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Post by J. Walter Weatherman on Jan 28, 2011 0:56:49 GMT -8
For some reason I've always liked long series, and in that vein, I just finished The Dark Tower for the second time, and I'm currently reading the most recent book in the Wheel of Time series, Towers of Midnight.
Favorite series definitely is taken by Hyperion, however. Dan Simmons knows how to write him some epic sci fi.
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Post by Drew on Jan 28, 2011 7:55:40 GMT -8
For some reason I've always liked long series, and in that vein, I just finished The Dark Tower for the second time, and I'm currently reading the most recent book in the Wheel of Time series, Towers of Midnight. Favorite series definitely is taken by Hyperion, however. Dan Simmons knows how to write him some epic sci fi. I read the first book of Hyperion and enjoyed it but never picked up the rest. Should I? And did you know there's a movie and TV series of Dark Tower in the works? |
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Post by J. Walter Weatherman on Jan 28, 2011 10:36:36 GMT -8
For some reason I've always liked long series, and in that vein, I just finished The Dark Tower for the second time, and I'm currently reading the most recent book in the Wheel of Time series, Towers of Midnight. Favorite series definitely is taken by Hyperion, however. Dan Simmons knows how to write him some epic sci fi. I read the first book of Hyperion and enjoyed it but never picked up the rest. Should I? And did you know there's a movie and TV series of Dark Tower in the works? Yep. Pretty much the first thing I check the internet for every morning is news on the adaptation. And lately all its been doing is pissing me off, because apparently they are talking about JENNIFER FUCKING CARPENTER to play Susannah... A character who's race defines A lot about her. If they get this white actress to play a decidely black character, I'm probably going to have to boycott. And if you liked Hyperion, you should absofuckinglutely pick up the rest. Also, if you're into the Iliad at all, Ilium and Olympos are also amazing reads. Same author. |
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Post by Horned Gramma on Jan 28, 2011 10:38:34 GMT -8
You do realize that fucking Ron Howard is making The Dark Tower adaptation, right? He is going to get it 100% wrong, like he does with almost everything he touches. It's going to be poorly cast across the board and then cut to ribbons to fit into the miniseries format.
It's going to be a disaster.
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Post by Drew on Jan 28, 2011 10:40:11 GMT -8
I read the first book of Hyperion and enjoyed it but never picked up the rest. Should I? And did you know there's a movie and TV series of Dark Tower in the works? Yep. Pretty much the first thing I check the internet for every morning is news on the adaptation. And lately all its been doing is pissing me off, because apparently they are talking about JENNIFER FUCKING CARPENTER to play Susannah... A character who's race defines A lot about her. If they get this white actress to play a decidely black character, I'm probably going to have to boycott. And if you liked Hyperion, you should absofuckinglutely pick up the rest. Also, if you're into the Iliad at all, Ilium and Olympos are also amazing reads. Same author. That would be...unspeakable. Would she have a southern white trash alter ego? Ridiculous. Ron Howard can't be trusted. I'm worried. Is there a good reliable website/twitter feed with info about the adaptation? |
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Post by Drew on Jan 28, 2011 10:41:12 GMT -8
You do realize that fucking Ron Howard is making The Dark Tower adaptation, right? He is going to get it 100% wrong, like he does with almost everything he touches. It's going to be poorly cast across the board and then cut to ribbons to fit into the miniseries format. It's going to be a disaster. The only hope is that King is an executive producer, so he might be able to keep some shit in line. But he's not very trustworthy with his own material most of the time, so that's probably not a good point. |
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Post by J. Walter Weatherman on Jan 28, 2011 10:44:11 GMT -8
You do realize that fucking Ron Howard is making The Dark Tower adaptation, right? He is going to get it 100% wrong, like he does with almost everything he touches. It's going to be poorly cast across the board and then cut to ribbons to fit into the miniseries format. It's going to be a disaster. I'm trying to be optimistic! I really am. But you're right. I wish they could find someone with an actual passion for the source material. JJ Abrams was originally set to do it, but he said he didn't think he could do it justice. I really really wish Edgar Wright and Michael Bacall would do it, as the adaptation they did of Scott Pilgrim is possibly the best adaptation I've ever seen, aside from possibly Fight Club and The Shawshank Redemption. I haven't seen anything Ron Howard has been involved with other than AD for years, so I guess that is part of my optimism, but... I don't know. Someone made an interesting point on the IGN boards, that the Dark Tower series is uniquely in a position that allows for leeway due to the "parallel worlds" and I thought that was an interesting point. Its more than two years away at minimum, though. A lot remains to be seen. I'd really like to see a bit bulkier JGL get the role of Eddie, I think he could do a really great job in that role. |
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Post by J. Walter Weatherman on Jan 28, 2011 10:48:13 GMT -8
That would be...unspeakable. Would she have a southern white trash alter ego? Ridiculous. Ron Howard can't be trusted. I'm worried. Is there a good reliable website/twitter feed with info about the adaptation? IGN is usually pretty up to date on it. They've offered the role of Roland to Javier Bardem. The only problem I have with that is that he's proven unable to not sound spanish, and that is a big issue. :sigh: Its probably going to be a pile. But if they get the (spoiler, i guess) massacre in Tull right in the first movie, that would make it worth watching. That shit would be a-maze-ing. |
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Post by Drew on Jan 28, 2011 10:50:31 GMT -8
They've optioned all my favorite fantasy series for movies or tv series at this point, and I don't think any of them will be made/made right excepting possible Game of Thrones. They've optioned The Wheel of Time, and Mistborn, and even Malazan. Everyone wants to achieve LOTR-level success and it's just going to be a shitshow of crappy fantasy movies based on awesome source material.
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Post by J. Walter Weatherman on Jan 28, 2011 10:53:22 GMT -8
No one's going to be able to even come close to doing WoT justice.. Not without like, 20 movies. Although there is more fat to be cut from it than probably any other series... Heck, you wouldn't even have to make a Crossroads of Twilight movie, just tack on the two important plot points in that book to the one before it!
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Post by Drew on Jan 28, 2011 10:58:22 GMT -8
Haha shit I love nerding out about fantasy books. WoT is a travesty, but I can't stop reading it. One more book...one more book...
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Post by J. Walter Weatherman on Jan 28, 2011 11:03:43 GMT -8
Haha shit I love nerding out about fantasy books. WoT is a travesty, but I can't stop reading it. One more book...one more book... I just started Towers of Midnight, finally. And I can hate on WoT all day with the best of 'em. Not really into fantasy anymore otherwise, though. I think what I really like about WoT is the magic system. Its just so damn cool. Much more of a sci fi geek. |
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Post by J. Walter Weatherman on Jan 31, 2011 11:31:39 GMT -8
Haha shit I love nerding out about fantasy books. WoT is a travesty, but I can't stop reading it. One more book...one more book... Alright, I finished ToM... someone must talk about it with meeeeeeeeeeeeeee.......... Too many nerds at Dragonmount. |
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Post by interstateeight on Jan 31, 2011 13:36:24 GMT -8
Don't you guys already have an anime thread and a videogames thread? Jesus.
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Post by Drew on Jan 31, 2011 16:27:26 GMT -8
ToM - What's up? I liked it a lot. I read it several months ago, what is still sticking in your head?
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Post by Horned Gramma on Jan 31, 2011 17:17:22 GMT -8
Don't you guys already have an anime thread and a videogames thread? Jesus. For realsies. |
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Post by J. Walter Weatherman on Jan 31, 2011 17:29:41 GMT -8
ToM - What's up? I liked it a lot. I read it several months ago, what is still sticking in your head? Right now, Rand wading in to all those trollocs and fucking everybody's day up was a highlight for me. I wish there had been more stuff at the black tower. And Perrin and the Whitecloaks battling trollocs. Really, there was just a bunch of sweet trolloc slaughter. |
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Post by Drew on Jan 31, 2011 17:37:34 GMT -8
Was Moiraine's rescue everything you wanted it to be? Because it was very satisfying for me but other people didn't like it. Mat was a badass again. And Perrin went a long way towards redeeming himself for being emo for the last seven books. But Egwene taking down Mesaana how she did was probably the most badass thing that's happened in the any book. SNAP. That was fucking sweet.
I have a feeling the BT resolution will have something to do with the series' resolution, which is why it's all put off until the last book. I hope.
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Post by J. Walter Weatherman on Jan 31, 2011 17:45:30 GMT -8
Was Moiraine's rescue everything you wanted it to be? Because it was very satisfying for me but other people didn't like it. Mat was a badass again. And Perrin went a long way towards redeeming himself for being emo for the last seven books. But Egwene taking down Mesaana how she did was probably the most badass thing that's happened in the any book. SNAP. That was fucking sweet. I have a feeling the BT resolution will have something to do with the series' resolution, which is why it's all put off until the last book. I hope. Perrin totally redeemed himself. I thought he was awesome. The tower rescue was cool, but later and shorter than expected. I'm sure when I read it again I'll be like "omfg so coolzorz" but this time I was a little underwhelmed. Egwene went from being a character I didn't care for all that much to one of my favorites in TGS and ToM. And Mat... I love how he looks at women and thinks of them for "talmanes". |
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Post by Drew on Jan 31, 2011 17:48:53 GMT -8
Galad had an awesome moment too, with the crazy seanchan assassins.
I'm still wrapping my brain around what everything means. The Rand=Moridin thing especially. How's it going to end? Ahhhh
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