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No, thanks. There was a reason why Pratchett described his characters the way he did and this show didn't respect that at all. This show didn't get inspired by
by aspaviento 4y ago
No, thanks. There was a reason why Pratchett described his characters the way he did and this show didn't respect that at all. This show didn't get inspired by Discworld, it just used some character names to get some track that it wouldn't get otherwise.
- munk-a 4y agoWere there any specific character decisions you didn't appreciate? I know the plot was a rather confused mismatch of several different Watch books - especially Thud! (The Summoning Dark), Night's Watch (The Carver plot line), Guards Guards! (The dragon summoning) along with several smaller references to other novels. But I do think it was rather coherent as long as you realized it wasn't following the books at all.
- aspaviento 4y agoLady Sybil for example was never meant to be the characterization they gave her in the show. She didn't need to fight crime because crime didn't happen on the circles she moved, what happened around her was the other type of crime: politic. She didn't need an Amazonian body and two axes to be listened because she had not only the influence of a noble woman but also the confidence of a whole life educated to be that way. She was a big woman with a bit of insecurity in her early days and that made her more human and more approachable. This show took all the effort Pratchett put into creating awesome characters and threw it through the window. So, no, thanks, this is a hard pass for me.