Finally got around to watching this. Cliff notes: 2020 The Stand sucks in most regards compared to the 1994 edition. Let’s compare.
Casting: Mother Abigail, Larry, and Stu are a push. Harold is probably the only character that’s slightly better in 2020. 1994 Harold was too cartoonish. Flagg, Nadine, Tom, Trashcan Man, and Nick: 1994 by a mile. Especially Flagg. I just can’t believe how much they fucked up the character of Flagg with Alexander fucking whatever.
Script: 1994 wins and it’s not even close. 1994 tried to stay true to the book, and they did a good job of telling the story and developing the characters. 2020 version: Hemingford Home, Colorado? GTFO. The back and forth in time at the beginning was unnecessary and stupid. The four that get sent to Las Vegas are all men. They had to do a fucking diversity script change and replace Ralph with a woman, because diversity. Fuck you for butchering the story just so that you can score woke points. And too much time spent on Harold, as if he were a major character.
Esthetics: 2020 looks better, of course. HD versus shitty video. But other than image quality there’s not much to say in favor of the 2020 version. There’s just nothing particularly appealing about the camera work or the sets in the 2020 Stand
So, in summary, this show fucking sucked. The end.