I only read the first book (I think the second is on my shelf), this is a lot more Last Action Hero than I was expecting, though this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. In fact, Matt Colville sums up my feelings pretty well:
I haven't read The Dark Tower but that trailer makes it look like a weird mashup of Time Bandits and the Last Action Hero.
— Matt Colville? (@mattcolville) May 3, 2017
Actually if someone had told me The Dark Tower was Time Bandits meets The Last Action Hero, I probably would have read it!
— Matt Colville? (@mattcolville) May 3, 2017
"There are no more gunslingers…I mean obviously *I* am a gunsligner. Besides me. There are no more besides me. And maybe one or two more."
— Matt Colville? (@mattcolville) May 3, 2017