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only way this doesn't suck is if it's a very faithful animated adaptation.
an HBO or SHO series would be pretty sweet, but i've always seen deschain as Viggo Mortenson, but i doubt he'd be down to do it. these books are very weird and beautiful, i think it'd be almost like that old show 'Carnivale'.
either way, it can't be treated like most of the stephen king tv miniseries. i loved 'the stand' and 'it', but even they are a little cheesy. some of the others are downright silly.
or a well done series on HBO or Showtime. Like they have proven.
My thought has always been that as you progress through the books that each setting is different and each story has their own feel to it. When we go back to Eddie's time/world/universe to pull him through the door we need someone who can direct the dirty grimy New York City that only the movies remember. But, I'd want to see someone else's vision for harvest time in Hambry where Roland meets Susan.
This has always lead me to believe a long, well done mini-series would be the way to go. Maybe after LOST these guys will see that too.
How many hours should this whole project be? 19 one hour episodes too obvious?
Have you read the series? There's a significance with 19.
And let's face it, the only good King movies are those that aren't horror/fantasy - The Body, Shawshank Redemption, Misery, etc. IT? Great book, bad movie. The Stand? Great book, verrrry bad movie.The Shining? Thank god for Kubrick, who changed so much around that the movie barely resembled the book.
Look, King's work has sucked ever since his accident.
I love The Dark Tower with all my heart and stand by the series.
aaaandd...live action adaptations of king's work do tend to suck. the comics are good.
therefore...if it ain't gonna suck like the stand miniseries make it an animated series on hbo or animated movies. get the guy who did tekkonkinkreet...could be great.
The reason the books are so dense is that there is a lot of description etc, the plot contained therein could easily be just six movies. Especially with the current trend of the average movie being two or more hours long.
This would be great as a movie, someone who is a super fan of the book series needs to direct, and to it right. Just like LOTR. There is no need to make each book its own movie. The entire thing could probably be made a trilogy.
I'm psyched!
gotta be animated.
or else shia will be eddie and hugh jackman will be roland and that would be gross.
Have a little faith. While The Dark Tower isn't nearly as hyped or popular as the Harry Potter series, the hype it drums up while a new film is written, filmed, and released would be considerable. Especially if a notable director like JJ Abrams is attached to it.
Plus, the first book - The Gunslinger - has a pretty kick ass title. If that doesn't draw people to the movie, nothing will!
Whatever happens, I hope they don't bunk it up, and the books finally get the recognition they deserve!
I think this would only work well as feature films. Granted, like people have said, and HBO series would probably be OK, but I don't want to see it anywhere other than the big screen.
When LOTR came out I thought that Viggo Mortensen would be a good Roland, but I don't want to see him typecast anymore.
Also, if the movies would be made, they should make 6 instead of 7. There's no way that the first book alone would be able to capture non-readers into wanting more. It's too slow.
But I think it could be done. Editing and cutting would be necessary in order to make it fluid enough, again, for non-readers.
And did anyone see No Country for Old Men in theaters (I know, it's such a small film I doubt anyone did haha), but those shots of the desert on the big screen were to DIE FOR. I saw them and went "this is the Dark Tower." That's what made me determined to see it on the big screen.
still think it should be animated.
if it's done right animation can have just as much emotional weight to it as live action. but yeah no beowolf style please.
You need to get an actor that you'd never expect. Like how I never thought that Josh Brolin would be so awesome in No Country for Old Men but he totally pulled it off. For a second I was thinking "Maybe HE could be Roland" but then I realized that, like Viggo and Hugh, he's done that role, so he can't do it again.
I can't think of anyone off of the top of my head, but I'm sure any casting people could come up with someone unexpected.
That's what I want. Someone UN-expected.
That's what i think.
- Izi
HBO puts on amazing series based off of books. They are helmed by big names, and are well done.
Think Band of Brothers and John Adams.
Do a book or two a season.
there will be water if god wills it
I think there should be a mix of well known actors with new actors as well, the actor who played jesus in passion was unknown and did quite well. he might be a good roland. While I think it would make for a very interesting watch, I dont think that animation is the way to go, it just does not capture the human feeling; however better that then not to be created, or even worse only partly finished.
for those of you who suggested eastwood as roland, its too obvious, and he is much too old, it would be interesting to see who they would be choosing for the main actors. to put a face and voice with the image many of us have created ourselves. at the time i agree that i pictured an eastwood as roland, but to put some perspective on this i also pictured cory feildman as jake. But this was more than 20 years ago.
If it was a show it would have to be on a network that would let it get bloody and let it do six or seven seasons.
I've often wondered how they could pull off a lot of things in those books. Like Suzanna riding in the sling on Eddies back? That would look rediculous, actually it sounds rediculous too.
People with animal heads? That could be either really cool or super cheesy.
The Gunslinger running around present time New York would be kind of dumb if not approached right.
And they just need to completely eliminate the whole Stephen King cameo, that was just a stupid idea from the start.
Oh, and Eastwood HAS to be in the film, too... i dont care whom he plays.
Adam Baldwin is a possibility, if he grew his hair and had blue contacts made, but I doubt even he could pull it off.
There is a character from the Ka-Tet that no-one has mentioned at all. Who would voice Oy? Oy is as much a part of the Ka-Tet as Jake, Eddie or Odetta. The billy bumbler gives his life more than once for those he loves... he deserves to be voiced by someone who understands TDT and Jake and Oy's special relationship.
Brendan Sexton could be a possibility for the part of Eddie, as could the young guy from the movie Constantine.
Stand and be true.
Oh Roland , Roland where are thee ???
In all seriousness there should be a "fan campaign" to get this project on HBO. I'd love to see Roland on the big screen, but they would chop too much out to get it into feature films.