Round Table #162

In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter palaver about the latest news in the King realm including; Flanagan getting a greenlight for Carrie at Amazon as well as he has his Carrie and Sue Snell, Netflix is doing the first re-adaptation of Cujo (Carrie has 4 soon to be 5 and Cujo only has 1 soon to be 2, wild), The Long Walk gets its release date, and Peter is able to react to the March Insanity results and the email jingle returns! Of course plenty of tangents abound as well.    Engage with the show by Email or Social Media! Check the website at DarkTowerPalaver.com or Patreon at patreon.com/darktowerpalaver

Sections Covered Part 3 Chapter 5, Subchapters 1–5)   In the latest Book Club Tadd and Peter start to see the final plans of both sides. First Jonas meets with Depape, Reynolds, Coral Thorin, and Latigo and they talk about the movement of the tankers that is actively going on. We find out Latigo brought 100 Soldiers and the plan is to kill Mayor Thorin and Rimer and frame the boys as responsible and working for Farson. The boys meet with Susan in a graveyard with their plans of blowing the oil up, and leading then driving the survivors into the thinny. They expect it all to happen on Reap, but Jonas intends to move a day earlier.    Engage with the show by Email or Social Media! Subscribe on YouTube to join in for live streams of the shows. Check the website at DarkTowerPalaver.com or Patreon at patreon.com/darktowerpalaver

Sections Covered Part 3 Chapter 4, Subchapters 13–19) Tadd and Peter go back into Mid-World and find Jonas meeting Randall Flagg and being as shaken, if not more, than Roy seemed to be. Then Cuthbert returns to the bunkhouse and we see the biggest blowup with the boys yet including a sucker punch and showing the Rhea note to both Alain and Roland. Then after simmering down Roland and Cuthbert go and see Rhea (and Ermot) and Roland says it is time for the three boys to meet together with Susan. Rhea vows vengeance on the boys for her lost loved one.  Also don't forget to visit our website and vote on March Insanity 2025!  Engage with the show by Email or Social Media! Subscribe on YouTube to join in for live streams of the shows. Check the website at DarkTowerPalaver.com or Patreon at patreon.com/darktowerpalaver

In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter talk about the wild day or two of news that King was writing for the Flanagan Dark Tower, then they hit an article breaking down why adapting The Dark Tower is so difficult (and Peter makes his true feelings known about Tull hahah). Then Gwendy is getting an Omnibus, King is writing a Hansel and Gretel book, and Danny Coughlin's Bad Dream is getting adapted! Then there is a few minutes of Monkey talk!  Also don't forget to vote in March Insanity, check it at DarkTowerPalaver.com/MarchInsanity Round 1 ends on March 8th!  Engage with the show by Email or Social Media! Check the website at DarkTowerPalaver.com or Patreon at patreon.com/darktowerpalaver

Sections Covered Part 3 Chapter 4, Subchapters 1–12) In the first Book Club of 2025 Tadd and Peter dive back into Wizard & Glass. They find the young Ka-Tet leaving for the day and Roland sees something before they leave. Sheemie has to go up the Cöos to deliver something to Rhea and is given something to deliver to Cordelia. Alain senses that something is wrong back at the Bar K, Roland doesn't seem to care. What he is sense is Jonas destroying and defiling everything and killing their carrier pigeons. Then on finding the defilement there is a massive explosion between Cuthbert and Roland that nearly comes to blows and the words are brutal. After leaving Cuthbert runs into Sheemie coming back down Cöos hill. Jonas returns to find Depape shook as one of Farson's men has showed up and he is mayhap more than a man.   Engage with the show by Email or Social Media! Subscribe on YouTube to join in for live streams of the shows. Check the website at DarkTowerPalaver.com or Patreon at patreon.com/darktowerpalaver

In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter talks super briefly about a new Animal in Mid World, and a few King bits before diving into the March Insanity Bracket reveals (Voting Starts March 1st of course) and then they dive into the Top 10 King Books with Dark Tower not being counted as one entry!    Engage with the show by Email or Social Media! Check the website at DarkTowerPalaver.com or Patreon at patreon.com/darktowerpalaver

In the first Round Table of 2025 Tadd and Peter palaver about King's upcoming Talisman 3 confirmation, some updates from the early marketing for Welcome to Derry including the planned run and what each seasons' time period, and a few other news bits. And in the Palaver section Tadd throws out a challenge for next episode and talk about the nature of the Crimson King, Farson, and if Mid-World is healing. And of course plenty of tangents!   Engage with the show by Email or Social Media! Check the website at DarkTowerPalaver.com or Patreon at patreon.com/darktowerpalaver

In the 2024 Year End Bash as is tradition the phone lines are open and Tadd and Peter get a page count for Never Flinch, a date for Life of Chuck, a change of date for The Running Man, a first glimpse of The Institute, along with plenty of tangents and Peter with a very cool Jack Mort theory from his latest read-through of the series.  Remember to get your March Insanity nominations in before the clock strikes 2025!  Also checkout darktowerpalaver.com/marchinsanity for all things March Insanity, and reach out via social media or email to give us your nominations for March Insanity 2025 before the end of the year!!

Sections Covered Part 3 Chapter 3, Subchapters 1–8)   In the latest Book Club, and last one of 2024, Tadd and Peter join the story with Hambry entering the rainy season. Eldred Jonas runs into Cordelia and takes her for a cup of tea as she spills the tea to him about her suspicions that Susan had slept with Will Dearborn.  We also see Rhea absorbed in the glass and being reminded of Susan and her plans for her. Jonas reeling from the idea that the boy had potentially put something so big over on him and goes to investigate Citgo where he finds the fallen Rook Skull. Jonas sets a trap and sleeps with Coral Thorin. And Musty shows up in Town   Engage with the show by Email or Social Media! Subscribe on YouTube to join in for live streams of the shows. Check the website at DarkTowerPalaver.com or Patreon at patreon.com/darktowerpalaver

In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter palaver about the latest in the Dark Tower and King world including Flanagan asked about Casting The Dark Tower, King more solidly teasing a new Dark Tower Book, title and date for the 2025 King novel, also some details about Flanagan's Carrie (including why do it), some actors talking about Life of Chuck and The Long Walk, some King adaptation recommends from Flanagan. Tadd and Peter also Palaver about if Roland is a tragic hero, mostly if he is a hero at all.  Also checkout darktowerpalaver.com/marchinsanity for all things March Insanity, and reach out via social media or email to give us your nominations for March Insanity 2025 before the end of the year!! Engage with the show by Email or Social Media! Check the website at DarkTowerPalaver.com or Patreon at patreon.com/darktowerpalaver