@@franzvonhinten982 Do you need help understanding the fundamental laws of the universe? Because, I would rather be stricken by death than live upon a "Diskworld" upon Elephants and a turtle.
there was also a point and click adventure game where at one point you had the goal of making a task harder for the sake of increasing the odds to exactly 1 in a million in order to guarantee your success.
I love how the death of rats is used to establish the laws of causality via the little bicycle with the slabs of buttered toast to prove that they always fall butter side down LOL
"It's Carrot sarge. He's gone to arrest the dragon". I burst out into helpless laughter on the bus and all the passengers were laughing at my laughter. Thank you Terry. Your books have made my life better.
@@johnferguson40 I love that line !! I have definitely also been close to bursting out laughing on public transportation, on multiple occasions, due to Terry’s writing. There’s nothing like Discworld humour to cheer you up when you’re having a bad day, fr.
How I interpret Death's "joy" at the thought of having time: In some fictional mythologies, before time existed entities just floated around haphazardly without any purpose or motivation, but when time came into existence beings began to move forward with purpose. Now that he has time, death now has the ability to do things with purpose, intention, and consequence.
@@stevenhunley9486 doesn't seem half bad unless that is they find them self on the job for the century that a lot of fun thing are going on only to get to do what you want during an unexplainably boring time after that moment of fun passed by, though that is whole dependent on what they perceived as fun.
Very good, but also death cannot exist without time if there’s no time there is no event that exists prior to something ceasing to exist, meaning without time everyone and everything is indestructible
Time in discworld is sort of a spiritual thing. People can feel, grow, and... BE because time flows for them. If a creature doesn't have time, such as Death, the Auditors, or anyone in Deaths House, they are immortal, but they also cannot really live. In most of Deaths books he is trying very hard to understand life. Most of the time, he mostly fails due to his timeless nature. But in Reaper Man, as he looses more and more of the title of Death, he begins to truly live. He eats food, feels satisfaction in work, and even begins to fear Death. He spends most of his books trying to feel even the slightest bit more alive, and in Reaper Man, he finally gets it. He finally has his time
This was an experienced studio, Cosgrove Hall had been doing TV animations since the 70's, including DangerMouse, Count Duckula and Charlton & the Wheelies, to name 3. I suspect the main problem was budget, but I think they did get Pratchetts humour and tried to put it on screen (not always successfully).
@@screamtoasigh9984 Good Omens was good, wtf are you talking about? It literally had the direct involvement of Neil Gaiman, who made it in Pratchett's honor.
It depends on how much influence producers and the Studio may leverage on the project. Remember that Disney looked at licensing Sir Pratchets work starting with Mort back during the Disney renascence. But where unsure how to portray Death as a likable character that didn't scare kids.
In The Light Fantastic, early on, there's a passage discussing the two major cosmological theories - the other is that Great A'Tuin has simply been traveling forever and will continue to do so indefinitely - known as the Steady Gait Theory.
So the books by terry pratchett are a comedy series? I thought it was more of a serious scifi/fantasy epic tale. hero's journey and all that. This feels more like hitch hiker.
@@snickle1980 I would argue that while, yes, the comedy is woven inextricably throughout, they are far more than that. They are satire of the highest order, able in one passage to give you side pains from the laughter while simultaneously teaching you about society, the world and yourself. They can go from hilarious to heartbreaking in a single sentence. It's a bit like swallowing sugar to sweeten the medicine. Highly recommended.
Is that Christopher Lee? As Death??? That seals it, this must never be remade. No-one else can do a voice that sounds so much like THE ENGRAVING ON A TOMBSTONE.
depends on the actual day you arrive and where...and who you might have the fortune (or otherwise) to encounter...always good to pick up a tourist brochure from one of the more reputable entrepreneurs outside the city limits if possible... of course the term "reputable" is used on a sliding scale of accuracy in this instance given the nature of entrepreneurs and species that reside on Discworld but once you are there you're on your own as far as luck or fate is concerned and they are both known to use custom made dice to take advantage of their own reality shaping talents
"Million to one chances crop up 9 times out of 10" , well that's like the weather report. Statistically speaking, whenever the forecast says there is a 100% chance of anything there is a 75% chance they are wrong, meaning that 1 in 1 chances crop up 1 time out of 4.
I think this explanation of weather forecasts helps a lot When they say stuff like 90% and similar, its generally not "chance of rain" its "percent of area im reporting too" like if you are out of the norm area, weather forecasts will tend to be wrong, not because the weather forecaster is wrong, but because you aren't in the 90% area.
Turns out this never made it to full production, there is no more to this episode, nor any more episodes :( Such a shame, this really was a greatly fun book.
Its a shame too because reaper man is the best death novel. The wizard shenanigans with the snow globes are fun as well as edgelord dramaqueen new death
It makes me sad that Reaper Man was never animated like this. I’m not even sure how many people know about Discworld at the moment. But even though that’s the case I hope it can come back in media so more people can find out about it.
I've got Wyrd Sisters & Soul Music on DVD. I never knew they started on Reaper Man though, guess they never finished it. And for me, Christopher Lee (RIP) will always be the definitive voice of Death.
Reaper Man was one of the very few books I ever read without it being a part of some assignment, and his is my favorite depiction of Death as a character in all of fiction.
You know, between 2008 and 2019 when I am writing this I managed to read the 41 discwold novels. I am reading "the shepherd's crown" now. The best books ever.
This was clearly an early production that was never completed! Although I'm so glad they released Soul Music and Wyrd Sisters...Discworld is the best thing ever!!
Cosgrove Hall did two miniseries adaptations of Discworld books in the late 90's. Wyrd Sisters and Soul Music. They were planning a third for Reaperman, but that fell through (Which I think this is a clip of or a test/proof of concept before they made Wyrd Sisters as the character designs are different from the series). To date the Cosgrove Hall adaptations are the closest and best Discworld adaptation.
I was sad Reaper Man never happened once i saw this intro so now I just watch the intro over again and something incredibly sad that I just realized this time is it feels like Death has really died. Not only is Sir Terry Pratchett not here anymore but Ian Richardson and Christopher Lee have both died too (actually Ian Richardson was the first of the 3) and when I realized this I was so sad :(
I think it keeps in spirit with the book and with the author's sense of humor, and the animation isn't bad at all. I'd love to see Death speaking some of his funnier dialogue. Seriously - why does being a geek also mean we have to be hypercritical about everything and try to pick it apart while showing off our vast knowledge of the subject, rather than just enjoying it? Does being a geek mean we're so cyncial we can't just ENJOY things anymore?
If I'm not mistaken, it was The Light Fantastic - not Sourcery - and the babies were A'Tuin's. The cosmic "eggs" had been sort of incubating round the red star.
Ah yes, the intro. to the 1997 "Soul Music" animated series. The only semi-good TV adaptation in art form so far. Could have been much better, but it was decent. Getting the late Christopher Lee to voice my favorite character of Death was a no-brainer. Alfred didn't look right though and the CGI on the Great A'Tuin looked low budget even back then. This is '97, two years after "Jurassic Park" came out in '95. If a bit more money had been in the budget, the CGI could have looked amazing.
It would be great if he entire series could be made into animated films, assuming writers, directors, and producers that wouldn't alter anything could be found.
*Your poor ass gains money* You: “I’m going to spend it.” Brain: “We should save it till we need it.” You: (In a shop buying lots of stuff you don’t need) *”I’m going to SPEND IT!!!”*
Seems like a good place to say this. If there were a new Disc world animated project, I hope it would be the Tiffany Aching series. It just feels to me that if anything is going to be popular, it'll be the feegles
Discworld is superb and so so funny. Mort is one of my favorites. Although I'm still confused as to what a voice that resembles 1000 tombstones slamming together sounds like, lol
Halfway through Wintersmith now. This makes me realise I've forgotten the stories of the all earlier books that I've read in High School. Looks like I'll need to go shopping. *Whips out the credit card* "I'm going to speeeeeend it!" :)
I would have loved to see Cosgrove Hall do Reaper Man, or infact any more Discworld adaptations. Soul Music and Weird Sisters excellent, far better than the new sky films in my opinion.
I particularly liked the bit about windel having to cross running water and the river ankh after having been used as a sewer and garbage dump by all of the city not by any definition counting as running, nor for that matter, water.
Despite the fact that A'tuin is mentioned an awful lot and the fact that the Disc too, it's rare for me to really think about it. Like I just accept it like religion "Oh that's a weird belief that just happens to be true in this reality." I just accept it and move along, and just like religion doesn't come up that much in real life, A'tuin doesn't come up much in the stories. It's only the long meandering shots and descriptions like this that remind me just how insane the concept is. What sort of creature is comfortable with such a heavy load as those elephants and disc on its back? I know they're small relative to A'tuin but they must surely be a burden worth shaking off. What benefit could A'tuin gain from having these things on its back? Maybe they're decoration to attract a mate. I can't think about any other sensible that fits with nature. I know it's a giant turtle in space, but the same principles should apply. The only other explanations are things like "The creator demanded that A'tuin carry the elephants and the disc." Which raises its own questions, like why exactly did the creator choose that design rather than a moving (possibly intelligent) forcefield or something else? The elephants are even more confusing. I can't think of any natural reason why the elephants would hold onto that great burden. I suppose maybe their biology tells them a great reward at the end of the journey. It's also sad to think that at the end of the journey there's a good chance the Disc will be destroyed, possibly the elephants too.
In "The Light Fantastic" it is explained that the world turtles are born with world and elephants on their backs. So if they are born this way and never new a different way why change? Also don't forget, that the worldbearing turtle (including the elephants) is a concept that has been believed in in actual real world religions. Mostly indian (Hindu) religions iirc. Actually there is surprisingly little Terry Pratchett ever invented (Many things are borrowed from history and folklore) and still his books are some of the most original and imaginative works of literature out there.
