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<blockquote data-quote="Crazy Jerome" data-source="post: 5620767" data-attributes="member: 54877"><p>I bought a combined set of both productions, at Walmart, for $9.00. They are quite good for TV productions. Maybe not the best the BBC ever did, but well on the plus side of "adequate".</p><p> </p><p>I've got about 2/3rds of the Discworld books, and I'm slowly acquiring the rest, because I want to stretch them out!</p><p> </p><p>I agree about the characterization, though I don't know if I'm more impressed with some of the regulars (Death is a favorite) or the way Prachett can put the same care into a niche character. I just reread "Reaper Man". There is a minor character, "Mrs. Cake," that is laugh out loud funny every time she appears. But I think the thing that impresses me the most is how sympathetic Prachett can make his villains. "Hogfather" and "The Truth" are particularly good examples of this. You feel sorry for the villains, and you are <strong>still</strong> fully committed to them getting what they have coming. </p><p> </p><p>And despite the reviews and reputations for Prachett being this guy that skewers "politically correct" targets, I found that he is this great lover of humanity in all its strange forms who nonetheless manages to skewer everybody. He is Jonathon Swift's acid bite with Charles Dicken's huge heart. This is the part that I think would be most difficult to replicate in an RPG.</p><p> </p><p>My first choice to play it would be a heavily modified form of Toon (renamed skills, death difficult but possible from narrartive conceits), played with people who had all read and appreciated the stories.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crazy Jerome, post: 5620767, member: 54877"] I bought a combined set of both productions, at Walmart, for $9.00. They are quite good for TV productions. Maybe not the best the BBC ever did, but well on the plus side of "adequate". I've got about 2/3rds of the Discworld books, and I'm slowly acquiring the rest, because I want to stretch them out! I agree about the characterization, though I don't know if I'm more impressed with some of the regulars (Death is a favorite) or the way Prachett can put the same care into a niche character. I just reread "Reaper Man". There is a minor character, "Mrs. Cake," that is laugh out loud funny every time she appears. But I think the thing that impresses me the most is how sympathetic Prachett can make his villains. "Hogfather" and "The Truth" are particularly good examples of this. You feel sorry for the villains, and you are [B]still[/B] fully committed to them getting what they have coming. And despite the reviews and reputations for Prachett being this guy that skewers "politically correct" targets, I found that he is this great lover of humanity in all its strange forms who nonetheless manages to skewer everybody. He is Jonathon Swift's acid bite with Charles Dicken's huge heart. This is the part that I think would be most difficult to replicate in an RPG. My first choice to play it would be a heavily modified form of Toon (renamed skills, death difficult but possible from narrartive conceits), played with people who had all read and appreciated the stories. [/QUOTE]
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