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espanolbot (espanolbot) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-08-30 00:42:00

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char: alfred pennyworth, char: batman/bruce wayne, char: zatanna zatara, creator: don kramer, creator: paul dini, publisher: dc comics, title: detective comics

How Bruce Met Zatanna, plus the casting of the upcoming Going Postal adaption

Oh look, that dick Hush had a cameo. Presumably he was plotting to report Alfred to Immigration Services or something at the time but he was distracted by the bright colours.

Based on the Discworld novel of the same name, the story revolves around former con-man Moist von Lipwig. He is saved from the gallows by the ruler of the City of Ankh-Morpork to use his skills to reform the city's Post Office, but he has to deal with various corrupt dangerous businessmen and their hired killers along the way.

And it's got Coupling's Richard Coyle as Moist Von Lipwig,

^ In costume, though the rest are just to show who they are.

David Suchet as Reacher Gilt

Claire Foy as Adora Belle Dearheart

Andrew Sachs (aka Manuel from Fawlty Towers) as Groat

Tamsin Greig as Miss Cripslock (the lady reporter from the Truth, though that hasn't been adapted yet)

Charles Dance as Vetinari (hopefully meaning we can avoid that bizarre Elmur Fudd voice that Jeremy Irons used for the role)

And an actress from Norway called Ingrid Bolsø Berdal playing Angua,

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icon_uk
2009-08-30 03:42 pm UTC (link)

It depends on how much you like Police procedurals I suppose, seeing how they might play out in a pseudo-medaevil city with politics from Renaissance Italy run by a tyrant who really DOES have the best interests of the city at heart, and where magic is real is usually fun.

And Vimes is one of the more interesting anti-heroes IMHO. He's a flawed man in a flawed world who suffers because he is honestly aware of his own flaws, and does the job as best he can anyway.

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skalja
2009-08-30 06:00 pm UTC (link)

Also, he has the best supporting cast to work with. I mean, don't get me wrong, there are many characters I love in the other books -- Susan, Moist, Ponder Stibbons, the Librarian -- but the Watch is so varied. There's always some kind of character drama going on, but it all flows organically out of the Ankh-Morpork culture Pratchett's created and the personalities he's pushed together.

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