Pocket Savior

I agree with what everybody is saying about the deconstructed timelines doing disservice to the character development in the book.

But my biggest fear about this show is becoming a reality: Alexander Skarsgard's performance of Randall Flagg is 100% "sexy", and, thus far, 0% scary.

"The Dark Man" is supposed to intimidate and terrify simply with his presence. He's surrounded by darkness and his sadistic eyes pierce through things. Was there no visual effect to make the character portrayal even slightly as Stephen King wrote him to be?

While I hate the fact that there telling the story like this.( From the middle and going backwards with disjointed flashbacks) I feel like they nailed alot of scenes from the book this week. I didn't hate this episode maybe I just had to lower my standards.But wow I probably would like this show significantly more If Naden Cross wasn't played by Amber Heard.

I probably won't watch any more of this tripe. I've given it two episodes. I can't work out how they could have made this worse. Terrible pacing? Nope, they've done that. Bad casting? Nope, done that. Terrible story telling? Done that. It's hard to believe that something from such a good novel (okay, overlong and needed editing) could be so boring. I actually skipped bits of this episode just to drive it along a bit. We miss out all the great story of the pandemic but have twenty minutes devoted to two people walking through sewers in the dark. We have no apparent backstory for most of the important characters, but a very long time devoted to two people having a boring conversation. It's just so weird. Woopie Goldberg is terrible casting for Mother Abagail. She's the most iconic, enigmatic person in the story and close to 100 years old, so they cast someone whose ego is bigger than the story, who is just playing herself? So distracting. Nope, can't be bothered with this awful series any more.

Wow, this show just keeps getting better! We've got an excellent portrayal of Flagg , "with two G's" and his right hand man Lloyd! And of course Harold, Stu, Nadine and more! It's hard to write this without giving anything away! NO SPOILERS HERE!! There's no holding back on this show. It can get pretty gruesome, as it should. The way the story and the characters are developing makes you care! I got emotional during this one and laughed too! But I'm kind of a sicko! What do you expect from a die hard STEPHEN KING fan! If you are too then you'll love this. Keep watching! It just keeps getting bettter and better! (I know, already said that!)

Why do I care for these characters? The disjointed non-linear way in which this story is told completely diminishes any emotional impact that I'm supposed to feel.

Technically this is fine work, but focusing on individual characters to create this story is a misfire. I'm not sure I even want to continue.