Good Omens, a book review and adaptation predictions by Dominic Noble

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  • Опубликовано: 3 янв 2025

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  • @aacsmiles
    @aacsmiles 5 лет назад +2474

    Dominic then: I don’t think they’re going to use that much Queen.
    Dominic now (probably): *delightfully surprised*

    • @cutthr0atjake
      @cutthr0atjake 5 лет назад +132

      Must be where the cgi money went ;-)

    • @aerieleah533
      @aerieleah533 5 лет назад +96

      That and the paintball joke is still in it.

    • @VampireWillowRain
      @VampireWillowRain 5 лет назад +32

      @@cutthr0atjake dont mind one bit- it was a delightful adaptation XD

    • @searchingfororion
      @searchingfororion 5 лет назад +36

      I know that you are flooded with patreon requests but I sincerely hope you do this one just for your own personal pleasure, and nostalgia sake - I'd really like to hear what you think about what Neil Gaiman added...

    • @FiveOClockTea
      @FiveOClockTea 5 лет назад +18

      I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike~ 🎤

  • @exitpursued6690
    @exitpursued6690 5 лет назад +667

    I think the CGI budget was mostly reallocated to Queen licensing, and it was 100% worth it.

  • @cosmicriptid
    @cosmicriptid 4 года назад +404

    "I want to see if they stick with him giving off gay vibes in the TV show." Crowly and Aziriphale giving off intense heart eyes at each other.

    • @cosmicriptid
      @cosmicriptid 4 года назад +20

      I would like to say to be fair that this clearly does not seem to be a sexual relationship. It seems to boarder between intensely loving friends and romantic

    • @spookycreachre
      @spookycreachre 2 года назад +29

      @@cosmicriptid To be fair, romantic love doesn't require sex

    • @SingingSealRiana
      @SingingSealRiana Год назад +13

      ​@@cosmicriptid it's an ace Lovestory which makes sense given they are sexless beings who only assume the appearance of a gender to fit in. What you describe, between friends and romantic would be queerplatonic!

    • @SingingSealRiana
      @SingingSealRiana Год назад +2

      ​@@spookycreachre yeah, but they also are not quite in romance territory, more queerplatonic. Clearly in love, just not in the sense most people think of

    • @Starmadien2019
      @Starmadien2019 Год назад

      Practically banging in their heads. Lol.

  • @timecrayon
    @timecrayon 5 лет назад +1266

    I love that (nearly) everything he worried about ended up being wrong.

    • @andyhighroller8217
      @andyhighroller8217 3 года назад +21

      I haven’t seen(nor heard) of this book/show until just now watching this video(as a part of a 4 day binge into the Dom) but after watching the trailer(during the dramatic pose) I was SO excited. Martin Sheen is(usually) one of my favorites, and while at first glance(and after being influenced from seeing a Tom Hiddleston video) I was disappointed when I saw the thumbnail that Hiddleston wasn’t the Demon, but that’d almost be a tad overboard(yet I realized I just want to see Sheen and Hiddleston in a film some day)
      *BUT* after seeing the trailer and realizing it was David Tennant I was _so_ back on board. I’m tempted to stop my Dom binge and and startup prime right now, and your comment saying nearly everything he was worried about ended up being incorrect is quite exciting.

    • @00KiryuZero00
      @00KiryuZero00 3 года назад +15

      @@andyhighroller8217 You should, it's a great show!

    • @wajmgirl
      @wajmgirl 2 года назад +5

      Except people freaking out about Adam and Eve being played by non/white actors

    • @SingingSealRiana
      @SingingSealRiana Год назад +3

      ​@@wajmgirl ... I never came across that, only people complaining about people complaining

  • @TheCoelura
    @TheCoelura 5 лет назад +808

    “I hate cats."
    Death's face became a little stiffer, if that were possible. The blue glow in his eye sockets flickered red for an instant.
    "I SEE," he said. The tone suggested that death was too good for cat haters.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters

    • @vicenzostella1390
      @vicenzostella1390 4 года назад +6

      TheCoelura 😂😂

    • @Grim_Sister
      @Grim_Sister 4 года назад +139

      This also explains why cats have 9 lives. Death doesn’t want to kill them, so he tries his best to let them escape whiles he’s “not looking “

    • @cosmicriptid
      @cosmicriptid 4 года назад +2

      I agree

    • @tilltronje1623
      @tilltronje1623 3 года назад +12

      @@Grim_Sister that is the cutest thing I have ever read

  • @Grim_Sister
    @Grim_Sister 4 года назад +303

    Sir Terry Pratchett awakens. A skeleton stands at his bedside, wearing a long black robe. He sits up. “Hang on, let me get my hat,” he tells it.
    The skeleton reaches into its robe. From abyssal depths it produces a heavy book bound in sheets of lead and night. It is the kind of book that gets stolen by a rugged adventurer from a temple with more spike traps than the average house of worship contains. It’s the kind of book to which the word “tome” might probably be applied. Frost forms on its pages from the lingering chill of the void.
    The skeleton coughs once and holds the book out to the man sitting on the bed.
    WOULD YOU SIGN THIS? It asks. I’M A BIG FAN.
    By unknown, tumblr

  • @izib5013
    @izib5013 5 лет назад +856

    Dominic then, wondering if Aziraphale is still going to be coded gay
    me, having watched Good Omens: OH YOU HAVE NO IDEA

    • @marions.3657
      @marions.3657 4 года назад +72

      YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE BLITZ SCENE WHERE THE MUSIC SHIPS THEM HARDER THEN I DO ?
      OR
      WHEN HE SAYS " YOU GO TOO FAST FOR ME CROWLEY" WHERE I LITTERALLY NEEDED A BREAK WITHT THE OPENING .
      OR
      THE ENTIRE FUCKING SHOW?????
      OMFG
      IT WAS A GOOD SHOW

    • @izib5013
      @izib5013 4 года назад +16

      @@marions.3657 A VERY GOOD SHOW INDEED

    • @WardNightstone
      @WardNightstone 4 года назад +33

      @@marions.3657 thats was apparently the last scene they shot together and that's why Michael Sheen is so visably emotional as soon as they said cut he apparently burst into tears

    • @dm121984
      @dm121984 4 года назад +14

      I do thing they were really close to being a couple in the show. Michael Sheen and David Tennant did very well in their portrayals, sadly alittle undermined by the snake eye contact lenses Tennant was wearing all the time.

    • @phastinemoon
      @phastinemoon 3 года назад +15

      The book: Oh, they’re gay.
      The show: OH! They’re GAY!✨🌈

  • @tv_tim
    @tv_tim 5 лет назад +664

    I had to give a like for the "well made british things" line.

  • @TraineeHero
    @TraineeHero 5 лет назад +528

    "A man is not dead while his name is still spoken."
    #GNUTerryPratchett

    • @eazy8579
      @eazy8579 4 года назад +3

      GBNF Sir Terry Pratchett

    • @wynnyx7071
      @wynnyx7071 3 года назад

      GNUTerryPratchett

    • @therongjr
      @therongjr 3 года назад +3

      You just made me start crying on the bus. 😭

    • @TraineeHero
      @TraineeHero 3 года назад

      @@therongjr *hugs*

  • @jackallen7897
    @jackallen7897 5 лет назад +376

    Crowley didn't fall, he sauntered vaguely downwards.

    • @XxHuldraxX
      @XxHuldraxX 3 года назад +11

      I forgot "sauntered" was a real word. 😀 Thank you for that.

    • @nacmegfeegle2310
      @nacmegfeegle2310 3 года назад +10

      Lovely description

  • @pegasos1986
    @pegasos1986 5 лет назад +672

    According to "A Slip of the Keyboard" (I think I got it from there), Gaiman stayed at Pratchett's for at least a large portion of the time they were writing Good Omens. The author biography section in my copy of the book states: "Terry Pratchett gets up early in the mornings, Neil Gaiman early in the afternoons. This book was created in the four or five hours every day when both of them were awake." ^^ Sir Terry said they wrote their respective parts, then handed it to the other one who would - after laughing his ass off for a bit - rewrite and adjust it. He claims that in the end neither of them was able to tell who originally wrote which part of the story.
    I miss Sir Terry too. At least we still have his books to keep us company...

    • @adamosborne685
      @adamosborne685 5 лет назад +45

      No Gaiman was actually living in America at the time, they held long telephone calls where they would read and critique the others work which they would send to each other on floppy disks through mail. Today it seems quite extraordinary considering how long it all would have taken but its really incredible that it was actually written this way and turned out THIS good

    • @PrincessNinja007
      @PrincessNinja007 5 лет назад +22

      I can tell though. You'll read a section and "that's such a Prachett thing to say" or "this page might as well have been an American Gods spinoff"

    • @qwertyTRiG
      @qwertyTRiG 5 лет назад +21

      @@PrincessNinja007 By all accounts, some of the most iconic Pratchettian lines were actually written by Gaiman, who's an excellent mimic. And Pratchett does have a dark side too, at times.

    • @Gilmoriel
      @Gilmoriel 5 лет назад +11

      It's well documented by both of them that in the end Pratchett is probably responsible for writing about 70% of the book. Gaiman was indeed behind some of the darker moments in the story including most of the more violent/gruesome scenes. Pratchett did put his foot down though, and didn't allow Adam to get directly involved in any of that stuff.

    • @Grim_Sister
      @Grim_Sister 5 лет назад +2

      Heroes always get remembered
      But you know legends never die (Panic at the disco, Emperor's new clothes)

  • @liannedegraaf2616
    @liannedegraaf2616 5 лет назад +1511

    I’m blind, have been for two years now and this was the last book I read as a physical book. Still makes me sad.

    • @corruptangel6793
      @corruptangel6793 5 лет назад +33

      If you're blind, how do you find/watch RUclips videos?

    • @liannedegraaf2616
      @liannedegraaf2616 5 лет назад +281

      Corrupt Angel sceeen readers and braille displays my friend

    • @corruptangel6793
      @corruptangel6793 5 лет назад +67

      @@liannedegraaf2616 huh, neat

    • @Nootathotep
      @Nootathotep 5 лет назад +58

      I hope you're getting on well.

    • @Soguwe
      @Soguwe 5 лет назад +48

      @@liannedegraaf2616 how do Braille displays work?
      Is it a bunch of sticks in a box and the computer tells them which have to stand out for you to read them?
      If so, is it only a straight line or a square, portraying multiple lines?
      I mean,
      I for example use Paragraphs quite often.
      It is a way to sort my thoughts and calm my brain down a little
      Does that even translate, or does that get lost in such a display method?

  • @hellmon9261
    @hellmon9261 4 года назад +477

    Dominic: They don't seem to be best friends anymore.
    Me: Yeah they're a couple...

    • @reginag4053
      @reginag4053 4 года назад +11

      Apologies, I liked this before I realized that the # of likes for it was 69, and ended up changing it to 70. (aHA, I can unlike it and now it's back to 69. \o/ )

    • @hellmon9261
      @hellmon9261 4 года назад +6

      @@reginag4053 Wise Decision

    • @sbcd7808
      @sbcd7808 4 года назад +14

      It's very gay and I very much love it

    • @hellmon9261
      @hellmon9261 4 года назад +1

      @@sbcd7808 same

    • @dm121984
      @dm121984 4 года назад +12

      Do love the bit at the end of the series that wasn't in the book, i.e. were they trick their bosses.

  • @amberlyveil8856
    @amberlyveil8856 5 лет назад +397

    Encouraging news on the adaptation front... they were going to minimize the Agnes Nutter parts to expository storyboards with narration (basically), but Neil Gaiman fought like hell to keep it in as it was one of Terry Pratchett's favorite ideas in the book.

    • @joebob4091
      @joebob4091 5 лет назад +25

      I really hope they keep her execution in the show that bit was funny as hell

    • @amberlyveil8856
      @amberlyveil8856 5 лет назад +25

      @@joebob4091 that was exactly what Gaiman fought so hard to preserve

    • @MissCaraMint
      @MissCaraMint 5 лет назад +29

      Claire Thurston They did, and it was fantastic.

    • @VforVendettas
      @VforVendettas 4 года назад +6

      Oh, god I'm crying now.

  • @quinnsinclair7028
    @quinnsinclair7028 5 лет назад +825

    David Tennent rarely ever gives a bad performance so it should be good in that regard at least.

    • @juanmarailgun7783
      @juanmarailgun7783 5 лет назад +12

      Good performances can come from very bad movies/series. Just look at M. Bison in the Street Fighter movie.

    • @RobinNicoagain
      @RobinNicoagain 5 лет назад +10

      I haven't seen too many of his performances but Goblet of Fire begs to differ from your comment.

    • @quinnsinclair7028
      @quinnsinclair7028 5 лет назад +56

      Someone Somewhere I believe the phrase “rarely” makes account for one or two bad performances.
      For good ones go watch Jessica Jones, Doctor Who S2-S4, and the recordings of his plays with the royal Shakespeare company.

    • @joe74509migo
      @joe74509migo 5 лет назад +1

      Terminator Genisys

    • @stomyn
      @stomyn 5 лет назад +15

      @@joe74509migo Wrong Doctor, that was Matt Smith

  • @AllofTimeandSpace
    @AllofTimeandSpace 5 лет назад +965

    They are using songs from Queen, including Bohemian Rhapsody! They got permission from their estate. The composer of the music for the tv series also said that a majority of the music will be Queen inspired as well!🎸😃
    Metatron is being included still and is played by Derek Jacobi😀

    • @Dominic-Noble
      @Dominic-Noble  5 лет назад +194

      Welp, looks like ALL my predictions are going to be wrong lol

    • @AllofTimeandSpace
      @AllofTimeandSpace 5 лет назад +26

      Not necessarily 😊I think you are onto something with the end battle, the convent fire, and the flaming sword 😀 At least I hope so because those would be awesome to be expended upon!

    • @markchapman6800
      @markchapman6800 5 лет назад +19

      I'm glad to hear that because I'd hate to lose the running joke that is presumably one of the reasons to use the songs.

    • @CsillanRose
      @CsillanRose 5 лет назад +24

      Maybe that’s where the special effects budget went, lol

    • @bellringer53
      @bellringer53 5 лет назад +27

      @@CsillanRose if so then I am fine with lack luster cgi. It never bothered me much as long as the story is good.

  • @willrigby8202
    @willrigby8202 5 лет назад +242

    10:11
    “Once we had finished writing Good Omens, back in the dawn of prehistory, Terry Pratchett and I started plotting a sequel”, Gaiman said. “There would have been a lot of angels in the sequel. When, almost thirty years later, I started writing Good Omens for TV, one thing I knew was that our angels would have to be in there.

    • @Grim_Sister
      @Grim_Sister 5 лет назад +35

      The reason that sequel was never made was because of time constraints and the fact that it lacked the same spark of genius those two had when writing GO.
      They wrote Omens mostly for one reason: make each other laugh. And they succeeded.
      We were just brought along for the ride

    • @vivianfox5115
      @vivianfox5115 5 лет назад +22

      Will Rigby I love that the planned title was ‘668: the neighbour of the beast.’ Fair to say that anything by Terry and Neil would be fundamentally awesome.

  • @tardisgirl1237
    @tardisgirl1237 5 лет назад +62

    Seeing the pain behind Dom's eyes at the end of this review really struck a chord with me, it's exactly how I felt when John Hurt and Carrie Fisher died. It's these little touches which show how much of an amazing RUclipsr, he's not afraid to let his personal opinion get in the way of the popular viewpoint, and he will always acknowledge when a book is of good, memorable quality. I really respect him for all of this.

  • @throwback74
    @throwback74 5 лет назад +456

    I hadn't heard about it being Terry Pratchett's dying wish, and now I'm crying 😢

  • @benwasserman8223
    @benwasserman8223 5 лет назад +428

    The show has David Tennant playing a demon. I’m already sold....

    • @willimations277
      @willimations277 5 лет назад +29

      Ben Wasserman I’m a simple creature. I see David Tennant, I watch

    • @StarbitO
      @StarbitO 4 года назад

      Yall are a buncha simps

    • @vaclav_fejt
      @vaclav_fejt 3 года назад +6

      And he's finally ginger.

    • @Goleon
      @Goleon 3 года назад +1

      @@StarbitO - Hey no one else better to simp for.

  • @theprince3326
    @theprince3326 5 лет назад +385

    Yes, omg! My favorite book, written by my favorite authors, and my favorite character (Crowley) being played by my favorite actor, with a ton of references to my favorite band, and it’s being reviewed by one of my favorite RUclipsrs!

    • @Grim_Sister
      @Grim_Sister 5 лет назад +9

      I know! So awesome!

    • @samuelbarber4154
      @samuelbarber4154 5 лет назад +7

      Christmas has come early!

    • @Estarfigam
      @Estarfigam 5 лет назад +5

      I've been thinking about reading some Pratchett, do you recommend this book?

    • @qwertyTRiG
      @qwertyTRiG 5 лет назад +6

      @@Estarfigam Good Omens is absolutely an excellent one to start with, yes. It's a common favourite.

    • @qwertyTRiG
      @qwertyTRiG 5 лет назад +11

      There are massive debates on the best order to read the Discworld books in. My own recommendation is publication order, as long as you accept that the first two are funny froth parodying D&D and sword and sorcery fantasy, and the good stuff doesn't really start till three or four books in. The first couple are funny, but no more than that.
      Incidentally, Terry Pratchett's masterpiece is Nation, another standalone novel, written toward the end of his life.

  • @astrinymris9953
    @astrinymris9953 5 лет назад +94

    When I first read books in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, I thought of him as a Piers Anthony knock-off. A few years later, I read 'Feet of Clay', and thought, "Wow, Terry Pratchett has really gotten deep! Look at all this subtle social commentary!" But upon re-reading the books I had previously dismissed as light-hearted humor, realized that it wasn't Terry Pratchett who'd gotten deeper, it was me.
    Farewell, Sir Terry Pratchett; you are deeply missed.

  • @fuzzymurdermittens
    @fuzzymurdermittens 5 лет назад +662

    Honestly, I feel like the extremely questionable CGI actually adds to the humour of the whole thing. I'm not sure why, but it just *fits*, in a way that perfect CGI wouldn't. Crowley and Aziraphale were never this polished, perfect thing. Both flawed, both odd, never quite fitting in with their respective 'sides'. The CGI really fits that vibe they had going. Flawed, odd, and not quite fitting right. And as a result, perfect :)

    • @AnnekeOosterink
      @AnnekeOosterink 4 года назад +61

      Also, imo cgi is not what makes or brakes a film. If a story is engaging/funny/good/etc enough the cgi doesn't matter. I can see the painted backdrops in many older movies and TV-shows but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy the story.
      I think that a lot of reviewers pay quite a bit of attention to the effects and how good/bad/passable they are, when I don't give a shit. Yes, those are plastic looking monsters (or you can see the strings on the puppets or you can see the masks), but is the story good?
      Same goes for me for costume, which is my personal interest. I love costume history, so I see the mistakes or the anachronisms (the poly satin costumes from the 70s are... well... they exist) and the seams where there should be none, or the 1800s hats in a 1500s story etc. However, if the story is good enough I don't care that literally no one is wearing a hat (the slags!) or that the men are somehow all in different uniforms and none are from the correct period or country.
      The story carries the film and if it doesn't other things that shouldn't have to, like costume or effects, suddenly get to bear the burden.

    • @HikiibatoHada
      @HikiibatoHada 4 года назад +14

      @@AnnekeOosterink you hit the nail on the head.

    • @Theroha
      @Theroha 3 года назад +10

      I imagine they had to cut back on the cgi budget in order to afford all the the Queen references. A very worthwhile trade, if you ask me

    • @jmurray1110
      @jmurray1110 3 года назад +1

      Obviously it is queen after all

    • @naomipurple679
      @naomipurple679 3 года назад +5

      The CGI wasn't ever a point of contention for me in the show. It never really felt 'bad' and seemed to fit the style of the story perfectly

  • @princeapoopoo5787
    @princeapoopoo5787 5 лет назад +268

    Your feelings for Terry Pratchett are felt wholly. I love, love, love his work, including this book.
    ... I actually have a black cat named Crowley.

    • @RoadkillbunnyUK
      @RoadkillbunnyUK 5 лет назад +15

      I have a black and white Cat named Aziraphale, they should be friends!

    • @friday8644
      @friday8644 5 лет назад +9

      a friend of mine is talking about getting a snake called Crowley, I think it sounds adoreble😊

    • @Grim_Sister
      @Grim_Sister 5 лет назад +6

      Tweet it to Gaimen! He loves pets and is on a Good Omens retweet spree

    • @claran3616
      @claran3616 Год назад +2

      I almost named my snake azira lol

  • @carsyncamp6846
    @carsyncamp6846 5 лет назад +135

    I’ve watched the entire series so I’m gonna answer all of your predictions.
    So spoilers obviously
    1: Aziraphale and Crowley’s relationship isn’t strained in the beginning that clip is from a fight they have a little later in the series.
    2: just about every character is introduced early so you’re probably right.
    3: yep it’s set in 2019 or 18
    4: Metatron is in the series but he’s only in one scene.
    5: the scene of Aziraphale and Crowley on the battlefield is just backstory
    6: they are at a air base Crowley manages to stop time for a second so they can talk to Adam before Satan arrived.
    7: They watch Adam fight a lion with the fiery sword from the wall.
    8: While they do use quite a few Queen songs I never heard them explicitly state the classic joke about leaving the tape in a car for longer than a fortnight so they kinda half did it I guess.
    9: like you stated at the end they did keep that joke about the machine guns but it was not graphic so I didn’t think it was in bad taste.
    10: the narrator explains the telephone line thing while it happens so it was still out of left field.
    11: satan does end up on earth but not long enough to fight anyone before Adam sends him back to hell.
    Also while I love this series all of the special effects budget was clearly spent on satan Adam’s glowing red eyes look terrible

    • @EvaSnyder
      @EvaSnyder 5 лет назад +23

      Yes.
      Aziraphale and Crowley’s fights mostly have to do with Aziraphale thinking he has to dislike Crowley just because Crowley is a demon. Aziraphale is a bit uptight. But I adore that Michael sheen decided that Aziraphale loves Crowley because Aziraphale's angelic nature calls him to love everyone. This really is a platonic love story between Aziraphale and Crowley.

    • @megelizabeth9492
      @megelizabeth9492 5 лет назад +7

      Most of Metatron’s parts ended up being given to Gabriel, I think.

    • @anna-flora999
      @anna-flora999 4 года назад +24

      @@EvaSnyder Michael sheen played Aziraphale to love Crowley because he's a HUUUUGE ineffable husbands shipper, let's be honest with ourselves

    • @hiero-green
      @hiero-green 4 года назад +16

      Pollution is also non-binary rather than a woman

    • @adsfornothing3146
      @adsfornothing3146 3 года назад +5

      @@hiero-green They are actually called "them" by god so

  • @eyreyereye
    @eyreyereye 5 лет назад +34

    I can only imagine the eventual Lost in Adaptation will feature a very amused "things added" category -- I have to say the opening to episode three was an amazing piece of canon expansion that I'm sure a lot of other fans were more than happy to see.

    • @vzerby
      @vzerby 5 лет назад +3

      As well as the pay off of explaining how Crowley got that particular item he wanted.

  • @kiramartinij
    @kiramartinij 5 лет назад +29

    I also got hella emotional about Gaiman revealing that the show was a labor of love...I hope you enjoyed the show as much as I did. I thought it was absolutely incredible.

  • @Grim_Sister
    @Grim_Sister 5 лет назад +128

    I literally gasped when I saw the thumbnail
    Good Omens was the mark of the beginning of my romance with Neil Gaiman.
    Thank you.
    Btw, This comes 10 days after my birthday and I consider this the best gift Terry and Neil could have ever given me
    Edit: I didn’t want this show to end and treated it the same way Charlie from Charlie and The Chocolate Factory book would eat his birthday gift.
    It was lovely and I wish I could experience this again for the first time

    • @doubtful_seer
      @doubtful_seer 5 лет назад +2

      GrimSister It comes out on my birthday. I have very similar feelings.

    • @HeirofAzaran
      @HeirofAzaran 5 лет назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/eZ_ZQkV58Cc/видео.html

    • @1217BC
      @1217BC 5 лет назад +2

      My birthday is the 21st as well, and this is indeed a FANTASTIC present

    • @grappyday5438
      @grappyday5438 5 лет назад +2

      Um same

  • @ChaoticButterfly
    @ChaoticButterfly 5 лет назад +46

    "I don't think they're gonna keep the part where Crowley magically replaces all the middle managements paint guns into machine guns."
    Me: ...... >_> I liked that part in the show.

  • @pridemoth_
    @pridemoth_ 5 лет назад +34

    I love he's like, "Oh they're not gonna keep the Queen music... Ir the machine guns" and I'm here like OH BOY THEY DID THO

  • @KittenLove536
    @KittenLove536 5 лет назад +57

    “It’s very funny.”
    Usually “funny” things arent that funny to me.
    “There’s a lot of dry wit and sarcasm.”
    *DING DONG I WAS WRONG*

  • @amybruce3518
    @amybruce3518 5 лет назад +52

    I have goosebumps over the big feels you shared at the end. Terry Pratchett is and ever shall be a treasure. RIP Sir Pratchett 😢

  • @haleykae879
    @haleykae879 5 лет назад +9

    here's an anecdote for you-- when I first heard of Good Omens in 2008 (thanks, fan fiction), I went to my local library to see if I could get a copy. I was told by the staff there that they had actually stopped keeping copies of it on hand in my branch, and at the sister libraries in the surrounding area, because so many people would borrow it and then never return it that eventually it became too expensive to keep replacing the lost books.

  • @Amber_Magee
    @Amber_Magee 3 года назад +5

    I recently discovered this channel, and figured that with your love of Sir Terry, a video talking about his work would be a fun time. Don't get me wrong, it was a fantastic video, but I hadn't heard the story that the TV show was his dying wish, and I don't think I've related more to anyone than the anguish in your eyes at the end. God bless you for your work, and god damn you for making me weep openly at a RUclips video.

  • @joeevans5770
    @joeevans5770 5 лет назад +241

    I wonder how many times filming of this was interrupted by Sir Terry (the cat)

    • @robyndaniell434
      @robyndaniell434 5 лет назад +11

      Thank you for reminding me to watch the vids to the very end! (up until the end, I was wondering, "To. What. In the Heck is this guy referring?"

    • @robyndaniell434
      @robyndaniell434 5 лет назад +9

      @Emperor Robert Dom is the person of Sir Terry (cats really don't have owners, they have people)

    • @trishapellis
      @trishapellis 5 лет назад +1

      @King Thatcher Watch all the way till the end. As in, ALL THE WAY, past the patreon stuff etc.

  • @TheShadowofDragons
    @TheShadowofDragons 5 лет назад +49

    I got the Masterclass ad featuring Neil Gaiman in it when beginning to watch this episode. How appropriate.

  • @lydiafayre9806
    @lydiafayre9806 5 лет назад +31

    That wink destroyed me. "Well made, British things."

  • @solarsailer4166
    @solarsailer4166 5 лет назад +20

    I just love how honest you are with you feelings. There's nothing wrong with being so moved by a book. Thank you for sharing that with us. :)

  • @Hekateras
    @Hekateras 5 лет назад +44

    In regards to the scene of them meeting on the battlefield in armour, I always assumed it was meant to reference the period when their Arrangement started, sometime in the Middle Ages, if I remember correctly.
    and yes. Gosh. I'm excited too.

  • @ericaw4450
    @ericaw4450 3 года назад +2

    I am STILL mourning the loss of Terry Pratchett. Good Omens was the first book of his I'd ever read and it changed my life for the better. I picked it up randomly in an airport bookstore and my family spent the next three days snowed in together laughing until we cried. I gave it to every friend on their birthday that year and quoted whole passages with my sister from memory. We still read it. We still laugh. We still cry. My partner and I still keep each other up at night talking about everything Pratchett has moved us to think and feel. Nice to see I'm not alone. :}

  • @shadowking9739
    @shadowking9739 4 года назад +7

    The Dom, you shining pinnacle of masculine triumph, I too adore the novel, having discovered it by chance six years. Despite being a born-and-raised American, I love dry/absurdist humor and the works of Sir Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman and Douglas Adams work perfectly for me. Thankfully (at least in my humble opinion), the show was actually pretty good. It was surprisingly faithful to the book and whatever changes they made, be it adding stuff in or taking stuff out, actually worked in the show's favor. I was amazed by the fact that so much of the book's narrations made it in and how spot-on the characters were portrayed by their respective actors, particularly Michael Sheen, David Tennant, Michael McKean, Jack Whitehall, Miranda Richardson and Brian Cox.

  • @thaiseathaydesantos
    @thaiseathaydesantos 5 лет назад +72

    You predicted a lot wrong, but I'm grateful for it, loved the series so much!!!
    I absolutely love the book, it's in my top 3 of all time, it was translated beautifully to TV.
    That's my first video on your chanel, but I will continue watching and can't wait to see what you think of the series.

  • @smilehappyface8
    @smilehappyface8 5 лет назад +27

    I'm so glad I watched until the end. Your cat, Sir Terry Pratchet, is adorable.

  • @CplAnguadaEarth
    @CplAnguadaEarth 5 лет назад +1

    As a Terry Pratchett freak who went to the first North American Discworld convention as a 16 year old with my dad so we could see the gentleman in person, I’m so happy you’re sharing your happiness with us. Those who know can feel happy all over again, and those who don’t can find out. I wore black when I found out about his death, but it’s wonderful to go back again and again to his work and feel that appreciation. I think that I feel that about this adaptation and it’s not just the casting and the Neil Gaiman involvement.

  • @emmajochum8682
    @emmajochum8682 4 года назад +9

    Anyone still obsessed to the gills with good omens and can't wait for him to review it?

  • @LifeCrier1
    @LifeCrier1 3 года назад +1

    It's so touching where you can tell he is trying not to cry finding out this was a tribute to PTerry. Yes, we feel that way too. Every interview vid where Neil has to talk about what he hopes Terry would like with the show, he's nearly crying too. There's so much love for the man, it touches everyone involved in Good Omens and it shows on film. I hope one day we get to see your review.

  • @littlemissmello
    @littlemissmello 5 лет назад +4

    We need a review of what you thought of the show now! I was completely in love with it!

  • @Kaydiasez
    @Kaydiasez 5 лет назад +13

    It breaks my heart to see how deeply the passing of Sir Pratchett effects The Dom!

  • @maximusdork3336
    @maximusdork3336 5 лет назад +67

    I love the shirt. I need to buy one like that.

  • @julienichols5333
    @julienichols5333 3 года назад +5

    RUclips decided to recommend this video to me...even though I watched it way back when it first dropped...and now I'm on tenterhooks about an eventual Lost in Adaptation covering the series! I'd forgotten that this had been promised!

  • @MACarcano
    @MACarcano 5 лет назад +15

    **goes into Amazon to order the book**
    thank you for the recommendation

  • @nadirahcharles
    @nadirahcharles 5 лет назад +22

    Love this book! Just got to see the first episode at the Hollywood Forever cemetery last night. Neil Gaiman was there to introduce it with some heartfelt words about Pratchett. I really liked the episode they've done a marvelous job! Tennant was fantastic and adorable per usual! Thank u Dominic for all u do, ur one of the reasons I'm such an Anglophile!💋

    • @HeirofAzaran
      @HeirofAzaran 5 лет назад +1

      I agree with you on everything, and that sounds like a wonderful night. Here's hoping for the series!

  • @alexbailey5211
    @alexbailey5211 5 лет назад +26

    I personally am a person of faith and even though I haven't finished this book it in no way offends me. I'd like to think that other people of faith would feel the same but that's not always the case. Love your videos dominic noble

    • @shannonwalls7573
      @shannonwalls7573 5 лет назад +9

      Same. I find it important to keep a sense of humour about these things - if for no other reason then that other people are perfectly entitled to their own faith orientation - including none.

  • @fennelwink
    @fennelwink 3 года назад +3

    Looking forward to the full Lost in Adaptation episode hopefully soon. I know I was impressed with it. Can't wait to hear your full thoughts.

  • @dukky1993
    @dukky1993 5 лет назад +15

    I thought this was going to be hard to get through because I also love and miss Terry Pratchett but I only cried once :) please wink at us beautiful watchers more often, it made me feel special

  • @yugoxgc
    @yugoxgc 5 лет назад +91

    It's a Pratchett adaptation with Tennant & Sheen as Lead characters
    If you are not hyped there's sth wrong with you

  • @GermsOilCotten
    @GermsOilCotten 5 лет назад +5

    Man you just made a subscriber of me. No one seems to give pratchett the praise he so rightly deserves. Yes it was a bit satire but that is often all ppl see and his work was so much more.

  • @c.w.simpsonproductions1230
    @c.w.simpsonproductions1230 5 лет назад +97

    U should do a Lost in Adaptation for The Golden Compass since the HBO reboot is coming soon.

    • @erinhaury5773
      @erinhaury5773 5 лет назад +9

      I was going to comment this, too. I am beyond excited for the show and would love to hear what Dom has to say about the previous movie adaptation.

    • @hadrian8712
      @hadrian8712 5 лет назад +1

      The world seemed a little cheap and not as fantastic as the movie

    • @josephinetyler4356
      @josephinetyler4356 5 лет назад

      Adrian Moreno it’s half half there’s stuff they should have kept that was in the movie and some stuff they did great in the tv show. Of course the TV show goes right to the end of the book unlike the film. Even the Author stated in an interview he knows it won’t be prefect and things will be changed and he’s cool with it 🤷‍♀️ as someone who loves his books I prefer the tv show

  • @MikaelaJoArroyo
    @MikaelaJoArroyo 4 года назад +4

    I really hope you do the adaptation soon!

  • @DaleRibbons
    @DaleRibbons 4 года назад +6

    I absolutely loved this show! My sister never read the book, and isn't really into fantasy type shows, but she loved it as well! Very obviously a labor of love on Neil Gaiman's part. I can't wait to see the Lost In Adaptation episode on this!

  • @Jupzilla
    @Jupzilla 4 года назад +5

    I’d love to see a full review of this someday. I really loved the book and thought it was a great adaptation

  • @171QA
    @171QA 5 лет назад +1

    Seeing you gush about a book you like is adorable to watch.

  • @samdragonborn5864
    @samdragonborn5864 5 лет назад +4

    Oh boy I am excited for the lost in adaptation!

  • @margaretschaufele6502
    @margaretschaufele6502 2 года назад +1

    Awww! When you mentioned crying in a corner holding your copy of the book, I wanted to give you a hug.

  • @msnorringtonsims6536
    @msnorringtonsims6536 5 лет назад +13

    Okay, that wink... That WINK! lol I mean, I'm already a long time fan, always hit that like button, share the relevant videos with friends... but then there are moments like THAT WINK which make me wish there was a bonus button to hit that would immediately send you hugs, kisses and some confetti to rain down on you. You're so brill

  • @sidebyside83
    @sidebyside83 5 лет назад +1

    I saw this video come up and my heart literally skipped a beat!
    This book came to me at a rough time in my life (I had recently lost my grandfather, my clinical anxiety was in a spiral, I was becoming socially withdrawn). But Sir Terry & Neil Gaiman's story got me to see the joy and humor in life again, to the point where good 'ol Aziraphale and Crowley are like friends. I'm glad to see this book and the other works of these literally geniuses are so important to you too! New favorite video on the channel! (PS: I thought I had made this comment already, but it looks like RUclips might have lost it or something? Ah well, should post now!)

  • @Ryan78336
    @Ryan78336 5 лет назад +4

    Crowley looks orders of magnitude better with reddish burnt hair, matching his fiery origins. Would have been fine with dark hair but wow I am super attracted to Tennant in this asthetic.

  • @TheRealJahan
    @TheRealJahan 5 лет назад +11

    Watching this after having watched the series in its entirety. Great show

  • @WateverWatever04
    @WateverWatever04 5 лет назад +22

    Sending you a bit of love Dom, this video must have been difficult ❤

  • @danhelsting6308
    @danhelsting6308 5 лет назад +31

    Im a fan of the discworld novels so all i can say is: all hail Terry Pratchett.

  • @ElizIndRhythm
    @ElizIndRhythm 5 лет назад +12

    My birthday is May 31st, and Good Omens is one of my favorite books. Best. Birthday. Gift. Ever.

    • @Adara007
      @Adara007 5 лет назад +1

      It's also one of my absolute favourite books. I hope you see the tv series starting tomorrow and they're a good birthday present for you!

    • @ElizIndRhythm
      @ElizIndRhythm 5 лет назад

      @@Adara007 Oh, they totally were the best present! I hope that you enjoyed them as well.

  • @candiikinz7719
    @candiikinz7719 4 года назад

    I just adore you and your videos.
    I have a few British friends (mother and son) that I haven’t gotten to see much since quarantine started. They’re some of the most lovely, genuine, and hilarious people I’ve ever met.
    I enjoy watching these videos so much. No only are you super funny and reviewing books that I both have enjoyed or hated with a passion, but your sense of humor reminds me so much of Deb and Mike it’s like listening to them talk about pretty much anything they’re passionate about.

  • @theoneandonlymichaelmccormick
    @theoneandonlymichaelmccormick 5 лет назад +146

    Wouldn’t it be ironic if Sir Terry saw Neil Gaiman’s iconic depiction of Death rather than his own?
    He’d probably think that was funny.

    • @ProfessM
      @ProfessM 5 лет назад +42

      Oh yes he'd have a good long chuckle at that. I also think either their embodiments of Death would be the best to see at the end of ones life. Both Deaths so well capture the joy and understanding of life.

    • @lesliemills3153
      @lesliemills3153 5 лет назад +28

      What if Death consisted of many forms? That way, we could have Terry Pratchett's Death arguing with Neil Gamian's Death over who gets the rights to claim him.

    • @theoneandonlymichaelmccormick
      @theoneandonlymichaelmccormick 5 лет назад +24

      Leslie Mills The whole time Sir Terry is just laughing his ass off, and not regretting a single thing about his life.

    • @fruitygarlic3601
      @fruitygarlic3601 5 лет назад +8

      @@lesliemills3153 I believe it's mentioned in the Discworld series that other worlds have their own versions of Death, based on what the majority believes them to be. DW's Death uses a scythe, while some of his contemporaries use modern farming equipment?

    • @lesliemills3153
      @lesliemills3153 5 лет назад +6

      @@fruitygarlic3601 Yes, it was mentioned ("Reaper Man," If I remember correctly). However, the Death's seem to respect each others' boundaries. So, how would they settle any dispute where one character overlaps universes? Would the theoretically dead person find a way to exploit it?

  • @wcapewell3089
    @wcapewell3089 3 года назад +8

    "Its quite far down the list"
    More than 2 years down the list apparently.

  • @schale8051
    @schale8051 5 лет назад +3

    Watched the show and now I can't wait for your Lost in Adaptation video. It was just sooo good. I'll start on the book soon.

  • @ianharvey4406
    @ianharvey4406 3 года назад +3

    Anytime soon? ITS BEEN 2 YEARS!!!!!!

  • @WierdArtistMarcell
    @WierdArtistMarcell 3 года назад +3

    Still awaiting that video. I do hope it will come out some day

  • @brandchan
    @brandchan 5 лет назад +33

    Pretty sure Metatron will still be in the show. Neil said Gabriel was from some cut material and material from a sequel that never happened.

    • @mirjanbouma
      @mirjanbouma 5 лет назад

      Megatron can't show up. Alan Rickman is no more T_T

    • @MissCaraMint
      @MissCaraMint 5 лет назад

      Mirjan Bouma Well Emperor Claudius himself has decided to step up and do it.

  • @KiramidHead
    @KiramidHead 5 лет назад +24

    I mean, the Highlander TV show licensed Princes of the Universe for every single episode for six seasons, maybe Queen is easier to deal with than we think.

  • @therongjr
    @therongjr 3 года назад

    You made me cry. The loss of Sir Terry Pratchett was so great that I didn't realize I never really processed it.
    So now I am re-reading the book, and will soon be re-watching the show.

  • @quintussertorius4447
    @quintussertorius4447 5 лет назад +3

    My family watches the adaptation of the Hogfather every year on Christmas, and Sir Terry's cameo near the end of that film breaks me everytime I see it.

    • @wordforger
      @wordforger 5 лет назад +1

      Watching Hogfather has become a personal tradition of mine. Damn I miss Sir Terry...

    • @quintussertorius4447
      @quintussertorius4447 5 лет назад

      @@wordforger He was the best. I don't know where I would be without some of his books.

  • @grumpyoldman3458
    @grumpyoldman3458 5 лет назад +2

    The BBC made a radio version of Good Omens. In one episode there are two policemen called Terry and Neil, played by pTerry and Neil.

  • @Hanmerhack
    @Hanmerhack 5 лет назад +15

    "I Would like to think that not to many people will get hung up on theological accuracy in a humorous book." Shhesh Dom. What world are you living in?

  • @ellencoleman4604
    @ellencoleman4604 5 лет назад +1

    The chemistry thing about Aziraphale and Crowley - it bears remembering that their relationship at the start and end of the book is meant to have contrast in how accepting they are of eachother and their relationship, so their would be some 'strain' in that they still feel some guilt about being friends until going through the apocalypse together

  • @Debland1989
    @Debland1989 5 лет назад +4

    I didn't know Sir Terry had passed until a while after it happened, it was such a shock I actually burst into tears right then and there. I still have not been able to read his final Discworld book, "The Shepherd's Crown", because then I'll know that it is truly the end of his legacy. I don't know if I will ever be able to read it, maybe one day. His death affected me more than I could have ever expected.
    RIP Sir Terry

    • @VuldarLeveL
      @VuldarLeveL 5 лет назад +4

      I know how you feel, I too haven't been able to make myself read the final books even though I've gone through the rest of them multiple times both hard copy and as audiobooks. I
      'd also like to say thank you to SkyOne for making the 'Hogfather' adaptation as it was my introduction into the Discworld.

    • @Bairinde
      @Bairinde 5 лет назад

      Same. It would mean there really won't be any new books :-(

  • @Ishasgirl
    @Ishasgirl 5 лет назад

    You and David tennent are the reason I watched this. I had never seen or read anything from either of them, and now Terry Pratchett is my new favorite author. I'm reading the discworld series for the first time because of you!

  • @janeeggleston9542
    @janeeggleston9542 5 лет назад +3

    I'm with you Dom--reading my well-thumbed book, crying over that last bit of information about Sir Terry's request, and sitting in Amazon for these last few weeks.

  • @ambyn1354
    @ambyn1354 3 года назад +1

    Hi. Great video. When you started by talking about the tragic death of Terry Prachet that you were still not over, I knew exactly what you were talking about because I feel the same way about Douglas Adams. And then later you mentioned that your laughing out loud at the first page of Good Omens and it reminded me of the first time I laughed out loud at a book. Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Specifically the second paragraph. The SECOND PARAGRAPH had me laughing. I just wanted to say thanks for bringing up some good memories for me. I did read and love Good Omens but I think I'm going to go re-read Adams' five-book trilogy now. :)

  • @thedatabase677
    @thedatabase677 5 лет назад +7

    As someone who is Catholic and has a deep love for Terry Pratchett, I love this book so very, very much. I really hope the adaptation goes well.

    • @LifeCrier1
      @LifeCrier1 3 года назад

      So what did you think of the adaptation?

    • @thedatabase677
      @thedatabase677 3 года назад +1

      @@LifeCrier1 Honestly, I loved it. The changes didn't bother me as much as I thought they would. I still had a good time throughout.

  • @CallaSoreon
    @CallaSoreon 5 лет назад +1

    So happy to see you review this book, it is my FAVORITE book- I've read it so many times. It was my first introduction to both these authors and I love them both.

  • @GoatAndDog
    @GoatAndDog 5 лет назад +48

    Insert comment about interrupting Eurovision here
    Besides that really looking forward to watching it when I can Dom

    • @joeevans5770
      @joeevans5770 5 лет назад +3

      I know, still gives me time to figure out who Iceland d where angry at.

    • @GoatAndDog
      @GoatAndDog 5 лет назад +3

      I think you are going to need a longer video

    • @renataannatoth9363
      @renataannatoth9363 5 лет назад +4

      Yep. I'm gonna watch it right after Eurovision

    • @GoatAndDog
      @GoatAndDog 5 лет назад +3

      @@renataannatoth9363
      Same with me 😂

  • @obsessed93
    @obsessed93 4 года назад

    I discovered the wonderful Terry Pratchett thanks to this channel. Recently finished reading Good Omens and watched the series like 5 times in a row. I am completely obsessed with this adaptation, can't wait for this review.

  • @Jayfive276
    @Jayfive276 5 лет назад +24

    Hey Dom, when you do manage to do the LiA on Discworld adaptions, don't forget to do the Cosgrove Hall animated adaptions of Wyrd Sisters and Soul Music. The latter is especially good IMO

  • @sanyaserova7527
    @sanyaserova7527 5 лет назад

    I have already binge-watched the show three times but it's the first time I heard about the show being Sir Terry's final wish. So I am joining you in the corner crying my eyes out, Dominic. Thank you for that lovely review!

  • @Katy133
    @Katy133 5 лет назад +3

    Thank you so, so so much for making this video! I only recently discovered Good Omens from the trailers, and it looked so interesting, I started reading the book. And it's such a brilliant book. I ended up re-reading it in preparation for the upcoming adaptation, and I was really hoping you'd cover it in a video. Thank you again!

  • @hypergrip
    @hypergrip 5 лет назад +1

    The scene with Azeraphel and Crowley meeting on a medieval battlefield is very likely not the battle between heaven and hell, but part of a show-only segment showing the two meeting at various key events through history. Gaiman mentioned it in a interview.

  • @maxhatterschannel5140
    @maxhatterschannel5140 5 лет назад +15

    I saw it today (Yes the hole thing)
    And I LOVE it
    I never read the book, but now I probably will read it
    And I also love Terry Pratchett

    • @BassLineProductionsI
      @BassLineProductionsI 5 лет назад +1

      I thought both the book and the show were great!

    • @VuldarLeveL
      @VuldarLeveL 5 лет назад +3

      I thought the show was fantastic and while elements were removed, I did not miss them until after when I started thinking about the show in comparison to the book. But even then it wasn't something that took away, just left out and fairly minor elements.

    • @BassLineProductionsI
      @BassLineProductionsI 5 лет назад +3

      @@VuldarLeveL I agree, the minor changes made (lack of the second group of the four horsemen and a few other things) were changes that didn't ruin anything for the overall story arc... I thought it was quite tastefully done

  • @estenynaniron2722
    @estenynaniron2722 5 лет назад +1

    My favorite book of all time. Thank you for making a video about it and the upcoming show!!

  • @alexbailey5211
    @alexbailey5211 5 лет назад +12

    Love your shirt by the way dude. Its hilarious

  • @megan88
    @megan88 3 года назад +1

    When is this video coming Domi? We’re biting of our fingers in frustration here!