This article contains spoilers for The Stand episode 1.
Sometimes opening in media res has some real storytelling value. The goal of just about any story is to get people interested in continuing it. Given that the beginnings of stories are often expository and not particularly exciting, who could forgive a storyteller for wanting to jump right into the thick of the action and then fill in the blanks of what came before
Well, in the case of CBS All Access’s The Stand, I can blame producer/director Josh Boone and showrunner Benjamin Cavell for wanting to jump right in and I will do just that. Stephen King’s classic 1978 novel of the same name is an epic tale and presents all sorts of storytelling challenges to those who would want to adapt it. One of those challenges, however, is not how to begin it.
The Stand’s remarkable narrative begins in Arnette,...
Sometimes opening in media res has some real storytelling value. The goal of just about any story is to get people interested in continuing it. Given that the beginnings of stories are often expository and not particularly exciting, who could forgive a storyteller for wanting to jump right into the thick of the action and then fill in the blanks of what came before
Well, in the case of CBS All Access’s The Stand, I can blame producer/director Josh Boone and showrunner Benjamin Cavell for wanting to jump right in and I will do just that. Stephen King’s classic 1978 novel of the same name is an epic tale and presents all sorts of storytelling challenges to those who would want to adapt it. One of those challenges, however, is not how to begin it.
The Stand’s remarkable narrative begins in Arnette,...
- 12/17/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
A new article from Vanity Fair gives fans their first look at the new The Stand TV series, which is set to air on CBS All Access later this year. Among the details revealed in the piece is one interesting tidbit about how the nine-episode miniseries will open. Unlike “The Complete and Uncut” version of the Stephen King novel and the 1994 CBS adaptation, this miniseries won’t begin during the initial outbreak.
Instead, the story starts in media res, with most of the world’s population already dead from the virus known as Captain Trips. The first episode, which was directed by Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars), “opens with survivors in masks and protective gear cleaning up a neighborhood full of the dead in Boulder, Colorado,” according to Vanity Fair.
This opening scene could be a bit disorienting for fans of the novel who were likely expecting to...
Instead, the story starts in media res, with most of the world’s population already dead from the virus known as Captain Trips. The first episode, which was directed by Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars), “opens with survivors in masks and protective gear cleaning up a neighborhood full of the dead in Boulder, Colorado,” according to Vanity Fair.
This opening scene could be a bit disorienting for fans of the novel who were likely expecting to...
- 5/20/2020
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions." Truer words were never spoken. So when someone decides to construct a body from cadaver parts and reanimate it with a lightning bolt, or surgically connect three people with one gastroenterological tract, they always hope for the best. Unfortunately, that's not usually the result.
Which leads us to our latest list of the best and the brightest. In honor of the DVD/Blu-ray release of The Apparition on November 27th, we bring out our list of Top 11 films featuring Experiments Gone Wrong.
As always, we've got to give a shout out to a few honorable mentions. Who would think that things would go wrong with keeping a cryogenically frozen Jason Voorhees, as in Jason X? Surprisingly, things went bad there. The splicing of DNA from different animals sounds like a brilliant idea, no? Splice proved that was a wonky idea as well.
Which leads us to our latest list of the best and the brightest. In honor of the DVD/Blu-ray release of The Apparition on November 27th, we bring out our list of Top 11 films featuring Experiments Gone Wrong.
As always, we've got to give a shout out to a few honorable mentions. Who would think that things would go wrong with keeping a cryogenically frozen Jason Voorhees, as in Jason X? Surprisingly, things went bad there. The splicing of DNA from different animals sounds like a brilliant idea, no? Splice proved that was a wonky idea as well.
- 11/27/2012
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
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