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Le Saboteur posted:Arcel confirmed in his AMA like a week or two ago that Oy, Eddie and Susannah are all planned for the sequel. And that they've had a lot of discussions on how to write Detta with Roland being black now. Braver and more forward than I give them credit for. I seriously didn't expect that. Like in my opinion, The Drawing Of The Three would be one of the most complicated of the books in the series to adapt. It's all so... internal (literally in many cases). The narrative is very micro-focused compared to the serial adventure stylings of the The Gunslinger, even with the introduction of multiple timelines and dimensional doorways. Although I guess they'd probably just end up mashing it together with The Wastelands, realistically. Still. Good luck to them. Susannah is a frustrating character to read with modern eyes, but she definitely serves as the heart of the ka-tet in many ways, and gets some of the more badass moments in the series. I'd love to see her tossing oriza plates on the big screen some day, but I feel like it's gonna be a hell of a hike to ever get there.
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That AMA posted:In the movie, as in the first novel, he's distracted by The Man In Black and by revenge. One of the things I love about the theme of the novels is that Roland has to learn the right path in order to reach the Tower "correctly." We brought that more to the forefront of the film. quote:As I think it will be pretty obvious to the fans when they see the film, the whole Ka-tet is poised to meet in the next movie...if we're lucky enough to be able to make one. Okay, that's fair. My biggest worry was that this was a paint-by-numbers summer blockbuster (and, to be fair, it's still a major worry, looking at the previews), but at least what the guy's saying shows he's a fan and gave his adaptation some thought. Asbury fucked around with this message at 03:05 on Aug 3, 2017 |
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Embargo's up http://collider.com/the-dark-tower-review/#poster Collider: You Can't Do An Epic on the Cheap posted:It probably won’t please people who have waited decades to see The Dark Tower on the big screen, and it won’t please audiences who just want a fun fantasy action movie. It’s a film that just sits there, existing out of obligation because studio executives wanted a Dark Tower movie, but they didn’t want to give it the money or the creative freedom to leave an impact. http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2017/08/02/the-dark-tower-review quote:I've waited most of my life to see this story told onscreen, and figured I'd be willing to forgive...well, quite a lot! The one thing I didn't anticipate, though, was to feel so unmoved by the film, to flatline my way through scene after scene.
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Le Saboteur posted:Arcel confirmed in his AMA like a week or two ago that Oy, Eddie and Susannah are all planned for the sequel. And that they've had a lot of discussions on how to write Detta with Roland being black now. She could just call him an Uncle Tom or something.
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RCarr posted:Ahh the racist take, please go on... Between this and Lady Ghostbusters, Columbia/Sony seem to be doing a pretty good job using superficially progressive casting to get people to market their terrible blockbuster franchise-starters for them.
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https://twitter.com/mikeryan/status/892943514346151936 I'd say it'd be easier to just post the positive reviews but uhhhhhh 20 minutes of embargo being done and 0 of those yet
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Just watch a Jodorowsky film and listen to a few King Crimson albums and that will be a better adaptation of the books than this will be.
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well hey, at least we still have like ~4.5 pretty good books. They can't take that away from us As a side note, the relatively recent addition of alcohol to movie theaters means I can still look forward to seeing this film.
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Guy Mann posted:Between this and Lady Ghostbusters, Columbia/Sony seem to be doing a pretty good job using superficially progressive casting to get people to market their terrible blockbuster franchise-starters for them. This film is going to flop just like that Ghostbusters film did for being terrible.
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crime fighting hog posted:What I wanted: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly but with magic and portals. Watchmen literally has everything in the book but the squid and the changes make sense. You're looking at the wrong version. edit: the only changes were really adapting the book > comic books to movie > comic book movies. The fidelity is almost TOO much to be pointless if it wasn't commenting on movies as opposed to comics. Darko fucked around with this message at 06:25 on Aug 3, 2017 |
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Goddammit. Just look at my username and you can tell I'm a fan of this series. Just..poo poo. I was hoping they'd at least pretend to make something out of this.
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At least point, my only hope is that they don't cancel the TV series. I really think that might be good.
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gileadexile posted:Goddammit. Just look at my username and you can tell I'm a fan of this series. Just..poo poo. I was hoping they'd at least pretend to make something out of this. Wish in one hand, poo poo in the other, see which one fills up first. In all seriousness, these reviews are sad but not in the least bit surprising. Maybe they'll give it another go in a few years.
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gileadexile posted:Goddammit. Just look at my username and you can tell I'm a fan of this series. Just..poo poo. I was hoping they'd at least pretend to make something out of this. I don't remember any "Gile a Dexile"s in the Dark Tower but I only read the first two books.
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Darko posted:Watchmen literally has everything in the book but the squid and the changes make sense. You're looking at the wrong version. Eh. Not to go into a tangent, but the tone for the movie was super off in a lot of places. I really didn't need to see Rorschach doing Capoeria like Eddy Gordo.
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Saw this last night and the best praise I can give was that it was free. Never read the series and it definitely didn't do anything to make me want to read it by the end.
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They should of cast Ed Harris as The Man in Black and Viggo Mortensen as Roland. This is like the second worst tomatometer score this year... 
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Fart City posted:Eh. Not to go into a tangent, but the tone for the movie was super off in a lot of places. I really didn't need to see Rorschach doing Capoeria like Eddy Gordo. I feel like that's less a 'tone was off' than people who think that way really didn't think through all the implications of the depictions in the comics.
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Mantis42 posted:At least IT looks like a good Stephen King adaptation. Until they skip over the scene
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RedSpider posted:18% so far on RT lmfao One of my friends said when this looked like it was going to be poo poo last week "well, at least it can't possibly be worse than Dreamcatcher" Dreamcatcher has a 30%
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Omnikin posted:Until they skip over the scene What scene?
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Seaniqua posted:thankee sigh 
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I'm bummed for Elba, this seemed like a solid career move but I guess it didn't turn out that way.
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Rap Record Hoarder posted:I think people are underestimating how much old people LOVE anything with Stephen King's name on it. That'll put some asses in seats if nothing else. He hasn't written a better than average quality book since he stopped doing coke but that doesn't stop his books from selling A LOT. The latter day airplane read stuff he cranks out now does numbers. No way of knowing if that will translate to a decent opening for DT (doubt it). agree on every point here. Elba is okay but I really loving love Ali in anything he's in. Elba just comes off as bored in any clip I've seen. I didn't know how bad I needed Fichtner as Roland til you mentioned it.
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Oddly it actually sounds like the TV series is going ahead no matter what. If they're already this deep into production planning they'll probably at least give it one season to see if it has legs. https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/08/idris-elba-to-star-in-the-dark-tower-tv-series/
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Le Saboteur posted:Oddly it actually sounds like the TV series is going ahead no matter what. If they're already this deep into production planning they'll probably at least give it one season to see if it has legs. https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/08/idris-elba-to-star-in-the-dark-tower-tv-series/ Oh Jesus, THAT rear end in a top hat? Pack it in folks, show doesn't stand a chance.
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Well, it looks like my biggest fears are confirmed in the reviews: it's just boring. I had a feeling it was going to suck, but I was at least hoping it would suck with enthusiasm. I wanted The Lord Of The Rings, was willing to settle for Dune, but looks like I'll have to suffer through Eragon.
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I guess it was too much to hope for that the "Walking Dead showrunner" was going to be Darabont and not the other guy. Oh well. If DT doesn't do well in theaters I'd expect that Elba's agent will be smart enough to get him out of the TV show, same as the main actress from the Divergent series. Wizard & Glass doesn't even make sense with an adult Roland so God knows how they got SK to sign off on that. We'll probably never see the Drawing of the Three, but I still think that Steven Yeun as Eddie and Aubrey Plaza as Susannah would be a great casting (or Rutina Wesley, if they're determined to keep her Black and somehow get the characterization to work without offending half the planet).
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Rap Record Hoarder posted:I guess it was too much to hope for that the "Walking Dead showrunner" was going to be Darabont and not the other guy. Oh well. If DT doesn't do well in theaters I'd expect that Elba's agent will be smart enough to get him out of the TV show, same as the main actress from the Divergent series. Wizard & Glass doesn't even make sense with an adult Roland so God knows how they got SK to sign off on that. If I had to guess I imagine they'd use adult Roland in small scenes to kind of frame whats going on in the Wizard and Glass story.
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biracial bear for uncut posted:What scene? the child orgy
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The trailers looked so bad from the start. Like the glut of YA book movies we were getting. Not surprised by the bad reviews at all.
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drat it. I don't suppose the studio will draw the conclusion that the movie fails because it tried to play it too safe and bland.
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gileadexile posted:Oh Jesus, THAT rear end in a top hat? Pack it in folks, show doesn't stand a chance. Hey now. At least it's not Scott Buck.
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"Please fans while being a cool action movie for the general audience." When will that idea die a lonely death...
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