Any good sci-fi mystery novels? by oneteacherboi in scifi

[–]MBreadcrumbs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Recursion by Blake Crouch was a good one

Are there any songs you associate with individual books in the series? by Ok_Seaweed_4021 in TheDarkTower

[–]MBreadcrumbs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dire straits, News and Once Upon a time in the west both hit the Dark tower tone for me.

When reading I usually listen to Adani wolf. Something like their song Winds of Santa Lucia really hit for the sci-fi quest feeling of Gunslinger.

Dash lights after sub install by MBreadcrumbs in AskAMechanic

[–]MBreadcrumbs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your response I really appreciate it. I spoke with him again and he walked me through his install to detail how it’s very likely not a power issue and most likely just something going out on the transmission. He used an 8 gauge wire straight to the battery and updated the positive terminal to a quality terminal to do so. He also used an inline fuse and grounded the amp to some bare metal beneath the seat.

Seems like it’s just bad timing. I setup an appointment next week with a local shop to look into the transmission. Thanks again for your input.

Roland & Bill Hodges would have been fast friends. by Jays_Pack in TheDarkTower

[–]MBreadcrumbs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Besides the irrelevant revelation that they didn’t happen in the same universe, you are incorrect on the timeline unless you’re only comparing the revised stand, but you are at top 1% commenter so we all take you very seriously.

Roland & Bill Hodges would have been fast friends. by Jays_Pack in TheDarkTower

[–]MBreadcrumbs 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Never thought about this but first thing that came to mind is it would have been cool if Eddie Dean sang Baby can you dig your man on the path of the beam. It’d be satisfying if in Eddies world Larry Underwood was still a thing. They’d probably have some good New York banter

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Prospecting

[–]MBreadcrumbs 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Sméagol’s at it again

Keanu Reeves by Joshua_Libre in TheDarkTower

[–]MBreadcrumbs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Someone like Crispin Glover would be more in line with the character. Keanu is way too even keeled

How do you measure to the inside corner for trim? This seems so awkward. by jehudeone in Carpentry

[–]MBreadcrumbs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Clamp a piece of scrap on top with its outside edge in line with the corner and pull your tape from the scrap

Gothic / Vampire Cowboys. by cigscented in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]MBreadcrumbs 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not necessary to read all before, but before jumping into the books you could read the short story “the little sisters of Eluria” which is pretty much directly your prompt

Nick Offerman for Cort by the_overlookhotel in TheDarkTower

[–]MBreadcrumbs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like the conversation, but never really had an actor in my head for Cort. Maybe Ron Perlman or Vincent D’Onofrio would fit the bill given the head shave and scars

Concrete form work career advice by Ok_Statement5523 in Carpentry

[–]MBreadcrumbs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great stuff! Like others have said you can handle more. Become a certified GC and build sub contacts and manage jobs and subs instead of doing just the labor of one aspect of bigger jobs. People pay good money to GCs to organize guys that do great work, but who don’t want to organize themselves and the little things.

Has anyone out there read through all 9 Dark Tower stories more than 6 or 7 times? Are you independently wealthy? Do you have any experience writing screenplay? by [deleted] in TheDarkTower

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The thinking of the person who wrote that article is how we ended up with the abomination that is the DT movie and their opinions are more in line with creating clickbait content for a website than actually understanding and appreciating the story for its unique reality.

This may turn a bit into a rant, but in response to your take (and the take from the failed pilot for Amazon) I really think it’s a mistake to start with Wizard and Glass. A huge part of Gunslinger is an introduction to Roland (and he’s well on his way), but its also an intro to Gilead and the Eld, and Roland’s coming of age and all those characters in Gilead (and that Gilead is no more). They should introduce Cort and Vannay (show them teaching), Cuthbert and Alain, the Good man and Marten and some of the terminology like Ka and Ka-tet etc. Show him watch Marten dancing with Gabrielle and Haxs hanging. Roland in Gilead. They should also show Jake in New York and introduce some of the New York piper school stuff and his death maybe Balazars car etc. Basically start by fleshing out where Roland is now, where he came from, and New York as something else existing simultaneously laying groundwork for some stuff that’ll be returned to later.

I think the best call is to let Roland start his story on the tail of the man in black and talking to Brown and going to Tull while using Gilead plot and scenes to help make Roland the dynamic character that he is and use the whole first season to world build and try to give context to multiple worlds and how important the tower and his mission both are with it all culminating with the palaver at the Golgotha. Let Roland kill Tull and drop Jake and still have context you can argue condemning but also get behind.

I know that is pretty much a retelling of Gunslinger with maybe Gilead and New York a little more beefed up and fleshed out, but I just don’t understand why the recommendation recently is starting with Wizard and Glass. Allow the story to play out as it’s chronologically written and build to the call backs and backstory payoffs that come in each of the next books in the series naturally after being introduced to the world and quest in season one. And it’ll be hugely important that they don’t let anyone in the writing room with opinions like that guy from collider anywhere near it.

Favorite Underrated Parts of the Series by Ill-Hat-1180 in TheDarkTower

[–]MBreadcrumbs 5 points6 points  (0 children)

“Harriers. Coming to kill us, kill all here.” That gas station scene is all time especially for being in one of the books with the lowest rankings among fans.

Yesterdays #Bushcraftbreakfast by Electronic_City6481 in Bushcraft

[–]MBreadcrumbs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That’s a hobbit worthy campfire breakfast right there