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Bobulus posted:Oh, and did I misinterpret that scene, or did Media imply that enough people were fooled by War of the Worlds that they actually Believed and now there's, like, an alien god out in space? Did you hear the War of the Worlds sound cue as Technical Boy was crossing the lot before Media shows up? It was the hissing chirp of the manta ships from the 1950s' movie.
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dogboy posted:It all looked to me like she was sucking the life force out of Shadow to reboot herself, so I'd expect her to be bad news. (Also the Raven trying to warn Odin?) I don't think she was stealing it, but the glowey vision definitely makes it seem like Shadow is her meaning of life... er.... meaning of death? meaning of undeath? And so the closer she gets to him, the more alive she feels. Her heart beat for a second, but its not like Shadow's heart was having a heart attack at the time. He was fine. Bobulus posted:Oh, and did I misinterpret that scene, or did Media imply that enough people were fooled by War of the Worlds that they actually Believed and now there's, like, an alien god out in space? precision posted:Yeah but she also did say "now there are aliens out there because people believed there were" Those "aliens" could simply be more media henchmen, or they could be their own thing. We dunno. White Rabbit posted:Especially if Shadow Moon's supposed to represent the American Spirit (can't think of anything right for him really), where's it supposed to fit in between those two? Shadow is confused.  America is confused, at a crossroads between old and new
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So the spider that freed Wednesday was totally Anansi, right? Also re: the starman bit (actual spoiler) On twitter Fuller confirmed they're not only real, they're coming
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Gum posted:So the spider that freed Wednesday was totally Anansi, right? 
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Desperado Bones posted:The intro story of the mammoth old god was beautiful. Does someone knows who was in charge of the whole animation? You say this like Hannibal wasn't one of the weirdest shows of all time on NBC. Elentor posted:I want a TV show about Death. It can be an anthology, or not. I think it'd fit TV a lot better than Sandman. Or Lucifer, for that matter. Just watch Six Feet Under (I know that's not what you mean, but also, it kind of is?). Gum posted:So the spider that freed Wednesday was totally Anansi, right?
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May 30, 2017 00:40
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Zaphod42 posted:Those "aliens" could simply be more media henchmen, or they could be their own thing. We dunno.  Sometimes text is text. It's not like it's a plot point that's going to come back. Media says "people believed in this, now it exists". The rules of this universe posit that belief can create things, which are occasionally called Gods but also sometimes called Spirits, Demons, Leprachauns, whatever. Jeez man, do you have some kind of condition that forces you to be this... argumentative, with everyone, all the time?
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White Rabbit posted:Thinking back on it that North Korea offer is loving vile, I'm totally on board with Mr. W now. "Their God was a War God" Don't kid yourself, that pitch was hand crafted to appeal to Odin- and it wasn't the mass slaughter that turned him off it
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I mean, the op did go out of his way to tell you book readers to take your book discussions to a book part of the forum but you fuckers are simply going to refuse to do it aren't you?
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etalian posted:It really needs a gif  Pretty much every instance of misfortune in The Adventures of the Unluckiest Leprechaun are worthy of giffing, really.  Also, Crispin Glover  https://my.mixtape.moe/xwfduq.mp4
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I haven't discussed the book in this thread since the other one was made. I'm pretty sure. I certainly have intended to avoid doing so. Media's line about the aliens, I don't even remember if it was in the book. I sure didn't remember it.
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The tree thing in the police station attacked Shadow, so I don't think it was Yggdrasil or anything Norse which should be on his side. Does Gaea exist in this reality? (though I don't know what she'd have against Shadow)
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When Shadow had his visions in the first episode the tree was reaching for him, so I'm sure it has something to do with that.
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White Rabbit posted:Thinking back on it that North Korea offer is loving vile, I'm totally on board with Mr. W now. the norse are the most brutal fucks in history and their gods represent that. they invented rape.
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I don't think Yggdrasil was sentient, or at least couldn't do what we saw in the episode. Whatever that this was came with the new Gods. Edit: I have a felling that rape has been around since the dawn of time.
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Luckily for Mad Sweeney Mythbusters did show that cursing helps deal with pain.
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Some nice still shots of and some minor interpretation of the (amazing) opening credits. http://imgur.com/a/bQkSk
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Normal Adult Human posted:the norse are the most brutal fucks in history and their gods represent that. they invented rape. new gods better hope the gently caress out that the mongol skyfather is properly dead and gone then
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How is it argumentative?  I think you're reading my post in the wrong tone."We dunno" isn't exactly "gently caress you you're wrong"  And you're missing the point. I'm not saying they're leprechauns or demons or whatever instead of gods. I'm saying, people were discussing whether there was an alien god. As in, seperate from Media, the media god. There could be an alien god because people believed in aliens. Or, because that was part of a radio transmission, it could simply manifest as part of Media, hence my saying "it could just be media henchmen, or it could be an alien god, we dunno". The exact rules for faith aren't spelled out. And I'm saying, I don't know which of those is the case. There's no hard evidence to tell us its one or the other. Did you not follow that? Sickening posted:I mean, the op did go out of his way to tell you book readers to take your book discussions to a book part of the forum but you fuckers are simply going to refuse to do it aren't you? Nobody's talking about book stuff though dude.The black bars aren't book spoilers, they're people making guesses or basing things on their knowledge of mythology, and they're choosing to black bar it just to be extra nice. Zaphod42 fucked around with this message at 04:20 on May 30, 2017 |
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Normal Adult Human posted:the norse are the most brutal fucks in history and their gods represent that. they invented rape. Pretty sure the Romans, Egyptians, Greeks, Persians, Cavemen, Pretty much anyone with a dick and no chicken, raped without a second thought of Vikings.
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Normal Adult Human posted:the norse are the most brutal fucks in history and their gods represent that. they invented rape. No.
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Since everyone is complaining about each other's posting I figured I'd bring you the worst read of American Gods humanly possible.
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I get the feeling that was posted by a "passionate" teenage girl with a keen sense for "research". Teenagers are stupid loving morons, what else is new?
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I stopped caring about what teenagers think about 3 weeks after i became 20.
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Gum posted:So the spider that freed Wednesday was totally Anansi, right? I wonder if we will get Media being Agent Scully for that bit.
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Taintrunner posted:Since everyone is complaining about each other's posting I figured I'd bring you the worst read of American Gods humanly possible. I don't know where to start with what's wrong with that... Do they they think that Bryan Fuller is straight? Or is that just about the book? Edit: and also they seem to think that gods should personify something good, rather than be an emergent property of human shittiness...
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Shadow wasn't that thrown off by Dead Wife in his hotel room but was about to lose his poo poo at Floating Marilyn Monroe
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another interesting and relevant question is, who invented rape?? chicken rape? Or we could go back to discussing this TV show. a kitten posted:Some nice still shots of and some minor interpretation of the (amazing) opening credits. That's cool, I missed a few details after 5 episodes, always meant to pause on the menorah to figure out what the symbols were and here it is of course!
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Capntastic posted:Shadow wasn't that thrown off by Dead Wife in his hotel room but was about to lose his poo poo at Floating Marilyn Monroe Floating is on a whole nother level from zombies. Zombies don't necessarily violate physics.
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Snak posted:Floating is on a whole nother level from zombies. Zombies don't necessarily violate physics. Well, uh, technically,
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That threw me off too, but eh, I can rationalize it. He spent his week with a con artist, his ex-wife was a con artist as well. After a week of the supernatural for all intents and purposes she wasn't a stretch. Plus he had the whole "bad feeling about this" with her. I think he just wasn't expecting to see something so forward as someone floating, everything else was hazy and dreamlike. With that said I do still think he should have reacted a bit more strongly than that to a loving zombie, yes. Elentor fucked around with this message at 08:54 on May 30, 2017 |
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Capntastic posted:Shadow wasn't that thrown off by Dead Wife in his hotel room but was about to lose his poo poo at Floating Marilyn Monroe He was pretty drat thrown off by Dead Wife, comeon And not just Floating Marilyn Monroe but more Gods being able to show up and just kill everybody in a police station without fear. Snak posted:Floating is on a whole nother level from zombies. Zombies don't necessarily violate physics. We know that her blood's been drained and her heart isn't pumping, so her being able to move at all violates physics. Its maaaaagic.
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But from the perspective of actually observing poo poo, I'm totally right. Seeing someone who should be dead walking around is still just seeing someone walking around. Seeing anyone floating around is seeing something you've never seen before.
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May 30, 2017 09:00
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White Rabbit posted:another interesting and relevant question is, who invented rape?? chicken rape? https://youtu.be/JIO_BFCf8fU?t=1m45s
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Snak posted:But from the perspective of actually observing poo poo, I'm totally right. Seeing someone who should be dead walking around is still just seeing someone walking around. Seeing anyone floating around is seeing something you've never seen before. Additionally, Marilyn Monroe is a celebrity and also dead. I'd say dead and floating and famous definitely beats dead and walking. And More fucked around with this message at 09:10 on May 30, 2017 |
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I somehow completely forgot that Crispin Glover's name is in the opening credits and I was utterly thrilled to see him. But I've come to the rather obvious conclusion that I'd watch an hour a week of "Bryan Fuller Presents Gillian Anderson Doing Stuff", she's so great in this and she was fantastic in Hannibal too (those Europe episodes )
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Jerusalem posted:I somehow completely forgot that Crispin Glover's name is in the opening credits and I was utterly thrilled to see him. Counting down to her guest spot on the new Star Trek... 
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