The Steven King movie "The Stand"
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Topic: The Steven King movie "The Stand"
Posted By: Guests
Subject: The Steven King movie "The Stand"
Date Posted: December 31 2005 at 1:19pm
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Posted By: DarlMan
Date Posted: January 01 2006 at 9:07am
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One of King's earlier novels and IMHO one of his best. In his story it is a modified version of the flu that sacks humanity. History shows again and again |
Posted By: meewee
Date Posted: January 01 2006 at 9:41am
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Albert; I not only saw the movie, but also read the book. It was one of my all time favorites also. Meewee ------------- God Bless us all! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 01 2006 at 9:48am
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This past summer someone on another board made the observation that SF fans were over-represented in the Flubie community. I wonder if it holds true here too. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 03 2006 at 9:17am
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I read the book and I"m the "Walking dude" ! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA DOOM |
Posted By: Deej
Date Posted: January 03 2006 at 12:43pm
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just picked up my copy of the stand, haven't read it in years. strange how quickly things fall apart. wonder if reality will be similar... ------------- dee |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 03 2006 at 2:24pm
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 04 2006 at 7:44am
| I've seen bits of it on television, but never saw the beginning. How does the pandemic start? |
Posted By: Deej
Date Posted: January 04 2006 at 7:56am
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accident at a govt facility, guard runs with his family and starts infecting people, really interesting how it spreads. reality is we are in constant contact with lots of people.... ------------- dee |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 04 2006 at 8:05am
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As most of you know, I wrote a novel about a post pandemic world. In the book I passed possible blame on diabolical plots in the Middle East, as the flu started on the Syrian/Iraq border and spread around the world within a week. The book is about survival in a post pandemic world. The moral to the story, Flu now has wings. Some are metal and some are feathered, but it can spread rapidly, and can reach all corners of the world. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 1:32pm
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Posted By: majalak
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 5:20pm
| Hey Joe, what is the name of your book? My name is Mike Boyle, and I also wrote a novel about a great pandemic. My book 'Full Circle' is about an end-of-the-world pandemic and its aftermath. The disease (a rabies like virus) wipes out most of humanity in the year 2025, leaving about a half million people spread around the globe. Had to do a lot of research, but writing it was an interesting experience. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 15 2006 at 6:49am
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 15 2006 at 7:05am
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Please be advised, it is just a (semi sci fi) novel about stragglers
surviving a global pandemic. We are talking about a few hundred
in the United States as a whole. My story is about a colony that
gets its act together in southern California. Most move into a
local San Diego high school because the structure is earthquake proof
and fire proof (cinderblock construction). They endure fires,
pestilence, earthquakes, tsunamis and conflict with a cult from the Los
Angeles area. You just knew that Los Angeles had to spawn a
religious cult while the rest of the world is simply trying to survive. Questions answered in my book: What do you do when there is no electric grid functioning and no electricity? What do you do to drive when there is no electricity to pump gasoline up from those underground gas vaults at gas stations? Telephone service breaks down and you need to communicate over distance. How do you do it? How long can you live off of cans? How long will canned food last? What about fresh food? Can you provide it by farming? At any rate, if you are still interested, email me with a mailing address for me to ship the book via US Mail. That costs about $2. The book costs me $3 a copy to have printed, so I'll request a $5 bill in exchange. The book regularly sells for $7.95, so you are getting a darn good deal. Email: Joe_Neubarth@Yahoo.com Notice the underscore between Joe and Neubarth |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 15 2006 at 7:09am
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 15 2006 at 7:12am
| http://www.geocities.com/joe_neubarth/VeryBestSeller.html - http://www.geocities.com/joe_neubarth/VeryBestSeller.html |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 15 2006 at 7:19am
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I was thinking about ordering 5 copies. ... Maybe we should have a pneomonia vaccination contest. For every additional person that you convince to get a pneumonia shot, you will get one point. Whoever gets the most amount of people to get vaccinations within one week, wins the contest. The winner of the contest gets $200.00 cash from me wired via western union - And a copy of Joe's book? Verification of the pneumonia vax (receipt) would have to be faxed over of course.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 15 2006 at 7:25am
In The Beginning I chose that title because it would be a new beginning for the world. I have raised a vast multitude of children and I used to make up stories while sitting around the fire place. In The Beginning started as a fireplace story. The kids thought it so fascinating that they kept on telling me that I should write it as a book, so I did. I created some interesting characters in the story. I have a 350 pound football playing Samoan Islander who goes by the name of Tiny. It was a fun book to write. Once I sat down the writing was easy. |
majalak wrote:Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 12:22pm
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Chiefmom, you mentioned The Stand? LOL
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Posted By: chefmom
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 12:55pm
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I read that book when it first came out and I was a teen-ager. I always wondered what would happen if that ever did happen. I loved that book! There was a longer version written after that filled in the holes. In the back of my mind I always wondered if that sort of thing could happen... Just don't want to be hangin' out with "Harold" if it does. LOL I think about this alot now. Not the Harold thing but the "superflu" and how it mutated and shifted...kinda like bf ------------- May God protect us all. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 4:28pm
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I wondered how long it was going to take
before someone started this thread! Unfortunately this is one story you can't put down or stop reading until the story is finished, or you are. |
Posted By: MissRX
Date Posted: February 03 2006 at 1:39pm
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My husband has been talking about this for the last couple weeks that I've been prepping the house & cupboards. I think I will rent it tonight. ------------- "The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war" |
Posted By: Ella Fitzgerald
Date Posted: February 03 2006 at 1:39pm
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Same here....sounds like this will be my weekend entertainment.
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Posted By: MissRX
Date Posted: February 06 2006 at 11:34am
I attempted to watch the movie this weekend. I didn't realize it was 6 hours long!!!  The beginning was enough to scare me though. Talk about putting things into perspective!!!------------- "The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war" |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 06 2006 at 11:43am
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I have a suggestion about who could play the part of the
laid back yet menacing “walking man”, in the Stephen King novel, The Stand, he wears cowboy boots and speaks with drawl in the novel. Bush Presses Health Care Cost Cutting In FY07 Budget By John Godfrey, Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- President George W. Bush proposed Monday cutting federal health spending, including Medicare, youth programs, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, by $4 billion for fiscal 2007. http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20060 206 \ACQDJON200602061019DOWJONESDJONLINE000283.htm&selected=9 999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WOR LD&chk=unchecked?=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.i nternational.na |
Posted By: Ella Fitzgerald
Date Posted: February 06 2006 at 7:15pm
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I just watched this movie for the first time last night...felt like I was in the twilight zone or something. Scooby, I'm scared. |
Posted By: MissRX
Date Posted: February 07 2006 at 3:30pm
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I couldn't make it through all six hours. I will try again tommorrow, although I'm currently reading "The Great Influenza" which is scary enough!!! ------------- "The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war" |
Posted By: slongo
Date Posted: February 08 2006 at 1:34pm
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I read "The Stand" in the 70's and couldn't put it down. Read for 13 hours straight. It solidified a vague 'end of the world' mind set I have always had; some guiding imperative of surviving disaster effectively. No (concious) paranoia or anxiety- I just feel comforted by being prepared for some sort of final chaos. Must be a psychological oddity. Anyway, loved the book, -the movie, not so much. ------------- TRY TO LOOK UNIMPORTANT; THE ENEMY MAY BE LOW ON AMMO." - US Army Infantry Journal. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 26 2006 at 4:57pm
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I agree. |
Posted By: Angel
Date Posted: February 26 2006 at 5:05pm
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Just
watched the movie last weekend with my family...wow...the beginning was
right on of what is happening today. "The monster is coming"!!!!
------------- Angel |
Posted By: Daydreamer
Date Posted: February 26 2006 at 7:02pm
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I've seen the movie and I've read the book. I liked the book much better than the movie. It's been a while since I've watched or read it, maybe it's time that I do. ------------- Don't put off tomorrow what you can PREP today |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 27 2006 at 12:18am
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M - O - O - N.... that spells "I've re-read The Stand, both versions, (and other books) more times than I can count in the last 30 years since it came out and this is the time that I don't feel a shred of desire to re-read it again." |
Posted By: flick
Date Posted: February 27 2006 at 5:21am
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I read the abridged copy in high school. Bought a first edition uncut version the second it came out. (1990) You can buy the dvd at deepdiscount dvd for $12.38. I'm such a nerd. Bannor: bet I read it more times than you, (nyaa)
"Control,always remember that Kojak. In all you do ,make control your watchword."- Glen Bateman |
Posted By: libbyalex
Date Posted: February 27 2006 at 5:36am
| Has anyone read Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank? Bet I've read that one a couple dozen times... Libby |
Posted By: outsidethecamp
Date Posted: February 27 2006 at 7:53am
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Hi all... I just tried to find the movie/book "The Stand" on Ebay & was able to find 1 copy of the book only.  I tried to bid on it 4 times, but when it got up to $17.99, I figured I'd just try to get it at the library instead. ($18.00 buys a lot of tuna ya know!)  I'm always interested in reading/hearing more about how people might survive in times of trouble. I just watched "The Postman" with Kevin Costner. While it isn't about pestilence, I still can't help but wonder, could it ever get that bad??? Mike Boyle...is your book "Full Circle" available also? God help us all... Peggy in MN |
Posted By: Angel
Date Posted: February 27 2006 at 8:07am
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Try renting the DVD at Blockbuster Video that is where I found it. Good luck. ------------- Angel |
Posted By: Falcon
Date Posted: February 27 2006 at 8:08am
| I've seen the stand a couple of times, and it comes to mind when they say they're testing the flu on primates (apes and monkeys) thats a similar situation would occur? |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 12:44am
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Did you know that to the early Christians, the crow was a sign of peace or Christ? Our current day peace sign is actually the mark of a crow's foot encircled. (or an encircled crow's foot). Interesting, isn't it? It's amazing what will and will not change in 2000 years. Sure Stephen King does his damage in the movie, but to this day we still have the peace sign.. |
I refuse to look at the crow as a bad guy! Posted By: stardust
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 5:14am
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I rented the movie a long time ago upon a friend's recommendation. I remember that I liked it but I don't remember the full content. Didn't read the book. After reading these posts I am going to get the movie and watch it again. ------------- "Prepping is Power"! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 5:48am
M-o-o-n...that spells "maybe". Then again, I've also listened to a lot of Jean Shepard. (wild stab in the dark)
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Posted By: cosmicpixie
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 6:04am
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I didn't even know what the book was about until i read this post last night,so i looked on ebay but copies were a bit pricey.Then today,while on a mission to find cheap books in a charity shop,what was the first book i see? THE STAND! for 25pence! what a very strange coincidence.It must be a sign! |
Posted By: flick
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 6:41am
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Bannor; As in Leavin' Fever or "you'll shoot your eye out" ?(In god we trust all others pay cash). |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 6:51am
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Oh yea. My personal favorite "Surviving (or not) the" or "Survived" the End of the World" books/stories: Warday - how do we deal with ongoing societal illness after the Event? The Postman - forget the movie and the subplots - good novel of the isolation that's produced when "society falls" On the Beach - how to even talk about this one? How do we maintain in the face of that which kills us anyway? Lucifer's Hammer - Thomas Angel rang a chord with me from this. I am Legend (later remade: The Omega Man) and coming again 2007 I want to be a Robert Neville (or Stu Redman) Ah well. Too Gloomy to be reading these days (even the upbeat ones). I've been focusing on other books (no less gloomy, I suppose!): The Tactical Pistol, The Tactical Shotgun, Emergency Preparedness, etc. I should look up and see which of the "Firefox" books I have or should get...though that is carrying it pretty far!
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Pretty rosey view of it all. Let's hope! Interesting that the protagonist is "Randy Bragg", though, eh? I wonder if "Randy Flagg" is a play on that by King?Posted By: roxy
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 10:48am
| hi to all, the stand, the book is the way to go ,read the progession of the flu on society. the breakdown of it ,the movie is good, got it on dvd at wal marts .... roxy |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: March 02 2006 at 9:54am
I'll bet that their overall sales have gone up lately. 
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Posted By: Dejuan
Date Posted: March 02 2006 at 10:12am
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I have not seen the movie but I have read the book a couple of times.
Dejuan ------------- Ring a ring o'roses A pocket full of posies A-tishoo! A-tishoo! We all fall down |
Posted By: Fastcard
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 10:53am
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I have read the Stand......I am reading Cell by King it has simlarities. I have read Alas Babylon, Warday, Lucifer's Hammer, Cell there is alot of speculative fiction out there. another that I have not seen listed as far a disaster fiction is Malevil, by Robert Merle, who by the way wrote Day of the Dolphin . Malevil is about people starting a community in France after a nuclear war. Of course there is going to be a preponderence of SF readers here, because we appreciate people who can speculate on what can happen. and a thing to remember, Science is often wrong, Science fiction has proven itself right time and time again.
------------- A Bible verse that is just perfect...... for the situation. |
Posted By: NawtyBits
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 10:58am
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Wolf and Iron by Gordon Dickson is a post-SHTF novel. Economic collapse in this one. Great read... nawty |
Posted By: Fastcard
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 11:24am
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Wolf and Iron is a really good read. ------------- A Bible verse that is just perfect...... for the situation. |
Posted By: Celira
Date Posted: March 19 2006 at 7:35pm
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Can't
help wondering what Stephen King is thinking today and if he feels a
bit like a prophet. The Stand is an awesome book and an all-time
classic. As frightening as the deaths from the super flu is the way
Stephen King describes the disintegration of society and last but not
least, how we deal with the choice between good and evil. This
forum is helping us gear up to take a stand and choose to fight
against the evil of ignorance, denial and apathy. The Stand may be
fiction but it contains many truths about human nature. I haven't read
it in years, but will read it again soon. And just in case Stephen King
ever decides to peek into this forum, THANK YOU STEPHEN !!! ------------- I have seen that in any great undertaking it is not enough for man to depend simply upon himself. Lone Man (Isna la-wica)(late 19th century) Teton Sioux |
Posted By: Amethyst
Date Posted: March 19 2006 at 7:59pm
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I'm re-reading the Stand right now, actually. Picked it up today because I no longer had my original copy. That was also one of my favorite books.
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Posted By: Mtn. Man
Date Posted: March 19 2006 at 8:27pm
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That was a darn good movie. I liked the spiritual content, good vs. evil, faith vs. blind obedience to the .... Don't want to be a spoiler! ------------- Business is great, People are terrific, Life is wonderful! |
Posted By: Albert
Date Posted: May 24 2006 at 4:54pm
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Posted By: PsychoElf
Date Posted: May 24 2006 at 4:58pm
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One of my all time favorite fiction books. Yes, this is getting far too close for comfort! Fiction meets reality! Scary indeed.
Elf
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Posted By: Proudest Monkey
Date Posted: May 24 2006 at 5:06pm
| I saw the movie, and I thought it was pretty scary. It was a good movie though. I am thinking about watching it again. |
Posted By: Legacy
Date Posted: May 24 2006 at 5:11pm
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Yes....The unabridged book vertsion of The Stand is the way to go. Have read it twice, saw the movie, but the book is so much better. As much as I loved it...I think it would creep me out too much to read it today...a little to close to reality. ICk....remember that scene in the Lincoln Tunnel?....brrrr ------------- I do everything my Rice Crispies tell me to.... |
Posted By: Ravendawn
Date Posted: May 24 2006 at 5:18pm
| The stand i agree a good movie,also try "28 Days Later" a brilliant UK film one of the best i think. |
Posted By: daddog36
Date Posted: May 24 2006 at 5:29pm
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The death rate in the stand was 99.8%. I dont think h5n1 will come close to that Forum. ------------- daddog36 |
Posted By: daddog36
Date Posted: May 24 2006 at 5:32pm
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Mine favorite chapter was in the extended book about those who survived and than die because of different reasons. ------------- daddog36 |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: May 24 2006 at 6:29pm
Hmmm, don't remember meeting Reality. Are they a member here? ;)
Sorry, couldn't resist the temptation. Have seen the movie and read the book several times. A suggestion for another book, though the premise isn't a plague, try Lucifer's Hammer...for more ideas about what could happen after a major event.
Recently re-watched the Stand, as i have it on tape. Bought it some years ago. Well worth watching for ideas on what could happen. My favorite line...'The Big Apple is baked!'
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Posted By: redcloud
Date Posted: May 24 2006 at 6:48pm
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"The Earth Abides" is my fav of this genre. It's like The Stand, but without the religious overtones, and with more about the survival over decades of a colony of folks. The disease in question also came in waves, which is an interesting parallel to 1918. ------------- If all is not lost, where is it? |
Posted By: loosecannon
Date Posted: May 24 2006 at 8:42pm
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I've been reading SciFi all my life... which is to say a l-o-n-g time! I have a huge paperback collection and most of the works mentioned have their place of honor on my shelves. Another good one is "The Scarlet Plague" by Jack London. Written in 1915, it's about a plague in 2013 that wipes out most of the population of the world, and the descent into barbarism that follows. An interesting contemporary movie is "Time of the Wolf"... in French with subtitles, but worth a look if you can find it. Unlike an Amercian movie it doesn't "spoon feed" you all the facts about what happened, so you have to think about it some, but an interesting if creepy movie considering what's going on right now. Maybe SciFi fans are overly represented among the Preppers. Maybe we are more willing to consider and accept possibilities that others think are impossible until they are hit in the head with it! Just a thought.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: May 25 2006 at 2:45am
| Everything that can happen will happen. It's only ever a matter of time. Volcanoes, earthquakes, asteroids, tsunamis, wars, depression, they all come eventually, just like exams. Hard times will come again and the authors will be prophets again. A big percentage of virologists are very nervous about H5N1, not for the first time, but we see the risks now and it would be foolhardy to ignore them or put them in the same class as authors and film makers. Good read though. Everyone wanted to drive to somewhere else. |
Posted By: Proudest Monkey
Date Posted: May 25 2006 at 1:34pm
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OK, I rented The Stand again. I think this time I am going to watch it over a couple of days. It is a long movie. I did like it much better than that latest movie about the bird flu. Was it called Fatal Contact or something like that? |
Posted By: PsychoElf
Date Posted: May 25 2006 at 2:19pm
This thread has just made me realize something - OK, I'm a prepper, I joined this forum, avidly keep up on news re BF, and now I find that you guys all read and like the same books as me! I feel like I've just found long-lost family members!  Anyone for a little Kumbaya? 
Proudest Monkey ~ Enjoy the movie. The book was way better but I think they did a good job with the movie. To cover everything in the book, the movie would have needed to be 12 hours long!
Elf
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Posted By: Thordawggy
Date Posted: May 25 2006 at 5:10pm
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My favorite book of all time. The movie leaves a lot out just because it would be a two week mini seiries, otherwise. But the movie is still good.
The few living that are good go to Boulder CO, the bad guys all go to Las Vegas. Good vs evil showdown.
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Posted By: Samoa
Date Posted: May 25 2006 at 6:29pm
| For some reason, one thing about the book that stands out in my mind is the way Nature "healed" herself after the fall of Man. For one thing, deer reverted to diurnal behaviour. With the encroachment of man, they are today mostly nocturnal. I've never seen the film. Wasn't it a TV miniseries? |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: June 13 2006 at 4:46pm
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Posted By: Albert
Date Posted: July 11 2006 at 9:22pm
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Now this is a real important poll that everybody should take. |
Posted By: macrimmons
Date Posted: July 12 2006 at 4:21am
| I rented The Stand last week. I hadn't seen it in years. It is a great film. I am currently reading The Great Influenza. I am amazed at some of the situations that came up in the movie/book (The Stand)that I read in the book (The Great Influenza). Even though it is fictional, I am wondering if Mr. King researched the 1918 pandemic when writing his book. Would love to hear his background research into The Stand! Personally, facing the fear, or making a stand is empowering -- good triumps over evil. Thank you Mr. King and Mr. Barry for your contributions. |
Posted By: Albert
Date Posted: November 07 2006 at 2:41pm
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One of WalkinRon's favorites. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 07 2006 at 3:35pm
Yep.
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Posted By: Legacy
Date Posted: November 07 2006 at 8:24pm
Randall Flagg..........Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr! I think I dated his brother a few years back...had to be related ------------- I do everything my Rice Crispies tell me to.... |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 07 2006 at 8:31pm
| I just purchased a book of Stephen King's called Danse Macabre. It is a book where here talks about his reasons for writing most of his stories. On pg.370-375 he goes into great detail of why he wrote The Stand. "It was a news story I had read about an accidental CBW spill inUtah. All the bad nasty bugs got out of their cannister and killed a bunch of sheep. But, the news article stated, if the wind had been blowing the other way, the good people of Salt Lake City might have gotten a very nasty surprise. This article called up memories of a novel called Earth Abides, by George R.Stewart. In Stewart;s book, a plague wipes out most of mankind, and the protagonist, who has been made immune by virtue of a well-timed snakebite, witnesses the ecological changes which the passing of man causes. " "In the case of The Stand, this meanst beginning with the glum premise that the human race carries a kind of germ with it-I began by seeing this germ symbolically visulaized in the SLA, and ended by seeing it visualized in the superflu germ-which grows more and more virulent as technology misstep(not a far-fetched presumption, either, when you consider what happened at Three Mile Island lst year or the face the Loring AFB in my own state scrambled bombers and fighters ready to head over the pole toward Russia as the result of amusing little computer foulup which suggested that the Russians had launched their missiles and the Big Hot One was on)" This book was written 1981 and I just purchased it this past Sunday afternoon at the Goodwill for 1.98. Hope that gives some insight into what Mr. Stephen King was thinking when he wrote The Stand, my favorite of all of his books written. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 07 2006 at 9:40pm
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OK, reading this thread got me to go online tonight and buy The Stand. I am a true sci-fi reader, but haven't read that book in years. At least 15 years or so, I'm guessing. So anyway, I found copies online as cheap as .75 cents at half.com. If you're looking for a used copy, you might want to try there.
I've also made notes of the other books ya'll have mentioned and am going to get them for myself for Christmas. (Ha, morbid Christmas present but I like reading material more than I do just about anything else.) Thanks for sharing your book favorites with us!
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Posted By: Neeruam
Date Posted: November 07 2006 at 11:19pm
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I loved the movie "The Stand." M-O-O-N spells moon!! I just loved the guy. And "Randal Flag" as the devil. I feel sorry for anyone out there named Randal Flag. I suspect he is someone Stephen King doesn't like. lol.
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Posted By: Legacy
Date Posted: November 08 2006 at 7:04am
------------- I do everything my Rice Crispies tell me to.... |
Posted By: Penham
Date Posted: November 08 2006 at 7:21am
| I remember thinking the movie was pretty good, but also thinking the book was much better. It has been so long since I read the book (when it first came out) although I may go back and read it again since I still have my original copy. I met Stephen King at a lecture when I was in college and took my book and he autographed it for me. He was really nice! |
Posted By: Albert
Date Posted: January 25 2007 at 12:54pm
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If anyone is interested in a good read, Stephen King's latest novel "Lisey's Story" mentions the bird flu.
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Posted By: justducky
Date Posted: January 25 2007 at 1:35pm
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 25 2007 at 2:17pm
| I have read the book X2 and have watched the movie X2. |
Posted By: Judy
Date Posted: January 27 2007 at 1:25am
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I have read the uncut version of the book several times and I also own the movie, which I also think is not as good as the book but was still very good. Hate the tunnel part, really scary;and I never want Nick to die. My daughter and I still say "my life for you...." when we are cutting up. I think it's the best thing he ever wrote. I have his "Cell" book as a Christmas gift, but having read everything he ever wrote,several times, it doesn't really sound like his writing in my head except for some parts. ------------- If ignorance is bliss, what is chocolate? 
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Posted By: Just Ducky
Date Posted: January 27 2007 at 11:02am
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Posted By: Albert
Date Posted: April 12 2007 at 5:21pm
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I noticed that The Stand is on this Sunday on Sci Fi ..
For the advanced prepper...
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 12 2007 at 6:25pm
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I have read the Stand about 3-4 times read it about every 2 yrs and own the movie also, can not say how many times I've seen it
so many I've lost count
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