Saturday, December 1, 2007

moving pictures - terry pratchett

this is one of the earlier books in the discworld series and the characters are already there with their inimitable traits. the humour however is still a little labored. the caricatures of hollywood with a blend of walt disney - stars in the eyes of the star actors, talking dogs, cats, mice- and directors/producers who promote products in their films so as to get easy finances[harga's house of ribs], king kong, sly refernce to gone with the wind- are there, but a little loud and somehow rather disjointed.

the references to uncle osric, uncle oswald when confronted with the gigantic image of a person apparently guarding the door of the auditorium are amusing, but not greatly so.

then there is the scene when the hero and heroine have to step on to a red carpet welcome, at a theatre in ankh, and they are told that all the people lining the streets till the theatre are their fans and pat comes the innocent reply, " why? are we hot?"

definitely to be read if you are a terry 'fan'.