Terry Pratchett's The Watch
Haven't posted in a while, because my GOOD computer got broke, and I refuse to go to this forum until I've played the latest Telltale games, and I still haven't, but I'll get right around it once the computer gets better.
In the meantime, has anyone seen this? It's a discussion with Terry Pratchett about ideas for a TV show based on Discworld's City Watch series.
In the meantime, has anyone seen this? It's a discussion with Terry Pratchett about ideas for a TV show based on Discworld's City Watch series.
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I don't know if I can finish this video without needing to change my pants.
Yeah... that pretty much sums up my reaction to this.
The best news. Ever. CSI: Ankh Morpork? HELL YES. Now the important question: Where can they find a wretched enough looking human being to play Nobby?
Anyone got any specific questions they want to ask about this, or anything else Discworld related? Terry Pratchett will be at the Australian Discworld Convention in a few weeks' time (and so will I) so I can probably arrange for your question to be asked (even if I don't get to do the asking personally).
I've already nominated the question "would you allow more computer games of Discworld to be made? Should they be adventure games?" so if that turns out to be a positive answer, we can all try and push Telltale to start talks with Terry's agents as a possible future project
Oh yeah... forgot that bit...
I want to be there, but saving for a trip to the UK in August (where they are not having a convention
Well, I don’t think the disease has worsened significantly since he announced his diagnosis. From what I can tell, the disease hasn’t really affected him all that much intellectually, judging from recent interviews and speeches. I think the disease has affected his co-ordination, and he has to rely on his assistant (or voice recognition software) to write nowadays. But, from what I can deduce, he’s yet to really be affected by Alzheimer’s. I hope things continue in this way for some time.
He actually trialed the Alzheimer’s helmet for three months in 2009. Apparently it actually, in a very minor way, reversed some of the effects of the disease. Unfortunately, I haven’t heard much about the device since then. I’ve searched online to see if any further development has been made to the technology, and I occasionally look for Google News results… but find nothing
And subsequently a streaming website on the internet, which everyone can view.
I hope they will have a better looking Angua than in Going Postal.
Pretty much this is the same as what I know - the form of Alzheimer's he has affects his fine motor skills and the ingrained ability to /do/ physical things (such as the skills involved in buttoning a shirt) rather than actual memory or language loss. His PA (Rob) does do a lot of the grunt work of typing/reading/editing the novels, as directed by Terry.
I went the UK last August and /did/ go the Convention over there
Game wise: There's two official Discworld board games coming out this year. Guards! Guards! and Ankh-Morpork.
I haven't finished reading all of his. It's been a few years since I last read a Pratchett book, and I can't remember which one it was. I think it was moving pictures.
You should read Going Postal. Go. Do it now.
Reaper Man would be an acceptable alternative.
Pyramids, the fifth, is actually very good with all the weird pan dimensional mathematics going on as well as the Egyptian-like gods pTeppic has to deal with...
The next nine, or so, deal with The Watch, Rincewind and Granny Weatherwax and are absolutely fantastic. Each book is an absolute gem and should be savoured for every last humerous detail.
He, has also written a few of stand alone stories in the DW universe such as Moving Pictures (which kinda involves Rincewind) and Eric (also involves Rincewind), Reaper man which is about the character of Death which is also supurb, Small Gods which slightly involves Rincewind but is mainly about Brutha (An accolyte) and Om his tortoise (A God) and probably a few others I've forgotten about over the years.
Lately he has been writing about different Utilities ie Post Office, Mint & Publishing etc.
I know I haven't covered every book in the DW series but I would suggest you start with Mort then Wyrd Sisters then Guards, Guards. After that just dive in at will.
Moist's good, he really is. But i'll always have a man crush for Sam Vines
Yeah, I know... I was in the UK in 2009 as well...I just can't get it together
I love the reading guides.... I can't remember where I started, and I just read whichever I could get from the library at the time. A couple of years ago I tried to reread them all in order and I got up to The Truth before I got distracted. I personally recommend Guards Guards to start with.
And regarding reading suggestions: Soul Music FTW! ^__^
Ooh! Fantastic! more board games that no-one else will play with me. They'll fit nicely alongside my Doctor Who electronic spinning TARDIS board game, and my Dalek Frustration!
My favorite Discworld book is Thud, because I love the idea of Sam Vimes
I'm currently in the middle of Witches Abroad, which is kinda like if Shrek was better.
That is a very nice chart. I sort of wish I'd had that when I started reading. Oh well, I did have a great time just plowing through the series anyway.
But I have a ton of other books I need to read first, but I will defiantly read them.
I have seen a play through of Discworld Noir about 3 times, and when someone told me the humour in that game is the same in all the books, I was convinced.
Even though the movies have never tickled me in the same way as the books, that video was a rather lovely insight into the idea-generating process. Pratchett is totally right about needing to stay at least one step ahead of fans' expectations - one of the beautiful things about the Discworld books is that each new one manages to make me laugh out loud at some point, even though the universe is incredibly well established and you might think the writing wouldn't hold too many surprises now. I hope we continue to enjoy Pratchett's imagination for many years to come.
Rumour only. Pratchett has never confirmed nor denied it. I suspect what's happened is that the rights have been sold to Disney (or one of their subsidiary companies) but that doesn't have any bearing on whether a movie will eventuate or not. After all, Dreamworks has had the rights to do "Truckers" (& The Bromeliad) for about 6 or more years now, but they haven't even started work on pre-production yet, yet alone got a green light to go ahead and make it.