#bbc america the watch

[justafterjericho]

I was actually reminded about this today when I saw totally innocent quote from Unseen Academicals about Medusa in the Watch and left long rant in the tags but I have to write about it again. For those uninformed what would later became BBC America's The Watch (à la the show all the discworld fandom collectively decided doesn't really exist and even if it did it doesn't count anyway) was actually planned to be a crime show taking place in Ankh-Morpork. Pratchett even called it CSI Ankh-Morpork. Can you imagine how cool it could have been?

Like I can acknowledge that discworld books are probably not the easiest material to adapt on screen (although I'm still convinced that it's not impossible and the total failure of that show had more to do with it and it's creators rather than with the sorce materials - there had been much better adaptations than the Watch, even though they too were not perfect and I'm not even speaking about GO, which had very Pratchettian voice and ended up amazing). But with this you wouldn't have to adapt the books, you could write stories for the medium from the start.

Hell, you could even (and I would be really glad) focus on either totally made up characters and/or the ones that were just mentioned and not developed any further - like the Meduse cop lady (I would really liked to have more of the meduse cop lady with sunglasses from Ephebe if someone didn't figure that out xD). That doesn't mean we wouldn't see Vimes, Carrot, Cheri, Angua, Nobby etc. but they wouldn't have to be the main team we would focus on. It would be really fun to interact with the more known characters during the series from the different perspective. Those from the watch but also others like wizards, the Times crew, Vetinari, Seamstresses, Throat etc.

It could be totally episodic or have some overarching plot hidden behind I don't even care. It could have almost no big stakes and I would be totally fine with that. Just different crime cases in the Ankh-Morpork. Bonus points for dwarf gender fuckery, easter eggs that you don't need to know for the story to make sense but would make any books fan happy and Eskarina Smith just because (even just as an easter egg in the form of mysterious lady giving tip for some case - especially if there would be some clues for a hidden overarching plot but even without that it could make sense - time travelling wizard-witch would like to help and I'm sure it can get boring).

Anyway just thik about all of the possibilities.

[gd-dollopole]

Today, I offer you:

Dirty Dancing Merthur AU (if you haven’t watched Dirty Dancing, you go watch it now, you child of the most corrupted thing on earth—)

Just joking.

It’s perfect. Frances even gets called “Baby” in the movie, so Arthur can be called “Arthie”. Imagine him falling in love with Merlin, the broke, attractive Cha Cha dancer in the Summer resort he, Morgana, Uther and Ygraine go to to spend their holiday in, and having to keep the relationship a secret, because it’s the 1963—

Morgana gets to dance with Merlin, and Arthur’s jealousy ensue, and UGH, the yearning that can come out from this.

Everything can be a Merthur fic @achillesuwu

[groovy-lady]

I’m watching a Star Trek Movie Marathon on BBC America and just finished Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and now Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan! WHO THE HELL DECIDED THE ORDER OF THESE MOVIES?!?!??😂

[leo-lem]

ah yes, being american. writing fanfic in bed while msnbc plays reporting on trump being convicted.

[askthechronoverse]

So my Doctor Who brain rot is happening something awful.

I don't know if anybody is interested but... I'll answer the next couple of asks as the Doctor? Specifically, the 13th Doctor since she is the one traveling with Kit and the other kids.

[danmori630]

michael sheen 2006 is such a doll that he’s got me three wikipedia pages deep on ancient rome.

[thenotoriousscuttlecliff]

British Doctor Who fans every time American fans complain about the Amy intro:

[thetimelordbatgirl]

Welp...the new DW episodes airing at midnight means there goes being able to watch the episodes with my dad...

[sapphia]

how many wga strike posts do i need to scroll past telling people where to find fresh content to watch before someone points out that america is not the only country that makes tv shows

[urlocallesbiab]

oh, i think the reason i got So into serirei recently is that they push the same buttons in my brain that brotzly does. yeah, gimme a liar with a heart of gold who deeply hates himself but goes out of his way to help people around him, both strangers and those he cares about, and whose relationship with his boyfriend started out as help in a tough situation and grew into working together in an agency focusing on solving paranormal cases; and the boyfriend — a weirdo with supernatural powers who's socially awkward because he had years of his life stolen from him because of them, and who's traumatized by a nefarious organization that wanted to harness that power, who tries his best to build connections and be kind to people, and who's ultimately, unconditionally, unwaveringly in love with the liar-with-the-heart-of-gold, even in the face of having seen him at his absolute worst and lowest. and also they're both 30yo losers.

ywah, it all comes back to brotzly, it always does.

[moonchats]

something that’s genuinely bothering me (and it shouldn’t because it’s the cm writers fault and i need to stop overthinking things) is that spencer’s like a HUGE technophobe right?? then how the fuck does he like/watch doctor who? especially TOM BAKERS DOCTOR?? i’m in england and can hardly get a hold of Old Who never mind someone in america??? he doesn’t even subscribe to online newspapers he just claims they’ve disappeared, how the hell does he watch doctor who then???

also btw this changed lives (mine. it changed mine)

[nosferatufaggot]

I literally hate everyone and everything no one understands.

[themoodycrustacean]

In search of….There’s Something About Movies (full episodes) I can only find clips on YouTube

[marvel-sitcom-au]

Nate would watch doctor who once and either go “wow they got time travel accurate” or would pick the time travel apart piece by piece depending on your interpretation of how time travel should work and I just think that’s neat…

Also he likes doctors 9-11…maybe 12 too…tbh I can’t pick just one doctor he’d relate with..if I had to take a guess it would probably be 10

[mimiteyy]

deja watching doctor whomst with me

[schlock-luster-video]

Spaceballs is starting in half an hour on BBC America (May 21, 1:00 A.M. EST) in case anybody's interested!