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

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.


CFTV: Daily Update With Jake Brend From MBB Availability – June 24, 2025

Jake Brend recaps the first summer media availability session for the men’s basketball team, focusing on the addition of Utah Valley transfer Dominick Nelson and the strides he’s already made in Ames.

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Sad news to share

This news was broken in a CF mafia thread but I thought it deserved it's own thread for those who might not check the mafia thread.

Last Friday CF member @Farnsworth passed away.

He heavily participated in gaming part of this site but that's far from all he was.

He often pitched ideas to us at On That Note and participated in OTN threads.

But most of all he came to CF for the reason the majority of us are here in that he loved Iowa State.

He was a CF OG as he goes back to 2006. I never got to meet him in person but we had very candid pm conversations which I will treasure.

SUMMER HOOPS: ISU transfer Dominick Nelson's replaced thorny questions with lofty ones

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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.


Jamaal Tinsley opinion..

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I'm still bummed about Tyrese's injury, and heard he had successful torn achilles repair surgery yesterday, Monday. I ran across this and thought we could give some thoughts and love also, to another Pacer, and Iowa State great, Jamaal Tinsley. What a fun player to watch!

FB: Jackson Pence Predicts The 2025 Big 12 Overs and Unders

Ahead of the 2025 season, every Big 12 team's win total is set between 5.5 and 8.5. Who's going to separate themselves from the pack?

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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

Williams & Blum: Campbell seeks advice for Ireland, transfer player comps

Jake Brend and Rob Gray fill in for Williams & Blum to dive into Matt Campbell's ideas for Ireland before discussing how the Cyclones will handle their trip across the pond. Basketball transfer portal player comps and more presented by Mechdyne.

MBB: Transfer Guard Mason Williams Undergoes Hip Surgery, Will Likely Miss 2025-26 Season

Iowa State announces that transfer guard Mason Williams underwent successful hip surgery earlier this week and will most likely miss the 2025-26 season.

CFTV: Daily Update with Jake Brend - June 20, 2025

Jake Brend reacts to Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers forcing a Game 7 in the NBA Finals with a dominant win over Oklahoma City. Hear from Brend and Haliburton as we look forward to the biggest game of the former Cyclone's life.

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