Talk:Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic

Vetinari
It may be worth noting in the differences section that in the film version vetinari is the patrician, whereas in the book he is not. I haven't made the edit because I know there is some argument between fans as to when he came into power (some people seem to think CoM is based chronologically further on in the series). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.13.70.210 (talk) 23:04, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Is he listed in the cast list as Vertinari? IMDB has him as Patrician.Halbared (talk) 23:22, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

Closely
"The plot of the adaptation closely follows the plot of the first two Discworld novels". I removed the "closely" in there since several parts of book one (at least) were skipped. However, the production did cover the main storyline. It's debatable whether closely should be used or not. --91.84.69.180 (talk) 22:56, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree that parts were skipped, but they were the sub-plots. Perhaps "closely follows the main plot of the first two Discworld novels" would be better. --JD554 (talk) 06:04, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Herrena or Herenna or Herenna, but not Herrena
The article is inconsistent in its spelling of the character Herrena. Four instances spell it Herenna and one Herrena. However, the official site and IMDB agree with the single instance spelling of Herrena. Complicating things, an unpiped wikilink for Herrena goes to a subject completely unrelated to the character (i.e. simple search and replace isn't a good idea), while the currently used wikilinked Herenna redirects to a list of Discworld characters which uses yet a third spelling variation, Herena. Not sure how best to work this out, although since the official site uses Herrena it should probably be the preferred spelling in the article. -- Michael Devore (talk) 16:58, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Standardised as "Herrena", per the sources. Now I just need to chase that inconsistency through the rest of WikiProject Discworld's articles :D Happy‑melon 20:53, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Edit
Could someone see their way clear to editing the Reception section with some proper formatting as I added the 'fans opinion' information but don't know how to correctly format for bullet points which I used in word. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Siolis (talk • contribs) 01:14, 28 April 2008


 * I've removed this whole "Opinion of the Fans" section as it is purely personal opinion without any verifiable reliable sources. I'd be happy for it to be re-added provided it can be properly cited to reliable sources. --JD554 (talk) 07:58, 28 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Firstly the entire edit was based on comparison information between the book and the TV-film, secondly it was (in a very small part) referenced from information collected from various reviews I have read, thirdly I am a fan and most of what was written was my personal POV backed up with evidence such as direct book to film references. You had no right to remove that based on those reasons. Please replace the information or provide pointers to where the information cannot be said to be fact derived from analysis of the source material. - Ollie Miles @ Siolisdeoden@yahoo.co.uk —Preceding unsigned comment added by Siolis (talk • contribs) 11:53, 28 April 2008
 * Yes I did have the right to remove what you added. Please read the following links: WP:CITE, WP:V, WP:RS and WP:POV.--JD554 (talk) 11:44, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I fully agree with JD554's removal; the most important shortcut I would ask you to follow is WP:SYN. Happy‑melon 14:19, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

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Differences between book and movie semi-error
In the Differences Between Film and Original Text (that's not the exact wording) it states that in that the film does not use a change spell to return Rincewind to the disk. However, it is this change spell that causes the turtle to roll to recapture Rincewind. (The Archchancelor even says "It's a Change Spell.") I think that could be made more clear. --174.19.97.175 (talk) 03:17, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Rincewind's age
I notice that in the 'Reception' section, Rincewind is described as being middle-aged. However, the only specific reference to his age in the books is his alt-universe persona, Dr Rjinswand, from 'The Colour of Magic', which describes him as 33 - hardly middle-aged! Is there any firm evidence for the middle-aged description? I can't access the 'Times' article given as a reference because it requires a password. 188.29.70.222 (talk) 10:44, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

It says he spent 40 years studying magic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.21.58.83 (talk) 21:30, 7 August 2017 (UTC)