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

The successor of Stephen King's book series makes me a bit uneasy.  It feels a bit too generic for the osurce material that was often odd with all sorts of dimension jumping adventures.  Of course, this is not based on the books, but a sequel so who knows where the story is going.  This, along with Blade Runner 2049, are the two movies I am most nervous about this year.

Read the books?

Think the movie looks interesting?

I expected worse, i guess. The books took a nosedive into great disappointment after book 4 so i'm certainly not upset about it.

I read ... three books, I think, before I quit. I just didn't care about the characters and there were long stretches where I felt nothing but boredom. I'm just not a fan of King's novels, which feel like they're over-inflated with hot air. I like his short stories a lot more.

Robots with light sabres didn't do it for you?

I like how they are basically taking the book series ending as an excuse to make this a New Game+ of sorts. So it will have the same basic story line and characters, but they can take it in different areas than the books went. I thought the trailer was great. Wizard and Glass is my favorite book of all time. The books fell off a cliff quality wise after that one.

How do you know this is a sequel? Jake is meeting the Gunslinger in the trailer and seems to happen upon the Gunslinger in a very different way than the novel. Jake was hit by a car and killed and was portaled to the Gunslingers realm. I also notice the library in NY City where Roland, Jake and Eddie were looking for, you know... My point is, I don't see how the studio could claim this is a sequel when it contains - judging from the trailer alone - many of the events that happened in the first four books.

I'm a HUGE fan of the novels and I realize that no movie can be outright true to the novel. I'm interested in the movie and think the trailer stands on its own, but I already disagree with a few things. They should have just done the TV series and then movie, then back to TV series like originally planned, not this condensed nonsense.

this movie looks freakin epic. Idris Elba, and alright alright alright.

I liked all the books. After watching the preview I will pretend that it is called something else when i watch the movie. The plan of Movie, TV series, Movie, TV series, Movie ect that they once had laid out still seems like the best format. There is just too much content to pack into 1 movie.

Villeneuve, Deakins, Fancher, Johannsson, Ford, and Gosling not inspiring enough confidence for you? I know Hollywood sequels have a notorious track record, but this one seems to have as good a chance as any.

Not really interested in it. But I do look forward to the next Stephen King movie directed by Frank Darabont he has the rights to The Long Walk and The Monkey. I liked all his previous movies based on King stories, The Green Mile, The Mist and The Shawshank Redemption.