I know that there are one or two more Terry Pratchett fans lurking about the forum...I had a pleasant surprise Sunday evening: one of the obscure UHF TV stations here aired "The Hogfather" movie that was produced in the UK last year.

I read about the filming of it but I expected that I'd probably never get a chance to see it unless they released it on DVD but this was a treat.

The young lady that played Susan was perfect and they managed to portray Death really well considering that it was a costume...had the glowing blue eyes and everything. Playing "spot the British actor" was fun: the guy who played the Archchancellor of the Unseen University was, I believe, one of the judges that Rumpole of the Bailey was up against from time to time.

Try to keep an eye open to see if it resurfaces sometime during the holiday period...it was in the Ion Channel.

http://www.ionline.tv/

...and a link to the artwork that they based the character designs on:

http://www.paulkidby.com/hogswatch/index.html

...they even included one of my favorite characters, The Death of Rats.


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