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Yes that he was white and because he had a penis.[/QUOTE]


No one is arguing that Detta did not aim racist and homophobic slurs towards Roland. The issue is whether there can be an antagonistic...

This is a very informative and (apparently; I haven't seen the movie) fair analysis.

Nice review. Thanks for the link!

18% now....[/QUOTE]

Doh! :arg:[/QUOTE]

I skimmed over the review blurbs on the RT front page:

"...summons an emotional impact of close to zero...."

and

I know, and I agree. I thought about that when composing my post. It's a nebulous line, but I think intent has a lot to do with it. If you are trying to be faithful but run into certain...

I'm a huge Stephen King fan and a big fan of the DT books. I don't WANT the movie to tank, much less for it to "be bad." But I don't WANT my wife to spend every other weekend at the outlet mall,...

I'm not a pessimist by nature, but I agree with you. I don't post much in the thread b/c I don't want to be seen as a Debbie Downer throwing cold water on everybody's fun and anticipation. I wanted...

"You'd like my world."

Absolutely.

The trailer...it does nothing for me. I envy the people who have never read the books. Walking out of the theaters after watching an incomprehensible mess is much easier to take if you don't have...

It's a monster movie! Grrraaaaaaargh!

But is Idris Elba truly an "international star"? I had never heard of him before he was announced as Roland. I've seen The Wire and didn't even make the connection to Stringer Bell until someone...

But will international audiences eat up a dark fantasy Western? John Wick, I understand. Superheroes, I understand. Bruce Willis, I understand. But I don't see audiences in China and India and...

I think you are way too optimistic. I predict the movie will come out, underperform (I don't want to say "flop" b/c best I can tell they haven't sunk all that much money into it to realize a...

More and more that's how I've come to see this. It's seemingly a one-off fan-fiction interpretation of "characters inspired by Stephen King." Like the comics, which I've never read and didn't even...

To me, this is the saving grace of the film.
It is the Dark Tower story, but not the one we waited ages for and finally read about.
It will be similar enough to recognize as a path along the beam,...

I'm feelin' it all right. I'm feeling this will be another ("Source material? Screw the source material!") Under the Dome.

Will I watch it? Yes, I'm sure I will.

Will there be shootings and...

I still disagree that all we have to do to accept a black Roland is tell ourselves it's a fictional character in a fictional world and that gives us (or the story adapters) the obligation to accept...

And Under the Dome.

The conflicts and issues Detta Walker brings to the story are "simply not vital."