Every Terry Pratchett Adaptation Ranked

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Screen Rant published a ranking of the (mostly?) television adaptations of the works of Terry Pratchett: Every Terry Pratchett Adaptation Ranked (Including The Watch)

The list is:
11: The Watch
10: Johnny and the Dead
9: Johnny and The Bomb
8. Wyrd Sisters
7. The Color(sp) of Magic
6. Truckers
5. Soul Music
4. Hogfather
3. Going Postal
2. Troll Bridge

  1. Good Omens

I have only seen a few of them–I had not even HEARD of some of these–but now I really want to see Troll Bridge, Going Postal, and Soul Music. I have seen Wyrd Sisters, The Color of Magic, and Good Omens, and I tend to agree with the ordering on those. Wyrd Sisters was pretty painful to watch; I mostly remember the terrible animation.

Has anyone seen more of these?

2

Troll Bridge is on YouTube; there was a thread about it a few weeks ago. And yeah, it’s pretty good.

3

They adapted the Johnny and the… books? I had no idea.

4

I think they’re Brit only cartoons. I went looking for them at some point.

5

Going Postal is available on Prime Video. Hogfather is available on a bunch of streaming services with which I am unfamiliar. Truckers, the Johnny ones, Wyrd Sisters, and Soul Music don’t appear to be available anywhere. Troll Bridge is on Youtube, and Good Omens and The Watch, of course, on Prime Video.

6

I have only seen Hogfather and Good Omens. Good Omens was great and Hogfather wasn’t. They did a passible job of telling the story but the humor is all in the words not the action.

7

I can’t find The Watch on Amazon Prime in the UK, is it a US only release for now?

8

Apparently not coming to the UK until later in '21.

9

Hogfather and Going Postal are okay. I could barely even start The Color of Magic.

10

They may not want to touch the stinker.

This may be the reason why there is, as yet, no broadcaster or release date locked in for the UK where Pratchett, who died from complications resulting from Alzheimer’s disease in 2015, is still a huge name. BBC America has said that discussions are ongoing, though more than one voice in the Pratchett-adjacent camp has expressed doubts that the show will be hitting British screens any time soon.

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Yeah, I kinda of wonder if the later UK release date is because they don’t want negative reaction from the UK (where Pratchett is more widely known) to poison viewership in other markets.

12

Only seen Hogfather but I agree with your assessment. It was quite nice to see it, some of the scenes were beautifully done, but there is little action, it seemed more like a read-through in costume than the final cut of a film.

13

I’ve seen Wyrd Sisters and Soul Music, and AFAICT they were about the same, quality-wise. They seem to have been done by the same team, and have the same animation style. “OK in a kids’-cartoon kind of style” is a pretty fair assessment

14

Good Omens was released on DVD so I was able to watch it via the Netflix DVD-by-mail service.

15

I’ve only seen two. Good Omens is easily the best, but The Watch is pretty good, especially once it gets going. Just don’t think of it as Pratchett (other than the character names). But there are a few Pratchettesque touches throughout.

16

I really enjoy Going Postal. It departs from the book, naturally, but they put together a fun story. Hogfather was okay, Color Of Magic wasn’t great, but I found it watchable. I bought the DVD set of Good Omens.

I don’t think I’m going to touch The Watch.