Movie: The Dark Tower
Movie: The Dark Tower
Weird that I don't remember anything about him at all.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
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Yeah, he's a yuge character. Roland used his treatment of the boy as a litmus of his dedication to finding the Tower. Nothing was more important than his quest, and the Man in Black threw the boy at him when violence wasn't slowing Roland down... So he tried love, instead.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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According to this the movie is about the boy, not the Gunslinger, for whom the books and movie are named.
Sigh.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/matwhitehead/t ... er-is-here
Sigh.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/matwhitehead/t ... er-is-here
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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Sigh indeed.The filmmakers aren't attempting to faithfully adapt the books to the screen, but rather continue the story of Jake, Roland, and the Dark Tower using the elements of all of King's novels.
Just stick to the original material.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
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Wow. That's ...odd. I thought Flagg was definitively dead. Then again, doesn't the last book start damn near where the first one ends?
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
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A bit of a crossover question here: Isn't "The Man in Black" also Flagg from The Stand? I thought I remembered reading that back when I was into King's books, so...the 90s?
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
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Randall Flagg is the identity of a number of King villains. The dude from the stand was one. Also, RF is allegedly He Who Walks Behind the Rows.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
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If I remember correctly The Stand made it clear he was the anti-Christ.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
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I reread The Stand last month. It didn't really say that, specifically.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Movie: The Dark Tower
Abridged or unabridged?
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
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Unabridged. My paperback copy is literally 20 plus years old, and the cover is gone.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Movie: The Dark Tower
If I find time tonight I might try to dig something up. I really want to know why I remember this stuff so well.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
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Actually, I think I meant to say abridged. A longer version was released at some point, right? I have the shorter version.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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Yes, the original version was abridged.
I only read the longer one. Not sure it needed the extra pages.
It's not me, it's someone else.
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I have the long one as well. (Phrasing)
Perhaps it was in there?
Perhaps it was in there?
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
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COuldn't say.
Though, there's no reason the prophesied "Antichrist" can't also be Flagg.
He's also in Eyes of the Dragon.
Though, there's no reason the prophesied "Antichrist" can't also be Flagg.
He's also in Eyes of the Dragon.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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I did some light research while the latest NVidia drivers installed and indeed many things refer to him as "anti-Christ-like", so maybe that's where I picked it up?
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
Movie: The Dark Tower
He's got many of the personality traits. But I don't think he's "the" Antichrist like Damien was.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Movie: The Dark Tower
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Movie: The Dark Tower
That review is brutal.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”