Stephen King's The Dark Tower

wease · Post by **wease** » Wed August 08, 2018 1:08 am

Ooooh sweet. Thanks for sharing.

Post by **epilogue** » Fri March 22, 2019 10:28 pm

‘The Dark Tower’ Casts Sam Strike As Gunslinger Roland Deschain, Plus Jasper Pääkkönen As Amazon Nears Pilot Order

https://deadline.com/2019/03/the-dark-t ... 202556652/

Post by **bune** » Fri March 22, 2019 10:44 pm

So the movie/tv/movie thing is dead, yeah?

Post by **epilogue** » Fri March 22, 2019 10:46 pm

bune wrote:So the movie/tv/movie thing is dead, yeah?

Yes

CopperTom · Post by **CopperTom** » Sat March 23, 2019 11:37 am

Does the TV series start with Book 1?

Post by **epilogue** » Sat March 23, 2019 2:30 pm

CopperTom wrote:Does the TV series start with Book 1?

Apparently not. It looks like the show will begin with an "origin" story of Roland. It looks like they're going back and covering more of the stuff in the prequel comics first and the "flashback" stuff in Wizard and Glass, which is why Roland is like 12.

CopperTom · Post by **CopperTom** » Sat March 23, 2019 4:03 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:
CopperTom wrote:Does the TV series start with Book 1?
Apparently not. It looks like the show will begin with an "origin" story of Roland. It looks like they're going back and covering more of the stuff in the prequel comics first and the "flashback" stuff in Wizard and Glass, which is why Roland is like 12.

The flashback in Wizard &Glass is some of my favorite stuff. Graphic Novel stuff is meh. Some of it is covered in Book 1 anyway.

Post by **epilogue** » Sat March 23, 2019 4:22 pm

CopperTom wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
CopperTom wrote:Does the TV series start with Book 1?
Apparently not. It looks like the show will begin with an "origin" story of Roland. It looks like they're going back and covering more of the stuff in the prequel comics first and the "flashback" stuff in Wizard and Glass, which is why Roland is like 12.
The flashback in Wizard &Glass is some of my favorite stuff. Graphic Novel stuff is meh. Some of it is covered in Book 1 anyway.

Right. I just meant that this isn't going to be a straight adaptation of The Gunslinger and on. Apparently.

Post by **epilogue** » Sat May 18, 2019 1:57 am

Not strictly Dark Tower... but DT adjacent.

Just saw Hulu is doing an Eyes of the Dragon TV series.

wease · Post by **wease** » Sat May 18, 2019 3:41 am

Sweet!!

Post by **bune** » Sat May 18, 2019 7:26 am

What? Man, that might be cool.

CopperTom · Post by **CopperTom** » Sat May 18, 2019 7:06 pm

I don't know what that is.

wease · Post by **wease** » Sat May 18, 2019 7:28 pm

It was a sort of fairy tale precursor to the Gunslinger. Lots of familiar names and such. Highly recommended.

Post by **epilogue** » Sat May 18, 2019 7:30 pm

wease wrote:It was a sort of fairy tale precursor to the Gunslinger. Lots of familiar names and such. Highly recommended.

Exactly.

It's a classic YA fantasy novel that is sort of a soft origin to most of the themes fully explored in The Dark Tower series. King wrote it for his daughter. It's a lovely book and could absolutely lead to an amazing series.

wease · Post by **wease** » Sat May 18, 2019 7:33 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:
wease wrote:It was a sort of fairy tale precursor to the Gunslinger. Lots of familiar names and such. Highly recommended.
Exactly.

It's a classic YA fantasy novel that is sort of a soft origin to most of the themes fully explored in The Dark Tower series. King wrote it for his daughter. It's a lovely book and could absolutely lead to an amazing series.

I had no idea he wrote it for his daughter.

Post by **epilogue** » Sat May 18, 2019 7:39 pm

wease wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
wease wrote:It was a sort of fairy tale precursor to the Gunslinger. Lots of familiar names and such. Highly recommended.
Exactly.

It's a classic YA fantasy novel that is sort of a soft origin to most of the themes fully explored in The Dark Tower series. King wrote it for his daughter. It's a lovely book and could absolutely lead to an amazing series.
I had no idea he wrote it for his daughter.

Yep, yep. Naomi, I believe?

She didn't like his horror stuff. It was too scary for her and he asked her what she wanted to read. And he wrote it for her based on her response.

Post by **epilogue** » Sat May 18, 2019 7:39 pm

wease wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
wease wrote:It was a sort of fairy tale precursor to the Gunslinger. Lots of familiar names and such. Highly recommended.
Exactly.

It's a classic YA fantasy novel that is sort of a soft origin to most of the themes fully explored in The Dark Tower series. King wrote it for his daughter. It's a lovely book and could absolutely lead to an amazing series.
I had no idea he wrote it for his daughter.

Yep, yep. Naomi, I believe?

She didn't like his horror stuff. It was too scary for her and he asked her what she wanted to read. And he wrote it for her based on her response.

wease · Post by **wease** » Sat May 18, 2019 8:13 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:
wease wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
wease wrote:It was a sort of fairy tale precursor to the Gunslinger. Lots of familiar names and such. Highly recommended.
Exactly.

It's a classic YA fantasy novel that is sort of a soft origin to most of the themes fully explored in The Dark Tower series. King wrote it for his daughter. It's a lovely book and could absolutely lead to an amazing series.
I had no idea he wrote it for his daughter.
Yep, yep. Naomi, I believe?

She didn't like his horror stuff. It was too scary for her and he asked her what she wanted to read. And he wrote it for her based on her response.

That’s cool

Post by **bune** » Sun May 19, 2019 1:21 am

See, he's probably the only writer where if he has something to say in the foreword or afterword I'll actually read it...which is where that information is in the book.

wease · Post by **wease** » Sun May 19, 2019 1:51 am

bune wrote:See, he's probably the only writer where if he has something to say in the foreword or afterword I'll actually read it...which is where that information is in the book.

I must’ve just forgotten that, then. Of course it’s been every bit of 25 years since I read it.

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