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precision posted:Seriously though there's no way they will, even Game of Thrones doesn't show erect dong.
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My Lovely Horse posted:And that's what we call upping the ante. Seems like Lucy's tits are about the only thing we're not gonna get to see in this show. Well then Fuller lied, per the interview I posted earlier he said all the dicks were CGI or dildos. I demand only legitimate dicks! 
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DentD posted:This was from the other thread but I didn't want to discuss Gaiman over there anyway yes, I agree with that. But also I feel like Gaiman has a small preoccupation with dicks and piss. I swear I've read more passages mentioning either dicks or piss or both in his writing than anyone else's. Thanks to you, I can't stop loving noticing all the piss mentions in Fragile Things, which I started rereading earlier today. There's A Lot.
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So apparently an old friend of mine was on the makeup/prosthetics team for this. I am so incredibly jealous.
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Just caught the newest episode. I have to watch my episodes delayed for reasons (which I won't talk about). Man alive am I loving this. Also, so much drat research and detail just even in the backgrounds. Fuller definitely did not lose his touch after Hannibal in that regard. Like, how many modern Americans even know who Chernabog and the Zorya are, yet you see very accurate small details like The framed image of the Ursa constellation on the wall that line right up with their mythology. Also holy crap the foreshadowing (no pun intended...this time) in this show. In Norse Mythology, when Baldur died, the gnomes were sad and came to Odin, for Baldur's smile was so bright and warm, that even those underground felt his sunshine. So Odin, feeling sorry for them, gave them what he called Baldur's smile, and they returned home. After a while they felt selfish keeping it to themselves, and let parts of it sail on the winds to everyone. In case you hadn't realized it yet, "Baldur's Smile/Sunshine" were dandelions, which Wednesday blows away wistfully as they leave Shadow's house, after he advises him to keep his emotions inside, as it'd be healthier.
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^^^^That's super cool. Having watched the episode a second time, I realized the scenes inside Bilquis' womb sort of reminded me of Sandman art. The arm busting out of frame in the first ep did too, come to think of it, though I may be reaching.
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Crow Jane posted:Having watched the episode a second time, I realized the scenes inside Bilquis' womb sort of reminded me of Sandman art. Oh for sure, to the point where I'm positive it was intentional. It's neat that Fuller is pulling stylistically from Gaiman's entire ouevre.
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Lemon posted:In the book Laura saved Shadow from the Agency, not the Technical Boy's goons. But I can't think of anyone else who it would have been in this. Given the Media scene that's pretty obvious by this point. Although that was one part of the episode I thought they screwed the pooch, the scene with Media makes zero sense without the context of why they may think Shadow is important. If they knew what happened when he was lynched then they know it wasn't Shadow and if they don't know then all they have to work on is he managed to survive a lynching.
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Managed to survive a lancing by making technical boys goons explode into a bloody pile. That's how I read it anyway. They think he did something beyond what a mortal should be capable of, and they know he's of special interest to Wednesday, so they assume he's important even if hey don't know he's Balder.
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nessin posted:Given the Media scene that's pretty obvious by this point. Although that was one part of the episode I thought they screwed the pooch, the scene with Media makes zero sense without the context of why they may think Shadow is important. If they knew what happened when he was lynched then they know it wasn't Shadow and if they don't know then all they have to work on is he managed to survive a lynching. They know (or think they know) he murdered a poo poo-ton of Techno Boys goons when nobody expected him to survive. It makes plenty sense.
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Having read ASoIaF and Harry Potter really hurt my experiece watching those shows; 'knowing' felt like a burden. I don't know, actually, if the Harry Potter movies are just bad, or if having read the books took away all the magic, so to say. I'm guessing both. Game of Thrones, it was hard to appreciate anything but the most impressive scenes, just knowing what's going to happen - and now with the later seasons that are not true to the book which just haven't been as good, I've never been able to really enjoy that show like I think I should. How I feel about this show isn't hurt by me reading the book though, and that really excites me. I guess it's just that there's so much abstract imagery in the the book? You can go so many places, and they're really doing impressive work. I'm eager to see more, which is a rare feeling for a show where I already know what's going to happen.
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Captain Lavender posted:Having read ASoIaF and Harry Potter really hurt my experiece watching those shows; 'knowing' felt like a burden. I don't know, actually, if the Harry Potter movies are just bad, or if having read the books took away all the magic, so to say. I'm guessing both. Game of Thrones, it was hard to appreciate anything but the most impressive scenes, just knowing what's going to happen - and now with the later seasons that are not true to the book which just haven't been as good, I've never been able to really enjoy that show like I think I should. I think part of what helps is, there was that article awhile back where the show heads were saying they don't even care about spoilers because its not about the plot as much as the delivery and the imagery and the impact of the themes. I think that philosophy really helps when you're translating a book, yeah. I get the same feeling.
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When Shadow is visited by memories of his wife while he cleans his house, I could swear the music was channeling Blade Runner
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Lemon posted:In the book Laura saved Shadow from the Agency, not the Technical Boy's goons. But I can't think of anyone else who it would have been in this. Sweeney killed the lynch mob. I don't know it's going to fit in the story- if anything, Laura would make a lot more sense. But there's a quick shot in Trailer 2 of Sweeney swinging a machete in the rain at night, cleaving a technical boy goon in half. Edit- Actually, maybe I'm wrong. It's at 0:26: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbPdUEQanAo Sweeney swings something at night (but no rain?), and then a technical goon being cleaved in half, with rain. Avasculous fucked around with this message at 07:07 on May 9, 2017 |
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Captain Lavender posted:Having read ASoIaF and Harry Potter really hurt my experiece watching those shows; 'knowing' felt like a burden. I don't know, actually, if the Harry Potter movies are just bad, or if having read the books took away all the magic, so to say. I'm guessing both. Game of Thrones, it was hard to appreciate anything but the most impressive scenes, just knowing what's going to happen - and now with the later seasons that are not true to the book which just haven't been as good, I've never been able to really enjoy that show like I think I should. Hannibal was like that too, even though it was only the last 1/6th of the show that directly adapted source material. But Fuller knows how to adapt things right.
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nessin posted:The scene with Media makes zero sense without the context of why they may think Shadow is important. The way I'm reading this is that the Kid is loving with him because the Kid's a bully and a coward who'd rather go up against his enemies' lackeys than his actual enemies, and Media thinks she can get to Wednesday by turning his minions against him. Both of them are kind of demonstrating by this that they might be powerful, but they're also locked into patterns of behaviour, just like the old gods. Media doesn't think there's anyone she can't make love her, and the Kid can't resist the opportunity to show off how much better and smarter and more powerful he is, even when all it achieves is tipping his hand early.
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I haven't had a chance to really watch the show yet, but I hope we get to see Czernobog's "gently caress you, gently caress you, gently caress you and the loving horse you rode the gently caress in on. You will die a woman's death" stuff at the Technical Boy at the hunter's motel.
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I'm the only one who thought it a bit strange that Wednesday was meeting with the Ifrit? A nod to book readers to let us know "that scene" is coming, or have they decided to make him into an actual part of the main plot?
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Whybird posted:The way I'm reading this is that the Kid is loving with him because the Kid's a bully and a coward who'd rather go up against his enemies' lackeys than his actual enemies, and Media thinks she can get to Wednesday by turning his minions against him. Also, it looks like Media thought Shadow took Technical Boy's goons out by himself, which is quite impressive for a mortal.
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precision posted:I'm the only one who thought it a bit strange that Wednesday was meeting with the Ifrit? A nod to book readers to let us know "that scene" is coming, or have they decided to make him into an actual part of the main plot? I believe the Djinn has a multi-episode arc this season, fleshing out his vignette like they have Biliquis'.
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Avasculous posted:Sweeney killed the lynch mob. I don't know it's going to fit in the story- if anything, Laura would make a lot more sense. I don't think it was Sweeney. That's just a trailer, the clips they cut together don't have to actually follow the plot. And as you said there was no rain. If it was Sweeney, why hide it?
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It could also be Loki/Mr. World. Because the Technical Boy is loving his plan up by letting the children lynch Shadow.
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biracial bear for uncut posted:It could also be Loki/Mr. World. Because the Technical Boy is loving his plan up by letting the children lynch Shadow. Yeah, Mr. World is definitely possible since they need to bring him in to the story sooner. At the pace the show is going, we wouldn't see Mr. World until season 3 without them moving the pieces around like they have been.
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precision posted:I'm the only one who thought it a bit strange that Wednesday was meeting with the Ifrit? A nod to book readers to let us know "that scene" is coming, or have they decided to make him into an actual part of the main plot? They definitely plan on expanding the roles of all the gods/demigods, which is great because otherwise there'd be a 2-3 episode arc of Shadow hanging out by himself in a small town while the gods did a bunch of awesome poo poo off-screen. Choco1980 posted:Hannibal was like that too, even though it was only the last 1/6th of the show that directly adapted source material. But Fuller knows how to adapt things right. I've been wondering about this - 5-6 episodes in, there was a Hannibal episode that took the book canon of how Hannibal Lecter got caught and how he escaped, and blatantly gave it all away to other characters, in order to show book readers that the show was diverging from the canon enough that they couldn't expect to know what was going to happen next. If they pull the same thing in American Gods I will personally be thrilled but I could see it turning a lot of people off, too. (But it's clear that this show isn't going for universal appeal anyway!)
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showbiz_liz posted:Shadow hanging out by himself in a small town Think I heard that they are basically planning on making that season 2
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hangedman1984 posted:Think I heard that they are basically planning on making that season 2 That's fine by me but I assume/hope that they'll be cutting between that and the gods.
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I kinda hope not cause I feel like Shadow on his own, with no idea what the gods are up to, is a central element of the book's pacing, but I can see how it's easier to pull off in a book where you don't have to justify having Ian McShane in the credits.
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Klungar posted:I believe the Djinn has a multi-episode arc this season, fleshing out his vignette like they have Biliquis'. When did that happen? I may have been drunk last night watching E2, but our friend Mr. Firecock lives in NYC yeah?
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:When did that happen? I may have been drunk last night watching E2, but our friend Mr. Firecock lives in NYC yeah? You see him in the diner for just a moment, he's the one Wednesday was meeting with. His sunglasses flash flames when Shadow passes by him
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Choco1980 posted:I don't think Low-Key was actually ever verbally named, for instance. He wasn't. The only thing that's actually been shown is that he was in prison with Shadow - I don't think he's even been confirmed as Shadow's cellmate.
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precision posted:Having anyone say "Low-Key" out loud wouldn't really work because you can't really pronounce it any differently to "Loki" and you lose even the tiny number of people for whom that was actually a reveal instead of shamelessly obvious. Yeah, that "reveal" was painfully obvious even before Loki became a villain in an enormous movie franchise.
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precision posted:I'm the only one who thought it a bit strange that Wednesday was meeting with the Ifrit? A nod to book readers to let us know "that scene" is coming, or have they decided to make him into an actual part of the main plot? Season 1 ENDS at the house on the rock, so basically nothing is going to happen. So they're going to be massively expanding the roles of the characters to fill that space, which should be interesting even as book readers who have the main plot spoiled. Also they're trying to work a few more female characters into the main plot, so people like Bilquis are being built up more and more and then are going to show up likely at the House. Edgar Allen Ho posted:Yeah, that "reveal" was painfully obvious even before Loki became a villain in an enormous movie franchise. Lets not argue this poo poo in both threads the whole loving show. Some people got it and some people didn't, and if you like huffing your own farts leave the rest of us out of it.
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Expanding the side characters will make a better show than adapting the book directly imo, I have a feeling the show will be remembered more fondly than the books
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I mean, realizing how dumb you are about Loki in the book is a plot point, since even Shadow smacks his head when he makes the connection. I think at the time that book came out, you were less likely to recognize Loki's name than you are now, given his prevalence in the Marvel universe. It's smarter for them to not mention it.
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