Nooo!
King always said he'd never let DT be made into a series or movie!
He was working with folks to make it a comic book, but he didn't want to destroy anyone's view of the characters by making it into a movie or series.
I always loved him for it.
When my sister bought the first DT pocket book, there was a drawing in it of Roland, and he looked exactly like a friend of ours, like they took a picture of him and made it into a drawing.
Since than, I've always pictured Roland to look like him, but when I bought the last book, it had a picture of Roland on it, and he looked completely different, short hair in stead of long, he didn't resemble the friend anymore.
Kinda shattered my image of Roland, and a film would kill it.
Plus, all the fantasy stuff could work, but as the past teaches us (It anyone?) Kings work doesn't adapt well to film.
With the exception of the Green Mile, Stand By Me and the Shawshank Redemption, but those last two didn't need much work fantasy wise.

How about that suicidal train? What the **** was that about?

And yeah, King movies suck. Majorly. The only one that was good was Rose Red

Book one is, for the most part, boring as hell. Book two and three are both great.

I really liked the fourth book. A lot of people ***** about how it doesn't really advance the storyline, as the bulk of the novel is a flashback. But the flashback is my favorite part of the series.

Book five was decent.

And he shat the bed with the last two. He was really just beating off by that point, and the story became unfocused as all mother****.

Although I still cared enough about the characters to get through it.

It's hard to say whether you should read it or not. I'm glad I did, but I can just as easily see it being a huge waste of someone's time.

I'm halfway through the last book: The Dark Tower and I think it's been a worthwhile adventure.

SK surely gets wordy and it can be an undertaking to read all 7 books, but still worth it.

I think the series is like the works he published under the Richard Bachman name, you can tell it's SK by his style, but it's definitely a departure from his regular vein (Firestarter, Misery, etc.).

My favorite by far has been Wolves of the Calla (I think book 5).

I wouldn't read any more of his works just to understand the DT series. Some are mentioned, Salem's Lot plays a big part, but you'll surely get the gist anyway.

yes, i think that one was a little underrated.