On Snitches, Dr. Doom and Lightsabers: Mid-World reflects Pop Culture
The Dark Tower is a series written by Stephen King in which Stephen King’s subconscious shapes the reality of the novels. His childhood heroes, like Clint Eastwood, he reveals in the foreword shaped his depiction of the titular Gunslinger, born as it were from a single sentence that he could simply not get out of his head.
The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.
Throughout the novels, his subconscious continues to dictate the imagery of the Mid-World and the characters and props that they come to use. The emerald city of Oz and the long dried spray paint of The Stand warns of the Walkin’ Dude. There are scores of characters from Stephen King’s other novels that appear as well as thinly veiled, and often not veiled at all, references to pop culture imagery.
The Wolves of the Callah features an antagonistic force of riders dressed like Dr. Doom wielding Lightsabers and throwing explosive Snitches. His words, not mine! So what?
Well, as we know the Dark Tower film series is not a retelling of The Gunslinger, it is a new chapter in the story. We find out at the end of the book series that this series is but one telling of a cycle of events. How do those other cycles unfold? We’re left to wonder. Until now.
Roland’s look, like everything else in the series, is crafted from the subconscious of Stephen King. Clint Eastwood talks to chairs, and Idris Elba is a pop culture phenomenon, as is Matthew McConaughey. It is entirely in line with the book series that the evolving nature of the Dark Tower saga would reflect these new faces fresh to the zeitgeist. Similarly, the riders of the Callah could potentially resemble Darth Maul or Deadpool wielding Thor’s Hammer Mjolnir while throwing Batarangs. Don’t you see! That’s the beauty of the series and why the ending is everlong and satisfying. Life continues to evolve and all we can do is keep pace. Ka is a wheel.
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