Stephen King's Dark Tower movie (Spoiler Alert!)

Cagliostro

What the what?

There are some crazy rumors going around the web about this. Today is the first I've heard of this, but it sounds like Javier Bardem has been offered the role of Roland.
Even weirder is that there will be movies and some mini-series in between the movies to tell the full story. And casting rumors for Susannah have a white actress pegged for her.
Weirdness.
I'm certainly excited about the prospect of a Dark Tower movie, but I don't see Javier Bardem as Roland, and I think Susannah should be black. The feature film/mini-series thing is intriguing though.
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Cail · Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 4:29 pm Post subject:

He's probably too old now, but Kurt Russell would have been perfect for Roland.

Suze is black. Changing that radically changes the story.

This.

Will.

Suck.
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Horrim Carabal · Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:00 pm Post subject:

A few points:

1) I don't care if Susannah is white or black, so long as the movie writers make her less annoying than King did. I swear, my least favorite character in the whole 7 books (well, maybe except for Dandelo), but King obviously thought she was friggin' awesome!

2) How cool would it be to see Blaine in full 3-D glory?!

3) I hate Javier Bardem. And that stupid No Country movie.

4) The first three Dark Tower books are great. I hated book 4, although everyone else seemed to like it, and then the last 3 were c.r.a.p. I can easily see the movie actually improving the source material.

5) Change the ending. It was horrible.

Cail · Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:23 pm Post subject:

Rigel · Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:07 pm Post subject:

Horrim Carabal · Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:52 pm Post subject:

Cail · Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:11 pm Post subject:

The Waste Lands is the best of the first three. It doesn't hold a candle to Wizard and Glass. Wolves of the Calla wasn't horrible, and could probably make for a rather good film.

The problem I had with the lead up to the ending, was that the Crimson King was erased, which was stupid. The Man in Black's death was stupid. Basically, everything leading up to the ending was stupid. Now granted, I cried my eyes out when Oy died, but it was still just another pointless death.

To steal King's words, it took him until Wizard and Glass to truly get on the beam with the story. Then he had his accident, and lost it.

Oh, and if Suze ain't black, you've got no story.
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Horrim Carabal · Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:25 pm Post subject:

Cambo · Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:59 pm Post subject:

What's this Scooby-Doo ending being mentioned? Been a while since I read the 7th DT, and I only read it once. But I recall Roland getting to the top of the Tower, opening the door, and ending up back in the desert. I don't recall any reunions. Did I miss something incredibly major? Confused

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Horrim Carabal · Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:03 am Post subject:

Cail · Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:29 am Post subject:

Alternate people and doppelgangers and sick reunions. It was truly horrible.
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Cambo · Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 1:27 am Post subject:

I don't remember even being aware of that. Guess I took the note from King seriously. Laughing

Sounds like the Harry Potter epilogue to me. Blergh.
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dANdeLION · Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:01 am Post subject:

It was like the ending of LOST. Like Roland's supporting cast got reunited in the afterlife. Roland himself returned to the beginning of his story, so he wasn't involved in that ending. I have no problem with it personally, but some things that make me wonder if the films can be made are things like "will Marvel Comics allow them to use Dr. Doom in the movie?" and stuff like that.
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danlo · Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:28 am Post subject:

Could you please either put a spoiler alert up, or move this to the King forum?

dANdeLION · Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 4:51 am Post subject:

I put (Spoiler Alert!) in the thread title. I'd be surprised if anybody interested enough to read this thread hasn't read the series, though. The final book came out almost a decade ago.
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danlo · Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:18 am Post subject:

Thanks, I'd like to read the series one of these days and have heard of Roland, I tried to look away while reading but caught some stuff I shouldn't have...

Orlion · Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:55 am Post subject:

Horrim Carabal · Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 4:20 pm Post subject:

lucimay · Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 4:54 pm Post subject:

LOL!!

figures that i'd be the only one to think Bardem might be good in this role. heh.

(i love this about myself! i knew who john cale was too! hee!)
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Cagliostro · Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:06 pm Post subject:

Oh, I'm sure Bardem will be good in this role - he's a good actor. I just don't see Roland with his face. Then again, I didn't think Viggo Mortensen was right for Aragorn from the few things I saw him in, and out of the supposed final three for Roland (Christian Bale, Viggo and Bardem), Viggo would have been who I would have picked. We'll just have to see.
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