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hyel (hyel) wrote in discworld,
@ 2008-03-04 18:52:00

Eee eee a trailer for The Colour of Magic!Despite weird, weird casting choices (even though I am always in favour of any good part for Sean Astin) I am all a-squee.

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	lady_alisanda 2008-03-05 07:33 pm UTC (link)
	Twoflower is exactly as I thought. But the Librarian? This what I see is nothing but a little red monkey. Isn't he supposed to be more... imposing? (Reply to this) (Thread)

hyel
2008-03-06 08:45 am UTC (link)

It's just strange to think of him as American, or "American" (quotation marks due to there not actually being an America on DW). If he's not "Asian", then Interesting Times makes no sense. Also, Rincewind in this novel was described as a young man, wasn't he?

He IS supposed to be scary, but what can you do. So is Death. :D I guess Sky One budgets are not as big as, say, Stargate Atlantis's.

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lady_alisanda
2008-03-06 11:26 am UTC (link)

As Russian, I first think of "American" tourist when I have to imagine some stereotypical tourist. I see lots of Asian tourusts, but they are always in groups and I can't imagine an Asian tourist that is travelling alone.
But I understand you.
BTW, sometimes I think, that Pratchett imagined Twoflower before his country, and he is more like "American" one.
So this is RINCEWIND? Really? Not kidding? I thought it was someone else, maybe the bursar... =/

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hyel
2008-03-06 12:25 pm UTC (link)

Yes. Well. :D What can you do?

I read Interesting Times before I read The Colour of Magic, so Twoflower's definitely imprinted in my mind as "Chinese". I know I'll like Sean Astin's version, though, just from this trailer and from how much I already like Sean. It's just a little... wrong. I have no idea if I'll ever manage to think of David Jason as Rincewind, though I like him too. It's so confusing!

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Newbie here

ex_piter260
2008-03-26 01:22 am UTC (link)

I caught it on SkyOne and thought the effects were quite good. They were probably better than anything in that 'In the Name of the King' film that hit the theatres earlier this year.

However, I'm a new fan of Discworld and only started looking into the mythos around a month before this week.

Death was quite funny and Tim Curry were excellent. The Patrician was definitely interesting as well, but I won't spoil that for anyone. :)

If anyone needs or wants a copy of TCOM, I can supply - let me know.

I never saw the Hogfather - which adaptation was more faithful, from an experienced fan's standpoint?

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	Re: Newbie here ex_piter260 2008-03-26 01:23 am UTC (link)
	Was excellent - I seem to be turning into the Librarian here. Anyway, in the second scene where he was really features, Curry's character seemed somewhat intimidated by him. I'm sure they could have done more though; TV always falls short of something with adaptations... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Newbie here hyel 2008-03-26 02:25 pm UTC (link)
	I still haven't seen it, but then I live in Belgium, we don't get SkyOne. If it showed up online and someone sent me a link and I clicked it innocently and was too stunned to react before I'd accidentally seen the whole thing twice, well, perhaps I wouldn't think it tragic. cough (Reply to this) (Parent)