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Summary: Stick to the movies or books
Comment: I really did not like this set at all. If you are a fan of the real movies like Carrie, Firestarter, Misery, etc. then you will be HIGHLY disappointed in these. Without the Love Boat, where do B grade actors show up? Here! Yes, you will recognize many faces but know no names and understand why these actors never made it big. So Langoliers is 3 hours, which could be done in a 45 minute Twilight Zone much better. I think there was a half hour Amazing Stories very similar to this back in the 80s (even if you don't like it, 30 minutes is better than 3 hours!). The Stand got such good reviews that I was compelled to buy this set. It has the best actors and highest budget (from the looks), but besides Rob Lowe, Gary Sinese and Ed Harris, you get the "Father" from Alf and others. It is about 7 hours to watch it all. I didn't make it more than a couple of hours (but in my defense I had spend 3 hours the prior day watching Langoliers). Golden Years is 4 hours. Here is my point - you lose a lot of detail going from book to movies, we all know that - but at least the movie should be entertaining. This set was an attempt to do much more from the books than a theater movie can do - thus the mini-series TV format. These remind you that reading is more enjoyable sometimes - I imagine that the people who love these, had already read the stories and these 14 hours were a walk down book reading memories. Perhaps if you had read these stories before, you will enjoy these. I had not read any of these stories before so my viewpoint is of someone looking for new, entertaining stories. But I got 14 hours of slow movie stories, and mediocre at best acting. I just had to post a review since all the other 5 star reviews fooled me into buying this set. If you have never seen these made-for-tv shows, rent/borrow them first to be sure they are your thing before buying. I think I need to pop in Firestarter to cleanse my TV - "burn it all down, baby".
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Summary: hours of enjoyment
Comment: I really enjoyed this product..Almost 13 hours of viewing...These were made for TV movies and are pretty good ..I usually watch about 1 hour of a movie each morning before work so these kept me entertained for a while..Gary Sinise is very good in The Stand..It has to be incredibly hard to make movies from some of Stephen King's works, but these are fairly true to his novels..A great buy!!!!
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Summary: Stephen King Gift Set
Comment: The Stand is a classic. The Langoliers was somewhat scary and The Golden Years was rather slow and somewhat dated.
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Summary: Stephen Kings gift set the stand golden years and langoliers
Comment: The Langoliers just happened to be in the set, no value to me, but the Stand and Golden Years were some of the best I've seen and for the price the value of this package is very good.
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Summary: One of my favorites
Comment: I really loved the Stand and the Langoliers, had never seen the Golden Years, but this is now one of my favorite DVD's.
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