If I Wasn't Excited Before

"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit) 07/20/2017 at 14:57 • Filed to: the dark tower, dark tower, stephen king

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(I was) I sure am now! HOLY HELL THIS TRAILER.

Stapleface > Takuro Spirit 07/20/2017 at 15:13

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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 > Stapleface 07/20/2017 at 15:21

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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 > Takuro Spirit 07/20/2017 at 15:28

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Idris Elba, McConnaughey? I need not know anything else, I’m watching. In fact, I don’t want to know anything else!

JeepJeremy > Takuro Spirit 07/20/2017 at 15:29

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It looks awesome! I can’t wait!

Shane MacGowan's Teeth > Takuro Spirit 07/20/2017 at 17:19

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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 > Shane MacGowan's Teeth 07/20/2017 at 17:37

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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 > Takuro Spirit 07/20/2017 at 19:06

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Not who I would have imagined for Flagg... Hmm. Also not what I pictured Roland like. Poor Elba. First Allanon, now this

Takuro Spirit > AestheticsInMotion 07/20/2017 at 21:09

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McCaughanaheyahay looks more like my idea of Flagg/Walter than whoever that big chin’d dude in The Stand did.

AestheticsInMotion > Takuro Spirit 07/20/2017 at 21:15

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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 > AestheticsInMotion 07/20/2017 at 21:23

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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.