Good Show, Not the Book
Jul. 3rd, 2019 09:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
qtheallpowerfulI just finished watching the show, and while I did enjoy it, I am really struggling. There are many aspects which I found wonderful, and squee worthy, and others that made me rather upset at the choices that Neil and the team made. I wish I had though to blog about each episode as I watched it, but I didn’t. It is a wonderful show. But it is missing a lot of what I love about Good Omens. Mostly the underlining currant of Good vs Evil and the grey areas between the two. It’s there, but barely, I think. I can’t be sure how much of this is a result of the medium as opposed to the way the show was written. I’d have to watch it again to know. I hope to have some time to elaborate on all of this, but for now, a short list of things I’d like to address.
Queen. I really like how they used Queen. Queen is wonderful and such a huge part of Good Omens. But, I think they relied too much on the songs to set the mood of the scene.
Aziraphale. Micheal Sheen did an amazing job here.
Crowley. I had a lot of reservations when they announced David Tennant, and while he really did a wonderful job, I am still uncertain about how I feel about him. It is not purely about how he was acted, but how he was written as well.
Them, Not happy, not happy at all. Well, no, I think Wensleydale was well done, but the rest I am very disappointed with. Rather than being a cohesive bunch of friends, they felt disjointed.
Adam. No. He lacked presence and leadership. I think the actor was well chosen, but not written well. The transformation from kid to antichrist was overly dramatic and a little to ‘The Exorcist’. In the book the transition was slow and human. He was not malicious. In the show he was. While the antichrist is supposed to be the villain, the way he is portrayed in the book as human despite his power is what draws me to him. See the above note re good, evil, and grey.
Anathema. Again, I am unhappy with how she was written. More on this latter.
I really enjoyed the addition of the flashbacks in history.
There is so much more I have to say about this, but lack the time right now. I also need to re-watch some bits. I’m not sure when that will happen though.
Queen. I really like how they used Queen. Queen is wonderful and such a huge part of Good Omens. But, I think they relied too much on the songs to set the mood of the scene.
Aziraphale. Micheal Sheen did an amazing job here.
Crowley. I had a lot of reservations when they announced David Tennant, and while he really did a wonderful job, I am still uncertain about how I feel about him. It is not purely about how he was acted, but how he was written as well.
Them, Not happy, not happy at all. Well, no, I think Wensleydale was well done, but the rest I am very disappointed with. Rather than being a cohesive bunch of friends, they felt disjointed.
Adam. No. He lacked presence and leadership. I think the actor was well chosen, but not written well. The transformation from kid to antichrist was overly dramatic and a little to ‘The Exorcist’. In the book the transition was slow and human. He was not malicious. In the show he was. While the antichrist is supposed to be the villain, the way he is portrayed in the book as human despite his power is what draws me to him. See the above note re good, evil, and grey.
Anathema. Again, I am unhappy with how she was written. More on this latter.
I really enjoyed the addition of the flashbacks in history.
There is so much more I have to say about this, but lack the time right now. I also need to re-watch some bits. I’m not sure when that will happen though.
