Mantichorus
"I've seen enough."
- AKA
- Kris; Mantichorus; Sam Vimes; Neku Sakuraba; Koki Kariya; Hazama; CuChulainn; Yu Narukami; Mewtwo; Rival Silver; Suicune; Kanata; Professor Oak; The Brigadier; VIII; The Engineer
Hogfather
Technically, a two-part live action adaptation, but as it runs to three hours in total (wait... I think I've said this before
).
I've read the book on which it was based between my first viewing and this one, and I can now say: it is a good adaptation. Naturally, there are some differences between the book and screen version, but what marks it as a good adaptation is the same thing as what marks Stardust as a good adaptation: there are some things I prefer in the original, and some things I prefer in the adaptation.
Example: in the book, Death says "HUMANS ARE SO INTERESTING THAT THEY HAVE EVEN INVENTED DULLNESS". In the live-action version, he instead says "DID YOU KNOW, IN A UNIVERSE SO FULL OF WONDERS, HUMANS HAVE INVENTED BOREDOM?", which I think is a slightly better way of putting it.
Unfortunately, the adaptation loses the Librarian and the Cheerful Fairy, but their absence is not overtly noticeable (except with the Librarian: never specifically mentioned, but alluded to with extreme prejudice).
The actors are all first rate: Ian Richardson as the voice of Death and Marc Warren as Teatime are worth singling out. And yes, there is an actor portraying Nobby Nobbs. No, he does not do the part justice, but considering that in the books Nobby carries around a certificate from the "Benevolent" Tyrant of Ankh-Morpork attesting to the probability that Nobby is human... it would be hard to find someone in Roundworld who could adequately portray him.
Technically, a two-part live action adaptation, but as it runs to three hours in total (wait... I think I've said this before
).I've read the book on which it was based between my first viewing and this one, and I can now say: it is a good adaptation. Naturally, there are some differences between the book and screen version, but what marks it as a good adaptation is the same thing as what marks Stardust as a good adaptation: there are some things I prefer in the original, and some things I prefer in the adaptation.
Example: in the book, Death says "HUMANS ARE SO INTERESTING THAT THEY HAVE EVEN INVENTED DULLNESS". In the live-action version, he instead says "DID YOU KNOW, IN A UNIVERSE SO FULL OF WONDERS, HUMANS HAVE INVENTED BOREDOM?", which I think is a slightly better way of putting it.
Unfortunately, the adaptation loses the Librarian and the Cheerful Fairy, but their absence is not overtly noticeable (except with the Librarian: never specifically mentioned, but alluded to with extreme prejudice).
The actors are all first rate: Ian Richardson as the voice of Death and Marc Warren as Teatime are worth singling out. And yes, there is an actor portraying Nobby Nobbs. No, he does not do the part justice, but considering that in the books Nobby carries around a certificate from the "Benevolent" Tyrant of Ankh-Morpork attesting to the probability that Nobby is human... it would be hard to find someone in Roundworld who could adequately portray him.
It can't be that hard. 
