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I guess I'm in the minority here - I read and loved all the books when they came out. I watched and loved the original series when it came out. And now I'm absolutely loving this new version. Maybe it's that the others were so long ago that I don't remember the details. Or maybe I'm getting senile LOL - but whatever the reason, everything old is new again and I'm thoroughly enjoying!

Gah! I can’t believe Stephen King actually had anything to do with this dreck. I’ll have to rewatch the 1994 miniseries as a palate cleanser.

It gives me chills every time I watch the original and he says “I am God’s Tom”. I feel like what’s missing the most, besides Mother Abigail, because she’s a non-entity here, is all of the explicit Christian imagery. Stephen King even called it “a tale of dark Christianity” FFS.

I agree about Tom - the scene where they hypnotized him in the book and in the 1994 miniseries was SO powerful! I understand it may be not politically correct anymore to have him say he was kicked out of Boulder so he wouldn’t fill up a woman’s belly with idiot children, but c’mon - they could have done so much better with this!

So far not loving this as much as I was hoping to. I love the book and the original miniseries and all the original cast (yes even *gasp* Molly Ringwald). I guess I’ve just read and seen them too many times . I’ll hang in because I don’t hate it.

And I really missed “Don’t Dream It’s Over”.

Did anyone else notice and find it weird that when Gen. Starkey was quoting Yeats' "The Second Coming" the most crucial line was omitted? It goes ......things fall apart, the centre cannot hold" and he didn't read "the centre cannot hold", which I believe is the line quoted specifically in the 1994 mini series. Just struck me as odd.

I never would have guessed watching the first episode all those years ago that Trixie would turn out to be a total badass but she sure is!

Phyllis telling the councilmen to “read, mark, learn and inwardly digest” was especially cool since she fancies herself non religious.

Wasn’t that fiancé our William from Downton Abbey?

Is it terribly shallow of me to want that fabulous sixties home?

Does anyone else get the feeling that Robina and Douglas may end up together?

I am enjoying the Quarantine Edition today. Cool to see everyone’s kitchens and families!

I think that when the get to the Good Place it will be terribly boring, and they will realize that what’s truly worthwhile for eternity will be helping people improve.

Thought this was godawful - my favorite version remains the one with Patrick Stewart.

My Directv listing shows an hour and a half but says it’s season 2 episode 4🤨

I’m loving the new Mayhem commercial where Mayhem is a cat:

Never heard of this Lizzo before but do.not.like.

This show is excellent - is nobody else watching but me?

I love the Chantix Slow Turkey - but I confess to being a little worried about him. He seems so solitary! I guess there is no Mrs. Turkey, but he doesn't seem to have any friends to go on his awesome camping and paddle boarding excursions!

This is a wonderful show - I’m hooked! I have a good friend who is a funeral director. I suggested it to him and I hope he’s watching!

I noticed they seem to have stopped the chatty "handoffs" of the hosts between shows. I liked them and wonder why?

I thought in the scene where Lawrence is yelling at the Marthas to fix her tea that it looked like he was slipping something into it - drugging her to keep her compliant, or something? I have to go back and rewatch.

Wow that was a horrifying read. Those poor people.

That anti-smoking commercial with the 53 year old woman who dies two days after saying she wished she had never picked up a cigarette makes me so sad - also the one with her daughter. For some reason I cannot look away.