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Anna Chancellor is Lord Vetinari.
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chrismg - Nov 19, 2019 3:07:53 pm PST #1393 of 2020
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
-t - Nov 19, 2019 3:57:17 pm PST #1394 of 2020
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Interesting. I hadn't been following the development of that show but I just cast a glance over the casting so far and it's intriguing.
DXMachina - Nov 19, 2019 4:05:00 pm PST #1395 of 2020
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
With the combining characteristics of Dracula and Elvis – Lord Vetinari has sprung to life in the most alarmingly joyful way.
Say what now?
-t - Nov 19, 2019 5:05:14 pm PST #1396 of 2020
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I can kinda see it? It's not a description that would leap to my mind, but I can just about imagine how one might get there.
Full disclosure, my mental image of Vetinari might actually be Mr Burns, so...that should tell you how much weight to give my opinion, I guess.
DXMachina - Nov 20, 2019 2:12:41 am PST #1397 of 2020
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I don't see it, Especially the Elvis part. Vetinari prefers the background.
I could totally see Anna Chancellor as Sybil Vimes, instead of Lara Rossi, who's a bit too svelte for the role (although she would certainly have the attitude right). And Dibbler is now apparently the head of some sort of crime empire. The casting on this seems to be being done by people who have never actually read Pratchett's descriptions of the characters.
That said, I never liked Jeremy Irons' potrayal of the Patrician in The Colour of Magic adaptation even though Sir Terry based the description of Vetenari on Irons in the first place.
-t - Nov 20, 2019 5:19:28 am PST #1398 of 2020
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I was assuming those were deliberate choices of departure, which might work out.
Atropa - Nov 20, 2019 7:22:59 am PST #1399 of 2020
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
And Dibbler is now apparently the head of some sort of crime empire.
That's where they lost my confidence. Well that, and Lady Sybil as some sort of vigilante?
(Also, Rhianna Pratchett isn't involved with the production anymore and hasn't been for a few years. which also concerns me.)
beekaytee - Nov 26, 2019 10:52:16 am PST #1400 of 2020
Compassionately intolerant
Oh no. Oh no!
Vetinari has always been Charles Dance in my mind, even before Going Postal.
Elvis? Um.
Dibbler as a crime boss? No to the ope.
My crushed hopes. Let me show you them.
Toddson - Nov 26, 2019 11:19:49 am PST #1401 of 2020
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To change the subject, I was watching Batwoman Sunday and she was zipping around Gotham on a motorcycle. With her cape flying behind her. And I kept thinking of what a bad idea that was and "no capes!" ran through my mind.
DCJensen - Dec 09, 2019 7:28:09 pm PST #1402 of 2020
All is well that ends in pizza.
Ok, I go away for a long time and I finally have an opportunity to get in here, and no one is talking about Crisis on Infinite Earths?
Wil Wheaton!
Burt Ward!
...And that's the first minute.