oppositions of good versus evil, sweet old Mother Abagail versus satanic Flagg, monotony begins to seep through the superstructure ... Muddled, certainly, but ... The Stand is clever enough to keep you wondering what could possibly happen next." Conversely, Emily L. Stephens of AV Club wrote, "The miniseries delivers monotony without either the corresponding sense of work or any monumental import. It shows very little of the labor and wrangling that goes into creating the comfortable enclave of the Boulder Free Zone. Paradoxically, by reaching for grandeur and pathos, Garris’ miniseries plunks itself firmly in bathos." The series currently features a 70% "Certified Fresh" score on Rotten Tomatoes, based on an aggregate of 23 reviews. Awards and nominations Home media The Stand was first released on DVD as a "Special Edition" in the United States on October 26, 1999, which contains only a Dolby Digital 2.0 audio of its original language and no subtitles. When The Stand was included on an unnamed September 25, 2007 DVD set that also featured The Langoliers (1995) and Golden Years (1991), Dolby Digital 2.0 Spanish and mono Portuguese dubs were added. The DVD including those features was issued separately on June 18, 2013. On June 12, 2018 it was part of another King adaptation collection that included The Langoliers, Golden Years, The Dead Zone (1983), Pet Sematary, Silver Bullet (1986), and Graveyard Shift (1990). The Stand was later released on DVD in the United Kingdom on April 5, 2004, Denmark on October 9, 2007 and Finland on October 10, 2007. The UK versions features Dolby Digital 2.0 tracks in English, French, German, and Spanish; and subtitles in English, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Hebrew, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Slovenian, Swedish, and Turkish subtitles. The Danish and Finnish versions include the same audio tracks as the UK edition (plus an Italian dub) but there are significant differences when it comes to subtitle settings; the UK's Portuguese, Croatian, Slovenian, Czech, Turkish, and Hebrew subtitles are removed with the addition of Finnish, Dutch, French, and Italian subtitles. The Stand was issued on Blu-ray in Spain on September 18, 2019; the United States and Canada on September 24, 2019; Germany on September 26, 2019; the United Kingdom on October 7, 2019; Finland, Norway, and Sweden on October 14, 2019; and Denmark on October 17, 2019. See also The Stand (2020 miniseries) Pandemic State of nature References Works cited