THOR: RAGNAROK Star Idris Elba Doesn't Want To Hear Your Complaints About THE DARK TOWER

The Dark Tower is, to me, the biggest missed opportunity in cinema history. It could have been an R-rated Lord of the Rings, but instead it was a watered down superhero flick crossed with a generic YA adventure story.

One thing I will say for it, though: Elba made a GREAT Roland.

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It was a nice sequel to the books. I don't think a faithful adaption of the books would ever work.

The saga is awesome, sure, but the first book is boring as hell. Also, book 2 and 3 should be merged together to make sense to audiences. Making a movie of book 2 only would be a story of 3 people roaming back and forth between a shore and New York. Book 4 is a prequel and book 5-6-7 are way too far in the story to be adapted as a stand-alone.

I think that the solution to focus on the Roland-Jake relationship and to pick elements from the saga was the only possible choice, with the possibility of making a faithful show based on the books.

Also, the movie is a nice closure to the whole cycle stuff. Even if the events are loosely based on the books, everything is very consistent with source material, and the Man in Black acknowledges what happened in the books. (It's clear he refers to both gunslingers from Gilead and also Susannah and Eddie.)

The movie it's a nice starting point for a Dark Tower universe, but i don't think it would happen now, sadly.

This delusional need for extreme adherence is ruining a lot of stuff, that is made only to get views from die-hard fans from source material, without even trying to think critically if something should be adapted or not.

I still think a straight adaptation of the first book as a sergioleonesque western mixed with fantastic/post-apocalyptic/horror elements would have rocked. THAT would have been a great way to lead into a TV series with all the world-crossing shenanigans. Roland's youth would've also made a great "standalone" movie.
Also, I have nothing against Elba, but when I read the books I always see Viggo Mortensen as Roland.

Man IT was good

i see, so the audience's opinion doesnt matter to idris? lol, it might matter more than he thinks. if he talks shit like this he's gonna lose fans and roles. what a moron. such a stupid arrogant thing to say. he needs a slap.