The Dark Tower series

stina_ar · April 14, 2009, 07:41:56 pm

Just wondering if any other nerds read all seven books. If so, what is your verdict?

Uncle Ivan · April 22, 2009, 12:25:35 am

Tried reading the opening novel (that was before the edit), but it wasn't very good.

10yardfight · August 19, 2009, 12:16:03 pm

Best book series of all time. I've read through it all twice and will do it again before too long.

Mike Bonds · August 23, 2009, 07:54:51 am

I did. I thought it really started to fall apart after Wizard and Glass.

I hated the ending. Hated it. I was furious--felt like I'd just read 2000 pages for nothing. But, King's notorious for bad/cop-out endings.

Uncle Ivan · August 27, 2009, 02:42:19 am

Quote from: Mike Bonds on August 23, 2009, 07:54:51 amKing's notorious for bad/cop-out endings.

Dreamcatcher, The Stand, Cell...

Although he had a good story in The Shining that Kubrick completely screwed up.

SLC · September 14, 2009, 09:13:23 pm

King would be better off not ending a book, just stopping.

Mike Bonds · September 15, 2009, 02:41:29 pm

Quote from: Uncle Ivan on August 27, 2009, 02:42:19 am
Quote from: Mike Bonds on August 23, 2009, 07:54:51 amKing's notorious for bad/cop-out endings.

Dreamcatcher, The Stand, Cell...

Although he had a good story in The Shining that Kubrick completely screwed up.

I think you've almost got to take the book and the movie versions of The Shining as two totally different stories, each completely enjoyable in its own medium.

Uncle Ivan · October 22, 2009, 12:06:35 am

Quote from: Mike Bonds on September 15, 2009, 02:41:29 pmI think you've almost got to take the book and the movie versions of The Shining as two totally different stories, each completely enjoyable in its own medium.

Visually, Kubrick's The Shining has no peer.

Story-wise, even as a stand-alone, I hated it. A hedge maze?