Review: Dark Tower film barely uses books’ lore—but works anyway

Stephen King’s seven-book series The Dark Tower has finally received a screen adaptation, and fans should brace themselves: it slaps a giant reset button on the series’ lore. (Which, a longtime series fan may explain to you, is somewhat appropriate.)

This long-in-production film lands with a clear emphasis on running lean. It’s a hair over 90 minutes long; its variety in scenery and locations is far from epic; and the story focuses on only three familiar characters. The result feels more like a Stephen King version of an ’80s misunderstood-teen film than you might expect, and, as such, its framework feels a little disposable—as if the names “Man In Black,” “Gunslinger,” and “Jake Chambers” could have been swapped if a license fell through at the last minute.

The great Dark Tower film we’ve wanted for years, this ain’t. But as an isolated, “inspired by Stephen King” piece of summer cinema, this first (and hopefully not last) Dark Tower film succeeds at finding a new angle to the series’ origin story, which is sold by a taut script, solid acting, and a compelling angle on what revenge looks like for both a boy and a man.

I didn’t read more than those first three paragraphs because I haven’t seen it yet…but I can work with that.

#movies #thedarktower

Audio (MP3): 20170804 - Slip Slide Melting by For Love Not Lisa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGKTDY_CqMU

Peeps, here’s your find-a-space-in-the-sunshine Friday jam to blast you threw your workday. The audio’s not the best but it’ll do in broad daylight.

The Crow soundtrack is still one of my favorite goto albums. So many good bands, so much good music. I think I bought a CD from every artist on it. Okay, Ghostrider wasn’t Rollin’s best work but see also Machines of Loving Grace^[1] and Jesus and the Mary Chain. See also Jack be nimble, Jack fall dead.

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Your identity is not your choice

There’s been a lot of public talk about “identity” lately, stimulated by high-profile cases of transsexuality (notably the athlete now named Caitlyn Jenner) and transracialism (Rachel Dolezal). It needs to be said: most of the talk, on all sides of these disputes, has been obvious nonsense – utter drivel that should not have survived five minutes of thought.

This is a long, well thought out read…but my two cents is that this particular case is NOT about rejection or identity. It’s about TV ratings.

#tv #LGBT

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Why is the classic 80s movie Better Off Dead with John Cusack not on Amazon Video nor Netflix?

Who the hell’s running this operation?

#movies #betteroffdead

The EPA just buried its climate change website for kids

The Environmental Protection Agency has sidelined a climate site aimed at educating students, a public watchdog group has determined, as part of the agency’s ongoing review of what online content matches the new administration’s values.

This is old news but still utter bullshit.

Again let me direct you to the EPA’s mission statement: protect human health and the environment.

The current administration’s values should not supersede an agency’s mission.

#politics #climatechange

Planetary Protection Officer

This position is assigned to Office of Safety and Mission Assurance for Planetary Protection. Planetary protection is concerned with the avoidance of organic-constituent and biological contamination in human and robotic space exploration. NASA maintains policies for planetary protection applicable to all space flight missions that may intentionally or unintentionally carry Earth organisms and organic constituents to the planets or other solar system bodies, and any mission employing spacecraft, which are ntended to return to Earth and its biosphere with samples from extraterrestrial targets of exploration. This policy is based on federal requirements and international treaties and agreements.

Pay range is $124,406 to $187,000 / per year. Your security clearance will be secret. Good luck.

#helpwanted #nasa

The Dark Tower opens this Friday. I have it on my calendar that it opened last Friday. 🙄

I don’t know what it is with me and movies lately. It’s like I’m living in the Mid-World dimension.

#thedarktower

Blue and Red Clown Shoes

Wear these blue and red clown shoes with a clown costume. Any clown costume. They are completely appropriate for clowns in any setting.

ATTENTION CUSTOMER

This product has restrictions that limit the countries that we can ship to. This product cannot be shipped to Mexico

I probably need these for the upcoming IT 2017 movie premier. Here’s the Official Trailer 1 if you haven’t seen it.

#fashion #it

When it’s been a long day the mouth filter slips down an inch or so more and I tend to start talk before thinking.

As an example… Less than an hour ago I told the Starbucks lady to “hustle” while she was grinding my coffee beans.

I may not have been joking. Maggie may have been mortified.

If you’ve never been mortified in my presence we haven’t hung out nearly enough.