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Post by J. Walter Weatherman on Oct 6, 2011 17:41:51 GMT -8
Javier Bardem. Ink is dry.
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Post by StormyPinkness on Oct 6, 2011 18:24:30 GMT -8
I saw that they were considering Christian Bale.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Oct 6, 2011 18:26:51 GMT -8
Ink ain't dry. The whole proposal Ron Howard had fell apart and there are currently no studios offering to back the project. If Javier Bardem did in fact sign anything, I'm sure it's entirely meaningless by now.
Meanwhile: 8th Dark Tower book, The Wind Through the Keyhole, to be published in 2012. Apparently it takes place between the events of Wizard and Glass and Wolves of the Calla.
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Post by Drew on Oct 6, 2011 19:07:03 GMT -8
Ok, I saw this mentioned in the Halloween thread, but had to bring it over here. I guess this is about a movie, but an adaptation of a book. Jennifer Carpenter on the short list of people to play Susannah Dean? What the fuck? I guess this project won't happen anyway, but that just does not make any sense at all. HG and I were discussing who we think could play Roland, my number one would be Daniel Day Louis. Yeah Bardem might have signed something before but the whole thing is done now. It would literally have to be optioned by another studio again, so really it has the same chance of being made as my unpublished novel (which doesn't exist). But anyway, Jennifer Carpenter? WTF? A skinny white girl playing a handicapable black lady? And re: DDL, he would be my choice for any role, male or female, in any movie ever, I think. |
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Post by weenie on Oct 14, 2011 9:47:49 GMT -8
I'm late to the Stephen King conversation but this:  scared me more than all of the rest of his books combined. There's music that creeps me out just because I was listening to it when I was reading it. The kids stuck on the raft in the middle of the lake? The ship-wrecked surgeon slowly eating himself? The freaking mist? Uggghh.....still gives me shivers. |
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Post by StormyPinkness on Oct 14, 2011 10:21:25 GMT -8
I have not even heard about that.
In other news, I finished the Dark Tower series. Holy shit. I loved it and I thought the ending was right.
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Post by Drew on Oct 14, 2011 10:29:27 GMT -8
I don't know if this is true, but I feel like he must have had the end in mind when he started the series. And 30 years ago it might have been a little more controversial/unexpected than it is today, and I was a little upset when I first read it, but now I think it's pretty good.
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Post by StormyPinkness on Oct 14, 2011 10:49:01 GMT -8
*******DARK TOWER SPOILER ALERT*******
I truly had absolutely no idea what was going to be at the top of the tower. But I feel like it makes sense. Ka(ka) is a wheel. And he was given a chance for redemption in the end because you know he had the horn and that the story had at least changed that much this time. As for Susannah and Eddie and Jake, they at least got to meet each other in another world and have a fair shake at their respective relationships that is not predicated by the quest for the dark tower. I miss Oy. I just hope he is with Jake at the clearing at the end of the path. He knew there are other worlds than these and he chose to stay and help Roland. He wanted his Jake, and he would only find him in the clearing.
*******END SPOILER*******
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Post by Drew on Oct 14, 2011 11:35:55 GMT -8
Oy has one of the most emotional finales in a series full of emotional finales. Such a good character.
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Post by Drew on Oct 14, 2011 11:36:21 GMT -8
Also, very well said Stormy. I'll be interested to see what new things we learn in the 8th book.
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Post by Blacksmile on Oct 14, 2011 11:55:55 GMT -8
I'm late to the Stephen King conversation but this: scared me more than all of the rest of his books combined. There's music that creeps me out just because I was listening to it when I was reading it. The kids stuck on the raft in the middle of the lake? The ship-wrecked surgeon slowly eating himself? The freaking mist? Uggghh.....still gives me shivers. I loved that book when I was a teenager. I always remembered that story about the surgeon and how the diary he keeps turns into complete gibberish by the end. "The Raft" was awesome as well and the ONLY good thing about Creepshow II. I now need to track this book down so I can read it again. |
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Post by weenie on Oct 17, 2011 10:14:03 GMT -8
Alright, after all your guys' talk about it, I'm heading into the Dark Tower. Wish me luck! I'm reading it on my iphone, so so far it's just given me a headache. Or that might be the hangover.
I'm also listening to Coraline by Neil Gaiman on my bike ride to work and reading a stack of Carl Hiassens I picked up at a garage sale for five bucks! The Hiassens are kind of like literary candy. So fun and not very filling. Neil Gaiman is one of my favorites. I can't wait for the American Gods miniseries.
Also, just finished A Dance with Dragons yesterday and I'm already losing patience with waiting for the next one. I'm so glad I found the Game of Thrones subreddit for an outlet for all the geekiness I'm currently experiencing about those books. How did people last for the last five years?
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Post by Horned Gramma on Oct 17, 2011 10:20:11 GMT -8
Do yourself a favor and spend five bucks apiece on paperback copies of the Dark Tower books. 4500 pages is an awful lot to read on your iPhone. You are just going to love that story, though, it is ridiculously good.
Coraline is fantastic as well. Super spooky and lots of fun. Pretty decent film, too. It even has a They Might Be Giants song in it!
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Post by interstateeight on Oct 17, 2011 11:25:26 GMT -8
Alright, after all your guys' talk about it, I'm heading into the Dark Tower. Wish me luck! I'm reading it on my iphone, so so far it's just given me a headache. Or that might be the hangover. I'm also listening to Coraline by Neil Gaiman on my bike ride to work and reading a stack of Carl Hiassens I picked up at a garage sale for five bucks! The Hiassens are kind of like literary candy. So fun and not very filling. Neil Gaiman is one of my favorites. I can't wait for the American Gods miniseries. Also, just finished A Dance with Dragons yesterday and I'm already losing patience with waiting for the next one. I'm so glad I found the Game of Thrones subreddit for an outlet for all the geekiness I'm currently experiencing about those books. How did people last for the last five years? Holy shit I think I became a virgin again by reading this. |
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Oct 17, 2011 15:48:36 GMT -8
Alright, after all your guys' talk about it, I'm heading into the Dark Tower. Wish me luck! I'm reading it on my iphone, so so far it's just given me a headache. Or that might be the hangover. I'm also listening to Coraline by Neil Gaiman on my bike ride to work and reading a stack of Carl Hiassens I picked up at a garage sale for five bucks! The Hiassens are kind of like literary candy. So fun and not very filling. Neil Gaiman is one of my favorites. I can't wait for the American Gods miniseries. Also, just finished A Dance with Dragons yesterday and I'm already losing patience with waiting for the next one. I'm so glad I found the Game of Thrones subreddit for an outlet for all the geekiness I'm currently experiencing about those books. How did people last for the last five years? Holy shit I think I became a virgin again by reading this. Some how this interaction really sums up why this board has the best people ever on it. I love every part of these two posts. |
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Post by Drew on Oct 17, 2011 21:20:13 GMT -8
Alright, after all your guys' talk about it, I'm heading into the Dark Tower. Wish me luck! I'm reading it on my iphone, so so far it's just given me a headache. Or that might be the hangover. I'm also listening to Coraline by Neil Gaiman on my bike ride to work and reading a stack of Carl Hiassens I picked up at a garage sale for five bucks! The Hiassens are kind of like literary candy. So fun and not very filling. Neil Gaiman is one of my favorites. I can't wait for the American Gods miniseries. Also, just finished A Dance with Dragons yesterday and I'm already losing patience with waiting for the next one. I'm so glad I found the Game of Thrones subreddit for an outlet for all the geekiness I'm currently experiencing about those books. How did people last for the last five years? Weenie, my screenname (handle?) is drewoftherushes, which is from the George Martin books. I'm one of those crazies who's been waiting five years for that to come out, and is currently waiting five more for the next one. Can I make it so that I8 can't read that? Anyway, you'll love Dark Tower too. Also the only Neil Gaiman I've ever read is American Gods, and I didn't really like it. |
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Post by weenie on Oct 18, 2011 7:03:40 GMT -8
There should be a nerd  so the cool people read it as something about formula one racing.  Also, isn't that revirginization surgery super expensive? You'd think being post-gender i8 wouldn't have hymen remnants to stitch back together, but I guess he/she/they found a way! |
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Post by interstateeight on Oct 18, 2011 7:20:38 GMT -8
Ze.
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Post by J. Walter Weatherman on Oct 19, 2011 18:07:28 GMT -8
Also the only Neil Gaiman I've ever read is American Gods, and I didn't really like it. Didn't like the sandman? |
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Post by Drew on Oct 19, 2011 22:03:10 GMT -8
Meh. I just thought it was preachy.
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