THE FINAL VOTE! Best Fight Scene! (for real this time) *spoilers*

[Mordred Deschain]

hmmmm..I think I missed the whole thing. Those are the only 2 choices?
Damn I gota start paying attention.

[sarah]

Mordred, that is just the list that it got narrowed down to.

[Ruthful]

I agree with the sentiments expressed by most of the people so far. The shootout at the gas station in Maine was brilliant, but the firefight between Eddie, Roland and Balazar's crew is simply incomparable. It's the most exciting action sequence I've ever come across in a work of fiction. If they ever tried to option The Drawing of the Three as a script that scene would be bigger than the pivotal scene in Eastern Promises.

[Mordred Deschain]

Mordred, that is just the list that it got narrowed down to.

I see I see me cully. I got no vote than, yar.

[MonteGss]

Mordred, that is just the list that it got narrowed down to.

I see I see me cully. I got no vote than, yar.

C'mon Mordred, that's just nonsense. These are the two fights scenes as narrowed down by all of your wonderful peers here on the site. Don't segregate yourself, VOTE!!

(If I were you, I'd vote Gas Station )

[Mordred Deschain]

Alright alright!!

But I can't vote for the gas station. I understand the scene, but it seems to much like a mid-80's Rambo movie. But I do like it because it does show (like most of the fight scenes) the skill of gunslingers and the ability to overcome unbelievable odds.

The fight at Balazar's I found more interesting. The close quarters gun play was excellent, also the simple fact that Roland was impressed that Eddie was fighting naked. Which also brings up the point that it was the first impression that we might get to see more gunslingers.

But they were both pretty good, just not my favorite

[Letti]

But I can't vote for the gas station. I understand the scene, but it seems to much like a mid-80's Rambo movie.

*faints*
*pulls herself together*
Like a Rambo movie?
When our two favourite gunslingers are fighting like two souls in one body... it seems like a mid-80's Rambo movie?

[Mordred Deschain]

But I can't vote for the gas station. I understand the scene, but it seems to much like a mid-80's Rambo movie.

*faints*
*pulls herself together*
Like a Rambo movie?
When our two favourite gunslingers are fighting like two souls in one body... it seems like a mid-80's Rambo movie?

noooo...more like when grenades and machine guns and exploding gas pumps are involved rather than straight out gun play, then ya, it's like a rambo movie.

When young Roland, Alain, and Cuthbert are riding up on Jonas and all the guys piking them off and working as one soul, that's a gun fight. Or Roland taking on the entire town of Tull. That's true gunslinger skill. And in Balazar's office when Roland is still freshly dealing with only being able to use one hand, that's a gun fight.

[Jean]

there was something of a Rambo movie about it, just like there was something of different cultural contexts in different parts of the saga; often they were intermingled in most unexpected ways, and I think that's the very point of the book.

[Mordred Deschain]

there was something of a Rambo movie about it, just like there was something of different cultural contexts in different parts of the saga; often they were intermingled in most unexpected ways, and I think that's the very point of the book.

I agree 100%


Other than that, I liked the gas station scene, just wasn't my favorite.

[MonteGss]

*bump*


Wow, Balazar's is kicking some ass. So unfortunate...

[Mordred Deschain]

I also like the the fight scene in the tunnel on the way to fedic (I think) when Roland and Eddie appear behind the guys that were chasing Jake and Oy from the Dixie pig. I think it was described as since each only had one gun, Roland would roll behind Eddie to reload while Eddie would take his six shots, then Eddie would roll behind Roland to reload while Roland did what he does best. I thought that was a classic tactical move.