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  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,962
    Saw the Dark Tower last night..bad, very..even if you are a hardcore fan..
    hope ''It'' will be better
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  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,962
    Looks nice..
    https://youtu.be/rWSJ-1TN0Fw

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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,665
    edited August 2017
    23scidoo said:
    Saw the Dark Tower last night..bad, very..even if you are a hardcore fan..
    hope ''It'' will be better
    I figured it would probably be better for non-fans. I'm a really big SK fan, but not a Dark Tower fan at all (I tried to read a couple of them, but gave up quickly - I just couldn't get into the whole setting/tone), so my mind is very open to this movie. I don't care how the story relates to the books even a little bit. Is it a terrible movie for someone who, say, has never even heard of The Dark Tower before? If so, why?
    One thing I think before even seeing it is that Matthew McConnaghy (or however you spell it) seems like a really excellent casting choice for playing the Dark Man character in general. I.e. if he played the Dark Man in a good remake of The Stand or something (as opposed to that SHITTY made for TV movie of that book), I think that would be fantastic.
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    PJ_Soul said:
    23scidoo said:
    Saw the Dark Tower last night..bad, very..even if you are a hardcore fan..
    hope ''It'' will be better
    I figured it would probably be better for non-fans. I'm a big SK fan, but not a Dark Tower fan at all, so my mind is very open to this movie. I don't care how the story relates to the books even a little bit. Is it a terrible movie for someone who, say, has never even heard of The Dark Tower before? If so, why?
    Yeah, I'm still optimistic because I'm not expecting anything true to the books or super sweet.
    I'm expecting a well-acted sci-fi action romp.
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  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,962
    ^^I went to the movie with a firend who had no idea about the Dark Tower..he like it just as he saw it..an action movie..
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,179
    this is pretty sweet.  one of my friends is an artist and he got one of his poster prints for fandango for the movie IT! 


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  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,962
    ^^Awesome!!
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  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,962
    eeriepadave said:
    this is pretty sweet.  one of my friends is an artist and he got one of his poster prints for fandango for the movie IT! 


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    http://flix.gr/news/it-artwork.html
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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,853
    edited September 2017
    https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/stephen-king-movies-rank-42-films-based-works-223033347.html

    interesting list I guess, at least as a retrospective.  Seems like the writer felt the need to take too many h0t t4k3s.  really bad rankings for the most part, but Im a sucker to read rankings.  Also some omissions: The Stand, Desperation, and Salems Lot come to mind




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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,179
    23scidoo said:
    eeriepadave said:
    this is pretty sweet.  one of my friends is an artist and he got one of his poster prints for fandango for the movie IT! 


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    http://flix.gr/news/it-artwork.html
    those are pretty awesome also!
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  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,962
    http://www.indiewire.com/2017/09/xavier-dolan-it-best-movie-of-21st-century-review-1201875103/
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  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,962
    Love that book..
    https://youtu.be/twbGU2CqqQU
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  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,962
    Happy belated Mr.!!!!
    https://bangordailynews.com/2017/09/21/arts-culture/happy-70th-birthday-stephen-king/

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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,665
    23scidoo said:
    Love that book..
    https://youtu.be/twbGU2CqqQU
    I am actually not much of a fan of this book (read it two or three times over many years), but I'll certainly be interested to see what Netflix did for the story.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,962
    and this..
    https://youtu.be/3E_fT0aTsjI
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,665
    ^^^ That story I do enjoy. This looks really good. I think it's pretty awesome that Netflix appears to be getting on the SK bandwagon here. I wonder what other stories they'll do?? There are SO many to choose from!
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,962
    ^^Agree with you..the vault is full of diamonds..
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  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,962
    Tonight..

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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,665
    Someone made a weird comment to me about SK on the weekend... He said that his friend claims that SK always has to insert sex into all his book. I was surprised to hear this statement. I mean, yeah, there is some sex in his stories because sex happens, but this person made it sounds like it was gratuitous. I definitely have never thought that. Also, he said this girl said there is some weird child sex scene in "It" (the book), and not including the molestation of Bev. Is there a descriptive segment with little kids having sex in the book?? I don't remember that part. I'm wondering if this friend of this guy's isn't just a major prude or something.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,853
    yes.  that part exists

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