of home defense. An intruder breaks into your house hit him or her over the head with the hard copy of The Stand and you'll put them down for good.
Funny you say that. Dark Horse Comics released a massive high quality printing of all of the SimCity books. It literally weighs 10 lb, it's a hard cover well over a foot high in a foot wide, and on the back it advertises itself as the perfect form of Home Defense
@@cthulhupthagn5771 Nothing funny about it, true story I heard from my roommate; A guy he knew dated a chick whose mom's guard dog or maybe tiger (it was India or someplace else hot) got killed when a copy of The Stand was launched at her house from a three man sling shot. It's stuff like that that really makes you think . . .
I now always picture Adam Storke "playing" Eddie Dean in The Dark Tower. Right physical description, right accent. Perfect for the role at the age he was in The Stand.
I read The Stand in 9th grade, the first act of the book, Captain Trips, is still absolutely terrifying and some of the best genuine dread Stephen King has ever written as you see society collapse. There's no monster to be fought, no way of stopping it. Tens of thousands of years of human progress and history are coming to an end and there's nothing you can do.
And then he throws in a monster to be fought. I dearly love the book but, it might have been better without the whole Lord Of The Rings epicness of the final showdown between good and evil. Although King himself did say it was his attempt at his own LOTR so...
@@takkycat Yeah, but then again, it might have just been The Road without the supernatural elements I guess, which is a great book/film, but not exactly a "fun" read/watch like The Stand is.
@@thatdude3938 Not at the time he started writing The Stand it wasn't. I believe he started on The Stand when he was in college, or around that time, and he wrote up until all the characters arrived in Boulder and felt stumped how to continue with so many, and he put the manuscript away in a drawer for like 10+ years before realizing "Oh, I just gotta kill most of them off." and then he finished it (and heavily rewrote it of course).
Exactly. Sure, the special effects _do not_ hold up, but picking Jamey Sheridan for Flagg was a perfect choice. He just clearly has so much fun being 90s Anti-Jesus
I mean I do that too, but I just say the season number. Like I love ‘KoRn’s Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery’, the 10th episode of season 3 of South Park, post-Orgasmo (not part of South Park), post-South Park movie, though made the same year, Pre-Team America, Pre-Book of Mormon, Post-KoRn album, Post-Life is Peachy, Post-Follow the Leader, same year as Issues, Pre-Untouchables and so on.
Can we all appreciate the fact that he edited this video to have The Stand's pre commercial break footage to coincide with actual youtube ads? That level of detail is wild yo.
Yeah careful Brad, it might actually come true since the Reggie! bar came true after watching The Star Wars Holiday Special Commercial Breaks. Your stomach might not be prepared for it during the pandemic. Stay safe though. ^^
@@odditt9159 I know that, because I have seen this mini-series many years ago, but I was expecting this review to be at least divided into two parts, not as one whole video. 😆 But on the other hand, it doesn’t really bother; I would love to watch Brad for even more than two hours. 😉
Give Stephen a break. Can you imagine how hard it would be to take a story you wrote when you were high on cocaine and rewrite it for television when you were sober?
It's easy. Just start up with the coke again. Works for me when I'm feeling UNINSPIREEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD....yeah that's the stuff, hey who's that babe I'll be right back oh wow a Chevy Impala I gotta take that..hey! Copper! Hey, Copper wanna hit? Sing wif me "What's the colour of a two-cent piece, Copper, Copper/All Coppers are cuuuntz, all Coppers are cuu" *Bam*
Wait... there's a new version of 'The Stand' coming out in 2020? Now I have to wonder if this COVID-19 panic is really just the biggest, most elaborate marketing campaign in human history.
@@HylianFox3 Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius Ohhhh, Dr. Zaius! (DR. ZAIUS! DR. ZAIUS!) CAN I PLAY THE PIANO ANYMORE?! Of course, you can! WELL, I COULDN'T BEFORE! (Piano solo)
"Well, you ever been there? I mean, why not? Shit bro, if I'm one of the last dudes on the Earth I'm burning a lot of shit down. Yeah, I'm headin' for Vegas, why you ask?"
@@alrush34 There's nothing wrong with Des Moines. I am a city girl in general - most of my life in NYC, Miami, Chicago, but really liked Des Moines - it wasn't far from where I was doing research in Ames (Iowa St). There would be a lot of places I would burn down or nuke before there.
King mini-series can be pretty terrible, but that Don't Fear the Reaper opening always hit a chord with me. The ending was weak, but between a few standout performances (really liked Rob Lowe in this) and the sense of scale, I really do love this one.
@@ShadowSonic2King’s writing is very in-your-face which is more effective when the descriptions are all you have. But whenever he wrote a screenplay, he seemed to have no consideration for how difficult his descriptions are to actually design or how hard the effect will be to pull off with little money.
This is the best birthday present I've received. 36 years young and I'm going to kick this day off by watching a Snob review. Certainly a birthday to remember.
This was actually the first thing I ever remember seeing Gary Siniece in. My dad owned the box set of this and I was a big fan of the guy from then on.
@@thomaslance5428 Gonzo isn't wrong, though. As someone who lives about an hour west of FW, things can get pretty crazy from there all the way to Evansville, depending on how scenic a route you're wanting to take. Hell, it's one of the few places on earth you can experience all four seasons of weather in a month. Also, my wife happens to be from Terre Haute, so the line about the nuthatch cracks me up even more these days. LOL
Genuinely recommend finding either print of the book, if the miniseries just doesn't hit quite right. I am personally partial to the Uncut, but it adds 500 pages.
I know this movie is pretty cheesy at points and some parts haven't aged too well, but I love it so much. I first saw it on the Sci Fi channel when I was like eight or so, and it just hooked me from the very beginning with that dreary guitar piece. One thing that I don't think can really be denied is that this series totally nails the atmosphere.
Tyler The Guy I absolutely detested this miniseries. The beginning was promising enough, but all this good vs evil circus with Randall Flag and Mother Abigail was disappointingly campy and goofy. I couldn’t believe this was what all the build up was for. It felt like it was written by a 35 year old 5 year old.
@@nickfoozI mean, personally I think it works. It starts out as a dreary tale of the end of civilization and then morphs into a fantasy epic of sorts. Stephen King said he wanted to write something akin to Lord Of The Rings but with a random guy from Texas named Stu instead of a Hobbit named Frodo.
@@tylertheguy3160 I know that’s what he said. But it’s really hard to take it seriously when there are things like a cartoonish, mentally handicapped manchild wearing overalls like he’s on Sesame Street. I was expecting something more like the first few seasons of The Walking Dead, but instead I got a Lazy Sunday Hallmark Feature with cookies and cream.
One of the best things about Cinema Snob and Nostalgia Critic is how they review movies as if they are recording themselves watching movies in real time.
I never understood why there were corpses just lying about in weird places in this miniseries. Yes, I understand that a huge portion of the planet is dead but who the hell gets (literally) deathly ill and goes "you know, time to go for that car wash" or "shit, I forgot it is laundry day"
That might be due to the fact that this particular virus was designed to constantly mutate and some strains might have been more agressive than others. It would make sense since scientists working on a virus like this would only come up with something that is effective and worry about consequences later.
@@fredwest7436 “It would make sense since scientists working on a virus like this would only come up with something that is effective and worry about consequences later.” I believe that’s called the “Half-Life School of Scientific Ethics” in the microbiologist community.
@@fuzzydunlop7928 Not too familiar with that game. Sorry. The idea of this kind of warfare wouldn't be new since it was already practiced in the middle ages in a crude way. I could just imagine mankind would repeat this over and over again ;-)
I know this is a two year old comment but in the novel (recently re-read it) they said the virus basically mutated constantly, which is why so many people could catch it and seem to beat it but then would succumb by the next mutation while it was in their system. So some strains were apparently extremely fast acting while others were slower. In the mini-series it's pretty haphazard for sure though, and I remember when I watched it as a kid I thought the same thing, and that it was really inconsistent since it showed all the scientists dying instantly in the opening but then it seemed like most people lived for a while and died slowly.
@@WokeandProud actually C19 is a comet...covid 19 is...well, not a comet. I was going to poke fun at someone for needing to shorten something that is already abbreviated but you just had to ruin it lol. I'm bored ;)
Did anyone else notice how Brad keeps saying the whole world despite the fact this series doesn't seem to depict anywhere out side of the United States?
The story takes place in the US at a time when all airline flights have stopped. They could have featured a bit early on that featured other parts of the world, but post event nobody in other countries could play a part.
@@aussiewanderer6304 The rest of the worlds relevance to the story isn't what I was referring to but the fact that Brad keeps saying rest of world despite every scene shown only depicting America. It doesn't really bother me at all, I just found it amusing. I actually think The Stand is very quintessentially American and including an international element would take far more away that it would add.
I ended up going through as many TV shows and movies all about virus/zombie/natural disaster apocalypse stuff. My favorites were Contagion, 28 Days Later, The Stand, Jericho, and Dawn of the Dead (1978).
I remember watching this when it aired on tv . I was 12 and I snuck watched it in my room. This movie even with all of it's flaws has remained in my sub conscious ever since. The scene in the church with all of the dead bodies in the pews I remember the most
@@sunshineholmes3487 "sigh" I need to apologize. I recently had a lapse of judgement that I deeply regret. Not only did I fail myself, but you my fans as well. The point of my content was and will always be to entertain. I promise you that in the future I will be better and do better. Please check out my new merch!
Funny thing about the TP shortage. First, it's continuance appears to be because the 'home' tissue is out due to half the production capacity being for commercial-use - which isn't being used. Second, the lack of TP has resulted in pump failures at municipal sewage treatment facilities. If the waste management breaks down in a major city - that's going to cause a pathogen outbreak far larger than the WuFlu.
7:32 So THAT's what happened to TNT's Monstervision. "It has more dead bodies and cameos then you can shake a stick at. 3 and a half stars, check it out."
"There were all these crosses along highway 15..." Fran, that wasn't a dream, that was the Caesar's Legion ending of New Vegas. Also, thank you for the Bubba Ho-Tep reference.
It is really coming back to me as i see the scenes how i sat at home around 1990 in sweden and watched this. I was probably a bit young for stephens work but i just had to see it to the end. See pureflix you can actually do nutty christian themed entertainment and also make it good.
A bit of trivia: at the time, Colorado had passed a statewide anti-gay law, and so the production of The Stand refused to film there as a protest. All of the Boulder scenes were filmed in Utah. Stephen King lived in Boulder for a time, so his descriptions of Boulder landmarks are fairly accurate.
Fun Facts: Franny in the book is a collage girl and Stu is around his mid to late thirties, as for Harold he's a fat ass. Kind saw the book as his Lord of The Rings and he got the name for the book from Bruce Springsteen's Jungle Land which is quoted along with Don't Fear The Ripper and Country Joe and the Fish.
Between this and the fact the remastered Resident Evil 3 just came out (which deals with a whole different type of virus), topical seems to be the theme of my social isolation entertainment. 😄
The "flu" mutated into milder forms most likely. The flu the baby had didn't kill it like it did earlier babies. Same thing happened in andromeda strain.
The government characters in the miniseries mention in their first conversation that the strain will quickly begin to mutate into a slower form should it breach ground zero and spread amongst more humans, but that it won’t make it any less lethal and will only mean people die within a few days.
How to freak yourself out: Watch The Stand, 12 Monkeys, and Contagion back-to-back. It's really bizarre to realize that "12 Monkeys" was created just ONE YEAR after "The Stand." Cinematographic-ally speaking, "The Stand" feels like a throwback to the 1980's, while "12 Monkeys" is so futuristic and looks like it could have been made in 2020.
years ago, i had a very high fever and woke my husband and told him i had captain tripps and i was sorry for starting the apocalypse. turned out it wasn"t really captain tripps, it was just strep throat.
I still remember getting to the end of The Stand as a kid, and seeing a trailer for the next Stephen King adaptation on the way. Little did the younger version of me know that The Langoliers would, even by childhood metrics, suck so hard.
Oh man that movie... I liked the growing sound of the monster meatballs munching in the distance getting closer and closer but ugh all the rest of the movie is balls. Oh and then the cheesy freeze frame ending too lol
The Langoliers was terrible. It needed a serious rewrite for the screen to fit into a two hour movie and keep the audience enticed. Dragged out miniseries don't work for the horror/thriller genre.
Not exactly a sequel, but Insomnia, The Dark Tower Series, this, and It all take place in the same universe. I think Insomnia is actually a prequel to The Stand, and I believe Insomnia and The Dark Tower Book 7 are supposed to be occurring concurrently, with the main character of Insomnia seeing visions of Roland fighting The Man in Black during a scene several hundred pages into Insomnia. Not 100% on them being concurrent, it's been a few years since I read Insomnia.
Geoffrey Sorkin I’m not sure about DT running concurrently with Insomnia tho. Roland rescued that artist from Insomnia from Dandelo in book 7. Not sure of the time frame tho been a while
Plot twist: This takes place in 1999 (5 years later) and the reason why that guy's license plate has Digimon misspelled is because he's a huge fan of that anime. Also, the virus was caused by the Y2K bug.
The Stand (complete and uncut) version was the first novel I ever read from Stephen King when I was 15. I've been hooked on his stories ever since! The dates in the book were somehow sometimes lining up with mine in real life that summer, year (1990) and everything! I still have that book.
The Stand was actually among the earliest horror series I remember watching and it's still my favorite over all today both among movies/mini series based on Stephen King's books as well as the books themselves. I even have both the cut and uncut version of the stand and the mini series on DVD
Best book I ever read... couldn't put it down .... I had the special edition that was over 1000 pages...turns out I love reading thick books ...one a day
When I heard they were remaking The Stand in 2020, I didn't realize it was going to be a reality show.
Big budget AND international film locations no less! Not even King could've imagined it better..or worse....
Plus we all part of it. I didn't get to audition for this
I didnt even get my SAG card...
I got my check for it in the mail today.
I would have preferred the third segment of Robotech but instead we have the Stand only super lame. On the upside way less people dying. On the downside uhh.. PEOPLE ARE DYING. :(
The Stand the book of home defense. An intruder breaks into your house hit him or her over the head with the hard copy of The Stand and you'll put them down for good.
Funny you say that. Dark Horse Comics released a massive high quality printing of all of the SimCity books. It literally weighs 10 lb, it's a hard cover well over a foot high in a foot wide, and on the back it advertises itself as the perfect form of Home Defense
@@cthulhupthagn5771 Nothing funny about it, true story I heard from my roommate; A guy he knew dated a chick whose mom's guard dog or maybe tiger (it was India or someplace else hot) got killed when a copy of The Stand was launched at her house from a three man sling shot. It's stuff like that that really makes you think . . .
cthulhu Pthagn you mean the SimCity player guides? All combined into one volume? Damn, I want.
@@cthulhupthagn5771 The Frank Miller’s Sin City The Hard Goodbye Curator’s Collection is one amazing monster of a book
Most states have laws against excessive force even under home defense laws and any King book is like beating someone with a cinder block.
"Baby, can you dig your man? He's a righteous man."
I now always picture Adam Storke "playing" Eddie Dean in The Dark Tower. Right physical description, right accent. Perfect for the role at the age he was in The Stand.
Robert Stuart we old now !! The 90s ruled ❤️
Heeee's got a righteous gland!
@Gary Hall yes she said he sounded black
Stop. Hes a rapper now
Get home from working overnight. "Oh, new Snob episode. I'll watch this before bed."
Sees length
"Momma didn't raise no quitter..."
It's STEPHEN KING TIME!!
Children: YAAAAAAAYYY!!!
Are you trying to get a Nostalgia Critic infestation? Cause that's how you get Nostalgia Critic.
Please stop. You're scaring the little girl.
SCaRiNG ThE LItTlE GIrL?!
@@edwardevans5759 LADY!!
@@chasehedges6775 THEY WILL EAT YOU ALIVE, *ALIVE AND SCREAMING!*
I read The Stand in 9th grade, the first act of the book, Captain Trips, is still absolutely terrifying and some of the best genuine dread Stephen King has ever written as you see society collapse. There's no monster to be fought, no way of stopping it. Tens of thousands of years of human progress and history are coming to an end and there's nothing you can do.
And then he throws in a monster to be fought. I dearly love the book but, it might have been better without the whole Lord Of The Rings epicness of the final showdown between good and evil. Although King himself did say it was his attempt at his own LOTR so...
@@MandleRoss good to know I’m not the only one who prefers the plague half. The band of roaming rapists terrified me way more than Randel!
@@takkycat Yeah, but then again, it might have just been The Road without the supernatural elements I guess, which is a great book/film, but not exactly a "fun" read/watch like The Stand is.
@@MandleRoss His LoTR is Dark Tower series
@@thatdude3938 Not at the time he started writing The Stand it wasn't. I believe he started on The Stand when he was in college, or around that time, and he wrote up until all the characters arrived in Boulder and felt stumped how to continue with so many, and he put the manuscript away in a drawer for like 10+ years before realizing "Oh, I just gotta kill most of them off." and then he finished it (and heavily rewrote it of course).
The guy who plays Randall Flagg is so much fun to watch. You can see how much he's enjoying the role in every scene he's in ❤️❤️
Exactly. Sure, the special effects _do not_ hold up, but picking Jamey Sheridan for Flagg was a perfect choice. He just clearly has so much fun being 90s Anti-Jesus
Jamey Sheridan was perfect for the role of Randall. The guy in the remake - meh
Only 823 pages? Bah! My copy of The Stand is 1325 pages!
My softcover has 1141, including pictures, how many versions are there?
@@teflonravager at least 2
I've got the 1325 version too.
Thick enough that you could beat someone with it.
I think he was talking about the length of the screenplay for “The Stand - the movie”, not the book.
@@coffeeveins The screenplay was around 450 pages. There's two versions of the book, one is 800 pages, the other is 1300.
"M-o-o-n. That spells moon!" -Patrick Star from the episode "Whirlybrains", one of my favourite post 1st movie, pre 2nd movie Spongebob jokes
You really have your Spongebob eras oddly specifically narrowed down
@@BloodGuyReviews I have nothing but respect for an individual who likes something so much they have to compartmentalize their appreciation.
I mean I do that too, but I just say the season number. Like I love ‘KoRn’s Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery’, the 10th episode of season 3 of South Park, post-Orgasmo (not part of South Park), post-South Park movie, though made the same year, Pre-Team America, Pre-Book of Mormon, Post-KoRn album, Post-Life is Peachy, Post-Follow the Leader, same year as Issues, Pre-Untouchables and so on.
All those who vote that this is a great Cinema Snob review?
"AYE!!!"
All opposed?
"...nay"
.... who keeps saying that??
It was Harold. Let's get him, fellas!
@Michael Martin Wait, the horse is the Man In Black?
She doesn't even go here!
It was him....let's get him fellas.
😆🤣😂
Can we all appreciate the fact that he edited this video to have The Stand's pre commercial break footage to coincide with actual youtube ads? That level of detail is wild yo.
Yeah, that's definitely some solid dedication to a bit, and I gotta respect it.
“I Have ALL the Toilet Paper I can EAT!” 🤣🤣
That is an Excellent idea for the next “Brad Tries”, exclusively filmed in the 2nd closet down the Hall. 😉
Yeah careful Brad, it might actually come true since the Reggie! bar came true after watching The Star Wars Holiday Special Commercial Breaks. Your stomach might not be prepared for it during the pandemic. Stay safe though. ^^
Stephen King 2020:
*"DON'T SAY I DIDN'T WARN YOU!!"*
Wow... I knew this story was pretty topical in these weird times, but the fact that Cinema Snob is making over an hour of video of this... wow.
Blairoid That’s because it’s a 6 hour mini series. 😆
@@odditt9159 I know that, because I have seen this mini-series many years ago, but I was expecting this review to be at least divided into two parts, not as one whole video. 😆 But on the other hand, it doesn’t really bother; I would love to watch Brad for even more than two hours. 😉
@@Blairoid damn i was actually hoping for a part 2.
To be fair it's basically a movie with 3 sequels.
@@cornbredx Kind of.
Give Stephen a break. Can you imagine how hard it would be to take a story you wrote when you were high on cocaine and rewrite it for television when you were sober?
Didn't think he got into the coke until the 80s. He certainly had enough money then.
It's easy. Just start up with the coke again. Works for me when I'm feeling UNINSPIREEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD....yeah that's the stuff, hey who's that babe I'll be right back oh wow a Chevy Impala I gotta take that..hey! Copper! Hey, Copper wanna hit? Sing wif me "What's the colour of a two-cent piece, Copper, Copper/All Coppers are cuuuntz, all Coppers are cuu"
*Bam*
@@mattgilbert7347 laughed so hard..Bam.
😂😂
this comment should be on top
I adore the cast of this one. Both Gary Sinese and Jamey Sheridan are so very watchable.
And Lloyds favorite, Andrew McCarthy?
Errr Rob Lowe 😐
"What cinema snob would end up with a hot girl"
But brad your wife is...ohhhhhhhhhhh
I get it.
He's not a real snob.
Yeah that’s it ^^^
@@musicwarrior3755 Of course he's not. Those glasses come right off.
@@Shanethefilmmaker This is true.
Take off the glasses, and he looks just like Brad Jones.
The Cinema Snob : No cringy cameos, No skit shows, Simply a guy and the review.
Why it's so hard for Doug Walker to do this.
@Vicodyn lol not the response I was expecting
Miyuru Eranda cuz you lack imagination
Because Brad has real talent and Doug is a hack.
Because there different ppl . An not everyone likes the same things
Exactly
Wait... there's a new version of 'The Stand' coming out in 2020?
Now I have to wonder if this COVID-19 panic is really just the biggest, most elaborate marketing campaign in human history.
Get your vaxxine, your id2020, and your toilet paper!
With the doctors emphasis on "handshake warnings" I am more concerned with a Besat (1999) scenario.
Trump 19
Miguel Flagstaff you’re a special type of stupid
AbysslooksBack ___ what?
I CAN HEAR!
I CAN TALK!!!
I CAN SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!!!
OOOH! HELP ME, DR. ZAIUS!!!
I CAN FIGHT!
@@HylianFox3 Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius
Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius
Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius
Ohhhh, Dr. Zaius! (DR. ZAIUS! DR. ZAIUS!)
@@TBONE_2004 WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME!?
I think you're crazy.
I WANT A SECOND OPINION!
You're also lazy.
@@HylianFox3 Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius
Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius
Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius
Ohhhh, Dr. Zaius! (DR. ZAIUS! DR. ZAIUS!)
CAN I PLAY THE PIANO ANYMORE?!
Of course, you can!
WELL, I COULDN'T BEFORE!
(Piano solo)
>A Cinema Snob review that's *_over an hour long_*
Brad's the hero we all need right now.
And now back to the actual good Stand mini-series. Brad looks so young and innocent.
THANK YOU BRAD!!!!! Finally doing the movie that even Doug won't touch.
And at the perfect time.
Please don’t put both of their names in the same comment.
um...
@@jekblom123 R/Comments that didnt age well
Whoops
Whoopsie.
😐
Ah, that JFK reference, Buba-Hotep is such a fun movie.
I'm glad that someone else caught that one.
I really didn't expect to see this comment, that is such an unknown and underrated masterpiece that I can't fathom how few people I know have seen it.
Yes
"You mean someone intentionally burned Des Moines to the ground?" Love that scene.
"Well, you ever been there? I mean, why not? Shit bro, if I'm one of the last dudes on the Earth I'm burning a lot of shit down. Yeah, I'm headin' for Vegas, why you ask?"
@@alrush34 There's nothing wrong with Des Moines. I am a city girl in general - most of my life in NYC, Miami, Chicago, but really liked Des Moines - it wasn't far from where I was doing research in Ames (Iowa St). There would be a lot of places I would burn down or nuke before there.
Let's see how many 911 Lone Star jokes he can put in.
not enough, if you ask me
Let's hear one
Two years later and this show still makes real-life events scary
Good thinking Brad, if you EAT the toilet paper, it will automatically wipe your ass on its way out! Its a flawless plan
No wonder everyone was buying the hell out of all of them. To think, I was dumb enough to just get canned foods and bulk water.
Cleans you outside, cleans you inside
I’ve been eating toilet paper and it doesn’t seem to be working
@@MissEarthling eat some more!
King mini-series can be pretty terrible, but that Don't Fear the Reaper opening always hit a chord with me. The ending was weak, but between a few standout performances (really liked Rob Lowe in this) and the sense of scale, I really do love this one.
This is one of the better ones. The really crappy parts of it are from the book.
@@ShadowSonic2King’s writing is very in-your-face which is more effective when the descriptions are all you have.
But whenever he wrote a screenplay, he seemed to have no consideration for how difficult his descriptions are to actually design or how hard the effect will be to pull off with little money.
This is the best birthday present I've received. 36 years young and I'm going to kick this day off by watching a Snob review. Certainly a birthday to remember.
Happy birthday, man!
36 years *OLD* -- you're old, Boomer!
@@sinicalypse hahahaha
@@sinicalypsewhat the hell?!? about to be 38 now???!. Dont know about you...but these 2 years flew by like no other
Recently re-watched The Stand and thought for sure they left out an episode between 2 and 3. So glad I wasn't the only one!
1 hour 17 minutes?
Well. It's not like I'm going anywhere.
This was actually the first thing I ever remember seeing Gary Siniece in. My dad owned the box set of this and I was a big fan of the guy from then on.
24:56 As a resident of Indiana, I can confirm we have mountains. They're in our California Valley District next to Fort Wayne.
Lol
As a fellow Hoosier, it’s true
You're in the MIDWEST, not CALIFORNIA lol.
@@thomaslance5428 Gonzo isn't wrong, though. As someone who lives about an hour west of FW, things can get pretty crazy from there all the way to Evansville, depending on how scenic a route you're wanting to take. Hell, it's one of the few places on earth you can experience all four seasons of weather in a month.
Also, my wife happens to be from Terre Haute, so the line about the nuthatch cracks me up even more these days. LOL
You must be very proud
I truly envy those who get to experience this and the book for the first time. Nothing quite like The Stand out in the world.
Stephen Vaughn My favorite book ever. Read it many times. It’s the number one book I wish I could read for the first time again
that’s how I feel about the Gunslinger
@@magneto44 Absolutely. Still wish DT had climax w Roland Flagg showdown. Sometimes dream about King revising it
my partner is obsessed with this mini series, he tried to have me watch it years ago. I guess it's time to revisit it.
@J Dee Carter business and life partner, you could say
Genuinely recommend finding either print of the book, if the miniseries just doesn't hit quite right.
I am personally partial to the Uncut, but it adds 500 pages.
Laura got hooked on it too! She’s been quoting lines like “nick...he’s dead...”
I hated this bit some people loved it.
*Never knew Stephen King was such a Jojo fan*
Carrie is actually a Stand User.
@@VexenDmitri The Shining is just Hermit Purple
I mean most of his story are bizzare
Stand: COVID-19
Stand User: Stephen King
The truth was in front of us all along.
@@thatDAAARNcat King's Stand is obviously「Blue Chambray Shirt」
I know this movie is pretty cheesy at points and some parts haven't aged too well, but I love it so much. I first saw it on the Sci Fi channel when I was like eight or so, and it just hooked me from the very beginning with that dreary guitar piece. One thing that I don't think can really be denied is that this series totally nails the atmosphere.
Tyler The Guy I absolutely detested this miniseries. The beginning was promising enough, but all this good vs evil circus with Randall Flag and Mother Abigail was disappointingly campy and goofy. I couldn’t believe this was what all the build up was for. It felt like it was written by a 35 year old 5 year old.
@@nickfoozI mean, personally I think it works. It starts out as a dreary tale of the end of civilization and then morphs into a fantasy epic of sorts. Stephen King said he wanted to write something akin to Lord Of The Rings but with a random guy from Texas named Stu instead of a Hobbit named Frodo.
@@tylertheguy3160 I know that’s what he said. But it’s really hard to take it seriously when there are things like a cartoonish, mentally handicapped manchild wearing overalls like he’s on Sesame Street. I was expecting something more like the first few seasons of The Walking Dead, but instead I got a Lazy Sunday Hallmark Feature with cookies and cream.
One of the best things about Cinema Snob and Nostalgia Critic is how they review movies as if they are recording themselves watching movies in real time.
I never understood why there were corpses just lying about in weird places in this miniseries. Yes, I understand that a huge portion of the planet is dead but who the hell gets (literally) deathly ill and goes "you know, time to go for that car wash" or "shit, I forgot it is laundry day"
The human tendency to stick to habits and routines can be surprisingly strong. 🤣
That might be due to the fact that this particular virus was designed to constantly mutate and some strains might have been more agressive than others.
It would make sense since scientists working on a virus like this would only come up with something that is effective and worry about consequences later.
@@fredwest7436
“It would make sense since scientists working on a virus like this would only come up with something that is effective and worry about consequences later.” I believe that’s called the “Half-Life School of Scientific Ethics” in the microbiologist community.
@@fuzzydunlop7928 Not too familiar with that game.
Sorry.
The idea of this kind of warfare wouldn't be new since it was already practiced in the middle ages in a crude way.
I could just imagine mankind would repeat this over and over again ;-)
I know this is a two year old comment but in the novel (recently re-read it) they said the virus basically mutated constantly, which is why so many people could catch it and seem to beat it but then would succumb by the next mutation while it was in their system. So some strains were apparently extremely fast acting while others were slower. In the mini-series it's pretty haphazard for sure though, and I remember when I watched it as a kid I thought the same thing, and that it was really inconsistent since it showed all the scientists dying instantly in the opening but then it seemed like most people lived for a while and died slowly.
Wow the episode is an hour long? *remembers the runtime of the miniseries itself* Yeah okay makes sense
One of my favorite things about this miniseries is hearing Stephen King say "StUuu" approximately 70 times.
If 2020 has anything good to offer, it is that now The Stand is more relatable than it was in the 90s lol
I disagree with that.
These people really suck at social distancing.....
ha! but to be fair they _are_ immune...
@Nospam Spamisham what's C19?
@@garyhyry7950 Covid 19 the virus pandemic we're currently dealing with.
@@WokeandProud actually C19 is a comet...covid 19 is...well, not a comet. I was going to poke fun at someone for needing to shorten something that is already abbreviated but you just had to ruin it lol.
I'm bored ;)
my mother sucks at it to
The devil wears a canadian tuxedo
"pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name" for THIS series he IS the devil.
I loved this miniseries growing up. Still love it, even with all the cheese.
If they removed the cheese it could be a terrifying 90 min horror film
Watched this movie 2 weeks ago, felt so appropriate :P
Yep, everyone else watched Outbreak, I watched The Stand!
Did anyone else notice how Brad keeps saying the whole world despite the fact this series doesn't seem to depict anywhere out side of the United States?
wait woah hold on... there's a world beyond the United States!?
I think the book mentions the rest of the world at some point. Only in passing though.
@@rambunctiousorchid3956 I'm pretty sure the series does as well (nearly a decade since I saw it) I was just making a joke.
The story takes place in the US at a time when all airline flights have stopped. They could have featured a bit early on that featured other parts of the world, but post event nobody in other countries could play a part.
@@aussiewanderer6304 The rest of the worlds relevance to the story isn't what I was referring to but the fact that Brad keeps saying rest of world despite every scene shown only depicting America. It doesn't really bother me at all, I just found it amusing. I actually think The Stand is very quintessentially American and including an international element would take far more away that it would add.
Can't believe someone actually knocked the dust off this one. Only took a pandemic to make it relevant.
I ended up going through as many TV shows and movies all about virus/zombie/natural disaster apocalypse stuff. My favorites were Contagion, 28 Days Later, The Stand, Jericho, and Dawn of the Dead (1978).
Joe Bob Briggs as the small town sheriff!!!! The drive-in will never die!!!! Oh, wait!!!
I remember watching this when it aired on tv . I was 12 and I snuck watched it in my room. This movie even with all of it's flaws has remained in my sub conscious ever since. The scene in the church with all of the dead bodies in the pews I remember the most
The Stand 1994 " You sound black" "That brown sound sure do get around."
The Stand 2020 "You sound black"
"I am black."
2020 " You sound black "
" Well PC and SJW ......."
@@shockerck4465 Those sure are a couple of acronyms alright.
@@shockerck4465 Grow up...
Where’s the part where the spring breakers refuse to go home because it doesn’t affect them and all the people buying toilet paper.
Look for "If I get it, I get it, The Brady Sluder Story" on Lifetime TV this fall.
@@sunshineholmes3487 "sigh" I need to apologize. I recently had a lapse of judgement that I deeply regret. Not only did I fail myself, but you my fans as well. The point of my content was and will always be to entertain. I promise you that in the future I will be better and do better. Please check out my new merch!
Funny thing about the TP shortage. First, it's continuance appears to be because the 'home' tissue is out due to half the production capacity being for commercial-use - which isn't being used. Second, the lack of TP has resulted in pump failures at municipal sewage treatment facilities. If the waste management breaks down in a major city - that's going to cause a pathogen outbreak far larger than the WuFlu.
Glad asshole Greencap who isnt afraid to go to Cabo did Contract the virus lol
Miguel Flagstaff sure buddy
I was expecting a Maximum Overdrive reference in regards to the mower clip
I was expecting a "The Long Walk" reference regarding the Boulder gang's hike to Las Vegas
Same, I was also expecting a Monty Python & The Holy Grail reference when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was yelling “Bring Out Your Dead”
Nightshift10000 lol “I’m not dead”
thunderchild1083 Damn now I wish Snob would do Maximum Overdrive
N M yeah that would be cool
7:32 So THAT's what happened to TNT's Monstervision.
"It has more dead bodies and cameos then you can shake a stick at. 3 and a half stars, check it out."
"There were all these crosses along highway 15..." Fran, that wasn't a dream, that was the Caesar's Legion ending of New Vegas.
Also, thank you for the Bubba Ho-Tep reference.
M-O-O-N: That spells "Pandemicocolypse!"
"Here, mom...it's apple pucker. You love apple pucker."
I DIED. I FUCKING DIED.
It is really coming back to me as i see the scenes how i sat at home around 1990 in sweden and watched this. I was probably a bit young for stephens work but i just had to see it to the end. See pureflix you can actually do nutty christian themed entertainment and also make it good.
I saw it at the same time in Finland, only thing I can remember is the guy in the overalls.
Underrated comment!
it was '94. i was 13 at the time and really liked it. it holds up...ok i guess.
it was '94. i was 13 at the time and really liked it. it holds up...ok i guess.
That self-propelled lawnmower reminded me of Maximum Overdrive. Damn you movie for missing Emilio Estevez firing a rocket launcher!
"What kind of cinema snob would date a hot girl?" I see what you did there.
I dont get it
I don't get it! But what I don't get is how Brad landed HER. Lol.
A bit of trivia: at the time, Colorado had passed a statewide anti-gay law, and so the production of The Stand refused to film there as a protest. All of the Boulder scenes were filmed in Utah. Stephen King lived in Boulder for a time, so his descriptions of Boulder landmarks are fairly accurate.
Fun Facts: Franny in the book is a collage girl and Stu is around his mid to late thirties, as for Harold he's a fat ass. Kind saw the book as his Lord of The Rings and he got the name for the book from Bruce Springsteen's Jungle Land which is quoted along with Don't Fear The Ripper and Country Joe and the Fish.
Wouldn’t anyone whose read the book know these facts?
Is a collage girl the same as a college girl?
I am SO glad you showed the scene where the the chick runs away “crying”. Best part of that whole series. Easily the one scene I remember best.
Between this and the fact the remastered Resident Evil 3 just came out (which deals with a whole different type of virus), topical seems to be the theme of my social isolation entertainment. 😄
"I'se seen all I can Stand and I can Stands seeing no more."
From my favorite review of the miniseries, from PD Sailor.
Hour Long Episode of Cinema Snob?!!!?!
This is what we all need during the Quarantine! :) :)
Thanks!
The only person on the Internet who could take on such a miniseries at such an appropriate time! Thank you, Brad!
I like it how in the intro everoyone drop dead instantly, but during movie it takes days to kill a person.
They were in the literal facility it was released from, of course they'll die instantly.
The "flu" mutated into milder forms most likely. The flu the baby had didn't kill it like it did earlier babies. Same thing happened in andromeda strain.
Read the book 😂
The government characters in the miniseries mention in their first conversation that the strain will quickly begin to mutate into a slower form should it breach ground zero and spread amongst more humans, but that it won’t make it any less lethal and will only mean people die within a few days.
Folks always quick to critique, but only proving that they didn't pay attention.
How to freak yourself out: Watch The Stand, 12 Monkeys, and Contagion back-to-back. It's really bizarre to realize that "12 Monkeys" was created just ONE YEAR after "The Stand." Cinematographic-ally speaking, "The Stand" feels like a throwback to the 1980's, while "12 Monkeys" is so futuristic and looks like it could have been made in 2020.
12 Monkeys = 12 Monkey NFTS!
I swear the facial expressions Molly Ringwald’s face gives us are not the ones she thinks she’s giving or sees in her own mind.
it's like she's constantly constipated
She was the only miscast.
Honestly this mini series is perfect for the position we're in right now. Also wonder where Cinema Snob is hiding at?
God I remember this mini series
Thank you for covering it
years ago, i had a very high fever and woke my husband and told him i had captain tripps and i was sorry for starting the apocalypse. turned out it wasn"t really captain tripps, it was just strep throat.
Fantastic work on this video buddy
We’ve been blessed
Reading the novel in 2021 is a surreal experience.
Movies about pandemics: * exist *
Internet reviewers:
Internet reviewers during a pandemic: *It's free real estate!*
I still remember getting to the end of The Stand as a kid, and seeing a trailer for the next Stephen King adaptation on the way. Little did the younger version of me know that The Langoliers would, even by childhood metrics, suck so hard.
Oh man that movie... I liked the growing sound of the monster meatballs munching in the distance getting closer and closer but ugh all the rest of the movie is balls. Oh and then the cheesy freeze frame ending too lol
You’re SCARING THE LITTLE GIRL!!!!!!
The Langoliers was terrible. It needed a serious rewrite for the screen to fit into a two hour movie and keep the audience enticed. Dragged out miniseries don't work for the horror/thriller genre.
I have to say, this is definitely one of my favorite Cinema Snob reviews.
An hour+ long episode of the Snob on one of my favorite King stories of all time? You sir have made my day.
A Snob review over an hour long?
_We have been truly blessed_
M O O N, that spells blessed 🥹
Next up in movies to get your mind off the existential horror of reality: 28 Days Later!
At least with Tom Gary Sinise got to keep his legs.
I hate you 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Always figured Snob was a prepper... you have to share your favorite TP recipes with us please! 😁
Crow: "Biaaatch!"
Lol
Did they just say every Director come on down and be in my show? For a minute. Love it!
Hey Stephen King, awesome!
*Look at length
*IT'S TIME*
"I can't make reference jokes for every one of them."
Explains why you didn't make a MonsterVision joke when showing the Texas sheriff.
I'm waiting for King to make a sequel.
Remake coming to CBS All Access.
Not exactly a sequel, but Insomnia, The Dark Tower Series, this, and It all take place in the same universe. I think Insomnia is actually a prequel to The Stand, and I believe Insomnia and The Dark Tower Book 7 are supposed to be occurring concurrently, with the main character of Insomnia seeing visions of Roland fighting The Man in Black during a scene several hundred pages into Insomnia.
Not 100% on them being concurrent, it's been a few years since I read Insomnia.
@@geoffreysorkin5774 insomnia isn't a prequel it does take place during the same time period and has lots of references.
@@matsujonen So, Insomnia, The Stand, and Dark Tower Book 7 all take place at the same time?
Geoffrey Sorkin I’m not sure about DT running concurrently with Insomnia tho. Roland rescued that artist from Insomnia from Dandelo in book 7. Not sure of the time frame tho been a while
WE ARE DEAD
AND
THIS IS HELL
Plot twist: This takes place in 1999 (5 years later) and the reason why that guy's license plate has Digimon misspelled is because he's a huge fan of that anime. Also, the virus was caused by the Y2K bug.
Fun fact, Joe Pilato voiced a digimon I the 01 dub
The Stand (complete and uncut) version was the first novel I ever read from Stephen King when I was 15. I've been hooked on his stories ever since! The dates in the book were somehow sometimes lining up with mine in real life that summer, year (1990) and everything! I still have that book.
All the good King stories get mini-series, and the really weird King stories get movies.
The Stand was actually among the earliest horror series I remember watching and it's still my favorite over all today both among movies/mini series based on Stephen King's books as well as the books themselves. I even have both the cut and uncut version of the stand and the mini series on DVD
You missed a chance to reference "The Blob" remake starring Shawnee Smith! For shame!
Robert Stuart I love that movie.
What about Becker? 🤨
HE’S GOT A BLOB!!!
Who’s Harry Crumb? Bro. 😐
Hell, she ended up with a guy named Flagg in the movie.
And yes, the filmmakers said that he was named after Randall Flagg.
Great series im glad to own on DVD
Best book I ever read... couldn't put it down .... I had the special edition that was over 1000 pages...turns out I love reading thick books ...one a day
I really liked this one. Actually bought the dvd. The "Rose red" miniseries was pretty good too
Rose Red was good, King's movie was rather derivative of The Haunting and the actual Winchester Mansion but otherwise it is very enjoyable.
Rose Red is excellent. Storm of the Century is worth watching too.
You are hereby nominated for the “Best Coronavirus Distractor/Synergizer Award.” Well done.