“Put someone in there who is going to take domestic terrorism seriously and go hunting for scalps.”

You, uh, might want to go look up what exactly Garland’s job at the DoJ was before he entered the judiciary. 

Yeah, posting this article less than 24 hours after a right-wing coup attempt is pretty shitty.  Seems to me like nominating someone who cut their teeth on right-wing terrorist prosecutions is a pretty fucking good choice.

Certainly getting the impression from these trailers that this is exactly how it’s going to unfold.

I had that same thought that his jazz obsession was going to put him into lost-soul territory too, but I’m okay with how they handled it instead.

“Same thing with the US and Native Americans. The US government spent DECADES trying to erase their cultures, languages and histories. And much of it still remains. Even the parts of the cultures, traditions, languages, and histories of tribes that were completely wiped out still remain.”

Although on the other hand,…

100% agreed re: Luke in TLJ - for pete’s sake, his two Jedi mentors were Obi-Wan and Yoda, both of whom retreated into exile and became hermits following major failure/setback! Of course Luke did too!  It’s literally the only Jedi example he ever had to follow.

Even for him, it’s pretty amazing how badly he fucked up Covid-19, which was a situation that could have absolutely guaranteed him reelection with even a minimally-competent and empathetic response.  Since he’s not capable of even pretending to give a shit for even the briefest moment, he lost because of something…

Totally agreed, and (cough)(cough)sebastianstan(cough)(cough)

Yeah - I lost it at “Jeezus Chroist.  Sheeeyt.”

It accurately reflects the official Republican Party position at this point - non-GOP votes simply do not count.

Now now now, let’s not be too hasty.  It could also be “righteous” or “bodacious.”

Goddamn, finally!  Rejoice!

Yeah, that’s a good one too.

Yeah, I’m fine with not doing it precisely as the book did.  Just a quick series of short clips of this would suffice.  I always feel just horribly about the guy who lost his entire (large) family and essentially jogged himself into a fatal heart attack, as well as the 5-year-old who fell into a well.  Poor kid.

That’s probably a reference to its memorable inclusion in the 1994 adaptation being reference in this one.

Yeah, I think she’s 21 and he’s 16 when the book starts.  Stu is IIRC in his 30s at least.

Semi-agreed, although I still love reading the unabridged version from time to time.  However, I think the “No Great Loss” chapter showing a number of unfortunate people who survived the virus only to quickly die by other means is a highlight of the book, and I’d still love to see an adaptation devote a few minutes to…

re: Lauder - I agree.  The vision of “nerdy proto-incel” in 1978 was a fat kid with acne; the 2020 version can look very different and be every bit as effective.

That’s correct in the book as well, but the book also has a brief scene, only a couple of lines, really, where the General does issue an order to release the virus in Europe and Asia.  It’s pretty chilling because it’s almost a throwaway.

“It’s kind of neat to hear that someone had the same thought about The Stand - these novels King have giant casts anchored by an interesting guy (Bill in It, Stu in The Stand) surrounded by much more interesting side characters.”

I think that’s probably true of a lot of fiction when you get right down to it.