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title = "Good Omens (2019)"
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date = 2021-03-28
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tags = ["reviews", "series", "series:2021", "stars:5"]
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[Wikipedia Summary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Omens_(TV_series)):
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Set in 2018, the series follows the demon Crowley (David Tennant) and the angel
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Aziraphale (Michael Sheen), longtime acquaintances who, having grown accustomed
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to life on Earth as representatives of Heaven and Hell, seek to prevent the
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coming of the Antichrist and with it Armageddon, the final battle between
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Heaven and Hell.
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{{ stars(stars=5) }}
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There is a certain "Douglas-Adams-ian" style on the series that really made my
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day (I bet it was all Pratchett fault here, but I haven't read Pratchett yet,
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so YMMV). And by that I mean the narration throwing you into confusion, text
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snippets that show up to throw you into confusion and the general "Oh, nuns.
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But they are **SATANIC** nuns" out of nowhere. All those misdirections just
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make the whole thing funnier.
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Also, you can see that the whole cast was having a blast doing it -- and I bet
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Tennant was the one having the best time of all. Jon Hamm, playing Gabriel as a
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"I don't fucking care about being good" angel is hilarious. Miranda Richardson,
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whose character later in the series have to share the body with another spirit
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does an *amazing* job with the actor playing the other spirit (not going to
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spoilt *everything* here) with the mouth motions and personality. Michael
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McKean making a very strong Scottish accent was also impressive, to the point
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that it really took me awhile to realize who he was.
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So, great plot, lots of fun, actors having fun and doing an amazing job in
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their roles... Even if the end is a bit obvious, it is a great series. Too bad
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it is just one season.
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