The Watch

TV Series
2020–2021
TV-14

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5.5/10

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Police Procedural Supernatural Fantasy Comedy Crime Drama Fantasy

A group of misfit cops rise up from decades of helplessness to save their corrupt city from catastrophe.A group of misfit cops rise up from decades of helplessness to save their corrupt city from catastrophe.A group of misfit cops rise up from decades of helplessness to save their corrupt city from catastrophe.

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5.5/10

6.6K

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2,352

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After the release of the trailer Rhianna Pratchett, daughter of Discworld author Terry Pratchett, commented on Twitter: "Look, I think it's fairly obvious that The Watch shares no DNA with my father's Watch. This is neither criticism nor support. It is what it is." Fantasy author Neil Gaiman, who was a personal friend of Pratchett, added that fans like the source material "so if you do something else, you risk alienating the fans on a monumental scale. It's not Batman if he's now a news reporter in a yellow trenchcoat with a pet bat."

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Featured in Sky News @Breakfast: Episode dated 3 July 2021 (2021)

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2/10

I give it 2 for trying

I had no idea what I was watching and I'm a huge fan of the books. From the very first second it was confusing and horrible. All the characters were botched, storyline botched, script botched, editing botched. I liked the idea that Ankh Morpork was some sort of neo-punk medieval city, but that's all I liked because from the very first second, I was confused about what was happening (and this is from someone who has actually read the books several times).

This is a hard pass for any Pratchett fans as this will only make you angry. And I'm afraid that anyone else will have absolutely no clue what the hell is happening.