Dr. Narcisse
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For readers of the books....what exactly are we missing at the beginning
THE DARK TOWER - (Official Thread)
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I just finished reading The Gunslinger last week. I didn't really like it because it was confusing as fukk. There were too many jumps in time and the characters were confusing because King didn't introduce them properly. On top of it, they were comparing characters from Roland's past to the ones he's with currently. The beginning of the story just sort of introduces Roland chasing the Man in Black to get to the Dark Tower and introduces the world. It wouldn't really translate very well to a 2-3 hour movie, in my opinion.
I really don't have a desire to finish reading the series, but if the movie is pretty good - I might try
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I just finished reading The Gunslinger last week. I didn't really like it because it was confusing as fukk. There were too many jumps in time and the characters were confusing because King didn't introduce them properly. On top of it, they were comparing characters from Roland's past to the ones he's with currently. The beginning of the story just sort of introduces Roland chasing the Man in Black to get to the Dark Tower and introduces the world. It wouldn't really translate very well to a 2-3 hour movie, in my opinion.
I really don't have a desire to finish reading the series, but if the movie is pretty good - I might try
I tried reading it years back when I was on a Stephen King tip. Couldn't really get into it cause its real abstract. Hopefully the movie will be a bit more straightforward.
I read 11/22/63 and enjoyed it. It took me awhile to get into that story though, but once it got going - it was good. I just don't think I'm a Stephen King fan. He's really all over the place with his writing for my liking.
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Cool but that wasn't confirmed until now and I'm pretty sure you edited the title with the new info because it didn't pop off in similar thread when I made the thread. Whatever.
Mods can merge it
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Oh shyt 
That book series was ill, but why not start from the beginning
That book series was ill, but why not start from the beginning
Poetical Poltergeist
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I remember that book laying around the crib when I was a kid. When I got old enough I started to read it but shot was too fukking hard to follow tried again in high school and I still had trouble getting into that book. King is on some other shyt with the dark tower, I prefer is horror and short stories.I just finished reading The Gunslinger last week. I didn't really like it because it was confusing as fukk. There were too many jumps in time and the characters were confusing because King didn't introduce them properly. On top of it, they were comparing characters from Roland's past to the ones he's with currently. The beginning of the story just sort of introduces Roland chasing the Man in Black to get to the Dark Tower and introduces the world. It wouldn't really translate very well to a 2-3 hour movie, in my opinion.
I really don't have a desire to finish reading the series, but if the movie is pretty good - I might try
I only added the McConaughey part. I always had the Idris part in my thread. And it was confirmed awhile ago, it's just most people didn't notice until King sent that tweet.
I just finished reading The Gunslinger last week. I didn't really like it because it was confusing as fukk. There were too many jumps in time and the characters were confusing because King didn't introduce them properly. On top of it, they were comparing characters from Roland's past to the ones he's with currently. The beginning of the story just sort of introduces Roland chasing the Man in Black to get to the Dark Tower and introduces the world. It wouldn't really translate very well to a 2-3 hour movie, in my opinion.
I really don't have a desire to finish reading the series, but if the movie is pretty good - I might try
Yeah, I'll admit it's really not friendly to the newcomer (to the story, I mean).
I said this in the other thread: It's very disjointled. He started writing it in college then put it down until the early 80s and it shows.
The next book is a bit smoother (The Drawing of the Three), but it still focuses on 4 characters in edit *3 different American time periods.
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Honestly, they're prolly gonna skip Roland walking across the desert while smoking handrolled cigarettes and waxing poetical.
there's no way they're gonna skip past the sheer wholesale fukkery of that first town.
i couldn't finish the first book.... there was so many shyt Roland was doing but king was not saying how and why he was doing those things.
But i liked the western/fantasy theme. I cant wait for the movie. I still don't know how they will turn 8 books into a movie
But i liked the western/fantasy theme. I cant wait for the movie. I still don't know how they will turn 8 books into a movie