The Dark Tower [Archive]

Totalrecall1982

02-22-2006, 02:58 PM

Should Steven Kings best series( The Dark Tower) be made into a movie?

Schmed

02-22-2006, 03:00 PM

No.

chester grape

02-22-2006, 05:42 PM

No.

Agreed. Lock the thread, Schmedders.

Totalrecall1982

02-23-2006, 03:52 PM

Have you ever read the books?

Dwaine Scum

02-23-2006, 03:55 PM

why not make a movie out of Insomnia, thay would fuck it up just as bad...

agreed, no...

Lock thread schmed or Im eating your last bolonga sangwhich

Totalrecall1982

02-23-2006, 03:57 PM

why not make a movie out of Insomnia, thay would fuck it up just as bad...

agreed, no...

Lock thread schmed or Im eating your last bolonga sangwhich

Why you don't like the series or you think it's just to difficult to make into a good movie?

Schmed

02-23-2006, 04:25 PM

I agree that it is some of Kings best written work, but it would translate poorly to film, too much would be lost/left out and it is just a bad idea all together. Best leave them as books.

DangerousDan

02-23-2006, 07:32 PM

I think it would make a great movie but it would take some serious skill to pull and a brilliant director. It would suck if they just made it into one of those quick knock offs just to make a few bucks. The Roland charcter would have to stand about 6'6 at least and would have to go on a starvation diet prior to the film. They would need a real heroin junkie that was coming off heroin just for the movie for the Eddie character. If someone punched Oprah in the face and took out 3 teeth and then locked her in the closet for 2 months with only a bread and water diet. Nah. Just joking. I fucking hate Oprah. They could use a combat vet for the black woman with no legs.

chester grape

02-23-2006, 07:38 PM

Told you you should have locked the thread, Schmed.

TheGrimJesus

02-23-2006, 08:23 PM

I think it would make a great movie but it would take some serious skill to pull and a brilliant director. It would suck if they just made it into one of those quick knock offs just to make a few bucks. The Roland charcter would have to stand about 6'6 at least and would have to go on a starvation diet prior to the film. They would need a real heroin junkie that was coming off heroin just for the movie for the Eddie character. If someone punched Oprah in the face and took out 3 teeth and then locked her in the closet for 2 months with only a bread and water diet. Nah. Just joking. I fucking hate Oprah. They could use a combat vet for the black woman with no legs.

And you are a dip shit also, The books could no way shape or form transfer to movie form. The only way it would happen if it got the Peter Jackson Treatment that LOTR got. That is just not going to happen with a King book.

DangerousDan

02-23-2006, 08:44 PM

I think it would make a great movie but it would take some serious skill to pull and a brilliant director. It would suck if they just made it into one of those quick knock offs just to make a few bucks. The Roland charcter would have to stand about 6'6 at least and would have to go on a starvation diet prior to the film. They would need a real heroin junkie that was coming off heroin just for the movie for the Eddie character. If someone punched Oprah in the face and took out 3 teeth and then locked her in the closet for 2 months with only a bread and water diet. Nah. Just joking. I fucking hate Oprah. They could use a combat vet for the black woman with no legs.

And you are a dip shit also, The books could no way shape or form transfer to movie form. The only way it would happen if it got the Peter Jackson Treatment that LOTR got. That is just not going to happen with a King book.

It could definitely be done. I'm sure nobody thought Star Wars was going to be anything other than a campy piece of shit until it came out. It would just take the right people and alot of money.

TheGrimJesus

02-23-2006, 08:47 PM

I think it would make a great movie but it would take some serious skill to pull and a brilliant director. It would suck if they just made it into one of those quick knock offs just to make a few bucks. The Roland charcter would have to stand about 6'6 at least and would have to go on a starvation diet prior to the film. They would need a real heroin junkie that was coming off heroin just for the movie for the Eddie character. If someone punched Oprah in the face and took out 3 teeth and then locked her in the closet for 2 months with only a bread and water diet. Nah. Just joking. I fucking hate Oprah. They could use a combat vet for the black woman with no legs.

And you are a dip shit also, The books could no way shape or form transfer to movie form. The only way it would happen if it got the Peter Jackson Treatment that LOTR got. That is just not going to happen with a King book.

It could definitely be done. I'm sure nobody thought Star Wars was going to be anything other than a campy piece of shit until it came out. It would just take the right people and alot of money.

They did think it was a campy POS, It is a campy POS. The Towers are something that can not be done right now and do it justice.

DangerousDan

02-23-2006, 08:52 PM

I think it would make a great movie but it would take some serious skill to pull and a brilliant director. It would suck if they just made it into one of those quick knock offs just to make a few bucks. The Roland charcter would have to stand about 6'6 at least and would have to go on a starvation diet prior to the film. They would need a real heroin junkie that was coming off heroin just for the movie for the Eddie character. If someone punched Oprah in the face and took out 3 teeth and then locked her in the closet for 2 months with only a bread and water diet. Nah. Just joking. I fucking hate Oprah. They could use a combat vet for the black woman with no legs.

And you are a dip shit also, The books could no way shape or form transfer to movie form. The only way it would happen if it got the Peter Jackson Treatment that LOTR got. That is just not going to happen with a King book.

It could definitely be done. I'm sure nobody thought Star Wars was going to be anything other than a campy piece of shit until it came out. It would just take the right people and alot of money.

They did think it was a campy POS, It is a campy POS. The Towers are something that can not be done right now and do it justice.

Buck Rogers was a campy piece of shit. Barbarella was a campy shit ball. Star Wars was able to make people forget that the whole idea was completely insane long enough to get to the end of the movie through good Directing, good script writing and casting the right people along with special effects geeks and an especially good audio guy for picking out the background music.

TheGrimJesus

02-23-2006, 08:58 PM

I think it would make a great movie but it would take some serious skill to pull and a brilliant director. It would suck if they just made it into one of those quick knock offs just to make a few bucks. The Roland charcter would have to stand about 6'6 at least and would have to go on a starvation diet prior to the film. They would need a real heroin junkie that was coming off heroin just for the movie for the Eddie character. If someone punched Oprah in the face and took out 3 teeth and then locked her in the closet for 2 months with only a bread and water diet. Nah. Just joking. I fucking hate Oprah. They could use a combat vet for the black woman with no legs.

And you are a dip shit also, The books could no way shape or form transfer to movie form. The only way it would happen if it got the Peter Jackson Treatment that LOTR got. That is just not going to happen with a King book.

It could definitely be done. I'm sure nobody thought Star Wars was going to be anything other than a campy piece of shit until it came out. It would just take the right people and alot of money.

They did think it was a campy POS, It is a campy POS. The Towers are something that can not be done right now and do it justice.

Buck Rogers was a campy piece of shit. Barbarella was a campy shit ball. Star Wars was able to make people forget that the whole idea was completely insane long enough to get to the end of the movie through good Directing, good script writing and casting the right people along with special effects geeks and an especially good audio guy for picking out the background music.

you are pointless too talk to you will take whatever side that will get people to fight with you.

chester grape

02-23-2006, 10:45 PM

Whatever you two do, please keep quoting one another's previous posts. It's such fun scrolling through the same shit eight times.

TheGrimJesus

02-23-2006, 10:51 PM

Whatever you two do, please keep quoting one another's previous posts. It's such fun scrolling through the same shit eight times.

O TAY!

DrBungle

02-23-2006, 10:56 PM

HOWEVER, the Dark Tower world could make for a pretty fun online game.

TheGrimJesus

02-23-2006, 10:58 PM

I agree with that

diogenes

02-23-2006, 11:00 PM

In which format, it could be a pretty cool MMO. I thought about it within the context of a traditional RPG, but I can't see anyone doing it well with the proper scope of size and distance.

Schmed

02-24-2006, 12:40 AM

I think it would make a great movie but it would take some serious skill to pull and a brilliant director. It would suck if they just made it into one of those quick knock offs just to make a few bucks. The Roland charcter would have to stand about 6'6 at least and would have to go on a starvation diet prior to the film. They would need a real heroin junkie that was coming off heroin just for the movie for the Eddie character. If someone punched Oprah in the face and took out 3 teeth and then locked her in the closet for 2 months with only a bread and water diet. Nah. Just joking. I fucking hate Oprah. They could use a combat vet for the black woman with no legs.

I agree with this 100%, I just think that it won't happen and if it did, chances are it would be very sub-par. But given the Jackson treatment this would probably be very very good.

Totalrecall1982

02-24-2006, 09:17 AM

I think it would make a great movie but it would take some serious skill to pull and a brilliant director. It would suck if they just made it into one of those quick knock offs just to make a few bucks. The Roland charcter would have to stand about 6'6 at least and would have to go on a starvation diet prior to the film. They would need a real heroin junkie that was coming off heroin just for the movie for the Eddie character. If someone punched Oprah in the face and took out 3 teeth and then locked her in the closet for 2 months with only a bread and water diet. Nah. Just joking. I fucking hate Oprah. They could use a combat vet for the black woman with no legs.

Dangerous Dan is a absolutley correct. This movie could be done, and I think one day it will be. They could specially make a movie of the second book that one is great just on it's own.