Review – The Stand (2020)

So if they remake this once every 30 years or so, I could be dead before they do it again. In fairness, this one isn’t too bad (other than the tacked-on ending, which was nowhere near good enough to sustain an entire additional episode). Whoopi Goldberg in particular is aptly cast, and the rest of the that-guy-from-that-thing actors do their jobs well. Production values are good, and for something this long it doesn’t start to drag too often. My only objection is about the faithful rendition of Stephen King’s famous source novel. The story pits self-consciously multicultural, liberal suburbia against anything that isn’t that. The good part is that it makes the story anti-white-supremacist. The bad part is that it also gives it an anti-LGBTQ flavor. Mildly amusing