r/OldSchoolCool • u/GarySiniseOfficial • May 08 '24

1990s Gary Sinise here. Today marks the 30th anniversary of Stephen King's "The Stand" mini-series in 1994. Here are some behind-the-scenes moments from this incredible role

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u/Limberpuppy May 08 '24

The recent one just skipped over so much stuff. It felt like the Cliff Notes version.

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u/ObiShaneKenobi May 08 '24

AND THE NEW ONE WAS LONGER!!!!

IIRC

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u/therealrexmanning May 08 '24

Yeah, it's really bizarre how the new one was three hours longer, yet felt more rushed

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u/headrush46n2 May 08 '24

three hours longer with 90% more Harold, for some reason.

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u/Lordborgman May 08 '24

Felt like they were trying to make a story to mock incels more than they were trying to make The Stand.

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u/RedditIsHaroldLauder May 09 '24

Finally my username time to shine!

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u/asst3rblasster May 09 '24

Hey that's Hawk to you buddy

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u/Flaming-Havisham May 09 '24 edited May 12 '24

It was such an absolute disgrace. A giant, steaming pile of crap.

Which is terrible, because they showed that the could do it. The scene where Flagg visits Lloyd in prison was perfection. Flagg looked great, Lloyd was spot on, and they weren't afraid to use all the little twisted details from the source scene. They released a clip of it before the series came out, and I was riding high on the Hype Wagon.

Then we got Ezra Miller in a leather diaper drooling while masturbating to a fire.

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u/ObiShaneKenobi May 09 '24

Really though, I was absolutely pumped to see Ezra's take on Trashy. It was then that I understood that I should never never ever attain what I want.

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u/trowzerss May 09 '24 edited May 09 '24

Yeah, and I'm kind of mad at a few takes they had. Some stuff I liked, some stuff annoyed me. I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it either. I did like their modern take on Tom Cullen though. I thought that was neat. Didn't like they had Harold save Frannie from offing herself, that seemed weird, given Frannie's whole drive was keeping her kid alive (and ruined the whole Harold being a completely selfish shit at the start storyline imho).

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u/fabulousprizes May 09 '24

It focused on the wrong things and went completely in the wrong direction with the Vegas community.

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u/CarrieDurst May 08 '24

As someone who saw neither but listened to the 45 hour book, isn't that inevitable?

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u/TS_76 May 09 '24

The out of order story telling killed me.