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Collateral posted:It's not terrible, but they "adapted" what many pratchet fans consider his greatest work. The Night Watch. Did they? Just at a glance at the summaries it sounds like while they lifted the villain (or rather, the name of the villain) from Night Watch they didn't grab much else. It's all about finding artefacts to control the Noble Dragon, which is very very loosely Guards Guards? Of course, I haven't seen more than a bit of it, you may have. MikeJF fucked around with this message at 12:40 on Sep 15, 2021 |
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Drink-Mix Man posted:As someone who never read Discworld and doesn't give a gently caress, that looks like good stupid fun to me. It looks like a fun romp, but also painfully butchers the source material. For example the pretty lady with curly hair. In the books she's 40 years old and solidly built. Her being middle aged is important, because at one point the bad guys are going to sacrifice a noble maiden to the dragon and the one they pick is this middle-aged spinster so it's a send up of the damsel in distress trope. Making her young and gorgeous makes her not the same character.
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Sep 15, 2021 11:37
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Drink-Mix Man posted:As someone who never read Discworld and doesn't give a gently caress, that looks like good stupid fun to me. I tried to approach it from the perspective of an original work but lifelong Dwarf Cherry schooling lifelong Dwarf Carrot on the existence of tall dwarves loving killed it for me.
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Sep 15, 2021 12:05
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So left to right, you have:
I really do think this might be a case of them shoehorning a property they happened to own onto an unrelated pitch. MikeJF fucked around with this message at 12:35 on Sep 15, 2021 |
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Sep 15, 2021 12:22
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MikeJF posted:So left to right, you have: Lol that picture is incredibly misleading with Detritus the Troll there because they kill him off in the first episode so that they didn't have to bother with CGI for him.
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Sep 15, 2021 12:34
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All y'all making GBS threads on The Watch are missing it's greatest crime. Death has an American accent.
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Sep 15, 2021 13:00
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Cthulu Carl posted:All y'all making GBS threads on The Watch are missing it's greatest crime. what the gently caress
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Sep 15, 2021 13:07
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Appropriate for real life, but not Discworld
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Sep 15, 2021 13:08
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Eighties ZomCom posted:Lol that picture is incredibly misleading with Detritus the Troll there because they kill him off in the first episode so that they didn't have to bother with CGI for him. I didn’t finish the first episode and now I’m not going to.
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Sep 15, 2021 13:30
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Eighties ZomCom posted:Lol that picture is incredibly misleading with Detritus the Troll there because they kill him off in the first episode so that they didn't have to bother with CGI for him. Lookit this Look how cool Look at the cool CGI we can do in this series Anyhow enough of that
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Anyhow I don't bother with Pratchett adaptations, I wouldn't read the books if Pratchett's prose wasn't part of it so why would I try something on a screen
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Sep 15, 2021 13:42
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Going Postal was pretty good IMO
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Facebook Aunt posted:For example the pretty lady with curly hair. In the books she's 40 years old and solidly built. Her being middle aged is important, because at one point the bad guys are going to sacrifice a noble maiden to the dragon and the one they pick is this middle-aged spinster so it's a send up of the damsel in distress trope. Making her young and gorgeous makes her not the same character. I'd say the bigger payoff at the end is when they realise that Errol's courting the Noble Dragon and not attacking it and there's an implied comparison to Sybil towering over Vimes and they're just awkward. MikeJF fucked around with this message at 14:00 on Sep 15, 2021 |
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Sep 15, 2021 13:52
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I thought 'Good Omens' was pretty good, but it cheated a bit by having a narrator literally read bits of the novel. But now I've heard they're going for a second season despite wrapping up the events of the novel, so gently caress them. Neil lost his god drat mind in the divorce.
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Sep 15, 2021 14:04
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Arc Hammer posted:I wasn't expecting much from The Watch and I haven't seen it yet. Is it really that dire? it's unwatchable worse than picard
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Imagined posted:I thought 'Good Omens' was pretty good, but it cheated a bit by having a narrator literally read bits of the novel. But now I've heard they're going for a second season despite wrapping up the events of the novel, so gently caress them. They keep doing that. I wish adapatations would just end where their source material ends. I haven't checked out American Gods despite loving the book because it looks like nobody is keeping it on a leash to me
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ChubbyChecker posted:it's unwatchable
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Imagined posted:I thought 'Good Omens' was pretty good, but it cheated a bit by having a narrator literally read bits of the novel. But now I've heard they're going for a second season despite wrapping up the events of the novel, so gently caress them. Gaiman's writing and it's based on the sequel that him and Pratchett roughed out but were never able to organise enough collaboration time to finish (working title was "668—The Neighbour of the Beast", apparently) so I'm gonna give it a chance.
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Sep 15, 2021 14:06
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Brawnfire posted:Anyhow I don't bother with Pratchett adaptations, I wouldn't read the books if Pratchett's prose wasn't part of it so why would I try something on a screen I liked Hogfather, but it came at a really lovely time in my life and somehow managed to hit just the right spot to start pulling me out.
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Brawnfire posted:Anyhow I don't bother with Pratchett adaptations, I wouldn't read the books if Pratchett's prose wasn't part of it so why would I try something on a screen pratchett uses literary techniques that work only in print, but don't work on screen, so it's not really possible to make good adaptations of his works the closest anyone gets is troll bridge that you can watch here: https://www.trollbridge.film/ Imagined posted:I thought 'Good Omens' was pretty good, but it cheated a bit by having a narrator literally read bits of the novel. But now I've heard they're going for a second season despite wrapping up the events of the novel, so gently caress them. Neil lost his god drat mind in the divorce. yeah, the narration was a smart move
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ChubbyChecker posted:pratchett uses literary techniques that work only in print, but don't work on screen, so it's not really possible to make good adaptations of his works I disagree, but I rather liked Hogfather and thought The Colour of Magic/Light Fantastic was pretty good. Haven't seen the other ones though.
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Sep 15, 2021 14:18
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Eighties ZomCom posted:Lol that picture is incredibly misleading with Detritus the Troll there because they kill him off in the first episode so that they didn't have to bother with CGI for him. That's Detritus? I thought that was Dorfl the Golem. Detritus needs his thinking cap with the little cooling fans.
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Sep 15, 2021 14:21
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Neddy Seagoon posted:No, the writers just hated working under Berman and just wanted the show DONE so they could leave. Voyager's home, they beat the Borg, strike the set and let's hit the bar guys. ok, that's understandable
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Sep 15, 2021 14:22
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ChubbyChecker posted:pratchett uses literary techniques that work only in print, but don't work on screen, so it's not really possible to make good adaptations of his works I bet someone could do a really good adaptation of Where's My Cow?.
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Facebook Aunt posted:I bet someone could do a really good adaptation of Where's My Cow?. that one could work Applewhite posted:I only just learned this existed from this post. WTF they didn't even call it "Discworld." It's just "The Watch." i'm sorry that people had to learn about its existence The General posted:I refuse to believe this. i'd say you should check it yourself, but i'm not that mean
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Collateral posted:It's not terrible, but they "adapted" what many pratchet fans consider his greatest work. The Night Watch. That looked an awful lot like it's supposed to be Guards! Guards! to me with the dragon on the loose in the trailer.
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Tighclops posted:I like that it was such a stupid film they literally called up old Spock on Skype or whatever to ask him how the movie ended and all he did was tug on his collar Better nate than lever!
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Tighclops posted:I like that it was such a stupid film they literally called up old Spock on Skype or whatever to ask him how the movie ended and all he did was tug on his collar Also they can call Spock but not... you know... The police or something?
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it's funny to watch space seed in retrospect because ultimately all kirk had to do to defeat khan was beat him up with a pipe and khan was pleased at the challenge of trying to survive on a harsh new planet
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Mulaney Power Move posted:it's funny to watch space seed in retrospect because ultimately all kirk had to do to defeat khan was beat him up with a pipe and khan was pleased at the challenge of trying to survive on a harsh new planet They spend the entire episode talking about how Khan is 5 times stronger than the normal man too. But Kirk does have the superpower of changing into a guy who sorta resembles him if you squint.
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Arc Hammer posted:That's Detritus? I thought that was Dorfl the Golem. Detritus needs his thinking cap with the little cooling fans. I couldn't bring myself to even hate-watch the show, but yeah, that's Detritus. I doubt they had this thinking cap in the show though.
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Sep 15, 2021 22:05
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Just finished Voyager and the last episode isn't as bad as everyone says but it feels like it's missing a 10-20 minute epilogue and it's ultimately pretty forgettable. Now I have to watch all of Enterprise 
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Don't forget the Voyager movie Star Trek: Return of the Lizard Babies where Voyager is returned to the Delta quadrant the moment it reaches Earth, teleported across the distance effortlessly by a hyperadvanced lizard-baby culture seeded by Janeway and Paris
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PostNouveau posted:They spend the entire episode talking about how Khan is 5 times stronger than the normal man too. But Kirk does have the superpower of changing into a guy who sorta resembles him if you squint. I'm 5 times stronger than my 9-year-old daughter, but if she hit me with a crowbar enough times she would definitely defeat me.
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Jokerpilled Drudge posted:Just finished Voyager and the last episode isn't as bad as everyone says but it feels like it's missing a 10-20 minute epilogue and it's ultimately pretty forgettable. Now I have to watch all of Enterprise Nothing actually happens in part one, it's just forty minutes of setup, and in part two there is ZERO tension as the new upgrades make Voyager immune to current Borg technology while one-shotting cubes all the way to the Alpha Quadrant. There's no risk of failure, just pew-pewing at Cubes. (The replicated armor's cool at least) It also leaves a stupidly large question of if the Borg have a corridor that goes straight to Earth, why have they not just pumped Cubes through it until they've assimilated the planet?
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Goblin Craft posted:I'm 5 times stronger than my 9-year-old daughter, but if she hit me with a crowbar enough times she would definitely defeat me. I believe in you. I think you could take her.
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Goblin Craft posted:I'm 5 times stronger than my 9-year-old daughter, but if she hit me with a crowbar enough times she would definitely defeat me. pipes were a motif in the first season tos. in the red hour they had pipes with fireworks in them that were used like phasers and spock even said "there's no apparatus, it's merely a hollow tube" and bones is like "it's a pipe jim"
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