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[The Stingray]

Finished book 4 of the Dark Tower series, Wizard & Glass.

 

1 The Gunslinger
2 Wizard and Glass
3 The Waste Lands
4 The Drawing of the Three
 

[Plain Old Tele]

18 minutes ago, The Stingray said:

Finished book 4 of the Dark Tower series, Wizard & Glass.

 

1 The Gunslinger
2 Wizard and Glass
3 The Waste Lands
4 The Drawing of the Three
 

Sir, I applaud you reading the series, but your list is wrong.  

 

(4, 3, 1, 2)

[The Stingray]

34 minutes ago, Plain Old Tele said:

Sir, I applaud you reading the series, but your list is wrong.  

 

(4, 3, 1, 2)

 

Nah man, I love the original's Old West setting.

Also, I don't think King is good enough a writer to write these 500, 600-page novels. He is great at creating character and story, but the writing itself is not on par with the likes of Dan Simmons, Clive Barker or Laird Barron. Imagine Lord of the Rings directed by Peter Berg or something.
 

Edited May 3, 2020 by The Stingray

[The Panda]

Finished Westworld S2 episode 7, the Dolores and Bernard nonsense has not gotten better.  Hopefully that was the worst of it and we get back to the good stuff soon.

Edited May 3, 2020 by The Panda

[Plain Old Tele]

16 minutes ago, The Stingray said:

 

Nah man, I love the original's Old West setting.

Also, I don't think King is good enough a writer to write these 500, 600-page novels. He is great at creating character and story, but the writing itself is not on par with the likes of Dan Simmons, Clive Barker or Laird Barron. Imagine Lord of the Rings directed by Peter Berg or something.
 

The first line is an all-timer, of course. And the setting is wonderful. I think it loses a bit of steam towards the end (maybe especially after he went back and edited it to better fit into the overall saga?), and I love the intensity and the opening-up of the universe in Books 2 and 3. 

[4815162342]

50 minutes ago, Plain Old Tele said:

Sir, I applaud you reading the series, but your list is wrong.  

 

(4, 3, 1, 2)

 

Wait since when do you like the 4th one more than the others? I remember when I said I really liked it you grouched about the flashback narrative

[The Stingray]

15 minutes ago, Plain Old Tele said:

The first line is an all-timer, of course. And the setting is wonderful. I think it loses a bit of steam towards the end (maybe especially after he went back and edited it to better fit into the overall saga?), and I love the intensity and the opening-up of the universe in Books 2 and 3. 

 

Yeah, I read the revised version of The Gunslinger.

Was the Man in Black and Randall Flagg always supposed to be the same person, or was that something King retconned in order for TDT to share the same universe as The Stand?
 

[Plain Old Tele]

35 minutes ago, 4815162342 said:

 

Wait since when do you like the 4th one more than the others? I remember when I said I really liked it you grouched about the flashback narrative

Oh shit, I totally fucked up, lmao. I meant 2, 3, 1, 4. 

[Plain Old Tele]

28 minutes ago, The Stingray said:

 

Yeah, I read the revised version of The Gunslinger.

Was the Man in Black and Randall Flagg always supposed to be the same person, or was that something King retconned in order for TDT to share the same universe as The Stand?
 

As far as I know, the Man in Black was entirely different originally — The Gunslinger was written way before The Stand. 
 

All the ret-conning makes sense once you get into the next couple of books. 😂

[4815162342]

1 hour ago, Plain Old Tele said:

Oh shit, I totally fucked up, lmao. I meant 2, 3, 1, 4. 

 

4, 3, 1, 2

[The Stingray]

30 pages in and I think I'm going to enjoy Wolves of the Calla. It's got that whole Magnificent Seven thing going on.

 

[Eric the IF]

 

[Jason]

Lmao. I just found out about this. @Lordmandeep (for anyone else who's wondering, Brampton is a suburb of Toronto - I grew up there)
 

Update: It turned out to be a beaver. 

h/t @baumer via @grim22

[Lordmandeep]

2 hours ago, Jason said:

Lmao. I just found out about this. @Lordmandeep (for anyone else who's wondering, Brampton is a suburb of Toronto - I grew up there)
 

Update: It turned out to be a beaver. 

h/t @baumer via @grim22

 

 

Brampton is one crazy place

[Jack Nevada]

I've watched an incredible amount of movies while in quarantine, it's honestly just sad. Most recently I saw Hal Ashby's Shampoo with Warren Beatty, a pretty funny movie about being a boomer piece of shit and getting your dick sucked nonstop.

[DeeCee]

18 minutes ago, Jack Nevada said:

I've watched an incredible amount of movies while in quarantine, it's honestly just sad. Most recently I saw Hal Ashby's Shampoo with Warren Beatty, a pretty funny movie about being a boomer piece of shit and getting your dick sucked nonstop.

Hello

[Plain Old Tele]

2 hours ago, Jack Nevada said:

I've watched an incredible amount of movies while in quarantine, it's honestly just sad. Most recently I saw Hal Ashby's Shampoo with Warren Beatty, a pretty funny movie about being a boomer piece of shit and getting your dick sucked nonstop.

Hey there. 

[Ethan Hunt]

2 hours ago, Jack Nevada said:

I've watched an incredible amount of movies while in quarantine, it's honestly just sad. Most recently I saw Hal Ashby's Shampoo with Warren Beatty, a pretty funny movie about being a boomer piece of shit and getting your dick sucked nonstop.

 

 

[filmlover]

 

@Cap

[Cap]

8 minutes ago, filmlover said:

 

@Cap

LMFAO. I was just coming in to post this. 
 

BAAAAAAABY. precious baby.