BBC production, last year.
I think it was Sky. Which, call me a snob, but it makes me a bit wary.
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Jars - Dec 12, 2007 9:11:13 am PST #2696 of 10000
Polter-Cow - Dec 12, 2007 9:19:31 am PST #2697 of 10000
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Oh, sorry. You're probably right.
What makes you wary about Sky? I thought the entire production was tonally inconsistent and off, like they were both trying to be too serious and didn't know how to make the humor in the book actually funny. But Susan was pretty, and there was some good stuff scattered throughout.
Ash - Dec 12, 2007 9:22:34 am PST #2698 of 10000
you didn't happen to be at the new Arclight did you?
No, just a small southern mall theater.
Miracleman - Dec 12, 2007 9:27:41 am PST #2699 of 10000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Death cracked me up...even Aimee, who has never read Discworld (despite my constant exhortations of "Seriously, I think you'll like it!") stopped and laughed at something Death did. I think it was the scene with the wagon driver. He was just so...nice and solicitous.
I think my main problem with it is...not what they cut but something about how they cut it made it seem kind of jumpy. Like, even if you'd never read the book you could tell something probably went there, but it's not there and now this scene doesn't make as much sense as it should.
Hayden - Dec 12, 2007 9:49:10 am PST #2700 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Corwood, I've seen that movie and it is made of hilarity.
I love it. I remember being way more freaked out by the "Indian" guy's arms when I was a kid than any of the horrific violence.
Scrappy - Dec 12, 2007 11:33:02 am PST #2701 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Jars - Dec 12, 2007 12:08:49 pm PST #2702 of 10000
What makes you wary about Sky?
Mostly that they have no tradition of making original tv at all. They do reality shows sometimes, and they had a trashy soap about a football team once, but they mostly show American imports. It's quite a leap from that to literary adaptation.
Polter-Cow - Dec 12, 2007 12:23:03 pm PST #2703 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
they had a trashy soap about a football team once
Footballers Wives ?
§ ita § - Dec 12, 2007 12:24:31 pm PST #2704 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
they had a trashy soap about a football team once
Footballers Wives ?
That wasn't just once. That went into extra overs, for lack of a proper sporting term in my brain.
Jars - Dec 12, 2007 12:26:40 pm PST #2705 of 10000
Footballers Wives ?
Nope. That at least could be watched with a hint of irony. Um, Dream Team? Possibly.