The Terry Pratchett Thread: For the sake of prisoners and the flight of birds

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freelop: Apr 28, 2013; Where we're going, we won't need fries to see

great big cardboard tube posted:

I just started discworld, finished the first 2 books and liked them a lot. Looks like I'm at the point where I have to choose whether to read the rest by publication date or jump around and follow specific character arcs to their ends?

Any recommendations which way is more enjoyable?

I'm almost at the end of my first read through (part way through Snuff at the moment)
I read in publication order and have really enjoyed seeing the disc grow and develop.
The books (mostly) occur in chronological order so ideas that appear in one book end up appearing in other books after that regardless of series

# ¿ Mar 14, 2019 13:50

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# ¿ May 9, 2024 20:44

freelop: Apr 28, 2013; Where we're going, we won't need fries to see

I feel it would have been better if the writers had gone for a totally original story.
Having it set X years after Raising Steam would have allowed for swapping about some of the main characters with a "changing of the guard" style plot arc.
Anna Chancellor could have taken over from Vetinari and there could have been a running joke about keeping the title of Patrician, Ruth Madeley could have been a daughter C.M.O.T. didn't know about who then sets out to take on the family business etc.
Instead there looks to be a mishmash which will cause idiots to froth about "polical correctness gone too far" garbage, fans of the books not having things like they imagine it and other people having a go at the other groups for not accepting progress.
If that's what has been intentionally engineered then they've succeeded but it means nobody will focus on the writing and acting when it comes out.

# ¿ Nov 21, 2019 13:35

freelop: Apr 28, 2013; Where we're going, we won't need fries to see

From the pictures I wish they'd drop the discworld title and just call it whatever post apocalyptic cyberpunk type show they clearly wanted it to be.

It looks interesting but not as a discworld

# ¿ Jan 17, 2020 20:34

freelop: Apr 28, 2013; Where we're going, we won't need fries to see

Avalerion posted:

Is this even going for satire/comedy like the books?

It's being described as a "punk rock thriller"

# ¿ Jan 25, 2020 10:35

freelop: Apr 28, 2013; Where we're going, we won't need fries to see

Night Watch was the first thing I thought of when I heard of the CHAZ

# ¿ Jun 16, 2020 07:05

freelop: Apr 28, 2013; Where we're going, we won't need fries to see

Considering how likely they are to explode without forcing them to shoot fire it doesn't seem like a practical weapon

# ¿ Dec 11, 2020 09:13

freelop: Apr 28, 2013; Where we're going, we won't need fries to see

The_Doctor posted:

Troll Bridge is back up on YouTube, and properly this time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7v_TdLviUE

Just finished watching this, seriously good job

# ¿ Jan 17, 2021 20:11

freelop: Apr 28, 2013; Where we're going, we won't need fries to see

Gravitas Shortfall posted:

Of all the series, I think the Witches (including the Aching books) would work best as a live action adaption. Maybe skip Witches Abroad. Just shoot the whole thing in various parts of the UK, which also luckily happens to have a bunch of extremely good old female actors to draw a cast from. Do any studio work in Pinewood or Shepperton, use the London FX houses for the magic, job's a goodun.

Maggie Smith would make an excellent Granny Weatherwax

# ¿ Jan 21, 2021 14:20

freelop: Apr 28, 2013; Where we're going, we won't need fries to see

I'm still after my hard boiled egg

# ¿ Mar 15, 2021 10:21

freelop: Apr 28, 2013; Where we're going, we won't need fries to see

Imagined posted:

Michael Sheen and David Tennant are up there with Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan in terms of buddy-pairs I'd watch doing literally anything together, and 'Good Omens' neatly got around the major issue of adapting Pratchett with heavy use of a narrator to literally read from the book, but still, the story is over. It's done. There doesn't need to be any more of it.

Staged is worth a watch if you haven't seen it already

# ¿ Jun 30, 2021 06:43

freelop: Apr 28, 2013; Where we're going, we won't need fries to see

There's a BBC radio drama of Good Omens from 2014 that's really good too.
The vinyl comes with some extra info from Neil Gaiman explaining how Terry really wanted to be in it but by that point his alzheimer's meant he counld read the script so he had to have someone read his lines for him and then they recorded him repeating them back (you can't tell this is the case in the final product)

Reminds me a bit of how Douglas Adams really wanted to be in Life, The Universe and Everything but died before it was made so Dirk Maggs (who also directed the Good Omens adaptation) took Agrajag's lines from the audio book version read by Douglas Adams and worked it into the radio version.

# ¿ Jan 27, 2022 10:00

freelop: Apr 28, 2013; Where we're going, we won't need fries to see

Jedit posted:

They're all already available in that format and have been for a little while.

E: https://www.discworldemporium.com/21-the-discworld-collector-s-library

Complete set barring The Last Hero is £529. The Bromeliad is also available separately in the same format.

Good Omens is in a similar cover though not quite the same. Still looks good on the shelf next to the rest of them

# ¿ Jun 16, 2022 10:31

freelop: Apr 28, 2013; Where we're going, we won't need fries to see

The packaging for the emporium is always great.

# ¿ Jun 21, 2022 12:24

freelop: Apr 28, 2013; Where we're going, we won't need fries to see

Jedit posted:

The most off key note in Snuff is that It's the only Discworld novel in which Death doesn't appear.

Ironic considering the title

# ¿ Dec 24, 2023 12:03

freelop: Apr 28, 2013; Where we're going, we won't need fries to see

I read them in publication order and enjoyed the progression of the world as Pratchett developed it in his mind.

At first I was going to skip the young adult books but that was the absolute wrongest idea.

# ¿ Mar 28, 2024 07:29

freelop: Apr 28, 2013; Where we're going, we won't need fries to see

I'd enjoy that plot.

Also you can read in a dream? Whenever I try the words don't sit right and I get very frustrated

# ¿ Apr 30, 2024 09:39

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# ¿ May 9, 2024 20:44

freelop: Apr 28, 2013; Where we're going, we won't need fries to see

mllaneza posted:

They're also some of his best work and best ideas. Anyone who has avoided them because of the YA thing? You don't want to miss these.

I nearly did but was warned not to skip them.

The Rough Music and the intro within the start of "I Shall Wear Midnight" is very dark and is incredibly impactful. Don't skip anything.

# ¿ May 4, 2024 22:46

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