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The Dark Tower trailer will hit tomorrow. Motion posters released
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Lactose_Intolerant
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bomba
even if it turns out good
even if it turns out good
NealMcCauley
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McConaughey looks pissed that he can't move.
darkstar0155
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The more I think on this the more I disagree. You could say Roland has some negative qualities, but he is obviously a vehicle of the "white". If roland is the villain, what is the MiB, Crimson King, Low Men, Mordred, etc etc.
dragonbane
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Pls be enjoyable
Apple Turnover
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I mean, technically it's a followup from (Major Book Spoiler, you've been warned)
after Roland claims the Tower and restarts his journey
Those posters are awful. I'll check it out, but this is moving to Video on Demand territory instead of theatrical release for me. I hope tomorrows trailer makes up for it
Seriously.
Jest Chillin
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The movie isn't just the story of The Gunslinger. It takes elements from multiple books, which should be obvious if only for the fact that Jake is in it. Who is following who changes contextually throughout the series.
Getting chills. After reading this series of books i am extremely excited for this movie. Please be a success and make the dark tower a huge name, it deserves to be.
Motion posters don't make much sense to me, but hot damn Elba looks great as Roland.
Probably not. Isn't this also a pseudo-sequel/final continuation of the "reset" story at the end of the books? I thought Roland already has a key item in this film. If that's the case, I would imagine that may make casual viewing harder, but maybe not?
Probably not. Isn't this also a pseudo-sequel/final continuation of the "reset" story at the end of the books? I thought Roland already has a key item in this film. If that's the case, I would imagine that may make casual viewing harder, but maybe not?
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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My wishlist for the trailer
- The man in black fleeing across the desert
- The Gunslinger following
The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed. Ill be very surprised if that isnt the opening title.
the_firewithin
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That second teaser with idris looked cool.
This one is the Idris Elba one
https://twitter.com/idriselba/status/859447167936856066
There is also the Matthew McConaughey‏ one
https://twitter.com/McConaughey/status/859444480738340870
JaseMath
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That reload is way less impressive than what the book actually describes
Looks like some real boilerplate stuff
Best book in the series imo. Atleast song of Susannah is fairly short but wolves and the dark tower are both pretty beefy. I recommend reading the series before looking too much into the movie, dont spoil anything!
Psychoward
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As someone who knows nothing about the book(s?) that twitter exchange is cringey as hell.
All of the twittering they have done about this has been lame as hell tbh. I gave King a pass since he can be a cornball sometimes and it's his line but the Idris/MacCounghey stuff was set up by a marketing dept and has been hello fellow kids shit.
I just feel like all the marketing around this was set up by someone that doesn't understand how to make things look cool or did the best with what they had which is worrying.
JaseMath
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I don't recall him ever reloading that way. Pretty sure he
ever just does that reloading trick where he rolls it off his knuckles.
Thank god I'm not alone, i can see it being cool in abstract but i cringed a bit watching it, especially when King describes the unbelievable speed of his fingers when reloading his guns numerous times throughout the books.
I also hope that the blue glow around his gun in one of the motion posters is not in the final film, yes they're made of the blue steel of Elds sword but please don't glow like that.
That's what I'm saying. Visually his knuckle trick would look fucking awesome and unique if they did it right. Instead they are making the shit look like Underworld/any other b action movie.
John Wick looks more like Roland than this guy. They figured out how to do cool reloads!
Yeah, it seems a very Zack Snydersque adaptation of that particular element of the novels...and not in a good way.
Aye that was his hypnotism trick IIRC
Yup.
The hypnotizing was built around his reload abilities like essentially he was feeding rounds into the gun as he fired or something and the manual dexterity for that was part of the hypnotizing. He definitely wasnt doing flips and shit like he had hacked the Matrix.
I'd have to find a passage on it by I thought the description was of him moving the bullets up his knuckles off his gun belt and into the chamber.
Messofanego
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Is the writing in the books that cheesy?
I've only read the graphic novel.
I've only read the graphic novel.
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I don't think it's possible for me to not enjoy all of this shit. This and Lord of the Rings are p much my all time favorite books-i-want-a-movie-of and I love the shit out of the LotR Trilogy.
There's no way I will not like this movie, anything they've shown looked fuckin' A.
There's no way I will not like this movie, anything they've shown looked fuckin' A.
Perd Hapley
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Anybody know what Akiva Goldsman's level of involvement is? Was he the lead writer for this, or did he just take a pass at it? I liked the book series but I haven't been following this movie, and seeing his name on the IMDB page immediately set off alarm bells for me.
Hopefully either this or It is good. As a fan, the success rate of King adaptations throughout my lifetime has been a massive bummer.
Hopefully either this or It is good. As a fan, the success rate of King adaptations throughout my lifetime has been a massive bummer.
yeah because speeding that up like he's the flash would look real great
the teasers look awesome, the cast is outstanding, i'm definitely going to see this
Now why would you go and remind us of a thing like that? Cruel.
KraftyKrankins
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I got chills seeing the door in live action. Ah, who am I kidding, I'll be watching on premiere day nevermind how bad the reviews might be.
Look at John Wick reloading, it doesn't have to be the Flash level speeds but it shouldn't be throwing bullets in the air either.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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He co wrote in early version of the script that's on the internet. The script seems to heavily correlate with what we have seen so far in trailers and from leaked set pictures. The movie is probably that script with a few revisions.
ThankeeSai
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SO FUCKING HYPED!
Depths of Orion
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That's basically what I'm thinking. Either have her be a racist or just leave all the racism out.
Huge fan of the original series (well, moreso the first four books) and have been waiting for years to see this in live action, despite my skepticism. It's unfortunate but that skepticism is only getting stronger. I'll still be there opening night, but not expecting much. I'll be sad if this kills the franchise's shot at wider recognition.
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