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My Lovely Horse posted:I really really hope they're the dudes in the armor BBC already announced everyone they've cast, including some obscure motherfuckers. They haven't cast Nobby/Colon.
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Megazver posted:BBC already announced everyone they've cast, including some obscure motherfuckers. They haven't cast Nobby/Colon. The IMDB has a bunch of villains from the Watch novels listed so I'm guessing they're going for them as villains of the week maybe? They've got Carcer on there, but also Wonse and Cruces (both gender swapped) and also Captain Keel from Night Watch so who knows what they're pulling from. Gender swapped Cut-Me-Own-Throat too. Who even knows.
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Nihilarian posted:I think Sybil is the deal breaker for me. The sexy vigilante bit is so played out at this point and Sybil was such a unique, real character She's a stereotype. Read Other Books. 
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Is the tall red headed guy with the beard supposed to be Sam? Terry Pratchett always said that he pictured Sam as being played by Pete Postlethwaite, and that's honestly how I always saw him too. A giant buff Sam Vimes just seems off to me
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Epicurius posted:Is the tall red headed guy with the beard supposed to be Sam? Terry Pratchett always said that he pictured Sam as being played by Pete Postlethwaite, and that's honestly how I always saw him too. A giant buff Sam Vimes just seems off to me Yeah, but he's not that tall (5'8"), the chick they picked for Angua is five foot nothing. 
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I can absolutely see him as Vimes. She's not what I expected for Angua, but she'll do. Carrot, in the other picture, looks perfect.
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Richard Dormer does look like Vimes in the Paul Kidby illustrations, at least in that one shot.
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angerbeet posted:I was trying to think what those stills reminded me of. Aaaaaaaaaaaa
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Beachcomber posted:What character is that supposed to be on the right? He looks a little bit elfish. the patrician, lord vetinari. they've changed the name to lord veriscari, though
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papa horny michael posted:the patrician, lord vetinari. they've changed the name to lord veriscari, though Wow. It seems this is about as faithful a translation as The Rook. The BBC should feel incredibly ashamed. Actually, is Terry Pratchett a big deal in the UK? I know he was knighted, but would he be someone that normal readers would have read? I keep preaching the gospel in the US, but honestly a lot of people haven't heard of him and are hesitant to try.
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Bruceski posted:I thought it was Cheery on the right? Yes, it is. I think she's not a dwarf now. Beachcomber posted:Actually, is Terry Pratchett a big deal in the UK? I know he was knighted, but would he be someone that normal readers would have read? I keep preaching the gospel in the US, but honestly a lot of people haven't heard of him and are hesitant to try. He's pretty high on 'most read authors' lists in UK.
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He was the most shoplifted author for a long time, which is pretty good honestly.
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He's sold 90 million books globally, which puts him somewhere between George R R Martin and Anne Rice.
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Cheery now seems to be that Gothabilly hacker girl from NCIS or whatever. This seems a significant deviation w/r/t character.
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papa horny michael posted:the patrician, lord vetinari. they've changed the name to lord veriscari, though Yeah, don’t do this. It smacks very heavily of transphobia.
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angerbeet posted:Cheery now seems to be that Gothabilly hacker girl from NCIS or whatever. Until proven otherwise, I'm just assuming that all of the characters are going to be pretty substantially removed from their book counterparts. Carrot will probably make his entrance dropping f-bombs.
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Why not just rename all the characters to be 'new' then, set in the Discworld with all the usual side characters.
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The_Doctor posted:And in case you’re wondering: And for reasons I’m sure are completely unrelated, a slightly later tweet: https://twitter.com/terryandrob/status/1218087166611525637?s=20
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Beachcomber posted:Actually, is Terry Pratchett a big deal in the UK? I know he was knighted, but would he be someone that normal readers would have read? I keep preaching the gospel in the US, but honestly a lot of people haven't heard of him and are hesitant to try. There was this joke that no train was allowed to leave it's station before at least one passenger was reading a book by Pratchett.
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Stroth posted:And for reasons I’m sure are completely unrelated, a slightly later tweet:
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[quote="My Lovely Horse" post=" 501759381"] I get the implication, but I don't think "they changed all the characters explicitly of color" is gonna be the issue with The Watch. [/quote] I'm not sure you did get the implication there.
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The broad point about TV producers changing central elements of the original work is certainly relevant, but the fact that the article is specifically about minority representation kind of undermines its applicability to The Watch, and you'd think there were plenty of articles from writers criticising adaptations of their work to make the same point with that don't have that issue.
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I'm still confused that people are saying the slender lady with red hair is Sybil, when we all know Sybil is being played by Dawn French. Please people. I need to keep believing this, just for a little while.
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Maybe this is young Sybil, from the past. She's a flashback and in our time Sybil is played by Marianne Jean Baptiste Or the therapist from crazy ex girlfriend Michael Hyatt. I did not know she was born in Britain Sloth Life fucked around with this message at 20:10 on Jan 18, 2020 |
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Sybil was just a teen in the Night Watch past when Vimes first runs 'home' after arriving in the past.
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BurgerQuest posted:Sybil was just a teen in the Night Watch past when Vimes first runs 'home' after arriving in the past. Which is very much not when this TV show appears to be set.
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Space Butler posted:Which is very much not when this TV show appears to be set. It has carcer 🤷🏻♂️
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You see poo poo like this is why I don't pay for the TV licence
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It’s like they had some generic forgettable urban fantasy series in development and decided to leaven it with some popular IP that they already had licensed.
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