re: The Dark Tower trailer

Welp. Stupid or not, that's the premise of this iteration of the DT.

SPOILERS for the books below! Cry off now gunslinger.




When Roland finally opened the door at the top of the dark tower, after seeing the different parts of his life on the levels below, he was yanked through all the way back to the Mojaine desert in pursuit of the man in black. At the last instant he realized that he had failed in his quest, hence his scream of despair, which echoed through the door to the desert as it closed. Then all of his memories of his previous quest were erased and replaced with new ones, as was his body...in this case.

The point was and is that we are left to guess how many times Roland has failed and been sent back for another attempt. Hundreds? Maybe tens of thousands. Maybe he doesn't even reach the tower in thousands of those. Although I believe that he does. I think that it's easy to condemn him to another round just due to tha bastard that he was. He sacrificed everything to get there. As Eddie said, he was a Tower junkie. Just as real an addiction as heroin. Maybe worse.

Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came. He was always supposed to wind the Horn of Eld upon his arrival. Roland dropped it at the battle of Jericho Hill and that was the technicality that the tower caught him out on this time. Although I don't think would have mattered if he wouldn't have had so much blood on his hands. Just my opinion. Think of all of the good people that died because of his obsession.

This time through, he's black. Big deal. He has probably been every race several hundred times. However, THIS time he took the time to bend down and pick up the Horn of Eld during the fight. I suspect that several of the main characters in the books are going to pop up in different situations or similar situations during this quest. Hopefully, not King himself this time. Although he does things differently, some main events could be set in stone and need to be accomplished in order to proceed. Maybe Blaine or Thunderclap or the events in Insomnia leading to the death of Dandelo...and the erasing of the Crimson King. Who knows?

It's like the butterfly effect. Every trip through, in fairness, is a blank page. Hell he probably had every colored eyes in different versions of him. But I agree the bombardier's blue eyes were cool.

I plan on giving it the benefit of the doubt. That's still Roland in that body. And there is a damn fine actor who is playing this part. Let's just give it a fair shake and see where they take it.