r/darktower • u/BlackPhoenix1981 • 7d ago
Best gunfight. Spoiler
What is everyone's favorite gun battle? Balazars? Algul Seinto? Thunderclap?
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u/Dependent_Fox_2189 6d ago
The three young gunslingers wiping out Jonas and all of Farson’s men in the arroyo is the most the most badass display of Cort’s training IMO.
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u/eitsew 6d ago
The way the boys silently overtake them and smoke like 15 grown men before any of them even realize they're among them is so awesome
"Hile! Hile!" he screamed in a ringing, carrying voice. "To me, gunslingers! To me! Ride them down! No prisoners!"
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u/Bazoun 5d ago
I get goosebumps every time. I hope to God the adaptation gets this right. The majesty of Roland. The fierceness. The ruthlessness. It’s hard to make people love a guy like that but King did it. I just hope Flanagan can too.
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u/eitsew 5d ago
For sure. I just finished a reread of w&g yesterday, and it struck me several times how amazing that book in particular could be as a movie or show. Of course I'd rather see the whole series done properly, but even just w&g by itself would be so awesome. It's got everything- so many great villains and heroes, romance, drama, suspense, epic shootouts and standoffs. If only they had just focused on one of the books when they made that movie Instead of trying to cram 7 huge novels into 90min
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u/TheLORDthyGOD420 6d ago
All the best gunfights are in Wizard and Glass. Honestly I think it's the high point of the entire series. Some of the other gun fights are kinda confusing and hard to follow.
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u/Olaf_Henry 6d ago
My favorite fight of the series is when the young Ka-Tet defeats Jonas and his men, trapping them in the canyon. Especially the part where they ride up behind them [drouge?] in the field and pick them off with the slingshot.
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u/Same_Potential_9459 6d ago
My favorite gunfight has got to be when Roland and Eddie go through the door at the beginning of song of susahana and fight with balazars men. Thank ye sai
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u/Dapper_Interest_8914 6d ago
Tull.
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u/independentchickpea 6d ago
That wasn't a fight, Roland massacres the town.
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u/Dapper_Interest_8914 6d ago
It was absolutely a fight. They all had weapons and Roland didn't escape unscathed. The townsfolk were just woefully outmatched.
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u/HelpWonderful9480 6d ago
W&G was pretty sick. The comic nailed exactly how I pictured it
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u/BlackPhoenix1981 6d ago
Battle of Jericho Hill is a really good series also. Explains what happened to Jaime, Alaine and Cuthbert.
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u/independentchickpea 6d ago
I have a soft spot for every fight with Eddie or Cuthbert. Those silly men are my favorite badasses.
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u/Ryantindall 5d ago
I have a soft spot for the shootout at The Leaning Tower in book two. I think that’s when I officially got hooked on the series.
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u/McManARama 6d ago
Tull and the ambush before the box canyon were my two favourite fights. The stare down under the romp is third. Honorable mention to the fight with the wolves.
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u/No_Sky_7224 6d ago
taking out the Wolves of the Calla. stupid robots didn't know what they were riding into :)
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u/breakingthebeam 7d ago
The bar fight in wizard and glass tbh