The Absurdist Optimism of Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather – video by five by five takes, sharing since we’re not far from Hogswatchnight
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I love this movie
Discworld outside the subreddit! Yay,
Death: NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.
Susan: With tooth fairies? Hogfathers?
Death: YES. AS PRACTICE, YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES.
Susan: So we can believe the big ones?
Death: YES. JUSTICE, MERCY, DUTY – THAT SORT OF THING.
Susan: Well, they’re not the same at all!
Death: YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER, AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE, AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET, YOU TRY TO ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD. AS IF THERE IS SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED.
Love everything about this adaption except Marc Warren’s Johnny-Depp-as-Willy-Wonka impression.
Not to hijack the post (I’ve read some Pratchett, but not this one, and watched only the first couple minutes to prevent major spoilers for myself):
I need a common sense ruling on if this would be ok to watch with a pretty sharp 9-year old, want to watch it but not ruin a kid’s Christmas.
We watch this every single Christmas.
Might be time for my annual watch tonight…
Just started rereading it tonight!
Where can I watch it?! I’ve been trying to find it again after losing my only dvd copy
No harm. We’re close enough that we’ve entered into Watchforhogwatchnight.