Thread:Shanethefilmmaker/@comment-397235-20140801024539/@comment-397235-20140809052939

See, my problem with The Stand wasn't so much he killed all the likeable characters as he killed all the characters he put effort into, and then left us with two Mary Sues who I loathed, had absolutely no marketable skills whatsoever, and on top of that didn't even have chemistry together. It's also mildly misogonystic, but that's beside the point.

It does get bonus points for having a scene which takes place in my home town. It then loses most of those points for said scene featuring a soldier firing a Carl Gustav recoiless rifle 80 times in a minute (if you don't know what that is, it's basically like a bazooka; that's not even remotely possible).

It also loses points for all the pointless characters it devotes too much time to (Trashcan Man, for example). It also loses points for all the characters it doesn't devote enough time to (Mother Abigail, who is completely pointless but treated like she's to be the main focus of that entire group).

It also loses points for making Randall Flagg a moron.

And being 1000+ pages long.