Esme W

There's a reason why the adaptations that fail. Flanagan needs to do 2 things.

I agree. It should be as gritty, dirty, bleak & bloody as Tull, Reap Night, the sacrifice of Jake, the profane dinner at the Dixie Pig. He must bring it all.

Fancy gun fights and CGI?? CRINGE. 🥱. What a waste of 2 of my favorite actors. Think about the violence in The Raid franchise. A thing of beauty. 😍 Brutal and Real. Think Deadwood. Gritty, ugly, gross, piss and vomit and shit.

I'm begging for it.

The second reason they fail is they think the horror is the point. It's not. It's SO not.

King creates characters that we love. We step into that journey with them, and we bleed and weep with them. Kubrick's Shining missed the point COMPLETELY. Jack Torrence wasn't a monster. He was a man who loved his family and had a hell of a monkey on his back. It's one of the most heartbreaking of King's works.

I have real hope for THIS attempt because Flanagan seems to really get this. I've watched Hill House, Midnight Mass, and the Midnight Club multiple times because I loved the characters. I actually binged Midnight Mass twice in the same month because it was such fun. I watched Ouija: Origin of Evil twice. It's not a perfect movie, and I rarely do sequels, and rarer still, prequels. But, damned if I wasn't fully invested in that family.

I've read and listened to almost all of King's work MULTIPLE times. I didn't start the Dark Tower till I was in my 30's, and had run out of Stephen King to read and re-read. I gave it another go and was hooked.

I've read/listened to The Dark Tower series at least half a dozen times. (And all the connected books). I feel like I've walked every step with Roland's ka-tet.

I still look to LOTR, early GoT, even series like The Strain as proof that The Dark Tower can work.

We just need some insanely gifted, rabid fans who are directors, screenwriters, producers and actors. It worked for Peter Jackson. It really could work for