Good Omens - Amazon Prime Series Review

The world is going to end. The Antichirst is in place. The Four Horsemen are being summoned. The armies of Heaven and Hell are ready to engage in the final battle. This is it, and there's nothing that can stop it. Well, maybe nothing. And maybe somehow this can all be fun. Let's talk about this Amazon Prime show starring David Tennant, Michael Sheen, John Ham, and many others.

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[sanityisrelative]

I missed the Other Four Horsemen, but I *loved* that addition of Crowley & Aziraphale through the ages. If that was the trade off, then I do approve.

[adampoll]

"Time well and left me feeling good" - perfect summation of the show and the book. :)

[GamerWho]

I love that Crowley's original name is Crawly. As in he used to be a snake and he crawled, so he was crawl-y. That sounds like a Pratchett joke to me.

[simonoleary]

Do you know the great thing about time?
Every second it's taking me further and further away from the 14th century.

[luisa]

I loved how many of the angels and demons were looked kind of androgynous, because angels and demons are supposed to be sexless and they nailed it on many of the characters, like angel Michael, Beelzebub and Dagon.

[moon_raker]

I'm so glad you appreciate Aziraphale! Michael Sheen is so brilliant as this neurotic adorable angel

[katherinealvarez]

It cheered me up too. I loved the dynamic of Tennant and Sheen.

[WhiteWolf]

Tennant and Sheen had excellent chemistry. I genuinely felt for them near the end. Don't want to spoil it.

[jaimeheather]

I’m so glad I saw so many people hyping this show up because otherwise I might not have watched it and it’s genuinely become one of my new favourite shows.

[grahamcann]

I have read "Good Omens" many more times than I care to admit. (Several times a year - book, audio book, and radio performance.) So yes, I did see a lot of changes, and there were a lot of lines that I missed, but at no point did I think they were making a mistake. I can understand why they changed, and appreciated how they changed. (And it helped, a lot, that it was Neil Gaiman was the one making most of the changes.) Thank you so much for your review and video.

[maurinet]

SPOIL POINT




The only thing I really, REALLY missed was the Other Four Horseman of the Apocolypse. I didn't think I would, but I really did. Neil sort of alluded it was a trade off, that he got to have the Agnes Nutter witchburning scene in, and he fought execs tooth and nail over including it, but he had to ditch the Other Horseman. It's literally the funniest part in the book for me. "I'm sodding not, I'm People Covered in Fish." They also needed one more scene with Adam dealing with his parents, or just the one expanded where he's talking about ley lines, so we get their relationship better--especially given the ending. We need how the dad in particular interacts with his kid.


For me though, the most important thing is nailing Crowley and Aziraphale. And they did. Absolutely. And how wonderful was the holy water backstory addition? It was exquisite.

[leahsmith]

These are my feelings exactly - this show left me feeling good and smiling, even though it was about the end of the world. I had read the book last year when I heard they were making an adaptation and David Tennant was in it, and immediately fell in love with the concept and the story. Just as Aziraphale can tell Tadfield is loved by Adam, you can tell the world and characters of Good Omens are loved by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. And I agree, Michael Sheen is the stand-out performance here, and Aziraphale is absolutely lovable. Every moment between him and Tennant's Crowley was gold!

[HeavenlyImaginings]

I so enjoyed Good Omens. It was so fun and honestly, the lack of gore and violence for what is to be the end of the world I really appreciated that aspect and Sheen and Tennant really work well together and the casting was so spot on. I binged it because I enjoyed it so much.


The music was so good in this. I really struggle to find fault with it. I remember Neil Gaiman tweeted a lot about what he was giving up to Make Good Omens he had such a hands-on approach and it really shows

[bacul]

Favourite moment: Aziraphal and Crowley on the bench, switching back into their own forms.
Least favourite: Satan (sorry, Benedict...)

[janetgraham-russell]

They did an audio version about a decade ago. Agnes Nutter was played by an actress called Josie Lawrence. She plays the same character in the tv series. Love It.

[justkerowen]

I loved this miniseries - so glad to know not having read the source material yet didn't adversely affect the experience. The cast was amazing, the interplay between Michael Sheen and David Tennant was brilliant. I'm definitely going to have to check out more of Michael Sheen's work, he was just delightful. I agree the kids were well cast - very genuine, not at all movie-precocious. I really enjoyed the female member's "not having it" attitude.
The book of prophecies ultimately came across to me like it was set up for bibliomancy rather than being laid out sequentially, but that was a cute touch. To say much more would get spoilery and I don't want to do that, so I'll just suggest everyone watch this.

Having grown up in the heyday of miniseries, I also have to agree there's something to be said for a narrative with a beginning, a middle, an end, and that's it. Some things just don't need to be dragged out endlessly.

You didn't have any complaints? That's high praise indeed! Happy it helped raise your spirits.

[lwaves]

I loved this too and Michael Sheen was also my favourite. Neil Gaiman has said that he's done with showrunning, he only did it for Terry. So if there is anymore, it's doubtful to come from him. Personally, I kind of hope there isn't anymore, I like the idea of it being a one off thing. Although, if they do the Witchfinder Army might be a good place to go. Still has that link but they can go where and when they like, without affecting the known story.

[davack]

Oh man (spoilersish)




when that store burns and krawley cries about his best friend being dead. Ouch my heart

[qwertyCandy]

Thank you for mentioning Michael Sheen's acting - many reviews I've seen mostly praise David Tennant and while his acting was very good as well, it's Michael Sheen's acting here that I keep thinking about, the way he managed to portray all of Aziraphale's complicated emotions through the tiniest changes in his face, the way he plays him with so much nuance and complexity, so when the end twist starts happening you immediately know something is "wrong"... What a phenomenal performance.

[zacroper]

My only big gripe with the show was the portrayal of Satan, I was hoping to see a less conventional version. An attitude more in line with the daemons we see throughout the series. But they did go full on with his design, he looked pretty excellent.