|
If Brandhorst translated it that's not so much a matter of preference as of keeping your sanity.
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2014 21:32
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 11, 2024 11:07 |
|
|
My Lovely Horse posted:If Brandhorst translated it that's not so much a matter of preference as of keeping your sanity. Haha. The very first discworld books I read were in german, this was 20 years ago or so, and the translations just missed so much. After I learned somewhat decent german and didn't need to try to read german books I switched to English and haven't looked back. And recognizing charactors in the A.M. game and linking them to their special actions is very nice.
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2014 21:34
|
|
|
You didn't get one of the infamous soup edition books, did you? http://gmkeros.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/terry-pratchett-and-the-maggi-soup-adverts/
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2014 23:07
|
|
|
Hah, for some reason I thought it was a cooking book soup recipe accidentally being printed up, not an actual loving advertisement for soup breaking into the story. I can see why Terry was pissed and switched. SeanBeansShako fucked around with this message at 01:11 on Oct 17, 2014 |
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2014 23:13
|
|
|
Don't think I had sourcery in german, they are all boxed up somewhere since its not worth the bother selling em, but that is some ridiculous bullshit. E: If anyone is interested in them I can look for the box, make sure they are still ok, and list em. But honestly I wouldn't bother unless you are using it as a tool to learn german, the English books are so much better. Ika fucked around with this message at 23:39 on Oct 16, 2014 |
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2014 23:30
|
|
|
Trin Tragula posted:You didn't get one of the infamous soup edition books, did you? Ahahaha! wtf They should do this in other books too. quote:It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of the 5 Minute Soup.
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2014 12:37
|
|
|
Rihanna posted on Twitter that she was starting production on something that would make a lot of people very happy and the BBC just posted a picture of Benedict Cumberbatch who is also involved in a 'mystery production' for them as well.
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2014 22:05
|
|
|
Total Meatlove posted:Rihanna posted on Twitter that she was starting production on something that would make a lot of people very happy and the BBC just posted a picture of Benedict Cumberbatch who is also involved in a 'mystery production' for them as well. So would that be related to the Watch series, or can we wildly speculate that Cumberbatch will play Aziraphale? Since the Watch series is a known thing, I would think the mystery tweet would be another thing entirely, right?
|
|
#
?
Oct 18, 2014 01:07
|
|
|
Have they nailed anyone down for the Watch series yet?
|
|
#
?
Oct 18, 2014 02:02
|
|
|
precision posted:wildly speculate that Cumberbatch will play Aziraphale
|
|
#
?
Oct 18, 2014 08:32
|
|
|
My Lovely Horse posted:Surely if anything it'd be Crowley, right? Honestly, he could do either one pretty well. At one point there were talks of Robin Williams as Aziraphale and Johnny Depp as Crowley, which would have been... something.
|
|
#
?
Oct 18, 2014 22:43
|
|
|
Stephen Fry as Aziraphale and Hugh Laurie as Crowley. Only way to fly, guys.
|
|
#
?
Oct 19, 2014 00:33
|
|
|
thespaceinvader posted:Stephen Fry as Aziraphale and Hugh Laurie as Crowley. Would work either way.
|
|
#
?
Oct 19, 2014 00:54
|
|
|
Aziraphale's slightly plump and Crowley has cheekbones to die for.
|
|
#
?
Oct 19, 2014 02:09
|
|
|
Unfortunately I think they kind of missed the window on Fry and Laurie as principals in Good Omens. They aged D: Get them to film it in the late 90s...
|
|
#
?
Oct 19, 2014 10:29
|
|
|
thespaceinvader posted:Unfortunately I think they kind of missed the window on Fry and Laurie as principals in Good Omens. They aged D: Wasn't that when Fry was going through his breakdown, though?
|
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2014 12:12
|
|
|
precision posted:So would that be related to the Watch series, or can we wildly speculate that Cumberbatch will play Aziraphale? Since the Watch series is a known thing, I would think the mystery tweet would be another thing entirely, right? There's also the Wee Free Men script that we know was written a while back.
|
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2014 17:02
|
|
|
My Lovely Horse posted:Surely if anything it'd be Crowley, right? He'd be playing both, using mocap technology: 
|
|
#
?
Oct 21, 2014 11:38
|
|
|
Total Meatlove posted:Rihanna posted on Twitter that she was starting production on something that would make a lot of people very happy Oh. I just realised you didn't mean the musician. This suddenly makes so much more sense.
|
|
#
?
Oct 24, 2014 01:04
|
|
|
mirthdefect posted:Oh. I just realised you didn't mean the musician. This suddenly makes so much more sense. She'd make an excellent Tawneee
|
|
#
?
Oct 24, 2014 08:39
|
|
|
Total Meatlove posted:She'd make an excellent Tawneee Recast Vetenari again.
|
|
#
?
Oct 24, 2014 09:07
|
|
|
mirthdefect posted:Recast Vetenari again. Keep the casting, but have him speak normally.
|
|
#
?
Oct 28, 2014 12:10
|
|
|
Did anyone get Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook thingy yet? Is it good?
|
|
#
?
Oct 28, 2014 12:20
|
|
|
Uzh posted:Keep the casting, but have him speak normally. Whoever told Jeremy Irons to use that voice really should be hanged up by the Bura'zak-ka.
|
|
#
?
Oct 30, 2014 00:46
|
|
|
And his figgin placed upon a spike?
|
|
#
?
Oct 30, 2014 01:28
|
|
|
Charles Dance was loving perfect as Vetinari, are you telling me that Iron's awful performance came AFTER?
|
|
#
?
Oct 30, 2014 02:05
|
|
|
Breathe easy. Irons did him in Colour of Magic, that was before Going Postal. Edit: Pratchett's first choice is Alan Rickman. Someone obviously heard him say "that guy in Die Hard", and got Irons by mistake. Could be worse though, they could've got Bruce Willis. tooterfish fucked around with this message at 02:17 on Oct 30, 2014 |
|
#
?
Oct 30, 2014 02:12
|
|
|
Iacen posted:Whoever told Jeremy Irons to use that voice really should be hanged up by the Bura'zak-ka. Iacen, we don't practice that punishment at Something Awful.
|
|
#
?
Oct 30, 2014 02:42
|
|
|
tooterfish posted:Edit: Pratchett's first choice is Alan Rickman. Someone obviously heard him say "that guy in Die Hard", and got Irons by mistake. Could be worse though, they could've got Bruce Willis. I can practically hear Rickman saying 'Don't... let me detain you...'
|
|
#
?
Oct 30, 2014 03:14
|
|
|
MikeJF posted:I can practically hear Rickman saying 'Don't... let me detain you...' That's pure gold.
|
|
#
?
Oct 30, 2014 06:26
|
|
|
MikeJF posted:I can practically hear Rickman saying 'Don't... let me detain you...'
|
|
#
?
Oct 30, 2014 06:57
|
|
|
Charles Dance and Steve Pemberton as Veternari and Drumknott were a great team, two complimentary shades of unsettling.
|
|
#
?
Oct 30, 2014 10:37
|
|
|
Peter Capaldi could make an excellent Vetinari, I think. Amazing eyebrows, and was brilliant as Richelieu in the Musketeers; can definitely play that type. But Vetinari feels a little... younger than Capaldi to me. Trouble is, a lot of Pterry's amazing casting ideas just don't work any more, because he thought of them in the mid-90s and the actors age. A young Pete Postlethwaite was his model for Vimes, and he's dead now  he would have been amazing too.
|
|
#
?
Nov 2, 2014 20:12
|
|
|
I just want to see Tony Stamp and Reg Hollis from The Bill as Fred Colon and Nobby Nobbs. Is that really too much to ask?
|
|
#
?
Nov 2, 2014 22:55
|
|
|
Trin Tragula posted:I just want to see Tony Stamp and Reg Hollis from The Bill as Fred Colon and Nobby Nobbs. Is that really too much to ask? I'd never thought of that before, but that is perfection.
|
|
#
?
Nov 2, 2014 23:06
|
|
|
Trin Tragula posted:I just want to see Tony Stamp and Reg Hollis from The Bill as Fred Colon and Nobby Nobbs. Is that really too much to ask? I saw Stamp = Colon too! Reg does have a certain ratty quality to him, but Nobby might have to be CGI. It's a bit tough for me to think about, might first few Watch books were off Audible, the first couple read by Stephen Briggs where Fred is a sort of stereotypical plod, then went to Guards! Guards! Read by Nigel "Neil from The Young Ones" Planer where he was Irish. I think most of Briggs' voices are better fits though, even if Michael Caine is much too old to play Vimes.
|
|
#
?
Nov 2, 2014 23:11
|
|
|
Started Wyrd Sisters in my ongoing publication order read through of the series, and holy poo poo the scene of Granny and the witches watching the play at the beginning has to be the funniest passage of discworld so far. Granny's actions as a result of not understanding theatre but hating to admit ignorance is funny as hell in itself, but I just about died when Magrat dreaded explaining to Granny about men playing women on stage because she knows that granny has "Views". I love how "Views" is capitalized, that somehow makes an already hilarious line even funnier. Also this scene is the first appearance of Granny's death stare in this book and it is incredible as usual. Granny is so awesome. She was the best part of Equal Rites and 20 pages in to Wyrd Sisters I can tell that as good as she was in Equal Rites, I'm in for a exponentially more funny and awesome Granny in this book. "Things that try to look like things often do look more like things than things." God I love this series. So glad I'm finally reading through it. Damo fucked around with this message at 18:41 on Nov 3, 2014 |
|
#
?
Nov 3, 2014 18:34
|
|
|
Damo posted:Started Wyrd Sisters in my ongoing publication order read through of the series, and holy poo poo the scene of Granny and the witches watching the play at the beginning has to be the funniest passage of discworld so far. Granny's actions as a result of not understanding theatre but hating to admit ignorance is funny as hell in itself, but I just about died when Magrat dreaded explaining to Granny about men playing women on stage because she knows that granny has "Views". I love how "Views" is capitalized, that somehow makes an already hilarious line even funnier. Also this scene is the first appearance of Granny's death stare in this book and it is incredible as usual. I don't know if you live in England or not but Granny and Nanny are so typical of Northern English old women that practically everyone in this part of the country will know someone who matches one of their personalities almost perfectly. Especially the casual racism/xenophobia that was completely normal for the "olden days".
|
|
#
?
Nov 3, 2014 21:33
|
|
|
I know it's more hip to be all about the Watch stories, but I always loved the Witches ones just as much. I ATE'NT DEAD gets me every time.
|
|
#
?
Nov 4, 2014 00:08
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 11, 2024 11:07 |
|
|
Just finished listening to Mort. Pratchett's writing was On Point in this one, drat. The final battle with the hourglasses was am amazing sequence. Infuriating that I can't find the quote I wanted to post about the scythe! It was strange seeing Rincewind in there. I've only gotten through the Watch series, Going Postal, The Truth and Small Gods, so I've never seen him before. Next up I guess is Reaper Man? Surprised there only seems to be five entries in the Death series.
|
|
#
?
Nov 4, 2014 06:46
|
|