The Colour of Magic

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by Wezil
I haven't read the book or seen the movie but I will buy the DVD some time after it is released here. It has been mentioned several times in the past few months at Poly so my interest is piqued.

Go read the **** books then

[Wezil]

Sadly, I do very little reading for pleasure anymore.

[snoopy369]

If you have a commute, you can listen to many of them on tape/cd/mp3

[Wezil]

Nah, I'll just watch the movie.

[snoopy369]

Don't make me come up there ...

[Zoid]

I must say I wasn't entirely convinced by David Jason as Rincewind, or for that matter Sean Astin as Twoflower. Sir David is Detetive Inspector Frost and Sean Astin is Samwise Gamgi, ther's no getting around it...

[DrSpike]

Actually, over here he is best known for his role as Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter, though he has shown over his career he is a very versatile actor. As such I'm sure he was great as Rincewind.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Zoid
I must say I wasn't entirely convinced by David Jason as Rincewind, or for that matter Sean Astin as Twoflower. Sir David is Detetive Inspector Frost and Sean Astin is Samwise Gamgi, ther's no getting around it...

And Two Flower is Chinese! Sean Astin is about as Chinese as I am.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by LordShiva
WTF is it?

It's a pigment of your imagination

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Actually, over here he is best known for his role as Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter, though he has shown over his career he is a very versatile actor. As such I'm sure he was great as Rincewind.

Ger-ger-ger-ger-ger-gr-anville.

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Zkribbler


And Two Flower is Chinese! Sean Astin is about as Chinese as I am.

There was a bit of a better made for TV humour in making him more like an "American" tourist.

[Zkribbler]

I know. But when Cohen the Barbarian and His Silver Hoard go off the conquer his Empire in Interesting Times, there's going to be continuity problems.

[Dauphin]

Continuity problems? In a world of magic and fantasy?




If you can turn a librarian wizard into an orangutan, why not claim Twoflower was not as he used to be.

[Koyaanisqatsi]

Wasn't as good as Hogfather, but then neither were the books. The Rincewind actor wasn't as wrong as I thought he'd be when I saw him as Albert, but he was still not the right guy for the part. They did away with Snapcase and just made Vetinari the patrician ten years too early, and then gave him the most bizarre accent/lisp I've ever heard, which I was annoyed by since he's one of my favorite characters. The issues with Twoflower have been mentioned, but Cohen looked just like all the artwork I've ever seen of him. Kinda disappointed in the parts that they cut out, and there's a somewhat suspicious correlation between the parts removed and the parts that would cost a lot to shoot, but...oh well. I liked it overall and I still hope they do more. As long as Jason David isn't Vimes in the next one.

[-Jrabbit]

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