Death Meets Susan (Terry Pratchett's Discworld)

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  • @13wolfy13
    @13wolfy13 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4806

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

    • @H3xx99
      @H3xx99 5 ปีที่แล้ว +302

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Canadian-Rain Lemarckism

    • @Dakuu75
      @Dakuu75 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      lmfao

    • @Tempus62
      @Tempus62 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      i believe that probably was the joke

    • @jarosawsobinski1928
      @jarosawsobinski1928 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

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

  • @jasperruss7569
    @jasperruss7569 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1590

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

    • @melodymeiers7041
      @melodymeiers7041 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Papyrus's does.

    • @Briselance
      @Briselance ปีที่แล้ว +22

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

    • @WakoDoodle
      @WakoDoodle ปีที่แล้ว +28

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Brian Blessed

    • @bretsheeley4034
      @bretsheeley4034 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@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.

  • @TrumpCardMAGA
    @TrumpCardMAGA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1886

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +137

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +177

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +24

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

    • @SonofTiamat
      @SonofTiamat ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

    • @mousermind
      @mousermind ปีที่แล้ว +4

      *broken

  • @mymidnightmistery
    @mymidnightmistery 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2054

    “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 ปีที่แล้ว +106

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

    • @ChronoTriggerHappy
      @ChronoTriggerHappy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +100

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

    • @StarboyXL9
      @StarboyXL9 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Love is one hell of a drug skipper

    • @crownforce489
      @crownforce489 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ikr?!

    • @patkelly3966
      @patkelly3966 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      CURRY

  • @crashandersen602
    @crashandersen602 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1212

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

    • @shaftoe195
      @shaftoe195 5 ปีที่แล้ว +77

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

    • @h2ojr1
      @h2ojr1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@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 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @sosomadman
      @sosomadman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@imageez degenerates of the modern age

  • @yarningchick
    @yarningchick 4 ปีที่แล้ว +795

    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.

    • @BlackLiger788
      @BlackLiger788 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Because he saw.
      Pratchett was always good at that.

    • @phaethos
      @phaethos 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      He did say a "Unique" memory.

    • @efaristi9737
      @efaristi9737 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@BlackLiger788 Saw what ? Susan ?

    • @KCCOmug
      @KCCOmug 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      ​@@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 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      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.

  • @siffremathilda
    @siffremathilda 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1817

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

    • @JeshuaMorbus
      @JeshuaMorbus 8 ปีที่แล้ว +42

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

    • @CheshireFatorum
      @CheshireFatorum 6 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dang straight!

    • @333angeleyes
      @333angeleyes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@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 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @zakfett92
    @zakfett92 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    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."

    • @kira-dk2mx
      @kira-dk2mx 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I loved that episode.

  • @88norimaki
    @88norimaki 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1277

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

    • @MrSvenovitch
      @MrSvenovitch 9 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

    • @fabulousmyriad267
      @fabulousmyriad267 9 ปีที่แล้ว +37

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

    • @NorthForkFisherman
      @NorthForkFisherman 9 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

    • @Trissana281
      @Trissana281 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

    • @stumbling
      @stumbling 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      +MrSvenovitch A literal mind is a dead mind.

  • @terencemckennabitch8580
    @terencemckennabitch8580 4 ปีที่แล้ว +586

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

    • @thomashothersall859
      @thomashothersall859 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      No Deaths voice just appears in your head he never speaks

    • @pandinus1377
      @pandinus1377 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Makes sense he ain't vocal chords

    • @scottmantooth8785
      @scottmantooth8785 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

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

    • @crimsondynamo615
      @crimsondynamo615 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Iᴛ ᴄᴇʀᴛᴀɪɴʟʏ sᴀᴠᴇs ᴍᴏɴᴇʏ ᴏɴ ᴀɴɪᴍᴀᴛɪɴɢ ʟɪᴘ sʏɴᴄɪɴɢ.

    • @WTFisTingispingis
      @WTFisTingispingis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@scottmantooth8785 *It just happens.*

  • @noahboucher125
    @noahboucher125 ปีที่แล้ว +248

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +2092

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      That's the horror of old-school Pratchett.

    • @aradraugfea
      @aradraugfea 5 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @Omnisprime
      @Omnisprime 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

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

    • @MichaelSHartman
      @MichaelSHartman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

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

  • @jonthegeologist616
    @jonthegeologist616 3 ปีที่แล้ว +254

    "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

  • @RageCreati0n
    @RageCreati0n 3 ปีที่แล้ว +436

    “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 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, thats Death for ya.

    • @Elricchasers
      @Elricchasers ปีที่แล้ว +19

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@OneBiasedOpinion Isn't he right though ?

  • @fermintenava5911
    @fermintenava5911 5 ปีที่แล้ว +726

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +22

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

    • @SgtKaneGunlock
      @SgtKaneGunlock 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

    • @GuitarSlayer136
      @GuitarSlayer136 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @jondoe7036
      @jondoe7036 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

  • @AbsoluteMongoloid
    @AbsoluteMongoloid 5 ปีที่แล้ว +620

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @grayscribe1342
      @grayscribe1342 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @Igarappappa
    @Igarappappa 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    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.

  • @SerathDarklands
    @SerathDarklands 4 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And less of a potty-mouth

    • @darthplagueis13
      @darthplagueis13 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @JWeb66
      @JWeb66 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @KazumiKiguma
    @KazumiKiguma 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

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

    • @michelveilleux1275
      @michelveilleux1275 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Terry would be laughing at that I think. 😅👌

  • @sirhugg
    @sirhugg ปีที่แล้ว +38

    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.

  • @Elizaveta7155
    @Elizaveta7155 7 ปีที่แล้ว +631

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +50

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

    • @MrRavellon
      @MrRavellon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +26

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

    • @MrRavellon
      @MrRavellon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      @@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 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @ryuuronin9852
    @ryuuronin9852 4 ปีที่แล้ว +225

    "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 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Bone Daddy!

    • @Constantine_Cvl8
      @Constantine_Cvl8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @madslayer4197
    @madslayer4197 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    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.

  • @hairymcnipples
    @hairymcnipples 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    They really committed to "hard-wearing, practical, and as erotic as a plank", and I am extremely here for it

  • @Stormkrow280
    @Stormkrow280 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    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

  • @DarkMegaPlague
    @DarkMegaPlague 5 ปีที่แล้ว +98

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

  • @jarosawsobinski1928
    @jarosawsobinski1928 5 ปีที่แล้ว +149

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

    • @sosomadman
      @sosomadman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Really? Bonney knees!?

    • @jarosawsobinski1928
      @jarosawsobinski1928 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @littlebigb5370
      @littlebigb5370 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

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

    • @jayjay86443
      @jayjay86443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      MY BABY GIIIRRRRLLLL!

  • @rallozarx4215
    @rallozarx4215 5 ปีที่แล้ว +365

    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.

    • @RenjiAbarai777
      @RenjiAbarai777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I understood that reference!

    • @bentonmarcum8509
      @bentonmarcum8509 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@RenjiAbarai777 I didn't what is he talking about?

    • @RenjiAbarai777
      @RenjiAbarai777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@bentonmarcum8509 The Doctor

    • @supernerd5781
      @supernerd5781 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@bentonmarcum8509 Doctor Who

    • @henryeccleston7381
      @henryeccleston7381 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Rallozar X and a horse named binky

  • @OriruBastard
    @OriruBastard 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    "I have unique memory."
    You could say that again.

    • @markwootton7414
      @markwootton7414 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I ᴀ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴜɴɪǫᴜᴇ ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀʏ

    • @OriruBastard
      @OriruBastard 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@markwootton7414 Har... Har... Har...
      Very... Funny...

    • @Gaz-Man87
      @Gaz-Man87 ปีที่แล้ว

      He remembers everything... as though it could happen tomorrow.

  • @littlebigb5370
    @littlebigb5370 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

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

  • @Kingpin1880
    @Kingpin1880 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

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

  • @Phoenixesper1
    @Phoenixesper1 ปีที่แล้ว +24

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

    • @MrJinglejanglejingle
      @MrJinglejanglejingle ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Mort's actions. The tears in reality, and so on.

    • @Antsaboy94
      @Antsaboy94 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He has a unique memory.

  • @Terminator869
    @Terminator869 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    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

  • @michelveilleux1275
    @michelveilleux1275 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

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

  • @truemind1018
    @truemind1018 4 ปีที่แล้ว +421

    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 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

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

    • @cawareyoudoin7379
      @cawareyoudoin7379 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

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

    • @truemind1018
      @truemind1018 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

  • @aaronjackson1875
    @aaronjackson1875 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

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

    • @theirishviking9278
      @theirishviking9278 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @death-king1834
    @death-king1834 8 ปีที่แล้ว +239

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

    • @wolfreicherter748
      @wolfreicherter748 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      You dont say!!?

    • @profpep
      @profpep 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Check the date, perhaps?

    • @scottmantooth8785
      @scottmantooth8785 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @dragonson72
      @dragonson72 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @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 ปีที่แล้ว +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.)

  • @Trollioli
    @Trollioli 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

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

  • @BananaMike780
    @BananaMike780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @OneBiasedOpinion
    @OneBiasedOpinion ปีที่แล้ว +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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      And they both have a granddaughter named Susan.

  • @11338325
    @11338325 8 ปีที่แล้ว +625

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

    • @dariuszsobotka
      @dariuszsobotka  8 ปีที่แล้ว +290

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

    • @aamirnasirquraishy7029
      @aamirnasirquraishy7029 8 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      +Headless Horseman It is, and he was amazing!

    • @scottmantooth8785
      @scottmantooth8785 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      because it is (or rather was)

    • @zakfett92
      @zakfett92 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

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

    • @gaintrobotsrulez
      @gaintrobotsrulez 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @whiwhimee
    @whiwhimee ปีที่แล้ว +21

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

  • @Rayzu4
    @Rayzu4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @truefailure6359
    @truefailure6359 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

  • @williamnone
    @williamnone 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @missyjames8887
    @missyjames8887 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That's it TH-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 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @Walkinthevoid
    @Walkinthevoid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I CAN GIVE IT UP ANY TIME I LIKE

  • @Tirryna
    @Tirryna 8 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @Three-Headed-Monkey
    @Three-Headed-Monkey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    One of my favourite interactions out of the entire series.

  • @OokamiKageGinGetsu
    @OokamiKageGinGetsu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +38

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

    • @imlate-official3714
      @imlate-official3714 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @fenec250
    @fenec250 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @VisionsDark
    @VisionsDark 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Mort, first book I read by Terry ❤️

    • @Gaz-Man87
      @Gaz-Man87 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @darthplagueis13
      @darthplagueis13 ปีที่แล้ว

      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

  • @SegaNintendoGuy64
    @SegaNintendoGuy64 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    RIP Christopher Lee.

  • @Arella17
    @Arella17 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @SMChurchill
    @SMChurchill 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Christopher Lee, sadly missed.

  • @severalcakes3267
    @severalcakes3267 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @rjmantis
    @rjmantis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @TheGhostOfSabotage
    @TheGhostOfSabotage 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

  • @1973Washu
    @1973Washu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

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

    • @ringostingo5892
      @ringostingo5892 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @JohnAlbertRigali
      @JohnAlbertRigali ปีที่แล้ว

      “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? 🤔

  • @1873Winchester
    @1873Winchester 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

    • @N3bu14Gr4y
      @N3bu14Gr4y 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @Gibblegobblegoob
    @Gibblegobblegoob 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is hitting everyone's recommended

  • @N3k0Y0m1
    @N3k0Y0m1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @KuraSourTakanHour
    @KuraSourTakanHour ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

  • @Taveren
    @Taveren ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @sonofthebearking3335
    @sonofthebearking3335 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @Gaz-Man87
    @Gaz-Man87 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Christopher Lee and Ian Richardson were both great as Death.

  • @Kibaoftheleaves
    @Kibaoftheleaves ปีที่แล้ว +4

    GRAND DAD!!

  • @-Markus-
    @-Markus- 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @raulacevedo8336
    @raulacevedo8336 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Rocks in it.

    • @333angeleyes
      @333angeleyes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Music with Rocks in it (^_^)

  • @lordseelenfresserdemonking1168
    @lordseelenfresserdemonking1168 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Death seems like a cool s.o.b

    • @Jourell1
      @Jourell1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sir Terry's Death really is cool

  • @miguelcastaneda7236
    @miguelcastaneda7236 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    christopher lee the ideal voice

  • @jeremieportejoie2254
    @jeremieportejoie2254 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @zerogo40
    @zerogo40 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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.

  • @theapex1622
    @theapex1622 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @unnamednewbie13
    @unnamednewbie13 7 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

      both are excellent...

    • @Kaefer1973
      @Kaefer1973 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @kiratheusagiisworkshop5266
    @kiratheusagiisworkshop5266 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @phaikia13
    @phaikia13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The day, the music died. :(

  • @nightcrawlerwolf1299
    @nightcrawlerwolf1299 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    i love this show

  • @shinethief3785
    @shinethief3785 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @dawndusk1007
      @dawndusk1007 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wait it's a book?

    • @shinethief3785
      @shinethief3785 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @BananaMike780
    @BananaMike780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    GRAND DAD

  • @Anglomachian
    @Anglomachian 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like how close to the book this scene is.

  • @ik9175533
    @ik9175533 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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).

  • @Howlrunner82
    @Howlrunner82 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @SlideIX
    @SlideIX 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

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

  • @dan020350
    @dan020350 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    -.- death ?! meets insanity

  • @glenngriffon8032
    @glenngriffon8032 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

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

    • @Here_is_Waldo
      @Here_is_Waldo ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, it is from the 90's.

  • @taitano12
    @taitano12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've seen a LOT of arguments where both sides are wrong. I've seen a few where both sides are right, and neither side is wrong; that's just perspective and circumstance at work. It REALLY gets annoying when both sides are both right AND wrong from every conceivable perspective... And you're left with a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation.

  • @patharasown
    @patharasown 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @markberman6708
    @markberman6708 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He's awesome in this series.

  • @slanetroyard92
    @slanetroyard92 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If you don't like grandad Susan could always call him grandpa or poppop.

  • @Karen-du3pj
    @Karen-du3pj 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @sunshinecarnivores1919
    @sunshinecarnivores1919 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I never knew this was animated!

    • @Here_is_Waldo
      @Here_is_Waldo ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @mrpurple11
    @mrpurple11 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    So this is in my recommendations and I dkw. I've never read the book, watched the movie. But still I'm curious

    • @darthplagueis13
      @darthplagueis13 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do read the books then. They're awesome.

  • @jackieeljack3226
    @jackieeljack3226 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    bony knees

  • @Anastas1786
    @Anastas1786 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "'Grandfather', I can live with, but _'Granddad'..._ You'll be calling me _'Gramps'_ next."
    So I'm just going to presume it's a firm "no" to "Pee-paw"?

  • @CascadianPatriotII
    @CascadianPatriotII 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    3:22 *FIRST HASSAN* 💀

  • @paigelooney6117
    @paigelooney6117 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the best versions of death other than the new puss and boots version of death

    • @Raximus3000
      @Raximus3000 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The one from Puss in boots would be punished for what he wanted to do, ergo be the cause and not the effect.

  • @lauriecroad3186
    @lauriecroad3186 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @scottmantooth8785
      @scottmantooth8785 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @MustardGamings
    @MustardGamings 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I know this old but death is out of time out of anything so this doesn't make sense at all, going into the future or past death is the same never changing he knows you ,past, preasant , and future .