One beef with the TV movie of Stephen King's "The Stand"

[CanuckAmok]

It's on now; Im watching it while I wax the floors.

So...this flu wipes out the whole of humanity, except a few people, right?

So, the deal is, you get the flu virus, you get sick, and you die over a period of a few days.

Okay...fair enough. But there's this montage of different locations with corpses litering the landscape (or devoid of any trace of mankind at all). A deserted beach. Times Square littered with smoking vehicles and scorched bodies. An empty shopping mall.

and then...

A Tilt-A-Whirl ride at an amusement park. With corpses in the cars.

What?!

It's like..."hey, kids, everyone around us is dying from the flu. I think your mom is dead, and I'm not feeling so hot myself. You guys liik a little feverish, too...wanna go die at Funland?"

What the hell was the director thinking?!

Sheesh.

[GhostThatWalks]

1. I know what you mean.

I don't care much for that movie. Come to think of it.... I really don't like any Steve King TV movie.

[RebelOne]

2. Read the unedited version of the book.

Much better than the movie.

[CanuckAmok]

3. Yes, I've read it...

It's one of two King novels I like (the other being "IT").

It's just that one scene was so...stupid...

"Hey, Bobby, stop puking! You and your sister and I are going to go one more time on the Tilt-A-Whirl, just for old times' sake.."

[xultar]

4. Remember W's advice @ Ground Zero - GO Shopping! Same thing! n/t