• deweydecibel@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    There are bad adaptations, and then there’s the Dark Tower, which was akin to a full palm-open slap to the fans while desperately hoping they could maybe appeal to some movie goers that were unfamiliar with the books, which it failed to do spectacularly.

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      8 months ago

      Most of Steven King books end up this way. It’s pretty much expected at this point.

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        8 months ago

        They end fine. Genuinely, read the first book, and read the last chapter of the last book. Ignore everything else.