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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Al Doggity on May 17, 2016, 10:48:01 AM
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Apparently shooting for pt 1 started in Cape Town last week. I'm excited for this. This is my absolute favorite book series and I can't believe it's finally actually being made. From the sound of things, they are likely going to scale back a lot from the books and it most likely won't be split into 7 parts.
Idris Elba plays Roland, and he managed to squeeze this in between playing Heimdall in Thor and possibly being the new James Bond. ;) Some set pics were released:
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Matthew McConahoozle plays The Man In Black. No pics have been released yet. I'm sure some people are already complaing about PC casting, but the movie's shooting. This is the cast. I actually think this looks like a really strong cast. I can't wait for this.
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Dark dude isn't tall enough to be called "Tower"
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Note to Hollywood: not every story has to be ruined by jamming a person in where his black ass doesn't belong.
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Should have cast Falcon in the role
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Note to Hollywood: not every story has to be ruined by jamming a /\/igger in where his black ass doesn't belong.
Why do you think a black guy is wrong for this movie?
Most Cowboys were black or Mexican in real life. Plus, there is nothing in the story that prevents the gunslinger from being black. This isn't fantastic four, get over your hate bitch. You're making us whites look bad.
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Note to Hollywood: not every story has to be ruined by jamming a /\/igger in where his black ass doesn't belong.
are you talking about Lando Calrissian ???
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are you talking about Lando Calrissian ???
Where the fuck is the Lando Calrissian solo movie? ???
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Where the fuck is the Lando Calrissian solo movie? ???
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The space pimp.
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from what i read on aintitcool
these fucks are already changing the story around. i hope they dont ruin it.
matthew m, would have been a better choice to play roland.
roland is white in the books by the way
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from what i read on aintitcool
these fucks are already changing the story around. i hope they dont ruin it.
matthew m, would have been a better choice to play roland.
roland is white in the books by the way
They could never film the book as it's written, so changes were inevitable. And as much as I love this series, some healthy editing won't destroy it, IMO. Quite frankly, I wouldn't be upset with an entirely different ending. Allegedly, they are aiming for a trilogy, and if that is the case, I don''t really mind too much. King has always been really open to loose interpretations of his work, anyway.
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Yet another Pro-black thread by Al Niggety.
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Is he going to Rob a bank or a Stagecoach ???
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They could never film the book as it's written, so changes were inevitable. And as much as I love this series, some healthy editing won't destroy it, IMO. Quite frankly, I wouldn't be upset with an entirely different ending. Allegedly, they are aiming for a trilogy, and if that is the case, I don''t really mind too much. King has always been really open to loose interpretations of his work, anyway.
hey al from what ive read if the movie does well, the are planning to do a tv series and movies.
i do hope they change the ending , i fucking hated that ending
my dad was a huge fan of the books after the last one he refuses to read anything king writes now, thats how dissapointed he was
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hey al from what ive read if the movie does well, the are planning to do a tv series and movies.
i do hope they change the ending , i fucking hated that ending
my dad was a huge fan of the books after the last one he refuses to read anything king writes now, thats how dissapointed he was
I almost stop reading his shit after under the dome. What a huge piece of boring shit.
He redemption was 11/22/63. Great book.
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hey al from what ive read if the movie does well, the are planning to do a tv series and movies.
i do hope they change the ending , i fucking hated that ending
my dad was a huge fan of the books after the last one he refuses to read anything king writes now, thats how dissapointed he was
2 or 3 years ago, the producers shopped around a really ambitious package that was something like 4 or 5 movies with a tv show running concurrently. The studio accepted but then backed out and the producers shopped around a more streamlined deal. Not a lot has been made public, but people are speculating it'll be a trilogy with a lot cut out. In the past, King's had movie versions of his work re-made to be truer to his original stories, so I would not be surprised if he tries to bring a more full-featured television series out after the movies. The whole thing would probably work better as a tv series.
And I completely empathize with your father. I was pretty ticked off over that ending for a few days. I've read some King interviews where he talks about how he doesn't approach stories with endpoints in mind, so I kind of feel the conclusion showcased that.
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Yet another Pro-black thread by Al Niggety.
LOL Do you mean me? It seems you accidentally misspelled my screenname, so I'm not entirely sure.
This is just a thread about a movie that I'm excited to see come to the big screen.
What pro-black threads have I started? ???
Anyway, you're great, really.
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2 or 3 years ago, the producers shopped around a really ambitious package that was something like 4 or 5 movies with a tv show running concurrently. The studio accepted but then backed out and the producers shopped around a more streamlined deal. Not a lot has been made public, but people are speculating it'll be a trilogy with a lot cut out. In the past, King's had movie versions of his work re-made to be truer to his original stories, so I would not be surprised if he tries to bring a more full-featured television series out after the movies. The whole thing would probably work better as a tv series.
And I completely empathize with your father. I was pretty ticked off over that ending for a few days. I've read some King interviews where he talks about how he doesn't approach stories with endpoints in mind, so I kind of feel the conclusion showcased that.
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hey al i totally agree with you , i would rather see h.b.o or amc turn this into a series.
under the dome was pure dog shit. i read that whole fucking book and icant remember one charachter from it.
i hope they turn the talis man into a miniseries. that was the very first book i read by king, my dad was a huge fan of king for many years.
he got me into king. i just couldnt believe he ended his opus in the dark tower they way he did. i bought that last book the very first
day it came out. i was so excited to see what happened. they way he killed off flag was a big dissapointment as well. so anti clamatic
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Why do they waste time making shit like this, they need to make more classic black cinema movies like this
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Why do you think a black guy is wrong for this movie?
Most Cowboys were black or Mexican in real life. Plus, there is nothing in the story that prevents the gunslinger from being black. This isn't fantastic four, get over your hate bitch. You're making us whites look bad.
How will the racial problems between Odetta and Roland work? Is Eddie going to have to be black too, and Odetta white? Or is the crazy bitch going to call Idris a honky mafucker anyway?
This needed to be made 20 years ago with Clint.
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Why do you think a black guy is wrong for this movie?
Most Cowboys were black or Mexican in real life. Plus, there is nothing in the story that prevents the gunslinger from being black. This isn't fantastic four, get over your hate bitch. You're making us whites look bad.
STFU, you know it's just PC BS and you're gamely defending it. Your sad ass probably saw the Ghostbusters remake with all the ugly bitches and told yourself that it was superior to the original. I'm pretty sure that if you actually lived in Texas, your neighbors would beat your ass.
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Terrible choice for a lead actor in any movie. He's not very good.
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Terrible choice for a lead actor in any movie. He's not very good.
i'm not some sort of left wing, mezza finochio but I"m sorry Idris elba is fucking awesome
plus- he's a british black which means he's not like American black
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i'm not some sort of left wing, mezza finochio but I"m sorry Idris elba is fucking awesome
plus- he's a british black which means he's not like American black
Now THIS is true!
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if they potray him as roland is in the book
a bad ass with lightening fast gun skills , he will work
they should have had the handsome brad pitt play roland, cause this would ensure the films financial success.
or even leonardo di caprio.
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there are so many situations in the book where Roland needs to be a white fella. the mentioned tension between he and Odetta, Jack Mort's eyes turning steel grey when Roland takes over. you can't even have a laundry soap commercial any more without every ethnicity represented as well as non traditional couples fighting over soap. it's out of hand.
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there are so many situations in the book where Roland needs to be a white fella. the mentioned tension between he and Odetta, Jack Mort's eyes turning steel grey when Roland takes over. you can't even have a laundry soap commercial any more without every ethnicity represented as well as non traditional couples fighting over soap. it's out of hand.
Uh huh. If his colour is an integral part of the story it shouldn't be fucked with.
Idris is a brilliant actor, but he's not Roland.
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i'm not some sort of left wing, mezza finochio but I"m sorry Idris elba is fucking awesome
This. Elba is a great fucking actor
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Uh huh. If his colour is an integral part of the story it shouldn't be fucked with.
Idris is a brilliant actor, but he's not Roland.
It's not. The story doesn't hinge on Roland being white any more than it hinges on Roland looking like Stephen King. I always figured the Detta storyline was obviously going to be extremely scaled back because there's not really a way to show most of it onscreen. Most of it takes place in her head. I also thought her legs would be a big technical issue. Some people think they might cast Detta as something other than white. Or Susannah might see any number of things when she looks at Roland. Any changes that would have to be made in regards to Roland's race don't really have much impact on the actual story.
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It's not. The story doesn't hinge on Roland being white any more than it hinges on Roland looking like Stephen King. I always figured the Detta storyline was obviously going to be extremely scaled back because there's not really a way to show most of it onscreen. Most of it takes place in her head. I also thought her legs would be a big technical issue. Some people think they might cast Detta as something other than white. Or Susannah might see any number of things when she looks at Roland. Any changes that would have to be made in regards to Roland's race don't really have much impact on the actual story.
Not if you want to tell a different story. Roland and Eddie both near died because they were white. The end part of the second (or is it third?) book hinges on racially spurred events.
A lot of Eddie and Odetta's relationship is play around their racial differences.
The Dark Tower series isn't just great because of the events, part of what makes the story great is the development and growth of the characters and their relationships with each other. And they're changing those things.
I like Idris in every other role I've seen him in, but I don't think he's right for this story.
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Not if you want to tell a different story. Roland and Eddie both near died because they were white. The end part of the second (or is it third?) book hinges on racially spurred events.
A lot of Eddie and Odetta's relationship is play around their racial differences.
The Dark Tower series isn't just great because of the events, part of what makes the story great is the development and growth of the characters and their relationships with each other. And they're changing those things.
I like Idris in every other role I've seen him in, but I don't think he's right for this story.
I agree with the first part of the bolded text, not the second part. All we know is that Roland is black. We don't know what any of the other changes are going to be. As much as I love this series, I always figured they'd have to make a lot of changes to bring it to the big screen. On top of that, I just never really considered it sacrosanct. It was obvious he wrote the last few books in a whirlwind just to make sure they were finished before he died. I enjoyed them overall, but there's so much about those last three books that I wouldn't mind seeing excised from the film adaptation. The story of the callas was utterly insane. I was fine with it on the first readthrough, but the Susan Delgado storyline seemed sort of self-indulgent in the context of the entire series and I always wondered how much time a movie would spend on it. I know a lot of people just assume that I love the fact that a black actor was cast in the lead, but I just don't see any issue with this casting because I always figured a lot of changes were going to be necessary. I just think Elba's going to do an overall good job. McConauhargle was actually offered the role of Roland but turned it down for Flagg.
What part are you referring to when you say Eddie and Roland almost died because they were white? The fight with Detta?
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STFU, you know it's just PC BS and you're gamely defending it. Your sad ass probably saw the Ghostbusters remake with all the ugly bitches and told yourself that it was superior to the original. I'm pretty sure that if you actually lived in Texas, your neighbors would beat your ass.
Why do you hate black people so much?
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What part are you referring to when you say Eddie and Roland almost died because they were white? The fight with Detta?
Yeah, Detta with the hand cannon, Eddie trussed up and hog tied etc.
The whole build up to that is, in my eyes, integral to the story. Roland has pulled through a worthless junky, a character he despises. And Eddie despises him for it. But as they both have to work together keeping Detta in that chair and moving things change. Roland starts to see more of Eddie, his steel. It's the beginning of Eddie's growth and the beginning of Roland's acceptance of him as Roland is capable of less and less and Eddie pushes on and on.
We can't see that story on screen if it isn't dem pecker dicked Honky mafuckers against Odetta.
The Dark Tower series is my favourite series by far, so I'm going to have a dislike for any deviation from the story as it's written. It's been ingrained in my head how it was written for over a decade. There are lots of tiny pieces of the story that fit perfectly into the bigger picture.
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Why do you hate black people so much?
You do not understand, friend. I hate ridiculous political correctness and pointless progressivism, not any race. Except Muslims. Their religion is fucking crap.
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You do not understand, friend. I hate ridiculous political correctness and pointless progressivism, not any race. Except Muslims. Their religion is fucking crap.
Did you change your first post in this thread where you said "/V igger" or did a mod change it?
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STFU, you know it's just PC BS and you're gamely defending it. Your sad ass probably saw the Ghostbusters remake with all the ugly bitches and told yourself that it was superior to the original. I'm pretty sure that if you actually lived in Texas, your neighbors would beat your ass.
Austin, texas isn't hick, like you and your family. Go back and fuck your uncle, you white trash piece of shit. :D
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Did you change your first post in this thread where you said "/V igger" or did a mod change it?
I didnt
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I didnt
racist fuck.
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racist fuck.
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there are so many situations in the book where Roland needs to be a white fella. the mentioned tension between he and Odetta, Jack Mort's eyes turning steel grey when Roland takes over. you can't even have a laundry soap commercial any more without every ethnicity represented as well as non traditional couples fighting over soap. it's out of hand.
Uh, you do know that black babies were used in laundry detergent ads to show how "white" the detergent could get the clothes?
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I didnt
When you use racist language to express your dislike of a certain race, then that's racism, no? I just don't get the response to the earlier poster. I mean, why even bother? Most members probably don't care one way or the other and you didn't even bother to wait more than one page within the same thread before posting an unecessary rebuttal that obviously isn't true.
Anyway, keep doing your thing. It's the variety of voices and messages that makes getbig great. Even when they come from the same person.
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Uh, you do know that black babies were used in laundry detergent ads to show how "white" the detergent could get the clothes?
I'm trying to understand your post here. are you suggesting that the use of non white actors has not changed in the last few years?
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You do not understand, friend. I hate ridiculous political correctness and pointless progressivism, not any race. Except Muslims. Their religion is fucking crap.
Let me guess you have "ONE" black friend right?
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Let me guess you have "ONE" black friend right?
Can you be my one black friend? :'(
#BlackFriendsApparentlyMatter
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This. Elba is a great fucking actor
Interesting how people have such varying opinions. I think he is terrible to very average depending.
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Interesting how people have such varying opinions. I think he is terrible to very average depending.
He was great as Nicholas Coppolas sidekick in "Ghostrider 2"... ;D
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First pics of MM as the Man in Black. He was originally offered the role of Roland Deschain but turned it down Flagg.
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