It seems The Dark Tower is not the only major fantasy disappointment this year. I'm seeing the reactions on IMDb of The Last Jedi - fans HATE it. Strangely the critics seem to love it.
I hardly dare see it anymore when you see some of those fans' reactions. It's not that they are just disappointed by it, but rather completely shattered.
I've always been a big fan. The Empire Strikes Back I saw first - funnily because Flash Gordon (the Dino de Laurentiis one) was rated too high for me in age, which we found out at the cinema, so I had to go see something else. And Star Wars basically is Lucas' Flash Gordon - I've read even that he made it, because he couldn't get the rights to Flash Gordon. They played simultaneously at the cinema at the time.
I absolutely loved Empire and saw A New Hope and Return of the Jedi later, collected the figurines (more so than the spaceships and vehicles, because those were so much more expensive), and read the comics.
I still buy figurines of the new films.
But looking at those reactions of fans... I don't know if the reactions to the prequels were just as bad. I enjoy the prequels, but The Force Awakens I liked quite a bit more.
I hardly dare see it anymore when you see some of those fans' reactions. It's not that they are just disappointed by it, but rather completely shattered.
I've always been a big fan. The Empire Strikes Back I saw first - funnily because Flash Gordon (the Dino de Laurentiis one) was rated too high for me in age, which we found out at the cinema, so I had to go see something else. And Star Wars basically is Lucas' Flash Gordon - I've read even that he made it, because he couldn't get the rights to Flash Gordon. They played simultaneously at the cinema at the time.
I absolutely loved Empire and saw A New Hope and Return of the Jedi later, collected the figurines (more so than the spaceships and vehicles, because those were so much more expensive), and read the comics.
I still buy figurines of the new films.
But looking at those reactions of fans... I don't know if the reactions to the prequels were just as bad. I enjoy the prequels, but The Force Awakens I liked quite a bit more.