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Anyone reading the Dark Tower now?
I have never read it but I think I may try to read it prior to August. It is about 4,500 pages it looks like so should be doable if I start soon. I assume I should read them in publication order even though book 8, The Wind Through the Keyhole, is before a couple of the other books.
How does the trailer look in relation to the books? (Youtube video in the spoiler.) Wikipedia has this to say which makes me think I really need to read them first to understand what is going on (possible spoilers?) Spoiler:
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It's been a while since I've read the series, but watching the trailer, the movie doesn't seem to follow the books very closely.
I have to wonder what a "direct adaptation" is supposed to mean. |
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If Matt McConaughey's Man in Black says, "alright, alright, alright" even once, I'm out.
And yes ... I would read the books in publication order. Including Wind Through the Keyhole. |
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I'd guess it means that it tells the story that's in the novels and then continues after the point at which the novels end.
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I'll reserve judgement till I see the movie, but ...
7 books, plus a continuation of the story seems like a lot to fit into one movie. Spoiler:
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I thought that this was interesting:
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Spoiler:
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Thanks for explaining that.
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Spoiler:
Not having read any of the books, that feels very spoilerish to me. Is it? Last edited by Dazrin; 05-15-2017 at 01:26 PM. |
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Sorry about that but it's not especially spoilerish but I'll go ahead and put the spoiler tags around it.
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Unlike the Wheel of Time series where that is up-front and center I hadn't heard anything like that for this series and it changed my perspective on the series at least. |
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