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Serperoth posted:Also Terry was the absolute nerd king, wasn't he? He loved to play Oblivion, and actually helped write some of the dialogue for a follower mod. It eventually got ported into Skyrim, too, and it's the one mod I always install.
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I laughed so hard during an episode of AEW Dark where the commentators were joking around and one dropped 'it was a pune or play on words' because that's still one of the bits in Discworld that always kills me.
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Testekill posted:I laughed so hard during an episode of AEW Dark where the commentators were joking around and one dropped 'it was a pune or play on words' because that's still one of the bits in Discworld that always kills me. I might well have died from shock laughter hearing that reference on a wrestling program.
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I have started a big Discworld reread for the holidays. I began with Guards! Guards! And will be reading in publication order. I’m wrapping up GG now. This book is wonderful. It’s fascinating just how well it sets up the main A-M characters, not just the watch.
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Sky Announce Animated Film Adaptation Of Terry Pratchett’s ‘The Amazing Maurice’ Coming 2022 Article mentions some of the VAs for the characters, such as Hugh Laurie as Maurice.
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Eighties ZomCom posted:Sky Announce Animated Film Adaptation Of Terry Pratchett’s ‘The Amazing Maurice’ Coming 2022 I thought there was going to be an adaption ages ago
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Nov 7, 2020 00:25
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Eighties ZomCom posted:Sky Announce Animated Film Adaptation Of Terry Pratchett’s ‘The Amazing Maurice’ Coming 2022 "The film has the full support of the Terry Pratchett estate." It's sad this is a thing that needs to be made clear these days. There's a pic on the animation studio's website here https://ulyssesfilms.de/en/the-amazing-maurice.html. While I'm 2D animation for life, it looks like it should be nicely stylised.
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Nov 7, 2020 08:33
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Ednamamame posted:"The film has the full support of the Terry Pratchett estate." It's sad this is a thing that needs to be made clear these days. Do a shot every time Maurice makes the e: My mum bought me the book when I was what, 23? Bless her heart. 3D Megadoodoo fucked around with this message at 08:38 on Nov 7, 2020 |
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Nov 7, 2020 08:35
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Do a shot every time Maurice makes the If you didn't buy yourself a copy of Where's My Cow?, I don't even know what to say.
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Nov 7, 2020 08:41
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Beachcomber posted:If you didn't buy yourself a copy of Where's My Cow?, I don't even know what to say. I know they're all children's books but why would I buy a one-joke novelty children's book in my adult years  It's like watching Vili Vilperi because you like Elina Salo.e: Especially since she didn't voice Vili Vilperi  I'm Berensteining really hard right now.
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Nov 7, 2020 08:44
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3D Megadoodoo posted:I know they're all children's books but why would I buy a one-joke novelty children's book in my adult years I don't know what to say.
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Nov 7, 2020 08:47
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3D Megadoodoo posted:I know they're all children's books but why would I buy a one-joke novelty children's book in my adult years honestly seems like it's a perfect, Terry-at-his-best-level children's book for kids and stoners alike e: going entirely from the description in the mainline book i don't own it myself
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Nov 7, 2020 09:30
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Do a shot every time Maurice makes the Pterry always used to say that you could tell which of his books were written for children because they were darker and had less jokes in. Also I re-read Maurice last month and it still holds up, so I have no idea what your beef is.
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Nov 7, 2020 09:57
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Beachcomber posted:If you didn't buy yourself a copy of Where's My Cow?, I don't even know what to say. My boyfriend bought me Where’s My Cow? for Christmas; we’re over 30 with no kids. Short story shorter I agree with your statement.
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Jedit posted:Pterry always used to say that you could tell which of his books were written for children because they were darker and had less jokes in. perhaps some adults enjoy reading books written for adults
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ChubbyChecker posted:perhaps some adults enjoy reading books written for adults Any adult who can't still take some pleasure in childish things has lost something fundamental and important to their humanity.
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I can't enjoy your posts so I guess I've lost it. e: But it's cool a moderator says that people who don't read children's books are literally sub-human. Great, even. 3D Megadoodoo fucked around with this message at 06:30 on Nov 9, 2020 |
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Nov 9, 2020 06:01
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for the first time in many moons i agree with liquid communism
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Nov 9, 2020 06:47
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It’s okay to not be interested in children’s books but the difference between Pratchett’s books for younger readers and the books meant for adults is pretty small
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Nov 9, 2020 06:50
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3D Megadoodoo posted:I can't enjoy your posts so I guess I've lost it. Oh I see, you’re just really bad at reading. Tell us more, here in the Pratchett thread, how dumb it is to buy Pratchett books.
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thetoughestbean posted:It’s okay to not be interested in children’s books but the difference between Pratchett’s books for younger readers and the books meant for adults is pretty small I disagree because I don't find the former anywhere near funny enough. You need the humour to balance the extreme sentimentality. (I like the sentimentality in the "general" Discworld books, because it's portioned in a way that it doesn't drown out everything else.) e: I'm not talking about the poo and cow books, I have no idea how sentimental they might be. 3D Megadoodoo fucked around with this message at 07:05 on Nov 9, 2020 |
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Nov 9, 2020 07:02
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maybe they're just going over your head.
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Christ. You know that every author, including Saint PTerry has their share of bad books, right? If someone doesn't enjoy a selection, it's entirely possible these books are not for them, if not (*gasp*) objectively not very good.
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Xander77 posted:Christ. Let's use our reading comprehension skills here, that's not the claim being made. 3D Megadoodoo isn't saying that some of Pterry's works are less good than others, but rather blanketly saying all works written for a younger audience are bad. Which is false on the face of it, unless you want to get into cringey reddit poo poo. Really, you of all people should know the lasting power of harry potter. :p
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Liquid Communism posted:Any adult who can't still take some pleasure in childish things has lost something fundamental and important to their humanity. manchildren aren't the pinnacle of humanity
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It’s me! Posting on page 256 of a thread about an author that wrote a good amount of young adult books saying people who enjoy those books are “manchildren”. It’s the goonest thing I have ever seen. You guys are making Lowtax very proud.
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ChubbyChecker posted:manchildren aren't the pinnacle of humanity You're acting like taking pleasure in something means to define yourself by it. I would think poorly of any adult who thought you can live on pizza and ice cream, too, but that doesn't mean that adults cannot enjoy them.
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Jedit posted:You're acting like taking pleasure in something means to define yourself by it. I would think poorly of any adult who thought you can live on pizza and ice cream, too, but that doesn't mean that adults cannot enjoy them. quoting myself from earlier: ChubbyChecker posted: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 (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Nov 9, 2020 13:12
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What is it you're getting out of Pratchett if this is how you've ended up?
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ChubbyChecker posted:quoting myself from earlier: Kramering in to say “I don’t like thing” and criticism aren’t the same thing despite what the SA forums might have taught you.
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ChubbyChecker posted:quoting myself from earlier: You didn't criticise the product, you called people who do like the product manchildren. That's definitely a personal attack and has nothing to do with consumerism or whatever insipid justification you're using to mask your cry for attention. Don't quote yourself in future, just try to say new things that aren't embarrassing.
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Nov 9, 2020 14:40
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The prime target audiences for "young adult" fantasy and regular fantasy are only different by like 3 years. Most of the world thinks all books that have dragons and wizards in them are for children (with the possible exception of books written by people with R.R. in their name). Don't act like you're high and mighty because you shun those targeted at 12-year-olds and enjoy those targeted at 15-year-olds.
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hanales posted:Kramering in to say “I don’t like thing” and criticism aren’t the same thing despite what the SA forums might have taught you. What’s even more embarrassing is that Jonathan Jones has already done this shtick, and did it better/worse.
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Nov 9, 2020 20:00
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le epic troll has *checks note* rustled our jimmies
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I've made it through Eric, Reaper Man, and Witches Abroad in my Discworld re-read. Of the these three, Reaper Man is far and away the best. There's a reason it's quoted in the thread title. The scene at the end where he dances with his landlady is just so sweet. Eric just sort of exists. Eh. I'm honestly surprised how much I didn't like Witches Abroad this time around. It was fun, but it was repetitive. The witches make fun of Magrat, don't understand the locals, and foil a little story. Wash and repeat. The best scenes, by far, are Granny Weatherwax taking out the card sharps and, later, confronting Lily. Her anger at being forced to be the good witch is a defining character moment. Pratchett really leans into this "a good witch by nature and a bad witch by inclination" thing hard from here on, and it's a great foundational concept. Now on to Small Gods, which I've long considered to be the best Discworld book.
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ConfusedUs posted:I've made it through Eric, Reaper Man, and Witches Abroad in my Discworld re-read. Counter point: No vampire have ever been resurrected from the stomach of a cat.
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Cardiac posted:Counter point: It's a cute joke, but a "real" vampire would have changed back before being eaten.
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Counter counter point: they can be resurrected when they exit the cat. That's gonna be a angry and smelly vampire Just a Igor following a cat around with a litter box and a little shovel
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If you resurrect a vampire, won't they stop being a vampire?
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