Dark Tower

[Van Plexico]

DefDave just pointed this out to me:

http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/09/08/the-dark-tower-to-hit-tv-and-movie-screens/

It is rather mind-blowing in terms of the idea of doing both a movie
trilogy *and* a TV series concurrently, by the same people.

I'm looking forward to RevSF's take on it...

--Van

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[Edward Crosby]

I read that same post this morning and an article on io9.
Being that The Dark Tower series is my all-time favorite book series, I
can't say I am excited about this. I find it difficult to believe that
they can do movies and a TV series and expect to get everything right
about the books. I'm sorry but I believe this series is one of those books
that will never translate well to the small and big screen. Only if it is
expected that a TV series would last more than three seasons could I see
them getting it close to the books. At the bare minimum, it would have to
be a 24 episode season for every book, of which there are seven. And
still, I find it hard to believe they would get it right. Also, I would
hope Stephen King would have every say as to what gets added and what gets
cut in the translation.

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[Van]

Oh, I'm sure they'll totally screw it up. That's almost a given--
particularly with the screenwriter (Akiva Goldsman) they're using.
Yuck.

I don't see them needing 24 hours of programming to cover *each* of
the books-- the first one, in particular, could be covered easily in a
"movie-of-the-week," 2-hr format, I think. There's just not a lot to
it. The second one is not much longer, really, in terms of stuff that
happens. Same with volume 6.

Meanwhile, THE WASTE LANDS seems to me ideal for a single, 2.5-hour
big-time feature film. And WIZARD AND GLASS... gosh, you could do
that one any number of ways. That's probably where most of the "TV
series" stuff will be coming from-- the same way Marvel's done it.

But the property is one of my favorites, too. I like it because I
really enjoy King's writing, but I don't like horror-- so this series
was perfect for me: King's fantasy/post-apocalyptic (and pre-
apocalyptic!) magnum opus. A scarier Lord of the Rings. With
gunfighters.

I don't know if I've mentioned it here before; somehow, I think I
might have, since I rarely miss an opportunity to drop a link for
myself. :-) Here's my review of the whole series:
http://www.revolutionsf.com/article.php?id=3355

But what's noteworthy to me is this: Doing a movie series and TV
series concurrently, and using (some of) the same actors in both, just
seems... impossible?... to me. Contract issues, etc. And what if
the TV series gets terrible ratings and gets cancelled in the first
year, while there are still two more movies left to go? Would they
just scrub the movies in that case? (Reminds me of our conversation
about Marvel movies recently!) Or would they scrub the series and
keep doing the movies??

But it's certainly an interesting idea. And I'll certainly watch
(both).

--Van

On Sep 9, 11:56 am, "Edward Crosby" <e...@theuniquegeek.com> wrote:
> I read that same post this morning and an article on io9.
> Being that The Dark Tower series is my all-time favorite book series, I
> can't say I am excited about this. I find it difficult to believe that
> they can do movies and a TV series and expect to get everything right
> about the books. I'm sorry but I believe this series is one of those books
> that will never translate well to the small and big screen. Only if it is
> expected that a TV series would last more than three seasons could I see
> them getting it close to the books. At the bare minimum, it would have to
> be a 24 episode season for every book, of which there are seven. And
> still, I find it hard to believe they would get it right. Also, I would
> hope Stephen King would have every say as to what gets added and what gets
> cut in the translation.
>
> --
> Have a Better One,

> Edward Crosbyhttp://www.edwardcrosby.com

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> "There are no atheists in foxholes or firmware updates."
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>
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> > DefDave just pointed this out to me:
>

> >http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/09/08/the-dark-tower-to-hit-tv-and-mov...

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> > It is rather mind-blowing in terms of the idea of doing both a movie
> > trilogy *and* a TV series concurrently, by the same people.
>
> > I'm looking forward to RevSF's take on it...
>
> > --Van
>
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