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Title: going postal
Post by: deflective on April 05, 2010, 09:29:56 PM

http://www.youtube.com/v/o4VlX9cMEbw

i always have mixed feelings about these

Title: Re: going postal
Post by: Scattercat on April 06, 2010, 12:51:03 AM

If it's the same people who did Hogfather, I have no qualms about how well it will be done.  I just wish they'd pick... well, better books.  "Going Postal" is probably my third least favorite Discworld book.  (With the least favorite being "Eric," which was basically pointless beyond getting Rincewind back out where he can have better books, and second least being "Making Money," which was just confused, diffuse, and muddled.)

Title: Re: going postal
Post by: eytanz on April 06, 2010, 07:28:14 AM

Heh. One of the nice things about Discworld books is that there is no real consensus about favourites - I really liked "Going Postal". But I found every single TV production of a Pratchett book to be sub-par and basically unenjoyable; they convey the plot but lose the soul.

Title: Re: going postal
Post by: stePH on April 07, 2010, 01:26:23 AM

Quote from: eytanz on April 06, 2010, 07:28:14 AM

...I found every single TV production of a Pratchett book to be sub-par and basically unenjoyable; they convey the plot but lose the soul.

Again, I believe this is because most of the humor in Pratchett's writing is in the narrative, not the dialogue.  This is why the TV and movie productions fail to bring the funny.

Adaptations of Wodehouse suffer the same problem.  I was "meh" about Jeeves and Wooster even with Fry and Laurie, but when I read the stories I'm almost weeping with laughter.