I couldn't bring myself to watching the trailer all the way through because it became clear to me, with all the green screens and whatnot, that it's clearly unfinished and not intended for us to see at this stage. What I saw intrigued me though, I'm now counting the days to see it in high resolution and good sound quality. Loved to see Dutch Hill and that his drawings/dreams brought him there. There seems to be no plaster monster in the wall and I'm fine with that, but I would have loved for a young Eddie to appear in his dreams, I guess that one's out the window. Jake's drawing was my favorite in the books. I'm curious as to how he will enter Mid-World after his death. Will he be the third door after Eddie and Odetta?
-The random people looking funny at Jake on the street (kind of like in Inception). The man "correcting" his face. Are these Low-men? If so this is clearly not from The Waste Land right? And instead "sequel" timeline stuff?
The guy correcting his face must have been a low man, no doubt about it. Book 6 and 7 if I'm not mistaken. Why the people look at Jake that way is beyond me, maybe he just "feels" watched due to his mounting paranoia?
-Roland's "our war is over, we lost". Do we suppose this refers to a "sequel" timeline where Roland has fought against Walter or what? Again, this doesn't immediately trigger anything in my memory bank.
To me that was a reference to the battle of Jericho Hill and the fall of Gilead and how the world had moved on since.
-The dog/wolf-like monster that we see attacking them. What is this? Just a random CGI-monster thrown in to appease a 2016 sci-fi audience or is it something from the book I just can't remember?
I didn't get that far in the trailer. Maybe the dog at the end of "The Little Sisters of Eluria? The one with the cross on his fur? Wasn't it confirmed that the sisters make an appearance? Otherwise, no idea. Maybe a slow mutant or some other beast attacking them under the mountains?
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Arm_the_Masses
8 years ago
Regarding your first point I don't think Jake gets "drawn" as such. The trailer sets it up so that the house activates a portal and he jumps through. Whether or not there's a throwback to his death from being pushed under the car by Walter your guess is as good as mine.
Also regarding Eddie not making an appearance in Jake's dreams, well it might be possible. Think of how Gollum was introduced in Fellowship of the Ring... always in the shadows, never fully shown, in part because they hadn't completely conceptualized him, kinda similar to how they haven't cast Eddie and Susannah yet. There might totally be a nod toward them as characters... I can totally see (wishful thinking) that Jake has a dream where he sees doors standing along a windswept beach. Or a young man walking away from the camera pushing a woman in a wheel chair... take your pick.
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sugrnspyce4
8 years ago
Why the people look at Jake that way is beyond me, maybe he just "feels" watched due to his mounting paranoia?
According to the EW Dark Tower cover story from the SDCC issue, Walter is looking for Jake because of his gift (the touch/shine), and most likely is using the low men to help find him. I'm not sure if Jake knows he's being hunted, though, unless maybe he figures that out from his visions/dreams. Considering that Pimli Prentiss is in the cast list, the fate Walter has in store for Jake is pretty obvious.
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