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I'm looking forward to being able to discuss the first episode with others. Non spoiler review: it's good!
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I was just going to ask when it might show up on amazon/starz (yay free trial) and apparently the answer is right the gently caress now. So, yay.
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Open Source Idiom posted:Yeah guys, seriously, cut it out. (Though some people have been great, and all deserve a cookie.) I've been lenient because the show hasn't actually started, but once it does (i.e. after tonight) kindly shut the gently caress up and talk about what's actually in the episode. This is literally never going to be a thing for a show with a built in fanbase, sorry to have to be the one to break the bad news. Unsurprisingly, people will want to talk about comparisons. If the show is as big as GoT (it won't be) it can have two threads. Otherwise, saying 'Get back to the book thread' doesn't make sense - people want to talk about the show, not the books - and even if it did make sense it wouldn't happen because the book is > 10 years old and the show is new so this is where the people talking about it will be. So, yeah. Asking people to spoiler tag things with wild abandon is probably a thing you can do. Saying "Literates, get thee out my thread!" is a neat idea but not a thing that will happen. 
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It's really funny, at the talk both Gaiman and Fuller were just spoiling the whole season, but I think they assumed everyone there had read the book at that point / what they were saying was incomprehensible to anyone that doesn't know what's going on.
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Yeah I've been surprised at how much they've leaned into talking about the premise in promotional material but I suppose that is the only way to make it sound interesting. "An ex-con goes on a roadtrip with an elderly con-man" isn't quite as good.
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"With panache" Alright yeah this is good. edit now that i've actually finished the first episode: I've read the book, but it's been 10 (or more) years since then so there's a nice mix of "oh that looks perfect" and "i don't remember that, is that new?". I'm seriously looking forward to next week and hope it stays as awesome as the first one was. And just a heads up: the next episode preview has some major spoilers, so avoid that if you're particularly spoiler adverse. a kitten fucked around with this message at 19:18 on Apr 30, 2017 |
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Apr 30, 2017 18:35
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Welp, I'm in. That first episode was incredible and so far the casting has been amazing. Ian McShane is obviously absurd but Pablo Schreiber as Mad Sweeney worked so drat well it was kind of astonishing. gently caress, why is there only one episode.
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Holy poo poo this intro is the best I've seen since halt and catch fire Edit: aaaahhhhhhhhh the eyes precision fucked around with this message at 20:12 on Apr 30, 2017 |
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Apr 30, 2017 20:08
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Gonna watch this on Amazon prime in the UK tomorrow, does anyone know if it's 4k or just regular HD?
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Pretty sure all Prime stuff is regular HD.
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Holy poo poo first episode surpassed my expectations immediately. This sure is a Brian Fuller series and I mean that in the best possible way.
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Having just come off from listening to the audio book in prep for the show I was really disappointed with almost everything about the entire episode. Also the soundtrack loving SUCKS. CaptainAssholay fucked around with this message at 21:36 on Apr 30, 2017 |
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Apr 30, 2017 21:32
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As someone who hasn't read the book, I thought it was great. Pretty much what I expected from a Fuller show. I have no idea what's going on though. 
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I've read the book a couple times (and listened to the audiobook once) and love it. Ian McShane is perfect as Wednesday (despite him being very much not what I pictured when I first read the books). I like that Audrey was somehow more and less likeable here. I'm not sure how I feel on the visuals. Everything seems too textured and muddy, Also holy bokeh, it's a little much at times.
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precision posted:Pretty sure all Prime stuff is regular HD. Bosch is in Ultra HD as well as normal HD.
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DentD posted:I've read the book a couple times (and listened to the audiobook once) and love it. Ian McShane is perfect as Wednesday (despite him being very much not what I pictured when I first read the books). I like that Audrey was somehow more and less likeable here. Agreed on the McShane and Audrey fronts. I quite like the visuals. Bryan Fuller always has such a unique visual style for each show which I think adds a lot to experience. Relentlessboredomm fucked around with this message at 23:23 on Apr 30, 2017 |
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Apr 30, 2017 23:18
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All in all I really liked the first episode. Thought it ended at an odd point though.
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Ok. That was....insteresting. A few things were changed from the book, but it was a fine thing to watch. Also,they didn't shy away from that scene, THE scene  I mean, I never thought I would see a man being eaten by a goddess vagina.
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Rangpur posted:I'm getting kinda mixed messages from the promotional material I've seen but I'll watch anything with Ian McShane so I routinely bring up Kings because goddamn it, it was too good for NBC. 
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My only issue is that they're taking things really slow. I had thought the first episode would have gotten us at least to the point of meeting Mr. Nansi. I'm not exactly complaining, but a couple things did feel like genuine filler (the fight with Mad Sweeney, if not his entire scene really).
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May 1, 2017 00:08
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The first season is 8 episodes and only covers the first third of the book. They're also expanding some character bits like they'll be spending more time with Laura.
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muscles like this! posted:All in all I really liked the first episode. Thought it ended at an odd point though. Being familiar with Fuller, I was not at all surprised that it ended the way it did.
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Audrey's performance was really fantastic and makes her a lot more interesting. I agree it ended in an odd place - worked fine for me, but if I didn't know the source material I think I would be in 'WTF did I just watch?' mode, and maybe not in a good way.
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May 1, 2017 00:48
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The gently caress am I even watching right now
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May 1, 2017 01:28
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A show that takes place in America.
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Super Aggro Crag posted:The gently caress am I even watching right now  (A Bryan Fuller show)
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A Bryan Fuller show based on the second trippiest work that Neil Gaiman penned.
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Wore his contacts too long, probably.
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Just watched the episode again. The ending is where the show brings it home in terms of visuals I was expecting out of this collaboration.
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May 1, 2017 01:54
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American Gods has been on the top of my "books I haven't gotten to yet" for a while. And I just dropped showtime for starz for this show. I fully expect to buy the book and read it by next week now.
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Ian McShane is perfect and I really hope they use the (this is a super minor spoiler not some big book moment) night deposit robbery vignette, it was one of my favorite parts of the early book.
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precision posted:My only issue is that they're taking things really slow. I had thought the first episode would have gotten us at least to the point of meeting Mr. Nansi. I'm not exactly complaining, but a couple things did feel like genuine filler (the fight with Mad Sweeney, if not his entire scene really). Don't know if you've read the book but that sequence with Mad Sweeney is not actually filler.
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DentD posted:I'm not sure how I feel on the visuals. Everything seems too textured and muddy, Also holy bokeh, it's a little much at times. I agree. Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about, but... it seems like the cinematography was off?
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MiddleOne posted:Seriously? You couldn't wait more than 3 posts before immediately disregarding the OP and diving into 'can't wait and see what happens' book chat? This goes for everyone else doing it too, you suck. Oh hey turns out I don't need a part of the book American Gods, which I have read to cringe. Thank you. a kitten posted:Wore his contacts too long, probably. Even knowing what this is, I can't see it as anything other than a mean-mugging tiger shooting fire out of his jaw.
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Oh man that was really great. Loved all of the absurd, 300-style blood...I think Fuller misses making Hannibal!  Ian McShane was great! What a fun role for him. The effects were a little cheesy at times, but it's Starz so I'm willing to forgive.
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I was pleasantly surprised by how relentlessly psychedelic that first episode was.
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