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Post by Dizzy D on Jul 24, 2016 9:33:46 GMT -5
As we just got an incredible amount of trailers released, I think most have been posted in other threads, but I didn't see this one yet:
The trailer for Neil Gaiman's American Gods.
Ian McShane as Mr. Wednesday is pretty good casting. I hope it gets released over here.
Unrelated, I saw that they were also doing a movie of Valerian, but that's another thread.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2016 16:58:05 GMT -5
That clip is blocked in the US on copyright ground and won't play per Starz request, but I did see the clip yesterday when Bleeding Cool had it (it may have been taken down there too, not sure) and it looked very interesting. I don't have Starz, but I will check it out when it hits a streaming service of DVD , as I love the Gaiman novel.
-M
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 25, 2016 8:33:21 GMT -5
I'm glad to see that Shadow is black, I was sure I had seen it mentioned in the novel, but couldn't find the passage again.
Oh, and you can see the trailer on youtube :
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 25, 2016 10:42:58 GMT -5
I'm glad to see that Shadow is black, I was sure I had seen it mentioned in the novel, but couldn't find the passage again. Oh, and you can see the trailer on youtube : Gaiman has said that he's mixed race (his father, obviously being Scandinavian). In the book he's described as cream & coffee skinned with grey eyes. His mother is described as having had sickle-cell disease in the book. While it can occur in other races it is predominantly found in people of sub-Saharan ethnicity. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jul 27, 2016 9:31:43 GMT -5
I always pictured Shadow as looking like the Rock for some reason when I originally read the book, and this was before he really started acting, so count me as one who saw his as being non-white.
Ian McShane as Wednesday really has me though, and Orlando Jones as Mr. Nancy is great too so great casting all around.
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Post by Dizzy D on Aug 16, 2016 13:24:02 GMT -5
I'm glad to see that Shadow is black, I was sure I had seen it mentioned in the novel, but couldn't find the passage again. Oh, and you can see the trailer on youtube : Gaiman has said that he's mixed race (his father, obviously being Scandinavian). In the book he's described as cream & coffee skinned with grey eyes. His mother is described as having had sickle-cell disease in the book. While it can occur in other races it is predominantly found in people of sub-Saharan ethnicity. I've been rereading the book right now (kinda jumped on it due to the series being made and I was reading The View From The Cheap Seats before it, which had quite a bit on the writing of the first book in it.) and many characters ask Shadow what race he is (so far he's asked if he's been hispanic, gipsy, if he had African-American blood and if he had Native-American ancestry and I'm about 100-150 pages in right now), so he's mixed race but it's not immediately clear what races. Good book to reread and see what you missed the first time around. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 16, 2016 13:29:26 GMT -5
Gaiman has said that he's mixed race (his father, obviously being Scandinavian). In the book he's described as cream & coffee skinned with grey eyes. His mother is described as having had sickle-cell disease in the book. While it can occur in other races it is predominantly found in people of sub-Saharan ethnicity. I've been rereading the book right now (kinda jumped on it due to the series being made and I was reading The View From The Cheap Seats before it, which had quite a bit on the writing of the first book in it.) and many characters ask Shadow what race he is (so far he's asked if he's been hispanic, gipsy, if he had African-American blood and if he had Native-American ancestry and I'm about 100-150 pages in right now), so he's mixed race but it's not immediately clear what races. Good book to reread and see what you missed the first time around. It's never explicitly stated in the book. But Gaiman has definitely said he's mixed race. And it is stated his mother had sickle-cell disease. Sickle-Cell is most prevalent in people of Sub-Saharan African descent. Secondary to that group are Hispanic-Americans from Central and South America and then people of Middle Eastern, Asian, Indian, and Mediterranean descent |
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Post by hondobrode on Aug 16, 2016 21:27:41 GMT -5
I've heard good things about it but have never read the book.
Looks good !
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Post by thwhtguardian on Aug 18, 2016 14:23:13 GMT -5
I've heard good things about it but have never read the book. Looks good ! You should grab a copy, it's a great read. |
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Post by Nowhere Man on Aug 25, 2016 10:59:17 GMT -5
I'm 418 pages into American Gods (starting Part Three tonight) and I highly recommend it. I've had this book for almost four years and I'm just now reading it! What can I say...I have a backlog...
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Post by Jesse on Nov 15, 2017 15:30:39 GMT -5
I haven't read the source material but am binge watching the first season this week as STARZ is free at the moment. I think the casting is really good and visually there is so much crazy stuff going on.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2017 16:23:41 GMT -5
I got the first season out form the library, and watched the first episode yesterday. Quite good. Been a dog's age since I read the book though.
-M
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 15, 2017 16:43:13 GMT -5
It's good. They added a whole lot that isn't in the book. And a few things have been updated, particularly Technical Boy. Overall I liked the first season but it's a very different experience than the book.
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Post by Jesse on Nov 15, 2017 16:47:39 GMT -5
Was that Gillian Anderson as Lucille Ball?  |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 15, 2017 23:27:55 GMT -5
Was that Gillian Anderson as Lucille Ball? Yes. Yes it was. |
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