Stephen King's The Dark Tower - (2017, D: Arcel) S: Elba, McConaughey
05-03-17, 08:16 PM
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Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower - (2017, D: Arcel) S: Elba, McConaughey
I always envisioned the books working better as a series on HBO or Netflix or something personally. I only read the first two books years back though. I liked them but I just don't make enough time for reading and just stopped.
05-03-17, 09:40 PM
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Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower - (2017, D: Arcel) S: Elba, McConaughey
Originally Posted by B.A.
I've never read the books.
Looks great to me.
Idris Elba is the man.
Looks great to me.
Idris Elba is the man.
05-03-17, 11:58 PM
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Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower - (2017, D: Arcel) S: Elba, McConaughey
Trailer didn't do much for me. Then again I pretty much checked out when it was announced that Akiva Goldsman was writing the screenplay as he's barely managed to rub together 2 good movies in 25 years. None of the other writers inspire much confidence either.
05-04-17, 08:39 AM
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Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower - (2017, D: Arcel) S: Elba, McConaughey
Originally Posted by Sean O'Hara
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Originally Posted by Abob Teff
The second book was significantly split between our world and Roland's.
I don't think it would be difficult to do a fairly faithful adaptation. I do like the concept of this being a "different time around" since the books do lead to a Sisyphusian tale. I think they should have stuck with the first few books faithfully and strayed as the later books work themselves into pop-culture references. That would be more true to the idea that this has happened before and will happen again until Roland "gets it right".
I don't think it would be difficult to do a fairly faithful adaptation. I do like the concept of this being a "different time around" since the books do lead to a Sisyphusian tale. I think they should have stuck with the first few books faithfully and strayed as the later books work themselves into pop-culture references. That would be more true to the idea that this has happened before and will happen again until Roland "gets it right".
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Originally Posted by Abob Teff
I'm with you. I'm looking forward to this and will be there opening weekend, but this does not appear to be what I wanted as a fan. This is a story based on characters created by Stephen King. It appears as if everything that made the books special will be cut or turned into a degraded copy of a copy of itself.
Originally Posted by B.A.
Should the casting have been reversed?
07-04-17, 11:44 AM
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Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower - (2017, D: Arcel) S: Elba, McConaughey
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't we have a poster here who refused to see anything that was under 2 hours?
07-04-17, 12:46 PM
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Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower - (2017, D: Arcel) S: Elba, McConaughey
Originally Posted by TheMovieman
According to this site, the runtime of the version currently being screened is... 85 minutes.
07-04-17, 01:41 PM
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Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower - (2017, D: Arcel) S: Elba, McConaughey
Wow, going from the most ambitious Hollywood project ever (movie + tv series + movie + tv series) to a single hour and twenty minute film.
Alrighty then.
Alrighty then.
07-04-17, 01:56 PM
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Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower - (2017, D: Arcel) S: Elba, McConaughey
85 minutes? Wow, this was screaming to be at least 2 hours.
I'm all for short and to the point, but that seems unusually short for a genre movie like this.
I'm all for short and to the point, but that seems unusually short for a genre movie like this.
07-04-17, 02:20 PM
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Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower - (2017, D: Arcel) S: Elba, McConaughey
Is there a possibility the studio intentionally held back 1/3 of the movie for secrecy? Or any chance this is a bogus report as I'm not familiar with the site or its lack of named source(s)?
07-04-17, 02:22 PM
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Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower - (2017, D: Arcel) S: Elba, McConaughey
Well the first book is very lean and succinct, but the trailer doesn't look very faithful to that book at all. I hope this turns out well, especially with It looking so promising.
07-04-17, 02:33 PM
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Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower - (2017, D: Arcel) S: Elba, McConaughey
I hope it turns out well too, because I'm afraid there won't be a second chance for a long time.
07-04-17, 04:05 PM
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Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower - (2017, D: Arcel) S: Elba, McConaughey
Originally Posted by pinata242
Is there a possibility the studio intentionally held back 1/3 of the movie for secrecy? Or any chance this is a bogus report as I'm not familiar with the site or its lack of named source(s)?
07-04-17, 06:31 PM
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Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower - (2017, D: Arcel) S: Elba, McConaughey
Originally Posted by DJariya
85 minutes? Wow, this was screaming to be at least 2 hours.
I'm all for short and to the point, but that seems unusually short for a genre movie like this.
I'm all for short and to the point, but that seems unusually short for a genre movie like this.
07-04-17, 10:54 PM
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Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower - (2017, D: Arcel) S: Elba, McConaughey
If that's confirmed...forget about seeing it in the theater. I've been a fan since 1988.
07-05-17, 11:05 PM
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Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower - (2017, D: Arcel) S: Elba, McConaughey
I'm with MBoyd. There is no way ANY justice can be done to this in 85 minutes. I'm calling bullshit.
07-06-17, 08:50 AM
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Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower - (2017, D: Arcel) S: Elba, McConaughey
Originally Posted by Brack
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't we have a poster here who refused to see anything that was under 2 hours?
07-06-17, 10:25 AM
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Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower - (2017, D: Arcel) S: Elba, McConaughey
People can say anything they want to on the internet and sheeple will eat it up. 85 minutes my ass...
07-06-17, 01:50 PM
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Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower - (2017, D: Arcel) S: Elba, McConaughey
Originally Posted by mattysemo247
They forgot the 1
07-06-17, 01:52 PM
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Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower - (2017, D: Arcel) S: Elba, McConaughey
I don't know what to think. If they're delivering a breezy movie, that's kind of what I expected from the trailer.
We all envisioned this meaty, epic film. Like Frank Darabont's The Dark Tower. But I don't know if that's what we're getting here. Also consider how many times it was on and off. This thread is ten years old!
We won't know until the studio speaks up or early reviews.
We all envisioned this meaty, epic film. Like Frank Darabont's The Dark Tower. But I don't know if that's what we're getting here. Also consider how many times it was on and off. This thread is ten years old!
We won't know until the studio speaks up or early reviews.
07-06-17, 02:04 PM
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Re: Stephen King's The Dark Tower - (2017, D: Arcel) S: Elba, McConaughey
Haven't read the books and know little about the film so far. Is this just "book 1" like LotR or are they going at their own pace for the movie?
