See, the Discworld post office has long been shutdown. Postal Service on the brink of financial ruin, the story hits home even more than it was supposed to. 'Going Postal' is actually quite ripe for the times, even if it wasn't meant to be. If you've read the Discworld novels you'd know that the world has grown up through time from something that resembled medieval times to Victorian London – at least that's how the author explains it in the brief introduction he gives before the movie. His world is so zany and nutty anything can happen at any time. Pratchett usually goes for the absurdist humor, but it works. Just by that description you know the kind of story you're in for. The world is actually shaped like a flat disc, and floats through space propped up on the backs of four elephants who are in turn standing on the back of a giant turtle.
While I'm still waiting for an adaption of the Terry Pratchett/Neil Gaimen book "Good Omens," 'Going Postal' will have to do.įor those of you not in the know, the Discworld is a fictional fantasy world created by Pratchett wherein he sets most of his novels. It focuses more on the subtle way Pratchett skewers society, rather than just focusing on the weirdness of the Discworld in general. 'Going Postal' is one of the latter adaptions. Sometimes they come across too corny, other times the filmmakers are able to portray the subtle sarcasm and wit contained in his books. Terry Pratchett, author of the wildly successful Discworld novels, has had his work adapted to the screen many times over, with varying amounts of success.
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