I feel fucking old...
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I feel fucking old...
Lmao. Wait how old are you bro?! I don't think I've ever seen TC before. I've always known it as OP, Original Poster.
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Hearts are tough, she said, most times hearts don't break, and I'm sure that's right . . . but what about then? What about who we were then? What about hearts in Atlantis?
That's like saying if a poster of Spider-Man appeared for a split-second in the background of a scene it would be totally justified to have one of the trailers prominently depict him swinging through the city and webbing up low men. It's misleading.
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In my mind these are just "fun" connections to the overall SK universe. They literally have next to nothing to do with TDT and only serve to generate buzz. It is in the same vain as throwing in zingers to get a quick and easy reaction. Not substantive to the story IMO.
There is a "Dark Tower" Ad on the right field wall in Yankee stadium!!!
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The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
Spiderman isn't a story written by SK so that's a horrible strawman argument. They are merely pointing out to people not familiar with the SK universe that all his stories are connected. So if they've seen the Shining, or the Stand, or IT or The Shawshank Redemption, or Cujo or Christine, they might catch little hints back to those movies/stories in this movie. I don't understand why this is such a problem to you.
I remember back before I even read the Gunslinger (this had to have been around 1999 or 2000) the person that let me borrow the book told me that all of SK's stories are connected. So it's not uncommon knowledge.
Hearts are tough, she said, most times hearts don't break, and I'm sure that's right . . . but what about then? What about who we were then? What about hearts in Atlantis?
For me the goal of this movie is to continue a wonderful story intertwined with the mythos we all love. These easter eggs are not really easter eggs at all and serve no purpose to further the primary connections we are all familiar with. In other words they do not move the story forward or provide for a progressive narrative.
It's misleading because it's selling the movie on iconic scenes from other King films/books that at most get a background easter egg like a poster on the wall or photograph of a hotel in the film. I've seen a LOT of people talking about this like there's going to be some big "expanded universe" of SK stuff akin to what Marvel is doing with their movies and that's bullshit. It's never going to happen. If the promotional materials are trying to sell that idea to fans, then they're misrepresenting their film. The closest thing is that Castle Rock show maybe.
And people greatly overemphasize how much King's books are actually connected to the DT series given that he basically gave up on trying to make everything fit. "Dennis and Thomas met up with Flagg and confronted him... lolnope! Jack Sawyer still has a role to play in the story of the Dark Tower.... uhhh...maybe not..." Heck the last book had an entire chapter for King to tell fans to stop looking for connections because King's connection to Ka was muddled and the books are mind-traps.
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I'd say that right now, at the outset of whatever life the DT adaptations (movie(s), TV) go on to have, is the perfect time for producers/studios to speak up, to the masses, about the connections between SK's works, whatever their relevance to the movie that's upon us right now - they don't (yet) know DT, but they know King. This is the time for piquing interest, not the time for secrets.
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I think it is possible and they are trying to lay the groundwork for something like that to eventually happen.
They are selling the movie as a story by Stephen King. This trailer is for all the people that have seen the movies but never read the books. They are basically saying "Hey, did you like this other movie that's also a story by Stephen King? Then you might like this story as well."
Hearts are tough, she said, most times hearts don't break, and I'm sure that's right . . . but what about then? What about who we were then? What about hearts in Atlantis?
I like how the start times at theaters include 19.
http://collider.com/the-dark-tower-atlanta-screening/
The first novel in The Dark Tower series was published in 1982. 35 years later, Stephen King’s magnum opus is finally reaching the big screen. It carries with it a lot of expectations and possibly a lot of complications. I’ve covered the various iterations of this project for years, and I’m curious to see how it’s all come together. I’m also eager to hear what die-hard fans of the books think of the big screen realization of this project.
I’m pleased to announce we’re giving away 25 admit-two passes to the Atlanta screening of The Dark Tower. To enter for a chance to see the movie early and for free, send an e-mail to Collider.Passes@gmail.com with the subject line “THE DARK TOWER”. The screening is on Wednesday, August 2nd at 7pm at Regal Atlantic Station, so please don’t enter if you think you’ll be unavailable. Multiple entries from a single person will disqualify all entries from that person.
The Dark Tower opens August 4th and stars Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Claudia Kim, Fran Kranz, Abbey Lee, and Jackie Earle Haley.
I love the SK universe trailer (if that's what we're calling)! And Idris killed it in narrating it. Matter of fact I'd love to hear Idris narrate each book unabridged! My hope is that maybe this will open the door for more remakes of SK films that deserved better. Yes, probably wishful thinking. But wishing thinking put a man on the moon (well, maybe ) and the internet in the palm of your hand. I don't honestly think I'll care for TDT film very much, but who knows, maybe I will. To me personally, IT is a must see and Mr. Mercedes looks to be awesome as well.
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lol they're far more optimistic than I would have been. The pg-13 rating for a story based on a novel where the main protagonist forcibly gives a woman an abortion with his gun before shooting up an entire town and killing every man, woman and child was the straw that broke the bumbler's back for me.
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So anyone here in the Atlanta area and might see the movie early?
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