Yeh - gotcha flake - it was the shortest i could find on net
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Sorry Sheemiee, because of the length of the video I am unsure about the copyright issue on it, so have removed it. Perhaps folks can just Google "Frank Mueller" and "The Gunslinger"?
Definitely aware of this, thanks though...Frank Muller was the BEST audiobook reader. Unfortunately, he's also dead, so I don't think he'd be a good choice for Roland.
And yet Thor is now a woman and there has been a black Spiderman!
Someone here doesn't like stew!
And with that, my part in this palaver is done and it's time to get back on the Beam Trail.
Long days and pleasant days everyone!
King also wanted Jake Gyllenhaal as Stu Redman. Willowy, marshmallow Jake Gyllenhaal.As expected. Uncle Stevie puts us back on the path once again.
I'm coming out of lurkdom to post on this thread..............................
I am absolutely stunned by Steve's Tweet saying he doesn't care who plays Roland. This is his baby. He should care the most! How they can cast anyone who doesn't resemble Clint Eastwood even in the slightest is beyond me. And like Scott, I'm most certainly not racist and am offended that people are accusing us of being so for voicing our opinions on this casting change. It's ludicrous. Why can't we respect the source material? This is a beloved & epic story we Constant Readers have followed for years!! I wasn't a fan of Javier Bardem either and I would be just as offended if they got Drew Barrymore to play Susannah. Or if they changed Jake to a girl. These are major changes. KWIM?
Btw, Shawshank is not the same and don't get me started on UTD. lol. Hile Wordslinger to me! I would love to hear more from ya on this topic.,say thank ya.
Respectfully yours, fan of plus 30 yrs., CJ
I'm coming out of lurkdom to post on this thread..............................
I am absolutely stunned by Steve's Tweet saying he doesn't care who plays Roland.
Btw, Shawshank is not the same and don't get me started on UTD. lol. Hile Wordslinger to me! I would love to hear more from ya on this topic.,say thank ya.
Respectfully yours, fan of plus 30 yrs., CJ
I'm coming out of lurkdom to post on this thread..............................
I am absolutely stunned by Steve's Tweet saying he doesn't care who plays Roland. This is his baby. He should care the most! How they can cast anyone who doesn't resemble Clint Eastwood even in the slightest is beyond me. And like Scott, I'm most certainly not racist and am offended that people are accusing us of being so for voicing our opinions on this casting change. It's ludicrous. Why can't we respect the source material? This is a beloved & epic story we Constant Readers have followed for years!! I wasn't a fan of Javier Bardem either and I would be just as offended if they got Drew Barrymore to play Susannah. Or if they changed Jake to a girl. These are major changes. KWIM?
Btw, Shawshank is not the same and don't get me started on UTD. lol. Hile Wordslinger to me! I would love to hear more from ya on this topic.,say thank ya.
Respectfully yours, fan of plus 30 yrs., CJ
Haha - you've been duped!
It was all just a ploy to pull you from under your stone... Gotcha..
It is actually Clint eastwoods so who has been given the part of Roland , so we can all rest easy
Unfortunately, due to a typo Elba is actually playing the part of odetta and has been in talks with the big momma 3 director
Welcome back
He does cares but the qualities he considers vital have to do with attributes that are not superficial external ones.
Shawshank is exactly the same and I suspect that if it were being made today and Morgan Freeman was being announced as playing Red, internet reactions would sadly be the same.
Also respectfully another fan for 30plus years - though I don't believe seniorty makes our opinions more valid than those with less years.
I'm sorry, there's a difference of opinion and then there's just being wrong. I hate to get argumentative on a message board, but I can't agree with this at all.He does cares but the qualities he considers vital have to do with attributes that are not superficial external ones.
Shawshank is exactly the same and I suspect that if it were being made today and Morgan Freeman was being announced as playing Red, internet reactions would sadly be the same.
Also respectfully another fan for 30plus years - though I don't believe seniorty makes our opinions more valid than those with less years.
I'm sorry, there's a difference of opinion and then there's just being wrong. I hate to get argumentative on a message board, but I can't agree with this at all.
Red, as much as we love Freeman's take on the role, was just a character. Roland has become an icon.
Would you have no objection to Paul Edgecomb or one of the other guards in The Green Mile being a black man? If you don't, you apparently don't care about being true to the time period and area the book is set in.
Sorry, apples and oranges.Iconic characters have been recast, Starbuck, Spiderman etc so I don't see how that gives Roland exclusion. Also iconic characters are ones that have permeated the public consciousness so that even Joe Public knows who they are. Everyone knows who Superman, Batman, Spiderman is etc but it would be very surprising if very many people outside of King fandom knows who Roland is.
Right now, thanks to Morgan Freeman's marvellous performance and that way more people watch movies than read books, Red is more of an iconic character than Roland. More people know who Red is than who Roland is.
I agree with you on Paul Edgecomb because that is a story set in a real world setting where a black prison guard in that time era is highly unlikely. (At least none that I'm aware of anyhow.) And the example of Edgecomb in the Green Mile is an excellent example of why such apple to oranges comparisons do not work with stories. Each one must be analyzed by its setting, content, and if there are any distinctive racial qualities of characters that require them to be of a specific type.
The Green Mile, even though it contains fantastical elments, takes place in a real world setting.
The Dark Tower story does not. It takes place in a fantastical setting where infinite possibilities and combinations of realities are possible. Specifically Roland comes from another world and as such the restrictions on what the character has to be are far more flexible.