'Belief' as according to Death

[kbkirsty]

shes so beautiful!!!! I wish I looked like her!!!

[Nanabobo]

I AM DISAPPOINTED HE DOES NOT SPEAK IN CAPITAL LETTERS IN THE MOVIE.

[someguy459]

@Nanabobo

He doesn't speak in caps in the books either. It's just a font that kinda looks like caps, but it still has bigger capital letters in itself.

[Nanabobo]

@someguy459 He still has "a voice like lead slabs falling on a marble floor." As sultry as Ian Richardson's voice may have been, it was not that deep.

[someguy459]

@Nanabobo

Well, yeah but a voice that sounds like that would be humanly impossible and probably not very pleasant to listen to.

[LikeTotallyButtons]

@13baldjj

Explain.

[13baldjj]

philosophical bullshit

[Fektthis]

rewatched this again today. just occured to me. i think death must work for foxnews. making people believe in things that are not true so they can become true seems like a better mantra than fair and balanced.

[MrGrinningManiac]

@Fektthis Notice that he doesn't say "so they can become true" he said "so they can become". Believing all Muslims are terrorists, as one hyperbolic example, does not MAKE them terrorists. If enough people believe the fact that Muslims are terrorists to be true then it takes on a form of belief but it does not make it an actual fact. It's not the same thing.

[princessthyemis]

Terry Prachett is a genius!!

[bobkane27]

Who's the voice behind this? Christopher Lee?

[Nixel85]

@bobkane27

Ian Richardson is the voice of Death. He was "Mr. Book" in Dark City.

[VireoIbis]

i can't get enough of this.

[BrothersWeird]

TVTropes says hi!

[d3s3rtray]

We have Laws because we believe in Justice. We have Civilizations because we believe in order. Good and Evil are are the conceptions of man. Because the universe is the interactions of objects, nothing more. Without humans there is no justice or law, hope or love. Beliefs can create fantasies, only so long as we follow them.

[omgwhysohax]

@d3s3rtray quite the other way round, brah ^

[Fektthis]

It seems as though what I take away from this clip is a little different from everyone else. Everytime I watch this I can't help but thiink how hot Susan is. I'm not sure what they are discussing but I'm fairly certain it's her making suggestive comments directly towards me for a casual sex relationship. Yes, I am that shallow.

[Sinspiration]

@Fektthis Nope, it's just you fantasizing about something that'll never actually happen.

[Kross2099]

@Sinspiration Well, I suppose he has to believe what isn't true otherwise... well, you know.

[Sinspiration]

@Kross2099 Touché, XD

[96WaysFor69]

I am waiting for the day I wont get chills form this quote... The day I wont have tears in my eyes.... :)

[DrprofessorFrancis]

my name is in the URL, should I be worried?

[SecrecyArtistry]

@DrprofessorFrancis Well, Ana....maybe you should.

[TheRabbit1971]

SOMEONE reads and watches Terry Pratchett!

[TheJboy88]

When my time comes, I hope that it is HIM that collects.

[smiladon12]

TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.

[ZombiesWerePeopleToo]

I hate to be one of "those people", but let's face it, the book was better than the film

[joineetully]

THE SUN WOULD NOT HAVE RISEN.

Then what would have happened?

A MERE BALL OF FLAMING GAS WOULD HAVE ILLUMINATED THE WORLD.

There's an artist's view of the world if ever there was one. Beautiful.

Love this adaptation so much, Ian Richardson is Death straight out of my head.

[SharkKid42]

*runs out of no where* snow ball fight *throws snow ball at death and runs* lol

[Peteman12]

You know, that line about believing the lies is both inspiring and chilling, because that can be turned right around into writing monsters into heroes.

[JohnBorgy]

@Peteman12 My response with be in the form of a quote. “It's my estimation that every man ever got a statue made of him was one kind of a son of a bitch or another. Ain't about you Jayne. It's about what they need.” – Captain Mal

Every hero is human. Ben Franklin, Albert Einstein, and even Mahatma Gandhi were definite confirmed bastards. If we had no Animals dressed as heroes we wouldn't have nearly the amount of heroes and then we would be on a rock going around a mere ball of flaming gas.

[DZZeborro]

The voice is good, but it isn't quite Chrissie Lee's performance.

[derman077]

but does it matter?

[Crowmanek]

"Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape."

[SollaceLux]

Death is my favorite Discworld character. Thumbs up if you agree.

[Evilmonkey66699]

@SollaceLux Shame Terry said he's not going to be writing anymore books with Death as the central character. Can't blame him for that really seeing how his Alzheimer's is getting progressively worse and he had already stated that once it has reached the point where he can no longer make any new books he's going to end it. So yeah the last thing I would want to think about is Death. 

[vassephardi]

Such a beautiful scene right there.

And to think that it's Death saying such things.

[Emrald70]

the greatest ideas in history were made by idealists who dared to dream

look at any invention or discovery in history and it'll prove that fact

simply believing something is possible, evidence be damned is the first step to achieving it

[sajtospopcorn]

it sux! the jaws should move while he is talking! =))

[lodevijk]

@sajtospopcorn Oh man that was so shallow I don't know how to even begin to pity you. 'Tis sad.

[brangwen1]

@sajtospopcorn I'm not entirely sure, but I think the jaws actually aren't supposed to move..

I think death(the voice) from The Colour of Magic is better, but still, it's a great clip!

[Tithis]

@sajtospopcorn

The jaws are not supposed to move, even if the books they never do. Its sort of implied that death speaks into your mind, he doesn't actually talk (heck how would he, he doesn't have a tongue or vocal cords)

[JuJuLiams]

Hmm...maybe that's why she sees him this way...because the belief in this untrue preconception has made it become 0__0

[Fa6ade]

I liked Death's voice that I imagined, better.

[dalektaliban]

that is deep :/

[Valen123456]

There are terminally ill patients who have written to prachett saying that they hope Death turns out to be just as he described him ... apparently these letters cause him to go and stare at a blank wall for a few hours

[vassephardi]

That was beautiful. Damn, I didn't know Death was cool like that.

[trollheimer]

Really, I don't understand why so many people perceive the personification of Death as an evil entity. The Discworld books are a fine example of how Death also retains human qualities including curiosity and mercy since Death WAS thought up by humans in the first place.

Happy Hogswatch everyone!

[SuperWillHatch]

@trollheimer

I hope that if the supernatural exists in our reality, our version of death is anything like this. :)

[msunami]

@trollheimer Death also retains the human quality of loving a good curry! XD

[iumans]

Happy Hogswatch, everybody!

[trollheimer]

Ah! I forgot it was Hogswatch!!! GAAAAAGH.

[ncala]

"You need to believe in things that aren't true, how else can they become?"

Terry Pratchett is one of the few people who can make me cheer for the Reaper Man.

[DISCWORLDROCKS]

happy hogswatch 2009 everybody

[Humbug26]

This is so profound! 'to be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape'!

[MrRiamu]

Morality is not found in the material universe because it is made in it, but made in the material universe because it is found in it. Oh, and improve your grammar a little if youre going to be so pretentious.

Atheism pushed philosophy? Have you read any of the discworld books?

[Explodingduck]

no, morality is not "found" anywhere. he is saying that it is a fantasy; a human-derived concept. it may be a necessary aspect of being human, but that doesn't necessarily make it any less invented.

[Thinkharder100]

Just atheism pushed philosophy, Atheism is funny philosophy it is faith philosophy, in something that cant be proved there seems to be known good reason to believe it . it is absurd to find morality in physical universes because it begs the question that morality should be found in that which is material. There is no wisdom here.

[Humbug26]

Pratchett is a master!!!! one molecule of mercy, one atom of justice!

[Ansuzie]

"There is no justice, there's just us."

[gaspode18]

@Ansuzie Non temetis messor

[lazore4]

It's so very wise and beautiful Terry Pratchett must be a very wise man.

[KingOrcus]

Actually, more recently, he's deemed to have Alzheimer's.

Then again, the books are the sort of thing I'd reccomend everyone read once, if only to be able to question what's going on around them.

[Humbug26]

This quote is amazing! The rising ape meets the falling angel! teryy pratchett is as insightful as he is profound. his is a remarkable mind!

[DeathO3o]

I love Death X3

[Krogoth04]

roflz

[tmcdermott246]

HA HA HA HA HA HA, this is CLASSIC! I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!

[MicrosoftSam92]

But Death has to have two blue supernovas as eyes and must talk in CAPITAL LETTERS! (If you don't understand, read some books of Terry Pratchett)

[Brackenmore]

an amazing quote, from an amazing character, created by an amazing writer...

[Rawrzyouman]

I love how Death can say that. brillient

[CuteNekoHibiki]

What is this?

[Zedicius]

Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.

[aminzcool1997]

some one upload d movie!!!!!!!!

[blizzardwizard777]

..so you can believe the big ones.

YES,JUSTICE,MERCY,DUTY-THAT SORT OF THING.

[parapara73]

remember there is no justice, JUST US

[mgol2667]

"Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind; it doesn't take you anywhere, but it tones up muscles that might." -- Terry Pratchett

Unfortunately Mr. Pratchett has Alzheimer's. I've watched two brilliant and funny people in my life drizzle away bit by bit to it. I can't stand to watch it happen to him. Another big lie is that Death is the ultimate scary end. No. There are things much worse than death.

[switchlock25]

Terry Pratchett is insightfull and profound.

[prinia]

love Pratchett. words as good and with as much meaning as a Dylan song of old - but better. Oh, Terry you DO believe!

[knownofear1]

This really makes you think. i like that

[Zikar]

YOU NEED TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE, HOW ELSE CAN THEY BECOME?

Powerful stuff that... and so true.

[knownofear1]

sorry, ment to click the thumbs up button

[TobiMcgoodboy]

lol no worries... i did it for you (at first it was for me ^^)

[adaveen]

I was going to give you a thumbs up, but you're at "42". Cuz you know, it's the answer. :)

[Zikar]

Alas, that means I'll never know the Question :p

[ultimatesupermario]

@Zikar I laughed so hard that they insulted the FUCK out of religion. Especially Christianity,how it is full of lies and that God is an imaginary friend for grown ups.

[O1DJ]

Can't wait for The Colour of Magic on Sky this week.

[trollheimer]

Haha, Albert is Rincewind! Good ol' David Jason.

[CycoVision]

yeah, this explanation kicks arse. Terry Pratchett is wicked

[tapswestmencter]

i just watched this movie tonight...i love this movie...i love death..and i love his message, from the moment he saves the match girl, to giving the poor expensive presents, to this message....Death is a better man than most of humanity

[userblue]

That is so -very- the wrong interpretation. Terry Pratchett would be turning in his pre-grave to hear you draw such a conclusion.

The message is a Humanist one.

[msunami]

Terry himself said exactly what Tapswestmencter did actually.

[Nanabobo]

Depending on what you'd consider Death to be. Would you be considering Death to be the "fictional" entity that is entitled to carry souls across realms, or as in the act of dying making people better?