A refreshing surprise that will defy book readers' expectations

Wow: that leaked trailer really has confirmed all the hopes I had for this project.

Thanks to the Horn of Eld (and Akiva Goldsman's genius) the film discards most of the boring storyline and redundant characters from the Dark Tower and puts much more emphasis on the characters and story arc that REALLY matter. I'm simply grateful we'll get a Dark Tower adaptation which will be so wonderfully different from what book readers imagined (it's so nice when you get surprised!).

And with each new casting announcement I felt like jubilating:

Abbey Lee plays Tirana. God I'm so excited! Genius writer Akiva Goldsman has realized how important Tirana is. Tirana practically IS The Dark Tower - I hope she will be in every scene (which is now possible because: THE HORN OF ELD).

Jackie Earle Haley plays the third most important character (after Roland and the Man in Black): Richard Sayre! The character is actually important enough to warrant his own movie (maybe in a future spin-off? THE HORN OF ELD could make it possible).

And now, finally, after months of feverish anticipation, it has been announced that Fran Kranz will play Pimli, another key character and fan favorite whose role was thankfully enhanced in Goldsman's fantastic screenplay.

But it doesn't end there; few knew but millions speculated who would play one of the most pivotal roles in the The Dark Tower multiverse: Arra. Now it has finally been revealed that none other than Claudia Kim will portray this wonderfully compelling character.

And, at the very last, fan favorites Dr Hotchkiss and Timmy also have been cast.

Akiva Goldsman really is a mastermind of cinema: it's almost as if he was able to see into King's mind and extract the writer's true vision for the Dark Tower (which King sadly failed to put on the page). Using the HORN OF ELD to achieve this was a master stroke.

And there's more changes for the better: in the books, the Man in Black is a looming presence, but he only very rarely physically appears. But instead of a weird (and boooooring) mythical, mysterious creature, isn't it much nicer to actually have him as a physical antagonist that shows up all the time and doesn't force you to use your imagination? And now the Man in Black even has a sidekick - isn't that great?

Man, that Horn sure changed everything for the better, and it's so nice to see that it was all it took to make the fans come around and embrace Akiva's vision. I can hardly wait: this adaptation is already a success in any reader's book (so much so they don't even really need to film it anymore).



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