The Great and Secret Knowledge
In this one, Dean Eaton swings by to discuss Part 1 of Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic (2008). Lindsey had to step back from the show for personal reasons, so until Jeff finds a permanent cohost we'll be swapping between various properties with different guests.
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Recommendations
Omniversal Escapades
The Good Doctor
Discworld, Book 3: Equal Rites
The Dresden Files
The Witcher (book series)
The Fatal Wish
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Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse
Extended Notes
purple sky
in a distant and second hand set of dimensions
through wavering star mists see the great A'tuin
big turtle, four giant elephants, discworld
astrozoologists
what is the sex of the turtle
ankh morpork - sean astin twoflower is the worlds first tourist
good looking city
pretty good cgi
eight heads of the order of wizardry
"when a wizard is tired of looking for broken glass in his dinner, hes tired of life. Im just speculating, obviously" - Tim Curry wizard
old rumlet died
Rincewind shows up late - David Jason?
its a real sausage fest here
rincewind isnt even level 1 so he gets bumped
who killed Narrowbolt?
interesting architecture
one weird lady making charms
rincewind leave Unseen University stirs magic?
bums steals food in market
why is Astin so modern and these clods are medieval or renaissance?
Is Rincewind possessed by purple juice?
being protected by magic
Rincewind sees gold and he wants it!
sapient pear wood trunk has legs
RWs robe is so janky
fun whip pans
tavern set has good depth
Rincewind can speak Trob
he says he can help tourist stay alive
Bes Pelargic
best port of Agatean Empire
"he says he's a tourist Huh? Whats that mean then? I think it means idiot."
scum finds out tourist has gold
Ymor the thief finds out
whore pits and slave markets? yikes
Jeremy Irons the Patrician chewing the scenery
hes got a fake widows peak and a speech impediment
Zlorf the assassin
these dwarves seem dangerous
Bruff of the guild of merchants and traders
the magic flash makes them fight each other?
what do you say to that? you say yes. i say yes!
Rincewind has to protect sean astin
and not run away
"if i were you id sue my face for slander"
sees barfight, tries to run
trunk wont let him escape
tourist is taking pictures and loving the fight
picture imp inside the camera
fun monochrome pictures of their adventures
Death played by christopher lee
tourist tells rw about insurance
its like a bet
inn blows up
its funny how unheroic these two are
terrible horse riding effect
purple chained book octovo
the spells in it are buggin
it missed RW
so now chancellor needs to get him back so it will settle down the book
Horace is chancos homey
tim curry mr tryman wacked narrowbolt
room at the top how to succeed at wizardy
he goes to open it and it has scary knives
is harace the head librarian?
trymon wants to take over as chancellor so he needs to ice Spoghold Grog
rw cant find 2f
pit of ultimate despair
dread tower of darkness
hospitable temple of belshab theroth
the wyrmburg and the palace of the dragon lord
hubward and rimward
rw is about to be eaten by wolves
poison snake on the branch!
purple light again
box scares off wolves and grabs him
dragons dont exist anymore
wicked gear door
trymon wants in
they really get their moneys worth with that fake bookcase
missing spell
spold doesnt know where it is
trymon peeps on spold, then slaps goo in his lock
timelapse clouds
music is pretty damn annoying
birds are cheesy as heck
have there been any women in this yet?
he sees a floating mountain - is it wyrmberg?
rincewind is on the luggage
invisible dragon grabs 2flower
more bad horse action
homeboy hits branch and falls down
a magic sword tells RW to pull it out of the stone
"could be worse. this could have been an anvil."
what?
horace and chanco come to see sklop
they see the keyhole was covered
sklop is dead
rw beats dragon lady using magic sword and says lets go to wyrmberg
dragon is see through
dragon looks video gamey but cool
music is pretty generic fantasy
our first lady
the set looks great, like stone carved to look like dragon sces
rw has hog boots now
trymon seems to have killed glorp, chats with chanco outside his office
AC shouts - did Trymon kill the AC?
tourist is in jail, so stoked to have seen dragons
tourist is a dragon lord? for some reason it likes him
dragon melts the bars - long silly effect
arch chancellors hat is on the ground...
but AC is still alive
he set a big axe spring trap
RW is upside down with his sword
chica is bangin, turns out her sword has a personality too
rw and her magic swords battle
"ive seen sharper butter knives"
his boots break and now hes hanging off her
he drops and 2f and dragon catches him
"its not the actual falling, its more the hitting that bothers me"
he dropped the sword
at the edge of the world, The Krullians are still hoping to learn the sex of the turtle
they have a cool ramp and a purple guy asking about chelonauts
12 hours until the launch
RE and 2flower are drifting close to the edge of discworld
"we're going to run out of world! well i definitely want to see that!"
RW wind might die, the octavo is not happy about it
horace comes to see arch chancellor weatherwax, trymon blocks him
chanco is sleeping, an anvil trap over his head
horace smells burning
chanco wakes up confused and worried
anvil drops
horace says that after rw touched the octavo, he never won any exams
such an obvious outcrop
2flower resuscitates RW
rw doesnt like hugs
2f convinces him to see the bright side and shakes hands
RW tells him about the octavo and the spell
"settled in my memory like a toad in a stone"
trymon and horace look at the octavo
Trymon learns that no one knows what the spell does
they marvel at the edge of the world
theres a circumfence
then a boat arrives
they crank it
and find a city at the edge of the world
"do you see the eighth color? thats the color of magic"
rw points out a new star
a boat rolls up
they get in
luggage is coming
trymon sees arch chancellor making a big arrow
ac has magic mirror and is gonna shoot Rincewind. he says the spell will come back on the ionized path and enter chanco
he and trymon banter about the eight spells
trymon has dagger
horace runs in
"its The octavo. iti going really ape"
the spells are restless
horace opens door to octavo
did chanco go in?
welcome to Krull
my name is Marchesa
black woman with spear plans to sacrifice them
somehow RW beats everyone up and the two get away
big chest is going into ocean to reach them
trapped on an island
Tourist pulls a thing and theyre in the ball room
looks like star systems
rincewind isnt as stoked
they beat up two dudes and wear the space costumes
cut to the arena: crowd is stoked
vehicle is ready
purple coat guy gives a speech
"highly skilled chelonauts"
the two are suited up
"i just think i need to boldly go"
"heroes not just of Krull but the galaxy" pc guy
oh no theyre going up to the ship
octavo is screechin
wizards are in front of it
silly purple effect shoots up to the ceiling
its going up out of the university into the sky
theres a chimp wizard - head librarian Horace
the guys arrive at the ship, the goons are pursuing them
2f is opening it
rincewind is not into it
but the enemy chelonauts are coming
2f gets stuck in hatch
countdown is going
the wizards see the Octavo looking like
discworld blowing up with mist - a warning?
"to the tower of art!"
wizards climbing stairs 8888 of them
it didnt blow up but it made a big mist
a countdown while 2f is tryingg to get inside hatch and the ship is about to go
a new star
"the whole damn sky is full of worlds"
ac says the only way to know whats happening is to perform the rite of ashkente
mist is a change spell created by the octavo
“the whole world is changing...for the better, I think."
arrow went through ACs hat
Trymon dumped him off the edge
we see whole discworld
ship is spinning so they can see the edge
tourist says the new star is so pretty, he should name it
trymon is now the arch chancellor
oops they went under the whole thing
they seem to be moving near the new star
"ill give it a name: goodbye, world"
theyre on a collision course!