Bored Dumb? / myLot

Derry, Northern Ireland

December 11, 2016 7:24am CST

It's that time of the year again - long, dark evenings, twinkly lights, interminable queues at the supermarket checkout... It is a time when all in this house get together of an evening, with some drinks and nibbles, to watch "Hogfather", the 2006 Sky Movies film adaptation of the book of the same title by the late Sir Terry Pratchett. The story itself is about belief, and about a tradition that bears a remarkable resemblance to our Christmas. The story starts simply enough with the hiring by a group who call themselves The Auditors of an assassin to seek and terminate The Hogfather. Here's a clip of a brief moment between Susan and her grandfather, Death, voiced by the late Ian Richardson, showing how traditions can be misinterpreted if taken too literally...

Death and Susan

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A scene in which Death's tender side is revealed, after helping save humanity's ability to imagine and create.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471456)

• Switzerland

11 Dec 16

I have enjoyed a few books by Sir Terry Pratchett and, judging by the clip you posted, this movie seems an interesting view.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471456)

• Switzerland

11 Dec 16

@pgntwo I am going to download the movie and burn a DVD. This is something I make white often, I have a program to create professional looking movie DVDs, I use a spare computers because it takes hours, but it's worth the effort.

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pgn

@pgntwo (22408)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

11 Dec 16

@LadyDuck That sounds like a good idea. I bought the DVDs as 2-disc sets as they came up on offer or sale in Amazon over the years... and was since given the same DVDs all in one box as a gift a couple of years ago, it is still unopened. I did not expect to find all of the movies in their entirety on YouTube, funnily. Ah well. Enjoy the film, it is quite fantastical, I watched part of one recently with French subtitles on YouTube also.

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pgn

@pgntwo (22408)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

11 Dec 16

It is all on YouTube, but is a long film, split into two parts - I have it on DVD, makes for a good viewing over two evenings. His book "Going Postal" also works quite well as a film.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (112873)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Dec 16

I've never heard of this before, now I'll have to see if I can find it on HULU or Netflix. Now you have me wondering if I would have interpreted the original Bible the same way as it seems to be translated

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pgn

@pgntwo (22408)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

11 Dec 16

Ah. Interpretation of that mighty tome has been patchy over the centuries... If you find the film on Hulu or Netflix, my job here is done :)

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (112873)

• El Paso, Texas

11 Dec 16

Patchy is an understatement @pgntwo I think we'd all be shocked if we learned to read the original in it's original language.

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pgn

@pgntwo (22408)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

11 Dec 16

@rebelann Several languages, I am led to believe... Greek, Hebrew and a sprinkling of Aramaic.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (13036)

• Ireland

11 Dec 16

@pgntwo That's a remarkable line about the world being filled with so many wonders yet people say they're bored. I wish I had time to ne bored sometimes.

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pgn

@pgntwo (22408)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

11 Dec 16

I thought so too. I am reading a book of some of Pratchett's earlier journalistic work - he was most observant, in a way that many are not. Here's a sample chapter I found, if I have not already shared this with you...