Yep, a darker gold is how I pictured her hair too.
Yep, a darker gold is how I pictured her hair too.
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
I don't mind the colour of her hair but damn when someone is burning until death she really should give up that super-model feeling and she should show some "not-so-perfect-but-real" emotions on her face.
I cry your pardon but that pic is killing me. I am sure you know which one I am talking about.
Roland would have understood.
*steals OChrisO's desktop to do this* Do you mean this one Letti?
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
Yes, I do.Thanks.
Roland would have understood.
I agree. There is another discussion about exactly that picture in one of these threads somewhere... maybe the issue #7 thread?
EDIT: Yes, it is in the issue #7 thread starting with post #86 here and continuing for the rest of the thread (as it currently stands).
I suggest discussing the depiction of her character overall here, but that specific scene over in the actual issue thread.
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Once I saw Alain, I thought, "yeah, that's it".
Rhea a definite no. And I wasn't too happy with Jonas, either. I'm not sure why. I think he's close, but not quite there for some reason.
And yeah, Steven is spot-on.
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Alain is, by far, the worst one.
The best could be Ted (in Hearts In Atlantis), Roland (the one the first three volumes of DT) or Ben Hascom.
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We're talking about how various characters from the Dark Tower series were depicted in the Gunslinger Born comic series.
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
For me the best so far has been Steven Deschain. Firstly it was cool to see the face of the father Roland has to remember, but it was fairly close to the way I had always pictured S.D.
The most disappointing representation so far I think is Sheemie. This is not at all how I envisioned Sheemie. Feeble is one thing, but this depiction of Sheemie is downright pathetic.
Yep, Steven Deschain was spot on imo. Some of the others left a bit to be desired for sure.
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Steven Deschain was exactly how I pictured him. Los' was exactly how I pictured him in his spider form. Everyone else veered off into left field, especially Rhea and Sheemie.
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
Los the Spider is not at all how I pictured him, but in his case I like the depiction better in the comics better than my version. His comic depiction is fascinating and terrible all at once, just like he should be. Rhea leaves a bit to be desired. She certainly looks hideous, but not quite as I had envisioned. I think Cordelia Delgado is pretty spot on though.
Its funny how on a few of them, the depiction was better than what I had in my minds eye.
I suppose that is a plus for the visual medium.
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Cordelia and Rhea
I remember discussing this at length on TDT.net, but not here.
Rhea I don't mind as much, so I'll do it first. One of my favorite parts about Rhea was her Gollumesque detoriation at the Wizard's Glass. Its hinted here. I think the most we get is "Jonas gasps. Rhea is all but sucked away by it." or something. She does look decrepit at the end, but its far less effective. One or two scenes with Rhea at the Glass could have easily been fit in...just trim away at the splash pages of Roland tying his shoe. She's easily one of King's most loathsome characters in the book, and I'll be damned if she wasn't half as effective here.
Cordelia...I'm probably alone in saying this, but I find Susan to be a rather bland character. I didn't feel much for her at all. The few scenes in my mind that made me give a damn about her situation was the ones detailing her relationship with Cordelia. Her best scene is when she sticks up to Cordelia and says "I have been true". By removing all of that, her character is that much less effective. That, and the scene with Cordelia and Rhea is very effective in the book in that its pretty much the climax for her arc.
Having Cordelia show up for two pages with the half-assed explanation of "I don't like to dwell on someone who'd sell her niece's maidenhead" (but you do like to dwell on some Satanic creature whose voice cause babies to die, or a sadistic tyrant who plays polo with severed human heads? Riiight.)
Obviously a lot's going to be cut away when adaptating such a huge book. But these subplots could have easily fit in. Not the whole of them, but one or two scenes could have fit in. A page or two with Rhea staring in the ball and the narrator describing her growing addiction and her physical draining, and another page with Susan and Cordelia fighting.
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I'm sorry, where is the discussion of how Flagg is connected with them?
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
I don't think Flagg ever contacted Cordelia. She was just one greedy bitch. I'm not sure about Rhea. Because of the way she got the pink Rainbow (it was given to her by Jonas for safekeeping), I don't think she ever had any contact with Flagg under any of his aliases.
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Well I have to agree unfortunately that I though Susan was kind of bland. Ireally want to like her and she will probably grow on me... but I like my other Susan Delgado in Hungary much better.
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Well thanks, John, I know all that...I was actually being a smart-ass towards Cyber...
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
Contrary to popular belief, my life doesn't revolve around Flagg. Only 25% or so...
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I agree that more concerning Rhea and Cordelia could have been included in the comic. Even though they have to cut some stuff out, they had quite a few splash pages, some even two page spreads. Much as splash pages look great, and should be included, there are times when they aren't needed and a large panoramic half page spread will suffice. There are plenty of space where they could have included a bit more.
Sheemie was not what I expected. Rhea looks like an ugly puritan.
I think the one that looks the worst is Alain. His face just looks weird and homely. He looks to puffy faced.
Which one looks the closest to how you pictured them?
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
Probably Jonas....
Susan was pretty close too though
I thought Cort was well done. Honestly, I wasn't very pleased with any of the other depictions. Jonas was actually quite good on second thought. I especially thought that Gilead looked pitiful. Nothing how I pictured it.
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