Stick to the books, don't watch the movie.
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Weird West (or Weird Western) is a genre of fiction that uses the Wild West period of American History as a foundation and then adds fantasy/supernatural elements to it. So stories where gunslingers encounter zombies, vampires, demons, robots, or any other creatures that wouldn't otherwise be present in a standard Western.
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Idris Elba was such an intriguing choice for Roland, and he did a good job. Too bad the movie sucked.
He would have kicked 12 kinds of ass as Cort in a faithful adaptation.
I want to live in that timeline.
The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.
Dad-a-chum?
Dum-a-chuck?
Oy. Olan.
Thankee-sai.
Just a few posts up someone was talking about the "Weird West" genre of fantasy, and I was thinking about this exact series.
Wonderful series, but as much as I love King's work, the man just does not know how to end a story.
Never has... Cell was the worst! "Oh, deadline is tomorrow? Ship it!"
I’ve read this 3 times and once as an audio book. Fantastic series and one of my favorites from King.
My only complaint, and I mean only, is that he stopped doing the flashbacks to young Roland after the 4th book.
Granted book 4 was virtually ALL flashback, but still, there was more story there that is missing now. :(
Sometimes authors have to leave a little story out, to remind us that reality is difficult and unknowable
A kid’s book? WTF?
When your coke habit says to write a children’s book, you don’t ask why.
Blain is a pain
Jesus, that 5 year cliffhanger between book 3 and 4...