The Colour of Magic

[angelophile]

So, Terry Pratchett's first Discworld novel's been adapted for TV by the same team that did the lacklustre Hogfather and is on TV on Sunday and Monday. Now, I'm in two minds about this. Certainly if you're going to adapt Discworld, starting at the beginning is no bad thing, but the Hogfather adaptation completely failed to set the world alight. Some characters just seemed so WRONG and it's not the easiest story to tell, especially when the direction is as flat as it was. However, it did have a strong cast.

The Colour of Magic looks to be more of the same, with casting running from the sublime to the ridiculous. On the good side there's Tim Curry as the villainous Trymon, Jeremy Irons as the Patrician, James Cosmo as Galder Weatherwax and Christopher Lee as Death.

But then, why, when you have who could be the perfect Rincewind actually IN the cast (Nigel Planer) would you cast David Jason in the role instead? And which bright spark though that Japanese tourist cypher Twoflower would be best played by Sean Astin, he of the Goonies and Frodo buttsex fame?

It's very odd.

I'll probably try and watch, or at least get a copy, but I can't help but feel they keep missing the point, rather.

Oh, and that's the worst orangutan costume I've ever seen in my life. You could paint a feather duster orange and it would be more convincing. Why go to all the trouble of the costumes and sets and then let something like that through. It's even worse than Death looking like he was designed as a Muppet.

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[freaky-science.livejournal.com]

i was never a big fan!