The Colour of Magic (2008), Part 1 with Dean Eaton

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.   Please join our Discord server and get to know the fam!  https://discord.gg/vtJnpkhd   Dean's project   Omniversal Escapades   Jeff's projects   Shattered Worlds RPG Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? Omniversal Escapades (Jeff's livestreaming RPG show) James Lark (composer, podcaster) wrote the theme song for the show Licensed for show use, copyright 2024 Here's James website for all his activities:  jameslark.co.uk   Recommendations   Omniversal Escapades The Good Doctor Discworld, Book 3: Equal Rites The Dresden Files The Witcher (book series) The Fatal Wish   Social Media   Jeff Richardson   @eljefetacoma on Facebook, Twitter, Bluesky, Instagram, and Mastadon   Dean Eaton   @geekusdean on the various socials Links   Lord of the Rings The Hobbit Aladdin Hercules X-Men: The Animated Series Spider-Man (1994) Batman: The Animated Series Star Trek Star Trek: The Next Generation Star Wars Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Congo The Blair Witch Project The Twilight Zone Outer Limits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete%27s_Dragon_(1977_film) Journeyquest Modiphius Discworld RPG The Adventure Zone Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse William Shakespeare Mortal Kombat 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!