The Watch: prime foto della serie ispirata a Terry Pratchett, i fan non approvano
Dalla BBC arrivano le prime immagini ufficiali della serie The Watch, descritta come una commistione di generi ispirata ai romanzi di Mondo Disco di Terry Pratchett.
La storia:
Ambientata in una città immaginaria in cui il crimine è stato legalizzato, The Watch segue un gruppo di poliziotti disadattati mentre sorgono da decenni d’impotenza per salvare la loro città corrotta dalla catastrofe.
Unicamente anarchico e divertente ed emozionante, il dramma segue in una tumultuosa ed emotiva odissea, alcune delle creazioni più amate tratte dai romanzi di Mondo Disco di Terry Pratchett.
Le immagini:
Richard Dormer (Game of Thrones) as Captain Sam Vimes and Marama Corlett – @MaramaCorlett (Blood Drive, Sick Note) as Corporal Angua.#TheWatch | Coming Soon | @BBCAMERICA | #MadeByBBCStudios pic.twitter.com/a6bojqv3yW
— BBC Studios (@bbcstudios) January 17, 2020
Marama Corlett – @MaramaCorlett (Blood Drive, Sick Note) as Corporal Angua and Jo Eaton-Kent – @EatonKentJo (Don’t Forget The Driver), as Constable Cheery.#TheWatch | Coming Soon | @BBCAMERICA | #MadeByBBCStudios pic.twitter.com/tCC3JtxT7L
— BBC Studios (@bbcstudios) January 17, 2020
Sam Adewunmi – @samuelfadewunmi (The Last Tree, Stan Lee’s Lucky Man) as Carcer Dun.#TheWatch | Coming Soon | @BBCAMERICA | #MadeByBBCStudios pic.twitter.com/NSWQX6hae5
— BBC Studios (@bbcstudios) January 17, 2020
Marama Corlett – @MaramaCorlett (Blood Drive, Sick Note) as Corporal Angua and Adam Hugill (1917, World on Fire) as Constable Carrot.#TheWatch | Coming Soon | @BBCAMERICA | #MadeByBBCStudios pic.twitter.com/qjAhALrZNB
— BBC Studios (@bbcstudios) January 17, 2020
Lara Rossi – @theonlyrossi (Crossing Lines, Cheat) as Lady Sybil Ramkin.#TheWatch | Coming Soon | @BBCAMERICA | #MadeByBBCStudios pic.twitter.com/FhOWKmPj5A
— BBC Studios (@bbcstudios) January 17, 2020
Le reazioni dei fan
I fan non hanno ben accolto queste prime foto. L’opera originale è ambientata in un fantasy medievale, e possiamo vedere che lo show ha preso una direzione completamente diversa, siamo più sul genere steampunk.
È vero che negli ultimi libri assistiamo a una rapida transizione alla modernità ma non siamo sicuri sulla presenza di questo passaggio temporale:
Nuovo setting
i think a lot of the characters here actually look great, but i wonder what happens to a series of books whose core theme is the shift into early modernity when you add so many clearly post industrial visual touches? https://t.co/eJSF1lxgiu
— worm (@SzMarsupial) January 17, 2020
Nothing about this article gives me hope for #TheWatch. They’re mashing 6 books together, rewriting basic relationships, and I can accept the Cheery/Cherry twist but the original worked too (All dwarves are male except Cheery wants to go be Cherry and use She instead of He). https://t.co/GPMaqua188
— Liana Brooks (@LianaBrooks) January 17, 2020
Oh ffs. Stop basing things on good stories, then hijacking them with bad, modern writers who know little of the subject matter.
Making #TheWatch a modern looking, cyberpunk, Dr. Who generic series is wrong. Pratchett himself was against this type of thing. #discworld
— Cthulhu Loves You ??? (@Big_Malky) January 17, 2020
And that’s where the problems come in. Discworld has a lot of weight and lore attached to it. It was built in a very particular way. The Watch deviates wildly from this. #TheWatch #Discworld 3/5
— William Couper (@WillCouper) January 17, 2020
I’ll watch #TheWatch. But I’ll treat it like I treat the Hobbit movies – an interesting and amusing thing in their own right but absolutely nothing to do with the original work they apparently come from. https://t.co/XSqSv7cskl
— Kizzia?️??????? (@Kizzia30) January 17, 2020
I don’t know what the fuck this show is, but it isn’t #Discworld. My expectations, already low, are now buried so deep that they’re toasting marshmallows next to the Earth’s core. #TheWatch https://t.co/lztS5wiwQ5
— The Written Ward (@WrittenWard) January 17, 2020
Casting, Sybil e il problema della barba di Cheery
Doesn’t make sense to me (for reasons very relevant to the plot of “Night Watch”) for #TheWatch to have a black actor playing John Keel but a white actor playing Sam Vimes. Obviously the only solution is to recast Vimes – can someone check if Idris Elba is free?
— Ashley Godfrey (@AshleyGodfreyUK) January 17, 2020
Why in the #discworld universe is CMOT Dibbler, Lord Vetinari, Dr Cruces & Wonse now female? Where are Nobby & Colon? Finally why is my entire families favourite #TheWatch book turned into what could amount to be a generic police procedural and not the amazing story it truly is? https://t.co/nLSAabQLNa
— Steve Brewer (@StephenBrewer86) January 17, 2020
Not sure what audience you’re chasing here, but as a fan of Terry’s work I’m going to actively avoid this mess.
You don’t need to reimagine Discworld. Terry imagined it just fine.
Vigilante Sybil?! You people are nuts.
— Bathed in Breña (@SinisterMrCream) January 17, 2020
Cheery has a beard. That’s literally the one thing she always says she’ll keep – because she’s a dwarf, not a non-binary human #TheWatch #Discworld The other characters look good though – even if they’ve ruined Carrot and Angua’s dynamic.
— Tom Courtney (@tom_courtney1) January 17, 2020
This looks incredible.
It doesn’t look like Diskworld.
But it does look incredible. It’s like a pseudo-modern/post-apocalyptic/sci-fi AU. I’m excited, if warily.#TheWatch https://t.co/MtuncgiG1x
— CatLawrie ? (@cat_lawrie) January 17, 2020
What the fuck is this? Cheery is a FUCKING DWARF YOU TWATS…where is her beard? What the holy fuck is she wearing?!
You had this HUGE opportunity and you fucked it up.
P.s Angua is gonna be one pissed off werewolf when she looks in mirror #thewatch pic.twitter.com/aMyjoMeIpQ— Jules – Fairy Cos-Mother (@CosmicWorkshop) January 17, 2020
La storia si ripete?
Ma il tweet più interessante è quello pubblicato dall’account ufficiale di Pratchett. Si tratta di una condivisione di un articolo scritto da Ursula K. Le Guin che parla dell’adattamento televisivo di Earthsea e di come non ha nulla a che fare con i suoi libri.
Già il titolo e il sottotitolo sono un programma:
A Whitewashed Earthsea
How the Sci Fi Channel wrecked my books.
— Terry Pratchett (@terryandrob) January 17, 2020
Il cast:
Richard Dormer è il capitano Sam Vimes, Adam Hugill è l’agente Carrot, Jo Eaton-Kent è l’agente Cheery, Marama Corlett è il corporale Angua, Lara Rossi è Lady Sybil Ramkin e Sam Adewunmi è Carcer Dun.
Chiudono il cast Anna Chancellor nei panni di Lord Vetinari, James Fleet è l’Arcicancelliere, Ingrid Oliver è il dottor Cruces, Ruth Madeley è Throat, Hakeem Kae-Kazim è il capitano John Keel, infine Bianca Simone Mannie interpreta Wonse.
Fonte BBC
