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The Worst Dark Lord Ever

Started by bubz_the_troll, May 08, 2007, 04:43:39 AM

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bubz_the_troll

May 08, 2007, 04:43:39 AM
Stephen King's Crimson King character in the his final Dark Tower novel was a huge disappointment.   I kept imagining Tim the Sorcerer from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.  Of course this was a huge improvement over Tolkien's Suaron who never actually appears in the Lord of the Rings except as an abstract.  As bad as Jordan's Wheel of Time is at least his Dark Lord presents a real danger to the protagonists.

Jasper

#1
May 11, 2007, 01:39:54 AM
Quote from: bubz_the_troll on May 08, 2007, 04:43:39 AM
Stephen King's (snip) a huge disappointment. (snip) 

Fix.

The Good Reverend Roger

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May 11, 2007, 02:37:27 AM
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Jasper

#3
May 11, 2007, 02:48:13 AM
:lulz: 

It

Misery

Maximum Overdrive

Christine

Dark Tower 3rd and above

:lulz:

The Good Reverend Roger

#4
May 11, 2007, 02:49:38 AM
Quote from: Felix on May 11, 2007, 02:48:13 AM


Dark Tower 3rd and above



You ---> 1 philistine.  Do you use that brain in public?
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Jasper

#5
May 11, 2007, 03:08:35 AM
Where else are they really usable?

Jasper

#6
May 11, 2007, 03:25:25 AM
Okay, not to backpedal but I read Dark Tower in high school, which feels like ages.  I really enjoyed the first few, but didn't have the attention span for the later sidestories that seemed to dispense of the intruige of the earlier plots.

The Good Reverend Roger

#7
May 11, 2007, 03:30:04 AM
Quote from: Felix on May 11, 2007, 03:25:25 AM
Okay, not to backpedal but I read Dark Tower in high school, which feels like ages.  I really enjoyed the first few, but didn't have the attention span for the later sidestories that seemed to dispense of the intruige of the earlier plots.

Hmm...maybe you should stick to anime?

Won't hurt your brain as much.

:mrgreen:
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Jasper

#8
May 11, 2007, 03:34:16 AM
Actually, that's exactly what I did in high school.

I got better.

Jasper

#9
May 11, 2007, 03:46:03 AM
Also, to be fair, "It" made me laugh like a mofo.

Shit

#10
May 11, 2007, 04:56:19 AM Last Edit: May 11, 2007, 04:57:50 AM by Benaclypse
God = thy Worst Dark Lord Ever.  Totally sabatoges paradise and dooms the world, but He takes no pride in it, blaming all things evil on his alter-ego: Ed McMan.
So long, and thanks for all the shit.

Cain

#11
May 11, 2007, 10:38:15 AM
I can never get hold of the early Dark Tower books.  Honestly, every time I go down to the library there are key books from the series missing.  I mean, I could just pick one up and hope for the best, but I tried that before and ended up not having a clue as to what was going on.

I also liked Sauron.  He wasn't your Darth Vader sort, cheapening his presence by turning up to challenge every two bit wanna be hero with a magic sword.  He had minions for that.

Payne

#12
May 11, 2007, 02:18:51 PM
Quote from: Cain on May 11, 2007, 10:38:15 AM
I can never get hold of the early Dark Tower books.  Honestly, every time I go down to the library there are key books from the series missing.  I mean, I could just pick one up and hope for the best, but I tried that before and ended up not having a clue as to what was going on.

I also liked Sauron.  He wasn't your Darth Vader sort, cheapening his presence by turning up to challenge every two bit wanna be hero with a magic sword.  He had minions for that.

I gots the 2nd to 4th in the dark tower on my bookshelf, cant find the first one....

Also reffering to the O.P. the dark lord in wheel of time doesn't present any danger to the protaginists at all, directly. Hes still locked up in his little prison after 11 books at least.

AFK

#13
May 11, 2007, 02:44:31 PM
My vote is for Simon Cowell. 
Cynicism is a blank check for failure.

Rossignol

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May 11, 2007, 02:51:50 PM Last Edit: May 11, 2007, 03:18:08 PM by Rossignol
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on May 11, 2007, 02:44:31 PM
My vote is for Simon Cowell. 

Best Dark Lord was The Unraveller "Rakoth Maugrim" in Guy Gavriel Kay's Fionavar Tapestry . Simon Cowell gets my vote for worst of course.
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
Robert A. Heinlein
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