On another note…Abrams acquired the rights a while back for…$19.

Lance Henriksen is inspired casting, especially for the Marten parts. It would be interesting seeing what they did for the Flagg scenes. Henriksen with long, flowing hair would be quite the sight to see.

(Runner Up: Viggo Mortensen – Would make a fine Deschain if not a little to (too) pretty, but I do think our collective memories of Aragorn cloud our judgement a bit.)

Yours maybe, but not mine. Sorry to disagree here, but I’ve seen Mortensen’s body of work, and it stands above Brolin’s, head and shoulders. I’ve pictured him mentally and physically ever since the book first came out.
You don’t think Mortensen can ugly up on a dime?
Tall, skinny, introspective, troubled, solitary, quiet, single-minded and intrepid. Commanding when needed, and explosive when necessary. And a man you NEVER want to screw with.
Mortensen has been described as all of these personas, both in person, as well as on screen. (Except personally explosive)
Brolin is only known to the general public to be explosive in real life. And not for noble reasons. (Ask his wife)
And I personally saw him go off on a waiter in an L.A restaurant several years ago, and he behaved like a rich, spoiled twelve year old, howling to be comped the top drawer wine because of ‘who he was.’
Excuse me, but who the fuck WAS he, but the unproved son of a TV actor? There are hundreds of them out there. He behaved like an entitled brat.
And recently arrested for the same relative nonsense.
Not the Roland of MY dreams.
What a ponce.

JAKE CHAMBERS = DAEG FAERCH

I’m afraid I’ve not seen this boy’s work, so cannot comment, to be fair. The best to him.
I have however, seen Kodi Smit-McPhee’s role in Stephen King’s ‘Nightmares and Dreamscapes’ episode of “Umney’s Last Case”. A pretty fucking phenomenal performance for a lad of his age and experience.
Check him out, maybe?

On all other parts I either agree with you, or don’t have a clear opinion on.

All in all, you’re pretty right on, though.

Good eye, dude.

Cheers,

Janet

Re: the comics. You’re right, what’s funny is I just now realized that. i have read every tower book to come out, but have been extremely “un-moved” since the start of the second arch, that I didn’t even realize all the Marten/Steven stuff consisted of a new series.

Just a note, unless you wrote this article quite a while ago, the comics are far further along than into the second series. So far they’ve completed “Gunslinger Born”, “The Long Road Home”, “Treachery”, as well as a few one-shots, and “Fall of Gilead” begins soon (next month?).

wb.