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The Terry Pratchett Thread

whatthebutlersaw said:
If this is a fan-project, then fine. I will simply just have to avoid it.

If someone has actually wasted the rights to Guards Guards! on this, so that it will be ages before someone else makes a _real_ Guards Guards! then I am sad beyond words.

Please tell me this is by fans, for fans (other than me).
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FWIW, IMDB doesn't show anything about this, though it indicates there's a Wee Free Men project in development, with details only available on IMDB Pro.
 
Verde said:
Is this an actual movie, or just something done for TV distribution? Asking as we on the west side of the Pond see little of Sky productions.
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It's just for TV. I guess it will be a two part mini series like Colour of Magic and Hogfather. There should be a DVD release sometime after it's aired.

And they've now released the extended trailer online ...

http://sky1.sky.com/Going-Postal-new-trailer


From the clip, the guy playing Moist is nothing like my mental image, even without the gold suit.

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I imagined him as younger than he is in the film.
 
tsig said:
Seconded. I just finished a TP book "The Light Fantastic" and I realized that I had read some of his books before but they didn't stick in my mind.

Other than a few good turns of phrase I saw nothing remarkable about it.
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To be fair, I'm a big TP fan, yet recently I re-read "The Colour Of Magic" and "The Light Fantastic" and didn't find either particularly funny. His later stuff is vastly superior - particular when he starts getting into parodies of aspects of human society. I was particularly impressed with the depth of his knowledge in Masquerade and Moving Pictures as I've been involved in film and theatre since I was 12. It made me consider how much he might be imparting about these other industries I was less familiar with.
 
gumboot said:
To be fair, I'm a big TP fan, yet recently I re-read "The Colour Of Magic" and "The Light Fantastic" and didn't find either particularly funny. His later stuff is vastly superior - particular when he starts getting into parodies of aspects of human society. I was particularly impressed with the depth of his knowledge in Masquerade and Moving Pictures as I've been involved in film and theatre since I was 12. It made me consider how much he might be imparting about these other industries I was less familiar with.
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Wow, my last post in this thread stated the exact same thing I said above. Talk about having nothing to contribute... :eye-poppi
 
Verde said:
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From the clip, the guy playing Moist is nothing like my mental image, even without the gold suit.
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I've only seen him in Coupling, but liked him, and after watching the trailer, I think he could be really good as Moist. In fact, all of it looks good!

Anyone know which date in May? I hope they'll release the dvd soon after they've shown it...
 
Given Sky's usual "we'll trial this until it bleeds from your ears" - probably the last bank holiday in May.
 
catsmate1 said:
That appears to be the plan, http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/terry_pratchett_going_postal/

One think that struck me at the Sky site (http://sky1.sky.com/going-postal) was the relative sizes of Moist and Mr. Pump; the golem seems rather small to me. And am I the only one who's never heard of Ingrid Bolsø Berdal?
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Waiddadamnminit! Third?
This is the third in a series of TV adaptations of the "Discword" novels by Sky One.
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Hogfather was one. What was the other, and where can I get it?
 
The Colour of Magic. I saw it here in the U.S. but don't remember when or on what service.

Hey - David Suchet as Reacher Gilt! Excellent.
 
It's probably no surprise fo me to admit to being yet another a fan....

I've noted a couple of comments about me: keep checking over your shoulders - low down, of course - as the lugagge is tracking you down.....

:)
 
Rincewind said:
It's probably no surprise fo me to admit to being yet another a fan....

I've noted a couple of comments about me: keep checking over your shoulders - low down, of course - as the lugagge is tracking you down.....

:)
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Welcome to the forums, Rincewind! There are quite a few Pratchett fans around here, as you can see. A lot of people have his quotes in our signatures.
 
I don't really like the adaptations for TV, much prefer the version in my head when I'm reading.
 
Rincewind said:
It's probably no surprise fo me to admit to being yet another a fan....

I've noted a couple of comments about me: keep checking over your shoulders - low down, of course - as the lugagge is tracking you down.....

:)
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Have you seen the thumbnail sketch of Rincewind's football character?! Carole(nextdoor) ordered on my computer the set of 20 'Jolly Sailr' Cigarette Cards that go with 'Unseen Academicals', but it hasn't arrived yet. The four cards I have I think I referred to in an earlier post.

If you like, I'll type out the Rincewind paragraph.
 
SusanB-M1 said:
Have you seen the thumbnail sketch of Rincewind's football character?! Carole(nextdoor) ordered on my computer the set of 20 'Jolly Sailr' Cigarette Cards that go with 'Unseen Academicals', but it hasn't arrived yet. The four cards I have I think I referred to in an earlier post.

If you like, I'll type out the Rincewind paragraph.
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Thank you kindly, Susan.

I actually bought the UA book last weekend, but haven't had time to even open it.

Still it's a bank holiday in the UK, so maybe.....
 
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