![]() ![]() ![]() For instance, it allows thieves to steal if they belong to the “thieves guild” and murderers to, well, murder people if they are part of the “assassins guild”-as long as they stay within their quota.įor cops, “it’s a good gig to lay low,” as werewolf Corporal Angua (Marama Corlett) tells the newest recruit, idealist Constable Carrot (Adam Hugill), on his first day. Now, a jaded Sam oversees a local precinct that doesn’t do much in a city that has legalized some crimes. In fact, the show’s generic worldbuilding, one-dimensional characterizations and lack of consistent wit will disappoint the kind of niche audience it’s trying to attract.Īdapted from the “City Watch” books of Pratchett’s “Discworld” series, “The Watch” is set in the fictional city of Ankh-Morpork where a motley crew (think “Guardians of the Galaxy” with badges) patrol the streets and do the bare minimum of actual police work.Ĭaptain Sam Vimes (Richard Dormer) was supposed to become a great cop, but “20 years, 9,321 bottles of booze 68,240 brain cells later,” the job has made the officer a bit of a barbarian (he looks like he’s straight from the lower decks of the Black Pearl). Inspiration from these more than 200 fairy tales was used, for example, to produce six seasons of the NBC fantasy police procedural “Grimm.”Ī prolific writer himself, late English novelist and satirist Terry Pratchett may not be as referenced in the mainstream film and TV industry as much as the Brothers Grimm, but with 41 books in his flat-planet “Discworld” series alone, there’s plenty for BBC America to borrow and re-envision, including its own fantasy cop show, “ The Watch.” As a cyberpunk interpretation of Pratchett’s original text, however, the new series likely won’t create many more fans of mythical storytelling. The amount of literary content German authors Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were able to publish during the early to mid-19th century has given Hollywood a seemingly bottomless trove of imaginative narratives to pull from. ![]()
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