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« on: April 29, 2009, 09:17:43 AM » |
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So JJ Abrams has bought the rights to the Dark Tower films and plans to start making the movies once LOST is over: http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=13237 I'm really not sure how I feel about this, being a big fan of the books I justr don't see how you can take some of those and condense them into one movie. A series might work much better but I know they won't go that route. This just seems like a huge undertaking and I hope Abrams can pull it off and do the books justice. Also I have the feeling that movie-goers after sitting through 7 movies will get really pissy at the ending. I'm also very intrested on who they cast as Roland, Eddie and Sussanah. |
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Raikus
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« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2009, 10:03:36 AM » |
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I can see them doing the first 5 novels as movies, but the last two were insanely dumb. They would play out like bad Sci-Fi Movie of the Week features if filmed. Well, unless they cut out all the meta junk that made them so bad.
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Amusing Pseudonym
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« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2009, 10:12:13 AM » |
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I'm still holding out hope for an HBO miniseries of "The Drawing of the Three" and Baz Luhrmann's "Wizard+Glass".
disclaimer: Some parts of the sentence above are untrue.
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ScottE
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« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2009, 11:05:33 AM » |
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Yeah, the first four novels are pretty good, but after that it just gets stupid. I don't think there's enough interest for them to make seven whole movies based on the franchise, so I think maybe a trilogy would be the way to go. The first movie could be the first two books condensed, the second movie could be books 3-4, and books 5-7 for the final one. Cut all the retarded shit out of the last three books and you've got enough for one solid movie.
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« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2009, 12:37:03 PM » |
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You are wrong. The last two books are also great. The end of the story is perfect. You are wrong.
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Luke Erik
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« Reply #6 on: April 29, 2009, 12:42:23 PM » |
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Anyone else rather see this as an animated film? I just don't know how well it would work as live-action, unless it had some Sin City-esque quality to it.
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Tarrik Dane
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« Reply #7 on: April 29, 2009, 12:47:09 PM » |
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You are wrong. The last two books are also great. The end of the story is perfect. You are wrong.
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Magoonie
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« Reply #8 on: April 29, 2009, 12:55:30 PM » |
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I have to agree the last two books are great and it ends really well although I can see a good amount of people getting pissed at the ending even though it made sense. And condensing them into a trilogy just doesn't work for me, I really want a full movie for each book esspecially The Drawing of Three. Now making it into an animated film would be great but I can't see them doing that because I don't see people going to see 7 animated movies, it'll be a hard enough sell as is. Live action can work but it needs to be put in the right hands, make it very gritty. If they screw this up though I will be very dissapointed but honestly not suprised.
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Jew Askew
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« Reply #9 on: April 29, 2009, 01:26:28 PM » |
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i would do 7 seasons at hbo.
a book a season.
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« Reply #10 on: April 29, 2009, 01:28:05 PM » |
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I guess I'm in the minority, because I think that 2 and 3 are the only great ones. There are good parts in a few others (I thought 7 was stronger than 4-6), though.
As for the ending, it's "right" in one way and annoying in another, but it would be a terrible ending to a series of expensive movies. They could keep the spirit of that ending, but he would have to actually accomplish a bit more.
I can't imagine that this would possibly make a good movie, or a good franchise, but I'll certainly be intrigued to see it if he makes it.
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Tarrik Dane
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« Reply #11 on: April 29, 2009, 01:40:19 PM » |
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i would do 7 seasons at hbo.
a book a season.
I day dreamed alot about trying to make it into an HBO series before JJ bought the rights a few years ago. My plan for it was to combine book 1 and 4 into the first season. Because the first book is so short and doesnt have much in the way of conversation and dialog it would be hard to drag it out into a full season. Also, it would be a tough sell to do a whole season about young Roland while the regular cast pretty much sit around and do nothing that season and the actor playing Jake ages. I had imagined cutting back and forth between Roland in the first book and the events of book 4 for the first season. |
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« Reply #12 on: April 29, 2009, 04:13:51 PM » |
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You are wrong. The last two books are also great. The end of the story is perfect. You are wrong.
You and I must have read different books then. They were a chore to get through. |
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ScottE
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« Reply #13 on: April 29, 2009, 04:15:58 PM » |
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I day dreamed alot about trying to make it into an HBO series before JJ bought the rights a few years ago. My plan for it was to combine book 1 and 4 into the first season.
That's a pretty good idea, actually. You could also work some of the comic book stuff into the series as well, since it delves more into Roland's backstory. I'd prefer to see an HBO series than a movie franchise of The Dark Tower anyway, but they need to cut out the "character" of Stephen King no matter what they do. |
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« Reply #14 on: May 01, 2009, 01:05:18 AM » |
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Miyazaki was born to make this movie. I'll take Abrams though.
And HBO is not the magic bullet for everything.
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