Dark Tower movie/TV adaption (thrilled or worried)

[CarpathianMuffin]

Worried as all hell. Stephen King film/TV adaptations have been generally mixed, and I don't have good feelings about this one.

Maybe so but I'm keeping optimistic. We could do allot worse then Ron Howard and the whole trilogy with a TV spot the fill in the blanks idea has me intrigued.

Oh yeah, there's definitely worse. I'm not getting my hopes up is all I'm saying, though I'll be pleasantly surprised if it works.

 

[AvsJoe]

Worried? Thrilled? How about cautiously optimistic. Stephen King adaptations are very hit-or-miss; for every Shawshank there's a Maximum Overdrive, for every Green Mile there's a Dreamcatcher, for every Misery there's a Cat's Eye, for every Carrie (1976) there's a Carrie (2002)... you get the idea. Here's hoping this film + series will be among his better adaptations, not among his worst.

 

[Something Amyss]

The Watchmen. V for Vendetta. From Hell. LxG.<----Learn from these. All of them are KILLER graphic novels. All of them are SHIT movies.

I'm thinking you're in for "a watered down piece of crap designed to appeal to a mass market..."

I thought that was King's literature in general.

Watchmen was excellent. It may not have been perfectly faithful, but it worked. I'll give you the rest, though. But then again, who in their right minds would let the Wachowskis touch any work of merit?

 

[diego_2112]

He's called Alan Moore. Constantine wasn't too bad though, even if it gave exposure to that douche shia lebeouf.

OT: I think it is a never a bad policy to hope for the best and expect the worst. Also keep a very important fact in mind "What's on the page is best on the page but that doesn't make it even worth a frame of film". Pretty sure that was the quote, ballsed if I can think of who said it though.

Aye, I know the author's name is Alan Moore. I'm a big fan of his. As far as Constantine... Meh, it was O.K., but nothing to write home about. And yes, mr. Douche should not have been in it. Oi, I cant stand him!

I thought that was King's literature in general.

Watchmen was excellent. It may not have been perfectly faithful, but it worked. I'll give you the rest, though. But then again, who in their right minds would let the Wachowskis touch any work of merit?

You made me lawl hardcore with that first line! :-D

See my earlier posts for my take on Watchmen, but you're right, keep the Wachowskis AWAY FROM EVERYTHING!!!

 

[spartan1077]

unless it takes 7 years in between the first and second movies then I'm worried- also the whole idea of the novels ending was to give more questions than answers. I believe I did find a good ending that made sense to the whole series and I called it the actual ending in my mind, but if the TV or the movie destroys this plot filler...

 

[Something Amyss]

See my earlier posts for my take on Watchmen, but you're right, keep the Wachowskis AWAY FROM EVERYTHING!!!

Heck, if we could ban them from filmmaking, I'd do a snoopy dance. XD

 

[pigmypython]

Hopeful, but there is so much good material in those books I am worried about whatthey will eventually cut. And how graphic will it be? Like much of Stephen King's work it can easily get an R rating in theaters. What happens when it hits TV? Will it become PG 13?