Flipswitch posted:Pretty much this, with Mr Pin being the slightly quieter and more sinister sounding one. With a hint of weedy but oily feeling to his voice.
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Cheers for the suggestions. I missed Going Postal (What with being in the wrong hemisphere and all) but this almost made up for it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vffl7NWmso&playnext_from=TL&videos=T_uCeVqC31s
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Verimus posted:Cheers for the suggestions. I missed Going Postal (What with being in the wrong hemisphere and all) but this almost made up for it: This is fantastic and needs a .GIF of it.
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Jun 7, 2010 09:40
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Verimus posted:So, I'm in a production of The Truth as Mr. Tulip... I would argue Vimes is "slightly corrupt", but that he keeps it on the level of the occasional free beer, maybe a donut or a hot dog that just greases the wheels. Anything more than that is pounded on by Detritus. It's just like a lot of gas stations that give cheap or free coffee to cops, makes them less likely to be robbed as there's almost always a cop there.
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seaborgium posted:I would argue Vimes is "slightly corrupt", but that he keeps it on the level of the occasional free beer, maybe a donut or a hot dog that just greases the wheels. Anything more than that is pounded on by Detritus. Good point, but that's not the sort of corruption he was thinking about I'll wager. He has read one or two of the books I think.
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Vocally, I'd pitch Mr Tulip somewhere between John Hurt and Ray Winstone, with the rasp coming from his platonic state of rage and accidental substance experiments. Edit: Full costume picture and close up of potato would be -ing appreciated. rejutka fucked around with this message at 22:14 on Jun 8, 2010 |
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Finally got around to watching Going Postal; it was pretty solid. I didn't like that Angua kept growling and then turned into a wolf, I thought she never let anyone see her "change"? Ridcully definitely needed to be more buff looking, it looked like they just cast "generic wizard" instead of looking into the character at all. Also, do you Englanders actually say "Aink" (like the ai in pain I guess) Morpork instead of "Onk" Morpork?
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Ank, like ankle or pancreas. I'm Irish though.
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Nilbop posted:Ank, like ankle or pancreas. Yeah this is it.
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Jun 8, 2010 23:48
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If you aren't pronouncing it Aihnk Moarhpoark you need to get you need to get your Discworld more on. Read Men At Arms! like right now.
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rejutka posted:Vocally, I'd pitch Mr Tulip somewhere between John Hurt and Ray Winstone, with the rasp coming from his platonic state of rage and accidental substance experiments. I will when see my costume in about a month. Still wondering about how to do the Potato. Edit: What do you mean, got my own part mixed up? Ludicrous. Verimus fucked around with this message at 09:22 on Jun 10, 2010 |
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Jun 9, 2010 10:54
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Mister Roboto is there any way I can contact you outside of this thread to discuss sending you some of my books?
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ONE YEAR LATER posted:Mister Roboto is there any way I can contact you outside of this thread to discuss sending you some of my books? Sure thing! noretkgj34434314@gmail.com Or do you have AIM? Mister Roboto fucked around with this message at 10:14 on Jun 21, 2010 |
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Alright I sent you an email.
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Verimus posted:Good point, but that's not the sort of corruption he was thinking about I'll wager. He has read one or two of the books I think. Probably a better example would be to say that he's the Jack McCoy of Discworld. He is a highly law-abiding man, but he is more than willing to bend the law backwards until it's almost turning back in on itself if it means he'll stop someone truly nasty from going free.
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Vermain posted:Probably a better example would be to say that he's the Jack McCoy of Discworld. He is a highly law-abiding man, but he is more than willing to bend the law backwards until it's almost turning back in on itself if it means he'll stop someone truly nasty from going free. That just might work, thanks. I'm helping with props at the moment and the gonne is giving us a little trouble. Actual gonnes were essentially small canons on blocks of wood which might not work. Ideas like 'Dirty Harry style revolver crossed with a small crossbow' are being thrown around. Any ideas? Is the jump from only one gonne to something that's apparently common enough that everyone recognises it as a weapon ever explained? 'cause Leonard would never make another and the only one is a hunk of twisted metal in acting constable Cuddy's grave.
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Remembering Leonard's fiddling with the firework rocket launcher in Jingo, I saw it as a six-shooter, except the bullets are actually mini-fireworks(fin stablized!) with very short fuses sticking out, lighted by a flint and the whole thing is shaped essentially like a crossbow without the bow part and a long tube down the center in place of the bolt slot. With the revolver thing containing the missiles in the hand grip.
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Verimus posted:Is the jump from only one gonne to something that's apparently common enough that everyone recognises it as a weapon ever explained? 'cause Leonard would never make another and the only one is a hunk of twisted metal in acting constable Cuddy's grave. One of the clever things Pratchett tends to write is that once an idea is seen by the public, it spreads like wildfire. For example, the werewolf-in-the-watch, which started off as a big secret in the early watch books, but then by the time of The Truth, the rumor had spread around the city for William to hear. And then, after that, by the time of Thud! the criminals then in turn have used the rumor that you can use scent bombs against the watch. It's like an ideas arms race, and it makes the world more "real".
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Also the Agatean Empire had barking dogs (cannons) and it would be fair to assume that, since Rincewind's visit, other people had gone there, come back, and told their travel stories.
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Verimus posted:That just might work, thanks. Actual gonnes were indeed basically handcannons, but this one is made by Leonard de Quirm, who devised nukes ("certain rare metals react very violently to being squeezed") in an attempt to help miners. He's not going to be at home to the word "Crude". It's also characterised as very sleek and seductive and basically described as a thin metal rod on top of a crossbow stock. I actually quite liked the version on the front of this cover, even though it really looks like a modern hunting rifle.
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Mister Roboto posted:One of the clever things Pratchett tends to write is that once an idea is seen by the public, it spreads like wildfire. For example, the werewolf-in-the-watch, which started off as a big secret in the early watch books, but then by the time of The Truth, the rumor had spread around the city for William to hear. And then, after that, by the time of Thud! the criminals then in turn have used the rumor that you can use scent bombs against the watch. And that everyone automatically assumes that it's Nobby.
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Verimus posted:I'm helping with props at the moment and the gonne is giving us a little trouble. Actual gonnes were essentially small canons on blocks of wood which might not work. I'm pretty sure at one point in Men At Arms, Vimes finds a cylinder from the gonne. I believe it's described as a bunch of metal tubes stuck together, which sounds to me more or less like the cylinder of a revolver. Also, whenever somebody sees the gonne from afar, they refer to it as looking like a black stick. Between those two things, I always imagined the gonne as basically a revolver with a really long barrel, like a rifle but with a revolver grip.
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Alvie posted:I'm pretty sure at one point in Men At Arms, Vimes finds a cylinder from the gonne. I believe it's described as a bunch of metal tubes stuck together, which sounds to me more or less like the cylinder of a revolver. Nope, it's described as being like a set of pan-pipes.
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I always found the American minimalist covers to be interesting. They are...artistic, yes, and they all definitely show the artist read the book (thematically, they fit) but I'm not sure they really get the feeling of Discworld across.
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The American-style cover for Feet of Clay is actually a spoiler, but you don't realize that until after you've read the book. It's pretty brilliant if it's intentional. The cover features a candle e: it must be intentional. Vimes even comments in the book that that the poison being in the candles was so 'hidden-in-plain-sight' that no one would notice it. Putting a candle on the cover is exactly that I'm buying all Discworld books with those covers, up until I reach the books with Kidby's cover art, which starts with The Truth, I believe? SixFigureSandwich fucked around with this message at 14:42 on Jun 11, 2010 |
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The Truth and Thief of Time are both still Josh Kirby; Paul Kidby's cover art doesn't start until after.
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I really need to buy a poster from Paul Kidbys website one of these days.
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To coincide with that other cup that's going on in the world today: http://www.discworldcup.co.uk/
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Come on you Men At Arms!
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Flatscan posted:Nope, it's described as being like a set of pan-pipes. I think either one would work, but basically it needs to just look like dark metal and look dangerous and people will get the idea. There were quite a few actual weapons made that were like what you pictured, but also some cylindrical ones as well. Perhaps something similar to the first revolvers, but sleeker and possibly with some minor engravings on it as decoration.
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Nilbop posted:To coincide with that other cup that's going on in the world today: Group A: The Truth Group B: The Fifth Elephant Group C: Making Money Group D: Guards! Guards! Group E: Reaper Man Group F: Night Watch Group G: Thud! Group H: Small Gods I'm thinking Night Watch will make it all the way.
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appropriatemetaphor posted:Group A: The Truth Semifinals 2, Small Gods vs. Night Watch, is going to be the real final. I can't imagine any on the left coming close to beating either of those two.
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Loutre posted:Semifinals 2, Small Gods vs. Night Watch, is going to be the real final. I can't imagine any on the left coming close to beating either of those two. I could see Guards! being a close contender, but yeah, probably Night Watch in the end.
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seaborgium posted:I think Making Money could give Night Watch a run for the money. Really? Going Postal seems the superior Moist story to me. On the other hand, one of the problems with ranking Discworld books is that even mediocre books can have fantastic individual scenes that lift it up to competitive levels.
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seaborgium posted:I think Making Money could give Night Watch a run for the money. Feet of Clay is up by 4% (+/- 3%) over Making Money right now though  . That winner will have to contend with Guards! which is destroying Group D.Actually, it's really a contest over the best Watch book...
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quote:Long Earth Announcement! I'm feeling rather excited about this, I like Baxters books, they make for solid hard sci-fi. Plus I have alwasy wanted more sci-fi from Pratchett, though it's been ages since I read Strata or Dark Side of the Sun. Also, this turned up on Paul Kidbys facebook page and made me laugh, he's always posting new drawings on there so it's worth following.  Click here for the full 622x720 image. Cool, but not necessarily up to date. Jekub fucked around with this message at 09:25 on Jun 15, 2010 |
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Jekub posted:
The Monks of Cool? Fantastic.
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ThaGhettoJew posted:Really? Going Postal seems the superior Moist story to me. On the other hand, one of the problems with ranking Discworld books is that even mediocre books can have fantastic individual scenes that lift it up to competitive levels. I agree Going Postal is superior, but the bracket is setup against Small Gods first, and that could be a tough one. Although if Going Postal can beat that it's definitely got a shot against Night Watch.
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