Guppycur Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Hm, couldn't find it where I was looking, but that's okay, I'm not sure when my next long trip is anyway, so I'll keep an eye out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppycur Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 So... Had an opportunity. The first download copy all the way to my mobile before I left, so the outgoing trip was a bust. The other two copies I got while at my destination... Well, one was missing chapter 1, and the other garbled out and started jumping chapters right after the gunslinger banged the bartender and broke the piano players wrists. So far, my attempts to "read" this thing have been a bust. Now that I'm back home I'll try xfering the first copy over to my mobile again. - - - Updated - - - Oh yeh... My impressions? So far, "meh". Sword of shanarra already did the post apocalypse magic thing. And I hate deserts. Hope it picks up, but I will at least, finish book one. King only wrote well as Bachman or in his short stories. (Rage is probably my favorite book, like ever.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUST2DEATH Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 definitely not a fanatic, however. Demons & Wizards - Touched by the crimson king is one of my GOAT's. http://darktower.wikia.com/wiki/Touched_by_the_Crimson_King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glimpse Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 So... Had an opportunity. The first download copy all the way to my mobile before I left, so the outgoing trip was a bust. The other two copies I got while at my destination... Well, one was missing chapter 1, and the other garbled out and started jumping chapters right after the gunslinger banged the bartender and broke the piano players wrists. So far, my attempts to "read" this thing have been a bust. Now that I'm back home I'll try xfering the first copy over to my mobile again. - - - Updated - - - Oh yeh... My impressions? So far, "meh". Sword of shanarra already did the post apocalypse magic thing. And I hate deserts. Hope it picks up, but I will at least, finish book one. King only wrote well as Bachman or in his short stories. (Rage is probably my favorite book, like ever.) Sword of Shanarra was hardly the first fantasy series to do that, and definitely not the last. How do you hate deserts? The desert is an important part of the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 I still have The Gunslinger and Drawing of The Three on audio cassette. Kids, audio cassettes were a thing we listened to music on. Stephen King actually reads Drawing of the Three, so if you can find that version, get it! His voice bugs me whenever I see him do interviews or he cameos with a speaking part. I don't think I could listen to him read an audio book.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glimpse Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 His voice bugs me whenever I see him do interviews or he cameos with a speaking part. I don't think I could listen to him read an audio book.... He could read it as his character Jordy from Creepshow. That would be interesting... But yeah, I can understand how his voice could bug someone. Listening to Neil Gaiman read his own works is amazing, though. But that man could publish his grocery list and I'd buy three copies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppycur Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 I hate deserts because they're so... desolate. I also hate ships-at-sea books. I like possibilities, and in a desert and ship-at-sea book it usually turns to blah blah blah boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glimpse Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 I hate deserts because they're so... desolate. I also hate ships-at-sea books. I like possibilities, and in a desert and ship-at-sea book it usually turns to blah blah blah boring. Deserts are thriving with possibility... and this just isn't any desert. But, yeah, stay off the water. I don't know why people are so in love with pirates. So boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSBX Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Ok so that was not a good movie at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ld-airgrafix Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 huuuuge fan of westerns, but never got into Dark Tower series. The movie, they had a chance to make a kick ass weird western, but no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SylenThunder Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Ok so that was not a good movie at all. I refuse to watch it. It will just make me mad I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HungryZombie Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 So Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series has always been an obsession of mine. I've not really tried out the comics per se, but I've read the entire book series at least 4 times, along with all of his other stories that somehow tie in to it. So this may be old news for other fans, but I just simply didn't know about it... Apparently there is finally a legit movie version in the works. I am a combination of stoked and nervous. Stoked because I think if they do it correctly it could easily be one of the best movies (or more likely series of movies) ever to hit the screen. Nervous because the chances of them nailing it are just not that great. But here's hoping... The nerves mainly come because 1) King's stories so rarely adapt well to film, and 2) The scope of this story is... well, big. It will take an incredibly well put together production and a very high budget to do it right... and at this point I have no idea if either of those things are in the cards. Either way, I'm excited to see where this goes. If the film(s) fall flat, I'll always have the books to fall back on... But if they somehow manage to really capture the story... Man, I hope they do. On a side-note, the Marvel comic for the darktower is awesome. They unfold the story a bit different than the books. Instead of time jumping back and forth they reveal the plot in a more chronological order. Fantastic artwork by Jae Lee as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubo Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 I refuse to watch it. It will just make me mad I'm sure. I feel exactly the same way regarding the resurrected X-Files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SylenThunder Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 I feel exactly the same way regarding the resurrected X-Files Oh, not watchin that either. The previews make me squirm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhud1979 Posted April 7, 2018 Author Share Posted April 7, 2018 I just noticed this thread got resurrected at some point... not that I've been around much lately to notice earlier. But yeah, the movie... Not good. On its own merits, maybe an ok movie... but given the story it is supposed to be at least loosely based on, just terrible. Gup, I noticed you never mention reading or listening to anything beyond the first book... stick it out through book two, dude. The desert doesn't last forever, homie. And the story gets... much more interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppycur Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 The audio book I downloaded was missing some chapters, or something was out of whack... But the story just didn't interest me enough to even find a better copy. I saw the movie trailers and they weren't interesting either, although quite obviously nothing like the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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