The Dark Tower-Mike Flanagan wants to adapt King magnum opus

[ace]

Dec 8, 2022 18:49:38 GMT -5 slickrickstyles said:

Dec 8, 2022 17:26:48 GMT -5 ace said:

I’ve always thought what an adaptation should really be is a sequel to the books. The last loop.  It lets you pick out everything you want while not having to be judged as a strict adaptation…and allows for closure to the story of the movie/show and the story in general

I guess that was displayed in the movie with the horn

Oh I skipped the movie.  Bad reviews combined with a tiny run time…I just thought this had to be a mess.  I bet Elba was great but I just didn’t want to be annoyed with it

[Ultimo Gallos]

I saw the Movie as another run thru the time warp,that happens after the 9 books.

I'm odd about the Dark Tower franchise. Started reading the books when 2 was just hitting shelves. And read each as they came out. A month before book 7 The Dark Tower came out,someone on what was back then the big DT forum spoiled the ending.

But when I got the book,and read it in 2 days,I loved the ending and for me I just don't think the story will work properly in any kind of form outside of books.

[mystermystery]

I believe someone involved with The Dark Tower film did say it was approached as an "after the books" story but the rest of it was bungled by way too many cooks in the kitchen as just about every filmmaking department wanted things (marketing wanted the guns to glow because it would help sell tickets in foreign countries, apparently) that led to just a really bad collection of "Ooh, can we do a reference here?" nonsense along with a haphazard plot that essentially took away Roland's desire to protect the Dark Tower for some Last Action Hero level kid stuff.

Flanagan has been on The Kingcast podcast multiple, multiple times and you can tell he's got a plan for King stories in-between his own (sadly, his script for Revivial has been shelved, but maybe Amazon can fund that as well, especially if a Dark Tower adaptation takes a few years to properly set-up).

[King Devitt and the Woke Mob]

Are there going to be massive changes no matter what? Yeah.

But if there's anyone I would trust to do the "best possible version of an impossible task" it would be Flanagan.

[Ryback on a Pole!]

Dark Tower just seems like something way to difficult to adapt.

I tapped out of my book shortly after Blaine. I was all hyped to continue the journey, and then, the next book was a dull, boring, overly long, meandering flashback and I just tapped out. I couldn't get through it.