American Gods

>>82340987

The first 30 minutes were a little slow but after that it picked up.

It's good enough to keep watching, at least.

It's ok just as the book was.

>>82340987
I'm just starting now, the CGI is obscenely bad.

>>82341780
It worked for me. Other than the CGI noose that Shadow sees, that looked ridiculous.

>>82340987
I'm glad that the actor who plays Shadow actually looks and acts like leading man material unlike dude who plays Luke Cage

>>82342208
marvel cucks BTFO

>>82340987
I want to watch so damn bad but I'm a poorfag who doesn't have Starz and doesn't know where to stream it.

>>82342466
jesus christ

>>82342466
>streaming movies

>>82342466

What the fuck man?

>>82340987
I agree that Nancy looks too young. He also comes across as more sinister than charming.

It's in the trunk, /tv/

wtf i love black people now

>>82342466
I don't know how to react to that. Shocking. Sad.

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It started off okay.

Only problem for me was the CGI. It wasn't made bad.

It was just tasteless in terms of composition and design overall. Like that over exposed blood meme Fuller loves so much. That's not even what blood looks like, i hate this on Spartacus too, it made everything look too plastic. If you are gonna do gore, do proper fucking gore.

I feel autistic.

I only watched it because Ian McShane has credit with me for Deadwood. I don't know the book but I liked it. The supernatural stuff was a little much for my taste but I can't say I'm not intrigued.

>>82340987
>new Gods
>old Gods
>Technical Boy
This show sounds gay as fuck.

no matter what, im gonna keep watching for cocksucker man

>>82342975
>The supernatural stuff was a little much for my taste
Dude, the "Gods" part of the title is no metaphor. You better get used to the supernatural stuff if you want to watch and enjoy this.

>>82342950
The blood (atleast in the opening) wasn't CGI that was all practical effects.

no threads on this show until i finish reading the book and watch the show. thank you.

>>82340987
I didn't know bryan fuller was the showrunner but it was obvious to me with the slowmo red buckets of paint spilled within the first 5 minutes, and the drawling dream sequences backed by a percussive soundscape.

It just reminded me too much of hannibal

>>82343089
Well yes now I know what to expect. I just assumed they would ease you into it a little. Instead they throw that shit right in your face.

>>82342466
Hey, don't worry about it. I'm sure in a few years from now you'll be able to find the DVD set at a yard sale.

How's McShane in this?

>>82343487
Best part so far

>>82342466
I have a bunch of unused 1gb usb sticks lying around so I could send the episodes to you by post? Maybe one stick/2 eps every couple of weeks.

>>82343571
Let's make this happen Reddit!

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>tfw no good streams up and my university blocks torrent sites

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>muh shock value

it was edgy as fuck with all that bright red blood.
vikings stabbing their own eyes then slaying their own kind.


it is not horribly bad, i like McShane

>>82343913
popcorntime

was I the only one who thought shadow was a native american god while reading the book?

>>82342847
>>82340987
nigga's 50 it's not his fault black don't crack

>>82343996
Nope.

I can't remember where in the book, but there was some line that made me think "oh, okay, so he's definitely partially Native American". I think it was when they described Wednesday meeting and dancing with his mother.

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>>82342466
>>82343571

haha

Anyone know if the second ep is out somewhere? I've looked in the usual places but I'm only finding the first one, i know they sent the first 4 around to sites for review, wasn't sure if they got leaked or not.

>>82343252

alright sorry. well make a thread when you're caught up. the discussion's half the fun!

>>82340987

Ian McShane's googly eyes are too much for me.

>>82342466
google [series title] s01e01 watch online free
wow now you can watch everything for free

>>82346815
>sword going into the black bar at the top
>oh that's actually pretty neat
>It hits someone with full force in the throat
>gallons and gallons of blood everywhere
what the fuck lmao

I read the book and it was terrible, so I'll be skipping this. Neil Gaiman is overrated. His comic books are okay, he should stick to those.

>>82346903
I wish I had a master's degree in computer science as well.

>>82343571
First comment to make me chuckle in months of crippling alcoholic depression

>>82346815
Eh, i could handle Spartacus CGi. I can probably handle this as well

Haven't read the books, watched the first episode and I enjoyed. Actually, I was surprised it was so good since it's pretty rare for a show to exceed my expectations.

>>82347004

Hey man he kills a tranny in pretty much everything he write. He can't be all bad right?

>>82347004
>so I'll be skipping this
Thanks for stopping by. I'll inform the media.

>>82340987
It's gud. Mcshane steals the show.
>>82342466
I refuse to believe someone is this retarded.

>>82340987
it was atrocious beyond beleif. i hated every second of it. i hope this shit gets cancelled, i hope hbo goes bankrupt, i hope cable goes out of business, i hope hollywood crashes and burns, i hope western civilization collapses, and i hope earth is destroyed. all because this fucking show was so bad.

>>82347255
The guy is 75.
WTF, he looks extremely good for his age, especially given the fact that he's an anglo.

>>82347198
That's his fetish , I hear he makes his wife wear a fake dick while he strangles her .. only way he can achieve an orgasm.

>>82347282
>this again
It's not even a good pasta man.

>>82347327

Boner achieved.

>>82347320
What the fuck, the guy looks like he's in his late 50s.

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>>82347320
>Ian McShane is 75
What the fuck, I thought he was like 50

>McShane will die in your lifetime

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>>82347198
now you mention it there was a serial killer in Sandman who killed trannies

trannies especially just before the reassignment surgery

wtf Gaiman

>>82340987
I'm not used to black people in general but the protagonist looks...off.
Like, he's probably majority white, is he?

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>>82347320
>Only 2 years younger than pic related
What

>>82347402
(You) will die in your lifetime

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>>82347570
w...whoa

>>82347570
I'll off myself the moment I go bald

>>82340987
I loved the flying arm with a sword going above the frame. It was so bizarre.

>>82340987
It was a little slow, which is fine. Casting was all around perfect, especially McShane, who I can only see getting even better and it doesn't even seem like he's trying that much but I thought Shadow was a bit too emotional, even in the book where you hear his every thought he seemed more distant.

I'm kind of hoping they don't give him an internal monologue though, I was worried the whole show he'd have one at first.

I was also concerned because at first I couldn't really see what Fuller had brought to the table. It was an adaptation of the book for sure, but it still felt, for lack of a better term, too conventional. Then that final two minutes happened and the show gripped me. It felt almost Hannibal like, the slow-motion, the blood the rain, and finally the sense that something is extremely out of balance. That what I was hoping for in the adaptation. Fuck the ending was beautiful.

I still miss Hannibal ;_;

What's with this new trend of slow as fuck story telling? All TV is like this now.

>>82347752
I pictured Shadow more stoic.

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>>82347752
>I still miss Hannibal
This so fucking hard.
AG has potential, and I will watch it for its' own merits, but some of the visuals are like a punch in the gut because they remind me of Hannibal.
As sad and cheesy as it might sound, it feels like a reliving an old heartbreak.

>>82340987
COCKSUCKA

Seems pretty cool so far, but I had drank a 12 pack of beer before I watched it.

>Anansi Boys spinoff never
Much better book than American Gods desu

>>82343393
It's a taaaaad more subtle in the books.

>>82348973
No, not really.

>>82348714
Maybe if this show does well.

I always immagined Charles Dance as Wednesday, kind of like he looked in Last Action Hero.

White suit, ginger beard, glass eye, guy was perfect

>>82349070
Starz doesn't even have the rights to it. They're still tied up in the BBC when they were supposed to make a miniseries out of it a few years back.

>>82349144
BBC would fuck it up they are too poor and they know it. Not saying Starz CGI is perfect but it has more money than the BBC shite.

>>82349144
eww, BBC.

They'd turn it into a show about gay interracial marriage somehow.

>>82348714
Only people who say that are genuine fans of cuckolding

Anyone else disappointed in Easter's look? I wanted my thick, pale, tattooed, hipster-y waifu! Not some old cougarville bitch.

did low key appeared yet? who plays him?

>>82349642
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynbrRfOaj1c

>>82349642
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynbrRfOaj1c

>>82349642
Jonathan Tucker
My man from Kingdom, in another excellent casting.

>>82349730
>>82349743
fucking hivemind

>>82349642
Not yet. He's played by Crispin Glover.

>>82349743
>Jonathan Tucker
The way that guy talked really annoyed me. Is it part of the role, or is he just have that juggalo vibe all the time?

>>82340987
>two crows
So is Wednesday Odin?

>>82349849
Don't be fucking stupid.

>>82349849
He literally says he only has one good eye the first scene with him... no shit he's Odin

>>82349877
O-okay, Senpai.
>>82349896
Forgot that. Thanks.

>>82349896
Bullshit, Odin is a good God.

>>82349849
>wednesday in swedish is literally Odin's day
>måndag, tisdag, onsdag, torsdag, fredag, lördag and söndag

>>82349896
But Odin wasn't a cheater/swindler and so on, that was Loki.

>>82350304
Didn't know that.
Only know Thursday/Thor's Day.

>>82350336
You dont get this show. You will get it later though

>>82350447
As long as they explain it, fine.

>>82349849
Wednesday literally means Woden's Day, Woden = Wodan = Odin

>>82351635
>>82350346

>>82343949
Is that edgy to you? Really?

>>82349397
Should have been Christina Hendricks

>>82347752

Read an article or interview or something about it the other day, the decided because Shadow is the lead character he needed to not just be dour and stoic and cold all the time, desu i like the bit of personality theyve given to him.... like hes almost about to boil over with rage in some situations, among other things.

>>82348489

Fuller didnt get to do as much as he wanted on that show and desu given the tone of AG and the book and Gaimans general style... it works, it just fuckin works. He probably still had ideas for crazy shots and all that kinda stuff but Hannibal got cut down at the knees.

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>>82347255
>Mcshane steals the show.

Just you wait.

>>82349088

HAH, yeah that would have been good too.. McShane is more like the wednesday i personally pictured from the book though.

>>82352127
CANT
FUCKING
WAIT

>>82349808

Nope thats Mr.World

>>82352127

gonna be goooooood, also can't wait to see gillian anderson's character

>>82352127
I really wonder if they'll play up his sympathetic side.

>be relegated to "evil brother" simply because your brother was chosen to be the "good brother" arbitrarily
>all the shit, hate and negativity blamed on you just because people believed it to be true
>decide to just go along with it

>>82342208
his ambiguous ethnicity was really confusing me

>>82352333

if you're an old god that relies on worship you take what you can get I guess... a zebra doesn't change its stripes.

>>82350284
Odin is.
But Wednesday is his American counterpart. All of these gods are slightly wonky clones of their originals - Shadows eben fies to meet OG Odin in Scandinavia in the epilogue.

Which is also why Sweeney is a Canadian.

>>82352833
>eben fies
even goes

>>82350284
>>82352833
Also Odin's not that good. A Viking's idea of good is a bit removed from our idea.

>>82343967
I thought that was down

So that story with the wind and island the war sacrifice? Did that actually happen or is it just a myth?

What was firing the arrows at them?

>>82354274
Actually happened, was how Odin was transplanted to the Americas

Injuns

McShane is 10/10 and for that reason alone I will keep watching.

>>82354274
It actually happened, it's a myth, why not both.
I think the island segment's exaggerated gore was a deliberate stylistic choice to show how it's been mythologised.

>>82343913
Use a VPN

>>82352127
FUG I FORGOT

>>82354492

Given the way Fuller likes to do dramatic slowmo and other crazy ways of shooting stuff.... combined with the source material of this show? ..... it is only gonna get better and very very weird.

I can't fuckin wait.

>>82347506
His wife literally had to record a music video showing her pussy because people kept insisting she's a tranny .

>>82355465
I personally like Gaiman, though his narrative isn't always as strong as his ideas.
In American Gods there's a lot of interesting imagery that he never quite describes in a way I found adequate, but I have no doubt Fuller can bring it to life.

>>82354274
uhmm i dont know,thats the american continent in medieval times and a bunch of arrows come from the woods...who could be?hummm

>>82349730
>>82349743
I always imagined low key as a black guy

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>>82347320
>>82347377
>>82347402
McShane looks haggard as fuck now though, but it makes him look like an utter hardass motherfucker so I love it.

>>82352333
the ultimate bogpill

>>82347149
Stop drinking faggot

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Definitive role.

Let me guess all the Egyptian gods will be played by black actors?

>>82359035

one of them was in the first ep, so you tell us? was he "black"?

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>>82352127

Hoping for George McFly.

>>82340987
Just glad Al Swerengen finally got a decent role.

>>82359607

probably more like "the thin man" from charlies angels.... if i had to guess.

>>82340987
>Mr. Nancy looks WAY younger


When I read Anansi Boys he sounded like the dude was at least in his 60s. Are they going to do a Anansi boys season because that would be dope but I bet you would loose a lot of views by the tone shift. would work as a movie tie in if they can get Orlando Jones to play the same character.


John Boyega as Fat Charley if they do a Anansi boys season. Can't think of anyone to do Spider off the top of my head.

>>82360056
They do not currently have the rights to Anansi Boys, but everyone involved is interested in doing it if this is successful.

>>82359670

He's had many.

>>82360136
I liked American gods, but damn Anansi boys was great. I would kill for a season based on the extended universe, on average those stories tend to be better.

Either because they make a fun story with this worlds rules, or its post AG Shadow who just wanders the world getting wrapped up in shit that he rather not but feels compelled too.

>>82349841
Bit of both, really. Low-Key talks like that in the book, too, sounding all twitchy and squeaky like he's fronting being tough, but Tucker kind of talks like that normally too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoAjBBYC88o

>>82350304
Woten's Day
Tyr's Day
Thor's Day
Freyr's Day

It's like the Church appropriated everything from holidays to normal days. Faggots.

>>82345373
His actual identity is a bit nonsensical to me. I get it's why part of the book's climax works like it does, but it still seems out of place

>>82352393
It's supposed to be. There are a number of times in the book where people ask Shadow just what the fuck ethnicity he is. Really good casting looks-wise.

>>82343913
there's a good deal on a vpn on humblebundle right now

>>82349642
Yeah, but they're very careful not to say his name. That might slide in written format, but the second you hear it out loud...

Why did technical boy's cronies look like faceless droogs from A Clockwork Orange?

>>82362171
They represent Anonymous ;)

>>82352333
>My brother... when we are young, everyone says he is fair-haired, he must be good, and I am dark-haired, so I must be the rogue.
>Now, the years have passed, we are both old and grey.
>Now, who can tell which brother is which?

So damn good

>>82361948
Isnt there a short by Gaiman that reveals Shadow is Balder?

>>82362280
Yeah, that's what I meant. I liked the idea of him as an Everyman pulled into some shit much better