by "Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
Published 07/20/2017 at 14:57
by "Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
Published 07/20/2017 at 14:57
Tags: the dark tower
; dark tower
; stephen king
STARS: 2
(I was) I sure am now! HOLY HELL THIS TRAILER.
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"Stapleface" (patrickgruden)
07/20/2017 at 15:13, STARS: 0
I never read past The Waste Lands . But, two things.
Wasn’t the gunslinger a white guy? Not that it really matters to me, just always what I pictured in my head.
And didn’t he lose his hand in book two I think? Does he somehow get it back?
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
07/20/2017 at 15:21, STARS: 1
I actually STARTED on The Waste Lands, it was one of the first Stephen King books I read.
He was not said to be white per se, but the accompanying artwork in the books and being described as a mixture of Clint Eastwood and Stephen King himself has led the audience (including me) to think of him as a white dood.
He did lose a few fingers, yes, but (no spoilers) if you read to the end of the books you’ll see how this is a continuation of them, not a direct re-telling.
"Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs" (yowen)
07/20/2017 at 15:28, STARS: 0
Idris Elba, McConnaughey? I need not know anything else, I’m watching. In fact, I don’t want to know anything else!
"JeepJeremy" (jeepjeremy)
07/20/2017 at 15:29, STARS: 0
It looks awesome! I can’t wait!
"Shane MacGowan's Teeth" (shaneteeth)
07/20/2017 at 17:19, STARS: 0
Haha if you read the Drawing of the Three... he was definitely said to be a white guy. Like, a lot. Like, it’s a huge plot point.
I like Elba, so I have no issues with his casting, I’m just saying, in the books Roland was absolutely white.
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
07/20/2017 at 17:37, STARS: 0
I completely confused what I read in an interview with King yesterday with what Detta Walker screamed at him for half the damn book....
"AestheticsInMotion" (aestheticsinmotion)
07/20/2017 at 19:06, STARS: 0
Not who I would have imagined for Flagg... Hmm. Also not what I pictured Roland like. Poor Elba. First Allanon, now this
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
07/20/2017 at 21:09, STARS: 0
McCaughanaheyahay looks more like my idea of Flagg/Walter than whoever that big chin’d dude in The Stand did.
"AestheticsInMotion" (aestheticsinmotion)
07/20/2017 at 21:15, STARS: 0
I haven’t actually seen The Stand, just the book. Worth watching?
I think my issue is I knew of Walter from “Through the Eyes of the Dragon” so I always pictured him as an old school sinister dark wizard or something haha
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
07/20/2017 at 21:23, STARS: 0
Oh yeah. Its a bit early 90's cheese, and kinda PG since it was aired on TV, but still it does the book justice and Gary Sinise is amazing in anything he does.