Stephen King’s ‘The Stand’ gets (another) adaptation

King has some all time great novels. But by and large his movies are never as good as the books because the books are so long and character driven. It’s not a shock that most of his best movie adaptations are from his short stories (Shawshank, Stand By Me, The Mist, Green Mile was a serial novel).

His best works are often over 1000 pages. ‘It’ the mini series was garbage (sorry) and the two 3 hour movies recently were fine but still nowhere near the greatness of the book.

Now ‘The Stand’ is yet again getting another adaptation but I’m cautiously optimistic. I think their choice for a director is a great one.

But if this is gonna be one movie it won’t be good unless it’s over 6 hours long. Haha.

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/stephen-king-the-stand-movie-doug-liman-1236439662/Stephen King's 'The Stand': Movie in Works With Doug Liman Directing

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Who will be the leading scorer for the 25-26 season?

Leading scorer

  • Jefferson

    Votes: 137 58.8%
  • Momcilovic

    Votes: 88 37.8%
  • Lipsey

    Votes: 2 0.9%
  • Heise

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Nelson

    Votes: 1 0.4%
  • Mulder

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Buchanan

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Batemon

    Votes: 2 0.9%
  • Toure

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Pleta

    Votes: 3 1.3%

Jefferson is our top returning scorer, so he is the favorite though I think it will be Milan. From last year:
Jefferson - 13 PPG
Milan - 11.5 PPG
Tamin - 10.6 PPG
Heise - 5.1 PPG

Incoming transfers:
Buchanan - 5.4 PPG
Mulder - 8.4 PPG
Nelson - 14.4 PPG

A/V setup

We're selling our house, which had a dedicated home theater w. 5.1 setup. Moving into this new house, I'd like to move to a simple setup. A few things to consider:

I already have the A/V receiver I'm going to use. Denon X3700h. Overkill for what I need, but it works.
I already have a giant 500 watt 15" sub

90% of use will be YTTV, Netflix, HBO, etc

I'm thinking of just going with 2 towers and a center channel. I've never owned tower speakers, in the home theater setup I had some 20 year old NHT bookshelves. Basement setup with 9' ceilings, plenty of space.

I'd like to spend less than $1,500 for those 3 speakers.

Thoughts on this setup? Will I miss the surround? Brands? I keep hearing about ELAC, KEF, Wharfedale, etc.

DL Brysen Wessell Commits

Looks like the DE/DT combo of the class. Nice!

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OT Owen Winder Commits!

Apparently canceled BYU visit. Visited last weekend with Eglitis. Gives us a nice duo for the class!

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DE Ajibola Afuye Commits

Camp offer. Athletic rush end.

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S Bryson Williams Commits!

Fast, long, rangy safety. Track sprinter, 10.88 100m.

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Roku TV tiers

I’m wanting to upgrade the TV in the bedroom. I currently have a Samsung 40”. Which I’ve had 10-12 years. Since I put a 75” LG in the living room I really have no desire to older tube. I upgraded to a Roku streaming/ sound bar to watch Marquee. So I think I want to go Roku in the bedroom probably 65”. I was wondering if I’m only going to use it to watch tv are the better versions worth it?

2024-2025 Recruiting Thread


LaDarion Lockett has Iowa State in his top 7. #6 PFP recruit according to Flo and #2 according to MatScouts for the 2025 class. List of schools below:

Arizona State
Cornell
Iowa
Iowa State
Little Rock
Minnesota
Oklahoma State

Think it will be hard to beat out Oklahoma State for him seeing as he grew up a Cowboy fan and is from Stillwater, but let's see what the staff can do.

***College Towns to Visit***

yo dudes,

With my job I am in many middle and small cities with colleges and universities..

I would like to start keeping a list and invite anyone else to add their experiences...


Tonight I will be staying in Bloomington, IN for the first time.





Cool towns:
NIU (Dekalb, IL) - Has a HyVee felt like central iowa
University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY) - awesome city (had shots with little horse riding guys)
University of Nebraska (Lincoln, NE) - Runza
University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI) - THE OLD FASHIONED!!!

Meh towns:
Illinois State (Normal, IL)
Vincennes University (Vincennes, IN)
University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana, IL)
Notre Dame (South Bend, IN)


I'm sure i will remember more


please feel free to add any you've visited!!!!!!!!
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Help: I’m going to be a father

Good evening all, my girlfriend and I (25 and 26) recently learned she’s pregnant. I never in my life imagined I’d have a baby out of wedlock, though I’m confident this is the woman I was going to marry regardless. I definitely will now! Outside of the fear of telling her parents, I’m very excited and looking forward to this chapter. I am a home owner, I’m financially stable, but again, not married. My dad passed away via suicide when I was 4, so my memories of a father-son relationship are slim and none. Any advice in general for this process and any must-know’s for being a “young” dad that wants to be the dad I never had? My mom passed away last year so I’m really anxious to have a family of my own.

Kickin’ It with FOX’s Rob Stone: Bringing Big Noon to Ames, tips for Ireland, and more

Grant Mahoney and Jeff Woody react to Tyrese Haliburton’s injury and an odd AI story before welcoming FOX’s Rob Stone to discuss bringing Big Noon Kickoff to Iowa State, Farm-o’-geddon, and more from Rob’s career in the booth. Presented by Kelderman Manufacturing.


Williams & Blum: Hali’s injury, Niang to BOS, Rocco key to success, and more

Chris Williams and Brent Blum react to Tyrese Haliburton’s injury and Georges Niang heading to the Celtics before diving into Cyclone Hoops’ first media availability, Iowa State Football’s key to success, and the age-old game of “How Long Will This Big 12 Coach Last?” All this and more presented by Mechdyne.


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