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Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Wed September 28, 2016 11:40 pm
by epilogue
I like the idea of ranking The Dark Tower as a series, bada. I should've done that.
Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Thu September 29, 2016 12:01 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Thu September 29, 2016 12:02 am
by epilogue
tragabigzanda wrote:Yea, I think that's fair. That's why I ranked Hearts in Atlantis, but excluded his other collections -- the five stories in HiA are interrelated.
AND connected to the Tower.
Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Thu September 29, 2016 10:07 am
by makeshift
Pretty sure I have read all his stuff except for revival, and the newest story collection. Hard to make a list without re-reading everything. These are at the top for me
The Talisman
Dark Tower
Dead Zone
eyes of the dragon
different seasons
night shift
the stand
skeleton crew
Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Sat October 29, 2016 11:16 pm
by CopperTom
Charlie the choo choo comes out 11/22.
Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Sat October 29, 2016 11:17 pm
by epilogue
I'm kinda bummed that they're doing a large run of this. I liked it as a little 125 copies (or whatever it was) thing that you had to get at Comic Con.
Still... It's cool. And I'm SURE I'll end up grabbing one.
Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Sun October 30, 2016 12:19 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Sun October 30, 2016 1:18 am
by BurtReynolds
Outside of On Writing, which is excellent, I don't think I really like Stephen King.
Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Sun October 30, 2016 1:20 am
by BurtReynolds
Oh, and Maximum Overdrive ,the movie, which is a goddamn masterpiece.
Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Sun October 30, 2016 9:58 am
by makeshift
tragabigzanda wrote:makeshift wrote:Pretty sure I have read all his stuff except for revival, and the newest story collection. Hard to make a list without re-reading everything. These are at the top for me
The Talisman
Dark Tower
Dead Zone
eyes of the dragon
different seasons
night shift
the stand
skeleton crew
Just saw this. As someone who's read every book, I wonder what you think of a few of the titles I've skipped. Are any of these worth checking out?
Rose Madder
Blaze
Firestarter
Dream Catcher
None of those I would classify as top-teir works. Rose Madder I have only read once (96?), but liked it. Blaze I had high hopes for, but was disappointed in the Lindbergh baby conceit, and the absolute pathetic nature of the narrator. Sad. Dreamcatcher is a blender book. Starts strong and goes way off the rails. "Tommyknockers 2." Firestarter I can hardly remember, the movie has corrupted my mind.
Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Mon October 31, 2016 5:28 pm
by bune
tragabigzanda wrote:makeshift wrote:Pretty sure I have read all his stuff except for revival, and the newest story collection. Hard to make a list without re-reading everything. These are at the top for me
The Talisman
Dark Tower
Dead Zone
eyes of the dragon
different seasons
night shift
the stand
skeleton crew
Just saw this. As someone who's read every book, I wonder what you think of a few of the titles I've skipped. Are any of these worth checking out?
Rose Madder
Blaze
Firestarter
Dream Catcher
Rose Madder is one that everyone seems to think his wife wrote. It's a good book to read once.
Blaze I feel bad about because that doesn't even ring a bell.
Firestarter is early so it's more raw in a lot of ways. The movie might be better?
Dreamcatcher is hard to read because of the amount of pain meds he was on. You can tell, it's an angry book.
Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Thu November 03, 2016 4:46 pm
by bune
Aw.Maybe it's for the best?
Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Thu November 03, 2016 7:29 pm
by epilogue
Yeah, I like this move.
Reading up on it... seems like this is all good news. The studio seems to like this movie more than they thought they would. So, take the time to get the FX right. Plus more time to market. Plus release in the middle of summer. Seems like the execs think they have a bonafide blockbuster on their hands.
Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Thu November 03, 2016 8:28 pm
by bune
Considering the marketing thus far has been very under-the-radar, I can only hope they get on the ball.
Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Thu November 03, 2016 8:38 pm
by epilogue
bune wrote:Considering the marketing thus far has been very under-the-radar, I can only hope they get on the ball.
I've loved the marketing so far. They're trying to keep the budget down. The marketing as been super viral and cheap. And it has a ready-made, built-in audience. This is nothing but good news.
Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Thu November 03, 2016 8:41 pm
by bune
I have ad blockers installed so most of the Internet advertising is lost on me. Which sucks because the little of that I have seen has been exciting.
Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Fri January 13, 2017 12:48 am
by epilogue
Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Fri January 13, 2017 4:11 am
by E.H. Ruddock
Great now I'm horny
Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Fri January 13, 2017 7:22 am
by Whitey McTeeth
Every time I see the subject title of this, my mind reads the Dork Tower. But not this time.
Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Fri January 13, 2017 7:27 am
by Whitey McTeeth
Is this anything like the one with the cemetery of pets? I always forget the name.
