Death Meets Susan (Terry Pratchett's Discworld)

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  • @13wolfy13
    @13wolfy13 7 років тому +4910

    It occurs to me, Death literally smacked the guy so hard his children would feel it lol

    • @H3xx99
      @H3xx99 6 років тому +313

      He may not have brought her into this world, but he's the one who's going to take her out of it. He's going to take EVERYONE OUT OF IT.

    • @Reprodestruxion
      @Reprodestruxion 5 років тому +13

      Canadian-Rain Lemarckism

    • @Dakuu75
      @Dakuu75 5 років тому +10

      lmfao

    • @Tempus62
      @Tempus62 5 років тому +35

      i believe that probably was the joke

    • @jarosawsobinski1928
      @jarosawsobinski1928 5 років тому +44

      The sheer briliance of this scene!
      I must give Discworld a try! Uhhhh...which book came first?

  • @jasperruss7569
    @jasperruss7569 3 роки тому +1689

    Christopher Lee is the only person in history who can talk in capital letters

    • @melodymeiers7041
      @melodymeiers7041 2 роки тому +30

      Papyrus's does.

    • @Briselance
      @Briselance 2 роки тому +23

      So that was the man, eh. Sir Lee himself. I knew I knew that voice.

    • @WakoDoodle
      @WakoDoodle 2 роки тому +30

      even more amazing, he played death in the live action terry pratchett movie colour of magic decades later.
      One of his last roles too!

    • @mostlyjoe
      @mostlyjoe 2 роки тому +16

      Brian Blessed

    • @bretsheeley4034
      @bretsheeley4034 2 роки тому +18

      @@mostlyjoe Brian Fucking Blessed only whispers in capital letters. ("GORDON'S ALIVE?") They haven't created a font to accurately contain his normal speaking words.
      And yes, that is his middle name. I checked. Also, no one needs to verify that.

  • @NapoleChan
    @NapoleChan 4 роки тому +1963

    Pratchett knows how to provide information in such a subtle way. He asks if he is a good grandpa she replies "you have boney knees" which sounds like a complaint but it lets Death know he's been a good enough of a grandfather to have spent enough time with his granddaughter on his lap his boney knees would be enough of a issue to be brought up. He doesn't waste a sentence, everything can be broke open to provide more than what many will ever find.

    • @ryucross
      @ryucross 2 роки тому +141

      I just finished reading Mort and one of the things Death says at the end of it is that he doesn't think he'd be a good grandad, that he doesn't have the right knees.

    • @kayohwai
      @kayohwai 2 роки тому +184

      Later in the book this movie is based on, Susan starts having childhood memories of sitting on a comfortable cushion on Death's knee. He changed the past to be a better grandfather.

    • @lewisirwin5363
      @lewisirwin5363 Рік тому +24

      @@kayohwai You know, I never cottoned on to that!

    • @Chud_Bud_Supreme
      @Chud_Bud_Supreme Рік тому +15

      I like efficient story telling. Too many novels are full of pedantry
      Based pfp, btw

    • @mousermind
      @mousermind Рік тому +4

      *broken

  • @Igarappappa
    @Igarappappa 10 місяців тому +39

    Death brings up a good point. Everyone wants to change the world and reap the benefits, but never willing to accept (or expect) the negative consequences of that change.

    • @elgatochurro
      @elgatochurro 3 місяці тому +1

      He literally speaks from experience, each scene ive seen of him animated is him questioning his actions and the actions of others.

  • @crashandersen602
    @crashandersen602 6 років тому +1264

    "Really?...Boney knees?"
    Adorable.

    • @shaftoe195
      @shaftoe195 5 років тому +79

      Susan: "YES!" *walks out*
      Death: just standing there, roasted by his own granddaughter.

    • @h2ojr1
      @h2ojr1 5 років тому +55

      I think it calls back to her having to sit on his lap during her upbringing; showing that despite his efforts to be an affectionate grandfather, his image and being were unsuited for that role.

    • @sosomadman
      @sosomadman 5 років тому +23

      @@h2ojr1 you can see the awe when she changes into the reaper, and death seems excited he gets to see her baby granddaughter and gets to have her sit on her knee

    • @imageez
      @imageez 5 років тому +2

      I thought he said "Only knees?" referring to the lolita skirt she's turning to XD

    • @sosomadman
      @sosomadman 5 років тому +17

      @@imageez degenerates of the modern age

  • @siffremathilda
    @siffremathilda 9 років тому +1865

    " THERE IS NO JUSTICE. THERE'S JUST ME. "
    Death.

    • @JeshuaMorbus
      @JeshuaMorbus 9 років тому +43

      +private star No crown. No crown, only the harvest.

    • @CheshireFatorum
      @CheshireFatorum 7 років тому +70

      He was talking to Azrael, Death of Universes. So it was "us", not "me".
      "There is no truth but us.
      There is no mercy but us.
      There is no justice.
      There is just us.
      [...] Lord, what can the harvest hope for, if not for the care of the reaper man?"

    • @DeathReviews
      @DeathReviews 5 років тому +2

      Dang straight!

    • @333angeleyes
      @333angeleyes 5 років тому +16

      @@CheshireFatorum Exactly! Plus he was making the point (which none of the mortals understood) that it's not about right or wrong, and he is not good nor bad, he just is... all things even the gods die which is why even they are afraid of him

    • @magnusamann6806
      @magnusamann6806 4 роки тому +2

      @@CheshireFatorum He talks about this to Mort to, I think. Maybe also saying "us", though...

  • @mymidnightmistery
    @mymidnightmistery 5 років тому +2135

    “I may have allowed myself a flicker of emotion, I CAN give it up anytime I want”
    Death talking about emotion as if he’s talking about drugs 🤣

    • @scorn787
      @scorn787 5 років тому +116

      Considering what he said to the Auditors in Hogfather it is to him and things like him.

    • @ChronoTriggerHappy
      @ChronoTriggerHappy 5 років тому +108

      it basically is drugs to him, he is facinated by human emotions and trying to be human despite what he is.

    • @StarboyXL9
      @StarboyXL9 5 років тому +46

      Love is one hell of a drug skipper

    • @crownforce489
      @crownforce489 5 років тому +4

      Ikr?!

    • @patkelly3966
      @patkelly3966 5 років тому +5

      CURRY

  • @zakfett92
    @zakfett92 Рік тому +171

    This exchange reminds me of an episode of Gargoyles where the villains imprison Anubis, Egyptian God of Death. One of them tells Anubis he's only doing it because he wants Anubis to give him back his dead son, who died in a "pointless car crash". Anubis, voiced wonderfully by the late Tony Jay, replied thus:
    "All death is pointless; THAT is the point. Young and old, rich and poor, good and evil, death comes for them all. It is the ultimate fairness."

  • @88norimaki
    @88norimaki 9 років тому +1326

    "A man is not dead while his name is still spoken."
    GNU Terry Pratchett

    • @MrSvenovitch
      @MrSvenovitch 9 років тому +16

      88norimaki I still speak my grandaddy's name but he's been quite cold for 24 years. Utter nonsense.

    • @fabulousmyriad267
      @fabulousmyriad267 9 років тому +38

      88norimaki "Am I a good grandfather?"
      How can you not love this character with a line like that?

    • @NorthForkFisherman
      @NorthForkFisherman 9 років тому +16

      Tafami "Boney Knees?"
      OK - that was a good one too.

    • @Trissana281
      @Trissana281 9 років тому +13

      +MrSvenovitch I am pretty sure T.P wasn´t meaning dead in a body

    • @stumbling
      @stumbling 9 років тому +16

      +MrSvenovitch A literal mind is a dead mind.

  • @yarningchick
    @yarningchick 5 років тому +833

    I think Death took the phrase 'grandchildren are the reward for not killing your kids' a little too seriously. But this part definitely explains the climax of Mort because I didn't understand why Death suddenly changed his mind.

    • @Great_Cthulhu
      @Great_Cthulhu 2 роки тому +58

      Because he saw.
      Pratchett was always good at that.

    • @phaethos
      @phaethos Рік тому +31

      He did say a "Unique" memory.

    • @efaristi9737
      @efaristi9737 Рік тому +3

      @@Great_Cthulhu Saw what ? Susan ?

    • @KCCOmug
      @KCCOmug Рік тому +12

      ​@@efaristi9737 Yes. But he must have had the foresight to know who she was and that she wouldn't be if he bumped off Mort.

    • @tmarritt
      @tmarritt 9 місяців тому +12

      In the original it was because he saw the love his daughter had for mort and said "buggerit" I'll take the consequences, hence the "bit of emotion" he allowed himself.
      Kinda rewritten in a good way for this book where it becomes a time of trousers moment where he realises he must have allowed Mort life because she existed.

  • @terencemckennabitch8580
    @terencemckennabitch8580 5 років тому +617

    I love how Death's mouth doesn't move, his voice just pulls out of the air and booms.

    • @thomashothersall859
      @thomashothersall859 5 років тому +42

      No Deaths voice just appears in your head he never speaks

    • @pandinus1377
      @pandinus1377 4 роки тому +20

      Makes sense he ain't vocal chords

    • @scottmantooth8785
      @scottmantooth8785 4 роки тому +18

      *tricky thing to do without having a diaphragm from which to project from*
      *that's called talent, pure and simple*

    • @crimsondynamo615
      @crimsondynamo615 3 роки тому +16

      Iᴛ ᴄᴇʀᴛᴀɪɴʟʏ sᴀᴠᴇs ᴍᴏɴᴇʏ ᴏɴ ᴀɴɪᴍᴀᴛɪɴɢ ʟɪᴘ sʏɴᴄɪɴɢ.

    • @WTFisTingispingis
      @WTFisTingispingis 2 роки тому +2

      @@scottmantooth8785 *It just happens.*

  • @noahboucher125
    @noahboucher125 2 роки тому +265

    Susan is such a great character, her grandfather basically tells her she shouldn't have been born, and her response is sympathy. A little girl in a night dress reminding Death himself of fear.

  • @extraspooky819
    @extraspooky819 6 років тому +2123

    I love how you can tell that Death isn't actually upset with Mort, he's upset with himself. Death accuses Mort of doing the exact same thing as he did; changing the course of human history by interacting with it and refusing to abide by "The Duty." Death adopted a human child and raised her. He was indeed a loving father but I believe he also understood just how selfish his decisions were when he realized that his daughter was not only mortal, but could live a life he wishes he had. A normal mortal life. Hell that brings back his personalty from Reaper-man. Where he's expelled as the personification of death and he just wants to live a human-ish life. It's almost like the movie Arrival with it's time travel principle. Death knew that he would eventually one day not only lose his daughter to a mortal way of living, but that he would have to be present at her death as well. It's a tragedy that is completely set up by himself, for himself. It's both horrifying and depressing.

    • @thehungryboar
      @thehungryboar 5 років тому +89

      That's the horror of old-school Pratchett.

    • @aradraugfea
      @aradraugfea 5 років тому +107

      The Novel the film this is from is based on brings up the concept that Death remembers everything. Perfect and complete recall of everything. Not just everything that HAS happened. Not just the past. A continuous, unending present, all remembered as clearly as if it happened tomorrow. He spends most of the novel in a funk specifically BECAUSE of this memory, on a mission to forget, which is how Susan ends up playing understudy.
      However, at the end of it all, we do get a sort of closure around the death of the Duke and Duchess of Sto Helit.

    • @Mrmaverickism
      @Mrmaverickism 5 років тому +6

      Just women fuckin shit up and making the men fix it, same old shit

    • @Omnisprime
      @Omnisprime 5 років тому +20

      Death himself is infinite, so he’s bound to do everything at least once, even the really cruel, depressing stuff.

    • @MichaelSHartman
      @MichaelSHartman 5 років тому +24

      @@Omnisprime
      Death will exist as long as life exist. Is life eternal?

  • @jonthegeologist616
    @jonthegeologist616 4 роки тому +277

    "Won't that be a paradox?"
    "not for us"
    I don't know why, but the way he says it, so nonchalantly...... it is just so hilarious

  • @fermintenava5911
    @fermintenava5911 5 років тому +744

    Despite the stiff animation, this is actually a pretty great adaptation in sheer spirit ^^
    I love how they stage the scene from Mort, and I love Christopher Lee as Death.

    • @OdaSwifteye
      @OdaSwifteye 5 років тому +22

      Depending on when this was made the animation is probably more than serviceable.

    • @SgtKaneGunlock
      @SgtKaneGunlock 5 років тому +48

      while the budget is limited animation wise its clear the people making it were talented and put a lot of passion into it

    • @Darek_B52
      @Darek_B52 5 років тому +12

      THAT'S CHRISTOPHER LEE!?!?!? I thought I recognized that voice.

    • @GuitarSlayer136
      @GuitarSlayer136 Рік тому +4

      See you in 10 years when a bunch of animators remake it with smoother animation

    • @jondoe7036
      @jondoe7036 Рік тому +4

      @@OdaSwifteye Not that excuse again... Time has no pertinence on well done 2D animation, other than that as kids most of us would have lacked the ability to discern the quality of art like that. And there's nothing wrong with still liking animation that seems on the cheaper side, especially if it comes packaged with other aspects of greater value.

  • @RageCreati0n
    @RageCreati0n 3 роки тому +457

    “If you change the fate of a single man you change THE WORLD!! And you…YOU alone bear the responsibility for the change.”
    That is both hugely inspiring and oppressively ominous at the same time.

    • @The_Keeper
      @The_Keeper 2 роки тому

      Well, thats Death for ya.

    • @Elricchasers
      @Elricchasers 2 роки тому +21

      If you think about it, that pretty much applies as well in real life. Especially in regards of humanity’s progress. Take the plane for example, the wright brothers initially invented in order to help humankind achieve the means of flight and alternative means of travel. They succeeded of course however in light of the success so too did it lead way for other uses and things that were equally just as bad. Fighter jets as well as how the use of the atomic bomb was utilized through by the very variations of their efforts and hard work. Any one with a proper sensible brain in their heads would understand the total gravity and weight of the consequences of their actions. For every great change/benefit that is made, so too will their always be those that will exploit for the wrong reasons and abuse them as well as such equal consequences as there is good. This is something everyone must always understand

    • @OneBiasedOpinion
      @OneBiasedOpinion Рік тому +9

      I do appreciate the fact that he doesn’t come off as fully in the right though. As Susan points out, his _actual_ reason for not taking action is because the responsibility is “too heavy to bear,” which is just an excuse to be passive.

    • @efaristi9737
      @efaristi9737 Рік тому +1

      @@OneBiasedOpinion Isn't he right though ?

  • @AbsoluteMongoloid
    @AbsoluteMongoloid 5 років тому +639

    In that last part, where Susan walks off, you can really tell that Death sees a part of himself in her, and not just physically. The difference is that Susan, in her inexperience, has what Death has lost: the will to change and to cause change in an attempt to make the world better. Both sides make good arguments. Truly, an underrated show.

    • @333angeleyes
      @333angeleyes 5 років тому +13

      I didn't get that impression that he saw a part of himself in her, nor that he lost a part of himself and I just finished this book 2 weeks ago... Though they did make him pay in Reaper Man for trying to change things... So I can't say you are wrong on that part.

    • @AbsoluteMongoloid
      @AbsoluteMongoloid 5 років тому +3

      @@333angeleyes What do you think caused Death to change his mind, then? Just for the record, I don't have any experience with the book, and little with the cartoon.

    • @Rayzu4
      @Rayzu4 5 років тому +4

      @@AbsoluteMongoloid because he is death read the end part in reaperman when he kills the new human death

    • @grayscribe1342
      @grayscribe1342 5 років тому +11

      He does understand the responsibility changing things brings. For how much you are responsible if you are like him.
      Watch the episode 'The City on the Edge of Forever' from the original Star Trek show for another example.

    • @Briselance
      @Briselance 2 роки тому +5

      The will to change and cause change is not a privilege of inexperience. Goodness, no.
      Otherwise, older and old people couldn't change anything about them, even after realising in full what damages their previous attitude did to them and others.

  • @SerathDarklands
    @SerathDarklands 4 роки тому +123

    I've never even heard of this series before, and the moment Death started speaking, I immediately knew it was Sir Christopher Lee. Such an iconic regal, classy, bass voice.

  • @p6mkq
    @p6mkq 5 років тому +196

    I love this version of Death. Reminds me of Castlevania, but kinder and much more helpful.
    His voice is powerful and worth the praise.

    • @gloryiusgessepi2381
      @gloryiusgessepi2381 2 роки тому +5

      And less of a potty-mouth

    • @darthplagueis13
      @darthplagueis13 2 роки тому +9

      Quite fascinating how Pratchett managed to make the personification of a concept into one of his deepest and most intriguing characters.

    • @JWeb66
      @JWeb66 2 роки тому +6

      They both feel similar, great cosmic forces that can interact with humans in a relatable way but are completely opposite on the spectrum. Discworld is wise and compassionate, albeit prone to anger, that views his purpose as a nessixary balance to the universe and acts as a guide. Castlevania is a cruel and treacherous bastard that devours everything in his path and will destroy the world just to not go hungry, he's also so apathetic to any idea of "cosmic order" and thus he gives no shits.

    • @marskavols1073
      @marskavols1073 Рік тому +1

      @@darthplagueis13 it was done before in my country it is a pretty common pagan character but I guess all books are connected. And I love it even more, there is a lot of my country folk what he took and it warms my heart when it is being told so well (most of it is in feet of clay and Thud) to be precise (360 painting and the Golems) and I think there is so much from all over the world and it makes the stories so much more valuable when you get to know other countries stories.

  • @Elizaveta7155
    @Elizaveta7155 7 років тому +652

    Grim Reaper clearly has a soft spot for Susan... he almost killed his son-in-law and stopped only when saw his granddaughter!

    • @KajiRider1997
      @KajiRider1997 5 років тому +51

      All the best granddaughters are named susan, Just ask the Doctor lol

    • @MrRavellon
      @MrRavellon 5 років тому +115

      Елизавета Самусева
      Consider this: Susan exists. She is a daughter of Mort. Susan was not yet conceived at the time.
      If Mort dies Susan will not be born. But she has been born. So the fact that she stands there is proof that Death will spare Mort and so learning of this Death spares Mort.

    • @truefailure6359
      @truefailure6359 5 років тому +26

      MrRavellon When you make sure youre born just by existing- Quite trippy

    • @MrRavellon
      @MrRavellon 5 років тому +60

      @@truefailure6359 also, Death remembers that Susan will be born but does not know that she will be born until he sees her.
      He has rather unique relationship with time and causality.

    • @javiervasquez8995
      @javiervasquez8995 5 років тому +5

      @@MrRavellon Doesn't that imply that the future is already written? 😮 So i guess in Death's world the Universe is deterministic.

  • @sirhugg
    @sirhugg 2 роки тому +46

    My favourite line from Death comes from the Hogfather when he tells the Auditors that the problem with living is it's really hard to give it up once you start doing it.

  • @KazumiKiguma
    @KazumiKiguma 4 роки тому +95

    "You'll be calling me Gramps next"
    *Meanwhile, in Fate/Grand Order, the embodiment of the concept of Death is called Gramps by everyone *

  • @madslayer4197
    @madslayer4197 3 роки тому +61

    Susan: how do you know who I am?
    Death: I have a unique memory.
    Susan: You can't remember me I haven't even been conceived.
    Death: I did say unique.
    A weird way of seeing you are above time but ok.

  • @jarosawsobinski1928
    @jarosawsobinski1928 5 років тому +156

    5:24
    Death:This is a new feeling. Being proud of someone.

    • @sosomadman
      @sosomadman 5 років тому +7

      Really? Bonney knees!?

    • @jarosawsobinski1928
      @jarosawsobinski1928 5 років тому +11

      @@sosomadman
      Susan:YES!
      Death: Did my heart just skip a beat? Wait! I have a heart!?

    • @littlebigb5370
      @littlebigb5370 5 років тому +27

      Unfortunately, it's overshadowed by all this UNYIELDING RAGE...
      ...towards my boney knees.

    • @jayjay86443
      @jayjay86443 4 роки тому +5

      MY BABY GIIIRRRRLLLL!

  • @DarkMegaPlague
    @DarkMegaPlague 5 років тому +104

    "He has no life left there is only music, rhythm in his soul....literally" Sounds like Blackie Lawless to me.

  • @ryuuronin9852
    @ryuuronin9852 4 роки тому +232

    "Grandfather, I can live with, but Grandad. You'll be calling me Gramps next."
    Anyone who knows Fate Grand Order is cracking up at this line.....I know I did.
    For those who don't know: there is a character in it called the Grand Assassin, he has a definite Skull and Grim Reaper motif and because of his ancient status and occasional kind deeds (as well as a popular fan comic) the fanbase has given him the nickname Gramps.

    • @Nyxlave
      @Nyxlave 4 роки тому +3

      Bone Daddy!

    • @Constantine_Cvl8
      @Constantine_Cvl8 Рік тому +1

      @@Nyxlave I think that's a nickname for a different character in Japanese media

  • @Kingpin1880
    @Kingpin1880 5 років тому +37

    I so wish that Christopher Lee's grandchildren watched this, went up to him, and said "Gramps!"

  • @Stormkrow280
    @Stormkrow280 3 роки тому +44

    After the death of Terry Pratchett someone created a Fan art of Death of the Discworld meeting up with Death of the Endless, a reference to the friendship between Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

  • @rallozarx4215
    @rallozarx4215 5 років тому +366

    A being, who has existed for 1000's of years and stands apart from humanity, has a granddaughter named Susan.
    If i had a nickel for every being I think of who comes to mind, I'd have 10 cents, which isn't much, but it is kind of weird that it happens twice.

  • @Phoenixesper1
    @Phoenixesper1 2 роки тому +26

    "I love him father!"
    "You do? You never said!"
    Then what the hell has he been arguing over!?!

  • @littlebigb5370
    @littlebigb5370 5 років тому +60

    Death: Whoever he is, he has no life.
    Yeah, sorry, that's mine.

  • @truemind1018
    @truemind1018 5 років тому +423

    people saying how she roasted death by saying he has boney knees but would any of you rather have death with thicc supple thighs?
    edit: dont answer that

    • @nicholasrandall3507
      @nicholasrandall3507 5 років тому +68

      *Looks at Death in DC and Marvel*
      There's your answer.

    • @cawareyoudoin7379
      @cawareyoudoin7379 5 років тому +25

      I have always seen, see, and will continue to see the Death of Discworld as totally and utterly aromantic and asexual.

    • @truemind1018
      @truemind1018 5 років тому +26

      @@cawareyoudoin7379 congratulations you have not been overtaken by your bodies innate hornyness to the point where death itself is starting to look attractive and bang-able
      yet

    • @cawareyoudoin7379
      @cawareyoudoin7379 5 років тому +9

      @@truemind1018 Thank you.
      Perhaps it's because I read Discworld as a kid, and I am not able to want to bang the grandfather of the character I related to the most.

    • @grahamkristensen9301
      @grahamkristensen9301 4 роки тому +13

      If you don't want answers, you shouldn't have asked.

  • @death-king1834
    @death-king1834 8 років тому +239

    This animation honestly looks like something from one of those point and click adventure games like Curse of Monkey Island.

    • @wolfreicherter748
      @wolfreicherter748 6 років тому

      You dont say!!?

    • @profpep
      @profpep 6 років тому +1

      Check the date, perhaps?

    • @scottmantooth8785
      @scottmantooth8785 5 років тому +1

      still good none the less...exactly what is called for

    • @dragonson72
      @dragonson72 5 років тому

      @Darkseid, The animation was done by Cosgrove Hall, A British animation studio. The only thing that really sticks out that has been on the air in the U.S is Count Duckula

    • @daveh7720
      @daveh7720 5 років тому +2

      @@dragonson72 Dangermouse was shown here in the U.S. for a time, on Nickelodeon. I believe Count Duckula was a spinoff series. (At least I remember Duckula being a guest character on DM.)

  • @michelveilleux1275
    @michelveilleux1275 3 роки тому +21

    "There is no justice. There is only me." Ahh Death, the greatest of all equalizers.

  • @Terminator869
    @Terminator869 Рік тому +10

    Imagine having the grim reaper/Death, a literal walking talking skeleton probably one of if not the most famous skeleton to ever exist as your father or grandfather

  • @11338325
    @11338325 9 років тому +629

    Who voices Death? Because it sounds like Christopher Lee in my opinion.

    • @dariuszsobotka
      @dariuszsobotka  9 років тому +290

      +Headless Horseman Yep... that is indeed *Christopher Lee*

    • @aamirnasirquraishy7029
      @aamirnasirquraishy7029 9 років тому +58

      +Headless Horseman It is, and he was amazing!

    • @scottmantooth8785
      @scottmantooth8785 5 років тому +12

      because it is (or rather was)

    • @zakfett92
      @zakfett92 5 років тому +69

      How much you want to bet that when Christopher Lee died he took over Death's job?

    • @gaintrobotsrulez
      @gaintrobotsrulez 5 років тому +7

      zakfett92 I would accept passing over if it was him, at least I know the duel with Death is still accepted

  • @Trollioli
    @Trollioli 4 роки тому +21

    3:17 "grandfather I can LIVE with" ironic coming from a walking skeleton.

  • @aaronjackson1875
    @aaronjackson1875 5 років тому +58

    I didn’t know they made an animated series of this.
    I loved the books when I was younger.

    • @theirishviking9278
      @theirishviking9278 2 роки тому

      To my knowledge they made two animated movies (soul music and wyird sisters)
      And two live action ones(going postal and hogfather)

    • @Here_is_Waldo
      @Here_is_Waldo Рік тому

      @@theirishviking9278 There was also a live action version of The Colour of Magic, I think.

  • @Rayzu4
    @Rayzu4 5 років тому +68

    I'm a grown ass dude about to cry(not literally but that feeling in your chest you get) remembering that Terry is dead. Same goes for Chester it's always hard thinking of it

  • @BananaMike780
    @BananaMike780 4 роки тому +9

    I like how deaths mouth doesn't move when he talks but his eyebrows do

  • @williamnone
    @williamnone 5 років тому +54

    There was a saying in another book about why Death does not interfere with mortal matter of life and death. For every one life that Death does not end as he is supposed to 10 more lives must take it's place in order to keep the Cosmos balanced. Only the Divine can interfere without there being any consequences.

    • @SpannerWorks
      @SpannerWorks 5 років тому +7

      Well, we see the consequences of that in Mort when
      He spares Princess Keli. Then reality begins spring cleaning the paradox. Starting with the weird reality warp that happens in the public house that makes Mort flip his shit.

  • @Tirryna
    @Tirryna 9 років тому +83

    Deviated from the book a bit. I miss Sir Ian Richardson as Death, as he was in HogFather... But Christopher Lee is great, too

  • @SegaNintendoGuy64
    @SegaNintendoGuy64 5 років тому +18

    RIP Christopher Lee.

  • @Walkinthevoid
    @Walkinthevoid 5 років тому +6

    I CAN GIVE IT UP ANY TIME I LIKE

  • @truefailure6359
    @truefailure6359 5 років тому +11

    I love the cuts with some of christopher lee's lines. It makes it even funnier-

  • @VisionsDark
    @VisionsDark 6 років тому +27

    Mort, first book I read by Terry ❤️

    • @Lord-Gazimus
      @Lord-Gazimus 2 роки тому

      I enjoy the Death/Susan stories most - 'Thief of Time' is one of my favourites and carries on from the Hogfather.

    • @darthplagueis13
      @darthplagueis13 2 роки тому

      Aye. Though this is a scene from soul music, it's just that Susan has gone back in time and therefore witnessed a scene from Mort

  • @OneBiasedOpinion
    @OneBiasedOpinion Рік тому +22

    Death from Discworld and The Doctor from Doctor Who have quite a few similarities in character. One of the most notable is that they’re the only ones in their respective settings who both _have_ the ability to steer the course of the universe as they wish, yet understand the _full_ cost of doing so, no matter how “good” the immediate outcome may seem.

    • @ZidaneWarner
      @ZidaneWarner Рік тому +2

      And they both have a granddaughter named Susan.

  • @Arella17
    @Arella17 2 роки тому +3

    I really gotta get my hands on Discworld. It's always on hold at my local library for years at a time.

  • @rjmantis
    @rjmantis 6 років тому +8

    I remember watching this when I was little with my dad.

  • @Three-Headed-Monkey
    @Three-Headed-Monkey 5 років тому +9

    One of my favourite interactions out of the entire series.

  • @OokamiKageGinGetsu
    @OokamiKageGinGetsu 6 років тому +38

    "Mort" was the very first Discworld book I read.

    • @imlate-official3714
      @imlate-official3714 5 років тому +4

      I sure your grief, but don't worry, in every down there's up.

  • @missyjames8887
    @missyjames8887 5 років тому +8

    That's it UA-cam is spying on me, just mentioned to a friend they should read discworld series some time as my brother and I used to listen to the audio tapes. Now here I am the next day and this is on my recommended list....

    • @lorriejones8064
      @lorriejones8064 5 років тому

      Lol. Is that the first time this has happened to you?
      Get use to it.
      Cellphones "listen" as well as note where you are and what you look at.

    • @333angeleyes
      @333angeleyes 5 років тому +2

      I listen to the audio books as well and I must say that this voice actor for the books is phenomenal! He brings each character to life and gives them their own unique personality. Plus the best thing about the audio books is that I can listen while cleaning or working out at the gym

  • @SMChurchill
    @SMChurchill 4 роки тому +14

    Christopher Lee, sadly missed.

  • @whiwhimee
    @whiwhimee 2 роки тому +22

    So, film producers chose the Harry Potter series over this? This is more relatable to life than that mock wizardry world. I missed out.

    • @jamesbrice3267
      @jamesbrice3267 Місяць тому

      Guards! Guards! would have been awesome.

  • @N3k0Y0m1
    @N3k0Y0m1 4 роки тому +3

    What an interesting series.. I never even heard of this before, now that I have.. I'm gald.

  • @TheGhostOfSabotage
    @TheGhostOfSabotage 5 років тому +12

    That's it, I'm gonna buy the DVD, since I want to watch it again. :D

  • @Karen-du3pj
    @Karen-du3pj Рік тому

    I miss this place, Discworld, yes I reread, but that first taste is always Magic🐢🐘🐘🐘🐘🐢🐘🐘🐘🐘

  • @sonofthebearking3335
    @sonofthebearking3335 5 років тому +5

    3:27 sounds like he's describing me from the beginning of Jr. High through highshool, XD
    A metal/alternative addiction can only carry you so far. Heh

  • @fenec250
    @fenec250 4 роки тому +17

    They told me I was too young
    That I needed more training
    I told them to drop dead
    How Ironic.
    I don't know how I survived that fall,
    Something strange must have happened.
    My pulse is beating like a drum
    But my blood is running cold
    I'm not sure what's going on but I came here with a question
    And I will find the answer if it kills me.
    Crypt of the NecroDancer - Cinematic Trailer

  • @severalcakes3267
    @severalcakes3267 4 роки тому +5

    "'Grandfather', I can live with."
    You're not alive!

  • @1973Washu
    @1973Washu 7 років тому +33

    A real six string bought from a five and dime can have power.

    • @ringostingo5892
      @ringostingo5892 5 років тому +2

      Only if you play it till your fingers bleed....

    • @JohnAlbertRigali
      @JohnAlbertRigali Рік тому

      “Bought a beat up six string in a secondhand store
      Didn't know how to play it, but he knew for sure
      That one guitar, felt good in his hands
      Didn't take long, to understand
      Just one guitar, slung way down low
      Was one way ticket, only one way to go”
      - Foreigner, “Juke Box Hero”
      Does Discworld contain juke boxes? 🤔

    • @jamesbrice3267
      @jamesbrice3267 Місяць тому

      @@JohnAlbertRigali Yes, they have Imp bands inside playing what they've heard before. The Colour of Magic and Moving Pictures had the same idea with cameras.

  • @Gibblegobblegoob
    @Gibblegobblegoob 4 роки тому +5

    This is hitting everyone's recommended

  • @Kibaoftheleaves
    @Kibaoftheleaves 2 роки тому +4

    GRAND DAD!!

  • @nightcrawlerwolf1299
    @nightcrawlerwolf1299 8 років тому +6

    i love this show

  • @Lord-Gazimus
    @Lord-Gazimus 2 роки тому +14

    Christopher Lee and Ian Richardson were both great as Death.

  • @raulacevedo8336
    @raulacevedo8336 5 років тому +9

    Rocks in it.

    • @333angeleyes
      @333angeleyes 5 років тому +1

      Music with Rocks in it (^_^)

  • @1873Winchester
    @1873Winchester 5 років тому +11

    The animation in this series was never really that good I thought. Except for Death, I think they really nailed his look in this series, he is what I see when I imagine him in the stories.

    • @TinyFoxTom
      @TinyFoxTom 5 років тому +4

      Honestly, I find *DEATH* too expressive in the cartoon. The skull shifts, which never happened in the book. His all-caps bold font gave gravitas to everything he said, but it was his actions that revealed his warmth more than how he talked. *DEATH* is an unchanging entity; it is only our understanding of him that changes. This is basically how modern theology treats God; poor Terry wanted to believe, but just couldn't. He believed that death was all there was, and perhaps that is why he assigned all the positive aspects of God to the Discworld Reaper. We all want a merciful death, after all.

  • @-Markus-
    @-Markus- 11 місяців тому

    When the hourglass runs out, death squints and turns it upside down. Love that badass scene!

  • @ik9175533
    @ik9175533 6 місяців тому

    I can't stop being surprised at how Death is so fixed on the point how the future cannot be changed by anyone (except for gods if you really push his fixation).

  • @phaikia13
    @phaikia13 5 років тому +21

    The day, the music died. :(

  • @KuraSourTakanHour
    @KuraSourTakanHour 2 роки тому +9

    "Whoever he is, he has not life. Only music"
    Did anyone else find that funny? 😂

  • @shinethief3785
    @shinethief3785 2 роки тому +2

    I love this story. I need the reread the disc world books.

    • @dawndusk1007
      @dawndusk1007 2 роки тому

      Wait it's a book?

    • @shinethief3785
      @shinethief3785 2 роки тому +1

      @dawndusk1007 Yeah, Terry Pratchett is the author. He wrote like 20 odd novels based in the Discworld. He also co wrote Good Omens with Neil Gaiman before his death. If you enjoy these animations. I can not recommend these books enough. They are all on Audible if you want to check them out if you have time to read that many books.

  • @miguelcastaneda7236
    @miguelcastaneda7236 4 роки тому +5

    christopher lee the ideal voice

  • @unnamednewbie13
    @unnamednewbie13 8 років тому +28

    I have this and Wyrd Sisters on disc, but I always have to roll out my international DVD player to get them going. So annoying.

    • @scottmantooth8785
      @scottmantooth8785 5 років тому

      both are excellent...

    • @Kaefer1973
      @Kaefer1973 5 років тому +2

      I know there were completely legal region code disabling software DVD's for the Playstation 2, isn't something like that available for conventional DVD players as well?

    • @SonsOfLorgar
      @SonsOfLorgar 4 роки тому

      @@Kaefer1973 there used to be anyway, and some players that could be unlocked with a code.
      Imo. Region locking in itself should be illegal.

    • @Kaefer1973
      @Kaefer1973 4 роки тому

      @@SonsOfLorgar I agree, it's something that almost exclusively punishes the people actually buying honest copies anyway. Why punish these who don't pirate?

  • @Taveren
    @Taveren Рік тому +1

    The implication that she sat on his lap despite the knees is fuckin adorable

  • @kiratheusagiisworkshop5266
    @kiratheusagiisworkshop5266 5 років тому +10

    I find it funny that a skeleton would take issue with having bony knees XD
    After everything in that conversation, that's what has him fazed lol.

  • @zerogo40
    @zerogo40 6 місяців тому

    I started with a hardback trilogy following a young captain Carrot, then darted from book to book in whatever order was available from the library. Amazing magical books of fantasy fiction and facts.

  • @mark.J6708
    @mark.J6708 2 роки тому +2

    He's awesome in this series.

  • @theapex1622
    @theapex1622 Рік тому +1

    Its probably the artstyle but I like how Deaths face changes from serious confronting Mort and more expressive when talking with Susan

  • @jeremieportejoie2254
    @jeremieportejoie2254 Рік тому +2

    I'm french : "Mort" in french means "Death", took me a while to understand.

  • @Anglomachian
    @Anglomachian 3 роки тому +2

    I like how close to the book this scene is.

  • @lordseelenfresserdemonking1168
    @lordseelenfresserdemonking1168 4 роки тому +4

    Death seems like a cool s.o.b

    • @Jourell1
      @Jourell1 4 роки тому +3

      Sir Terry's Death really is cool

    • @jamesbrice3267
      @jamesbrice3267 Місяць тому

      Only the Auditors can make Him lose His temper.

  • @dan020350
    @dan020350 7 років тому +9

    -.- death ?! meets insanity

  • @BananaMike780
    @BananaMike780 4 роки тому +2

    GRAND DAD

  • @patharasown
    @patharasown 4 роки тому +2

    The floor tiles on Death's house should be octagonal.

  • @glenngriffon8032
    @glenngriffon8032 5 років тому +22

    this animation style looks like stuff i've seen on FOX in 90's

  • @CaptainNucleus
    @CaptainNucleus 5 років тому +2

    3:12 hot reference to vinesauce funnyman uncle jobel

  • @thomastakesatollforthedark2231
    @thomastakesatollforthedark2231 5 років тому +13

    There was an animated one?!!!

    • @glenbe4026
      @glenbe4026 5 років тому +3

      There is a couple of animated series, and a few live action mini series

    • @333angeleyes
      @333angeleyes 5 років тому +1

      @@glenbe4026 I can't bring myself to even think of watching the live action series, I have a look, sound, and style of all the characters in my head. Watching someone else's interpretation of Discworld would feel wrong to me

    • @glenbe4026
      @glenbe4026 5 років тому

      @Melkhiordarkblade Hogfather is the one I like the best. But mainly because it has Susan. I never really liked Moist, so disliked Going Postal the most.

  • @yarlehnowz
    @yarlehnowz Місяць тому +1

    RIP Sir Christopher Lee

  • @alexbara100
    @alexbara100 2 роки тому +2

    When did this random book series that I only found once in high school become a tv show? Can I stream it?

  • @SlideIX
    @SlideIX 5 років тому +19

    I can’t help but think death somehow looks proud of Susan at 5:26

  • @Howlrunner82
    @Howlrunner82 5 років тому +4

    Everytime I listen to this Death I see King Haggard from The last Unicorn

  • @lauriecroad3186
    @lauriecroad3186 6 років тому +2

    Terrific... not seen this one... but I will.

    • @scottmantooth8785
      @scottmantooth8785 5 років тому +2

      soul music is also worth a look...very much like the others in the use of humor clearly a Discworld book

  • @sunshinecarnivores1919
    @sunshinecarnivores1919 2 роки тому +3

    I never knew this was animated!

    • @Here_is_Waldo
      @Here_is_Waldo Рік тому

      This and Wyrd Sisters were animated, and there were a couple of live action ones as well.

  • @jingthethief
    @jingthethief 5 років тому

    howcome inever heard of this series b4. its a gem

  • @Mr.Brothybear
    @Mr.Brothybear Рік тому

    I remember this part in the book

  • @jackieeljack3226
    @jackieeljack3226 8 років тому +9

    bony knees

  • @andrewkful
    @andrewkful 5 років тому +2

    ... this got animated?? Who made this and when was it released? This is even more interesting knowing Disney was in talks of getting the rights to the fourth book!

  • @Badartist888
    @Badartist888 Рік тому

    Interesting take on the trolley problem by Death there.

  • @passiondpete1624
    @passiondpete1624 5 років тому +13

    wait what? theres animated series of this

    • @Asher_Tye
      @Asher_Tye 5 років тому

      Just this and Wyrd Sisters.

    • @mattstanislen3165
      @mattstanislen3165 5 років тому

      @@Asher_Tye This is from Soul Music isn't it?

    • @Asher_Tye
      @Asher_Tye 5 років тому

      @@mattstanislen3165 yes.