I don't know why people didn't like 7... I loved itthought the ending was perfect
I don't know why people didn't like 7... I loved it
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If the Revised Gunslinger was any indication, I'd be against a full-on revising.
There'd be a lots of unnecessary 'foreshadowing' to the later books, everyone would speak like they were in the Calla (which, really, makes no sense especially since Roland never speaks like it again in the series until he actually arrives there), etc.
Drawing of the Three for example is a near-perfect novel, imagine how the conversations between Eddie and Roland would be if they were spliced with "Yar!" and "May it do ya fine!"
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You know, I think I'd have to agree with you about the foreshadowing.
I wasn't too crazy about the added stuff in the revised Gunslinger.
Me too.Originally Posted by webstar1000
I don't know why people didn't like 7... I loved it
I've said it before, but I felt like the re-write of The Gunslinger may have technically been a better novel, in terms of it's relevance to the series and its revision of the 70's slang that doesn't seem to exist elsewhere in the series...but it's like listening to one of your favorite songs and realizing they've changed all the verses. Sure, the chorus is the same, but somehow I felt robbed of the familiarity I had with the original. I grew found of the quirks upon multiple re-readings, even if they did show King's age when he wrote it and the era in which the Gunslinger was first conceived.
I would LOVE to see more Dark Tower, and I thought the comics were great at first but I've fallen off that horse over time. Haven't even looked at the new Drawing of the Three stuff...
I vote he writes more new content than re-write the old stuff. Not that our votes count for shit, he's going to write whatever he wants to, and I'll happily read it, re-writes or new.
I love the ending, now. However, when it first came out, and having been reading and waiting for some 20+ years, I was livid at first. Still have issues withMe too.I don't know why people didn't like 7... I loved itSpoiler:but I have come to accept and treasure the ending. It took some time and re-reads though.
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Agree Bill. I felt the death of Andy the robot was better than Flagg. His death should have been at the hands of Roland AND been more epic... Mordred I was ok with as I was with the Crimson King... but Flagg getting sucked off by a spider after being in over half of King's work was brutal. lolI love the ending, now. However, when it first came out, and having been reading and waiting for some 20+ years, I was livid at first. Still have issues with the Flagg and Mordred deaths, but I have come to accept and treasure the ending. It took some time and re-reads though.Me too.I don't know why people didn't like 7... I loved it
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I thought Flagg's death was great. Why does it have to be epic?
I think he was such a driving force and the bad guy... he was filled by A) the wrong person.. and B) in the wrong way. And is not King's work to be "Epic" in some regard? Flagg's death for me was shitty... no other way to put it. sorry...
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Because next to the CK he is the biggest baddie in the King universe. Are you daft or just being a devil's advocate?
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63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
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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?????
Neither. I sincerely enjoyed the way Flagg was eaten.
To each his own.Neither. I sincerely enjoyed the way Flagg was eaten.
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
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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?????
Did you not wish Roland played more of a part being his life long adversary and causing the death of his mother?Neither. I sincerely enjoyed the way Flagg was eaten.
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The only part of Flagg's death that bothered me was that it was at the hands of Mordred.
Flagg was an epic bad guy! Mordred was a punk.
Roland should have ahd the pleasure of finishing Flagg off.
No. I trusted the author on that.Did you not wish Roland played more of a part being his life long adversary and causing the death of his mother?Neither. I sincerely enjoyed the way Flagg was eaten.
interesting...No. I trusted the author on that.Did you not wish Roland played more of a part being his life long adversary and causing the death of his mother?Neither. I sincerely enjoyed the way Flagg was eaten.
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No. I trusted the author on that.Did you not wish Roland played more of a part being his life long adversary and causing the death of his mother?Neither. I sincerely enjoyed the way Flagg was eaten.Spoiler:
Because he's Flagg.
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This discussion should be in the Cara Laughs forum about The Stand:
http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...ss!-*SPOILERS*
John
Um, what he said.
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