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Larry Underwood? And A Poll: Favorite "Stand" Ch
Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 5:02 pm
by A Gunslinger
Does anyone else really like or identify with Larry Underwood of the Stand? I thought of all the protagonsits in hte Stand, he and perhaps Nick Andros were the most "Gunslinger"-esque in their psyches and growth.
Forgive me if this poll has already be conducted, but:
Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 6:05 pm
by Usagi
Both Nick and Tom are my favorites, but since I can only vote on one I'll take Nick. ^_^
Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 9:41 pm
by Roland of Gilead
Nick. One of the few deaths in a novel which really "hurt" me to read and experience.
Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 12:14 pm
by Cail
Bumped for Luci.
As I've said, I really liked Stu. As written, he was the reluctant hero, and his actions/reactions remind me of how I'd act/react in the same situations. Now that could be that I first read the book 27 years ago and I've patterned my life after him, but.....
This re-read, I'm coming to appreciate Larry a lot more. His character development is a nice arc, and it may well be that by the time I'm done, my answer will change.
Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 1:11 pm
by lucimay
Larry.
he seems to be the same character as Eddie in Dark Tower. the two flawed heros...
destined to die. taraswizard's theory is that king is killing the parts of himself that he doesn't like when he kills larry/eddie.
Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 1:21 pm
by Cail
Eddie annoyed the living piss out of me up until W&G. I guess there are some parallels there though.
Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 4:43 pm
by lucimay
call it a weakness but...i like the flawed ones...stu is cool but a bit too good. the man King wishes he were, maybe?
Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 7:25 am
by Avatar
I seem to have voted in this poll, but I'm damned if I can remember who for.
Cail, Eddie was
supposed to piss you off up to Bk 4. He pissed Roland off. In fact, Roland had to stop himself from killing him. Until he grew up anyway.
Anyway, if I didn't vote for Flagg here, I think I would now. I've always liked him, both in this, EotD and DT.
DT Spoiler:
Always thought his death in DT7 was too easy and anticlimatic. After all those millenia traipsing around...to get nailed by a spider-kid? Weak.
--A
Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 3:56 am
by A Gunslinger
Avatar wrote:I seem to have voted in this poll, but I'm damned if I can remember who for.
Cail, Eddie was
supposed to piss you off up to Bk 4. He pissed Roland off. In fact, Roland had to stop himself from killing him. Until he grew up anyway.
Anyway, if I didn't vote for Flagg here, I think I would now. I've always liked him, both in this, EotD and DT.
DT Spoiler:
Always thought his death in DT7 was too easy and anticlimatic. After all those millenia traipsing around...to get nailed by a spider-kid? Weak.
--A
AGREED. Verrrry disappointing indeed. I wanted a battle between he and our man R in the worst way. Ah well. There are other worlds than these.
Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 7:25 am
by lucimay
There are other worlds than these.
no doubt, Gunslinger. and welcome back!
might have been this thread that caused me to add Larry to my sig!
nice to see you!
Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 11:43 pm
by sgt.null
I am a fan of the Judge. always liked him the most.
Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 11:45 pm
by A Gunslinger
The Judge rocked. I like how he was flabbergasted my Flagg's "regrettable lack of substance"...HAW!
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 12:07 am
by sgt.null
and his fate was among the most poignant.
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 12:29 am
by A Gunslinger
Agreed. I tell you, I was mad that after he had come such a long way along the karmic path, Larry was killed in the end.
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 2:24 pm
by Cail
The Judge is the character that (for me, anyway) moved King from pulp writer to author. The Judge was a throwaway secondary character, that King gave depth.
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 8:34 pm
by sgt.null
and the movie totally missed on.
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 9:35 pm
by Cail
Yeah, sure did.
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 11:11 am
by Avatar
Lucimay wrote:There are other worlds than these.
One of the most resonant lines in all his books. Always love it.
The judge was indeed excellently written. And the movie was so crap I only watched a half-hour or so of it.
--A
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 11:37 am
by Cail
I don't think the movie was crap. I think the movie was about as good as it could've reasonably been expected to be. The Stand is a sprawling book that just doesn't lend itself to film. A miniseries was the right medium, but in the days before cable miniseries', it was limited by the allowed content.
No, it didn't jibe with the mental movie I'd created over the prior 15 years, but it wasn't bad.
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 12:09 pm
by Avatar
Well, not having watched it, I can't really say.
I stopped watching pretty much as soon as (a very badly cast) Flagg appeared.
But I'll certainly agree that the book, even the abridged one, just couldn't work well in a movie-type setting. Movies limit their stories too much.
And I'm usually to much of a purist when it comes to screen adaptations to be able to enjoy most any film of a book, with very few exceptions.
--A