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Phenotype posted:Yeah, that's exactly why I was having a hard time coming up with the right word to describe it. But he doesn't seem like a drunkard cop, he seems like a drunkard criminal. And his face is too animated. He's too comic. Well if you wanted to be at all faithful to the source, you'd not pick him for a character called old stoneface. But they're not so 
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Oct 9, 2020 22:34
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Remora posted:Holy loving poo poo. What on earth is happening to England? Don't blame us for BBC America's sins.
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Oct 9, 2020 23:08
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Well that's obviously an absolutely godawful discworld adaptation, but it might hit "get drunk with my friends and laugh at how bad this is". Silver linings.
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Oct 9, 2020 23:17
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Honestly, if I was completely unfamiliar with DW I'd probably give it a shot for some trashy fantasy fun. Maybe I can be strong and turn off that part of my brain and enjoy it... who am I kidding, I'm just going to end up hate-watching it
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Oct 9, 2020 23:29
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I have so much poo poo to love-watch that I can't comprehend the concept of having time to hate-watch.
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Oct 10, 2020 00:47
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3D Megadoodoo posted:e: If Sybil is ball due to being an Aristocrat (i.e. some congenital VD) that's a point for them, though. It's established that she wears a wig because dragons are bad for real hair, but they could absolutely come up with a stupider reason. They're definitely trying something, but whatever it is, it feels like they're trying way too hard at it. Cop Jack Sparrow over here. Edit: oh god wendell pierce as death is a fantastic performance that's exactly wrong.
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Oct 10, 2020 01:26
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El Fideo posted:It's established that she wears a wig because dragons are bad for real hair Huh, I'd forgotten about that. It's only been like two years since I read them all again.
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Oct 10, 2020 01:33
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Even if I was coming into this without knowledge of the books it still looks terrible. The dialogue is terrible. The characters look terrible. The scenery looks ok though. If the exchange between the patrician and Vimes was mean to be a witty high point then the rest of the script is likely to be just as awkward and disappointing.
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Oct 10, 2020 03:07
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Vimes just coming out and saying that out loud is 100% absolutely the writers missing the entire Vimes/Patrician relationship and vibe, as is the finger. Vimes rages about Vetinari when and where he thinks Vetinari isn't looking, and in front of Vetinari, he doesn't even make eye contact, let alone speak more than absolutely necessary. "I don't know. What do you think?" is, unfortunately, a killer Patrician line.
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Oct 10, 2020 03:35
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Oct 10, 2020 03:54
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Remora posted:"I don't know. What do you think?" is, unfortunately, a killer Patrician line. There's a few bits of casting I thought were quite good, and Anna Chancellor as Vetinari was certainly one of them.
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Oct 10, 2020 04:09
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Good line but I thought the delivery was poo poo.
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Oct 10, 2020 04:27
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BurgerQuest posted:Good line but I thought the delivery was poo poo. It was basically delivered wrong. Makes it look like the actor didn't understand it.
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Oct 10, 2020 05:40
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3D Megadoodoo posted:
It looks like Tank Girl.
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Oct 10, 2020 10:07
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Oct 10, 2020 10:38
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Man i'm alone in liking that trailer then. When the first onset photos appeared I was like wtf are they doing but this is clearly still discworld and I can get onboard a post industrial revolution punk interpretation. I'm cautiously optimistic. It cant be worse than the sky adaptations right...right??
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Oct 10, 2020 10:49
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StrawmanUK posted:Man i'm alone in liking that trailer then. When the first onset photos appeared I was like wtf are they doing but this is clearly still discworld and I can get onboard a post industrial revolution punk interpretation. I'm cautiously optimistic. It cant be worse than the sky adaptations right...right?? Vimes as a scenery chewing Jack Sparrow light seems worse than anything Sky pumped out to me...
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Oct 10, 2020 10:51
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It might be my TV and also my laptop, but the sound mix sounded terrible. I couldn’t hear virtually anyone’s dialogue over the music in the trailer, and then in the scenes, the dialogue all overlapped and was at the same level too. I honestly found it difficult to understand what people were saying. This is definitely one for subtitles.
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Oct 10, 2020 10:57
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StrawmanUK posted:Man i'm alone in liking that trailer then. When the first onset photos appeared I was like wtf are they doing but this is clearly still discworld and I can get onboard a post industrial revolution punk interpretation. I'm cautiously optimistic. It cant be worse than the sky adaptations right...right?? Yeah I'm ok with it from that trailer
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Oct 10, 2020 11:04
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Iacen posted:Vimes as a scenery chewing Jack Sparrow light seems worse than anything Sky pumped out to me... He's is clearly the alchoholic Vimes as we first met him in the books so maybe him becoming sober Vimes will be the character arc for him but I take your point. I will say the clip of them trying to sober him up is not great
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Oct 10, 2020 11:05
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Oct 10, 2020 11:13
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Bold, casting foul ole ron as samuel vimes. Dutch angles! Man, this is going to be a trainwreck.love it.
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Oct 10, 2020 11:55
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StrawmanUK posted:Man i'm alone in liking that trailer then. When the first onset photos appeared I was like wtf are they doing but this is clearly still discworld and I can get onboard a post industrial revolution punk interpretation. I'm cautiously optimistic. It cant be worse than the sky adaptations right...right?? I actually liked going postal. This appears to have been designed to alienate the entire existing fanbase and I have no idea how you can see it as clearly still discworld.
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Oct 10, 2020 11:59
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Space Butler posted:I actually liked going postal. The initial on set photos looked like they had completely removed all fantasy elements. From the trailer you can see its a post industrial revolution discworld, its got the fantasy races, DEATH, you can briefly see an aerial shot of ankh morpork and it looks the old city is intact surrounded by urbanisation. I can accept this. Going postal was also my favourite of the sky adaptations btw but I dunno, Terrys wordplay and puns just fell flat when spoken onscreen.
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Oct 10, 2020 12:13
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Iacen posted:Death looks like a Ringwraith walked into the wrong set. Why the glowing eyes? Death has always had a point of glowing blue in his eyes.
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Oct 10, 2020 12:22
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Remora posted:Vimes just coming out and saying that out loud is 100% absolutely the writers missing the entire Vimes/Patrician relationship and vibe, as is the finger. Vimes rages about Vetinari when and where he thinks Vetinari isn't looking, and in front of Vetinari, he doesn't even make eye contact, let alone speak more than absolutely necessary. Once again, I observe the following, from Guards! Guards!: quote:Vimes had been one of the middle rankers, the falsetto equivalent of a yes-man. He remembered Wonse as a Vimes as we originally meet him is absolutely the sort of person to say what he thinks when he thinks it to the Patrician and his other superiors without a great deal of subtlety. Life doesn't start falling into place for him until after the incident with the dragon gets him into Vetinari's good books, and Sybil's stabilising influence gives him a bit of self-control so he can stay there long enough for Vetinari to fully reflect on how Vimes could be useful to him.
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Oct 10, 2020 12:24
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Oct 10, 2020 12:25
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I dunno, if it wasn’t actually marketed as Discworld I could see myself having a lot of fun with this. I like the style and aesthetics in a vacuum. I’ll end up watching it anyway. :p
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Oct 10, 2020 12:47
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Yeah no, I think I will pass. It just reminds me when Terry was trying to get Mort adapted in some ways. Also, Sybil is too attractive and Vimes is both too young. If you enjoy this good on you, I just can't.
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Oct 10, 2020 13:05
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Oct 10, 2020 13:33
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It's so audaciously not-Discworld that my disappointment has warped back around into sincere interest. The sky adaptions honestly just bored me.
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Oct 10, 2020 13:33
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El Fideo posted:Yeah, the eyes may look awful, but they're canon. Well, yes. When they are in a skull. Here they are like a someone 6’5” tried to cosplay as a jawa but couldn’t find yellow eye lights...
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Oct 10, 2020 13:52
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Space Butler posted:I actually liked going postal. I also enjoyed Going Postal.
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Oct 10, 2020 14:40
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Was that Vimes playing a guitar in a band? Apologies but I had a stroke when I saw that and after waking up couldn't make myself play the trailer again.
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Oct 10, 2020 14:48
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Doctor Jeep posted:Was that Vimes playing a guitar in a band? God damnit I spent hours repressing that and you just go and tear the bandage away
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Oct 10, 2020 15:23
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Doctor Jeep posted:Was that Vimes playing a guitar in a band? Wyld Dragons
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Oct 10, 2020 16:36
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Doctor Jeep posted:Was that Vimes playing a guitar in a band? Yeah cos this is a punk rock adaptation of the Watcchggggghhh
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Oct 10, 2020 17:04
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SeanBeansShako posted:Yeah no, I think I will pass. This show was obviously going to be bad simply based on the exclusion of Colon and Nobby. Cause having ugly and/or old people was apparently a no go. Which btw Good Omens had no issues with.
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Alhazred posted:It looks like Tank Girl. Well gently caress me lmao. I just realized the reason Vimes is so wrong is it's American BBC and Americans can't handle characters with a British accent that don't fall 100% into one of the following three categories: a) cut-out 1st lover b) cut-out utter loving clown (Vimes here) 2) cut-out brilliant villain to be killed by hero
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