• deweydecibel@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    There are bad adaptations, and then there’s the Dark Tower, which was akin to a full palm-open slap to the fans while desperately hoping they could maybe appeal to some movie goers that were unfamiliar with the books, which it failed to do spectacularly.

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      7 months ago

      Most of Steven King books end up this way. It’s pretty much expected at this point.

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        7 months ago

        Hey now, The Mist, The Shining, Salem’s Lot, Storm of the Century, 1408, Rose Red (Depending on your tastes of course, it’s bad, but very watchable) that would like a word. Hell, Silver Bullet and Maximum Overdrive Are also not bad if you enjoy less than great movies.

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        7 months ago

        They end fine. Genuinely, read the first book, and read the last chapter of the last book. Ignore everything else.

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            7 months ago

            His cocaine era was his best era. That being said, I did enjoy many of the Dark Tower books, but only as standalone books and not for what they contributed to the series overall, which was a large mess of half thought-out needlessly over-explained medley of what I can only summarize as pure narcissism.

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              The man managed to insert his own car accident three times in the series. This dude really needs therapy.

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                7 months ago

                He also tried to bind his universe to Harry Potter, Star Wars, and even Spiderman.