The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents: (Discworld Novel 28) (Discworld Novels)

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Hamnpork dies of injuries sustained while fighting in the rat coursing pit, and Darktan reluctantly assumes control of the Clan. Expect a few scary scenes, including the presumed death of a character, a threatening rat king with magic powers and glowing eyes, and rats being thrown into a pit to be killed by dogs -- accompanied by betting among spectators.

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They didn’t notice that some rats stayed on the bridge, urging the others with shouts of ‘Remember, strong regular strokes! Darktan observes that Dangerous Beans is the Clan's much-needed philosopher, finding and "disarming" dangerous ideas for the group. But rats being thrown into a pit to be torn apart by dogs while spectators bet on the results is a little dark for younger children. The rats are great at first, a nice blend of ratty grossness and the angst that comes with sudden enlightenment… or puberty. The casting team for The Amazing Maurice has certainly taken this into account, with a list of stars long enough to create its own walk of fame.A well-upholstered ginger cat, a team of talking rats and a slightly half-baked human team up to extort pest control fees from a series of villages. With over a year's experience at the company, his work at Collider has now spanned over 100 articles covering a wide range of TV and film.

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When it's discovered that Bad Blintz already has a rat problem -- one that a couple of shifty-eyed rat catchers claim to have under control -- things turn deadly. The Amazing Maurice had its premiere at the Manchester Animation Festival on 13 November 2022, and was released in the United Kingdom on 16 December, by Sky Cinema. A male character is told he's not handsome enough for a love interest, which could support unhealthy looks-oriented stereotypes and expectations.

With millions of fans worldwide, and a back catalog of novels larger than most libraries, it can be a difficult task to pick just one of his works as a favorite. An extra easter egg are the innuendos on kids and young adults literature and movies, some kind of indirect fourth wall break, because the serious, heavy, often boring adult classics Pratchett satirizes in many of his other works are exchanged with the really good kids' stuff. Hamnpork dies of injuries sustained while fighting in the rat coursing pit, and Darktan reluctantly assumes leadership of the Clan. With a career spanning over 40 years, Pratchett dedicated his life's work to fantasy literature, with his Discworld series of 41 novels synonymous with both him and the fantasy genre itself. Meanwhile, Maurice has entered the mayor's house and when Keith tries to find him, they meet the mayor's daughter, Malicia, who quickly deduces - after seeing tap-dancing rat Sardines - that they are behind the recent plague of rats in nearby towns and enlists them to help discover the reason behind the city's food shortage.

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Contrary to the contrast between adult and child markets, reflected in catalogues, The Guardian observed on the occasion of the Carnegie Medal that "[t]he main audience for Pratchett's 48 books, all busily in print, is teenagers, who are drawn by his irrepressible invention and sense of mischief. In fact, he can do amazing (see the Tiffany Aching series for pretty much the coolest little girl heroine from like ever). Then Maurice and Keith appear on the scene and offer to save the day by ridding the town of its infestation for a small fee. To mark the occasion of Terry Pratchett's knighthood, it was broadcast on BBC 7 again, along with other dramatizations of his work, in February 2009. Maurice, a cat, along with a number of rats has become intelligent to a point where they've learnt human speech.The Amazing Maurice offers a touch of social commentary along with warm, funny characters and rollicking adventure. With the assistance of an as well creative for-her-own particular great young lady, Malicia, Keith and Maurice start to examine why every one of the rats are gone, and what the rodent catchers are doing. Darktan, the toolbelt-swathed engineering-wizard rat, has a crisis of faith about his role as a leader. The film is a riot of silliness from start to finish, featuring top dollar actors hamming it up nicely, making up for some not especially dazzling animation.

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But in my opinion, it doesn't hold a candle to his later YA books that feature Tiffany Aching: Wee Free Men, Hat Full of Sky, etc. As mentioned previously, one of the stand-out parts of this film's marketing has been the cast list. Talking rats and one very special talking cat and a stupid-looking boy con their way through Discworld. Outside the town, the rats are revealed to be sentient and literate, working with Keith and Maurice to defraud towns.

In June 2019, it was announced that an animated film adaptation, The Amazing Maurice was in the works. Then they arrive in Bad Blintz, which is suffering from a plague of rats, and find there are NO rats anywhere (though the two resident rat catchers seem to have plenty of tails to show, at 50 pence per tail). The lead character Maurice is played by Hugh Laurie ( House), and he is joined by the likes of Emilia Clarke ( Game of Thrones) who plays Malicia, David Thewlis ( Harry Potter) voicing Boss Man, Himesh Patel ( Yesterday) as Keith, Gemma Arterton ( Byzantium) as Peaches and Hugh Bonneville ( Downton Abbey), who plays The Mayor. How did the film bring attention to storytelling devices and plot elements through Malicia's narration and obsession with reading books?