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anon6789 lemmy.world anon6789@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-02
#52 · Quote Reply

The good thing about getting to the end is that you can start again from the beginning, and see them all differently with the foreknowledge of the whole thing.

I sometimes have to remind myself they aren't real people because I do feel proud of how far many of them have come.

No matter who you are, you can probably find a character you can relate to that overcomes what has been holding them back.

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🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 pawb.social Kolanaki@pawb.social
Joined: 2024-10-06
#53 · Quote Reply

That could happen even in 2026. Especially if the fiddle player busts out a sick rendition of Devil Went Down to Georgia.

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Almacca aussie.zone Almacca@aussie.zone
Joined: 2025-02-06
#54 · (edited) Quote Reply

I sometimes have to remind myself they aren't real people because I do feel proud of how far many of them have come. No matter who you are, you can probably find a character you can relate to that overcomes what has been holding them back.

I've always had a soft spot for Rincewind, personally. The inveterate coward that gets shit done anyway just because no-one else seems to want to.

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anon6789 lemmy.world anon6789@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-02
#55 · Quote Reply

I've always had a soft spot for Rincewind, personally. The inveterate coward that gets shit done anyway just because no-one else seems to want to.

Once he can no longer run away, the only option left is to be awesome! 😁

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Almacca aussie.zone Almacca@aussie.zone
Joined: 2025-02-06
#56 · (edited) Quote Reply

Once he can no longer run away, the only option left is to be awesome! 😁

Man, I generally object to film adaptations of books because they never get it right, but I would so love to see him taking control of the robot army in Interesting Times get put to film.

And he invented Vegemite!

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ChickenLadyLovesLife lemmy.world ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-16
#57 · Quote Reply

Imagine being so starved for intellectual stimulation that you'd stand and watch a seven-hour Presidential debate. I might possibly be able to do that today, but I would have eaten my own eyeballs by hour three.

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ChickenLadyLovesLife lemmy.world ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-16
#58 · Quote Reply

1880? Their brains weren't pure, they were thoroughly pickled in various distilled liquors. Which since most transportation of the day knew its way back home, that was fine.

The laudanum helped.

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anon6789 lemmy.world anon6789@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-02
#59 · Quote Reply

Man, I generally object to film adaptations of books because they never get it right, but I would so love to see him taking control of the robot army in Interesting Times get put to film. And he invented Vegemite!

I recently watch the Amazing Maurice adaptation, and that wasn't bad. They skipped some of the piper stuff and everything about the green wobbly bit, but it was a good time overall.

I would have no objection to seeing a good live action or animated Mad Hamish either, I love that guy.

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I Cast Fist programming.dev ICastFist@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-06-22
#60 · Quote Reply

Imagine being so starved for intellectual stimulation that you'd stand and watch a seven-hour Presidential debate. I might possibly be able to do that today, but I would have eaten my own eyeballs by hour three.

When one of the "debaters" is trump or any other politician like him, enduring even fucking 10 minutes is a torture

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Almacca aussie.zone Almacca@aussie.zone
Joined: 2025-02-06
#61 · Quote Reply

I recently watch the Amazing Maurice adaptation, and that wasn't bad. They skipped some of the piper stuff and everything about the green wobbly bit, but it was a good time overall. I would have no objection to seeing a good live action or animated Mad Hamish either, I love that guy.

The adaptations of Hogfather and Going Postal were actually pretty good too. David Jason was sorely miscast as Rincewind, though. And Twoflower was written as a parody Japanese tourist, not American.

I recall there was a Cohen The Barbarian short film put out some years ago that showed promise for a film adaptation of The Silver Horde that sadly never happened.

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DJKJuicy sh.itjust.works DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-03
#62 · Quote Reply

I would settle for 56 cable channels, FM Radio, and a Sega Genesis levels of stimulation.

Now I've gotta have 3 screens simultaneously (phone, laptop, and TV) and a 20 oz Red Bull to feel anything

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anon6789 lemmy.world anon6789@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-02
#63 · Quote Reply

The adaptations of Hogfather and Going Postal were actually pretty good too. David Jason was sorely miscast as Rincewind, though. And Twoflower was written as a parody Japanese tourist, not American. I recall there was a Cohen The Barbarian short film put out some years ago that showed promise for a film adaptation of The Silver Horde that sadly never happened.

I've seen Hogfather twice, but I didn't know there was a Going Postal adaptation, I will have to seek that out!

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