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SaintFu posted:New trailer for Good Omens: Hot drat !
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SaintFu posted:New trailer for Good Omens: I like it. Hope there is more Queen in the series proper. Also, I think Tennant is doing a bit of a Bill-Nighy-in-Love-Actually impression, no?
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Oct 6, 2018 19:26
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Oct 6, 2018 20:07
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Eh. 'Sallright. I'll reserve my hype until seeing more of the cast. Tennant definitely nails Crowley, Sheen's Aziraphale is... not really what the book brought to my mind
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Oct 6, 2018 23:16
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Hmm. Also, that’s not the pronunciation of Crowley I’ve had in my head. I’ve always heard it like Aleister Crowley (rhyming with cow-lee).
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Oct 7, 2018 01:19
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It's been a while since I've read it, but I think his name was actually Crawly for a while.
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The_Doctor posted:Hmm. Also, that’s not the pronunciation of Crowley I’ve had in my head. I’ve always heard it like Aleister Crowley (rhyming with cow-lee). Crowley rhyming with "crow" is the correct pronunciation of Aleister Crowley as well though A vast number of people get that wrong
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Phenotype posted:It's been a while since I've read it, but I think his name was actually Crawly for a while. Yeah, his name used to be Crawly because if I recall correctly he was the snake from Eden? And he changed it to Crowley.
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Oct 7, 2018 04:26
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SirSamVimes posted:Yeah, his name used to be Crawly because if I recall correctly he was the snake from Eden? And he changed it to Crowley. Correct, because Crowley sounded more cool I don't think the book makes even a passing reference to old Uncle Aleister
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Oct 7, 2018 04:28
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I was goddamned convinced that the actor playing Aziraphale is the same rear end in a top hat who played Moist in Going Postal. Same expression of dumb shock. I don't actually remember much about the character in the original book (decades since I last read it) and I'm pretty sure Crowley took the leading role, so I can't exactly complain about a vibrant character being demoted to the "sissy comic relief sidekick", but still.
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Oct 7, 2018 20:54
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Aziraphale in the book is pretty cool, he doesn't really mince so much as fret Not really loving the way Sheen is playing him When Gilliam was still attached the big rumor was Depp as Crowley and Robin Williams as Aziraphale, which I think could have been great
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Oct 7, 2018 21:12
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precision posted:Aziraphale in the book is pretty cool, he doesn't really mince so much as fret The moment they announced Sheen, I knew exactly how he’d play him, and it seems I was right.
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Oct 7, 2018 21:19
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Friends of Crowley remember he is holy, but foes say Crowley, in order to treat him foully.
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Oct 9, 2018 04:47
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also that looks and will most likely be awesome, but I am really excited for and want to see troll bridge.
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hanales posted:Friends of Crowley remember he is holy, but foes say Crowley, in order to treat him foully. The song "Mr. Crowley" is probably most to blame
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http://narrativia.com/watch.html?fbclid=IwAR0HXpRm1I5GHwBaddPPNy88UJpdRMnp_c0lPUUhJYBgCu5FJBM-GQwbcXY BBC AMERICA GREENLIGHTS ORIGINAL SCRIPTED SERIES THE WATCH New Punk Rock Thriller is Based on Sir Terry Pratchett’s “Discworld” Novels New York – October 30, 2018 – On the heels of hit series Killing Eve and the introduction of the first female Doctor on Doctor Who, BBC AMERICA announced today the greenlight of the new original scripted series, The Watch, based on Sir Terry Pratchett’s wildly popular “Discworld” novels, which have sold more than 90 million books worldwide. The (8 x 60) series is produced by BBC Studios for BBC AMERICA. The Watch is distributed by BBC Studios. The Watch is a punk rock thriller inspired by the legendary ‘City Watch’ subset of “Discworld” novels. This disruptive, character-driven thriller centers on Terry Pratchett’s misfit cops as they fight to save a ramshackle city of normalized wrongness, from both the past and future in a perilous quest. Modern and inclusive, The Watch features many famous “Discworld” creations including City Watch Captain Sam Vimes, the last scion of nobility Lady Sybil Ramkin, the naïve but heroic Carrot, the mysterious Angua and the ingenious non-binary forensics expert Cheery together with Terry Pratchett’s iconic characterization of Death. etc
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BizarroAzrael posted:https://discworld.com/bbc-america-greenlights-original-scripted-series-the-watch/ Source from another goon in the UK TV thread. Can't wait.
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Oct 31, 2018 16:24
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I was looking at my bookcase last night because I'm preparing for the "what do you want for Yule?" questions from my family and it made me both sad and frustrated that all my old go-to answers in the form of "the new [author] novel would be nice" are invalid because the writers are dead. (Meaning Pratchett, Colin Dexter, and Reginald Hill. I know the latter two have been off the list for years now but I haven't been able to rustle up any replacements ever since.)
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Oct 31, 2018 16:27
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8 by 60 sounds good, when the idea was first raised I was concerned they wouldn't have the time to do something with it.
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Oct 31, 2018 16:30
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SeanBeansShako posted:Source from another goon in the UK TV thread. Can't wait. I've got it direct from Rob. It's real.
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Oct 31, 2018 16:30
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And now we wait.
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When they say 60 minutes, given its BBC America, will it be a "TV hour" of maybe 40ish minutes or actually an hour long?
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Oct 31, 2018 16:42
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What does "punk rock thriller" imply? I don't know if I'd use any of those words to describe the Watch books.
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Oct 31, 2018 16:50
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BizarroAzrael posted:When they say 60 minutes, given its BBC America, will it be a "TV hour" of maybe 40ish minutes or actually an hour long? Uncertain, but likely to be 60 minutes because it's BBC. Take a look at another BBC America project and see how it was billed.
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Oct 31, 2018 16:55
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Yeah that's an odd definition of punk rock. I reckon it's the same kind of marketing thing that's lead us to "non-binary forensics expert" cause when I think of Cheery Littlebottom that's kinda, uh, not really her thing. At least not the way I understand non-binary. Pratchett dwarves are all about the binary. They might have changed that to better fit the 2018 sensitivities and that might actually work out quite well, but I dunno it just sounds like buzzwords.
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Oct 31, 2018 16:59
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Best news all week. The watch is my favorite series by far.
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Phenotype posted:What does "punk rock thriller" imply? I don't know if I'd use any of those words to describe the Watch books. Pessimist answer: it means it's going to suck major balls in the vein of Plunkett & Macleane.
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Oct 31, 2018 17:12
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Turns out Carrot is named for his hairdo.
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Oct 31, 2018 17:22
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There will never be a good adaptation of Pratchett's work and I would be pleased if they stopped trying. If they really cared, it would be a "thriller with rocks in it." And Cheery Littlebottom is absolutely binary -- she is female, and proud of it!
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Screaming Idiot posted:There will never be a good adaptation of Pratchett's work and I would be pleased if they stopped trying. On one hand, yes, but on the other hand explaining Dwarf gender roles in a visual medium could be very, very fraught. Especially for an audience not necessarily coming from a high fantasy background where dwarves always only seem to come in male and beardy.
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Oct 31, 2018 18:16
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Actually I think most people's exposure to dwarfs is entirely male and beardy, that's what Pratchett's whole female dwarf thing is supposed to be parodying. Lord of the Rings, all male and beardy. Snow White, all male and beardy. I think that would actually be a really easy thing to show on screen, actually, if they start with the first appearances of Cheery as an ordinary male beardy dwarf.
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My Lovely Horse posted:Turns out Carrot is named for his hairdo. Featuring guest star carrot top.
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Phenotype posted:Actually I think most people's exposure to dwarfs is entirely male and beardy, that's what Pratchett's whole female dwarf thing is supposed to be parodying. Lord of the Rings, all male and beardy. Snow White, all male and beardy. I think that would actually be a really easy thing to show on screen, actually, if they start with the first appearances of Cheery as an ordinary male beardy dwarf. Come to think of it though, an ordinary male bearded dwarf who starts wearing skirts, lipstick and earrings as the show goes on is definitely going to immediately register as nonbinary or trans to most viewers. At that point you get the shitstorm from alt-righters ("EVERYTHING HAS TO HAVE A TRANS CHARACTER, PC GONE MAD"). You also get a ton of support and praise except as soon as you explain that actually, female dwarves simply look the same as male dwarves, a good bit of that is gonna turn into a shitstorm from the other side ("TAKING AWAY MY IDENTIFICATION CHARACTER, VISIBILITY"). It's gonna take a fairly delicate touch, I think.
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My Lovely Horse posted:Exactly. I mean, that was basically the setup in the book. Yeah, I can see a lot of the trans community getting up in arms. Cheery is basically a person forced to be trans who then chooses to identify as cis. Alt-righters would go "a-HA!" at this and start calling it out as the endgame of the I'm going to stop right here because I'm out of brain bleach, but they'd already be too busy hating it for the racial mixing.
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"Inspired by" the City Watch I'll believe this is actually happening when I see it, and not before; and I will be hugely disappointed when they fail to cast Tony Stamp and Reg Hollis from The Bill as Fred Colon and Nobby Nobbs.
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Screaming Idiot posted:There will never be a good adaptation of Pratchett's work and I would be pleased if they stopped trying. Hogfather is good.
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Yeah despite being slightly compacted for time Hogfather really was the only one of those adaptions that was decent. Then they let David Jason hijack the future project that was the terrible Colour Of Magic.
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SirSamVimes posted:Hogfather is good. No
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SeanBeansShako posted:Yeah despite being slightly compacted for time Hogfather really was the only one of those adaptions that was decent. Then they let David Jason hijack the future project that was the terrible Colour Of Magic. I honestly enjoyed all the adaptations. They weren’t amazing but they were good enough for a watch.
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You take that back, Danny Blue was an amazing Mr. Teatime.
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