In the eleventh part of Moving Pictures<\/i>, Gaspode realizes how bad things have gotten in Holy Wood, while Victor slowly<\/i> realizes how bad things have gotten in Holy Wood. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to read Discworld<\/i>.<\/p>\n
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This is seriously getting so creepy, y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all. I love that Pratchett goes straight for the unnerving in this section, both because of the content of the plot and<\/i> because a great deal of it is through the eyes of a DOG. Who does that??? Well, someone who understands how tension can be built by using a character who can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t interact with others in any normal way.<\/p>\n
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll explain. After the glimpse of Victor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dream and the warning that Something is in the dreams of others, Pratchett switches to Gaspode\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s POV. It allows us to see the power of the mysterious force in Holy Wood in Ginger, whose eyes glow while she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s being forced to head to the Door on the hill. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s such a deliberately creepy image, but Pratchett complicates it further through Gaspode. Gaspode, while still possessing the power of human speech and reason, is still a dog<\/i>. He knows that he upsets pretty much every human when he talks, so as he follows Ginger, he doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t quite know how to save her:<\/p>\n Gaspode considered the options. There weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t many. The obvious one was to find Victor and get him to come back here. He rejected it. It sounded too much like the silly, bouncy sort of thing that Laddie would do. It suggested that the best a dog could think of when confronted with a puzzle was to find a human to solve it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n This is so fascinating because it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not just about the logistical challenges of being a dog. Gaspode\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s characterization matters<\/i>. It matters that he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s keenly aware of human-dog power dynamics and that he wants to constantly subvert them. So he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s torn. Does he get help from other humans or does he act independent of them? Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, DOG IDENTITY CRISES. I love it! It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so weird and bizarre and it absolutely works<\/i>. I think it makes this book better that Gaspode is consciously thinking of his role within this world. Even further, he examines his role in the context of the Holy Wood magic<\/i>. Once he comes upon the door that Ginger is trying to get open, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hit by two very stunning dream-like sequences. When he snaps out of it? He gets a revelation that practically no one else in Holy Wood has had:<\/p>\n One of Gaspode\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fleas bit him sharply. It was probably dreaming of being the biggest flea in the world. His leg came up automatically to scratch it, and the spell faded.<\/p>\n He blinked.<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bloody hell,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he whined.<\/p>\n This is what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s happening to the humans! Wonder what they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re making her<\/i> dream?<\/p>\n The hairs rose along Gaspode\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s back.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Unfortunately, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a terrible problem that Gaspode is then dealt: how does he get anyone to believe him? HE\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S A DOG. A TALKING DOG. We see how Ginger and literally everyone who isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Victor<\/i> react to his ability, so it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not like he can compel others to believe him through rational clarity. In fact, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s exactly what we see him try to do with Victor later in the section.<\/p>\n Well\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not precisely fair. Victor is understandably distracted while Gaspode tries to tell him what he saw Ginger doing. Why is that? Well, Dibbler\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s epiphany (caused by the Holy Wood magic) involves a very<\/i> specific act that puzzles Victor. AND ME. I MUST BE HONEST WITH Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ALL. So, we find out that Blown Away<\/i>, the next moving picture Dibbler is producing, involves the construction of an extremely<\/i> lifelike version of Ankh-Morpork. Like\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 TOO LIFELIKE. Which worries me??? Oh, and then, at the end of the film, the set will be lit on fire.<\/p>\n Seriously.<\/p>\n You didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t normally burn things in Holy Wood. You saved them and painted on the other side. Despite himself, he began to get interested.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n And that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s what I picked up from this: Blown Away<\/i> was so FINAL. Why was Dibbler desperate to assemble the largest cast and crew ever seen in Holy Wood? He disposes of Silverfish here in a way that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so stereotypically Hollywood that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s laughable, which is intentional. It has to be that way, doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it? Everything here unfolds in a specific way. BUT WHY? Why is the plot of Blown Away<\/i> so trope-filled? (Well, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s because it makes it INCREDIBLY FUCKING FUNNY. When Victor said that he didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t understand how you could have a movie with such a flimsy plot, I thought, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153OH, VICTOR, THAT MOVIE HAS BEEN MADE A HUNDRED BILLION TIMES.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d)<\/p>\n But Victor is so close, y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s almost figured this out:<\/p>\n A shark, Victor thought. All the little golden fishes of your own thoughts are swimming away happily, and then the water moves<\/i> and this great shark of a thought comes in from outside. As if someone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s doing out thinking for us.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n THAT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S SO UPSETTING, Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ALL.<\/p>\n The original text contains use of the words \u00e2\u20ac\u0153mad,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153cripple,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153maniac.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=14_kMYkla2M<\/p>\n Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n – The Mark Does Stuff Tour 2015 is now live and includes dates across the U.S., Canada, Europe, the U.K., and Ireland. Check the full list of events on my Tour Dates \/ Appearances page.<\/a> In the eleventh part of Moving Pictures, Gaspode realizes how bad things have gotten in Holy Wood, while Victor slowly realizes how bad things have gotten in Holy Wood. Intrigued? 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