Stephen King's The Dark Tower series

[Finder]

Your right, what a booooooring book... put me almost to sleep- who cares about some guy from a time(what we would probably describe as the American old West) that is almost dying who is forced to travel between parallel worlds and has to kidnap/ match wits with a heroine addict, a schizo and a meticulous killer ... all the while navigating in a strange world by possessing people and searching for some aspirin, antibiotics and a strange and elusive dark tower . pfffff, so boring.

Yeah, exactly, I didn't know if I was supposed to laugh or take it seriously. I didn't get the strange crab creature on the beach or the gun fight with the mobsters. It was probably fifteen years ago when I read it so maybe I was expecting something different. Maybe it's because I am just not too big on King's prose to begin with. I did enjoy the first book so I remember being annoyed I couldn't get into the second.

 

[axl blaze]

yeah, I love/hate King's prose. at times it can be too pedestrian or just strange (lack of a better word as seen in Dark Tower), but sometimes it can be just right and very effective (scary, as seen in the Shining). sometimes I think he pulls out ideas for monsters and plots out of his ass, but his creativity and character interaction lets him get away with it

 

[Ravr]

Did-a-chick? Dum-a-chum? Dad-a-cham?

 

[GræyScüll]

I hope Christian Bale doesn't play Roland, i think he would be okay....but not great.

 

[Ravr]

Hmm, anybody ever notice a high frequency of synchronicity while reading Stephen King books?

 

[Wordswords]

yeah, he sets em up that way

 

[Ravr]

yeah, he sets em up that way

How?

 

[Wordswords]

forethought

 

[morpher001]

I read the whole series and came away very dissatisfied. I think the premise was really awesome, but the execution, atrocious.

 

[Busty St Clare]

I think it is clever concept to break the stories between feature films (that would generate more money) and television series (that allow a more complex build up of characters). It is ambitious though as the series does polarise so many people as you can see by the responses in this thread. I just hope they complete the films/series and not be dictated by how successful or not the early filming is received.

Personally I was sucked in by the first book and grew to love the intertwined stories only to be let down by the ending.

 

[Wordswords]

now they're saying Viggo MOrtensen will play Roland. but they've also kind of thrown Hugh Jackman out there, I think he could play the part quite well. he's one of the smartest and most versatile actors out there right now imo