The Colour Of Magic
By Following on from Sky's hugely successful, Christmas 2006, adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Hogfather, we were treated to the first half of their adaptation of The Colour Of Magic last night. They've actually adapted The Colour Of Magic and The Light Fantastic into one film. The first part was pretty faithful to the first book with only a few scenes left out for timing and narrative purposes and they have really spent some time getting the Discworld looking and feeling right. My main gripe is that the special effects for the luggage seems amateurish and feels more comedic than it should be. But, even with that, I'm still really looking forward to part 2 tonight.
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When the wizard lay down and Tim Curry blocked up the lock, after Death said (in a voice like gravestones crashing down) DARK ISN'T IT, I remembered that he had actually got into a chest at that point. Very good though.
Looking forward to tonight's one. What might interest you is that Stargate: The Ark Of Truth follows immediately afterwards on Sky One.
Not a huge Stargate fan but I already have Ark Of Truth.