"Good Omens" TV Series from Amazon & BBC

Went in cold and enjoyed it very much. Relationship between Crowley and Aziraphale is very entertaining and even touching.

 

Gotta get a 'PRIME trial'....'coz I GOTTA see THIS!!
Hope it's as AWESOME as the book!

 

Loved the book and loved the adaptation. The casting was perfect. We binge watched the entire 6 episodes this past weekend. A truly fitting tribute to Terry Pratchett, with great chemistry between most of the cast members and a witty script by Gaiman that stayed with the essence of the book as they wrote it back then.

 

Watched 3 of the 6 so far, I'm not normally keen on Sheen but he's great in this. The pace is a touch slow but overall pretty good, Tennant is great too.

 

So, if this just a 'mini-series'-type thing...?

 

Haven't read the book (yet), but I watched the series last Friday. I enjoyed it very much.

 

Never read the books but am a huge David Tennant fan. Loved this series.

 

Sad to say I didn't make it past the first episode. It felt a bit 'off' to me tonally, given the subject matter. Too light, too cute, a bit too pleased with itself. And I found the acting hammy (especially Tennant, who was basically doing his Doctor schtick again).

YMMV.

 

I get the same mileage. Completely agree with you. I didn't know much about it going in, so when I saw the opening basically copying Hitchhiker's tv series style, it didn't scream originality nor substance. Then, as you say, Tennant did his usual hammy performance, seemingly doing a Rusell Brand impersonation, and I was getting more and more turned off. I made it about half way through the first ep before giving up as it was all just silly, smarmy fluff!

 

I quite enjoyed it. Read the book years ago. I thought it would have been more interesting to reverse the casting with Tennant as the angel and Sheen as Crowley. Crowley is doing a bang up job on “The Good Fight”.

 

Phew! Glad to hear it wasn't just me, then!!

(and you are spot on about the Hitchhikers 'homage', I might add )

 

My impression was Tennant (in the first episode) was channeling Bill Nighy's lead singer character from "Still Crazy":

 

About to watch this!
Still didn't get an answer:
Is this just a 'limited series' thing....or, are they gonna do a 'Season Two'?

 

It sounds like the plan is a limited series, with an option to continue as Gaiman has said (or was paraphrasing as saying) there was some discussion to continue the story after publishing the first book.

I was a bit so-so on it after episode #1, but think it really took off afterwards towards a solid conclusion.

 

Just finished Ep. 2, and......
I think that, just like "Preacher", the show's lack of 'imaginative direction' makes it feel a little flat...
A bit of 'wacky-cartoonish' direction, like Edgar Wright, or some 'fish-eye-lens-work' like Gilliam, woulda given this show a little more 'edge'.. you know?

 

Started watching it this week on my tablet. Great fun!
Years since I read the book, probably early 90s.

 

It's been years since I've read the book, too!
In the episode where they keep bringing up being 'discorporated', I can't help but hear THIS, in my head!

"The first word in this song is 'discorporate'. It means, 'to leave your body'.

 

After watching 3 episodes, I get the sadness. This material is tailor made for Gilliam. As it is, it is very Pythonesque.

BTW, the show is cute and amusing and I find it entertaining.

 

Must have read the book 8 or 9 times. It's a favourite. Not sure I want to see a tv/film version. I don't want to sour my love of the original by shouting at the screen at discrepancies and omissions in this, so I'll probably give this a miss. Some things just can't be adapted.
(I know this sounds blinkered and as though I'm pre-judging. Don't mean it to sound that way).

 

Watched the first episode. Can't say I'm in a hurry to watch the second.

Never been a Pratchett fan though.

 

I like the show ! feels like Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy meets the omen!

 

Believe it or not...it sticks pretty close to the book..... only everyone is....how should I say....less 'ugly' than I thought they were, in my head.

 

In the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett, there is a Guild of Assassins. They refer to the work they do as "inhuming".