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Postby dodint » Thu Jun 13, 2019 12:30 pm

https://twitter.com/NathanGess/status/1 ... 4786577408

I will probably get railroaded for it but it's really revisionist for him to act like he wasn't supportive of ABC botching that material.

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Postby AuthorTony » Thu Jun 13, 2019 3:09 pm

https://twitter.com/NathanGess/status/1 ... 4786577408

I will probably get railroaded for it but it's really revisionist for him to act like he wasn't supportive of ABC botching that material.
I knew you'd like that. :lol:

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Postby AuthorTony » Thu Jun 13, 2019 3:09 pm

Looks interesting. The book didn't do much for me. Maybe the movie will be better.

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Postby dodint » Thu Jun 13, 2019 3:11 pm

Yeah, the book was very tepid. It wasn't bad, but it just didn't bring me into it at all.

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Postby AuthorTony » Thu Jun 13, 2019 3:13 pm

Agree. It was just sort of there.

It'll be interesting to see how Flanagan ties together Kubrick's and King's versions of The Shining.

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Postby PFiDC » Thu Jun 13, 2019 3:15 pm

https://twitter.com/NathanGess/status/1 ... 4786577408

I will probably get railroaded for it but it's really revisionist for him to act like he wasn't supportive of ABC botching that material.
I knew you'd like that. :lol:
Well said dodint

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Postby eddy » Wed May 27, 2020 2:45 pm

Podcast with the showrunner about the Amazon DT series we'll never see

https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2020/05/27 ... en-mazzara

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Postby dodint » Sat Mar 05, 2022 11:27 pm

What did you nerds end of thinking of the Dark Tower movie/shows?

It's been six years since I read the Gunslinger book, I think I am ready to read The Drawing of the Three. I might read them at the same pace they were written. Hearts in Atlantis pulled me back in, I think.

I reread this thread. I was not always a fan of PFiDCs ramblings on life, but his enthusiasm for SK books was a lot of fun. Lots of good memories here.

Under The Dome is still ****.

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Postby shafnutz05 » Sun Mar 06, 2022 7:41 am

Dark Tower is one of my favorite series of all time. Started reading it in high school, I remember the 5th through 7th books came out when I was stationed in Alaska and I read them all while underway.

I couldn't help but be disappointed in the ending but I understood it.

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Postby AuthorTony » Sun Mar 06, 2022 9:28 am

The Dark Tower movie is wretched. Just a complete hot mess and I think it would be incomprehensible to anyone who hadn't read the books. Avoid it at all costs.

I loved the books but they're pretty divisive. Even many hardcore King fans don't like them.

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Postby robbiestoupe » Mon Mar 07, 2022 9:35 am

Read the DT series about 3 years ago. Gunslinger kind of doesn't fit in with the rest, but I thought they were all great.

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Postby dodint » Wed Mar 09, 2022 2:20 pm

So, yeah, Drawing of the Three is way better than I thought it would be. I'm about a third of the way through it and am very surprised by how engaging it is.

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Postby robbiestoupe » Wed Mar 09, 2022 2:57 pm

So, yeah, Drawing of the Three is way better than I thought it would be. I'm about a third of the way through it and am very surprised by how engaging it is.
I listened to all these on audiobook, and every time I passed a certain point on the turnpike, I'd get a vivid image in my memory of what I imagined the lobstrosities to look like. This happened for a month after I read the book.

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Postby dodint » Wed Mar 09, 2022 3:03 pm

:lol:

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Postby shafnutz05 » Wed Mar 09, 2022 5:14 pm

So, yeah, Drawing of the Three is way better than I thought it would be. I'm about a third of the way through it and am very surprised by how engaging it is.
Loved this one.

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Postby shafnutz05 » Tue Apr 05, 2022 9:34 pm

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Postby dodint » Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:25 pm

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I was going to post the cast but I didn't recognize any of the names. Supposedly in theaters in September.

For some reason Salem's Lot never clicked for me, in book/story or film/tv. Maybe I will like this one.

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Postby Dickie Dunn » Thu Jun 30, 2022 10:12 pm

Death and the kid from Gladiator, who I just learned is still acting.

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Postby dodint » Mon Jul 11, 2022 10:39 pm

The 'ending' of The Waste Lands was butt. King always does it. Hooks you with an engaging story and then forgets to craft a finish. It is not usually this blatant though. :lol:

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Postby shafnutz05 » Tue Jul 12, 2022 11:51 am

The 'ending' of The Waste Lands was butt. King always does it. Hooks you with an engaging story and then forgets to craft a finish. It is not usually this blatant though. :lol:
Are you referring to Book 3 of DT or something else? Genuinely can't tell lol.

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Postby dodint » Tue Jul 12, 2022 11:54 am

The end of book three
where they're on the train and it just...ends. Then he writes a prologue saying 'whoopsie, just ran out of inspiration and sent it to the printer anyway.'
Just annoyed because the story has actually hooked me but that was just a weird, flaccid way to wrap up an otherwise really engaging book.

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Postby shafnutz05 » Tue Jul 12, 2022 12:12 pm

The end of book three
where they're on the train and it just...ends. Then he writes a prologue saying 'whoopsie, just ran out of inspiration and sent it to the printer anyway.'
Just annoyed because the story has actually hooked me but that was just a weird, flaccid way to wrap up an otherwise really engaging book.
Ahh yes, that was an annoying finish. And then it took six years for the follow up.

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Postby dodint » Tue Jul 12, 2022 12:26 pm

The Kindle version that I bought comes with the first chapter or two of the next book as kind of a make up for how that went.

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Postby robbiestoupe » Tue Jul 12, 2022 12:33 pm

It didn't bother me as much as I just audiobooked the entire series in succession.

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