A Near Vimes Experience

Because what the world needs is a dark and gritty version of some of the funniest books ever with all the jokes taken out, and the stories, and all the interesting bits of all they characters. Starring a man acting drunk as if he's never had a drink in his life, and he can't act.

Production values that would make an 80s TV kids show ashamed, the whole thing looks like it's been directed by someone on acid, but not in a good way.

Truly awful.

With their accents, I couldn't understand probably 10-20% of what they were saying, and CC didn't work, so it was mostly impossible to follow what was happening.

Great start to a series. Having read all the books myself, it's nice to have a new take, as well as, updates on characters. The inclusion of minorities to show representation, that Pratchett was in support of, is wonderful. I can't wait for more.

Ankh-Morpork is home to sinister goblins, trolls, a baby dragon, an ageless wrathful villain, other supernatural beings known and unknown, a police force that manages and monitors crime, instead of enforcing the law, and an enigmatic, beautiful vigilante who thinks the police force is weak and pathetic for looking the other way (I agree and so far Lady Sybil Ramkin is my favorite). I am not familiar with the source material, so my opinion is based on the the show alone. I don't like the female cop with the permanent scowl on her face - maybe it's her "affliction". I've seen other characters with that same "affliction" in Penny Dreadful and Being Human and they don't look sooooo miserable all the time. There's some agenda-pushing but the show doesn't strangle you with it. The Police Captain Sam Vimes is too drunk 24-7. No one can maintain that level of intoxication 24-7 and function, let alone be Police Captain. That aside, an investigation into mysterious criminal activities, a powerful and magical book and complex characters with interesting backstories warrants continued watching.

So, if they wanted to create a series that had nothing to do with Terry Pratchett's Guards stories, why call it a Terry Pratchett adaptation? Why pretend that it has anything to do with the beloved Discworld stories and characters that are so poorly represented here? And why pretend that it's funny when it isn't?