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Blackrat said:
Oh my god...
Sean Astin as Twoflower...
How oddly appropriate.
Hogfather coming to TV!
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Oh my god...
Sean Astin as Twoflower...
How oddly appropriate.
Blackrat said:
I wonder how legit this is. The fellow they have playing Rincewind is in his late 60s and played Albert in the Hogfather. He does not seem like Ricewind to me - I never thought of him as that old.
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For those still interested, I noticed ION is showing it again December 23rd. Note that it is 4 hours (originally 2 2-hour shows) and I thought it felt very long when seen in one sitting.
Apparently they cut out a lot of the bonuses that were on the UK DVD. I wonder if the later non-exclusive release will have them reinstated.
TheAuldGrump said:Thank you for mentioning this - I paid a quick visit to Borders and now have my own copy of Hogfather.
Apparently they cut out a lot of the bonuses that were on the UK DVD. I wonder if the later non-exclusive release will have them reinstated.
Glyfair said:
I'll have to watch it again.
Hello all
I bought and watched the DVD...I really enjoyed it. As a big fan of Discworld in general and Hogfather in particular, I thought they did a great job. The story has all the elements, though the order in which they're presented is a bit rearranged...not for the worse, happily. The performances are, almost to a one, spot on.
While adding to the chorus that Susan, Teatime and Death are excellently portrayed, I also want to say that Ridcully was also really well done, I thought...especially considering how little screentime he has out of the whole affair.
The only 'complaint' I have is that the plotline where excess "leftover" belief is causing new personifications to spring haphazardly into existence is really introduced too late in the show, I thought...and thus characters like Bilious and the involvement of the wizards are very much 11th hour things, and underdeveloped. I think I can see why they did it...since those things lead to Susan...er...no spoils, I guess...going to where she needs to be, and things unravel fast at that point. Still, if I hadn't been familiar with the story already, I might have been pretty confused by how that was all handled.
Not to take away from it though, because it was overall a great show!
I bought and watched the DVD...I really enjoyed it. As a big fan of Discworld in general and Hogfather in particular, I thought they did a great job. The story has all the elements, though the order in which they're presented is a bit rearranged...not for the worse, happily. The performances are, almost to a one, spot on.
While adding to the chorus that Susan, Teatime and Death are excellently portrayed, I also want to say that Ridcully was also really well done, I thought...especially considering how little screentime he has out of the whole affair.
The only 'complaint' I have is that the plotline where excess "leftover" belief is causing new personifications to spring haphazardly into existence is really introduced too late in the show, I thought...and thus characters like Bilious and the involvement of the wizards are very much 11th hour things, and underdeveloped. I think I can see why they did it...since those things lead to Susan...er...no spoils, I guess...going to where she needs to be, and things unravel fast at that point. Still, if I hadn't been familiar with the story already, I might have been pretty confused by how that was all handled.
Not to take away from it though, because it was overall a great show!
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