Hello John: 
 
 JG> That's the sad thing about half of the movies. . we 
 JG> all tend to get our own 
 JG> mental picture of things through reading a novel, 
 JG> and the flicks don't always 
 JG> match OUR mental impressions.
True...the events and the characters are portrayed differently than we 
imagined...the Stand is a pretty good tv flick but some of the 
characterizations and the actors didn't suit the characters in my mine.  But 
Ray Watson was an excellent choice for Bateman tho! :)
 
Tim
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