Yeah. Though with the advances made in TV lately I think it would be better suited there than on the big screen. But hey, we're getting a DT movie and I'm chuffed as hell.
Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Thu May 04, 2017 8:00 pm
by epilogue
stip wrote:for those of you who are big fans of the books, did they ever strike you as particularly filmable?
Absolutely.
Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Thu May 04, 2017 8:00 pm
by epilogue
bune wrote:Yeah. Though with the advances made in TV lately I think it would be better suited there than on the big screen. But hey, we're getting a DT movie and I'm chuffed as hell.
My thoughts exactly.
Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Thu May 04, 2017 8:03 pm
by wease
durdencommatyler wrote:
stip wrote:for those of you who are big fans of the books, did they ever strike you as particularly filmable?
Absolutely.
Very much so. I saw them as a very long tv series. Like a season or two per book.
Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Thu May 04, 2017 11:07 pm
by epilogue
wease wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
stip wrote:for those of you who are big fans of the books, did they ever strike you as particularly filmable?
Absolutely.
Very much so. I saw them as a very long tv series. Like a season or two per book.
I always thought books one and two were one 10 episode season. Then each book got it's own season beyond that. Include The Sisters of Elyria and The Wind Through the Keyhole and you have 7 total seasons of The Dark Tower. Each season 10-13 episodes.
Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Thu May 04, 2017 11:10 pm
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 May 04, 2017 11:27 pm
by epilogue
tragabigzanda wrote:Really want to finish my short stack of work-related books so I can dive into the Mercedes Trilogy. Hopefully by July.
The Mercedes Trilogy is a lot of fun. I'm excited for you to get into it.
Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Thu May 04, 2017 11:29 pm
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 May 04, 2017 11:30 pm
by epilogue
tragabigzanda wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Really want to finish my short stack of work-related books so I can dive into the Mercedes Trilogy. Hopefully by July.
The Mercedes Trilogy is a lot of fun. I'm excited for you to get into it.
I get the sense each book sort of has its own vibe? Does each one flow well into the next?
Yes and no. They build on each other. Each has it's own tone, for sure. But each subsequent book is enhanced by the previous. It's a true "trilogy" in the purest sense of the word. And it builds toward some epic Stephen King-ness.
I heard that there’s also a TV show in the works? What’s that about?
So, we’re not only getting the film, but a TV series. Word broke about that last September, and the show is going to be designed to flesh out this pretty epic story that they’re telling. Apparently, it’ll include Idris Elba (who’s playing Roland in the movie), and it’ll explore his backstory a bit. It’ll be based a bit on The Gunslinger, and it’ll have parts of the fourth book, Wizard and Glass. So, in some ways, it looks like it’ll be an actual adaptation of the novels, whereas the film is a continuation of that.
I kind of doubt they're going to do actual adaptations. I mean, the whole "last time around" thing to me meant he's done the same things over and over, changing himself and situations slightly each time until he's finally learned something. So the story and actions are the same but not the same.
Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 9:07 pm
by epilogue
I'd be all about a young Roland series that draws from the graphic novels and Wizard and Glass. That would be outstanding.
Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Sat May 06, 2017 12:02 pm
by CopperTom
durdencommatyler wrote:I'd be all about a young Roland series that draws from the graphic novels and Wizard and Glass. That would be outstanding.
Maybe I haven't had enough coffee yet... but... what?
Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Wed June 07, 2017 2:02 pm
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: Wed June 07, 2017 2:05 pm
by epilogue
Ah. See, that's the down side of using this Dark Tower thread as a Stephen King catch-all.
I'm sorry bada I don't know. I've not read that story.
Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower
Posted: Wed June 07, 2017 2:10 pm
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: Wed June 07, 2017 2:41 pm
by epilogue
tragabigzanda wrote:I like using this thread for all things King, because it feels like a clever acknowledgement that many of his other stories are connected to the Tower.
Well, that's certainly one of the up sides, sure. And probably the main reason why I haven't started any kind of real campaign to stop it. Ultimately, I dig it. But it does have down sides.
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