I haven’t watched TV in years; kids and my previous job really killed that.

There’s SO much out there since I last picked up a remote, and I have a fucking huge backlog.

I’m open to anything, as long as it’s well done.

Series I liked: Vikings, Norsemen (hysterical), The Americans, GoT, Man in the High Castle, Expanse, Spartacus (Batiartus is amazing)

I’m scratching the surface of Boardwalk Empire, but open to other rabbit holes.

  • Malgas@beehaw.org
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    3 months ago

    The Watch […] pretty grounded in Pratchett-ness

    You’re literally the only person I’ve heard say anything like that. Sir Terry’s own daughter has disavowed it, saying that it “shares no DNA with my father’s Watch.”

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      3 months ago

      I know a lot of people never got past the the total re-write of … well, everything. I understand that. If you go in wanting the source material or you will be horribly disappointed. If, instead, you go in saying, “Alright, I know the fans are in revolt, but let’s just see why this got made if it is so far from the source,” then I think you will see that yes, every aspect is changed, and the story mash-up misses the original points, but… But – BUT as a show, it was a change of pace (within what limits TV allows) and still retained a feel of a Watch novel. It wasn’t a clone of Game of Thrones or Black Adder, or anything else – and, true, it certainly wasn’t a clone of Night Watch, either. It was its own thing, and I’m a bit bummed out that the hatred means it will never get another season.