Yac

Anyone here watching American Gods ?
2 episodes out at the moment and so far, I love it. I'm also glad that as it turns out, I forgot most of the plot of the book (which I read over a decade ago, I think), so I'm getting surprised and can't bitch about how they did/didn't do something right.

As for the plot, well.. I don't want to spoil anything, as the main character is someone trying to figure out what the hell is going on and where it's all going, but it's a Neil Gaiman story, so that should tell you everything you need to know - it's a mix of real and supernatural, with dreams, popculture references and bizarre characters. It's a dark and mature story, with quite a bit of humor in it.

Ian McShane is brilliant as he always is, Gillian Anderson is a goddess (literally) and after seeing both episodes yesterday, at this moment, I can't really find any flaws in this. The casting in general, so far, seems brilliant. Peter Stormare as Czernobog and Orlando Jones as Anansi also work great. In fact I used to loathe mr Orlando Jones, without any legit reason (other than his sutpid face ;p) and now.. after only one scene he's been in so far in the series, he's growing on me.


Oh, and a fair warning: there is violence and there is nudity. "heads blowing up in slo mo after being struck with a weapon" level violence, and "oh, here's another erect penis" level nudity. So feel warned if that's something you don't necessarily approve of.

LoathsomePete

I've been watching it and I mostly agree. I also just finished rereading the book and it follows the plot of it pretty spot on, with a few differences. The scene at Laura's grave between Shadow and Audrey never happened in the book, and Shadow never bothered to pack up the house. I suspect those scenes were added to make Shadow seem less nonplussed by his wife being dead. The opening historical scenes have also been changed, with Anasi's being completely different but still amazing. Overall I'm quite pleased with the series for having the guts to go as far out weird as it has so far. I'm really looking forward to seeing how they do some of the scenes that play out much later in the book.

As for criticisms, so far my only one is that the sound mixing appears to be a little borked, with the ambient sound/music as loud as the talking volume, but that could just be my TV.

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Chula Vista

My HDMI cable is arriving today so I can hook up my PC to my TV and watch it. Can't wait. LOVED the book. LOVED, LOVED, LOVED it.

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Got into Timeless, but it's been canned.

EPOCH6

I am, and loving it almost as much as I loved season 2 already. Doesn't seem to have lost any of its cleverness or style over time, it's consistently solid every single episode. Every main character is really coming into their own now and the story is far enough along that things are starting to piece together nicely in my head and my anticipation for the coming **** storm is growing rapidly. After all of the build up and tension in last night's episode next week should be a hell of a ride.

Although I still like the style and setting of season 2 more, the amount of unexpected and unusual humor in this season is so much fun to watch. Stuhlbarg especially is just killing it.

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djchameleon

Oh no. Last I heard it was still on the fence.

I loved Emerald City as well but ratings weren't up to par. It definitely should have been a paid cable show. Production value was excellent.

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Trollheart

Is it that simple to do? Was thinking of having a shot at this myself.
****'s sake! I was looking forward to watching that! Guess that's another off the list then.

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rostasi

Apparently, ITV hired a new guy and he's making changes there that are pissing some people off.
Along with the non-renewal of DCI Banks, and after finishing watching the last of Home Fires with its,
literally, explosive ending, I learn that the new ITV guy is not renewing that one either - even tho it had
tremendous ratings. There's a petition out there for those that are very serious about their TV.

Trollheart

It's ITV. Who gives a ****? Sky is where it's at now.

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Trollheart

Um, according to your link it's been "renewed after cancellation"???

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