Mrs. Audio's thoughts and ramblings

I loved the Hogfather and want more Discworld books to make it to film. I loved how they opened the movie with the Discworld on the backs of 4 elephants sitting atop the shell of Great A'Tuin. Death was great and I really enjoyed the portrayal of Susan who opens the story by reading the children a bedtime story; "And then Jack chopped down what was the world's last beanstalk, adding murder and ecological terrorism to the theft, enticement and trespass charges already mentioned and all the giant's children didn't have a daddy any more. But he got away with it and lived happily ever after without so much as a guilty twinge about what he had done. Which proves that you can be excused just about anything if you're a hero, because no one asks inconvenient questions." 

Death of Rats made a very brief cameo and the Raven didn't have as large a part as in the book either. The wizards were as comical as always and we did get a view of the Bloody Stupid Johnson designed washroom at Unseen University. I was a little disappointed that the Librarian was never mentioned, but I can't remember if he was in that book or not. Hex had an ++++out of cheese error++++. I got to see Nobby Nobs and Constable visit (I actually thought Dobby would be a bit uglier than he was presented). There are so many more characters that I wanted to see like C.M.O.T. Dibbler, Rincewind, the Librarian, the Witches (who obviously weren't in this particular story), Vetinari, and so many more. Now that I have a taste, I want more, more, MORE. 

If you would like to see the Hogfather it is on DVD, so check the stores or get in online it is well worth it. I checked IMDB.com and there are 3 Discworld videa goames, 2 books (Soul Music and Wyrd Sisters) that were made into animation. Aaaand, wait for it. . . The Colour of Magic is being filmed for TV. Terry Pratchett himself makes a cameo as an Astrozoologist. It's expeted release is next year in the UK. So hopefully we won't have to wait terribly long to see it.

The Hogfather has been made into a movie/mini-series! It will be aired tonight starting at 6pm on the Ion channel. Yeah, I'd never heard of that channel either, but the DVR is set to record 4 hours of Pratchett goodness made into film. *SQUEE* I'm so happy.

I discovered this wonderful happenstance last night while watching YY's soap opera (Battlestar Galactica) with him on the Sci-Fi channel. While forwarding through the commercials - including previews for a Wizard of Oz spin-off series called the Tin-man, which looks twisted to say the least - I perceived the word Hogfather on the screen. Then came the excited shouts of, "Wait, wait, wait, go back, go back!" from an otherwise seeming tired wife. 

At first I thought that it was a preview for a major motion picture and was for once excited to go see a movie. Then I see it's been made for TV.  4 hours of happy Hogfather satire coming to an Ion channel near you. I at once said, "I want to see it." But YY was unsure if we got the Ion channel. My response: "but, I want to see it." (This was repeated several times). Upon which YY went ahead and scanned through the channels and indeed we do have the Ion channel. Oh happy joy! He forwarded on to when it would be playing and set it to record, apparently the Ion channel has a lot of paid programming and then some inspirational shows. . . and now the Hogfather :-). And now I am sharing with you the exciting news.