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I'm back to my re-read of the Discworld books. I was worried Monstrous Regiment wouldn't work the second time around with all of its reveals but I'm having a good time. And just like with most of the series I'm only getting certain gags now. Like Maledict at the very zenith of coffee withdrawal falling into the pose from Platoon
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Shoehead posted:I'm back to my re-read of the Discworld books. I was worried Monstrous Regiment wouldn't work the second time around with all of its reveals but I'm having a good time. There's a lot of double and triple meanings in there that take on new light after you've been through once, like Strappi beginning the traditional NCO's wake-up cry of "hands off cocks, on with socks" and changing it to "hands off...well, you lot wouldn't be able to find 'em...".
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Oh. https://twitter.com/bbcamerica/status/1217986066852012032
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Jan 17, 2020 09:53
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I know I shouldn't judge it from a couple of pictures but this looks more like some show that's set in post apocalyptic London than anything to do with Discworld.
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Jan 17, 2020 10:10
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EvilTaytoMan posted:I know I shouldn't judge it from a couple of pictures but this looks more like some show that's set in post apocalyptic London than anything to do with Discworld. That's almost exactly what my friend just said about it - "looks like London 100 years after WW3"
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Jan 17, 2020 10:13
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Yeah you know what, I'm starting to get what they're going for and I'm digging it. Major Terry Gilliam vibes especially from those armors. Gonna flop pretty hard because of NOT MY DISCWORLD, guessing we'll get one hastily abridged season.
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Jan 17, 2020 10:18
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Hopefully it's different enough to enjoy on it's own merits without constantly going "well that's not how I imagined it"?
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Jan 17, 2020 10:19
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My main takeaway is that I'm sold even harder on the casting.
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Jan 17, 2020 10:21
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... hope no one's taking that personally, I'd love a proper Discworld show myself with Ankh-Morpork and dwarves and wizards and witches and all the fantasy trappings, and it's a pity they're not making one, but what they're making looks interesting, they're not going for classic fantasy or Pratchett's Discworld specifically, and social media at large is gonna treat it like they are and dismiss it.
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Jan 17, 2020 10:22
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It seems far enough removed from Discworld that I can ignore it angst free tbh. Although I should add I've hated every Pratchett adaptation asides from the games
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Jan 17, 2020 10:54
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Shoehead posted:It seems far enough removed from Discworld that I can ignore it angst free tbh. Hogfather was very good.
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Jan 17, 2020 11:10
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It was charming, but not good. Death and nobby were perfect though.
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Jan 17, 2020 11:42
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Shoehead posted:It seems far enough removed from Discworld that I can ignore it angst free tbh. Hating the Cosgrove Hall animated series is punishable by death. The Watch does not look good, though. I'll probably watch it anyway, but I'm not confident.
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Jan 17, 2020 11:59
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I actually liked Mr Teatime (pronounced "Te-ah-tim-eh") in the Hogfather show. I recently re-read Hogfather during Christmas and was impressed how well the show nailed Mr Teatime.
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Jan 17, 2020 12:02
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I do like both Richard adorned and Adam Hugill. Can sorta see where they are going with Jo Eaton-Kent as Cheery (but where’s the beard?), it the rest looks odd or downright awful. I guess this is “Inspired by” in the same way that the Super Mario Bros. movie was inspired by the games.
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Jan 17, 2020 12:39
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I would respect it more if they owned it. "BBC's The Watch: Only Loosely Related to the Books by Sir Terry Pratchett" But, that's a joke that Pratchett might have made, so I'm guessing it's off the table.
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Jan 17, 2020 13:24
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Well you can instantly say "oh that's Carrot" so
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Jan 17, 2020 14:59
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Jedit posted:Hating the Cosgrove Hall animated series is punishable by death. I taped em off the tv when I was 11 and I hated em! 
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Jan 17, 2020 15:33
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The more modern aspects are a little weird, but I'm not put off the style in and of itself. Does make me wonder if they have electricity and/or wizards, but those aren't essential elements of the Watch books in any case.
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LAWKS
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Oh wow. Carrot's the only one who's even a little bit recognizable. Everyone else looks like Carnival Row rejects.
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Jan 17, 2020 16:23
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And in case you’re wondering: https://twitter.com/rhipratchett/status/1172096652603248641?s=21
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Jan 17, 2020 16:28
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I don't remember the pic, but that's because I was in the room. I had thought that The Watch was still more closely in Rhianna's hands, and Pterry said that he couldn't tell her jokes apart from his own. This does not bode well at all.
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Jan 17, 2020 16:38
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It's been in development hell for so long she presumably wanted to go and do something that seemed like it'd actually have a chance in hell of coming out.
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thebardyspoon posted:It's been in development hell for so long she presumably wanted to go and do something that seemed like it'd actually have a chance in hell of coming out. Projects like this tend to go on the back burner but not be forgotten. And Narrativia was meant to have controlling interest over derivative works based on the IP.
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Jan 17, 2020 16:47
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 Lady Sybil Ramkin for those who didn't click through. Apparently.
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Jan 17, 2020 16:49
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Jan 17, 2020 18:28
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angerbeet posted:
Why is she so small
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Jan 17, 2020 18:47
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angerbeet posted:
Whatever other changes get made, making Last Sybil skinny does not inspire confidence that this adaptation will be a thoughtful one.
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Jan 17, 2020 18:50
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No nobby, no colon what the gently caress is this poo poo. Why introduce carrot and cheery at the same time, it's stupid. Carrot is our introduction to the dwarves, and cheery shakes that up and brings changes to their culture. You can't introduce the radical new perspective when we haven't even seen the baseline
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Remora posted:I would respect it more if they owned it. "BBC's The Watch: Only Loosely Related to the Books by Sir Terry Pratchett" I'm not sure this is going to have, like, jokes.
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Jan 17, 2020 19:47
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Terror Sweat posted:No nobby, no colon
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Jan 17, 2020 20:12
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I think Sybil is the deal breaker for me. The sexy vigilante bit is so played out at this point and Sybil was such a unique, real character
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Jan 17, 2020 20:12
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Most of the cast do definitely look the part (Sam Vimes is almost exactly how I picture him) but I definitely don't have hopes in this adaptation as a whole.
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Jan 17, 2020 20:22
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IMo the cast is too pretty in general - though Vimes is better than i thought - but man, Sybil just rubs it in
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Jan 17, 2020 20:25
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Nihilarian posted:IMo the cast is too pretty in general - though Vimes is better than i thought - but man, Sybil just rubs it in Does the UK have a shortage of solidly built middle aged women or something?
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Jan 17, 2020 20:30
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From the pictures I wish they'd drop the discworld title and just call it whatever post apocalyptic cyberpunk type show they clearly wanted it to be. It looks interesting but not as a discworld
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Jan 17, 2020 20:34
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freelop posted:From the pictures I wish they'd drop the discworld title and just call it whatever post apocalyptic cyberpunk type show they clearly wanted it to be. Yeah, it's badly distorted and obviously a lens not a disc.
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Jan 17, 2020 21:06
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Is the guy who played Jorah in GoT seriously too busy to play Sam? The series looks bad. But then again, none of the adaptions were good, so it's not very surprising.
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angerbeet posted:
#NotMySybil
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