First Pics of Elba As Roland
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It's a Samsung Edge, they come in loads of different colours.
You wouldn't have thought Gilead would have such good reception.
Yup, took the words right out of my mouth! I think this is about the time when I check out and pretend none of this is happening or will actually exist.
It was pretty bad until Vodafone bought The Tower.
Yeah , but the one in Tull ain't up to much. There's more atmosphere on the moon.Well, at least we get four bars now.....
I LOVE this show (Absolutely Fabulous)!!!This is what happens when you mix casting with alcohol
. This is Idris in Absolutely Fabulous with Joanna Lumley. Just making fun before anyone attacks me like I've forgotten the face of my father. Hope filming is going well. Are the guns a bit small or do they look right?
Robert Gray
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I don't like the costume at all. It screams dandy or roughneck gambler to me, not gunslinger. It also looks too nice. Roland's world is supposed to have moved on. That finery doesn't fly with me at all.
What finery? Jeans, a shirt, a vest, and well worn boots--pretty standard. These are set pics, and we have absolutely no idea what is going on in the actual scenes being filmed (these are between scene shots). If they're filming Calla scenes, the Tet did clean up there. They could flash back to the Inner Barony, for all we know (Mr. King had Roland think about those times, before the world moved on, often enough).
Y'all are reaching now for reasons to gritch. *smdh*
Y'all are reaching now for reasons to gritch. *smdh*
Robert Gray
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Not at all. To me that looks very much like finery. What I see is a Steampunk vest complete with metal buckles, a fancy duster which isn't intended for real use just looks. I suppose I should put a finer point on it, I expect the people of Midworld to be dressed more like the people in the Unforgiven, with homespun cloth, dirt, and outfits that look like that have seen real work. His outfit doesn't look the least bit worn to me. That little bit of roughneck they gave it doesn't do anything at all, like a girl buying jeans with strategic rips in them. Am I being picky? Yes. Costuming matters. Let me put it this way, the actor they have chosen is pretty. Roland is not. That means the only way they have to take the shine off that apple is to dress him down.
While I grant that we don't know where in this alternate reality story Roland stands, it suffices to say I don't recall anytime where he would be dressed like that. Perhaps the closest I can think of is when he was a boy near the clean sea and dressing up for a fancy party. That may look rough and Western to you, but to me it does not. The film 3:10 to Yuma (the remake of course) had some great costuming and they managed to dress down and somehow increase the menace of Christian Bale and Russel Crowe. Am I backseat directing? Sure. Am I wrong? No. Modern Westerns, even those set in a fantastical other world, have a certain set of reality. Even over the top things like Silverado (lots of fun) costume the appropriate people right. I don't like what I've seen so far.
Hear! Hear!
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
Google him - I think he might have been involved in a music video or two (not sure if he is a good dancer!)
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
30 years ago perhaps or 40 maybe
Same with Clint Eastwood - our
Dang - I said it again! oops
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
All I know about that is some tired old rhyme:
Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker 
Maybe he needs a bit of dust or dirt rubbed into his impeccable outfit.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
I'm not griping! I for one will go see this movie on the big screen - yup - that's me - the eternal optimist!
