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title = "Good Omens (2019)" |
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date = 2021-03-28 |
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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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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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