Good Omens
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ironymaideni've finished watching Good Omens.
i love the book and it's one i periodically reread, so that's my lens for the show.
the adaptation is glowing with love for the source material; i understand the cuts and there aren't many. Neil Gaiman says he delivered it as a dying wish from Terry Pratchett, and it is probably the best Pratchett adaptation yet.
my complaints:
the additions, well...i didn't think they were particularly needed and Gaiman is not good at comedy.* too much of the third episode was spent building up stuff that didn't need built up, and the last episode was too much epilogue. Michael Sheen's brown roots were nagging at me like an empty purse.**
my joy:
almost everything is there, word for fucking word. and it works. David Tennant's acting tics fit the character of Crowley nicely. Agnes Nutter's skirts jingle a bit as she goes to the stake. Dog was just so. Queen! they paid for all the Queen!
i recommend it and i'll happily watch it again.
*sure, they co-wrote the book, but i've read Anansi Boys. if Pratchett didn't write all the funny bits, he certainly edited them until they worked.
**i am a very tiresome theatre companion, since i get really pissy about women carrying bags that have nothing in them, wrinkled costumes, etc. Azriphale is fastidious and constantly characterized as a "poof" plus he's magic, so his hair would be perfect. if the actor couldn't take the bleach then they should have wigged him or powdered his hairline or chosen a different hair color, it was just distracting. maybe it was because he was so flat in color palette and they needed to set off his skin? but again, change the hair color.
i love the book and it's one i periodically reread, so that's my lens for the show.
the adaptation is glowing with love for the source material; i understand the cuts and there aren't many. Neil Gaiman says he delivered it as a dying wish from Terry Pratchett, and it is probably the best Pratchett adaptation yet.
my complaints:
the additions, well...i didn't think they were particularly needed and Gaiman is not good at comedy.* too much of the third episode was spent building up stuff that didn't need built up, and the last episode was too much epilogue. Michael Sheen's brown roots were nagging at me like an empty purse.**
my joy:
almost everything is there, word for fucking word. and it works. David Tennant's acting tics fit the character of Crowley nicely. Agnes Nutter's skirts jingle a bit as she goes to the stake. Dog was just so. Queen! they paid for all the Queen!
i recommend it and i'll happily watch it again.
*sure, they co-wrote the book, but i've read Anansi Boys. if Pratchett didn't write all the funny bits, he certainly edited them until they worked.
**i am a very tiresome theatre companion, since i get really pissy about women carrying bags that have nothing in them, wrinkled costumes, etc. Azriphale is fastidious and constantly characterized as a "poof" plus he's magic, so his hair would be perfect. if the actor couldn't take the bleach then they should have wigged him or powdered his hairline or chosen a different hair color, it was just distracting. maybe it was because he was so flat in color palette and they needed to set off his skin? but again, change the hair color.
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Date: 2019-06-04 05:05 pm (UTC)Seconded. I think he hammered the plot into clarity, too.