It's About Damn Time
March 6, 2019 9:19 AM Subscribe
I'm so pumped after seeing this with no audio even, everything looks great! Can't remember seeing a book adaptation in a long time without just fussing over things looking wrong.
posted by GoblinHoney at 9:29 AM on March 6, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by GoblinHoney at 9:29 AM on March 6, 2019 [1 favorite]
Not to be confused with the teaser trailer we talked about earlier.
I'm hoping the Queen soundtrack of the trailers (teaser: You're My Best Friend, this one: Under Pressure) extends to the show itself.
posted by zamboni at 9:30 AM on March 6, 2019 [7 favorites]
I'm hoping the Queen soundtrack of the trailers (teaser: You're My Best Friend, this one: Under Pressure) extends to the show itself.
posted by zamboni at 9:30 AM on March 6, 2019 [7 favorites]
Ohhh I am so happy.
Especially since it's sounding from early reviews that s2 of American Gods will be disappointing, at least we'll have this.
posted by rewil at 9:31 AM on March 6, 2019 [1 favorite]
Especially since it's sounding from early reviews that s2 of American Gods will be disappointing, at least we'll have this.
posted by rewil at 9:31 AM on March 6, 2019 [1 favorite]
The casting really is fantastic.
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 9:31 AM on March 6, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 9:31 AM on March 6, 2019 [2 favorites]
Premieres on my birthday!
I will be out seeing Raúl Esparza in Hamlet that evening, but will absolutely watch the first ep the next day.
I hate to say that the trailer is underwhelming, but... it kind of is underwhelming. I'm hoping that's just the relatively choppy-yet-meandering editing choices, because that is a hell of a cast (no pun intended). Frances McDormand as God and Benedict Cumberbatch as Satan -- both of which are actually relatively minor supporting roles? They got everybody they wanted, didn't they.
posted by tzikeh at 9:32 AM on March 6, 2019 [3 favorites]
I will be out seeing Raúl Esparza in Hamlet that evening, but will absolutely watch the first ep the next day.
I hate to say that the trailer is underwhelming, but... it kind of is underwhelming. I'm hoping that's just the relatively choppy-yet-meandering editing choices, because that is a hell of a cast (no pun intended). Frances McDormand as God and Benedict Cumberbatch as Satan -- both of which are actually relatively minor supporting roles? They got everybody they wanted, didn't they.
posted by tzikeh at 9:32 AM on March 6, 2019 [3 favorites]
Also hi Jon Hamm you still have the best face--now with extra Liz-Taylor-purple eyes!
(Hamm has the best moment in the trailer, IMO.)
posted by tzikeh at 9:35 AM on March 6, 2019 [6 favorites]
(Hamm has the best moment in the trailer, IMO.)
posted by tzikeh at 9:35 AM on March 6, 2019 [6 favorites]
I've been a fan of the book for two decades, and I love many of the actors involved, and I'll likely watch this, but holy God, that's a lot of white people onscreen.
(And before people well-actually me, yes, I know Pepper is black even though she is only shown out of focus and in the background for the trailer, and Anathema's actress is Puerto Rican/Guatamalan, but S T I L L. When the two most visible racial minorities onscreen for your series are fucking FAMINE and POLLUTION, reconsider your shit.)
posted by joyceanmachine at 9:38 AM on March 6, 2019 [25 favorites]
(And before people well-actually me, yes, I know Pepper is black even though she is only shown out of focus and in the background for the trailer, and Anathema's actress is Puerto Rican/Guatamalan, but S T I L L. When the two most visible racial minorities onscreen for your series are fucking FAMINE and POLLUTION, reconsider your shit.)
posted by joyceanmachine at 9:38 AM on March 6, 2019 [25 favorites]
Sooooo excited, I am very surprised that not only is it finally happening, but it looks like I will like it!
posted by ugf at 9:38 AM on March 6, 2019
posted by ugf at 9:38 AM on March 6, 2019
It looks amazing to me. I am a pile of fangirl nonsense now.
(joyceanmachine, I just saw your point. You’re right.)
posted by Countess Elena at 9:39 AM on March 6, 2019 [1 favorite]
(joyceanmachine, I just saw your point. You’re right.)
posted by Countess Elena at 9:39 AM on March 6, 2019 [1 favorite]
I thought the trailer seemed a bit choppy because they covered....basically the entire story from start to finish including the final confrontation. I know it's a well-known book and hardly spoil-able but it seemed more like a synopsis than a trailer.
posted by allegedly at 9:40 AM on March 6, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by allegedly at 9:40 AM on March 6, 2019 [2 favorites]
I'm hoping the Queen soundtrack of the trailers (teaser: You're My Best Friend, this one: Under Pressure) extends to the show itself."All tapes left in a car for more than about a fortnight metamorphose into Best of Queen albums" -- Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch.
posted by zamboni at 9:30 AM on March 6 [+] [!]
posted by mce at 9:47 AM on March 6, 2019 [47 favorites]
Hamm is so fun, and I love when he can go nuts. He is one of my favorite actors. Also Sheen + Tennant I AM HERE FOR THIS. One of my favourite books!
posted by OnTheLastCastle at 9:47 AM on March 6, 2019
posted by OnTheLastCastle at 9:47 AM on March 6, 2019
What I think is interesting about the Tennant/Sheen casting is that I could just as easily imagine it with them swapping roles.
posted by Bloxworth Snout at 9:49 AM on March 6, 2019 [13 favorites]
posted by Bloxworth Snout at 9:49 AM on March 6, 2019 [13 favorites]
This looks good. The delivery of that line by the actor who's playing Adam Young was perfect.
posted by dlugoczaj at 9:52 AM on March 6, 2019 [4 favorites]
posted by dlugoczaj at 9:52 AM on March 6, 2019 [4 favorites]
Was that intro scoring an ironic repurposing of the Harry Potter theme, a direct ripoff, or another tune that I don't recognize?
posted by Think_Long at 10:14 AM on March 6, 2019
posted by Think_Long at 10:14 AM on March 6, 2019
I'm quite giddy about this.
posted by jzb at 10:16 AM on March 6, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by jzb at 10:16 AM on March 6, 2019 [1 favorite]
Was that intro scoring an ironic repurposing of the Harry Potter theme, a direct ripoff, or another tune that I don't recognize?
I had that thought too. The composer is David Arnold, who scored Independence Day and the Broderick Godzilla, as well as BBC's Sherlock and Little Britain. He also did a few of the Bond films - both Brosnan and Craig.
posted by tzikeh at 10:20 AM on March 6, 2019 [1 favorite]
I had that thought too. The composer is David Arnold, who scored Independence Day and the Broderick Godzilla, as well as BBC's Sherlock and Little Britain. He also did a few of the Bond films - both Brosnan and Craig.
posted by tzikeh at 10:20 AM on March 6, 2019 [1 favorite]
What I think is interesting about the Tennant/Sheen casting is that I could just as easily imagine it with them swapping roles.
Honestly? I kind of even want to see that version more.
(But this will do nicely, I suspect.)
posted by tzikeh at 11:09 AM on March 6, 2019 [2 favorites]
Honestly? I kind of even want to see that version more.
(But this will do nicely, I suspect.)
posted by tzikeh at 11:09 AM on March 6, 2019 [2 favorites]
When the two most visible racial minorities onscreen for your series are fucking FAMINE and POLLUTION, reconsider your shit.
Unsurprisingly, that's still two too many for some cretins.
posted by Etrigan at 12:26 PM on March 6, 2019 [3 favorites]
Unsurprisingly, that's still two too many for some cretins.
posted by Etrigan at 12:26 PM on March 6, 2019 [3 favorites]
So much of Good Omens is concerned with the gang of children. If I was adapting it I might be tempted to minimize their scenes to focus more on the lead actors - the trailer certainly leans in this direction. But they have certainly found the perfect looking Adam Young, so perhaps my fears are unfounded.
posted by AndrewStephens at 12:33 PM on March 6, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by AndrewStephens at 12:33 PM on March 6, 2019 [2 favorites]
I still want the flipped casting, and have from the start. This will be fine, of course, they're highly-qualified professionals, but they both would have done much more interesting comedy the other way around.
Still, I'm excited!
posted by Lyn Never at 12:58 PM on March 6, 2019
Still, I'm excited!
posted by Lyn Never at 12:58 PM on March 6, 2019
I'm too excited for this to even watch the trailer again!
posted by Fuchsoid at 1:40 PM on March 6, 2019
posted by Fuchsoid at 1:40 PM on March 6, 2019
Time was that I wanted Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie to play Aziraphale and Crowley, respectively, but I am sure this is for the best. One of the Youtube commenters says that Terry Gilliam wanted to make this with Robin Williams and Johnny Depp, which would have been a disaster on every level, although I think that Williams could have made a good Aziraphale in his post-manic, post-adorable serious phase.
posted by Countess Elena at 1:50 PM on March 6, 2019 [6 favorites]
posted by Countess Elena at 1:50 PM on March 6, 2019 [6 favorites]
This is great casting but hopefully the script is better than this uninspired bottom-shelf vanilla milquetoast trailer made it out to be, because if these are the quirky and funny highlights then...that's not good.
posted by turbid dahlia at 2:21 PM on March 6, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by turbid dahlia at 2:21 PM on March 6, 2019 [2 favorites]
I don't envy someone trying to cut a trailer to sum up Good Omens because it's kind of three stories at once. I can understand them focusing on Aziraphale and Crowley because that's got the best hook but they don't end up doing a whole lot in the book.
But, yeah, while I would like this to be good the stars aren't really aligning here. I think Gaiman's reached that comfortable living-legend-can-do-no-wrong phase many authors get into (and Pratchett, to his credit, managed to force himself out of once or twice), the BBC radio adaptation didn't have the pop and spark from the books, and none of these trailers, so far, have convinced me they're nailing it.
posted by Merus at 2:32 PM on March 6, 2019 [1 favorite]
But, yeah, while I would like this to be good the stars aren't really aligning here. I think Gaiman's reached that comfortable living-legend-can-do-no-wrong phase many authors get into (and Pratchett, to his credit, managed to force himself out of once or twice), the BBC radio adaptation didn't have the pop and spark from the books, and none of these trailers, so far, have convinced me they're nailing it.
posted by Merus at 2:32 PM on March 6, 2019 [1 favorite]
We are never going to get the perfect cast. That's just a given. I mean, I'm sure Michael McKean will be great as Shadwell, but he's not Spike Milligan, nor could he ever be.
posted by dannyboybell at 2:45 PM on March 6, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by dannyboybell at 2:45 PM on March 6, 2019 [2 favorites]
Will what they release on May 31 be the whole thing, or will they make us wait to see the end?
posted by elizilla at 4:15 PM on March 6, 2019
posted by elizilla at 4:15 PM on March 6, 2019
What I think is interesting about the Tennant/Sheen casting is that I could just as easily imagine it with them swapping roles.
That flipped cast is what I had initially assumed it would be (Tennant grew up a minister's kid, and I've sensed he has a little bit of a goody-two-shoes streak as a result) but when I saw the first publicity photos of them in their roles I thought "okay never mind, I'll take this."
Speaking of photos, Neil Gaiman occasionally would tweet from the set during filming, and everyone was disappointed he did not accompany this tweet with a picture:
"Roses are red. Violets are blue. Today we are shooting David Tennant in a bath in Hell. And I love you."
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 4:55 PM on March 6, 2019 [2 favorites]
That flipped cast is what I had initially assumed it would be (Tennant grew up a minister's kid, and I've sensed he has a little bit of a goody-two-shoes streak as a result) but when I saw the first publicity photos of them in their roles I thought "okay never mind, I'll take this."
Speaking of photos, Neil Gaiman occasionally would tweet from the set during filming, and everyone was disappointed he did not accompany this tweet with a picture:
"Roses are red. Violets are blue. Today we are shooting David Tennant in a bath in Hell. And I love you."
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 4:55 PM on March 6, 2019 [2 favorites]
Click here for the animated title sequence (with theme music! does not sound like Harry Potter!)
posted by tzikeh at 7:21 PM on March 6, 2019
posted by tzikeh at 7:21 PM on March 6, 2019
Especially since it's sounding from early reviews that s2 of American Gods will be disappointin
I'm always wary of something like American Gods getting a Season 2.....like where is all that content coming from?
posted by 922257033c4a0f3cecdbd819a46d626999d1af4a at 7:49 PM on March 6, 2019
I'm always wary of something like American Gods getting a Season 2.....like where is all that content coming from?
posted by 922257033c4a0f3cecdbd819a46d626999d1af4a at 7:49 PM on March 6, 2019
I would assume from the next half of the book.
posted by mce at 7:52 PM on March 6, 2019 [5 favorites]
posted by mce at 7:52 PM on March 6, 2019 [5 favorites]
I will be out seeing Raúl Esparza in Hamlet that evening, but will absolutely watch the first ep the next day.
Tzikeh, check his Instagram. I'm pretty sure I have heartbreaking news for you.
posted by librarianamy at 4:50 AM on March 7, 2019
Tzikeh, check his Instagram. I'm pretty sure I have heartbreaking news for you.
posted by librarianamy at 4:50 AM on March 7, 2019
I think Michael Sheen is a thoroughly underrated actor. I have enjoyed him in everything I've seen him in, and he's always been entirely different. Here, his line readings of "I don't even like you!" and "To... the world!" are just so perfect and nuanced. Can't wait.
posted by Ben Trismegistus at 7:43 AM on March 7, 2019
posted by Ben Trismegistus at 7:43 AM on March 7, 2019
What I think is interesting about the Tennant/Sheen casting is that I could just as easily imagine it with them swapping roles.
It is a foolish idea, but I keep hoping they also shot all of the scenes with roles reversed. Then release both versions.
posted by Badgermann at 8:05 AM on March 7, 2019 [1 favorite]
It is a foolish idea, but I keep hoping they also shot all of the scenes with roles reversed. Then release both versions.
posted by Badgermann at 8:05 AM on March 7, 2019 [1 favorite]
Tzikeh, check his Instagram. I'm pretty sure I have heartbreaking news for you.
Yeah, CST sent out an email to all ticket-holders about one hour after I made that comment yesterday. I am sadder about it than I would have imagined I could be, and somewhat pissed off, and will likely be getting a refund.
But that just means I can sit in my pajamas and watch this instead! (I'm assuming they're dropping all six episodes at once? Oh please oh please.)
Sorry for the brief-OT everyone. As you were.
posted by tzikeh at 9:20 AM on March 7, 2019
Yeah, CST sent out an email to all ticket-holders about one hour after I made that comment yesterday. I am sadder about it than I would have imagined I could be, and somewhat pissed off, and will likely be getting a refund.
But that just means I can sit in my pajamas and watch this instead! (I'm assuming they're dropping all six episodes at once? Oh please oh please.)
Sorry for the brief-OT everyone. As you were.
posted by tzikeh at 9:20 AM on March 7, 2019
Whole thing is dropping at once, yes! I am very excited.
posted by merriment at 5:12 PM on March 7, 2019
posted by merriment at 5:12 PM on March 7, 2019
Yep, no complaints about the casting. Given the timing, casting David Tenant for any role is basically a requirement for this project.
In my mind's eye, though, I envisioned a much more exaggerated/ graphic novel styling (with nods to modern looks) of a 1926 black Bentley. Maybe I'm biased and dig the looks of that era's Rolls Royce Phantoms more.
posted by porpoise at 8:23 PM on March 7, 2019
In my mind's eye, though, I envisioned a much more exaggerated/ graphic novel styling (with nods to modern looks) of a 1926 black Bentley. Maybe I'm biased and dig the looks of that era's Rolls Royce Phantoms more.
posted by porpoise at 8:23 PM on March 7, 2019
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The casting, alone, is brilliant and will make the whole thing worthwhile.
posted by meese at 9:24 AM on March 6, 2019 [4 favorites]