Well, now you're getting into the question I had in Avengers Endgame. Yeah, the penthouse has one elevator but the rest of the floors have more. You'd only have to use the stairs for a floor or two and then take one of the other elevators down.....
That line delivery... it's almost worth it for how entertaining Skarsgard can be. A shame he didn't get more direction for being intimidating, because is he could have the scary factor along with his charismatic and goofy side, then we have a decent Flagg.
One of the most frustrating things to me is those in Vegas in the book we’re not as corny of bad people as the show they were doing their jobs, didn’t drink hard liquor or too much or even Sid drugs and they were so on top of their shit it made Dayna question if they were bad at all or being held like hostages by Flagg
@@PocketSavior93 Well that was the appeal. Flagg made it out like he really was rebuilding society and that's what attracted plenty of people to him. And people like Lloyd were fiercely loyal to him because he had helped them. Hell, if the good guys had found Lloyd first, he'd have been just as loyal to them. But Flagg found people in their moments of need and preyed on that. Then created order and people latched onto the chance to have their world back.
@@Gakusangi at the same time as true to the book as this show was which is not far off I was hoping it would have that moment where Dayna wondered if they were that bad because they weren’t about sex and drugs and violence in the book just scared people doing their jobs who saw a messiah who promised salvation
I think they wanted Flagg to be charismatic and handsome and seemingly perfect, like a cult leader so people would be interested in following him. I think if he purely came across as scary or intimidating, people wouldn’t be as interested in following him. I think Skarsgard did a good job with the character. He was engaging yet also menacing
Off topic, but has to do with The Stand, but I’m hoping Franny’s actress gets another Stephen King adaptation because I liked her as Franny and am sad her and Harold were waisted.
I remember being so excited when I read he was cast for the part! I loved him as Eric Northman and he slid over into Flagg really well. King's screen adaptations are usually cursed to be pretty lame, with a couple exceptions. He even addresses that obliquely in IT I believe, saying "no matter how bad the movie version is, it will never change a word in his books (I believe it was Denborough who says this, as he's an author in IT). But for all of the awful decisions made by the people who created this thing (having a crucified dude hop down, and what? Drive to Boulder to die??? Who the fuck thought of that?! Who APPROVED it?!), Skaarskard was not one of them, and I love this scene because it's *close* to the book, where the line "Bobby Terryyyy!!! you screwed it up!!!" is hollered on the side of the road after the judge is killed, followed by Bobby's last sight on earth being something with black feathers attacking.
The clocking sound was speeding up. A fast walk, a trot, a jog, a run, a sprint, and Bobby Terry got all the way around, too late, he was coming, Flagg was coming like some terrible horror monster out of the scariest picture ever made. The dark man's cheeks were flushed with jolly color, his eyes were twinkling with happy good fellowship, and a great hungry voracious grin stretched his lips over huge tombstone teeth, shark teeth, and his hands were held out in front of him, and there were shiny black crow feathers fluttering from his hair. No, Bobby Terry tried to say, but nothing came out. "HEY BOBBY TERRY, YOU SCROOOWED IT UP!" the dark man bellowed, and fell upon the hapless Bobby Terry. There were worse things than crucifixion. There were teeth.
For the people who thought that he wasn't intimidating enough for this scene is missing the whole point of the interaction. The intimidation was already there under the suface. You see bobby terry trying to play hard with his pride against flagg but flagg didn't need to scare him you could see from his reaction by locking the door with a chain on the way out bobby terrys intimidation was the illusion and Flaggs was the reality. Flagg already knew that bobby terry enjoyed disobeying his orders by killing that woman. In that moment when he asked bobby terry if he was sorry he was asking him to humble himself to show who is in charge and to show that he regrets his disobedience. Bobby terry chose to be rude and disrespectful. Flagg hates rudeness thats why at the bottom of the elevator he gives his apologies for the mess. If you see his face walking away from the elevator he didn't seem to get any kind of pleasure showing that side of himself to the public because that showed his anger and it is something he loses control over he likes being calm and in control and bobby terry brought out his anger. If you noticed Flaggs stance he spoke in a calm manner but the undertone was there and you could feel it by the people that were closest to him backing away. Bobby Terry ignored every sign to stand down and apologize so he got death for it.
Bobby Terry should've been a man and accepted he fucked up Flagg probably would have been Merciful with him if he hadn't been rude with him,But yet again this is The Dark Man he's a sadistic prick to begin with so I can imagine he'll look for any reason to act on his bloodlust
Imagine writing a whole essay trying to defend something we can see with our own eyes. Compared to the book this scene sucked. Flagg was an actual monster in the books scene
@@suelancaster6959 To be fair, part of what makes Flagg I teresting is his lack of agency. The sence that he's a pawn of fate and mostly obeying his instincts. That's HARD to do in a visual medium.
Nah I'm old school. He is a monster and should have depicted this in his face. Nothing scary about a good looking dude villain. There's subtle then there's horror. It is a Stephen king after all.
They probably merged him with the character from Silicon Valley, California who was arrogant and ran his own territory. In the novel Flagg scrambled his brains and turned him into a giggling, drooling wreck then told Lloyd to set him wandering in Death Valley. They really acrambled things in the new miniseries.
I don’t doubt Skarsgard is a good actor, nor do I think he was incapable of playing Flagg, but man the direction for this show was unfashionably bad at times.
Why on earth would you think that line in the book was stupid? It was very relevant to that part of the story and Bobby Terry DID screw up, and he knew he was done for.
yeah the huge smile was creepy as hell.....not like he was about to burst out laughing. No wonder entertainment is shit if people think this was good solely because of who played the role XD
In the 94 version you do hear ripping, tearing and screaming as Flagg was ripping open Terry's rib cage as it faded to commercial. It was network television they couldn't show everything. In the 90s version Terry was played by director Tobe Hooper. He directed Poltergeist for starters.
I wouldn't say Skarsgard was the best Flagg, but this was such a good performance. The tense and dreadful music accompanying him grilling Bobby Terry with that unfaltering stare is terrifying. "Are you sorry, Bobby Terry?"
While Jamey Sheridan was amazing as Flagg, Alexander Skarsgard just has that edge that made it better. It’s like watching a truly scary American Eric Northman
OK, I have to admit I liked Skarsgard's delivery when he yelled "HEY BOOOOO-BBY *TE*-RRYYYYYYYY!!! YOU SCROOOOOOWED IT UP!!!" His tone of voice and his expression really showed you just how angry Flagg was with him. That was the action of a dictator Making An Example and proving just how weak dictators really are.
Most people will disagree with me but Alexander Skarsgard as Randall Flagg, he nails the role. I'm sorry but I liked Flagg better in this version than I do in the other one.
Funny story. They actually were. Josh Boone has said that none other than Marilyn Manson was going to play the character. But I think reshoots or editing of the script kicked the character out of the adaptation
because the writers were idiots. In the book he shot the male judge in the face, ruining the markless head Flagg wanted. Within seconds of realising he screwed up, he decides to run when he hears a sound like worn out bootheels clacking towards him. The sound starts to speed up into a jog, a sprint and then a flat out mad run. As he turns terrified, Bobby sees Flagg running towards him with the mouth of a shark screaming, ' YOOOOOUUUUUU SCREEEWWWWWWEEEEDDD UUUUUUUPPPP!!!!!" Then Bobby Terry realised there were worse things than death. There were teeth. Which one sounds scarier and more sensible? XD
What makes the book such an interesting read is that it makes the point of the story inevitable, even with 99% of everyone dead, it will always start again. After Randall Flagg, there will be Russel Ferraday. After that, he will be Richard Fannine, and after that, he will be Walter O'den because the dark man is part of the wheel of life, and wheel always ends where it starts.
Bobby Terry wasn't arrogant, he was an idiot, he shot the Judge in the face making it impossible for people to know it was the Judge and then Flagg ate him alive - all in the Desert too - and people still knew what happened because people were shown in by Flagg. Oh and he then crucified him to be a warning. I thought this couldn't get worse than the overly dark and angry version of Flagg but damn son, that "I'm going to flip you off and lock you in." then the beating to death in an elevator... what in the hell were they thinking?!
@@MelancoliaI Do you want me to paint you a picture about it? Because I'm pretty sure saying "Bobby Terry was an idiot who did this" then explained said thing, then said how Flagg was portrayed 99.999999999999999999999999999999999999% wrong (until post-credits scene) was explanation enough. But if you need me to make it simpler for you, I can...
When this version of Flagg went "BOBBY TERRY, YA SCREEWED IT UP!" I just got the image of 90s Jim Carrey. :D "BAUUBBY TERRY! You Screw-heeeeed it upppp!"
@@MelancoliaI Not necessarily. But when you're told there's going to be a re-do of The Stand that can be longer and R-rated, you don't expect them to actually go backwards. And that's not even taking into account the editing-by-blender
Weird coincidence.... I have been listening to the audio book and just listened to this part about 20 minutes ago. Although in the book this happens in Oregon, where they killed the judge. And Bobby is not nearly as flippant.
I would have never joined Flagg. If I was being chased by him though, I would have taken the stairs after realizing that the elevator was going to take its dear sweet time reaching me. The stairs would have given me exercise too.
It's like they saw the original and thought, lets take EVERYTHING actually scary out of Flagg and make him more jokey then creepy........why remake a gold nugget into a turd nugget?
@@InusBumfree If you think the guy playing Flagg in the series wasn't 1000 times more creepy, it's because you have skarsgaritis. It's when a person is good looking so you ignore reality
Much as I love Alex Skarsgård, it should've been Viggo. After seeing him as Lucifer (well before I'd read the books) I've never been able to imagine anyone else.
One of, if not the greatest books I’ve ever read. Also, One of, if not the worst miniseries I’ve ever watched. This show was horrid and the miniseries from the 90s was well better and certain followed the book closer as well as better effects. It’s sad considering how many good actors were in this massacre.
The only actors I thought were well casted in this were Harold, Franny and some of the minor characters, everyone else was miscasted. If the Dark Tower ever gets adapted I could see Franny’s actress as Susan Delgado
@@ericcartman7361 id love to see the dark tower turned into a fist full of movies similar to lord of the rings. It’s way too big to turn into one movie or and 8 show miniseries. The movie attempt at The Dark Tower a few years back made no sense to anyone who didn’t read the books and pissed off anyone who did read them.
@@funtimes7671 There was an Amazon pilot filmed with Michael Rooker that sadly got cancelled, but there is a petition to get it back on. I hope The Stand will also get a better adaptation with only Harold and Franny’s actors returning.
Whole adaptation was a mess. Flagg's Vegas was nothing at all like this. And his followers were too terrified of him to speak out of turn even when Flagg was NOT around in the moment. Skars could have been such a good Flagg, but he was so joyless in this version. At least Sheridan's version had that sense of good humour. The Lloyd/Flagg prison scene from the 94 version is the closest I have seen onscreen to Flagg in the books.
@@MelancoliaI Skarsgard was ok, I wish they had gotten Patrick Wilson for the part of Flagg. The only actors I liked in this series was everyone from the first episode except Whoopi and Greg Kinnear, Natalie Martinez, and Heather Graham were good as well, everyone else was miscasted. I hope we at some point get a 3 season long Stand with better casting choices and better writers and do a Dark Tower series after. For now the 1994 series is the superior version until we get a better updated adaptation.
@@ericcartman7361 Patrick Wilson, eh? Interesting choice. Never been a fan of the guy (mainly because I can't stand the Conjuring series, and I can't take him seriously because he looks like a young Bob Odenkirk to me) but I agree, we need another version. As for why I still love Jamey in the role....well, he just has a demonic looking face for starters. And to me he really captured the 'hateful good cheer' of the novel's Flagg.
@@MelancoliaI 😂 he does look like a young Bob Odenkirk. I do hope sooner rather than later someone will redo The Stand and actually do it chronologically. I hope they keep the actor for Harold. I would love to see Tom Hardy as Larry Underwood and I feel Robert Downey Jr would make a good Lloyd Henried. I just hope that when it does get redone they actually play Don’t Fear the Reaper at the beginning while showing the dead corpses.
This is basically how I felt. Skarsgård isn't bad at what he does, but he doesn't have the right kind of chops for Flagg. You can tell that he himself wanted to do the character justice, but he just comes off as a slightly more deranged version of Eric Northman from True Blood. There were several more suited actors they could have chosen. I could name you five just off the top of my head.
Simply a horrendous version of THe Stand. God awful in pretty much every single aspect. This is an incredibly huge fan of the book who has stephen King's autograph in it, owns the comic version, and w/o question would plunk down money for the collectors addition Coffin box. Skargard was bad compared to Sheridan in the 94 version. Time jumps vs telling the story in linear fashion (like the 94 version), deleting/swapping/creating new characters, deleting whole scenes (Lincoln tunnel) and adding new ones. Garbage. Simply garbage.
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Anybody else notice that Lloyd literally ran down 42 flights of stairs just to make sure he was at the bottom when Flagg got there?
Well, now you're getting into the question I had in Avengers Endgame. Yeah, the penthouse has one elevator but the rest of the floors have more. You'd only have to use the stairs for a floor or two and then take one of the other elevators down.....
That line delivery... it's almost worth it for how entertaining Skarsgard can be. A shame he didn't get more direction for being intimidating, because is he could have the scary factor along with his charismatic and goofy side, then we have a decent Flagg.
One of the most frustrating things to me is those in Vegas in the book we’re not as corny of bad people as the show they were doing their jobs, didn’t drink hard liquor or too much or even Sid drugs and they were so on top of their shit it made Dayna question if they were bad at all or being held like hostages by Flagg
@@PocketSavior93 Well that was the appeal. Flagg made it out like he really was rebuilding society and that's what attracted plenty of people to him. And people like Lloyd were fiercely loyal to him because he had helped them. Hell, if the good guys had found Lloyd first, he'd have been just as loyal to them. But Flagg found people in their moments of need and preyed on that. Then created order and people latched onto the chance to have their world back.
@@Gakusangi at the same time as true to the book as this show was which is not far off I was hoping it would have that moment where Dayna wondered if they were that bad because they weren’t about sex and drugs and violence in the book just scared people doing their jobs who saw a messiah who promised salvation
I think they wanted Flagg to be charismatic and handsome and seemingly perfect, like a cult leader so people would be interested in following him. I think if he purely came across as scary or intimidating, people wouldn’t be as interested in following him. I think Skarsgard did a good job with the character. He was engaging yet also menacing
Off topic, but has to do with The Stand, but I’m hoping Franny’s actress gets another Stephen King adaptation because I liked her as Franny and am sad her and Harold were waisted.
Legend has it that Bobby Terry is still scroooooing it up
No... he's dead, dude
“Bobby Terry!! YA SCREWED IT UP!” That’s when Bobby Terry knew he fucked up.
"There were worse things than crucifixion. There were teeth."
To me this was the most terrifying line of the entire book.
For all of the things I disliked about this remake, I definitely think Skarsgard made a good Flagg.
He’s one of the only good parts of it.
Some of the cast is really good, and deserved better than this
Easy on the eyes as well!! 🖤🖤
Oh 100%
I remember being so excited when I read he was cast for the part! I loved him as Eric Northman and he slid over into Flagg really well. King's screen adaptations are usually cursed to be pretty lame, with a couple exceptions. He even addresses that obliquely in IT I believe, saying "no matter how bad the movie version is, it will never change a word in his books (I believe it was Denborough who says this, as he's an author in IT). But for all of the awful decisions made by the people who created this thing (having a crucified dude hop down, and what? Drive to Boulder to die??? Who the fuck thought of that?! Who APPROVED it?!), Skaarskard was not one of them, and I love this scene because it's *close* to the book, where the line "Bobby Terryyyy!!! you screwed it up!!!" is hollered on the side of the road after the judge is killed, followed by Bobby's last sight on earth being something with black feathers attacking.
The "MOON" realization was more intense than Flagg eating that other guy
*BOBBY TEHHH-RUYYYYY*
*Ya SCA-REWWWWED IT UUUUUP!!!*
The clocking sound was speeding up. A fast walk, a trot, a jog, a run, a sprint, and Bobby Terry got all the way around, too late, he was coming, Flagg was coming like some terrible horror monster out of the scariest picture ever made. The dark man's cheeks were flushed with jolly color, his eyes were twinkling with happy good fellowship, and a great hungry voracious grin stretched his lips over huge tombstone teeth, shark teeth, and his hands were held out in front of him, and there were shiny black crow feathers fluttering from his hair. No, Bobby Terry tried to say, but nothing came out. "HEY BOBBY TERRY, YOU SCROOOWED IT UP!" the dark man bellowed, and fell upon the hapless Bobby Terry. There were worse things than crucifixion. There were teeth.
too bad that the director didnt bother reading the novel
For the people who thought that he wasn't intimidating enough for this scene is missing the whole point of the interaction. The intimidation was already there under the suface. You see bobby terry trying to play hard with his pride against flagg but flagg didn't need to scare him you could see from his reaction by locking the door with a chain on the way out bobby terrys intimidation was the illusion and Flaggs was the reality. Flagg already knew that bobby terry enjoyed disobeying his orders by killing that woman. In that moment when he asked bobby terry if he was sorry he was asking him to humble himself to show who is in charge and to show that he regrets his disobedience. Bobby terry chose to be rude and disrespectful. Flagg hates rudeness thats why at the bottom of the elevator he gives his apologies for the mess. If you see his face walking away from the elevator he didn't seem to get any kind of pleasure showing that side of himself to the public because that showed his anger and it is something he loses control over he likes being calm and in control and bobby terry brought out his anger. If you noticed Flaggs stance he spoke in a calm manner but the undertone was there and you could feel it by the people that were closest to him backing away. Bobby Terry ignored every sign to stand down and apologize so he got death for it.
Bobby Terry should've been a man and accepted he fucked up Flagg probably would have been Merciful with him if he hadn't been rude with him,But yet again this is The Dark Man he's a sadistic prick to begin with so I can imagine he'll look for any reason to act on his bloodlust
Imagine writing a whole essay trying to defend something we can see with our own eyes. Compared to the book this scene sucked. Flagg was an actual monster in the books scene
@@suelancaster6959 To be fair, part of what makes Flagg I teresting is his lack of agency. The sence that he's a pawn of fate and mostly obeying his instincts. That's HARD to do in a visual medium.
Nah I'm old school. He is a monster and should have depicted this in his face. Nothing scary about a good looking dude villain. There's subtle then there's horror. It is a Stephen king after all.
@@chekkygurl182 He's a good looking dude villain in the book. Are you dumb?
They screwed this scene up, because there's no way any of Flagg's underlings would have dissed him like that unless they were suicidal.
Facts
You are absolutely correct on that..the finger? Yeah, riiiight!
I feel like the finger was 1 moment of pride from Bobby Terry, because he is obviously scared shitless after, and he knows how much he fucked up
They probably merged him with the character from Silicon Valley, California who was arrogant and ran his own territory. In the novel Flagg scrambled his brains and turned him into a giggling, drooling wreck then told Lloyd to set him wandering in Death Valley.
They really acrambled things in the new miniseries.
@@twofiveb Lame
I don’t doubt Skarsgard is a good actor, nor do I think he was incapable of playing Flagg, but man the direction for this show was unfashionably bad at times.
Skarsgard did a good job with the part that was given to him. The writing was mediocre to inconsistent. That isn't Skarsgard's fault.
Harold and Franny were also well done. Hoping Franny’s actress gets another Stephen King adaptation
They still managed to make Frannie insufferable
@@increditoaster Agreed.
Skarsgard could absolutely be a great Randall Flagg. These scripts were just ass
That line was so stupid in the book (I like the book), but Skarsgard delivers it well. Actually creeped me out.
Why on earth would you think that line in the book was stupid? It was very relevant to that part of the story and Bobby Terry DID screw up, and he knew he was done for.
I don't know something about a grown man coming to kill you screaming YOU SCOOOOWED UP is scary
yeah the huge smile was creepy as hell.....not like he was about to burst out laughing. No wonder entertainment is shit if people think this was good solely because of who played the role XD
The line fit in the book because in the book Flagg attacked Terry in his true demonic form then ripped him to shreds with his claws and fangs.
I thought it was cringy but I can see it worked for some people 🤷🏻♀️
Neither the 94 series or this series do the scene justice. Flag goes beast mode in the book.
In the 94 version you do hear ripping, tearing and screaming as Flagg was ripping open Terry's rib cage as it faded to commercial.
It was network television they couldn't show everything. In the 90s version Terry was played by director Tobe Hooper. He directed Poltergeist for starters.
@@skylx0812 I believe it was sam raimi
I wouldn't say Skarsgard was the best Flagg, but this was such a good performance. The tense and dreadful music accompanying him grilling Bobby Terry with that unfaltering stare is terrifying.
"Are you sorry, Bobby Terry?"
Oh wow you can hear them play The Court Of The Crimson King at 2:34
While Jamey Sheridan was amazing as Flagg, Alexander Skarsgard just has that edge that made it better. It’s like watching a truly scary American Eric Northman
how dare you say this?!! i demand satisfaction!
XD You're kidding right? The sheer creepiness oozing from Flagg in the original made this one look like the Riddler from Batman XD
Lol this was not better than Sheridan.
Hr sucked
To everyone who replied negatively, go play in traffic
OK, I have to admit I liked Skarsgard's delivery when he yelled "HEY BOOOOO-BBY *TE*-RRYYYYYYYY!!! YOU SCROOOOOOWED IT UP!!!" His tone of voice and his expression really showed you just how angry Flagg was with him. That was the action of a dictator Making An Example and proving just how weak dictators really are.
He was perfect as Flagg
Most people will disagree with me but Alexander Skarsgard as Randall Flagg, he nails the role. I'm sorry but I liked Flagg better in this version than I do in the other one.
I agree!
@Cream Cheese how am I wrong?
@Cream Cheese I like this version better
I agree, but it's Alexander Skarsgard
@@DragonFan12345x yeah so?
Imagine if they had of done the Kid story Arc.
"The Kid" totally freaked me out in the book...talk about literally INSANE. poor Trash Can!
@@teresacollins7763 Yes I was surprised what he did to poor Trashy, probably contributed to RF sending the Wolves.
don't tell me, i'll tell you!
Funny story. They actually were. Josh Boone has said that none other than Marilyn Manson was going to play the character. But I think reshoots or editing of the script kicked the character out of the adaptation
i will never understand why he refused to apologize. he knew who randall was. and waiting for that elevator wasn't a wise move either
because the writers were idiots. In the book he shot the male judge in the face, ruining the markless head Flagg wanted. Within seconds of realising he screwed up, he decides to run when he hears a sound like worn out bootheels clacking towards him. The sound starts to speed up into a jog, a sprint and then a flat out mad run. As he turns terrified, Bobby sees Flagg running towards him with the mouth of a shark screaming, ' YOOOOOUUUUUU SCREEEWWWWWWEEEEDDD UUUUUUUPPPP!!!!!" Then Bobby Terry realised there were worse things than death. There were teeth. Which one sounds scarier and more sensible? XD
Him saying YOU SCREOOOOWED UP BOBBY TERRY was good.
The actor playing Marten Broadcloak was pretty good in this.
I read the book first and I LOVED it. This tv series was SO bad that it later made me feel like even the book after all was stupid too.
Eh, re-read the books - skipping Fran's chapters, obviously (😋). There's a good deal wrong with them but they're still brilliant.
HEY HBO, YOU SCROOOWED IT UP!
This wasn’t made by HBO, it was made by Paramount.
What makes the book such an interesting read is that it makes the point of the story inevitable, even with 99% of everyone dead, it will always start again. After Randall Flagg, there will be Russel Ferraday. After that, he will be Richard Fannine, and after that, he will be Walter O'den because the dark man is part of the wheel of life, and wheel always ends where it starts.
Bobby Terry wasn't arrogant, he was an idiot, he shot the Judge in the face making it impossible for people to know it was the Judge and then Flagg ate him alive - all in the Desert too - and people still knew what happened because people were shown in by Flagg.
Oh and he then crucified him to be a warning.
I thought this couldn't get worse than the overly dark and angry version of Flagg but damn son, that "I'm going to flip you off and lock you in." then the beating to death in an elevator...
what in the hell were they thinking?!
what are you trying to say
@@MelancoliaI Do you want me to paint you a picture about it? Because I'm pretty sure saying "Bobby Terry was an idiot who did this" then explained said thing, then said how Flagg was portrayed 99.999999999999999999999999999999999999% wrong (until post-credits scene) was explanation enough.
But if you need me to make it simpler for you, I can...
@@UncensoredScion Yeesh, I get it. Yeah the scene sucked. Jamey Sheridan is a much better Flagg
When this version of Flagg went "BOBBY TERRY, YA SCREEWED IT UP!" I just got the image of 90s Jim Carrey. :D
"BAUUBBY TERRY! You Screw-heeeeed it upppp!"
@@MelancoliaI Not necessarily. But when you're told there's going to be a re-do of The Stand that can be longer and R-rated, you don't expect them to actually go backwards.
And that's not even taking into account the editing-by-blender
Flagg channeled Eric Northman in this scene FO SHO!
Weird coincidence.... I have been listening to the audio book and just listened to this part about 20 minutes ago. Although in the book this happens in Oregon, where they killed the judge. And Bobby is not nearly as flippant.
Coincidence??? I think NOT!!! MWAH-HA-HA!!!!!
1:55
they made this version of flag too soft spoken and somber. I think the 1994 flag was better. He had the charm but put on the intimidation factor too.
And this is why Randall Flagg is the Crimson kings right hand man ruthless,Sadistic and a cold blooded bastard
Would've been better in the 1990's if Jamey Sheridan told Sam Raimi that he screwed it up.
I told you not to mark him....*slap*💥
It's a classical reference.
Way to completely undercut the terror of this scene and waste otherwise talented actors.
This show should be called waisted potential the series
Yeah tons more CGIi to make it like the book would have been soooo much better. you people seem to want an animated version
Erik Northman came out in the elevator
I would have never joined Flagg. If I was being chased by him though, I would have taken the stairs after realizing that the elevator was going to take its dear sweet time reaching me. The stairs would have given me exercise too.
not this flagg
only one actor could have played flagg....christopher walken
Why am I getting Dio Brando flashbacks here?😂
...where do I find "Mr. Moon"?
He was perfectly cast as Randall Flagg
He put that evil on Bobby Terry
It's like they saw the original and thought, lets take EVERYTHING actually scary out of Flagg and make him more jokey then creepy........why remake a gold nugget into a turd nugget?
i always thought that jamey sheridan was miscast in the original
but this was far worse
the original what? you thought the 94 series was scary?
@@InusBumfree If you think the guy playing Flagg in the series wasn't 1000 times more creepy, it's because you have skarsgaritis. It's when a person is good looking so you ignore reality
Respect mah awe-thor-uh-tie
Skarsgard looks more like Elvis than flagg
It didn't sound like she said "Mr. Flagg." LOL
I can see they changed a lot from the 1994 version. The acting seems much worse.
Aside from not having long dark hair, that’s not a bad Flagg
Much as I love Alex Skarsgård, it should've been Viggo. After seeing him as Lucifer (well before I'd read the books) I've never been able to imagine anyone else.
One of, if not the greatest books I’ve ever read. Also, One of, if not the worst miniseries I’ve ever watched. This show was horrid and the miniseries from the 90s was well better and certain followed the book closer as well as better effects. It’s sad considering how many good actors were in this massacre.
This is a miniseries too lmao
@@emilyhardy96 oops. I meant miniseries and accidentally put movie. Either way, horrible garbage by whatever name given.
The only actors I thought were well casted in this were Harold, Franny and some of the minor characters, everyone else was miscasted. If the Dark Tower ever gets adapted I could see Franny’s actress as Susan Delgado
@@ericcartman7361 id love to see the dark tower turned into a fist full of movies similar to lord of the rings. It’s way too big to turn into one movie or and 8 show miniseries. The movie attempt at The Dark Tower a few years back made no sense to anyone who didn’t read the books and pissed off anyone who did read them.
@@funtimes7671 There was an Amazon pilot filmed with Michael Rooker that sadly got cancelled, but there is a petition to get it back on. I hope The Stand will also get a better adaptation with only Harold and Franny’s actors returning.
Decided to watch some scenes from this series to see if it is as bad as people say, they butchered the masterpiece the book is
Good lord they destroyed this story. Is any of it even right? I've seen two clips and nothing that happens should have, not that way.
Oh boy I would not get on his bad side right now..
Randall Flagg: Isabell Toller...ya screwed it up!!
😨🏃🏼♀️Oh snap!! Aaaaaaah! Ran away!!
This is way better than this scene in the 94 version & there's hints at the shinning in there.
So the pandemic was already over by this time right?
What the fuck is this? They seriously didn't waste Clifton Collins Jr. on this?
Isn't Bobby the guy that played the crazy cult leader in the horror film V.H.S.?
No. That's Clifton Collins Jr. Two different guys
@@shawnhoelscher1440 wow. What was I thinking. I rewatched the V/H/S segment recently and I now feel like an idiot.
Whole adaptation was a mess. Flagg's Vegas was nothing at all like this. And his followers were too terrified of him to speak out of turn even when Flagg was NOT around in the moment. Skars could have been such a good Flagg, but he was so joyless in this version. At least Sheridan's version had that sense of good humour. The Lloyd/Flagg prison scene from the 94 version is the closest I have seen onscreen to Flagg in the books.
Is that Eric Northman ❤
Why?
Hoping HBO will redo this show because this series is a disgrace to the book.
For real. 1994 miniseries outshines it at every turn. Jamey Sheridan was a much better Randall Flagg than this dude.
@@MelancoliaI Skarsgard was ok, I wish they had gotten Patrick Wilson for the part of Flagg. The only actors I liked in this series was everyone from the first episode except Whoopi and Greg Kinnear, Natalie Martinez, and Heather Graham were good as well, everyone else was miscasted. I hope we at some point get a 3 season long Stand with better casting choices and better writers and do a Dark Tower series after. For now the 1994 series is the superior version until we get a better updated adaptation.
@@ericcartman7361 Patrick Wilson, eh? Interesting choice. Never been a fan of the guy (mainly because I can't stand the Conjuring series, and I can't take him seriously because he looks like a young Bob Odenkirk to me) but I agree, we need another version. As for why I still love Jamey in the role....well, he just has a demonic looking face for starters. And to me he really captured the 'hateful good cheer' of the novel's Flagg.
@@MelancoliaI 😂 he does look like a young Bob Odenkirk. I do hope sooner rather than later someone will redo The Stand and actually do it chronologically. I hope they keep the actor for Harold. I would love to see Tom Hardy as Larry Underwood and I feel Robert Downey Jr would make a good Lloyd Henried. I just hope that when it does get redone they actually play Don’t Fear the Reaper at the beginning while showing the dead corpses.
Maybe in 20-30 years they’ll remake it again lol
Las Vegas in this version is more scary that the kiddie show of the original miniseries
Bobby Terry or ANYONE give RANDALL FLAGG the finger ??? Who MADE this ?!
Booooo!
What the fuck did you guys do?
Dom baby
Is this like Stephen King the stand or something different?
It'd a sad, sad, attempt
Should have left it with the book. This is rough to watch. People who disagree didn't spend the hours to read the book
This version of the book sucks so hard!
This movie sucked. Not at ALL how this scene was supposed to go. The book, even the miniseries was so much scarier than this.
EZ
Sorry. Still liked the 90s version better
Why did this even need to be remade
He's a good actor but he was a terrible Randall Flagg.
This is basically how I felt. Skarsgård isn't bad at what he does, but he doesn't have the right kind of chops for Flagg. You can tell that he himself wanted to do the character justice, but he just comes off as a slightly more deranged version of Eric Northman from True Blood. There were several more suited actors they could have chosen. I could name you five just off the top of my head.
I mean
He was menacing in the show.
god this version of the stand is utter garbage......
This guy was a terrible Randal Flagg.
Sheridan is the only Randal Flagg just like Tim curry is the only penny wise.
Sheridan wasn’t good. Lol
Yep to that!!!
Skarsgard is a terribly boring actor.
if you didnt watch the actual show this scene is pretty interesting on its own
Simply a horrendous version of THe Stand. God awful in pretty much every single aspect. This is an incredibly huge fan of the book who has stephen King's autograph in it, owns the comic version, and w/o question would plunk down money for the collectors addition Coffin box. Skargard was bad compared to Sheridan in the 94 version. Time jumps vs telling the story in linear fashion (like the 94 version), deleting/swapping/creating new characters, deleting whole scenes (Lincoln tunnel) and adding new ones. Garbage. Simply garbage.