Why aren't they more terry pratchett movies
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SimsKatie said:
Tonyblack said:
I always find the Discworld Death a comfort. When a character dies in the books, the fact that they get to meet Death somehow softens the blow.
Penfold said:
Tonyblack said:
Stephen Fry would be good in the role.
I used to think Sting for the role, but the more I think of it the more Stephen Fry seems perfect.
Nice to see alot of newer members shows how long I posed haha
Anyway the last I heard was mort was ment to be in talks with disney as a animated film
good omens is in development by prime focus for uk tv along with the watch tv series
mr pratchett is alergic to holywood in his own words
truckers was ment to be in development three years ago by dreamworks bur was pushed aside
tifinay acing series would be good and im guessing there would be a big demand for it off more than one film company aslong as no one messes with the script like they tried to do in the past thats why it never got made (check the interviews on youtube called pratchett alergic to holywood)
Anyway the last I heard was mort was ment to be in talks with disney as a animated film
good omens is in development by prime focus for uk tv along with the watch tv series
mr pratchett is alergic to holywood in his own words
truckers was ment to be in development three years ago by dreamworks bur was pushed aside
tifinay acing series would be good and im guessing there would be a big demand for it off more than one film company aslong as no one messes with the script like they tried to do in the past thats why it never got made (check the interviews on youtube called pratchett alergic to holywood)
Ayup All...
Unfortunately Pterrys Books will 'Suffer' like any other Authors for the Silver Screen. This simple fact is also the Hot topic of Debate over at the Hobbit-Movie.com site. Until I listened to Director Peter Jacksons Commentaries featured on the extended cuts of the LOTR Trilogy, I had no Idea how difficult it was to squeeze so much Information that a Book gives you, ONTO the screen without it being overlong, 'Flabby' and Tedious... There was so much I disliked about the Rings films, minor omissions, Digressions and the Like. Now I know the Story is the thing that ultimately matters, and as long as things aren't too Screwy, small changes aren't so bad.
What's Interesting to me though, is, however 'Allergic' to Hollywood pterry is, he Still let Sky make those AWFUL Mini-Series things.
But I have to Agree Tony, that DWs Death (On paper at least...) is Best of all. He's the one I'd like to see me across the Great Divide... Because I think he cares SO much more about Humanity than many real people do.
Unfortunately Pterrys Books will 'Suffer' like any other Authors for the Silver Screen. This simple fact is also the Hot topic of Debate over at the Hobbit-Movie.com site. Until I listened to Director Peter Jacksons Commentaries featured on the extended cuts of the LOTR Trilogy, I had no Idea how difficult it was to squeeze so much Information that a Book gives you, ONTO the screen without it being overlong, 'Flabby' and Tedious... There was so much I disliked about the Rings films, minor omissions, Digressions and the Like. Now I know the Story is the thing that ultimately matters, and as long as things aren't too Screwy, small changes aren't so bad.
What's Interesting to me though, is, however 'Allergic' to Hollywood pterry is, he Still let Sky make those AWFUL Mini-Series things.
But I have to Agree Tony, that DWs Death (On paper at least...) is Best of all. He's the one I'd like to see me across the Great Divide... Because I think he cares SO much more about Humanity than many real people do.
Ahh the sky adaptations are not so bad I mean as far as hogfather goes its pretty loyal to the book but not everything can ever be put into a 1 and a half hour tv film
colour of magic missed loadsssss out and was possibly the worst one
going postal had a little to much ANTI SMOKING moral thrown into it
the cartoons are pretty faithful but no one person has the same depiction of a character in their head either via manorisms or looks or voice
johnny and the bomb was pretty much to the book if a little on the cheap side
and apart from the bad acting johnny and the dead was pretty close
truckers was beautifly animated and was pretty much to the book nut mainly because it was an episodic series
films like tifanny aching wlll be made in the future but possibly after terry pratchett has gone, this is mainly to do with the fact companies dont like him saying no to the script they hand him, he always wants to stick to the story,
all in all no matter what expectations you have you could never get the result you want
I hope that snowgum films do a great job on troll bridge though
colour of magic missed loadsssss out and was possibly the worst one
going postal had a little to much ANTI SMOKING moral thrown into it
the cartoons are pretty faithful but no one person has the same depiction of a character in their head either via manorisms or looks or voice
johnny and the bomb was pretty much to the book if a little on the cheap side
and apart from the bad acting johnny and the dead was pretty close
truckers was beautifly animated and was pretty much to the book nut mainly because it was an episodic series
films like tifanny aching wlll be made in the future but possibly after terry pratchett has gone, this is mainly to do with the fact companies dont like him saying no to the script they hand him, he always wants to stick to the story,
all in all no matter what expectations you have you could never get the result you want
I hope that snowgum films do a great job on troll bridge though
Ayup Ramtopsman...
And that's precisely what I was saying: as the Stones say: 'You can't always get what you want'... And I wouldn't mind if a Movie wasn't Quite (within Limitations) 'Right', but when an Author transfers his work to others, they'll NEVER see what he, or Indeed I, see on the back of his/my skull when I'm reading, and he writing. Hopefully somewheres Inbetween...
And that's precisely what I was saying: as the Stones say: 'You can't always get what you want'... And I wouldn't mind if a Movie wasn't Quite (within Limitations) 'Right', but when an Author transfers his work to others, they'll NEVER see what he, or Indeed I, see on the back of his/my skull when I'm reading, and he writing. Hopefully somewheres Inbetween...
