FANticising: The Road To The Dark Tower

FANticising: The Road To The Dark Tower

As a huge fan of Stephen King's Dark Tower I would love to see it come off of the page. The reality is rather daunting and it seems highly unlikely that we will see this any time soon. Read on for my thoughts on a Dark Tower film...

By inkslinger616 - Apr 10, 2013 11:04 PM EST
Filed Under: Fan Fic

"The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed..." To some these words are the beginning and end of the greatest tale ever told. To most however, the phrase rings insignificant and unknown. This is one of the main risks of bringing The Dark Tower to the silver screen.
The tale of Roland Deschain has been a huge part of my life much like Star Wars and comic books. It is not however a story everyone will enjoy. It doesn't have the mass appeal of Harry Potter or the foaming at the mouth fanbase of Twilight. It is also worth noting that it is unrealistic to put some of the things in these books on film. For example, in part five Wolves of the Calla, children are stolen every twenty-four years by robotic horse riding wolves that look like Dr. Doom and carry lightsabres and heat seeking grenades called Harry Potter model Sneetches. There is also a vast web of characters from Stephen King's other works that play very large roles in the tale.
I believe at the very least, to properly translate to film you would need five full length films and a thirteen episode television series or a full eight films much like Harry Potter. None of that takes into account The Wind Through The Keyhole, the most recent novel.
Time, copyright concerns, money, and plain old commercialism are very like to make this hypothetical movie stray from the source material and the die hard fans such as myself expect the book to be honored. In my opinion the best way to breathe life into The Dark Tower is a series of anime movies or a well crafted video game that is part Red Dead Redemption and part Assassins Creed but I don't think live action is the best way to experience that moment when "The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed."

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Minato
Minato - 4/11/2013, 12:07 AM
Im going to read these books next off of your recommendation alone.
WorstUserNameEver
WorstUserNameEver - 4/11/2013, 10:05 AM
Loved the first 3 or 4 books, 4 in particular but it definitely lost its way towards the end... and THAT end WTF.

Everyone should forget about this and concentrate on getting the Wheel of Time books made into a series/series of films... much better.
BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 4/11/2013, 10:25 AM
I can't believe still to this day this series has not been given a movie adaption. I so think this series also would make for a great game. I always wanted to see Obsidian make a Dark Tower video game. I think the Dark Tower books might be better to come out as a TV show over a movie. But I would prefer a movie. So I hope some day the Dark Tower series gets the credit it deserves.
inkslinger616
inkslinger616 - 4/11/2013, 1:08 PM
Thanks guys for commenting and not trying to troll. But I have a question? Why is this opinion piece on the fanfic area? I mean I was not fan-fictionalizing anything...was I?
blackdog187
blackdog187 - 4/11/2013, 1:17 PM
@inkslinger...i don't think this is fan fic but it is not an edit5orial more of just an opinion piece. While I agree with you that the task of bringing this series to film would be tough I have no doubt it is possible to have a faithful adaptation. Good article man.
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