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I tend to imagine Vimes as Telly Savalas Kojak.
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# ? Jan 28, 2020 02:07 |
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Shoehead posted:Charles Dance as Vetinari?? poo poo I'm gonna have to track this down. It especially stands out because Freds and Nobbys were universal constants. Pratchett said that at signings, every time he met police of any kind they said that their precinct had a Fred and a Nobby. Sometimes, he heard this from people who clearly were their station's Fred or Nobby, even if they personally were unaware of the fact.
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# ? Jan 29, 2020 07:59 |
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Shoehead posted:Shite, wrong Ronnie, but yeah. There's something about his demeanour as Fletch that's very Vimes-like. I see him being like Philip Glenister. I know that's a bit typecast (Life on Mars), but it's always been that for me.
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# ? Jan 29, 2020 16:35 |
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I work in EMS, so I know all the cops who work for the county, and I definitely know a Fred and a Nobby.
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# ? Jan 30, 2020 19:54 |
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I've always pictured Vimes as looking pretty much like Paul Hollywood. It's weird, because I only learned of the existence of Paul Hollywood in the last year or so, but he's almost exactly what I've been picturing in my head for the last twenty-odd years. Maybe a little more scarring, little more grizzled, but otherwise spot-on.
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# ? Jan 31, 2020 06:52 |
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I just think of Vimes like a scragglier and thinner Clint Eastwood like the Paul Kidby art depicts him
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# ? Jan 31, 2020 07:37 |
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I finally moved all my books from my old bookshelves to my new ones, and it really struck me that the only prose fiction I have is my old Terry Pratchett Discworld books. I must have read each of those books at least three times
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# ? Jan 31, 2020 11:33 |
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Phenotype posted:I've always pictured Vimes as looking pretty much like Paul Hollywood. It's weird, because I only learned of the existence of Paul Hollywood in the last year or so, but he's almost exactly what I've been picturing in my head for the last twenty-odd years. Maybe a little more scarring, little more grizzled, but otherwise spot-on. Johnny Vegas is not Paul Hollywood
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# ? Jan 31, 2020 12:46 |
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freelop posted:It's being described as a "punk rock thriller" jesus
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# ? Jan 31, 2020 15:07 |
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Pratchett said he always pictured Vimes as Peter Postwaite.
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# ? Feb 4, 2020 04:07 |
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that's how i've always seen it.
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# ? Feb 4, 2020 04:16 |
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Phenotype posted:I've always pictured Vimes as looking pretty much like Paul Hollywood.
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# ? Feb 4, 2020 22:06 |
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Iain Glen could probably do a decent job, he can look suitably glum and has the range for some of the poo poo you'd want for a Vimes in my opinion.
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# ? Feb 4, 2020 22:47 |
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Xander77 posted:Is the guy who played Jorah in GoT seriously too busy to play Sam?
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# ? Feb 5, 2020 01:34 |
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Iain Glen is too classy looking to play Vimes, like, he looks like he'd be a nobleman in Ankh-Morpork. Vimes is described as looking like a peasant or a rough sergeant quite a few times throughout the series. Plus, he's too thin, and I can't see him brawling in the gutter like Vimes. He has to be a thicker dude to be intimidating in the character of John Peel, but not too big of a guy -- see the spot in Men at Arms where he's like "This? This is not a scary uniform," and then beckons Carrot and Detritus to block out the sun over an assassin trainee. I also pictured something like 90s-era Sean Connery too. I dunno, as far as headcanon I don't think it's a crazy choice. I'm not sure how to feel about being compared to a Bethesda NPC but I don't like it.
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# ? Feb 5, 2020 05:36 |
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Epicurius posted:Pratchett said he always pictured Vimes as Peter Postwaite. Wait, sergeant Obadiah postlethwaithe or Mr. Kobayashi postlethwaithe?
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# ? Feb 5, 2020 11:59 |
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I always pictured vimes as Sean Bean but with the permanent scowl of Eastwood
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# ? Feb 5, 2020 12:01 |
Antifa Poltergeist posted:I always pictured vimes as Sean Bean but with the permanent scowl of Eastwood "Permanent" is not a word I usually associate with Sean Bean's characters.
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# ? Feb 5, 2020 16:41 |
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Alhazred posted:"Permanent" is not a word I usually associate with Sean Bean's characters. Now now, there are plenty of movies where his character doesn't die, such as Ronin and, uhm...
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# ? Feb 5, 2020 18:43 |
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u brexit ukip it posted:Now now, there are plenty of movies where his character doesn't die, such as Ronin and, uhm... National Treasure -- just gets arrested Troy -- he's Odysseus, surviving is kinda the point Percy Jackson -- gets his lightning back and leaves. E: last I heard he was at about a 33% death rate, up there with the great monster movie actors like Bela Lugosi, but with a smaller number of films. Bruceski fucked around with this message at 19:26 on Feb 5, 2020 |
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Alhazred posted:"Permanent" is not a word I usually associate with Sean Bean's characters. Sharpe lived.
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# ? Feb 5, 2020 20:24 |
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Sean Bean also played a minor role in the astronaut stuck on Mars movie and didn't die. Whatever the title of that was. Point is I could see him playing Vimes provided he could lean into the humor of the role.
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# ? Feb 5, 2020 20:25 |
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HIJK posted:Sean Bean also played a minor role in the astronaut stuck on Mars movie and didn't die. Whatever the title of that was. ...The Martian.
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# ? Feb 5, 2020 21:25 |
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The_Doctor posted:...The Martian. These live-action reimaginings are getting out of hand!
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# ? Feb 5, 2020 21:31 |
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thetoughestbean posted:I just think of Vimes like a scragglier and thinner Clint Eastwood like the Paul Kidby art depicts him My brain keeps trying but it's tough to square with an
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# ? Feb 5, 2020 21:44 |
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The_Doctor posted:...The Martian. Yes, that one! thank you
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# ? Feb 5, 2020 22:02 |
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My Lovely Horse posted:... 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. That's pretty much my take too. What they're doing looks interesting, even if it's in an 'Alternate Universe Discworld Fanfiction' sense, I'll watch it.
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# ? Feb 7, 2020 07:19 |
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Phenotype posted:I'm not sure how to feel about being compared to a Bethesda NPC but I don't like it. ... Also, Sean Bean is apparently still alive IRL, and could probably make for a perfectly fine Vimes. Forgot that. Xander77 posted:It must have been quite the thing at the very first convention where Terry described his ideal Vimes actor. "Do you know that Napoleonic wars TV series, Sharpe?" Xander77 fucked around with this message at 23:46 on Feb 8, 2020 |
# ? Feb 8, 2020 23:44 |
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Has there been any new news on the show?
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# ? Apr 9, 2020 04:14 |
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hanales posted:Has there been any new news on the show? Production has been paused for obvious reasons.
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# ? Apr 9, 2020 04:45 |
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u brexit ukip it posted:Now now, there are plenty of movies where his character doesn't die, such as Ronin and, uhm... Stormy Monday, his first lead role. Also featuring Tommy Lee Jones and Sting. And, I'm sorry to say, Melanie Griffith.
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# ? Apr 9, 2020 07:54 |
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The_Doctor posted:Production has been paused for obvious reasons. Can you believe I momentarily forgot about corona
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# ? Apr 9, 2020 11:47 |
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The_Doctor posted:Production has been paused for obvious reasons. At least some good news.
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# ? Apr 9, 2020 14:43 |
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This is good (click to read thread): https://twitter.com/MakeYeFretPod/status/1247840167819456515?s=20
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# ? Apr 12, 2020 03:56 |
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withak posted:This is good (click to read thread): I think the luggage would be completely immune to all damage up to and including an atom bomb.
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# ? Apr 12, 2020 04:20 |
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Beachcomber posted:I think the luggage would be completely immune to all damage up to and including an atom bomb. It is, given what happens in Sourcery.
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# ? Apr 12, 2020 18:18 |
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Cardiac posted:It is, given what happens in Sourcery. As long as it's magical damage. Sapient pearwood is immune to all forms of magic, which is why the Luggage is more valuable than anything that can possibly be placed inside it. The Luggage would be hibernating during lockdown, though. It only walks around when its owner is going somewhere.
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# ? Apr 12, 2020 18:43 |
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https://twitter.com/MakeYeFretPod/status/1247846781079171072?s=20 This was the most accurate one imo
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# ? Apr 12, 2020 19:07 |
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How is the duck managing?
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# ? Apr 12, 2020 20:01 |
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Shoehead posted:How is the duck managing? What duck?
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