So, we're halfway through now. . . at will be finished after tonight.

What are peoples impressions?
I thought it was good. Not perfect, but good.

I liked Susan, although I thought she came across a little whiny, I didn't envisage her like that. . . but it's a valid viewpoint.

Death was suprisingly accurate I thought.

The Rat Death was disappointingly computery looking, but copable with.

Pretty impressed so far, only Nobby spoilt the casting, but not too badly...

We shall see tonight though

Im dissapointed. I didn't envisage susan like that at all. I always though of her as more... sharp, her face is too rounded i think. Its weird but she just doesn't seem right. Plus her acting is god awful, along with pretty much all of the UU cast but the worst is probably teatime. He sounds like jhonny depp in charlie and the chocolate factory, not good at all. He looks the part but sounds like a pillock. I think Deaths voice should be deeper aswell.

However Albert is very good and i thought that the wizard (the one that picks the locks, can't remember his name) was brilliant, I think he may make a decent rincewind.

It was watchable, but it certainly doesn't live upto the book in my view.

I don't suppose the poll can be changed to add an option for those that can't see it but want to see how others voted? Please.

I added an option to the poll, I wanted to see the results too.

I haven't got SKY but a packet of bikkits and a new toy yak encouraged a friend of mine to record the show on video for me. Great performances all round and considering the limited budget, an excellent job by the production team. There were, as always in many adaptions from books, a few slight changes and omissions, but I don't think thay made much difference to the story.
I noted a comment by Dane on the voice of actor Marc Warren being a bit Johnny Deppish. I remember an actor called Peter Laurie who appeared in lots of horror films with Boris Karloff (check your history books, kiddies) who actually spoke like that most of the time, and he was a very popular actor.

The MOB team did a good job and I hope Terry may consider letting them have a go at adapting more of his works.

Final thought...."Never judge a movie by its book"

In an interview I read with the acotr who played Teatime he stated that he had just watched Johnny Depp in Charlie and the cholate factory before his audition and used it along with a bit of Peter Laurie as his influence.

So well spotted guys


Personally I like him even though the voice wasnt as Id imagined it.

And As for Susan Im the opposite to Dane I thought her face was more pointed than rounded than what I imagined................... I actually put this down to me liking girls to have a bit of meat on them so I Imagine that way in books I guess...regardless of how good the authors description may be.

[quote:d2115745f7="RebelwithoutaPause"]In an interview I read with the acotr who played Teatime he stated that he had just watched Johnny Depp in Charlie and the cholate factory before his audition and used it along with a bit of Peter Laurie as his influence.

So well spotted guys


Personally I like him even though the voice wasnt as Id imagined it.

And As for Susan Im the opposite to Dane I thought her face was more pointed than rounded than what I imagined................... I actually put this down to me liking girls to have a bit of meat on them so I Imagine that way in books I guess...regardless of how good the authors description may be.[/quote:d2115745f7]

I'm going to be going into asshole mode here for a second.

Rebel, you seem to want to be a part of this community. Your posts are usually pretty well written. (I'll forgive the "acotr" typo, I make spelling mistakes too, although I usually catch them before I post. There is a preview button for a reason.) You're not afraid of giving your opinion.
You seem to try and fit in.

Shame then that your keyboard doesn't seem to have an apostrophe key, nor a comma. It does have one for periods, apparently.

What I'm trying to say is: Punctuation is your friend. See also HERE and HERE

Just speaking for myself here, but I'll start reading your posts better if I don't have to mentally insert commas.

Thanks Mal , I thought I put that option in, but. . uh. . didn't.
:(

Yeah, I really liked it. The end felt a little strange, kind of like it was drawing to a close. . and then it kept drawing. . . and drawing. . I do recall the book being like that too though, so I wouldn't go so far as to call it a fault, just something I noticed.

I finally managed to get round to watching it and, to be honest, it was slightly better than expected. I liked the change they did with the Hogfather initially delivering, then just disappearing. The wizards weren't done very well, they just didn't seem like the same group as those in the books at all.

Teatime was good, I think the voice suited him as someone who hadn't quite grown up and learnt the difference between right and wrong, especially compared to the rumbling Banjo, who did (sort of). The only disappointment from Teatime was that he didn't correct people's pronunciations of his name enough.

Death and Albert were done particularly well, as were Banjo, Mr Brown and Sideney. Susan was generally good, but at points seemed a little stilted, such as when facing the auditors.

My only concern about it is that those who don't read the books may have got lost at points. The whole of UU and the Oh God of Hangovers were just dumped upon us with very little introduction, ok, I know that's meant to happen with the Oh God - but at least he gets a chance to say his own name in the book (Susan does so here). The cut to the chase also seemed to be a bit rushed as if you were just meant to know that the auditors were in the dogs.

But overall, I enjoyed it. I'd probably give it a 7/10, though considering I never rate other TV shows, that's pretty meaningless

[size=12:83862b8cf8][/size:83862b8cf8] I am so envious of all those who have seen it. We don't have Sky anymore - athough I seriously thought about getting it just so we could watch Hogfather.

Really interested in the comments about Marc Warren who played Teatime - I think he is a good actor and I was pleased that he was in it. (He is apparently amazing as Dracula which is on over Christmas) I remember watching Peter Lorre back in the day - if you dont know him watch The Maltese Falcon - a brilliant story and he is superb in it.

I wasn't impressed by the pictures of Susan - one of my favourite characters because I thought she didn't look 'icy' enough but its hard to tell much from a picture.

Anyway I am eagerly anticpating seeing the DVD.

My fear is from watching the trailers--my friend taped it so I'm going to watch it at his after Christmas--is that it sort of humourfies Pratchett's works, so much so that the morale messages and serious nature of the books is massively over-taken by the humour.

The humour in the Discworld books is top-notch, and bloody brilliant, but I can't help thinking that TV land would focus more on this than the parts of the books you really remember.

Is this true?

Having eagerly awaited the showing Hogfather for months, I was rather disappointed. Sure it was great to see it on TV & all that, but some things seemed wrong or badly done.

For example, I thought it was badly edited at times. Once or twice, the director cut to a scene that lasted only for about 2 seconds, and then switched back to something else. I wonder if viewers not familiar to Discworld or the book would have fully understood all that was going on?

Yes sure people, there may be nits to be picked with the Sky 1 version of [b:8d1aeea02f]The Hogfather[/b:8d1aeea02f]. I have my own ideas what I think the characters should sound and look like.
I did enjoy the production, I believe because I knew the plot. It may have more difficult for first timers.
However my wife started reading the book, "The Hogfather," the same evening as the second part finished. Now that to me is a real bonus.
I'll give it eight out of ten.
Well done Sky.... Come on British film makers before Hollywood jump on the Terry Pratchett band waggon.

My first post and I'm probably not going to gain any respect from most members here.

I am opposed to any Discworld books being televised, partly because everyone views the books differently and no one seems to be able to do them any justice. As predicted, I thought it was terrible. Marc Warren's voice grated against my ear drums so much that I ended up with a headache, he seemed to try too hard to act like Johnny Depp. The Wizards were lifeless, where was the bickering? Ridcully wasn't nearly as bloody minded as he should have been. Nobby, where to start.......the casting of him was so dire that I'm not going to comment. I don't think Susan looked to bad for the part but that her acting in it was worth wooden, not nearly strong minded enough. Although David Jason is a great actor, I didn't get the "angry old man" background, he seems far too jolly and "rounded". I understand that there were budget problems, but I still feel that aspects that don't reall concern 'how much money could be spent' let it down.

The film, in my mind, drained the book of all its humour and personality, leaving only the skeleton story to be played out by actors that don't really understand their parts. Half way through I was torn between deleting the recording or braving some more later.

Pratchett relies on speech and descriptive writing, something that is hard to transcribe into a visual broadcast. I personally feel that anyone who hasn't read any Pratchett but has seen this will not be that inclined to investigate further.

I think my problem is that I want any Practhett adaptation to be almost as good as the book, which is very hard to achieve. Everyone is entitled to their enterpretation of the books, but this didn't really fit with mine. Ahwell, hopefully I shall enjoy the next attempt more.

Nigel Planer would make a good Rincewind. :P