I'm glad. :) Look forward to hearing more of your thoughts on that at some point down the road when you chose. :) Still love your videos you describe things in such a unique eloquent way compared to others but like the moments where you just freak out as any fan should too lol :)
Just discovered your channel and I love your review and take. You have an infectious enthusiasm and wonderful way with words. You are officially my new AG buddy! Can't wait to see what is in store for us!
Waited years for this and was not disappointed. I requested my SO and cat let me have 66 uninterrupted minutes, closed FB and turned my phone volume down. Just enough herb to open my mind and enhance my attention to detail. Next I will re watch with SO and answer his questions, explain the references and the origins of the gods to him. He asks so many questions which I love and my plan a good one. Also did this with Handmaids Tale.
Good review, ordered the book after watching. Liked how the beat up scene on the graveyard looked like the beating of the old bum in clockwork orange. But by Odin! Met is never ever a clear liquid and never ever served in snaps glasses! You can get it black by adding a little wild plum, you can make it let you go berserk by adding oaks bark, you can even mix it with some hard alc without totally ruining it but no way getting it this clear!
thanks for this well made review. you are one of the few youtubers who is able to speak more than 20 secs without filling the sentences with countless uuuuuhms and errrrrs and likes so THANK YOU :D It's a joy to listen to you
Directed HANNIBAL season 2 finale? You got me right there! I liked this first episode, i'm curious to see what's gonna happen next! Keep up the great work, beauty! \(^o^)/
I just watched the episode Loved it Even the almost forced reference at the end It has the aesthetics and the weirdness that only the duo Fuller/Slade can provide (That sexy time scene is gorgeous and disturbing at the same time so is the first scene) Just as a remark How good is Ian McShane? Also Ricky Wittle is a beast and Pablo Schreiber's accent is a little weird (or I am not used to thicker Irish accents)
Well, it was interesting, not exactly how I would have done it, but it was well done and faithful for the most part so nothing to complain about. I'll say it's very good and look forward to watching. ***possible spoilers below*** I guess I'll say things I would have done different. Not sure I would have so surreal like all the time, I would have kept things more real and played it straight until certain moments (you know the moments I'm talking about) where it switches to surreal. Also, I would slow down the pace and try and let the audience get a better feel for Shadow and feel more like a fish out of water, they pace they are going is a bit Edgar Wrightish, who is awesome, but not what I would use here, but well see maybe it will work better. Just what I would do different, but I like what they did here. I definitely agree with you about thinking Ian McShane would have a beard (he had one on GoT), he should have had a beard, but eh minor. Yeah, I don't know about that added dialog about Newton in that convo, as someone who is very familiar with Newton physics, there is nothing crazy about, no that crazy comes later in quantum mechanics, again super minor. Yeah, that Bilquis , was wondering how they would do that because I remember reading that and thinking "did that just happen", and then I see it here and it's like "yup, it happened". While I prefer how these scenes played out in the book better, I liked seeing a different take here especially since they kept the spirit of each of them to a 100% faithful score to the source. Looking forward to what they do differently going forward.
IT WAS THE BEST SCENE!!! i also imaged it different only in that she is larger and also i could be remembering this wrong but i thought he went in head first and they described how it felt so there was this celestrial madonna stuff going on in my mind lol. also like the scene at the bar but maybe its just me but there was some mad sexual tension between shadow and sweeney. the way they were all up on each other, the way they whispered, the things they said it was all tongue in cheek and full of double entendre
It's indeed a beautiful show, great premier. It also reminded me of Hannibal's aesthetics. Haven't read the books, but I'm glad they're being faithful to them. That's usually a good sign. That reverse birth was crazy! I wonder if they're going to touch on Jesus or Allah. That might be a little controversial, but it would make sense. Presumably those Gods would be very powerful given the number of worshipers they have. If you liked the actor that played Loki, you might like the series "Kingdom". He features prominently in that.
Ohhh yes. The similarities are uncanny. I'd kill to have Hannibal back on screen (I dunno what that says about me), but American Gods is already starting to feel like a spiritual successor of sorts. It helps that Fuller and Slade are involved. Not to mention Gilligan Anderson as Media! I believe that Jesus will be making an appearance in the show. There was a meeting between Shadow and Jesus that Neil Gaiman had excluded from the original novel. Last September I heard that Jeremy Davies was cast for the role as well! Based on the omitted Jesus chapter that was included in the 10th anniversary edition of AG, I'm pretty excited to meet him. He seems like a neat guy. ;)
Allah will NOT appear at all, neither will Mohammad. A lot of Muslims and all the Regressive Left will be outraged and fanatical about religious offense, and both will support violence so showrunners will not touch that with a 2000 metre pole.
I hope non-book readers will give it a chance to develop. Being a lover of the book I know what is going on, but I can see how a virgin might not. I know Bryan Fuller has won accolades for Hannibal but that's it, certainly didn't do much for Voyager. So I think the 1st could've been done better but I have hope that the minimal 8 episodes will develop coherently.
This is possibly my favorite book of all time and tbh I was floored and I'm pretty ok with any changes. I do wish however the Technical Boy was not as flashy and more geeky, overweight etc.. like he is in the book because it isn't really showing how he kinda comes off as weaselly and pathetic to the other gods but they did capture his obnoxiousness. Seems like they are making him a little more powerful but then again AG was written 16 years ago and technology has gotten stronger I suppose.. I was impressed with Ricky Whittle as Shadow mostly because from the trailers etc.. he isn't really how I saw him. In my head Shadow has always been a racially ambiguous Tom Hardy. Changes to Mad Sweeney I loved and Pablo killed it, I always loved him as Nick Sobotka in The Wire. Can't wait for Sundays finally something good to watch.
I'm definitely curious as to what their endgame for the series will look like. I really dug the way the plot developed in Gaiman's novel, overall. What's great is that within the context of the show, they'll have a lot more time to spend with characters who popped up just briefly in the book but can now take on lives of their own. Could make the story even more impactful. ^__^ I'm excited!
I thought that the casting was spot on and all the major events were in place, but the show misses a lot of the thoughtfulness that the book has. I was expecting wittier dialogue and a slower built up, more along the lines of Penny Dreadful. I thought that all the blood bath with the vikings was drawn out and focused too much on the visual impact rather than the symbolism of bringing new gods to the country. The vikings hanging the Indian and then the two ravens on his shoulder was a much more subtle way of going about it, and the 3D-style blood splashes were missing the meandering way the book was written, which I found to be a lot more effective. Also, I wish Audrey would have just spit on Laura's corpse (like in the book) rather than having her try to suck Shadow off on her grave. When she goes off about pissing on her husbands grave and how she wants to do it 'where they can see us' was tacky. Too blunt. What I like about Gaiman's style is that he points out small things that eventually add up to big punches, but you can't always see where he's going. The bones of the story are there, and again the casting so far has been excellent, but I think the writers of the script completely missed the overall ambience of the book. Hopefully that gets better throughout the show!
I hated that damn book. I mean I saw the potential in it and it seemed like it was leading someplace, but it was sooooo slooooooow. What's great about the show is that its going to distill things down to the good parts. Very good first episode!
A show about mythological entities walking around in the real world and we encounter a character named "Low Key" -- pronounced "LOKI" -- and you say he MIGHT be a major player in the future? Come on now... Its doubly obvious to those of us who know that "Lie-Smith" was one of the nicknames of that particular Norse deity.
I found the hanging scene quite racially charged, does Shadow Moon's mixed race heritage play into the story at large (I haven't read the book). It might be a bit reductionist to just bring up race because a "black" man is being hanged - but the imagery was especially haunting because of the connotations that historical precedence provides us. Basically asking if you think that this is something they have intentioned - or if I'm reading something into that isn't there and am being a tad problematic in my reading doing so?
was talking to a friend the other day and apparently in the book the hanging is supposed to evoke more nordic stuff than "lynch" stuff... hmm it will interesting to see how they handle it - but yeah it felt a bit yuck eh
In the book, Shadow Moon does not consider himself a black man, although he isn't really certain if he has any African blood or not. I thought this small change in the man changed the flavor of the lynching scene significantly.
The first episode was amazing. The show is giving me Legion vibes in the sense that it's so different from anything else on tv
Oh, certainly. Hannibal, Legion, and now American Gods... too much splendor to handle.
I would include Penny Dreadful side by side with those personally. :)
RubberGhost Penny Dreadful is dreadfully gorgeous. I'm with you there. ❤
I'm glad. :) Look forward to hearing more of your thoughts on that at some point down the road when you chose. :) Still love your videos you describe things in such a unique eloquent way compared to others but like the moments where you just freak out as any fan should too lol :)
Just discovered your channel and I love your review and take. You have an infectious enthusiasm and wonderful way with words. You are officially my new AG buddy! Can't wait to see what is in store for us!
Waited years for this and was not disappointed. I requested my SO and cat let me have 66 uninterrupted minutes, closed FB and turned my phone volume down. Just enough herb to open my mind and enhance my attention to detail. Next I will re watch with SO and answer his questions, explain the references and the origins of the gods to him. He asks so many questions which I love and my plan a good one. Also did this with Handmaids Tale.
Good review, ordered the book after watching.
Liked how the beat up scene on the graveyard looked like the beating of the old bum in clockwork orange.
But by Odin! Met is never ever a clear liquid and never ever served in snaps glasses!
You can get it black by adding a little wild plum, you can make it let you go berserk by adding oaks bark, you can even mix it with some hard alc without totally ruining it but no way getting it this clear!
thanks for this well made review.
you are one of the few youtubers who is able to speak more than 20 secs without filling the sentences with countless uuuuuhms and errrrrs and likes so THANK YOU :D
It's a joy to listen to you
The part with where Shadow is slapped by the trees in the bone orchard reminded me so much of homers vision in the Simpsons movie!
Great review, also!
I'm happy to see a review that someone who has read the novel. I am going to read it soon. Your review makes me happy. A new fan from Wales, Uk.
Directed HANNIBAL season 2 finale? You got me right there!
I liked this first episode, i'm curious to see what's gonna happen next!
Keep up the great work, beauty! \(^o^)/
Great review. I really enjoyed reacting to the this first episode I havent read the book so im completely in the dark
I used to have a friend in the Marines, his name was fast wind.
Ramiro Garza was he a Native?
Yes
Nice anberlin poster! Also excellent breakdown =)
Have you seen Mary kills People? I needed to watch something after Bates. I guess I like it because it reminds me a little of Dexter.
I just watched the episode
Loved it
Even the almost forced reference at the end
It has the aesthetics and the weirdness that only the duo Fuller/Slade can provide (That sexy time scene is gorgeous and disturbing at the same time so is the first scene)
Just as a remark How good is Ian McShane? Also Ricky Wittle is a beast and Pablo Schreiber's accent is a little weird (or I am not used to thicker Irish accents)
Well, it was interesting, not exactly how I would have done it, but it was well done and faithful for the most part so nothing to complain about. I'll say it's very good and look forward to watching. ***possible spoilers below***
I guess I'll say things I would have done different. Not sure I would have so surreal like all the time, I would have kept things more real and played it straight until certain moments (you know the moments I'm talking about) where it switches to surreal. Also, I would slow down the pace and try and let the audience get a better feel for Shadow and feel more like a fish out of water, they pace they are going is a bit Edgar Wrightish, who is awesome, but not what I would use here, but well see maybe it will work better. Just what I would do different, but I like what they did here.
I definitely agree with you about thinking Ian McShane would have a beard (he had one on GoT), he should have had a beard, but eh minor. Yeah, I don't know about that added dialog about Newton in that convo, as someone who is very familiar with Newton physics, there is nothing crazy about, no that crazy comes later in quantum mechanics, again super minor. Yeah, that
Bilquis , was wondering how they would do that because I remember reading that and thinking "did that just happen", and then I see it here and it's like "yup, it happened".
While I prefer how these scenes played out in the book better, I liked seeing a different take here especially since they kept the spirit of each of them to a 100% faithful score to the source. Looking forward to what they do differently going forward.
I don't think Shadow got his first class seat by accident, Mr. Wednesday made it happen.
Will check it out. I actually have the starz channel on my tv even.
IT WAS THE BEST SCENE!!! i also imaged it different only in that she is larger and also i could be remembering this wrong but i thought he went in head first and they described how it felt so there was this celestrial madonna stuff going on in my mind lol. also like the scene at the bar but maybe its just me but there was some mad sexual tension between shadow and sweeney. the way they were all up on each other, the way they whispered, the things they said it was all tongue in cheek and full of double entendre
I loved the first episode, I think the casting for Wednesday and Shadow is spot on from the book.
It's indeed a beautiful show, great premier. It also reminded me of Hannibal's aesthetics. Haven't read the books, but I'm glad they're being faithful to them. That's usually a good sign. That reverse birth was crazy!
I wonder if they're going to touch on Jesus or Allah. That might be a little controversial, but it would make sense. Presumably those Gods would be very powerful given the number of worshipers they have.
If you liked the actor that played Loki, you might like the series "Kingdom". He features prominently in that.
Ohhh yes. The similarities are uncanny. I'd kill to have Hannibal back on screen (I dunno what that says about me), but American Gods is already starting to feel like a spiritual successor of sorts. It helps that Fuller and Slade are involved. Not to mention Gilligan Anderson as Media! I believe that Jesus will be making an appearance in the show. There was a meeting between Shadow and Jesus that Neil Gaiman had excluded from the original novel. Last September I heard that Jeremy Davies was cast for the role as well! Based on the omitted Jesus chapter that was included in the 10th anniversary edition of AG, I'm pretty excited to meet him. He seems like a neat guy. ;)
Allah will NOT appear at all, neither will Mohammad. A lot of Muslims and all the Regressive Left will be outraged and fanatical about religious offense, and both will support violence so showrunners will not touch that with a 2000 metre pole.
Yeah, you're probably right about that unfortunately. I remember South Park got into hot water over Mohamed.
How or why did they blow up I thought someone came to his aid.
Glad you are covering this...didn't grab me yet, has great actors tho.
I hope non-book readers will give it a chance to develop. Being a lover of the book I know what is going on, but I can see how a virgin might not. I know Bryan Fuller has won accolades for Hannibal but that's it, certainly didn't do much for Voyager. So I think the 1st could've been done better but I have hope that the minimal 8 episodes will develop coherently.
This is possibly my favorite book of all time and tbh I was floored and I'm pretty ok with any changes. I do wish however the Technical Boy was not as flashy and more geeky, overweight etc.. like he is in the book because it isn't really showing how he kinda comes off as weaselly and pathetic to the other gods but they did capture his obnoxiousness. Seems like they are making him a little more powerful but then again AG was written 16 years ago and technology has gotten stronger I suppose.. I was impressed with Ricky Whittle as Shadow mostly because from the trailers etc.. he isn't really how I saw him. In my head Shadow has always been a racially ambiguous Tom Hardy. Changes to Mad Sweeney I loved and Pablo killed it, I always loved him as Nick Sobotka in The Wire. Can't wait for Sundays finally something good to watch.
@emmightysofia I hope this show turns out like the novel.
I'm definitely curious as to what their endgame for the series will look like. I really dug the way the plot developed in Gaiman's novel, overall. What's great is that within the context of the show, they'll have a lot more time to spend with characters who popped up just briefly in the book but can now take on lives of their own. Could make the story even more impactful. ^__^ I'm excited!
I thought that the casting was spot on and all the major events were in place, but the show misses a lot of the thoughtfulness that the book has. I was expecting wittier dialogue and a slower built up, more along the lines of Penny Dreadful. I thought that all the blood bath with the vikings was drawn out and focused too much on the visual impact rather than the symbolism of bringing new gods to the country. The vikings hanging the Indian and then the two ravens on his shoulder was a much more subtle way of going about it, and the 3D-style blood splashes were missing the meandering way the book was written, which I found to be a lot more effective. Also, I wish Audrey would have just spit on Laura's corpse (like in the book) rather than having her try to suck Shadow off on her grave. When she goes off about pissing on her husbands grave and how she wants to do it 'where they can see us' was tacky. Too blunt. What I like about Gaiman's style is that he points out small things that eventually add up to big punches, but you can't always see where he's going. The bones of the story are there, and again the casting so far has been excellent, but I think the writers of the script completely missed the overall ambience of the book. Hopefully that gets better throughout the show!
I hated that damn book. I mean I saw the potential in it and it seemed like it was leading someplace, but it was sooooo slooooooow. What's great about the show is that its going to distill things down to the good parts. Very good first episode!
A show about mythological entities walking around in the real world and we encounter a character named "Low Key" -- pronounced "LOKI" -- and you say he MIGHT be a major player in the future? Come on now...
Its doubly obvious to those of us who know that "Lie-Smith" was one of the nicknames of that particular Norse deity.
idk what Shadow was talking about, mead is crazy delicious.
I've gotta try it sometime. Drink of the gods 'n all, right? ;)
That scene smoking frog skin wtf .... super lsd + shrooms + dmt + (frog skin) lol
ohhh and very alien tech + video game from a bizarre reality hahaha
I found the hanging scene quite racially charged, does Shadow Moon's mixed race heritage play into the story at large (I haven't read the book). It might be a bit reductionist to just bring up race because a "black" man is being hanged - but the imagery was especially haunting because of the connotations that historical precedence provides us. Basically asking if you think that this is something they have intentioned - or if I'm reading something into that isn't there and am being a tad problematic in my reading doing so?
ya that scene disturbed me,the way they try to make i a black men hangings a tree artistic smh.
was talking to a friend the other day and apparently in the book the hanging is supposed to evoke more nordic stuff than "lynch" stuff... hmm it will interesting to see how they handle it - but yeah it felt a bit yuck eh
don't be me the hanging is related to the world tree (yggdrasil). You can find more about it by researching the myth of how Odin discovered the runes.
In the book, Shadow Moon does not consider himself a black man, although he isn't really certain if he has any African blood or not.
I thought this small change in the man changed the flavor of the lynching scene significantly.
wow, when i saw the book a long time ago, i thought the book was about politics 0_o
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?? Ethiopian Holy Texts ARE Christian Holy Texts. Ethiopia is one of the oldest Christian societies.
never say "entitled".....unless you are talking about a people.......the correct word is "titled"
Duly noted! Passing mistake on my part. One of those words I waffle back and forth on a lot. xD
Wow you're beautiful, subbed
How or why did they blow up I thought someone came to his aid.
Jose Amaya someone did and was tearing them up. I think they wanted to keep the surprise for the next episode of who it was.