I agree that is was anti-climactic don't get me wrong, it just worked for me I don't know why.Cliff_m85 said:
Apocalyptic Western Dark Tower Gunslings to TV, Movies
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I love stephen king, this thread just made my day. I was more excited about the "Lost" team doing the movie (i didn't really care for Ron Howard's take on The DaVinci Code) but I'm still really stoked for a Dark Tower movie franchise. And I also had no idea he was making an eighth DT book!
Fuck Yeah!Jamieson 90 said:For fans of SK - The Dome is going to be made into a HBO series as well
Oh god! How could King do that to such a beautiful storyline? I gave up after the book where he brought himself into the storyline. Seriously. How did he ever think that was a good idea?Cliff_m85 said:
That said, I'll still check out the miniseries to see how far it strays from the original storyline.
I want this to be good, but I have a feeling I'll be disappointed. Also, films aren't long enough - each book would take about 5 hours as a film, it wouldn't work! A TV series though, with each book as a season? That might work!
Isn't he ALWAYS in his books? (Someway he's there in all of them and I've seen lots of comic book artists do this) so whats wrong with it? Also I hear he's gonna make more books or something or do more work for the Dark Tower, also the comic book series, is that a prequel to the Dark Tower series or is it an actual comic book adaptation?Cliff_m85 said:
Awesome! I've read the first four and am currently wading through the next three on audiobook.
Roland Deschain > everyone
Roland Deschain > everyone
I don't like where this is going. No actor besides Clint Eastwood could possibly play Roland, and quite frankly, he's now officially too old for the role. Ah, well, I'm going to have to at least try it out.
And on the subject of the ending:
[spoiler: You really don't want to click here if you haven't read every page of every book.]
The ending was, in my opinion, perfect. Well, okay, not exactly. The Crimson King being destroyed with a magical eraser was absolute anticlimactic bullshit, and so was Mordred, who'd just been born at the beginning of that book, taking out THE SINGLE MOST LOVED-TO-BE-HATED AND ICONIC VILLAIN IN THE KING MULTIVERSE in a scene that was over so quickly the reader barely has time to register it (making Flagg look like a pussy in the process, might I add), and then getting himself killed after 900-odd pages of doing nothing but wangsting about how alone he is.
But Roland's quest being an endless cycle is exactly what the series should have ended on. Roland is obsessed. He wouldn't have been able to do anything but wither and die after he saw the Tower. Besides which fact- did you ever notice how Roland as a character was, well, despicable? I mean, come on, some of the horrific crap he's done to reach the Tower- you've got to admit that he deserves it just a little bit.[/spoiler]
And don't get too excited about the eighth book, people: in a poll on his website, King asked readers if they'd rather see another book in the Midworld cycle, or a sequel to the Shining, both of which he was planning on working on anyways, and the Shining sequel won out, so he probably won't be on book eight for a while.
And on the subject of the ending:
[spoiler: You really don't want to click here if you haven't read every page of every book.]
The ending was, in my opinion, perfect. Well, okay, not exactly. The Crimson King being destroyed with a magical eraser was absolute anticlimactic bullshit, and so was Mordred, who'd just been born at the beginning of that book, taking out THE SINGLE MOST LOVED-TO-BE-HATED AND ICONIC VILLAIN IN THE KING MULTIVERSE in a scene that was over so quickly the reader barely has time to register it (making Flagg look like a pussy in the process, might I add), and then getting himself killed after 900-odd pages of doing nothing but wangsting about how alone he is.
But Roland's quest being an endless cycle is exactly what the series should have ended on. Roland is obsessed. He wouldn't have been able to do anything but wither and die after he saw the Tower. Besides which fact- did you ever notice how Roland as a character was, well, despicable? I mean, come on, some of the horrific crap he's done to reach the Tower- you've got to admit that he deserves it just a little bit.[/spoiler]
And don't get too excited about the eighth book, people: in a poll on his website, King asked readers if they'd rather see another book in the Midworld cycle, or a sequel to the Shining, both of which he was planning on working on anyways, and the Shining sequel won out, so he probably won't be on book eight for a while.
Ah, Dark Tower. I made it through two books before I realized I didn't like it. ("Wait.. I don't like it! Wha...") Dammit, King, get your stupid 20th century New York out of my post-apocalyptic magical western!
Damn it! I was going to say that!Cliff_m85 said:
BTW DarthLurtz, thanks for the fucking spoilers! Now I don't have to read the fucking thing!! Maybe you could use spoiler tags next time eh?
OT: Sound interesting. I still haven't gotten through the fist book yet and I'm having trouble finding copies of all the other books.
I would actually hope for a movie 'cause then there's a better chance I can actually see it.
I'm soldiering on through Wolves of the Calla.
Amusingly, I found the first book in my bookshelf at home. Then I found the second. I chased the third all over Stoke-on-Trent (The library had only one copy), before finally catching it.
Then, I came across the fourth in my own home. Some time passed without any luck on the fifth and sixth, until they came into my arms with my girlfriend, all the way from Malta, delayed by a troublesome ash cloud, of course.
My God, these books have had a more exciting life than me!
Amusingly, I found the first book in my bookshelf at home. Then I found the second. I chased the third all over Stoke-on-Trent (The library had only one copy), before finally catching it.
Then, I came across the fourth in my own home. Some time passed without any luck on the fifth and sixth, until they came into my arms with my girlfriend, all the way from Malta, delayed by a troublesome ash cloud, of course.
My God, these books have had a more exciting life than me!
In my head Roland was always a Clint Eastwood style character,only actors I can think of that have the same kind of look is Hugh Jackman or maybe Keifer Sutherland when he finishes 24.
I loved these books and I think the ending was depressing,but King gave plenty of warning to the reader not to proceed.
Totally agree that the Crimson Kings death was an anti-climax.
Will give it a look when it comes out.
Fingers crossed Hollywood does not destroy it....
I loved these books and I think the ending was depressing,but King gave plenty of warning to the reader not to proceed.
Totally agree that the Crimson Kings death was an anti-climax.
Will give it a look when it comes out.
Fingers crossed Hollywood does not destroy it....
Get in line.robert632 said:
Christian Bale could make a good, old Roland. If he skinnied up like in The Machinist he'd look the part. Maybe even Terry O'Quinn. He looks grizzled and manly enough. I'm struggling to think of someone who could play a young Roland.
I think Clint Eastwood would make a good Eldred Jonas or Father Callahan.
I think Nathan Gamble would make a good Jake, He played The commissioners son in The Dark night and did a good job as Billy Drayton in The Mist.
Mist came out in 2007 when he was 9 so now he would be 12, perfect age to play Jake.
Mist came out in 2007 when he was 9 so now he would be 12, perfect age to play Jake.
I'm sorry, I know this is all very awesome and all that... but is that Clint Eastwood's likeness in a horror/sci-fi/fantasy world?