The Color of Magic (TV) 7.0

The Color of Magic (TV 2008): As Rincewind involuntarily becomes a guide to the naive tourist Twoflower, they find themselves forced to flee the city of Ankh-Morpork to escape a terrible fire, and begin on a journey across the Disc. (7.0)

Director: Vadim Jean
Writers: Vadim Jean, Terry Pratchett (novels)
Stars: David Jason, Sean Astin, Tim Curry

I started watching the two part series without first realizing that it is based on the famous book series Disk World by Terry Pratchett. I have not read the books either, so knowing it ahead of time would have not made a difference. Taken on its own, this mini-series is pretty good with a very compelling storyline and quite good acting. You can tell that there is a lot of background behind some of these characters and some were well developed into giving possible future drama. For a fantasy story, some of the punchlines in the not-so-subtle jokes were enjoyable. I'm sure those who have read the books may find this quick rundown of a series somewhat lacking; isn't that always the case when a whole series of books are made into a short movie! But just looking at it from a stand-alone fantasy story, it is very much entertaining. My Rating: 7.0