My wife and I just started watching ‘The Stand’ on Prime Video. It’s based on Stephen King’s novel. I read this about 20 years ago and remember some but not all of it. It’s a great book with a silly ending. I’m enjoying the series so far, but I have to keep ‘letting go’ of this dumb ending to a brilliantly written book.

I don’t know about anyone else, but I prefer to read a story before watching it, rather than the other way around. I don’t mind when a movie takes liberties and changes the story of the book. However, when I’ve watched a story and the book doesn’t match, even knowing the story came first, the visuals of the movie make the words I read seem wrong.

I don’t watch much television, but during my breaks I like to pick a series and binge. Today we started The Stand. I’m going to enjoy hours of watching, and put up with the crappy ending when it comes.