Why? I would think we would want whoever is the best actor for the part.
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I suppose. However if the television show is ever made I don't think the movie will hold much if any weight with the potential audience. Maybe I'm very jaded but the movie didn't bring much character development or world building and certainly didn't hit on my curiosity about a continuation of the story. It would be better served to change into a stand alone television show at this point.
If a prospective TV series is going to start from scratch with a new creative team, there's no point in keeping Roland black just to keep a link with the movie. The movie has picked up NO fans, so there's no demographic to satisfy, and to be honest, I would want to see Roland played by a white actor to (a) stay true to the Man-With-No-Name pop-culture archetype that was invoked by the books, and (b) keep the racial tension that Odetta/Detta/Susannah brings to their interactions. In a nutshell, I want to see a Roland influenced by those original books that are the reason why we're here, as opposed to a revisionist Roland meant to satisfy current standards of political correctness.
And I still honestly believe that one of the motives for casting Elba was that they feared being hit with the racism tag for having eliminated Susannah from the story.
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What CyberGhostface said ^.
Well probably not a whole lot at least. There was minimal fanfare or crossover appeal with this and the reaction was almost overwhelmingly negative from nearly everyone who saw it.
If they waited five years and started from scratch I doubt most people would care.
I know that critics were especially critical, but average Joes and Janes were much more appreciative. The rating figures I see in regards to the majority of the moviegoing public hover around the 60 to 63% mark. Not great and not terrible. More like...generally mediocre.
By the way, did you ever share your thoughts on the film after you watched it?
Haven't seen it yet. Don't know if I'll see it in theaters at this point. I'll see it eventually I suppose one way or another.
My eldest daughter (14)came home, "dad my friend saw TDT yesterday... He thought it was crap".. now she hasn't seen but already doesn't want to read the books! This film has ruined the chance of lots of young readers meeting the Ka-tet for real... Such a shame
Just a "save the boy" movie.
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Yeah..."Rescue movie."
I'm curious... wouldn't Roland saving the boy be exactly the point of the final loop?
I do get what you mean though but at the same time, there's obviously more going on.
As for new readers not reading DT books...oh well, that doesn't change their quality or relevance to my life. I did see five (yes, five) different editions of The Gunslinger at Chapters last night so someone must be buying them.
As of Sep. 4th, the Dark Tower has crossed the 100mil international mark...
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=darktower.htm
I finally saw the film yesterday. While it would have e been nice if they had made it closer to the novels (and I'm not sure I accept this is theSpoiler:) I enjoyed it.
So, it could have been so much more, but I thought it was okay, for what it was. 09-08-2017 10:10 AMIsamu DysonIs this good news, bad news, neutral news, or...?
Quote:If the cinematic/televised series continues to build on what we saw in the film, let us hope that the creative minds helming the project considerably expand plus improve upon the foundation. 09-08-2017 10:16 AMmae 09-08-2017 10:31 AMwebstar1000Quote:Dude... Dark Tower movies are done. DEAD. It sucks... but it is true. Perhaps a new direction with a show but the movies are done. 09-08-2017 11:55 AMSt. Troy 09-08-2017 03:23 PMCyberGhostfaceMeanwhile It looks it's going to break that domestically on opening weekend.
And that movie is R and over two hours long. Whodathunk a lengthy R-rated film based on a Stephen King novel could do well?
(And yes I know It has inherent advantages over DT but still.) 09-08-2017 05:00 PMIsamu Dyson