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    Before or after they wet their pants?

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    I'm sure they will have to CGI a ton of stuff.



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    Im very keen to see how they're going to break the story up
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    That's the part that worries me. Will they do a movie for each book? Group some of the books together? What about the eternal actor-aging problem?

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    Well it would make sense to shoot the entire series first, and then release the films.

    Probably group 1 + 2 together, 3, 4 + 5 and 6 + 7 or something .. even though the W&G story is cool, i dont know if its something that they would dedicate an entire movie to considering the break in momentum. Probably end up flashing back to key parts of it over the whole series perhaps?
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    The light sabers will be cool! I also agree that with not needing Wizard and Glass as part of the movie. Perhaps as flashbacks throughout the series...at most. Movie One should be DT1 & DT2, Movie Two is for DT3 & DT5 and Movie Three for DT6 & 7...maybe? As long as they don't do that "it has to be only two hours" bullshit like the HP directors do.

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    I guess you could fit DT3 and 5 into one film .. I would probably have the fight with Shardik at the end of the 1 + 2 combination though, as like the climax.
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    That is a real good idea Zone!

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    I agree, they should approach it unconventionally that way. I don't mind if a couple of books are put together in the movies for flow.

    And I agree all of Wizard and Glass could be flash backs. Perhaps while Roland is going crazy from the Jake paradox. Fevered dreams and such.
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    I don't agree with the W&G-flashback suggestion...I think that part is too important in the story to be shown only in flashbacks. I also keep wondering what actor could give a young Roland justice.

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    Feev, you think it would be important for a movie audience? I think it is relatively important to the DT story too but for a movie...Susan, Mejis and the Rainbow could be simply covered in flashbacks, imo.

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    Well, all the events in Tull could be covered in flashbacks too...would you like if they skipped that part?

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    I think WaG would make a good film all in itself (the flashback part) - although I always considered the events in Mejis to be a catalyst for Rolands' detachment from all others he meets in the future.

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    I can see both of your points. Tull could absolutely be told in flashbacks (seeing that it is told that way in the book). I think certain parts of Wizard and Glass are important but if it were to be a full movie, I would be too afraid of a crappy, sappy love story movie. In movie terms, I just don't believe his "relationship" with Susan is important enough to justify more than flashbacks. Then again, who am I?

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    Hmm, you have a point there good sir. Please the die hard DT fans or make something that will appeal to the casual movie goer?

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    Well, people want to make money, so I would think you'd have to appeal to as broad an audience as possible. I totally think W&G could be in flashbacks - and I too am afraid of it being overly sappy.



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    Doing W&G as a standalone film would kill the franchise, I think, regardless of what DT fans would want. Unless you're willing to pay $200 to see the movie, which I wouldnt.

    Like in harry potter, you find out more about Harry's parents and their friends and what happened as the series progresses, and it works very well. If the screenplay for DT was done just right, the audience could be tracking Roland's past and being fed more information about how everything came to be as the katet is getting closer to the tower. Breaking the momentum between Blaine and the Calla would be suicide.
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    I totally agree with that.



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    Well done sir. Fuck it, you convinced me.

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    I didn't mean that WaG should be an entire film as part of the DT set - I just meant, its a self contained story that could be made into a film thats totally unrelated to the rest of DT, if you see what I mean. But yes, it would be a very sappy love story - that Titanic guy would be all over it I'm sure...cheeseball!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ZoNeSeeK View Post
    Doing W&G as a standalone film would kill the franchise, I think, regardless of what DT fans would want. Unless you're willing to pay $200 to see the movie, which I wouldnt.

    Like in harry potter, you find out more about Harry's parents and their friends and what happened as the series progresses, and it works very well. If the screenplay for DT was done just right, the audience could be tracking Roland's past and being fed more information about how everything came to be as the katet is getting closer to the tower. Breaking the momentum between Blaine and the Calla would be suicide.
    So you're saying that having a two hour XXX segment with Roland and Susan doing every position in the Kama Sutra and some they invented, would not be a good move for the franchise??
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    Because of the relative unknown status of DT against most King books, WaG will probably be lumped into the entire series as flashbacks or glazed over as part of a Book 3-5 movie. The only way to do this film properly would be Books 1 & 2, 3-5 (for the major arc movement leading up to) 6 & 7.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Frunobulax View Post
    Because of the relative unknown status of DT against most King books, WaG will probably be lumped into the entire series as flashbacks or glazed over as part of a Book 3-5 movie. The only way to do this film properly would be Books 1 & 2, 3-5 (for the major arc movement leading up to) 6 & 7.
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    Thanks, Monte. I finally have free time to spend here this remainder of the week. Although I'll be leaving around 2.00 [15 minutes].
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    Quote Originally Posted by All_Hail_The_Crimson_King View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by ZoNeSeeK View Post
    Doing W&G as a standalone film would kill the franchise, I think, regardless of what DT fans would want. Unless you're willing to pay $200 to see the movie, which I wouldnt.

    Like in harry potter, you find out more about Harry's parents and their friends and what happened as the series progresses, and it works very well. If the screenplay for DT was done just right, the audience could be tracking Roland's past and being fed more information about how everything came to be as the katet is getting closer to the tower. Breaking the momentum between Blaine and the Calla would be suicide.
    So you're saying that having a two hour XXX segment with Roland and Susan doing every position in the Kama Sutra and some they invented, would not be a good move for the franchise??


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