Comments on: The Gunslinger http://www.williamandnadia.com/blog/2006/06/09/the-gunslinger/ Games, Crafts and Life. Lots of cats too. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:50:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Jordan http://www.williamandnadia.com/blog/2006/06/09/the-gunslinger/#comment-744 Jordan Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:09:06 +0000 http://williamandnadia.com/blog/2006/06/09/the-gunslinger/#comment-744 Oh, one more thing - the endings isn't entirely the fault of the screenwriters. While the Dark Tower series is almost nothing like King's other work, it (sadly) suffers from the same problem that all of his work (IMHO) has: namely, you'll find yourself about 50 pages away from the end of a book, thinking "wow, there's no way he could possibly wrap this all up in any satisfactory manner in the remaining pages...." - and he doesn't. Many people think that his answer to that problem as a writer was to use an entire book to close out the series. Oh, one more thing - the endings isn’t entirely the fault of the screenwriters. While the Dark Tower series is almost nothing like King’s other work, it (sadly) suffers from the same problem that all of his work (IMHO) has: namely, you’ll find yourself about 50 pages away from the end of a book, thinking “wow, there’s no way he could possibly wrap this all up in any satisfactory manner in the remaining pages….” - and he doesn’t. Many people think that his answer to that problem as a writer was to use an entire book to close out the series.

]]> By: Jordan http://www.williamandnadia.com/blog/2006/06/09/the-gunslinger/#comment-743 Jordan Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:07:00 +0000 http://williamandnadia.com/blog/2006/06/09/the-gunslinger/#comment-743 Dude...if you liked his backstory, you are going to LOVE the living f**k out of Book 4, "Wizard and Glass." If you want to geek out hard-core about the Gunslinger some time, just let me know. The graphic novel is coming out this fall, I think. Book 2 is much faster-paced, and Book 3 is even faster. 5 slows down quite a bit, 6 picks back up at nearly break-neck speed, and 7 is just....wow. I cried (out loud) *twice* while reading 7, for what that's worth. I think King comes up with much better characters and stories than his writing abilities allow him to fully realize. For me, his writing embodies the "one's reach must exceed one's grasp" ethos. Yeah, I'm a dork. Dude…if you liked his backstory, you are going to LOVE the living f**k out of Book 4, “Wizard and Glass.” If you want to geek out hard-core about the Gunslinger some time, just let me know. The graphic novel is coming out this fall, I think. Book 2 is much faster-paced, and Book 3 is even faster. 5 slows down quite a bit, 6 picks back up at nearly break-neck speed, and 7 is just….wow. I cried (out loud) *twice* while reading 7, for what that’s worth.

I think King comes up with much better characters and stories than his writing abilities allow him to fully realize. For me, his writing embodies the “one’s reach must exceed one’s grasp” ethos. Yeah, I’m a dork.

]]> By: Will http://www.williamandnadia.com/blog/2006/06/09/the-gunslinger/#comment-705 Will Fri, 09 Jun 2006 19:50:01 +0000 http://williamandnadia.com/blog/2006/06/09/the-gunslinger/#comment-705 (I just learned of a horrible but with this site when filling out comments. I have to fix it this weekend.) Whoever writes is screenplays does a terrible job of writing the ending. Pretty much all of his movies start well and are strong throughout, only to fall apart at the end. Three that don't exbhibit this problem are Stand By Me, Storm Of The Century and Thinner. Look at Langoliers if you want to see a poorly-written slapped-together ending. (I just learned of a horrible but with this site when filling out comments. I have to fix it this weekend.)

Whoever writes is screenplays does a terrible job of writing the ending. Pretty much all of his movies start well and are strong throughout, only to fall apart at the end. Three that don’t exbhibit this problem are Stand By Me, Storm Of The Century and Thinner. Look at Langoliers if you want to see a poorly-written slapped-together ending.

]]> By: Nadia http://www.williamandnadia.com/blog/2006/06/09/the-gunslinger/#comment-704 Nadia Fri, 09 Jun 2006 17:16:28 +0000 http://williamandnadia.com/blog/2006/06/09/the-gunslinger/#comment-704 I didn't even know he was interested in SK books. I knew he liked some of the movies, but I guess when you have as much time on the bus as he does, you should be able to read a couple. I'll wait for the movie... I didn’t even know he was interested in SK books. I knew he liked some of the movies, but I guess when you have as much time on the bus as he does, you should be able to read a couple.

I’ll wait for the movie…

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