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Mokinokaro posted:Overall, yeah. I still don't mind most of Vimes' look though. Vimes looks pretty good, I thought they really nailed the eternally rumpled look he's got in the books. Carrot is not bad either, although the actor has that Nordic look about him when I've always pictured Carrot as more square-jawed American-looking. The rest of them may as well be entirely different characters. I can't be the first person to ask why on earth they cast Lady Sybil as skinny, twenties, and hot when they're still casting Vimes as a grizzled 40s-50s.
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Phenotype posted:I can't be the first person to ask why on earth they cast Lady Sybil as skinny, twenties, and hot when they're still casting Vimes as a grizzled 40s-50s. A lot of Pratchett’s characters are middle aged and ordinary looking; its part of his world view to focus on people who don’t double as supermodels in their down time. Is there a big pool of middle aged ordinary looking actors or do they get weeded out of the profession in their 20s because they’re not hot enough to get roles?
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Beefeater1980 posted:A lot of Pratchett’s characters are middle aged and ordinary looking; its part of his world view to focus on people who don’t double as supermodels in their down time. The UK has plenty of ordinary-looking character actors; the likes of Ricky Tomlinson, John Henshaw, Ralph Ineson, Jerome Flynn, Rory Kinnear, and so on. It's harder for women, but there's still some very good work being done on prime-time soaps.
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Plus you have Angua, Sally, and Carrot for the attractive people quota in the Watch. Speaking of, I notice a lot of drawings and I believe the live action adaptations have Angua with straight hair. Maybe I never read the original descriptions clearly and my headcanon is all wrong, but I always thought she had/imagined her with long wavy or even wild hair.
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Phenotype posted:Vimes looks pretty good, I thought they really nailed the eternally rumpled look he's got in the books. Carrot is not bad either, although the actor has that Nordic look about him when I've always pictured Carrot as more square-jawed American-looking. The picture in the last page with Carrot, Leonard, and Rincewind makes me think that John Cena would be great casting for Carrot. Dwayne Johnson too, but I love him in everything.
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Phenotype posted:The rest of them may as well be entirely different characters. I can't be the first person to ask why on earth they cast Lady Sybil as skinny, twenties, and hot when they're still casting Vimes as a grizzled 40s-50s. The inclusion of Carcer in the cast makes me assume they’re speed running to Night Watch, so having young Sybil makes sense there. Or maybe they’re going to open with Night Watch as an origin story for Vimes?
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Serperoth posted:The picture in the last page with Carrot, Leonard, and Rincewind makes me think that John Cena would be great casting for Carrot. Dwayne Johnson too, but I love him in everything. Now that you say it, John Cena is very nearly exactly the mental image I have had of Carrot since I first read the books.
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The replies on this are amazing, I think I can see only one positive reply? I’ve not seen backlash like this since the Sonic trailer that first came out. https://twitter.com/mrsimonallen/status/1292746396270055434
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Hot take: All the faithful adaptations kinda sucks, so maybe a less faithful one will be good.
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Alhazred posted:Hot take: All the faithful adaptations kinda sucks, so maybe a less faithful one will be good. I'd argue that all the live-action adaptations so far have been faithful only on the most shallow appearances level, and have otherwise spectacularly missed the point. I'm still prepared to wait to confirm that this sucks before declaring that it sucks.
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The magic in a Discworld book is the inner monologue of the characters and the narration. They don't make good adaptations because of it.
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Alhazred posted:Hot take: All the faithful adaptations kinda sucks, so maybe a less faithful one will be good. Not a hot take: you're so full of poo poo that you don't socially distance, you obey zoning regulations. The Cosgrove Hall animations were good, Hogfather and Going Postal were good.
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Beefeater1980 posted:Is there a big pool of middle aged ordinary looking actors or do they get weeded out of the profession in their 20s because they’re not hot enough to get roles? they're called "character actors" https://twitter.com/bobo_circus/status/1244626463548203010 Alhazred posted:Hot take: All the faithful adaptations kinda sucks, so maybe a less faithful one will be good. I sort of agree with this, except that so far this adaptation seems weird and probably bad for reasons other than unfaithfulness.
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RoboChrist 9000 posted:Plus you have Angua, Sally, and Carrot for the attractive people quota in the Watch. She's blonde on the few covers I found her on, yeah, but I also checked her first appearance in a book: quote:Lance-Constable Angua scanned the hazy horizon.
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I imagined her with wavy hair too, that doesn't conflict with her being blonde.
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VanSandman posted:The magic in a Discworld book is the inner monologue of the characters and the narration. They don't make good adaptations because of it. agreed, it's not possible to make a good adaptation of his works
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Jedit posted:Not a hot take: you're so full of poo poo that you don't socially distance, you obey zoning regulations. The Cosgrove Hall animations were good, Hogfather and Going Postal were good. you are a prime example of a type of people this forum is unfortunately teeming with. you people have built your personality around consumer products, and think that criticisms of the products are personal attacks
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Aug 11, 2020 14:28
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Love or hate the Going Postal Adaptation, I'm pretty happy with their take on Angua.
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IshmaelZarkov posted:Love or hate the Going Postal Adaptation, I'm pretty happy with their take on Angua. Because of patriotic reasons I have to agree 
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Phenotype posted:American-looking. I... what  What is "American-looking"?
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I don't think I've ever read a book and formed an idea of what a character's hair is like unless it was somehow instrumental to the story.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:I... what 
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Yeah well you know he's American because he's got a dollar.
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It's always weird when they cast black people as wealthy WASP socialites who's family clearly made their fortunes off of slavery and exploitation.
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Is Arnold American looking? Cause I pictured carrot like him
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Terror Sweat posted:Is Arnold American looking? Cause I pictured carrot like him “American looking” is a very very fraught term and as an American I am deeply nervous about any attempt to define it.
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The_Doctor posted:The inclusion of Carcer in the cast makes me assume they’re speed running to Night Watch, so having young Sybil makes sense there. Or maybe they’re going to open with Night Watch as an origin story for Vimes? They've cast John Keel as well, so it's definitely where their focus is.
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Captain_Person posted:They've cast John Keel as well, so it's definitely where their focus is. It was always my aspiration to be cast as a corpse.
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thetoughestbean posted:“American looking” is a very very fraught term and as an American I am deeply nervous about any attempt to define it. Oof, I really didn't intend to go there at all, I just meant that Carrot's actor has Nordic features and I always picture him as more, yeah, Arnold-looking with the square jaw. You're very right that "American" is probably not the best way to describe that.
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Just picture Chris Evans with ginger air as Carrot. Not another teen movie Chris Evans. Oh poo poo Billy bob Thornton as Nobby. No wait, Steve buscemi as Nobby. No wait...Walton goggins.nailed it.
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Antifa Poltergeist posted:Just picture Chris Evans with ginger air as Carrot. Andy Serkis doing the mocap for Nobby
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thetoughestbean posted:Andy Serkis doing the mocap for Nobby Nobby is technically human so it would be against his brand. To bad Brian blessed is too old, he would be a great archchancellor . "BUUURSAAARRR!"
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My choice for Carrot would be Tom Hopper, since he combines a boyish face with the body of a cartoon strongman.
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I know that Pterry, and rightly so, said he imagined Alan Rickman as Vetinari. Other than that, had he ever mentioned anything with regards to his dream castings for characters? I imagine if he did it would have been long enough ago that the actors have since aged out of being suitable and/or are sadly now dead, but yeah.
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RoboChrist 9000 posted:I know that Pterry, and rightly so, said he imagined Alan Rickman as Vetinari. pete postlethwaite as vimes, iirc
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RoboChrist 9000 posted:I know that Pterry, and rightly so, said he imagined Alan Rickman as Vetinari. Pete Postlethwaite was mentioned as Vimes I believe.
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Antifa Poltergeist posted:Oh poo poo Billy bob Thornton as Nobby. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost for Nobby and Colon and I don't care you know in your hearts I am right
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IshmaelZarkov posted:Simon Pegg and Nick Frost for Nobby and Colon and I don't care you know in your hearts I am right It's always Reg Hollis and Tony Stamp off The Bill for people of a certain age from the UK, sorry
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Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith.
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Asgerd posted:Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith. This is a good call
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