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i don't see anything wrong with him deciding to make changes, i just don't enjoy the changes he chose to make. i always end up wanting to argue with it, when i come across something that's different i think to myself "yeah but it really happened like this..." i can't just forget that roland got over susan and found love again or that nineteen has nothing whatsoever to do with tull.
To me, it's almost like removing this integral part to a masterpiece. The flaws are just part of it. Incorporating excessive amounts of the mythos is dull and wears after seeing the original.
Amen, brother.
Purists unite! :D
Whether or not the Revised is good, I co-sign the above statement as a general art manifesto.
and this is another thing: The Revised and the Original mutually kill each other for those who read both. There's no immediate reader's experience any longer: instead of that, the reader compelled to compare, as if it were two specimen in jars rather than works of literature. (well, at least to an extent)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ruki
The only part I really enjoyed about the revised was King's foreward and intro. It's always a delight to hear from him the why's and reasons of his writing.
I don't understand why he feels the need to re-edit all seven books, but it's his baby and he can do what he wants to with it. I'm sure if any of the others are revised I will buy them.
Wow, who knew this would be such a hot topic? :D
I dunno. All I know is my fingers burn from touching this topic.
:onfire: :onfire: :onfire: :onfire: :onfire: :onfire: :onfire: :onfire:
Shall I get the fire hose again?
No, he'll enjoy it too much. :rofl:
:lol:
Maybe.
No water, just beat me with the hose baby.
I'll let some girl do that.
:cry:
That is a big crying smiley face for all the "purists" out there. :lol:
Does the fact that King revised The Gunslinger really diminish any of the overall excitement or the wondrous feeling we have for the series? Does reading the revised edition of the book do the same?
Tell me, I beg.
No, it doesn't. The revised on its own is a lowlight for me.
Awwwww hugs all around.... *Oprah moment* http://content.clearchannel.com/Phot...winfrey_GI.jpg
no. but yes. it's frustrating and confusing and before the changes it just was what it was and now it's that and also something very different.Quote:
Originally Posted by MonteGss
and the idea of someone starting out with the revised version just feels like blasphemy to me. it's something to read after all the others, it's not the beginning of the journey. it's what happened in bizzaro midworld :P
I don't follow you Ruki. How has reading the revised changed your opinion of the saga? Does it make you like it any less? I just want to understand because I love both but I do really enjoy the revised. Reading it hasn't changed my overall thoughts of The Dark Tower.
If a set of the other 6 books comes out in revised formats, we'll call those Bizarro Dark Tower.
it doesn't change my opinion of the series at all, he could release a version where roland battles the power rangers in tull and gets tricked into feeding his fingers to the walrus and the carpenter at the western sea and i'd still feel the same about the dark tower series. i think i misundertood your question a bit, and now i can't quite remember what it is that i thought was answering :) i meant that it makes me like the revised version a lot less, not the whole series.
S'cool, Ruki. :) I was just curious about your thoughts.
I could totally see Roland bustin up the Power Rangers. :lol: