TV: American Gods tv adaptation

[Jumptheshark]

I thought I had created this thread last year when it was announced

shooting is underway and we are not getting the first photos a videos

http://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...-look-american-gods-1469229774-htmlstory.html

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-06-17/a-first-look-at-neil-gaimans-american-gods

Executive Producer is Bryan Fuller

stars
Gillian Anderson
Pablo Schreiber
Ian McShane
Ricky Whittle as the lead Shadow

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[AnAceOfKidneys]

loved the book, looking forward to seeing this.

 

[NyQuil]

Could never get into the book for some reason.

 

[Fripp]

Everything Bryan Fuller has done has been gold. Looking forward to this.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Looks interesting.

 

[SugarSherm]

It's been a while since I've read the book. May need to do a reread before checking this out but it looks intriguing enough to give it a shot.

 

[mjlee]

Interview with Neil Gaiman re adaptation. He just interviews so well, such an intelligent and quirky man with a great sense of darkish humour.

https://news.vice.com/story/we-talked-to-neil-gaiman-about-american-gods-politics-porn-and-nazis

 

[Randy Butternubs]

That was interesting.

 

[sabresfan129103]

They nailed down the Gaiman weirdness factor pretty good. Probably a confusing episode for someone who never read the book.

 

[Warden of the North]

Im pissed this isnt getting a TV release in Canada

 

[Honour Over Glory]

They took the crappy actor from The 100 and put him in a lead role.

And it showed it was a bad idea. What the hell were they thinking?

 

[SilasAdams]

Made me miss Hannibal and want to binge watch this whole first season.

 

[Randallooch]

Sooo....THAT scene though, right? Probably the most WTF moment in TV in a long time. I mean, I get it. Explaining to the wife was as fun as imagined. I don't know how I feel about this one yet. I'll give it another episode or two.

 

[jimmythescot]

They took the crappy actor from The 100 and put him in a lead role.

And it showed it was a bad idea. What the hell were they thinking?

He was pretty faithful to the book, I thought. Shadow isn't the most charismatic person, he's a leaf being swept along a tumultuous river. Really liked Mad Sweeney, and hopefully he's in it more than he is in the book.

 

[Tawnos]

He was pretty faithful to the book, I thought. Shadow isn't the most charismatic person, he's a leaf being swept along a tumultuous river. Really liked Mad Sweeney, and hopefully he's in it more than he is in the book.

Yeah playing Shadow shouldn't require much range.

 

[Caeldan]

Im pissed this isnt getting a TV release in Canada

Pretty much subscribed to Amazon prime (Canada) for the year just for this and Man in the High Castle.

Still really haven't found anything else worth watching.

Probably would have been cheaper to just buy the series on bluray

 

[Virtanen18]

That was pretty ****ed up. Interesting enough to keep me watching.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Yeah playing Shadow shouldn't require much range.

Yeah, maybe I expected too much given that I love the book. But whatever, if I can ignore Steven Strait in The Expanse, I can ignore the more jacked version of him in this one.

 

[Bubba Thudd]

I haven't read the book.

That was...

...odd.

Will keep watching.

 

[Tawnos]

Yeah, maybe I expected too much given that I love the book. But whatever, if I can ignore Steven Strait in The Expanse, I can ignore the more jacked version of him in this one.

He's pretty shut off early in the book (which is my favorite). He becomes more settled within himself as it progresses.

I liked the first episode a lot, but I think the show has another gear to hit. This wasn't a hit-the-ground-running sort of episode. Then again, that's not unlike the book either.

 

[Tawnos]

I haven't read the book.

That was...

...odd.

Will keep watching.

I doubt it's going to get any less odd. Neil Gaiman's adult work is always very, very odd.

 

[Caeldan]

His children's work is quite odd too

But yes, watched the first episode last night and enjoyed it.
Wife was put off a bit by the stylized hyper violence that periodically showed up but I figure that's the Starz factor. Overall she's willing to watch the second episode but definitely is of the opinion that a lot of mind altering substances were involved in the creation of the story

 

[Tawnos]

His children's work is quite odd too

But yes, watched the first episode last night and enjoyed it.
Wife was put off a bit by the stylized hyper violence that periodically showed up but I figure that's the Starz factor. Overall she's willing to watch the second episode but definitely is of the opinion that a lot of mind altering substances were involved in the creation of the story

Fair about his children's work. Although there's not the same level of surreality there.

I'm not sure where they're going with the hyperviolence. There's only really one moment of it in the book and Shadow doesn't even witness it take place. (I'm assuming we are taking about the gore)

 

[Caeldan]

Fair about his children's work. Although there's not the same level of surreality there.

I'm not sure where they're going with the hyperviolence. There's only really one moment of it in the book and Shadow doesn't even witness it take place. (I'm assuming we are taking about the gore)

Yeah, the gore. Like I said, I think it's a Starz thing. Look at Spartacus for example. Just probably one of those 'hey look we have lots of blood and few boobs on our shows' moments to draw in a few extra people of that ilk. May taper off after the first episode.

Also, Ian McShane is one of the reasons I think the wife kept watching the show through to the end. I mentioned ahead of time how much I like him as an actor, and after his first scene at the airport/on the airplane she absolutely loved him.

 

[Tawnos]

Yeah, the gore. Like I said, I think it's a Starz thing. Look at Spartacus for example. Just probably one of those 'hey look we have lots of blood and few boobs on our shows' moments to draw in a few extra people of that ilk. May taper off after the first episode.

Also, Ian McShane is one of the reasons I think the wife kept watching the show through to the end. I mentioned ahead of time how much I like him as an actor, and after his first scene at the airport/on the airplane she absolutely loved him.

Fair. I think the amount of blood is supposed to go along with the dark humor and also has roots in some of the classic works of mythology out there. Humor, because the amount of it in the Vikings scene is patently absurd. And I'm thinking of things like in The Iliad where Zeus makes the skies rain blood. That sort of over-the-top concept is at home in this aesthetic where a buffalo literally has fire coming from his eyes.