I'm actually rather enjoying this series.
Despite the detractors and purists.

And, 'The Watch' is?

(Off to Wikipedia to find out what's going on here)

Okay, not encouraging, but I have an open mind . . .

Where might we watch this?

Could be a Terry Pratchett offering.

Maybe a Dutch painting.

Or a police program.

Who knows.

It's on t'Iplayer.
Based (loosely) on Vimes et al

Kept that one quiet!

Loved Pratchett books. Never really felt inclined to watch or listen to. Too much 'investment' in my imagination... AND the book 'Art'! lol.
From what I've read... not really 'true' to the books... mmm, maybe someday.

Okay . . . this is definitely not the Ankh-Morpork I remember reading!

Well the trailer was visually excellent and a bit of Plastique Bertrand helps too! Will check this out and see what the family thinks.

Quote from: Raider4 on 02 July 2021, 06:20:03 AM
Okay . . . this is definitely not the Ankh-Morpork I remember reading!

Or me !

From that clip, I couldn't decide whether it was based on 'Guards, Guards', or the 'Night Watch'......Does look spectacular, though

Recently bought the Terry Pratchett BBC Radio Drama collection......That's not bad, at all !....Especially the two stories mentioned above.

Cheers - Phil.

As a huge (early) Pratchett fan I shall give it a trial, thanks for pointing it out

Okay, watched the 1st episode - it's certainly a different take on things. Am intrigued and will continue watching.

2 problems though:
1) Occasionally find the dialogue hard to follow. Too quiet? Too low down in the mix? People speaking too fast? Dunno, but it doesn't just affect this program. Maybe I'm just getting old . . .
2) Getting a bit tired of all the gurning the actor playing Vimes is doing. But don't think that's going to go away.

Plotwise, there's certainly 'Guards, Guards' in there, but bits from other books as well.

I've been sceptical of it, pretty much everything I've read on it in the past couple of years leading up to it has been largely negative given how far off track they went from the source material. Regardless, I probably will watch it sometime with a "this is not actually Pratchett" mindset to see, but not hopeful and as I understand the Pratchett estate (primarily his daughter who was involved early on then left) has distanced itself from it. Indeed they stopped mentioning Pratchett in a lot of the promotional stuff.

Though at the end of the day, it won't take anything away from the books, and if it encourages a few people to take the dive into the books and discover all the joy and fun to be had there, all the better. I think the intention was to draw from a few different plots and mix them up a bit to fit into the new world they came up with.

In other news, there is apparently to be a Good Omens season 2, with Neil Gaimen still involved so hopefully potential to be good. (He also didn't have much nice to say about the Watch...)

Via Reddit

 

Apparently Neil and Terry had thrashed out a plot for Good Omens 2, but with other commitments and the distance between them they never found the time to write it.

I watched an episode. Didn't like it. It's not the Ankh-Morpork I know and love. The whole thing looks like a run down inner city council estate from the 60s.

totally unable to take to the Terry Pratchett books, TV series etc. Found them very much an emperor's new clothes.

Quote from: Leman on 02 July 2021, 12:26:22 PM
totally unable to take to the Terry Pratchett books, TV series etc. Found them very much an emperor's new clothes.

"Supposing an emperor was persuaded to wear a new suit of clothes whose material was so fine that, to the common eye, the clothes weren't there. And suppose a little boy pointed out this fact in a loud, clear voice...
Then you have The Story of the Emperor Who Had No Clothes.
But if you knew a bit more, it would be The Story of the Boy Who Got a Well-Deserved Thrashing from His Dad for Being Rude to Royalty, and Was Locked Up.
Or The Story of the Whole Crowd Who Were Rounded Up by the Guards and Told 'This Didn't Happen, OK? Does Anyone Want to Argue?'
Or it could be a story of how a whole kingdom suddenly saw the benefit of the 'new clothes', and developed an enthusiasm for healthy sports in a lively and refreshing atmosphere which got many new adherents every year, and led to a recession caused by the collapse of the conventional clothing industry.
It could even be a story about The Great Pneumonia Epidemic of '09.
It all depends on how much you know."

― Terry Pratchett

OK...Trailer  NOT 'my Pratchett'!  But as general 'silliness, might be fun. Maybe.

We've just tested the water. Ten minutes was too much.