Just watched the first episode on DansGaming, sponsored stream. Never heard of the show, but enjoyed it greatly. Good actors and writing.
Good Omens
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about to finish it. I liked it, but having read the book already, I didn't think it was as good.
The apocalypse visuals translate really well to the screen but the nuances of the jokes and the dialogue didn't.
7/10
The apocalypse visuals translate really well to the screen but the nuances of the jokes and the dialogue didn't.
7/10
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You should read the book. Gaiman might be my favorite writer. Pratchett is good shit too, and I usually find these collaborative books to be kind of shitty, but this one worked out quite well.
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So we finished this and I will admit I thoroughly enjoyed it. I stand behind my earlier assessment of "completely and apologetically British". Not spot on exactly faithful to the source material (which I loved), but didn't vary in any way which made me like it any less.
To explain it in American....
It's like a British version of if the Supernatural people did a Crowley and Castiel buddy cop flick about the end of the world.
One annoyance from the fan base, apparently a lot of people are clamoring and upset that they didn't take the two main characters and then...
To explain it in American....
It's like a British version of if the Supernatural people did a Crowley and Castiel buddy cop flick about the end of the world.
One annoyance from the fan base, apparently a lot of people are clamoring and upset that they didn't take the two main characters and then...
Attog
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I liked it when the angel is defending God's plan to flood the world and kill every man, woman and child except for Noah's family, and it is the demon who is trying to stop God from killing everybody. Good stuff.
This felt like a book by Douglas Adams brought to life. The team that did this should do a season of THGTTG next.
This felt like a book by Douglas Adams brought to life. The team that did this should do a season of THGTTG next.
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Problem with that which is probably also why we'll never see a second season of Good Omens is that the "team" was Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, and unfortunately Mr Pratchett has passed away. Neil Gaiman's other works which have been adapted for TV include American Gods and (very loosely adapted) Lucifer.
Pratchett is mostly known for his writing of the Discworld series of novels which are essentially comedic high fantasy, great books. And a few have been made into TV movies or miniseries.
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The two leads were outstanding. The book is one of my favorites and I'm glad Gaiman finally got to get a version of this to the screen. Sad that Pratchett wasn't alive to see it. Yes it was VERY british, but it was supposed to be, the orginal book had all the M25 jokes etc.
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Thousands petition Netflix to cancel Amazon Prime's Good Omens
US Christian group condemns Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s story as ‘making satanism appear normal’ – but petition wrong company
I mean... Good grief people.
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I just finished watching this. Great show. My wife loves both gaiman and pratchett. She told me that in the book, a second copy of nutter's new prophesies were delivered to someone else. I'm guessing that was in the book to leave an opening for a sequel, but since pratchett is dead they left it out of the series.