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He was originally scheduled for the part of Roland Deschain (see my avatar), before they completely annihilated the script. They ended up casting Idris Elba, who could have possibly been fine if they hadn't veered off so drastically.

Bardem would have been better, in my opinion, but Elba could have pulled it off. That King allowed such a drastic rewrite surprised and disappointed me (but he's often disappointed me). I knew they'd NEVER be able to turn 3000+ pages into a movie, and wish they had never tried. It sullied the name, The Dark Tower, forever.

SUCH a brilliant piece of written work, turned into shambles by idiots-who-know-better in Hollywood.


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I never saw that movie front to end. The pieces I saw weren’t working for me so I never took the time to watch it.

And yes , Hollywood is great for wrecking stuff. Especially movies based on real stories. You always find out later they have little to do with the real story. Like the remake of Midway. Not one single mention of Dusty Kleiss the dive bomber pilot who was credited with two direct hits on Japanese carriers and another hit on a destroyer. The Battle of Midway had more to do with winning the war against Japan than any other battle and Hollywood left out the main character. That would be like making a Gandhi movie without mentioning Gandhi.

 

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I never saw that movie front to end. The pieces I saw weren’t working for me so I never took the time to watch it.

It was atrocious and I couldn't get through it either. Other than the name, it bore very little resemblance to the story.

They even saw fit to add aliens, for reasons I'll NEVER understand (smh). M. Knight's Signs, it was NOT

 

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It was atrocious and I couldn't get through it either. Other than the name, it bore very little resemblance to the story.

They even saw fit to add aliens, for reasons I'll NEVER understand (smh). M. Knight's Signs, it was NOT

Would you rather watch Barbie?

 

[DPLongo22]

Would you rather watch Barbie?

I've never seen it so I can't honestly say. At least it wouldn't disappoint me nearly as much as the POS excuse for The Gunslinger.

So, why not!

"Come on, Barbie, let's go party..."

 

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I've never seen it so I can't honestly say. At least it wouldn't disappoint me nearly as much as the POS excuse for The Gunslinger.

So, why not!

"Come on, Barbie, let's go party..."

Nope. Wont watch it. I vowed not to watch any Barbie crap and I’m sticking to it. Lol

 

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Nope. Wont watch it. I vowed not to watch any Barbie crap and I’m sticking to it. Lol

I’ll watch Baby Shark before Barbie.

 

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My hat is off to all the mommies who had to sit thru the endless playing of baby shark without losing their minds or committing child abuse. These mommies deserve some kind of award.

 

[DPLongo22]

Nope. Wont watch it. I vowed not to watch any Barbie crap and I’m sticking to it. Lol

I highly doubt I'll be watching it either. I don't think I'm their target demographic (any more than you are).

But even LESS likely to EVER venture into the screen adaptation of Roland EVER again. Exactly ZERO readers were surprised when King admitted that he had totally pictured young Clint Eastwood when he wrote it. Every single person I know who has read it said that they had the exact same mental picture. His descriptions made it almost impossible NOT to picture Clint. Physically, personality, the whole bit.

Plus, a storyline woven together SO WELL that I actually read the hardcover versions (which I NEVER do), and couldn't WAIT for the next installments (seven books in all). The last book alone was over 800 pages, and I read THAT one in hardcover too.

He later added an eigth book, oddly woven in between 4 and 5, or maybe 5 & 6. Strangely enough, it actually worked.

In comparison, Tolkien's Lord of the Rings (which I read through twice too) was only about 1/3 of the length. There's NO WAY to make Dark Tower into movies. WAY too long, and WAY too obscure. I was against it from Jump, and KNEW it would NEVER work.

There were NO effin' aliens either, just for the record.

 

[DPLongo22]

I’ll watch Baby Shark before Barbie.

LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!

 

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I highly doubt I'll be watching it either. I don't think I'm their target demographic (any more than you are).

But even LESS likely to EVER venture into the screen adaptation of Roland EVER again. Exactly ZERO readers were surprised when King admitted that he had totally pictured young Clint Eastwood when he wrote it. Every single person I know who has read it said that they had the exact same mental picture. His descriptions made it almost impossible NOT to picture Clint. Physically, personality, the whole bit.

Plus, a storyline woven together SO WELL that I actually read the hardcover versions (which I NEVER do), and couldn't WAIT for the next installments (seven books in all). The last book alone was over 800 pages, and I read THAT one in hardcover too.

He later added an eigth book, oddly woven in between 4 and 5, or maybe 5 & 6. Strangely enough, it actually worked.

In comparison, Tolkien's Lord of the Rings (which I read through twice too) was only about 1/3 of the length. There's NO WAY to make Dark Tower into movies. WAY too long, and WAY too obscure. I was against it from Jump, and KNEW it would NEVER work.

There were NO effin' aliens either, just for the record.

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Good point. It took 10 hours of movie to do LOTRs. I thought it came out exceptionally well but I can’t imagine something 3x longer. No one can make sequels work that long.

 

[DPLongo22]

Good point. It took 10 hours of movie to do LOTRs. I thought it came out exceptionally well but I can’t imagine something 3x longer. No one can make sequels work that long.

As @Katdarling might say, "Eggs-ACTLY!"

 

[Sir Kadly]

No one can make sequels work that long.

How many hours worth of Avengers related movies have there been now?
But, as someone who has never read the Dark Tower books (partly because I haven't read much Stephen King and from what I understand there are numerous references to his other books in the Dark Tower series) I would agree it is virtually impossible to keep a movie series going long enough to do justice to a series of books that, combined, contain thousands of pages.

 

[Sir Kadly]

There's NO WAY to make Dark Tower into movies. WAY too long, and WAY too obscure. I was against it from Jump, and KNEW it would NEVER work.

As I indicated, I never read the books. But I was interested in seeing the movie. I think I made it through about 15 minutes before I decided it wasn't worth my time. I'm glad to know it has little connection to the books,

 

[Katdarling]

As @Katdarling might say, "Eggs-ACTLY!"

 

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How many hours worth of Avengers related movies have there been now?
But, as someone who has never read the Dark Tower books (partly because I haven't read much Stephen King and from what I understand there are numerous references to his other books in the Dark Tower series) I would agree it is virtually impossible to keep a movie series going long enough to do justice to a series of books that, combined, contain thousands of pages.

Hollywood has gone lazy the last 30 years. Most movies these days are sequels, prequels, remakes, comic book takeoffs, or special effects computer creations. Creativity is gone. Not seeing much original material with acting, dialogue, interesting characters, and compelling stories.

 

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My hat is off to all the mommies who had to sit thru the endless playing of baby shark without losing their minds or committing child abuse. These mommies deserve some kind of award.

Don't forget the grammies who sat through it, me included as well as blues clues.

And after I survived all the earlier stuff with my dd and older gd: power rangers, the doodlebops, The Pokey Little Puppy (argh) and Babes in Toyland (I knew every line of that movie).

 

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