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which watch book to make a movie -
05-31-2006, 14:58
i agree that guards guards would be best. i often recommend it as people's first terry pratchett book. the character development thereafte is so much more interesting when your first view of them is in the slovenly, ineffective, drunken watch run by a disillusioned sam vimes. his character development from the drunk in the gutter to the responsible leader and on throughout the books is one of the best aspects of terry pratchett's writings at all. carrot develops as well. in guards guards he comes across as very naive, but that impression slowly dwindles over the course of the watch books. i think it would be odd to be introduced to him as he is later and then have a flash back to him being so naive...because one of the joys is wondering "at what point does he start to catch on?" and being surprised when, for the first time in a later book, he says something unnaive.
introducing just the central watch characters first, before angua and shoe, etc, join in, will allow for more character development. otherwise you are trying to introduce way too many characters all at once, and you can't go as deep.
plus i have this wonderful opening shot in my head of carrot walking towards ankh morpork like "an iceberg towards an unsuspecting ocean liner" (or whatever the line is, i don't have my book with me).
there is my long-winded answer!
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