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talkpolitics"You don’t need to know the books to be able to enjoy the series and that’s one of the most exciting things about it for a big audience".
...I'd say it's even recommendable that you don't.
BBC's The Watch 'shares no DNA with Terry Pratchett's work', says daughter
Rhianna Pratchett joins fans unhappy with the forthcoming TV adaptation of her father’s Discworld stories about Ankh-Morpork’s City Watch
From one comment: "This show is to Discworld as one of CMOT Dibbler's pies is to actual food; an unpalatable forgery liable to cause nausea and vomiting."
...I'd say it's even recommendable that you don't.
BBC's The Watch 'shares no DNA with Terry Pratchett's work', says daughter
Rhianna Pratchett joins fans unhappy with the forthcoming TV adaptation of her father’s Discworld stories about Ankh-Morpork’s City Watch
From one comment: "This show is to Discworld as one of CMOT Dibbler's pies is to actual food; an unpalatable forgery liable to cause nausea and vomiting."
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Date: 16/10/20 17:17 (UTC)Yes, my country ruins everything.
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Date: 16/10/20 17:21 (UTC)And what the hell happened to mean old Sam Vimes?
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Date: 17/10/20 06:46 (UTC)I have firsts of all the City Watch books. (I have all Sir Terry in first editions from Guards Guards onwards - the older ones are pretty rare and expensive; well upwards of £3k in decent nick for the first three.)
You would have though that the Beeb - able to translate Wodehouse or Austen onto the screen reasonably well - wouldn't have made a complete horlicks of the Watch books.
I'd rather watch Disney's take on the Marvel stories, and I'm not much of a superhero/villain fan.
Shame. I'd love to have seen Ankh Morpork onscreen if done well.
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Date: 19/10/20 19:28 (UTC)