All Things Serve The Beam…
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fishiefishy96 — 20 years ago(December 02, 2005 09:59 PM)
This is such a funny post. I heard about the comic series coming out in March released by Marvel; posted on Stephenking.com for more info. I can't wait, and wouldn't it be killer for directors like Tarantino and Rodriguez to team up again to bring us the DT films with the same genius vision as Sin City?
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zipzooka — 20 years ago(December 17, 2005 06:18 AM)
I honestly don't think there's any way they could do those books justice by bringing them to TV. They'd have to lose too many elements to make it "popular" with the networks.
I myself am currently reading through Book 7; The Dark Tower. Its been excellent so far, and I'm looking forward to seeing how it finishes (although one of the chapters is titled The Ka-Tet Breaks, so I'm expecting deaths). I'm currently up to the story about Brautigan before he joined Algul Siento. -
brightmidnight71 — 20 years ago(January 25, 2006 01:23 PM)
It could be an HBO mini-series. They wouldnt have to pull any punches, length and courting the popular demographics would not be a concern and HBO has a gift for getting great talent. Not to mention it would be a wonderful DVD package. I know they already have a western series with Deadwoodbut The Dark Tower isnt exactly a western. And they already have a perfect Roland on the payroll (please dont berate me too much for this) : Timothy Olyphant.
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andrewsmiled-1 — 18 years ago(July 04, 2007 07:51 PM)
This story will, as with all SK page to screen, lose a lot of its wonder and power. something is lost in translation. if something like this was produced it would be dissapointing, for me anyway. There is no way JJ Abrahams can put what i see in my mind and heart on the screen. He's good, but not that good
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mkee — 20 years ago(February 21, 2006 09:29 PM)
I could visualize a movie of 'the Gunslinger,' and worked a little bit on a adaptation back in a college class. I think it would be too difficult to make the whole series into movies and keep them on the same consistency as the books. Anyway-
I always thought Ray Liotta would make a good Roland. I like Johnny Depp for Walter/Flagg. I will have to think more about my ideal casting for DT1, postem later. -
adry_5 — 20 years ago(February 27, 2006 09:11 PM)
looking at the illustrations in "The Dark Tower" (book 7), I kinda thought the Artist might have been modeled at least in part on Johnny Depp (it's the mouth). I would definitely hope Depp would be in it somewhere. King mentioned B. B. Thornton as Roland, though he may have been kidding.
As for the amount of movie required, it seems a lot of the backstory (like 'Salem's Lot) could be briefly summarized, as it's already a book (& movie?) of its own. Just a sort of, "I'm Don Callahan," quick flashes of scenes from the Lot. & so forth with all the other tie-ins. I dunno, King said he's not anxious to put it to film. I'm going to get the comics, though.
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ManicAndMayhem — 20 years ago(March 02, 2006 09:38 AM)
I'm on the fifth book now, and I must say that I enjoyed the second book the most, and I'm finding the fifth book to deviate a bit from the style I grew to enjoy from the first four. Perhaps its because I read them back to back and its much easier to notice the dissimilarities in the writing style and the direction of the books.
In the meantime, I was also under the impression that a minisereies would do the series justice, although I'd go ahead and make it a full blown series with the first season having about 10-12 50 minute episodes for books 1 and 2, the second season having about 12 50 minute episodes for the 3rd and 4th books. And so fourth Really, the fourth book was alot longer than it needed to be. How many times did I have to read about charyou tree and the gunslingers counting stuff? Bah. -
mkee — 20 years ago(March 12, 2006 01:05 PM)
a sidenote of some intrest i was watching Tron on the tv today. I hadn't seen this movie since i rented it in like 1983 or 84. It was very entertaining. kinda brought me back to childhhood for a little bit. anyway, the characters ultimate goal was to journey to the dark tower, the nexus of this computer reality where the master control unit or whatever was controlling, beat the tower gaurdian, and then set the universe right again, the computer universe that is, and they had to ride the beams to get there. I thought that perhaps king may have been influenced by this disney epic? thoughts? opinions? anyone?
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andrewsmiled-1 — 18 years ago(July 13, 2007 06:41 PM)
ive been thingking about this for months, and (I hope they dont destroy this story by making a film) What if it was CGI?.No wouldnt work. I can see the wide sweeping landscape shots(desert, ocean, Mountains, you know what landscape is) anyway, ..
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speardog — 15 years ago(March 13, 2011 04:07 PM)
William Dafoe would be perfect as Flagg, so would Liam Neeson.
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