#102: May 22nd 2018 at 2:59:21 AM
Never mind abandoning Jake to his death. How about killing an entire town (in self defence, but still), men, women, and children, without having an ounce of regret afterwards? This character has to be played as the most ruthless of antiheroes, so that his journey makes sense. When at the end of the saga, the Tower sends him back and provides him with the Horn of Gilead to indicate that maybe this time things will be different, that symbolizes that he has grown, that he is willing to take other humans into consideration on his quest. Taking that initial darkness away makes the eventual light that much less compelling.
Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
CharlesPhipps
Since: Jan, 2001
Total posts: 103

The movie was complete shit because of one thing: the source material is completely shit upon.
It's symbolic that not only did they not understand the source material but there's a VERY specific SINGLE thing like George R.R. Martin asking, "Who is Jon Snow's mother?" That can tell you whether or not they understand the Dark Tower.
This is...
in any hypothetical adaptation, do you have Roland leave a child to die. The entire fucking saga depends on the understanding of a single factoid: "Roland is not a good person. He is an obsessed Anti-Hero who will kill, betray, and destroy anyone in order to get to the Dark Tower—thus creating Mordred among other horrible compromises.
If the answer is yes then you understand it. If you don't, you don't.
Re: Idris Elba as Roland
There are very few actors who can sell they are the toughest and meanest son of a bitch who ever lived.
Which, in simple terms, is Roland's entire character.
Idris is one of them.
edited 13th Mar '18 4:49:02 AM by CharlesPhipps
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.