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Comment by Nemanja Sajkas on March 16, 2012 at 6:13am

I still disagree with Javier Bardem as Roland. Roland is supposed to be pale and more importantly blue eyed and somwheat ugly if you believe Eddie. Yet as far as i see, he stays Roland, so there's no use complaining.

So, i hope this will be a television series, because there's too much content to put in several movies.

Comment by Absinthe Minded on March 14, 2012 at 1:30am

If they can't get Javier Bardem, they can always substitute Jeffrey Dean Morgan. I don't think anyone would notice the difference.

Comment by Condor on March 13, 2012 at 11:39pm

as long as they the story less retarded than the books the concept could be god

Comment by Connor D. on March 13, 2012 at 7:49pm

Not a big Stephen King fan, but why hasn't anybody asked about the film rights for Eyes of the Dragon? On the subject of casting, who thinks that Willem Dafoe should be cast as Flagg?

Comment by lexloco on March 13, 2012 at 7:10pm

I agree with y'all about the ending, except I feel like he seriously short-changed his villains (especially Flagg).  I wouldn't be upset at all if they changed that part for the movies.  

The big thing that make the last 3 books stand out to me is that they were all written within a very short time (unlike the first four) and also all happened right after his accident...which is pretty apparent when you read them.  I sympathize with him keeping that in there, since I'm sure as an author he felt that the series was, at least in some way, a companion piece to his life.  I have to wonder if he's happy with those inclusions after 10 years of hindsight, though.

Comment by Dredd on March 13, 2012 at 5:50pm

True. I'm not complaining; it's good that he finally got to finish the story. I also liked the fact that he managed to [semi-spoilery] come up with a satisfactory ending. [mega spoilery from now on] He took quite a risk with an ending that could have easily been a cop-out but he inserted a small detail that gave the whole thing closure. I found myself smiling for quite some time thinking how such a small clue can make you play out a whole new series with a completely different ending in your head. King tends to be bashed for writing weak endings but the Dark Tower one was genius imo.

Comment by Cabbage Monster on March 13, 2012 at 5:17pm

@Lawparte & Aaron P carter

You also have to keep in mind that he wrote the whole series over a huge ass period of time. And people change, as do their skills, tastes ("The world has moved on"). He took it in some crazy directions (of which not all are good... i'm looking at you, crimson king) but I think it was kind of nessecary to fulfill one of the goals which he set up with The Dark Tower series: to envelope all his previous books.

Ka.

Comment by Dredd on March 13, 2012 at 5:05pm

Yep, just confirmed. The new book will be entitled: "The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole". Official wide release will be next month. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Tower:_The_Wind_Through_the_K...

Comment by Dredd on March 13, 2012 at 5:01pm

I agree, there's quite a change in tone between the first 4 and the last 3. It's almost like King abandoned the Western angle and went 100% Sci-Fi/Fantasy. I think that King himself recognised this issue himself because I believe that he will soon release another novel that will bridge the gap in time (and tone) between the 4th and 5th book.

Comment by Aaron P Carter on March 13, 2012 at 4:30pm

I'd almost want to see the first book somehow elegantly cut down to a flashback or somehow edited down to only include the important bits about Jake.There's just such a disparity between the first book and the rest of the series, even more so between it and the last 3 books. it reads more like a slightly strange western with a sci-fi tinge rather than the grand Sci-Fi fantasy of the rest of the series. 

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