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    Ubersnob Frunobulax is on a distinguished road Frunobulax's Avatar

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    Hey, the Internet never forgets.
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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.

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    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.
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    Amen, brother.

    Purists unite!



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    Quote Originally Posted by Frunobulax View Post
    To me, it's almost like removing this integral part to a masterpiece. The flaws are just part of it.
    Whether or not the Revised is good, I co-sign the above statement as a general art manifesto.

    Quote Originally Posted by Ruki
    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..."
    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)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jean View Post

    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)

    Most folk I've known (and I've known a lot) have no interest in reading the original edition, they're happy with the revised, for them its the one they read and got them hooked. I don't see folk feeling they're compelled to compare the two.
    "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

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    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.
    It's peanut butter jelly time!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jean View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Frunobulax View Post
    To me, it's almost like removing this integral part to a masterpiece. The flaws are just part of it.
    Whether or not the Revised is good, I co-sign the above statement as a general art manifesto.
    . . .
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    Wow, who knew this would be such a hot topic?



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    I dunno. All I know is my fingers burn from touching this topic.
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    "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

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    Shall I get the fire hose again?
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    No, he'll enjoy it too much.



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    Maybe.
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    No water, just beat me with the hose baby.
    "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

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    I'll let some girl do that.
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    That is a big crying smiley face for all the "purists" out there.

    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.

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    No, it doesn't. The revised on its own is a lowlight for me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Frunobulax View Post
    No, it doesn't. The revised on its own is a lowlight for me.
    Fair enough, my friend.

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    Awwwww hugs all around.... *Oprah moment*
    "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

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    Quote Originally Posted by MonteGss
    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?
    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.

    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ruki View Post
    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.
    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.

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    If a set of the other 6 books comes out in revised formats, we'll call those Bizarro Dark Tower.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MonteGss View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Ruki View Post
    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.
    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.

    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.

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    S'cool, Ruki. I was just curious about your thoughts.
    I could totally see Roland bustin up the Power Rangers.

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