|
Not click-baiting but just took this random test of which Slavic god I am and lol. I crush you with hammer. I am Chernobog we play checkers and drink vodka huh okay? http://imgur.com/a/A7MsG
|
#
?
May 13, 2017 15:46
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 25, 2024 16:11 |
|
|
I got Stribog, a God I have never heard of, but seems pretty awesome.
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2017 15:59
|
|
|
precision posted:I got Stribog, a God I have never heard of, but seems pretty awesome.
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2017 17:25
|
|
|
I am Veles, god of the forest  . Apparently I have a pet bear  Kinda pissed the Slavic side of my family is also the super Catholic side. Woulda been cool to have heard some of these stories growing up Crow Jane fucked around with this message at 20:36 on May 13, 2017 |
|
#
?
May 13, 2017 20:33
|
|
|
Lowtechs posted:Not click-baiting but just took this random test of which Slavic god I am and lol. I crush you with hammer. I am Chernobog we play checkers and drink vodka huh okay? Link the test, you tease
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2017 21:32
|
|
|
Zaphod42 posted:Link the test, you tease
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2017 22:39
|
|
|
I got Moon-Moon-Moon
|
|
#
?
May 13, 2017 23:13
|
|
|
Gaunab posted:So this spoiler thread is the only place to talk about American Gods? That sort of sucks. There's also a GBS thread if you are into that.
|
|
#
?
May 14, 2017 03:46
|
|
|
Episode 3. I'm using spoilers because watching it today feels like i'm a time traveller or some poo poo. Even though it's Anubis and not Death, that opening bit could be lifted straight out of Sandman and that rules. Also, Bast gets a namedrop. Good for her.
|
|
#
?
May 14, 2017 05:36
|
|
|
a kitten posted:Episode 3.
|
|
#
?
May 14, 2017 06:07
|
|
|
"yeah i like marshmallows" This show is incredible. a kitten fucked around with this message at 06:34 on May 14, 2017 |
|
#
?
May 14, 2017 06:30
|
|
|
That's a lot of Jesuses
|
|
#
?
May 14, 2017 06:47
|
|
|
achillesforever6 posted:That's a lot of Jesuses I kinda want to see what Baby Jesus would be like. Given how often he's invoked and the circumstances surrounding it I'd imagine him a scared little kid or the most sarcastic 12 year old ever. Edit: I know it's been said that they were planning on ending this season at the House but they've been playing/skipping to several scenes that were long past that point in the novel. And damnit I really want to see Laura. I was really disappointed with the Sweeney scene (about the coin), the mystery and prophetic reveal in the book was so much more interesting. Edit #2: And to be clear, by see Laura I mean the whole scene not just that cliff hanger. nessin fucked around with this message at 03:32 on May 15, 2017 |
|
#
?
May 15, 2017 03:21
|
|
|
Hm. I'm really enjoying this show. But there are definitely some significant changes of impression compared to the book. And changing the impression of the story almost changes the story more than any blunt-force rejiggerings of the plot itself necessary for a TV adaptation. The whole thing in the book is that the old gods are basically hanging on by the thinnest of threads. Most of the them aren't quite destitute hobos yet, but ain't that far off either. They have to resort to mundane jobs and mundane existences just to get by. When I envision the gods from the books, they're basically all but powerless and have only their wits and tricks to get by with. And we do see that in this show...but there's also so much focus here, I feel, being placed on how wondrous and majestic these gods actually are. Maybe because this is a visual and aural medium where that sort of thing is so much easier to convey. Czernobog is a ratty old guy in a ratty old apartment, but he also comes across powerful and fearsome. Anansi isn't just a kooky guy telling tales out of the blue; his words have power to influence momentous events with dramatic consequences. That's kind of a far cry from the book going out of its way to stress that America is a bad land for gods to grow in, unlike other places where the gods could actually shape the course of people and countries. And with this episode, I feel like the old gods are coming across even more alive and present than ever. Like...if Anubis is really still guiding Egyptian souls to the afterlife, he's totally still fulfilling his function. He's literally still doing exactly what he's always done. He feels like the jackal-headed Anubis of old, no more but no less. It's really cool, mind you, it's just that I wonder if it undermines the series' own central themes a bit, of the old gods being needy and bereft while the new grow fat with power.
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2017 06:03
|
|
|
Good point but still. In Wednesday's chat with Zorya Vechernyaya he reminded her of all the things she used to have (back in the old land) that she definitely doesn't have here in America. Servants, good food, that sort of thing. These gods are used to excess and open adoration, not these tiny scraps of worship and belief they get here. They're of course still gods, not humans. They still fulfill their functions as necessary and dictated. But they live a shadow of their former, real selves from the old lands.
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2017 06:27
|
|
|
“I hope there are Middle Eastern young men masturbating to that scene" says Bryan Fuller, because of course he does
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2017 06:39
|
|
|
Now that the episode has aired everywhere I can share some stuff from the Q&A Mousa, who plays the Jinn, watched gay porn and called up gay friends to ask them about accurately portraying gay intercourse. When it came time to shoot, the director told Mousa and Omid how to act and Mousa got to use his new knowledge to correct the director on sexual positions. The dong was originally going to be 11 inches. The production designer started with that, not conceiving that anyone would want it to be a different size. Mousa and Omid knew each other before this show because middle eastern actors basically all know each other. They were extremely grateful they got to play middle eastern men who weren't terrorists or sidekicks. Steve Yun fucked around with this message at 08:35 on May 15, 2017 |
|
#
?
May 15, 2017 07:54
|
|
|
Another fun episode.quote:something like this really oughta be handled by two personnel heh
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2017 09:25
|
|
|
BrianWilly posted:Hm. I'm really enjoying this show. But there are definitely some significant changes of impression compared to the book. And changing the impression of the story almost changes the story more than any blunt-force rejiggerings of the plot itself necessary for a TV adaptation. I wanted to point out that Anansi's sole scene so far is from when he literally came to America. When it's more likely than not that there were not only multiple people on the ship who believed in him, but also that their belief would be at its strongest given their situation. I'm curious to see his modern form, and whether he still has the same power. When Odin came to America, men who literally crewed the same boat went to battle with one another to sacrifice themselves to him. Now he's hustling his way into first class and stealing from banks to make ends meet. The gods we've seen so far carry themselves with majesty and as if they were still powerful, but their living situations tell a different story. None of them are living high on the hog (except the Jesuses - probably).
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2017 09:41
|
|
|
I've been trying to work out what rubs me the wrong way about Anansi's scene in episode 2, and I think I finally nailed it down: it's the suit. It makes him look like a time traveller, they should have given him an extravagant, but period accurate costume. Very possibly something of African origin, in fact.
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2017 10:12
|
|
|
The new gods are living high on the hog, but yeah, otherwise what you said is true. Can't wait to see more of the new gods, honestly. My Lovely Horse posted:I've been trying to work out what rubs me the wrong way about Anansi's scene in episode 2, and I think I finally nailed it down: it's the suit. It makes him look like a time traveller, they should have given him an extravagant, but period accurate costume. Very possibly something of African origin, in fact. Who the gently caress cares, he's telling them about the future obviously he's a time traveller  "100 years from now, you're hosed, 100 years after that, you're still hosed" He can tell the future and shapeshift at will, but he can't manifest a future style suit?! Put 2 and 2 together man.
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2017 10:14
|
|
|
Plus its not like they didn't have suits back in those times Its really not that far off
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2017 10:18
|
|
|
It may not be that far off but it's also from a period that's about as far away from 1697 as from 2017 
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2017 10:30
|
|
|
The Anubis scene is weird until you realize he's not leading her to the afterlife, Bast shoved her through the door so they could feast on her soul. I thought this was pretty explicit.
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2017 10:31
|
|
|
My Lovely Horse posted:It may not be that far off but it's also from a period that's about as far away from 1697 as from 2017 What're you taking that from, though? Did anything in the show explicitly date it? I guess you're just working from the fact that they're in the Caribbean, but did the show even say that or are we just assuming it from the book? Even then I don't think its crazy to think it happened a bit later on, there's not a lot of hard details in that scene to date it. You're massively nitpicking.
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2017 13:51
|
|
|
Zaphod42 posted:What're you taking that from, though? Did anything in the show explicitly date it? I guess you're just working from the fact that they're in the Caribbean, but did the show even say that or are we just assuming it from the book? Even then I don't think its crazy to think it happened a bit later on, there's not a lot of hard details in that scene to date it. You're massively nitpicking. The show did explicitly say 1697 at the opening of that scene. But it's way beside the point to be talking about fashion, because Anansi is clearly appearing (at least to the audience) as a modern man, and is speaking to the audience. Who knows how the slaves on the ship actually saw him? Clearly they understood him despite him speaking in modern English, so why wouldn't his appearance be translated for them to something recognizable as well? Also, I really hope these rumors of 5 seasons is wrong. I don't think it will be possible to stretch the material out that much, without an insane amount of filler. Even 3 seasons seemed like too much, but that's at least a reasonable figure. I'd much rather have 3 well paced, deliberate seasons than 3 seasons followed by an insanely compacted 4th to try to finish the plot because it got cancelled. Gully Foyle fucked around with this message at 14:35 on May 15, 2017 |
|
#
?
May 15, 2017 14:31
|
|
|
I would have subtitled that whole scene I've got to concede the point, though: I now learned that Orlando Jones specifically called for purple colors in the suit because that's an Ashanti colour of royalty. And fair enough: if you're gonna have a modern suit, that's the way to do it.
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2017 14:36
|
|
|
My Lovely Horse posted:I would have subtitled that whole scene Speaking of, loved the subtitles in this episode. This show is so delightfully eccentric and strange.
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2017 14:58
|
|
|
its pretty cool that arab actors are relieved to be doing 11 minute gay erotica scenes because at least they're not terrorists
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2017 15:20
|
|
|
Gully Foyle posted:
From what they've said the five seasons isn't just American Gods, it's also Anansi Boys and the American Gods sequel coming out late this year/early next.
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2017 16:38
|
|
|
Macdeo Lurjtux posted:From what they've said the five seasons isn't just American Gods, it's also Anansi Boys and the American Gods sequel coming out late this year/early next. I think Gaiman recently said the American Gods sequel is at least three books away. He wants to do a Neverwhere sequel and another children's book. It could be out before the show wraps, but I think it's more likely the show will pass the book around season 3. I think that pacing is probably fine. The book is dense, and rereading it, there is a lot of stuff that happens, especially with all the vignettes that are being included in the show. I'd like another American Gods book, but I'm not sure I need one, since I'm not even sure what to speculate on being the next direction to take it.
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2017 16:56
|
|
|
precision posted:The Anubis scene is weird until you realize he's not leading her to the afterlife, Bast shoved her through the door so they could feast on her soul. I thought this was pretty explicit. Wait, I thought they only fed people whos hearts were heavier than the feather to whatever god eats bad people, and hers wasnt. I thought the cat was just pushing her because she was taking too long.
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2017 17:34
|
|
|
Blackchamber posted:Wait, I thought they only fed people whos hearts were heavier than the feather to whatever god eats bad people, and hers wasnt. I thought the cat was just pushing her because she was taking too long. That's what I got from it too. If they were going to trick her at all, why not just tell her she failed the feather test?
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2017 17:39
|
|
|
I'm open to the idea i missed something, but i didn't read the scene as anything other as presented either. Bast did nothing wrong.
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2017 17:53
|
|
|
yeah, I'm okay with not all gods being douchebags in this setting.
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2017 18:23
|
|
|
All of the gods are self-interested. The degree to which they are douchebags about it varies. Just because Anubis isn't bashing your head in with a hammer, doesn't mean he won't pull your heart out when it's time to do so. Plus, Bast is a cat, and Mrs Fadil was standing at the edge of a ledge. She had to push her off. Cat law.
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2017 19:01
|
|
|
Blackchamber posted:Wait, I thought they only fed people whos hearts were heavier than the feather to whatever god eats bad people, and hers wasnt. I thought the cat was just pushing her because she was taking too long. Yeah, if her heart was heavier than the feather it would have been fed to Ammitt and she would then be cursed to wonder that desert forever.
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2017 20:05
|
|
|
Zurui posted:Speaking of, loved the subtitles in this episode. This show is so delightfully eccentric and strange. Yeah the English-over- uhhh whatever that was, Hindi? was a really cool effect.
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2017 20:14
|
|
|
Like people were saying earlier and the show keeps mentioning, there's different forms of worship. Nobody dies to media, (well) but there's SOOOO many people watching TV every day, that Media is one of the more powerful gods right now. Even though gods like Wotan or Anansi get complete sacrifices of their followers lives, if its just a few followers, its not much. And they used to be far more powerful than they are now, they're waning in power as not as many people are willing to sacrifice for the old gods, they're stuck with minor worship. So they don't have to be malicious per se, they don't have to kill. But sacrifice is a major form or worship, so you do have Bilquis absorbing people and it makes her vastly more powerful very very quickly, she goes from being old to looking younger and beautiful and gaining powers over gold and stuff. All the gods are extremely self-interested, but they could get away with just helping people. Thing is, desperate times call for desperate measures, and they're all desperate, so some sacrifices are demanded.
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2017 20:18
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 25, 2024 16:11 |
|
|
Wow, literally blink and you'll miss it. https://twitter.com/smd/status/863932197572677632?s=09 And also, if you can't trust someone with feet this fancy, who can you trust? https://twitter.com/andmichaelgreen/status/863968646988615680
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2017 20:38
|
|