The magic sword, on the other hand, sounded like 'Eddie, the shipboard computer' from Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". The incidental moments with Death and Rincewind are great as is the scene with the Patrician ordering Rincewind to look after Twoflower. As TV productions go, "Colour of Magic" (and "Hogfather") are like watching filmed theatre it is a stage setting rather than film scenery and the acting certainly is superb. It took him a while to get into the fun of things but he didn't need clarification on anything, so the story line cant' have been too hacked. I've watched it with someone who doesn't know the books and had, in fact, never heard of Terry Pratchett. They have made a creditable effort to cram the most important bits in. Only 8 out of 10 because I would - of course - have loved to have everything in it ( I would also have liked a big "Lord of the Rings" budget and effort on this).
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