Well,to be fair,I'm sure they could find a part for Lil' Arnold somewhere in the Algul Siento scenes.
On another note,you think Emil Hirsch is too old to play Roland in Mejis?
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Well,to be fair,I'm sure they could find a part for Lil' Arnold somewhere in the Algul Siento scenes.
On another note,you think Emil Hirsch is too old to play Roland in Mejis?
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Gosh, I hope they never make a DT movie... but, being as we are a visual kind of people, I did just post several pictures in the "Who Would You Cast" movie thread.
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
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I am split on the idea, if I may add. I know that those of us who have read the entire series at least once have our own mental film that took place as the writing unfolded before us. However, there are a lot of people, and I mean A LOT that do not get into SK's work. There are only two people I personally know in my day to day/friends/family/whoever who have even read a novel by Sai King. When they come to the house and see my case full of mostly hardbacks (17 novels all told, two of which are paperback. Yeah, I know. I need two more to make it a 19) they think I am some Kingfreak that they do not understand. No, just a big fan of the man's work and brilliance. But I digress.
Anyway, most people I know could get into a well-made SK adaptation. Unfortunately a few of my friends have seen a few of the movies made and have a bad taste in their mouths for a poorly made movie=shitty writing line of thinking. I would like to see it, but well done, and in a series (Star Wars) type situation. No Tommyknockers with Traci Lords toting some laser/lipstick. No Movies with Bronson Pinchot overacting. No made-for-TV, watered down stuff. So where the split decision comes in is that I think we all have our own mental pictures of the books, and a movie could either enhance. change, or ruin those for each individual. I tend to lean more, and quite a bit more to the "YES" vote on the movie, but it has to be done right. I think Sai King could gain a fanbase and a rreader following beyond his own imagination if it succeeds.
What Chu Talkin' Bout Roland ?!?
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
Remember, Remember, The Fifth of November, The Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot.
I read a few of your other posts on the subject and I have to say, You got some really good points. You should be a Director (nod to your status LOL) or something. Seriously good thoughts. When I read this post I thought I might add that perhaps they could take a cue from Peter Jackson, with regard to the more drawn out portions of W&G. First, you know they are going to edit the entire story to a cretain degree (they always do) but, Jackson manged to pull in the more petinent points of past story lines in LOTR, IMHO very nicely. I would think something similar could work hear too. Then instead of a re-release of W&G they would have another entire series to draw on if the series is even half as successful as LOTR. I mean they are now doing the Hobbit which is technically ass-backwards but, should work anyway. I'm currently re-reading W&G and really if you take a hard look (as a screenwriter will do I'm sure) you could probably pull in the essential story elements in a what? 10-12 min flashback sequence. Of course if its done write. You couple that with an opening sequence like in Fellowship and maybe one other it could work.
Looking forward to your thoughts
Referencing an earlier post regarding the comic books and Hollywood, I wonder if they have ever gotten around to crunching the numbers between copies of the novels that were sold and copies of the comics? You know to try to gauge how much new interest has/may have been generated. Would be interesting to know. Of course they would have to make guess-timates regarding fans, collectors etc, but still I'm sure you could get some bean-counter to work out a formula.
And as was previously said......Hollywood is seriously running out of ideas (bewitched and H20 come to mind!!)
BIG budget, top notch FX, not leaving stuff out, GREAT actors.........
Man I can't even think who would be capable of doing Roland. Daniel Day Lewis maybe?
This would be a BIG project with a BIG budget if any type of justice was to be did.
Daniel Day Lewis - that is an awesome shout!! I just watched In The Name Of The Father for the gazillionth time last night, he could do any part justice.
I think a Dark Tower movie would be amazing, though I hope it wouldn't end up like most other adaptations of King's books. I'd love to see how Gilead is portrayed, as well as Blaine the train.
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die die mir dann nützt."
I hope Abrams does it as a series on HBO. I would feel great about that. I want HBO to do a Song of Ice and Fire series too. :key:
Well one of those two things has happened:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...4383a225032180
what about Josh Brolin for Roland? (HA! it rhymes, even. wow..)
I'm sure that's been said at least once, though.
Some one please give a link to the HBO Dark tower cartoon
There's no link to give ya, say sorry. Old thread that was pure rumor as far as I know.
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I can't imagine anything of Stephen King's being animated (with the possible exception of The Eyes of the Dragon).
Having said that, however, just because of the nature of the story, I fear that something would have to be sacrificed in order to do it live-action (in particular I'm thinking of Jake Chambers--how could they avoid him growing up over the course of SEVEN INSTALLMENTS? And I DON'T want more than one actor playing him, if it can be helped....).
That being said, however, I dislike the idea of this story in particular being animated, and it would indeed have to be PHENOMENAL quality (something like the Marvel comics brought to life without any simplification, say) before I'd accept it that way.
In sum, there seems to be no ideal way to adapt this--I just hope they do it justice, however they do it....
would prefer an animated version of the movie but done like the ani-matrix short "Final Flight of the Osirus" that was some good animation...the characters looked real right down to the goosebumps on the skin...or the animation that they did for "Final Fantasy VII Advent Children" movie.
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hope this works if not will try again later...but this kinda animation could be cool
HBO is nothing like kids13, lol. Believe me, if you ever turn on HBO at night, it's anything but family friendly. Seriously, HBO is the only channel that plays any sort of decent programs nowadays, imo.Hmm DT cartoon, I'm not to sure about this.....I'd have to wait to see it before i really pass judgment on it. Either way i hope they don't screw it up like WB [now kids13 or some bullshit] did with spiderman [screwed up the whole story of spiderman and everything!!!!
I sort of like the prospect of a DT cartoon, that is, if they get the animation right and don't settle for cheap CGI, like so many other companies are doing *ahem* Disney *ahem*. But, HBO usually does things right, and you know if it's on there nothing will be censored or toned down, so we'll see how this turns out.
Yes, after their cancellations of Carnivale and Deadwood, HBO cannot be trusted with this series.
And I really liked that video, Mystima. I could totally see the DT being done in a similar style. It is animated while still cinematic. What was it, by the way? I am intrigued.
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Well it certainly looked a lot better than Spirits Within.
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