Author Topic: Next Sky One Discworld Adaptation (Read 1286 times)

Eric P · « **on:** April 07, 2008, 02:23:13 PM »

Going Postal.

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Meanwhile, Sky One is to turn Terry Pratchett’s Going Postal into a television drama, following the ratings success it enjoyed with The Hogfather, starring David Jason.

The show achieved the highest ever audience for a multi-channel commission, with 2.86 million viewers.

Going Postal, to be shown over two 120-minute specials in 2009, will be the third of Pratchett’s Discworld series to be turned into a drama by Sky, following a dramatisation of Pratchett’s The Colour of Magic, which is to be screened over Easter weekend.

http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/20180/sky-one-commits-major-funding-to-uk-hd-dramas

wooo

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #1 on:** April 07, 2008, 02:31:24 PM »

wife really liked this book, although she's gagging for wyrd sisters and/or guards! guards!

given that wyrd sisters is a massive riff on macbeth, i'm honestly surprised they haven't done it, like, first

Eric P · « **Reply #2 on:** April 07, 2008, 02:34:09 PM »

i would love guards! guards! as the night watch is probably my favorite "series" within the books

i have both BBC full cast adaptations for Wyrd Sisters and G!G! if you'd like for me to upload them for you

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #3 on:** April 07, 2008, 02:35:25 PM »

yes yes plz

Eric P · « **Reply #4 on:** April 07, 2008, 02:36:40 PM »

i think i have them all

G!G!, Mort and Wyrd Sisters.

They, um, vary in quality, to be polite but they're not bad. I think the best of them is probably G!G!

edit: left out small gods. THAT'S the best of them, i think

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #5 on:** April 07, 2008, 02:38:24 PM »

night watch is hit/miss with me. guards! guards! was awesome, and carpe jugulum was good, but some of the middle ones like feet of clay are snoooooore recycle

pratchett's consistency is shockingly good overall, though -- his only low points were equal rites and pyramids, the former because it's unfunny and poorly paced, and the latter because it recycles every stupid joke from color of magic through sourcery and none of the good ones. also i did not like mort from the same period, although most folks consider me insane for saying so

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #6 on:** April 07, 2008, 02:38:49 PM »

small gods is easily his best book

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #7 on:** April 07, 2008, 02:58:54 PM »

yeah, Small Gods is stupendous.

I've read like ... 5 or 6 Discworld novels? I should read some more.

Eric P · « **Reply #8 on:** April 07, 2008, 03:02:11 PM »

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on April 07, 2008, 02:58:54 PM

yeah, Small Gods is stupendous.

I've read like ... 5 or 6 Discworld novels? I should read some more.

you should probably go buy Going Postal

i think it's really the best thing he's done this decade

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #9 on:** April 07, 2008, 03:11:35 PM »

I've read ummm

Colouuuur of Magic
The Light Fantastic
Small Gods
Equal Rites
Night Watch

I also got The Fifth Elephant but haven't read it yet.

Honestly, reading them In Order is kind of a dumb idea, the early ones were way boringer than the newer ones. I think it took a book or three for him to really get his bearings and go from "parody" to "inspired riff."

TVC15 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 07, 2008, 03:17:26 PM »

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on April 07, 2008, 02:58:54 PM

yeah, Small Gods is stupendous.

I've read like ... 5 or 6 Discworld novels? I should read some more.

I just received 30-some Discworld audiobooks. From uh, my friend in Spain.

Eric P · « **Reply #11 on:** April 07, 2008, 03:20:44 PM »

i'll agree with that

but i started reading them in the early 90s shortly after the release of Good Omens. I think wyrd sisters is the first "new" book in the series that i recall buying. so i've been able to see the progression.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discworld

wow i've been reading these a long time.

Eric P · « **Reply #12 on:** April 07, 2008, 03:21:05 PM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on April 07, 2008, 03:17:26 PM

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on April 07, 2008, 02:58:54 PM
yeah, Small Gods is stupendous.

I've read like ... 5 or 6 Discworld novels? I should read some more.

I just received 30-some Discworld audiobooks. From uh, my friend in Spain.

i have the same friend

they vary WILDLY in quality

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #13 on:** April 07, 2008, 04:01:07 PM »

so recommend me some books

sounds like:

Guards, Guards
Going Postal

what else

Eric P · « **Reply #14 on:** April 07, 2008, 04:06:17 PM »

i'm the wrong person to ask, i think because i really do love them all, even the "bad" ones.

if i must make suggestions

small gods
soul music/ moving pictures
jingo
the truth
going postal and making money (really my two favorite, i think)
mort/ reaperman
night watch

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #15 on:** April 07, 2008, 04:58:11 PM »

there is a terrible lack of rincewind and granny weatherwax in your recommendations

i would go with

small gods
guards! guards!
wyrd sisters
lords and ladies
interesting times
going postal
making money
night watch
the fifth elephant
eric
carpe jugulum
moving pictures
reaper man (the only death one i really liked)

i really didn't like soul music, sourcery, mort, monstrous regiment or masquerade

hated pyramids and equal rites

thought i loved the color of magic and the light fantastic but they feel almost TOO douglas adamsy -- good douglas adams, mind you, but still very derivative

although rincewind uber alles

the rest are all good fun

Eric P · « **Reply #16 on:** April 07, 2008, 05:02:05 PM »

well i can't really suggest rincewind w/o having someone read the full epic saga from TCoM to The Last Continent.

equal rites is horrible.

pyramids is fun, but would be covered better by small gods.

but really, read them all. they're nearly all excellent and aside from equal rites, worth your time

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #17 on:** April 07, 2008, 05:03:53 PM »

ooh, forgot thief of time

thief of time

it's right up patel's yellow fever alley

Eric P · « **Reply #18 on:** April 07, 2008, 05:09:33 PM »

ToT doesn't really hold up in my opinion.

but then I don't like the main character.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #19 on:** April 07, 2008, 05:23:55 PM »

i vehemently disagree good sir

but what more could i expect from some who liked pyramids

Eric P · « **Reply #20 on:** April 07, 2008, 05:25:50 PM »

as an opera/theatre/musical cigarillo i also really liked maskerade

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #21 on:** April 07, 2008, 05:27:14 PM »

phantom of the opera was too facile a choice for satire

also fat goth protagonist with weight issues

Eric P · « **Reply #22 on:** April 07, 2008, 05:32:00 PM »

Quote from: Professor Prole on April 07, 2008, 05:27:14 PM

phantom of the opera was too facile a choice for satire

also fat goth protagonist with weight issues

i hated her in carpe jugulum

and in wyrd sisters

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #23 on:** April 07, 2008, 05:33:40 PM »

wait, Thief of Time combines time travel with Asians?

ORDERING

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #24 on:** April 07, 2008, 05:35:38 PM »

List Price: $7.99
Price: $7.99

I've NEVER seen a book that Amazon doesn't discount.

Eric P · « **Reply #25 on:** April 07, 2008, 05:39:55 PM »

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on April 07, 2008, 05:33:40 PM

wait, Thief of Time combines time travel with Asians?

ORDERING

not really

Eric P · « **Reply #26 on:** April 07, 2008, 05:40:27 PM »

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on April 07, 2008, 05:35:38 PM

List Price: $7.99
Price: $7.99

I've NEVER seen a book that Amazon doesn't discount.

they rarely discount mass market editions

if you want i can look for my beat up (but still reable) copy and i can just mail it to you

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #27 on:** April 07, 2008, 05:43:57 PM »

I just ordered:

Thief of Time
Going Postal
Making Money

from...

uh...

THE LIBRARY

TVC15 · « **Reply #28 on:** April 07, 2008, 05:54:27 PM »

What's with this library obsession?

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #29 on:** April 07, 2008, 05:59:53 PM »

Quote from: Eric P on April 07, 2008, 05:32:00 PM

Quote from: Professor Prole on April 07, 2008, 05:27:14 PM
phantom of the opera was too facile a choice for satire

also fat goth protagonist with weight issues

i hated her in carpe jugulum

and in wyrd sisters

she wasn't in wyrd sisters, that was the first witches' book

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #30 on:** April 07, 2008, 06:16:13 PM »

By using the library I can read books for free

I don't really understand how it works but I'm going to keep using it until they shut it down.

Eric P · « **Reply #31 on:** April 07, 2008, 06:55:16 PM »

Quote from: Professor Prole on April 07, 2008, 05:59:53 PM

Quote from: Eric P on April 07, 2008, 05:32:00 PM
Quote from: Professor Prole on April 07, 2008, 05:27:14 PM
phantom of the opera was too facile a choice for satire

also fat goth protagonist with weight issues

i hated her in carpe jugulum

and in wyrd sisters

she wasn't in wyrd sisters, that was the first witches' book

my mistake

lords and ladies

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #32 on:** April 07, 2008, 07:34:25 PM »

she was kind of a minor character, though, blessedly

also lords and ladies has nanny ogg at her awesomest

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #33 on:** April 08, 2008, 01:50:59 AM »

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on April 07, 2008, 06:16:13 PM

By using the library I can read books for free

I don't really understand how it works but I'm going to keep using it until they shut it down.

You book pirate. We'll know who to blame when the US publishing industry collapses.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #34 on:** April 08, 2008, 05:17:34 AM »

man, i am years behind in Pratchett. I read them religiously from The Color of Magic (yes, I'm so old that I bought the very first Discworld in its original paperback printing) 'til about 1996 or so, then just got burned out. Much like I did with P.G. Wodehouse (Jeeves & Wooster etc). It's like gorging on a box of chocolates - just got sick of them. Maybe, just maybe, I could go for one now though. What's the consensus best Discworld in the past decade then?

Eric P · « **Reply #35 on:** April 08, 2008, 07:31:47 AM »

small gods
http://www.sendspace.com/file/uqdcq3

mort
http://www.sendspace.com/file/gctuyz

g!g!
http://www.sendspace.com/file/617w7a

bbc radio shows

Eric P · « **Reply #36 on:** April 08, 2008, 08:36:21 AM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on April 08, 2008, 05:17:34 AM

man, i am years behind in Pratchett. I read them religiously from The Color of Magic (yes, I'm so old that I bought the very first Discworld in its original paperback printing) 'til about 1996 or so, then just got burned out. Much like I did with P.G. Wodehouse (Jeeves & Wooster etc). It's like gorging on a box of chocolates - just got sick of them. Maybe, just maybe, I could go for one now though. What's the consensus best Discworld in the past decade then?

i feel you on the wodehouse. though i still love it, i can't sit there and religiously read a book of it.

my favorite recent book is Going Postal followed by Making Money.

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Author Topic: Next Sky One Discworld Adaptation (Read 1286 times)