Quote:I get that part and all, and that the are trying to lay the groundwork for the whole Dark Tower "universe", but those two items (Tull and Cort) define Roland in ways that the Taheen and Jake Chambers just can't. 

 

I guess my concern comes from the idea that without those two, Roland won't be fully developed. And if he isn't fully developed, then the story will suffer for it.

I don't think we really have much of an idea what story they are trying to tell right now which is a good thing IMO. We don't know if they are doing Tull in this movie, later or not at all nor do we know if they plan on dealing with Cort via flashbacks or with internal monologue stuff. The internal stuff doesn't translate very well. 

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