Let's face it, many of the books were very bad, but there was a lot of great stuff in the series. If they can cut the shitty parts (Stephen King's self-insert for example) this show can really shine. It's also one of the few King stories that had a good ending.
I'm excited.
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As soon as those cameras are off I am going to fuck that little dog.
I loved the first 3 pooks! but the 4th one gave me some serious AFFC flashbacks so i dropped it, but i hope this works, i think the plot is really doable for a show, so fingers crossed.
That would be interesting! Not at all as described, but I've never really cared about such things. As someone who's read all 7, I'm excited, though I hope they make some pretty significant changes to the later stuff. Ah well, at worst there'll be 4 books worth of good stuff.
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"Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life" - Terry Pratchett
I read the kindle excerpt from amazon some weeks back to see what's all the hoopla about. It's positively entertaining. If the book is half of what the excerpt is then we're in for a treat. (the excerpt is King's foreward to the book )
Went to see this movie a few days ago. As an adaptation it's pretty poor. It basically tries to cram the first three books in an hour and a half, so it's a very rushed affair and wastes the opportunity to deliver the same moments with proper care. Case in point: Instead of the lobstrosities, we get a generic CGI critter that we can barely see (it's a scene at night, and it's too dark) stinging and poisoning Idris Elba. Instead of the 'popkins' we get Jake giving Roland a hotdog, with the latter asking which breed of dog they're eating haha.
Idris Elba deserved so much better. He's an amazing actor who's utterly wasted in this abridged version of a story that deserved a much better adaptation. Matthew McConaughey can be considered either as the other saving grace of this movie, or as one of its worst elements. He hams it up as Randall Flagg, chewing all the scenery. You can see he's enjoying himself, and I had fun with his scenes as a result. But Lindaaa-like book purists would probably die of an aneurism. Nikolaj Arcel is a hack with no talent or vision. There's nothing creative or memorable here. People could argue he just got 60 million to do this, which is a shitty budget for a Hollywood blockbuster to be sure, but I've seen directors delivering amazing movies with a cheaper price tag, so it's not really an excuse. Find bold, creative solutions to your limitations.
I don't regret to have seen it, however. It was only an hour and a half, and it was entertaining enough. I laughed at a couple of scenes, even if it was lowest common denominator "fish out of water" kind of humor that even the Farrelly Brothers could pull off (or do even better). Crap adaptation. Ok Netflix fodder.
-- Edited by Morgoth on Friday 1st of September 2017 10:42:38 PM
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