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Max posted: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. Hearing it aloud has to make a difference. I listened to the audiobook, going in with nothing more than "there are gods in this." The narrator enunciated "Low-Key" as much as possible, but my immediate reaction was still "oh okay, it's Loki." The show clearly isn't interested in keeping viewers in the dark about anyone's identity for long, but I wonder if Shadow will figure it out sooner in the show too. That reminds me, does the book explicitly identify Shadow as Baldr? I don't remember that at all if it did.
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Sorry Low-Key Lyesmith was horrible and I'm not going to not say it because one person doesn't want anyone to say so. I don't know why Neil Gaiman thought that was a clever alias. At least Mr. Wednesday and Mr. Nancy had some nuance. Just making his last name Smith instead of Lyesmith would be good enough, come on man
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So the "coming to America" historian is Ibis right?
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Schizotek posted:So the "coming to America" historian is Ibis right? Yeah. I think he was meant to be the historian even in the book. gently caress, I can't wait until we get to the funeral home. Which sadly probably won't show up at all this season.
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Toast Museum posted:Hearing it aloud has to make a difference. I listened to the audiobook, going in with nothing more than "there are gods in this." The narrator enunciated "Low-Key" as much as possible, but my immediate reaction was still "oh okay, it's Loki." The show clearly isn't interested in keeping viewers in the dark about anyone's identity for long, but I wonder if Shadow will figure it out sooner in the show too. I never thought of him as Baldr until I read this thread. It does make a nice little bon mot that a sun god is named "Shadow Moon," and the fact that he is set up as a sacrifice resonates, but... I dunno. What's the evidence, goons?
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Loki literally rants about shoving a spear of mistletoe through his eye at one point towards the end.
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Schizotek posted:Loki literally rants about shoving a spear of mistletoe through his eye at one point towards the end. Ah. Having just read Gaiman's Norse Mythology a few weeks ago, I now get the reference. But I wouldn't have at the time I read American Gods.
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I'm really looking forward to seeing how they handle the Loki/Mr. World reveal in the show. I wonder if Crispin Glover is going to have a similar accent or style of speech to Jonathan Tucker, or something.
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Nail Rat posted:Sorry Low-Key Lyesmith was horrible and I'm not going to not say it because one person doesn't want anyone to say so. I don't know why Neil Gaiman thought that was a clever alias. At least Mr. Wednesday and Mr. Nancy had some nuance. They just avoided saying his name on the show which works, all the better to make the audience forget he exists until the end. But yeah, changing his name to something like "John Lowe Keysmith" would be less on-the-nose than "Lyesmith". Captain_Person posted:I'm really looking forward to seeing how they handle the Loki/Mr. World reveal in the show. I wonder if Crispin Glover is going to have a similar accent or style of speech to Jonathan Tucker, or something. I was just discussing this with a friend of mine, its gonna be interesting. I mean Loki can change form, so I guess they'll probably just morph from Crispin Glover to whoever the other actor is at the end, but they may do some fun stuff with the reveal.
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I never once clicked on an American Gods thread of any kind before yesterday, and I'll post whatever the gently caress I want to post. Congrats on being an rear end in a top hat to strangers on the internet  I'm sure it takes a lot of courage.
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If you squint, there's juussst enough of a resemblance between the two that they might be able to do something cool with mirrors or something
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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 want him because Wednesday wants him and they are lovely gods who are afraid of the old gods
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:I never once clicked on an American Gods thread of any kind before yesterday, and I'll post whatever the gently caress I want to post. Congrats on being an rear end in a top hat to strangers on the internet 
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Like every 100 years or so this seems to happen where there are a slew of new gods that wax and wane and are totally forgotten
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Crow Jane posted:If you squint, there's juussst enough of a resemblance between the two that they might be able to do something cool with mirrors or something That'd be pretty cool. I have faith in the creative team that they'll be able to tease it somehow, otherwise it's a huge waste. Also, did anybody catch the shadow of a falcon flying across the car and think it was a quick tease of Horus, or am I just imagining that?
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Schizotek posted:So the "coming to America" historian is Ibis right? Yeah. He's another case of the credits spelling out who he is name wise.
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Captain_Person posted:
I thought it was either Hugin or Munin, and didn't stop to consider Horus. That would be cool though.
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So Zorya says that Shadow's mum dies of cancer and he confirms it. Didn't she die of sickle cell anaemia related complications in the book? Wonder why the change.
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Probably just snappier for a TV show. Everyone knows cancer is bad news. If the audience has to recall what sickle cell anaemia is, they're gonna miss the next two lines. It works in a book because you can take a quick break. I'm not surprised they're expanding Salim and the ifrit's story, it's got a lot to it. Culture clash, immigrant experience, exploitation of workers, homosexuality, it's a rich vein to mine in the year 2017. I hope they're being really smart and making the ifrit an Uber driver.
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My Lovely Horse posted:Probably just snappier for a TV show. Everyone knows cancer is bad news. If the audience has to recall what sickle cell anaemia is, they're gonna miss the next two lines. It works in a book because you can take a quick break. That and the fact that sickle cell anemia is a disease that affects disproportionately black people, which is another tidbit about Shadow's ancestry in the book, but is moot in a tv show.
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Toast Museum posted:Hearing it aloud has to make a difference. I listened to the audiobook, going in with nothing more than "there are gods in this." The narrator enunciated "Low-Key" as much as possible, but my immediate reaction was still "oh okay, it's Loki." The show clearly isn't interested in keeping viewers in the dark about anyone's identity for long, but I wonder if Shadow will figure it out sooner in the show too. The book only identifies him as Wednesday's son, we never find out his actual first name. In Monarch of the Glen he specifically says that his name is Baldr, though it might have been spelt as Balder, I don't remember.
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https://twitter.com/BryanFuller/status/861990044495560704
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Okay, got to see episode 3 thanks to an event sponsored by GLAAD, which included open bar and hor d'oeuvres. Not only were the five guests on the above billing there, but also in the audience were Yetide Badaki, Orlando Jones, Bruce Langley, and Chris Obi. Here is my spoilery review, mouse over at your own risk: dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong Steve Yun fucked around with this message at 09:36 on May 11, 2017 |
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Steve Yun posted:Okay, got to see episode 3 thanks to an event sponsored by GLAAD, which included open bar and hor d'oeuvres. Not only were the five guests on the above billing there, but also in the audience were Yetide Badaki, Orlando Jones, Bruce Langley, and Chris Obi. ....the witch is dead?
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It probably says something about the company I keep that I was able to get a friend interested in this show by telling him there are erect dongs in it. This week's episode should get him hooked for sure
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I didn't know it wasn't actually confirmed, but I'm glad that it now is. https://twitter.com/neilhimself/status/862748108882669569
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That dog wants to play Anubis.
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What roles haven't been cast yet? Because I was thinking about it and I really want Tom Waits to be involved somehow
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May 11, 2017 20:31
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Was whisky jack cast yet?
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Dr. Clockwork posted:One thing I never got is that Thor doesn't have an American counterpart. I would think with all the neo-Nazis tattoing Nordic runes and wearing Thor's hammers, you could do an interesting spin on that. He did, he was Wednesday's original partner before Loki but killed himself out of depression.
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Crow Jane posted:What roles haven't been cast yet? Because I was thinking about it and I really want Tom Waits to be involved somehow Oh good God, yes. Invent a new God if they have to, he can be the God of Railroad Hobos for all I care.
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precision posted:Oh good God, yes. Invent a new God if they have to, he can be the God of Railroad Hobos for all I care. Or hell, just THE Railroad. Don't tell me America once upon a time didn't treat trains like a god. In its infancy, trains were everything, a shining beacon to prosperity, a figure to look up to, puffing his smoke from his pipes, hauling the great loads and burdens. People put their hopes and dreams in The Railroad. They wrote songs about it, made stories about it, sacrificed a great many lives, in labor, in war, in crime to it. The very shape of America is due in no small part to it. In today's age, The Railroad is old, it's showing its gray hairs, it's weariness, it's faded glory. People are more interested in the air, or the highway, but he still trudges on, having seen everything that makes this country great, and everything that makes it poo poo. People now barely remember he even exists until he gets in his way. They'd rather curse his name than praise it more often than not, but at the end of the day, despite all the age, all the tiredness, all the bruises, America still NEEDS him. And he still has his strength despite everything, so he keeps doing his job, staying less in the limelight than others, still nursing himself, still rambling down the line.
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Choco1980 posted:Or hell, just THE Railroad. Don't tell me America once upon a time didn't treat trains like a god. Someone, maybe Media, specifically mentions railroads as sort of a fad god.
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Neil is saying they're planning for five seasons. Which is two more than I thought it was planned for, but now I have no idea where I heard (or thought I heard) three.
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Carnivals, circuses or dive bars might also work, though the train idea is gold. I realize I'm fantasy casting for a role that probably doesn't exist, but tbf there was a verse or two from I believe "Tango Til They're Sore" used as a chapter heading in the book, and a girl can dream 
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The railroad god is in the book but IIRC he doesn't really do anything other than get mentioned in a scene.
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a kitten posted:Neil is saying they're planning for five seasons That pretty much solidifies that the show will go well into Anansi Boys/AG2 territory, I really can't imagine them doing 5 seasons without even more padding than we've already gotten.
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precision posted:That pretty much solidifies that the show will go well into Anansi Boys/AG2 territory, I really can't imagine them doing 5 seasons without even more padding than we've already gotten. https://twitter.com/neilhimself/status/862783734432624641 To me that sounds like Anansi Boys or any new material would take the show past five seasons.
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