Werthead Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 My first thought about The Watch was that, if nothing else, Richard Dormer should make a terrific Vimes. That thought has now been very thoroughly retired. Also a bit mystified by the woman he's getting his orders from. It's not Anna Chancellor, so it's not Vetinari, but I have no idea who else he'd be receiving instructions from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Yeah, not loving that Vimes performance. I thought I might be able to enjoy this show just as it’s own thing but probably not. Death as a black cloaked Jawa too? The woman Vimes is giving the finger to is Anna Chancellor though, I’m pretty sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GallowKnight Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 That looks awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 It's genuinely impressive how bad this is managing to look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Which Tyler Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 I had already decided, but that's just confirming my decision not to watch a single minute of this train-wreck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 16 hours ago, john said: Yeah, not loving that Vimes performance. I thought I might be able to enjoy this show just as it’s own thing but probably not. Death as a black cloaked Jawa too? The woman Vimes is giving the finger to is Anna Chancellor though, I’m pretty sure. There seems to be some confusion over the point. Certainly by context it appears to be Vetinari. I was literally loading up YouTube videos of Chancellor to compare. It looks like they've given her contacts, giving her a wig, used slathers of makeup to fill in her cheeks, asked her to speak in a distinctly odd, arch way, and generally asked to her to behave in the most un-Anne Chancellor-ish way possible. Distinctly bizarre. Chancellor and Dormer are very, very good actors and were the most promising thing about this show. By completely burying the performance of one and getting the other to gurn through his scenes like a lunatic (the suggestion that he is behaving more like Foul Ol' Ron is completely on point) they've completely destroyed that promise. Extraordinarily strange of them. Then the producers were interviewed by IGN yesterday and seemed distinctly defensive, saying that "everyone was on board" with Simon Allen taking over the project from Narrativia and Rhianna Pratchett after Sir Terry's death (note: they were not), it was completely impossible to adapt any of the novels to an 8-hour series (note: it isn't) and then they decided to change absolutely everything about it to appeal to people who'd never read the books because they thought the people who'd read the books - one of the biggest-selling fantasy series since Tolkien and a global phenomenon of thirty years' standing - were a negligible factor. These people are fucking idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derfel Cadarn Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 23 minutes ago, Werthead said: There seems to be some confusion over the point. Certainly by context it appears to be Vetinari. I was literally loading up YouTube videos of Chancellor to compare. It looks like they've given her contacts, giving her a wig, used slathers of makeup to fill in her cheeks, asked her to speak in a distinctly odd, arch way, and generally asked to her to behave in the most un-Anne Chancellor-ish way possible. Distinctly bizarre. Chancellor and Dormer are very, very good actors and were the most promising thing about this show. By completely burying the performance of one and getting the other to gurn through his scenes like a lunatic (the suggestion that he is behaving more like Foul Ol' Ron is completely on point) they've completely destroyed that promise. Extraordinarily strange of them. Then the producers were interviewed by IGN yesterday and seemed distinctly defensive, saying that "everyone was on board" with Simon Allen taking over the project from Narrativia and Rhianna Pratchett after Sir Terry's death (note: they were not), it was completely impossible to adapt any of the novels to an 8-hour series (note: it isn't) and then they decided to change absolutely everything about it to appeal to people who'd never read the books because they thought the people who'd read the books - one of the biggest-selling fantasy series since Tolkien and a global phenomenon of thirty years' standing - were a negligible factor. These people are fucking idiots. Dead show walking. They’ve pissed off their built-in fanbase, and there’s nothing about this show to suggest It’s going to attract another one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GallowKnight Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 This still looks awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martini Sigil Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 I'm about half way through the books, so I'll watch "the Watch" regardless... but I have no idea who some of these characters are... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosi Mynn Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 On 12/10/2020 at 8:43 PM, GallowKnight said: This still looks awful. Well that deserves an OMG. What is that???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkess Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 I mean, I don't totally hate the trailer--but not as having anything remotely to do with Vimes & co! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3CityApache Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 I think it does look awful. I still can't wrap my head around the fact that someone might think screwing up the perfect source material is a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimTuesday Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 I just watched the trailer for this (popped up on my facebook feed) and my god. I'm honestly shocked that anyone could have gotten it so wrong with this series. It's like that Wheel of Time production that was made just to maintain the rights, except this was an active attempt to make something to stand on it's own merits. Of all the Pratchett novels, the Watch series is by far the most straight forward in terms of adaptation, I just can't believe they have managed to fuck it up. Kind of interested to watch it, I haven't had a show that I've enjoyed hate watching since GoT ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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