Good Omens, a book review and adaptation predictions by Dominic Noble
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- In preparation for the Amazon Prime adaptation of Good Omens by Neil Gaiman I decided to talk about the awesome book he co-wrote with Terry Pratchett that inspired it and make a few predictions of what we'll see in it based on the trailers.
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"I want to see if they stick with him giving off gay vibes in the TV show." Crowly and Aziriphale giving off intense heart eyes at each other.
I would like to say to be fair that this clearly does not seem to be a sexual relationship. It seems to boarder between intensely loving friends and romantic
@@cosmicriptid To be fair, romantic love doesn't require sex
@@cosmicriptid it's an ace Lovestory which makes sense given they are sexless beings who only assume the appearance of a gender to fit in. What you describe, between friends and romantic would be queerplatonic!
@@spookycreachre yeah, but they also are not quite in romance territory, more queerplatonic. Clearly in love, just not in the sense most people think of
Practically banging in their heads. Lol.
Dominic then: I don’t think they’re going to use that much Queen.
Dominic now (probably): *delightfully surprised*
Must be where the cgi money went ;-)
That and the paintball joke is still in it.
@@cutthr0atjake dont mind one bit- it was a delightful adaptation XD
I know that you are flooded with patreon requests but I sincerely hope you do this one just for your own personal pleasure, and nostalgia sake - I'd really like to hear what you think about what Neil Gaiman added...
I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike~ 🎤
I think the CGI budget was mostly reallocated to Queen licensing, and it was 100% worth it.
I love that (nearly) everything he worried about ended up being wrong.
I haven’t seen(nor heard) of this book/show until just now watching this video(as a part of a 4 day binge into the Dom) but after watching the trailer(during the dramatic pose) I was SO excited. Martin Sheen is(usually) one of my favorites, and while at first glance(and after being influenced from seeing a Tom Hiddleston video) I was disappointed when I saw the thumbnail that Hiddleston wasn’t the Demon, but that’d almost be a tad overboard(yet I realized I just want to see Sheen and Hiddleston in a film some day)
*BUT* after seeing the trailer and realizing it was David Tennant I was _so_ back on board. I’m tempted to stop my Dom binge and and startup prime right now, and your comment saying nearly everything he was worried about ended up being incorrect is quite exciting.
@@andyhighroller8217 You should, it's a great show!
Except people freaking out about Adam and Eve being played by non/white actors
@@wajmgirl ... I never came across that, only people complaining about people complaining
“I hate cats."
Death's face became a little stiffer, if that were possible. The blue glow in his eye sockets flickered red for an instant.
"I SEE," he said. The tone suggested that death was too good for cat haters.”
― Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters
TheCoelura 😂😂
This also explains why cats have 9 lives. Death doesn’t want to kill them, so he tries his best to let them escape whiles he’s “not looking “
I agree
@@Grim_Sister that is the cutest thing I have ever read
Sir Terry Pratchett awakens. A skeleton stands at his bedside, wearing a long black robe. He sits up. “Hang on, let me get my hat,” he tells it.
The skeleton reaches into its robe. From abyssal depths it produces a heavy book bound in sheets of lead and night. It is the kind of book that gets stolen by a rugged adventurer from a temple with more spike traps than the average house of worship contains. It’s the kind of book to which the word “tome” might probably be applied. Frost forms on its pages from the lingering chill of the void.
The skeleton coughs once and holds the book out to the man sitting on the bed.
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Honestly, I feel like the extremely questionable CGI actually adds to the humour of the whole thing. I'm not sure why, but it just *fits*, in a way that perfect CGI wouldn't. Crowley and Aziraphale were never this polished, perfect thing. Both flawed, both odd, never quite fitting in with their respective 'sides'. The CGI really fits that vibe they had going. Flawed, odd, and not quite fitting right. And as a result, perfect :)
Also, imo cgi is not what makes or brakes a film. If a story is engaging/funny/good/etc enough the cgi doesn't matter. I can see the painted backdrops in many older movies and TV-shows but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy the story.
I think that a lot of reviewers pay quite a bit of attention to the effects and how good/bad/passable they are, when I don't give a shit. Yes, those are plastic looking monsters (or you can see the strings on the puppets or you can see the masks), but is the story good?
Same goes for me for costume, which is my personal interest. I love costume history, so I see the mistakes or the anachronisms (the poly satin costumes from the 70s are... well... they exist) and the seams where there should be none, or the 1800s hats in a 1500s story etc. However, if the story is good enough I don't care that literally no one is wearing a hat (the slags!) or that the men are somehow all in different uniforms and none are from the correct period or country.
The story carries the film and if it doesn't other things that shouldn't have to, like costume or effects, suddenly get to bear the burden.
@@AnnekeOosterink you hit the nail on the head.
I imagine they had to cut back on the cgi budget in order to afford all the the Queen references. A very worthwhile trade, if you ask me
Obviously it is queen after all
The CGI wasn't ever a point of contention for me in the show. It never really felt 'bad' and seemed to fit the style of the story perfectly
According to "A Slip of the Keyboard" (I think I got it from there), Gaiman stayed at Pratchett's for at least a large portion of the time they were writing Good Omens. The author biography section in my copy of the book states: "Terry Pratchett gets up early in the mornings, Neil Gaiman early in the afternoons. This book was created in the four or five hours every day when both of them were awake." ^^ Sir Terry said they wrote their respective parts, then handed it to the other one who would - after laughing his ass off for a bit - rewrite and adjust it. He claims that in the end neither of them was able to tell who originally wrote which part of the story.
I miss Sir Terry too. At least we still have his books to keep us company...
No Gaiman was actually living in America at the time, they held long telephone calls where they would read and critique the others work which they would send to each other on floppy disks through mail. Today it seems quite extraordinary considering how long it all would have taken but its really incredible that it was actually written this way and turned out THIS good
I can tell though. You'll read a section and "that's such a Prachett thing to say" or "this page might as well have been an American Gods spinoff"
@@PrincessNinja007 By all accounts, some of the most iconic Pratchettian lines were actually written by Gaiman, who's an excellent mimic. And Pratchett does have a dark side too, at times.
It's well documented by both of them that in the end Pratchett is probably responsible for writing about 70% of the book. Gaiman was indeed behind some of the darker moments in the story including most of the more violent/gruesome scenes. Pratchett did put his foot down though, and didn't allow Adam to get directly involved in any of that stuff.
Heroes always get remembered
But you know legends never die (Panic at the disco, Emperor's new clothes)
"A man is not dead while his name is still spoken."
#GNUTerryPratchett
GBNF Sir Terry Pratchett
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You just made me start crying on the bus. 😭
@@therongjr *hugs*
I’m blind, have been for two years now and this was the last book I read as a physical book. Still makes me sad.
If you're blind, how do you find/watch TH-cam videos?
Corrupt Angel sceeen readers and braille displays my friend
@@liannedegraaf2616 huh, neat
I hope you're getting on well.
@@liannedegraaf2616 how do Braille displays work?
Is it a bunch of sticks in a box and the computer tells them which have to stand out for you to read them?
If so, is it only a straight line or a square, portraying multiple lines?
I mean,
I for example use Paragraphs quite often.
It is a way to sort my thoughts and calm my brain down a little
Does that even translate, or does that get lost in such a display method?
Crowley didn't fall, he sauntered vaguely downwards.
I forgot "sauntered" was a real word. 😀 Thank you for that.
Lovely description
They are using songs from Queen, including Bohemian Rhapsody! They got permission from their estate. The composer of the music for the tv series also said that a majority of the music will be Queen inspired as well!🎸😃
Metatron is being included still and is played by Derek Jacobi😀
Welp, looks like ALL my predictions are going to be wrong lol
Not necessarily 😊I think you are onto something with the end battle, the convent fire, and the flaming sword 😀 At least I hope so because those would be awesome to be expended upon!
I'm glad to hear that because I'd hate to lose the running joke that is presumably one of the reasons to use the songs.
Maybe that’s where the special effects budget went, lol
@@CsillanRose if so then I am fine with lack luster cgi. It never bothered me much as long as the story is good.
I had to give a like for the "well made british things" line.
I giggled pretty hard at that one.
Such a fine pose...
Encouraging news on the adaptation front... they were going to minimize the Agnes Nutter parts to expository storyboards with narration (basically), but Neil Gaiman fought like hell to keep it in as it was one of Terry Pratchett's favorite ideas in the book.
I really hope they keep her execution in the show that bit was funny as hell
@@joebob4091 that was exactly what Gaiman fought so hard to preserve
Claire Thurston They did, and it was fantastic.
Oh, god I'm crying now.
10:11
“Once we had finished writing Good Omens, back in the dawn of prehistory, Terry Pratchett and I started plotting a sequel”, Gaiman said. “There would have been a lot of angels in the sequel. When, almost thirty years later, I started writing Good Omens for TV, one thing I knew was that our angels would have to be in there.
The reason that sequel was never made was because of time constraints and the fact that it lacked the same spark of genius those two had when writing GO.
They wrote Omens mostly for one reason: make each other laugh. And they succeeded.
We were just brought along for the ride
Will Rigby I love that the planned title was ‘668: the neighbour of the beast.’ Fair to say that anything by Terry and Neil would be fundamentally awesome.
Dominic then, wondering if Aziraphale is still going to be coded gay
me, having watched Good Omens: OH YOU HAVE NO IDEA
YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE BLITZ SCENE WHERE THE MUSIC SHIPS THEM HARDER THEN I DO ?
OR
WHEN HE SAYS " YOU GO TOO FAST FOR ME CROWLEY" WHERE I LITTERALLY NEEDED A BREAK WITHT THE OPENING .
OR
THE ENTIRE FUCKING SHOW?????
OMFG
IT WAS A GOOD SHOW
@@marions.3657 A VERY GOOD SHOW INDEED
@@marions.3657 thats was apparently the last scene they shot together and that's why Michael Sheen is so visably emotional as soon as they said cut he apparently burst into tears
I do thing they were really close to being a couple in the show. Michael Sheen and David Tennant did very well in their portrayals, sadly alittle undermined by the snake eye contact lenses Tennant was wearing all the time.
The book: Oh, they’re gay.
The show: OH! They’re GAY!✨🌈
David Tennent rarely ever gives a bad performance so it should be good in that regard at least.
Good performances can come from very bad movies/series. Just look at M. Bison in the Street Fighter movie.
I haven't seen too many of his performances but Goblet of Fire begs to differ from your comment.
Someone Somewhere I believe the phrase “rarely” makes account for one or two bad performances.
For good ones go watch Jessica Jones, Doctor Who S2-S4, and the recordings of his plays with the royal Shakespeare company.
Terminator Genisys
@@joe74509migo Wrong Doctor, that was Matt Smith
Dominic: They don't seem to be best friends anymore.
Me: Yeah they're a couple...
Apologies, I liked this before I realized that the # of likes for it was 69, and ended up changing it to 70. (aHA, I can unlike it and now it's back to 69. \o/ )
@@reginag4053 Wise Decision
It's very gay and I very much love it
@@sbcd7808 same
Do love the bit at the end of the series that wasn't in the book, i.e. were they trick their bosses.
Seeing the pain behind Dom's eyes at the end of this review really struck a chord with me, it's exactly how I felt when John Hurt and Carrie Fisher died. It's these little touches which show how much of an amazing TH-camr, he's not afraid to let his personal opinion get in the way of the popular viewpoint, and he will always acknowledge when a book is of good, memorable quality. I really respect him for all of this.
The show has David Tennant playing a demon. I’m already sold....
Ben Wasserman I’m a simple creature. I see David Tennant, I watch
Yall are a buncha simps
And he's finally ginger.
@@StarbitO - Hey no one else better to simp for.
I hadn't heard about it being Terry Pratchett's dying wish, and now I'm crying 😢
Same 😭
Same
Yup me too
😭😭😭😭😭
When I first read books in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, I thought of him as a Piers Anthony knock-off. A few years later, I read 'Feet of Clay', and thought, "Wow, Terry Pratchett has really gotten deep! Look at all this subtle social commentary!" But upon re-reading the books I had previously dismissed as light-hearted humor, realized that it wasn't Terry Pratchett who'd gotten deeper, it was me.
Farewell, Sir Terry Pratchett; you are deeply missed.
Yes, omg! My favorite book, written by my favorite authors, and my favorite character (Crowley) being played by my favorite actor, with a ton of references to my favorite band, and it’s being reviewed by one of my favorite TH-camrs!
I know! So awesome!
Christmas has come early!
I've been thinking about reading some Pratchett, do you recommend this book?
@@Estarfigam Good Omens is absolutely an excellent one to start with, yes. It's a common favourite.
There are massive debates on the best order to read the Discworld books in. My own recommendation is publication order, as long as you accept that the first two are funny froth parodying D&D and sword and sorcery fantasy, and the good stuff doesn't really start till three or four books in. The first couple are funny, but no more than that.
Incidentally, Terry Pratchett's masterpiece is Nation, another standalone novel, written toward the end of his life.
I can only imagine the eventual Lost in Adaptation will feature a very amused "things added" category -- I have to say the opening to episode three was an amazing piece of canon expansion that I'm sure a lot of other fans were more than happy to see.
As well as the pay off of explaining how Crowley got that particular item he wanted.
"I don't think they're gonna keep the part where Crowley magically replaces all the middle managements paint guns into machine guns."
Me: ...... >_> I liked that part in the show.
I’ve watched the entire series so I’m gonna answer all of your predictions.
So spoilers obviously
1: Aziraphale and Crowley’s relationship isn’t strained in the beginning that clip is from a fight they have a little later in the series.
2: just about every character is introduced early so you’re probably right.
3: yep it’s set in 2019 or 18
4: Metatron is in the series but he’s only in one scene.
5: the scene of Aziraphale and Crowley on the battlefield is just backstory
6: they are at a air base Crowley manages to stop time for a second so they can talk to Adam before Satan arrived.
7: They watch Adam fight a lion with the fiery sword from the wall.
8: While they do use quite a few Queen songs I never heard them explicitly state the classic joke about leaving the tape in a car for longer than a fortnight so they kinda half did it I guess.
9: like you stated at the end they did keep that joke about the machine guns but it was not graphic so I didn’t think it was in bad taste.
10: the narrator explains the telephone line thing while it happens so it was still out of left field.
11: satan does end up on earth but not long enough to fight anyone before Adam sends him back to hell.
Also while I love this series all of the special effects budget was clearly spent on satan Adam’s glowing red eyes look terrible
Yes.
Aziraphale and Crowley’s fights mostly have to do with Aziraphale thinking he has to dislike Crowley just because Crowley is a demon. Aziraphale is a bit uptight. But I adore that Michael sheen decided that Aziraphale loves Crowley because Aziraphale's angelic nature calls him to love everyone. This really is a platonic love story between Aziraphale and Crowley.
Most of Metatron’s parts ended up being given to Gabriel, I think.
@@EvaSnyder Michael sheen played Aziraphale to love Crowley because he's a HUUUUGE ineffable husbands shipper, let's be honest with ourselves
Pollution is also non-binary rather than a woman
@@dcasey714 They are actually called "them" by god so
“It’s very funny.”
Usually “funny” things arent that funny to me.
“There’s a lot of dry wit and sarcasm.”
*DING DONG I WAS WRONG*
I also got hella emotional about Gaiman revealing that the show was a labor of love...I hope you enjoyed the show as much as I did. I thought it was absolutely incredible.
Your feelings for Terry Pratchett are felt wholly. I love, love, love his work, including this book.
... I actually have a black cat named Crowley.
I have a black and white Cat named Aziraphale, they should be friends!
a friend of mine is talking about getting a snake called Crowley, I think it sounds adoreble😊
Tweet it to Gaimen! He loves pets and is on a Good Omens retweet spree
I almost named my snake azira lol
I literally gasped when I saw the thumbnail
Good Omens was the mark of the beginning of my romance with Neil Gaiman.
Thank you.
Btw, This comes 10 days after my birthday and I consider this the best gift Terry and Neil could have ever given me
Edit: I didn’t want this show to end and treated it the same way Charlie from Charlie and The Chocolate Factory book would eat his birthday gift.
It was lovely and I wish I could experience this again for the first time
GrimSister It comes out on my birthday. I have very similar feelings.
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My birthday is the 21st as well, and this is indeed a FANTASTIC present
Um same
I love he's like, "Oh they're not gonna keep the Queen music... Ir the machine guns" and I'm here like OH BOY THEY DID THO
I have goosebumps over the big feels you shared at the end. Terry Pratchett is and ever shall be a treasure. RIP Sir Pratchett 😢
GNU STP
I wonder how many times filming of this was interrupted by Sir Terry (the cat)
Thank you for reminding me to watch the vids to the very end! (up until the end, I was wondering, "To. What. In the Heck is this guy referring?"
@Emperor Robert Dom is the person of Sir Terry (cats really don't have owners, they have people)
@King Thatcher Watch all the way till the end. As in, ALL THE WAY, past the patreon stuff etc.
I got the Masterclass ad featuring Neil Gaiman in it when beginning to watch this episode. How appropriate.
DeathShade I love that ad.
Anyone still obsessed to the gills with good omens and can't wait for him to review it?
Yeah, looking forward to it
Yes
In regards to the scene of them meeting on the battlefield in armour, I always assumed it was meant to reference the period when their Arrangement started, sometime in the Middle Ages, if I remember correctly.
and yes. Gosh. I'm excited too.
here's an anecdote for you-- when I first heard of Good Omens in 2008 (thanks, fan fiction), I went to my local library to see if I could get a copy. I was told by the staff there that they had actually stopped keeping copies of it on hand in my branch, and at the sister libraries in the surrounding area, because so many people would borrow it and then never return it that eventually it became too expensive to keep replacing the lost books.
I just love how honest you are with you feelings. There's nothing wrong with being so moved by a book. Thank you for sharing that with us. :)
You predicted a lot wrong, but I'm grateful for it, loved the series so much!!!
I absolutely love the book, it's in my top 3 of all time, it was translated beautifully to TV.
That's my first video on your chanel, but I will continue watching and can't wait to see what you think of the series.
That wink destroyed me. "Well made, British things."
"Its quite far down the list"
More than 2 years down the list apparently.
Love this book! Just got to see the first episode at the Hollywood Forever cemetery last night. Neil Gaiman was there to introduce it with some heartfelt words about Pratchett. I really liked the episode they've done a marvelous job! Tennant was fantastic and adorable per usual! Thank u Dominic for all u do, ur one of the reasons I'm such an Anglophile!💋
I agree with you on everything, and that sounds like a wonderful night. Here's hoping for the series!
It's a Pratchett adaptation with Tennant & Sheen as Lead characters
If you are not hyped there's sth wrong with you
I'm so glad I watched until the end. Your cat, Sir Terry Pratchet, is adorable.
U should do a Lost in Adaptation for The Golden Compass since the HBO reboot is coming soon.
I was going to comment this, too. I am beyond excited for the show and would love to hear what Dom has to say about the previous movie adaptation.
The world seemed a little cheap and not as fantastic as the movie
Adrian Moreno it’s half half there’s stuff they should have kept that was in the movie and some stuff they did great in the tv show. Of course the TV show goes right to the end of the book unlike the film. Even the Author stated in an interview he knows it won’t be prefect and things will be changed and he’s cool with it 🤷♀️ as someone who loves his books I prefer the tv show
I recently discovered this channel, and figured that with your love of Sir Terry, a video talking about his work would be a fun time. Don't get me wrong, it was a fantastic video, but I hadn't heard the story that the TV show was his dying wish, and I don't think I've related more to anyone than the anguish in your eyes at the end. God bless you for your work, and god damn you for making me weep openly at a TH-cam video.
I personally am a person of faith and even though I haven't finished this book it in no way offends me. I'd like to think that other people of faith would feel the same but that's not always the case. Love your videos dominic noble
Same. I find it important to keep a sense of humour about these things - if for no other reason then that other people are perfectly entitled to their own faith orientation - including none.
It breaks my heart to see how deeply the passing of Sir Pratchett effects The Dom!
I thought this was going to be hard to get through because I also love and miss Terry Pratchett but I only cried once :) please wink at us beautiful watchers more often, it made me feel special
I am STILL mourning the loss of Terry Pratchett. Good Omens was the first book of his I'd ever read and it changed my life for the better. I picked it up randomly in an airport bookstore and my family spent the next three days snowed in together laughing until we cried. I gave it to every friend on their birthday that year and quoted whole passages with my sister from memory. We still read it. We still laugh. We still cry. My partner and I still keep each other up at night talking about everything Pratchett has moved us to think and feel. Nice to see I'm not alone. :}
The Dom, you shining pinnacle of masculine triumph, I too adore the novel, having discovered it by chance six years. Despite being a born-and-raised American, I love dry/absurdist humor and the works of Sir Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman and Douglas Adams work perfectly for me. Thankfully (at least in my humble opinion), the show was actually pretty good. It was surprisingly faithful to the book and whatever changes they made, be it adding stuff in or taking stuff out, actually worked in the show's favor. I was amazed by the fact that so much of the book's narrations made it in and how spot-on the characters were portrayed by their respective actors, particularly Michael Sheen, David Tennant, Michael McKean, Jack Whitehall, Miranda Richardson and Brian Cox.
Pretty sure Metatron will still be in the show. Neil said Gabriel was from some cut material and material from a sequel that never happened.
Megatron can't show up. Alan Rickman is no more T_T
Mirjan Bouma Well Emperor Claudius himself has decided to step up and do it.
Im a fan of the discworld novels so all i can say is: all hail Terry Pratchett.
Sending you a bit of love Dom, this video must have been difficult ❤
TH-cam decided to recommend this video to me...even though I watched it way back when it first dropped...and now I'm on tenterhooks about an eventual Lost in Adaptation covering the series! I'd forgotten that this had been promised!
Crowley looks orders of magnitude better with reddish burnt hair, matching his fiery origins. Would have been fine with dark hair but wow I am super attracted to Tennant in this asthetic.
I mean, the Highlander TV show licensed Princes of the Universe for every single episode for six seasons, maybe Queen is easier to deal with than we think.
We need a review of what you thought of the show now! I was completely in love with it!
I’d love to see a full review of this someday. I really loved the book and thought it was a great adaptation
My birthday is May 31st, and Good Omens is one of my favorite books. Best. Birthday. Gift. Ever.
It's also one of my absolute favourite books. I hope you see the tv series starting tomorrow and they're a good birthday present for you!
@@Adara007 Oh, they totally were the best present! I hope that you enjoyed them as well.
I love the shirt. I need to buy one like that.
Same.
As a Terry Pratchett freak who went to the first North American Discworld convention as a 16 year old with my dad so we could see the gentleman in person, I’m so happy you’re sharing your happiness with us. Those who know can feel happy all over again, and those who don’t can find out. I wore black when I found out about his death, but it’s wonderful to go back again and again to his work and feel that appreciation. I think that I feel that about this adaptation and it’s not just the casting and the Neil Gaiman involvement.
**goes into Amazon to order the book**
thank you for the recommendation
Looking forward to the full Lost in Adaptation episode hopefully soon. I know I was impressed with it. Can't wait to hear your full thoughts.
Watching this after having watched the series in its entirety. Great show
I absolutely loved this show! My sister never read the book, and isn't really into fantasy type shows, but she loved it as well! Very obviously a labor of love on Neil Gaiman's part. I can't wait to see the Lost In Adaptation episode on this!
I really hope you do the adaptation soon!
It's so touching where you can tell he is trying not to cry finding out this was a tribute to PTerry. Yes, we feel that way too. Every interview vid where Neil has to talk about what he hopes Terry would like with the show, he's nearly crying too. There's so much love for the man, it touches everyone involved in Good Omens and it shows on film. I hope one day we get to see your review.
Okay, that wink... That WINK! lol I mean, I'm already a long time fan, always hit that like button, share the relevant videos with friends... but then there are moments like THAT WINK which make me wish there was a bonus button to hit that would immediately send you hugs, kisses and some confetti to rain down on you. You're so brill
Oh boy I am excited for the lost in adaptation!
Wouldn’t it be ironic if Sir Terry saw Neil Gaiman’s iconic depiction of Death rather than his own?
He’d probably think that was funny.
Oh yes he'd have a good long chuckle at that. I also think either their embodiments of Death would be the best to see at the end of ones life. Both Deaths so well capture the joy and understanding of life.
What if Death consisted of many forms? That way, we could have Terry Pratchett's Death arguing with Neil Gamian's Death over who gets the rights to claim him.
Leslie Mills The whole time Sir Terry is just laughing his ass off, and not regretting a single thing about his life.
@@lesliemills3153 I believe it's mentioned in the Discworld series that other worlds have their own versions of Death, based on what the majority believes them to be. DW's Death uses a scythe, while some of his contemporaries use modern farming equipment?
@@fruitygarlic3601 Yes, it was mentioned ("Reaper Man," If I remember correctly). However, the Death's seem to respect each others' boundaries. So, how would they settle any dispute where one character overlaps universes? Would the theoretically dead person find a way to exploit it?
Man you just made a subscriber of me. No one seems to give pratchett the praise he so rightly deserves. Yes it was a bit satire but that is often all ppl see and his work was so much more.
Watching this now after the show is out is so funny to me.
Hey Dom, when you do manage to do the LiA on Discworld adaptions, don't forget to do the Cosgrove Hall animated adaptions of Wyrd Sisters and Soul Music. The latter is especially good IMO
As someone who is Catholic and has a deep love for Terry Pratchett, I love this book so very, very much. I really hope the adaptation goes well.
So what did you think of the adaptation?
@@LifeCrier1 Honestly, I loved it. The changes didn't bother me as much as I thought they would. I still had a good time throughout.
I saw it today (Yes the hole thing)
And I LOVE it
I never read the book, but now I probably will read it
And I also love Terry Pratchett
I thought both the book and the show were great!
I thought the show was fantastic and while elements were removed, I did not miss them until after when I started thinking about the show in comparison to the book. But even then it wasn't something that took away, just left out and fairly minor elements.
@@VuldarLeveL I agree, the minor changes made (lack of the second group of the four horsemen and a few other things) were changes that didn't ruin anything for the overall story arc... I thought it was quite tastefully done
"I Would like to think that not to many people will get hung up on theological accuracy in a humorous book." Shhesh Dom. What world are you living in?
Awww! When you mentioned crying in a corner holding your copy of the book, I wanted to give you a hug.
My family watches the adaptation of the Hogfather every year on Christmas, and Sir Terry's cameo near the end of that film breaks me everytime I see it.
Watching Hogfather has become a personal tradition of mine. Damn I miss Sir Terry...
@@wordforger He was the best. I don't know where I would be without some of his books.
If anyone is interested David Tenant did do a podcast with Michael Sheen and it does tell you a little more about it all getting made xx
Do you have a link for it?
The podcast is called “David Tennant does a podcast with...” it’s good
LMAO “ I don’t think they’ll keep the thing about switching the paintball guns with real gun” 😬😬😬😬😬😬
Insert comment about interrupting Eurovision here
Besides that really looking forward to watching it when I can Dom
I know, still gives me time to figure out who Iceland d where angry at.
I think you are going to need a longer video
Yep. I'm gonna watch it right after Eurovision
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Same with me 😂
I didn't know Sir Terry had passed until a while after it happened, it was such a shock I actually burst into tears right then and there. I still have not been able to read his final Discworld book, "The Shepherd's Crown", because then I'll know that it is truly the end of his legacy. I don't know if I will ever be able to read it, maybe one day. His death affected me more than I could have ever expected.
RIP Sir Terry
I know how you feel, I too haven't been able to make myself read the final books even though I've gone through the rest of them multiple times both hard copy and as audiobooks. I
'd also like to say thank you to SkyOne for making the 'Hogfather' adaptation as it was my introduction into the Discworld.
Same. It would mean there really won't be any new books :-(
I saw this video come up and my heart literally skipped a beat!
This book came to me at a rough time in my life (I had recently lost my grandfather, my clinical anxiety was in a spiral, I was becoming socially withdrawn). But Sir Terry & Neil Gaiman's story got me to see the joy and humor in life again, to the point where good 'ol Aziraphale and Crowley are like friends. I'm glad to see this book and the other works of these literally geniuses are so important to you too! New favorite video on the channel! (PS: I thought I had made this comment already, but it looks like TH-cam might have lost it or something? Ah well, should post now!)
I'm Christian and I loved the show the Noah's ark scene was very Monty Python " Life of Brain " if I'm being honest crowley's reservations reminded me of myself in Sunday school
I just adore you and your videos.
I have a few British friends (mother and son) that I haven’t gotten to see much since quarantine started. They’re some of the most lovely, genuine, and hilarious people I’ve ever met.
I enjoy watching these videos so much. No only are you super funny and reviewing books that I both have enjoyed or hated with a passion, but your sense of humor reminds me so much of Deb and Mike it’s like listening to them talk about pretty much anything they’re passionate about.
If anyone here is going to watch The Omen, watch the original version
The one with Gregory Peck, right?
Watched the show and now I can't wait for your Lost in Adaptation video. It was just sooo good. I'll start on the book soon.
It's funny that there's low key homophobia, because this book is super popular with gay people because they see Aziraphale and Crowley as a couple. The show leans so hard into this and works so well.
Seeing you gush about a book you like is adorable to watch.
just heard the radio drama version, and my fingers are crossed for the show to be a better adaptation with Neil Gaiman's involvement being more than a cameo. Really enjoy this story, the book is fantastic.
Yes, we do indeed appreciate British things.😄
Dominic: I wonder if they'll keep the gay subtext
David Tennant, Michael Sheen, niel Gaiman, god, the forces of heaven, hell, Satan and Amazon: Subtext?
side note thanks for introducing me to this series Dominic
You made me cry. The loss of Sir Terry Pratchett was so great that I didn't realize I never really processed it.
So now I am re-reading the book, and will soon be re-watching the show.
I'm with you Dom--reading my well-thumbed book, crying over that last bit of information about Sir Terry's request, and sitting in Amazon for these last few weeks.
Still awaiting that video. I do hope it will come out some day
So, i know it’s been a year since this video and this is literally the video that inspired me to read the book. However, i would love to see your lost in translation video reviewing the tv show Vs book
Thank you so, so so much for making this video! I only recently discovered Good Omens from the trailers, and it looked so interesting, I started reading the book. And it's such a brilliant book. I ended up re-reading it in preparation for the upcoming adaptation, and I was really hoping you'd cover it in a video. Thank you again!
I listen to the Stephen Briggs-narrated audiobook about once every 2 months and I laugh at every joke every time. Crowley and Aziraphale's friendship is one of my favourite relationships in any novel ever and 90s homophobia aside it just has some amazing messages and morals.
Sir Terry is my favourite author too and I'm not over his death either, so the whole thing about this being one of his dying requests just f***ing floored me. It's also why I'm not too worried about the whole Gabriel inclusion - there's a few sources who say that Terry and Neil always meant to rewrite and expand the story if it was adapted (just as Douglas Adams never wrote HHGttG the same way twice) so I'm quietly hopeful. Plus Gaiman has already proven his adaptation chops with American Gods so I have no reason not to trust him on this.
My only criticisms of the trailers so far are that I wanted to hear A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square play over at least one shot of Crowley and Aziraphale at the Ritz. It'd better be playing over the end credits of the series or I will be writing letters.
David Tennant has a podcast and he's talked with Jon Hamm and the last episode with Michael Sheen. Turns out Michael is friends with Neil and was originally going to pay Crawley. I'm so excited to see this now! I need to read the book too.