Oswalds

[tealin]

As a large number of my journal's visitors are or will soon be on summer vacation, I thought I'd post a link I've been sitting on for a few months.

Oswald on the Web

It's basically a Discworld casting site, where you can nominate certain actors for certain roles and then vote on the nominees. An excellent way to fritter away a couple of hours. (They're also desperately in need of people who have a broader perspective of Movieland and who won't just nominate Johnny Depp and Alan Rickman for everything.)

Comments

[thearchduchess.livejournal.com]

Wow.

That's cool. Except I had no idea who to put (I mean, who on Earth should be Vetinari - I so clearly see Paul Kidby's drawings, I just can't fathom) and I got so annoyed by people doing stupid things like nominating Emma Watson for Tiffany. I mean, come on. Tiffany should be someone young and unknown. And, although it works well, it would be cool to see some other people for Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg than just Maggie Smith and Miriam Margoles. Not that I can think of anyone!

But I love that in Guards! Guards! all the Brothers are just the Monty Python guys - "This parrot has been burnt to a crisp by a dragon." "No, it's just pinin' for the fjords!"

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Speaking for myself, I can only see Maggie Smith as Granny Weatherwax – even Paul Kidby's drawings look like Maggie Smith to me. I suppose maybe June Brown ... but she doesn't really have the right voice, she's not commanding enough. My roommate once suggested Dames Smith and Dench ... no only would that be great to see, they'd also probably have lots of fun.

Guards! Guards! is such a Python book ... all those little sidetracky conversations among the Brothers or the people on the street sound like they could have been lifted out of a Python sketch.

[thearchduchess.livejournal.com]

I can see Maggie Smith doin Granny Weatherwax very well, I just wondered whether people had gone, McGonagall - better be Weatherwax too! Judi Dench and Maggie Smith would be a fantastic pair to see! I should watch 'Ladies in Lavender' just to see the two of them.

Guards! Guards! really is an excellent book, and a great one to start with, as I am glad to see buttfacemakani has done! I can't wait to see her fanart!

Oh, and it wasn't you who got Richard Dean Anderson into the running for Vimes was it?