History Series / TheStand

** CompressedAdaptation: To a point. The Boulder section is truncated, as well as [[spoiler:Stu and Tom's return home]]. On the other hand, the miniseries depicts the military occupying Arnette and rounding up Stu and all the other people who came into contact with Campion, as well as their friends and relatives.

** CompressedAdaptation: To a point. The Boulder section is truncated, as well as [[spoiler:Stu and Tom's return home]].

->''There was a man with us some of the time; he was a dark man. I was looking through the rear-view mirror and I'd see him just sitting there, grinning at me. I thought I could outrun him... you can't outrun the dark man.''

* DrivenToSuicide: General Starkey, once it is clear that the virus (developed by Project Blue, of which ''he'' was in charge) is out of control and billions are going to die. Small wonder that before his suicide he pins a piece of paper to his full dress uniform, with one word written on it: "GUILTY".

* DrivenToSuicide: General Starkey, once it is clear that the virus is out of control and billions are going to die.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The intro setpiece pans over the dead researchers as "Don't Fear The Reaper" plays. Many of them appear to have simply dropped dead where they sat, something no virus can accomplish and which Captain Trips doesn't do to its later victims once escaped. This is given a brief handwave, when it's discussed that the pure strain is what did in

* DeathByAdaptation: In the book Major Len Creighton's eventual fate is [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse deliberately left vague]] [[UncertainDoom raising the possibility he survived]]. In the series is heavily implied to die from the superflu.

** AStormIsComing. ...'''''[[HeWhoMustNotBeNamed His]]''''' storm!" And "the rats are his."

** Also, Doctors Dietz and Elder.

** Also the one-scene character of Ray Flowers becomes Rae Flowers.

** Averted in the comic adaptation, in which the Judge's face is pretty much destroyed.

* TheDanza: Joe Bob Briggs (best known for hosting [=MonsterVision=]) is Deputy Joe-Bob.

* ActorAllusion: [[TheBradyBunch Mike Lookinland]], who was a cameraman, has a cameo part as one of the Boulder residents. Stu addresses him as "Bobby" at one point.
* AllStarCast: Gary Sinise, Creator/MollyRingwald, Rob Lowe, Creator/EdHarris, Laura San Giacomo, Jamey Sheridan, Miguel Ferrer, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Corin Nemec, Matt Frewer, Adam Storke and Ray Walston.

* AllStarCast: Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Rob Lowe, Ed Harris, Laura San Giacomo, Jamey Sheridan, Miguel Ferrer, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Corin Nemec, Matt Frewer, Adam Storke and Ray Walston.

** Some of Nadine's sub-plots were transferred to Lucy.

* DeathByAdaptation: In the book Major Len Creighton's eventual fate is [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse deliberately left vague]] [[UncertainDoom raising the possiblity he survived]]. In the series is heavily implied to die from the superflu.

** Another follows shortly when the doctor who tried to kill Stu turns out not to be dead, after all, and attacks him from behind. And then the dead doctor who falls out of the elevator after Stu investigates what's inside.

* TheMountainsOfIllinois: Trash Can Man's arson incidents in Gary, Indiana and Des Moines, Iowa, are both shown with rugged mountains in the background, because they were filmed in New Mexico.

* AnimalMotifs: One of the forms [[BigBad Randall Flagg]] assumes is a CreepyCrow.

-->--Charlie Campion

A four-part MiniSeries version of Stephen King's book ''Literature/TheStand'', Starring Creator/MollyRingwald, and Gary Sinese.

A four-part miniseries version of Stephen King's book ''Literature/TheStand'', Starring Creator/MollyRingwald, and Gary Sinese.

A four-part miniseries version of Stephen King's book ''Literature/TheStand'', Starring Creator/MollyRingwald, Creator/GarySinese