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hi im new here and this is my first post pls dont yell at me SPOILER WARNING FOR THE DARK TOWER BOOKS so the dark tower series -- which is kind of the connecting hub of all Stephen King's books, even if the connections are small -- ends with main character Roland reaching the dark tower and getting to the top and it's just a big reset, sending him back to the beginning of his quest.  The problem is he didn't have a magical thing called the Horn of Eld because he lost it on a battlefield when he was young. So he couldn't blow it when he reached the tower and it hosed up his quest. the books end with him back where he started but with one key difference -- he has the horn this time for some reason. I guess it was king's way to give the reader hope that maybe this time things will be different for roland. the upcoming movies aren't an adaption. The filmmakers say they're a continuation of the story -- starting with roland reset to the beginning of his quest and he has his horn and everything.   these movies are going to be the real ending to stephen king's dark tower books, which is good because he doesn't know how to end books talk about the dark tower books and the movies in this thread and how stephen king is the best writer ever or an absolute hack or whatever.     also yes i am a fat retarded virgin why do you ask?? a misanthrope fucked around with this message at 12:41 on Dec 3, 2016 |
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How was the first book so good and the rest so bad? I hope they deviate from the series A LOT, which it sounds like they will. That said, Idris Elba as Roland 
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Dec 2, 2016 09:33
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Dec 2, 2016 09:34
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A misanthrope posted:which is good because he doesn't know how to end books Amen to that. Stephen King's "you will never know the real answer to the mystery but here's what the characters think the answer is!" schtick got old a long time ago.
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Dec 2, 2016 09:36
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A misanthrope posted:hi im new here and this is my first post pls dont yell at me Whoa! Should spoiler tag this whole OP, OP. And should also mention "56k get out" in the thread title too IMO
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Dec 2, 2016 09:36
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Pawn 17 posted:How was the first book so good and the rest so bad? I hope they deviate from the series A LOT. i thought the first three were great and then it turns into a real poo poo show for sure and yeah it's perfect casting. watch him talk about roland's accent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjRGD1886P0
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Dec 2, 2016 09:37
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did the tower turn roland into a black dude? is that why it's called the dark tower?
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Dec 2, 2016 09:38
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Xtra Innings Lovin posted:Whoa! Should spoiler tag this whole OP, OP. And should also mention "56k get out" in the thread title too IMO i told you i was new i never even heard of this place before whats's a goatse anyway? you crazy gooms
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Dec 2, 2016 09:37
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Pawn 17 posted:How was the first book so good and the rest so bad? I hope they deviate from the series A LOT. One of those motherfuckers is just a flashback. The whole book. It starts with Roland being all "hey let me tell a story" and then there's a couple pages at the back wrapping up the big cliffhanger predicament the book started with them in, and the rest is just a big dumb flashback. Here let me save you the trouble: the only cool part is he blinds a dude with a bird. Idris Elba is looking loving dope though, extremely good choice. Not sure about the man in black, but Elba's gonna poo poo all over this thing.
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Dec 2, 2016 09:38
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A misanthrope posted:i told you i was new i never even heard of this place before whats's a goatse anyway? Yeah, Uh, I'm pretty new here too. I just found this site a few weeks ago
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Dec 2, 2016 09:40
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i'm so loving hard for matthew mcconaughey as the man in black that my trouser-tent is passing from "social embarrassment" to "medical concern"
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Dec 2, 2016 09:40
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Hey I'm gonna write every Stephen king book ever and call it "the lost boys" 
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Dec 2, 2016 09:40
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Das Butterbrot posted:did the tower turn roland into a black dude? is that why it's called the dark tower? if its a choice between roland being idris elba and roland looking like stephen king, which would you prefer?  
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Dec 2, 2016 09:44
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CJacobs posted:Amen to that. Stephen King's "you will never know the real answer to the mystery but here's what the characters think the answer is!" schtick got old a long time ago.  still, at least he didn't end the dark tower books with a preteen gangbang in a sewer
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Dec 2, 2016 09:46
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A misanthrope posted:if its a choice between roland being idris elba and roland looking like stephen king, which would you prefer? Whoa is it a cyoa? 
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Dec 2, 2016 09:47
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didn't read a word, op, but do you happen to be a fat retarded virgin?
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Dec 2, 2016 09:53
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Nefarious 2.0 posted:didn't read a word, op, but do you happen to be a fat retarded virgin? yes i have down syndrome + diabetes and the gout
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Dec 2, 2016 09:55
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man the dark tower book series is the exact definition of a book series that "sounds actually kind of cool but would actually be stupid as gently caress to spend any amount of time reading" So I am happy they are making a movie.
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Dec 2, 2016 09:56
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A misanthrope posted:yes i have down syndrome + diabetes and the gout excellent. see you at home
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Dec 2, 2016 09:56
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It's way far up the chain with such esteemed series as "Dune" and "A Song of Fire and Ice" in terms of things I'd rather have people act out in front of me rather than read
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Dec 2, 2016 09:57
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luv 2 date boys posted:man the dark tower book series is the exact definition of a book series that "sounds actually kind of cool but would actually be stupid as gently caress to spend any amount of time reading" I feel this way about Stephen King in general. His books have real cool concepts but reading them makes me sad. Meanwhile, the movies based on his books are usually pretty good and do not make me sad.
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Dec 2, 2016 09:58
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i can't read
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Dec 2, 2016 10:00
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luv 2 date boys posted:man the dark tower book series is the exact definition of a book series that "sounds actually kind of cool but would actually be stupid as gently caress to spend any amount of time reading" its a big, glorious mess. like all of king's writing, some of it is the most imaginative and exciting and heartbreaking poo poo you could ever read but then robots that look like doctor doom ride out of the cornfields and throw exploding sneetches at people
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Dec 2, 2016 10:01
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ClamdestineBoyster posted:Whoa is it a cyoa? uh oh you picked the stephen king roland  you got hit by a car and now that is all you talk about. game over 
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Dec 2, 2016 10:06
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Yeah Dark Tower is a total mess but it's got some fantastic ideas and characters. On the whole I don't regret reading it. Not even lightsaber wielding Dr doom.
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Dec 2, 2016 10:08
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A misanthrope posted:its a big, glorious mess. like all of king's writing, some of it is the most imaginative and exciting and heartbreaking poo poo you could ever read but then robots that look like doctor doom ride out of the cornfields and throw exploding sneetches at people I tend to agree with you here. I'm a fan of king's works and all, but I've always appreciated what people do with his works in film and tv. Sure I've read "It" and "The Shining" and they were good. The movies brought it to life in a way King never really did in his books. They deviated from the story, sure, but they took it in another direction that he even did in the original stories. For example, I loved the movie ending to "The Mist" way more than the book ending, and I think it's a great example of a writer or artist having his/her legacy bolstered by the derivatives of his/her works.
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Dec 2, 2016 10:13
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What will the crazy black girl who is afraid of white guys hate now that roland is black?
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Dec 2, 2016 10:14
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Das Butterbrot posted:did the tower turn roland into a black dude? is that why it's called the dark tower? There's a dick joke in there somewhere
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Dec 2, 2016 10:14
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Razakai posted:Yeah Dark Tower is a total mess but it's got some fantastic ideas and characters. On the whole I don't regret reading it. Not even lightsaber wielding Dr doom. that's why it's smart this this is a continuation instead of an adaption. nerds complain when adaptions aren't 100% faithful -- even down to the retarded dr doom bots. but with this the filmmakers can go "hey it's a new timeline things are going slightly differently" i hope they keep Oy and Father Callahan. I still think it's cool as poo poo that the priest from Jerusalem's Lot becomes a main character and kills the poo poo out of some vampires also Oy won't die. he can't die it wont happen this time oh god 
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Dec 2, 2016 10:15
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Hopefully the lawyers will veto all the Harry Potter poo poo with extreme prejudice too.
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Dec 2, 2016 10:20
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Universe Master posted:What will the crazy black girl who is afraid of white guys hate now that roland is black? i saw reddit racist dudes were trying to say changing roland's race means changing some kind of major character dynamic, but odetta's "honkey mahfah" kill whitey poo poo wasn't that big of a part of the story anyway. maybe now she can start a BLM movement with Roland and they will feed Eddie to the lobstrosities
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Dec 2, 2016 10:21
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A misanthrope posted:uh oh you picked the stephen king roland I think you're thinking of that book "misery" where that guy just goes "ohhhhh it's misery!" the whole time.
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Dec 2, 2016 10:23
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A misanthrope posted:but odetta's "honkey mahfah" kill whitey poo poo wasn't that big of a part of the story anyway. Oh yeah, that's another part that will hopefully gently caress right off
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Dec 2, 2016 10:24
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DoctorTristan posted:Hopefully the lawyers will veto all the Harry Potter poo poo with extreme prejudice too. the only way they wouldn't is if the same film studio owns rights to both properties -- and Harry Potter is Warner Bros. and Dark Tower is Columbia Pictures. Dumb Harry Potter poo poo is going out the window for sure. ClamdestineBoyster posted:I think you're thinking of that book "misery" where that guy just goes "ohhhhh it's misery!" the whole time. See? He was slipping that loving accident into his fiction before it even happened btw, Misery is in my top 5 favorite movies of all time. Talk about an adaption that blows the source material away a misanthrope fucked around with this message at 10:26 on Dec 2, 2016 |
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Dec 2, 2016 10:24
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Nefarious 2.0 posted:i can't read The audiobooks are REALLY good. Blazing Ownager posted:There's a dick joke in there somewhere My Rorschach results attest otherwise :bigtran: After all, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, and a Dark Tower is just a fully erect cigar. 
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Dec 2, 2016 10:29
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luv 2 date boys posted:I tend to agree with you here. I'm a fan of king's works and all, but I've always appreciated what people do with his works in film and tv. what a coincidence! this is the second time i've posted this gif in GBS today  the mist is so loving good. love that uplifting ending and so does King. it's one of the rare times he admitted a movie change made to one of his stories was actually better than what he came up with. also, everyone left the theater in such a good mood! real feel-good moment of the summer. if you guys haven't seen it don't read any spoilers. just grab your parents and your kids and your spouse and sit down for some heartwarming family entertainment a misanthrope fucked around with this message at 10:32 on Dec 2, 2016 |
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Dec 2, 2016 10:30
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Omg these towers are so... dark. 
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Dec 2, 2016 10:31
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So is that Balazar or Sayre? The problem with a TV series is that they'll lose how loving weird and self-referential the writing was, and the sense that all of the characters stepped out of reality when they left their real lives
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Dec 2, 2016 10:31
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The British version did a pretty odd rendition but it somehow worked: 
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A misanthrope posted:it's one of the rare times he admitted a movie change made to one of his stories was actually better than what he came up with What? King is such a gushing fanboy of any movie based on his stuff that I find this weird... as far as I remember the only movie he didn't like was The Shining, and that's the best one Anyway, really excited about IE being Roland, I have every confidence in MM doing a good job even though his character looks lovely
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