Stephen king has written another new ending to the stand but do. In a video circa 1990 to be shown to doubleday sales representatives, stephen king discusses his upcoming release of the stand complete and uncut. Stephen king discusses the stand complete and uncut youtube. Even now, years after its theatrical release, the films real story still remains open for interpretation, which means explaining its ending means looking at more than one point of view. Stephen king has written another new ending to the stand but do we need it. After a deadly plague devastates the worlds population, remaining survivors band together into warring factions with good pitted against evil. But, when i look back, i think ralph and larry about to be tortured to death, then a crazed trashcan delivering a nuclear bomb to flagg and having the hand of god detonate it was pretty cool. Ending explained is a recurring series in which we explore the finales, secrets, and themes of interesting movies and shows, both new and old. New series ending to the stand could answer the novels greatest. John birmingham on patreon kings book, many times revised now, remains the prime reference work for anyone serious about writing an apocalypse novel. Spoiler warning for two of the stands three endings. Stephen king novels were what made me want to be a writer. I just finshed kings the stand and i think the ending sucked. Then i bought and read the complete and uncut edition.
Stephen king has written another new ending to the stand. Every week this summer, well be taking an historical tour of the hollywood blockbuster by examining an older film that is in some way a. And the time period of the book didnt really bother me at all. I read the uncut version in high school, which was in 2000 or so. So i got a copy of the complete and uncut versions of the stand for christmas. News has recently emerged that netflix cut about 18. The few survivors, united in groups, establish a new social system and engage in confrontation with each other. The safdie brothers detail the 10year journey to make the. By 1991, king was with another publisher who could, so an uncut, 1,200page. The plot centers on a pandemic of a weaponized strain of influenza that kills almost the entire world population. The complete and uncut edition of the stand is considered to be kings longest standalone work. I was able to set it outside of the actual flow of events.
New series ending to the stand could answer the novels. I just finished listening to the stand uncut by stephen king. Lets talk about the ending of it chapter two, and how andy muschiettis sequel winks at stephen kings penchant for bad finales. You either love it or hate it, but you cant ignore it. The book was the last of kings novels published by doubleday in september 1978 the novel is a postapocalyptic horrorfantasy story that reworks the scenario of kings earlier short story, night surf. I was listening to the audiobook narrated by grover gardner. Stephen kings the stand 1994 apocalyptic horror hd. I feel like the uncut version of the book, which adds another 100 pages or so of ending, might be better because the relatively low key adventure of stu and tom. Uncut gems are rough things that are considered ugly by most people, but when you scope them out and get underneath you can find the beauty and the. If you read the original edit first, youll end up reading the the longer version. By 1991, king was with another publisher who could, so an uncut, 1,200page version. The mysteries that lost was famous for arent over yet, even six years after the show ended.
The stand is the sixth book published by stephen king. He also updated it from a setting of 1980 to 1985, with. An expanded version of the novel, billed as the complete and uncut. In the end, stu and fran decide to return to maine, and the original edition of the novel ends with the. The stand is a postapocalyptic dark fantasy novel written by american author stephen king and first published in 1978 by doubleday. Stephen kings most popular book, according to polls of his fans, is an end oftheworld scenario.
In 1990 king restored the text he had hacked away to create the stand. King didnt just slip all the cut pages back into the original manuscript, though he. By 1991, king was with another publisher who could, so. I dont know if my favorite scene in the uncut was in the cut. What i learned from rereading stephen kings the stand. A longer edition of the novel was later released in may of 1990. Stephen king teases a new ending he wrote for the stand. The stand is a postapocalyptic dark fantasy novel written by american author stephen king. I think lots of people have read the stand but when i first read it i was a bit disappointed because i was expecting some type of showdown between flaggs forces and the boulder free zone. In 1990, king released the complete and uncut version, with the material added back in. The stand was the first stephen king novel i read, and ive been reading stephen king novels ever since. And theres going to be spoilers, so just get over it. The extended scenes between frannie and her mother make. Stephen king teases the new ending hes writing for the stand.
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