Good Omens

[Polarpenguin]

Good Omens is one of my favourite books,so am looking forward to watching this.
The Trailer looks great & the cast has some excellent actors in it.

Will also be having a re read before broadcast. BBC Radio did a good adaptation a couple of years ago too.

[frahse]

Originally Posted by Apache

Anyone else excited about the release of BBC 2 and Amazon's Good Omens? Once I know the release date I plan to reread it, again, right before it is broadcast.
https://youtu.be/2ZSXlNRRoGU
Apache

I just saw the trailer. I don't think I know it. Must have been caught in the misused titles.

[drjenkins]

Originally Posted by Barty

Did you see The Little Drummer Girl adaptation? I think that was a BBC co production. I have no idea how it compares to the book but it was superb and stylish.

I'm almost to the end of the unabridged audiobook now. The BBC production follows the book quite well. It is more faithful than the 1984 film.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by drjenkins

I'm almost to the end of the unabridged audiobook now. The BBC production follows the book quite well. It is more faithful than the 1984 film.

I enjoyed it, but not as much as "The Night Manager", which was superb.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

What I don't get is why UK TV seasons are so short. 6-10 episodes and that's it.

On the whole it's because the entire series will be the output of a single writer or very small writing team, and all the episodes will be filmed and complete before the series is shown on TV.

So all the episodes of a UK TV series are essential, and there are no 'filler' episodes by guest writers, or the 'B' writing team that do not advance the plot or character development in any significant way.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

On the whole it's because the entire series will be the output of a single writer or very small writing team, and all the episodes will be filmed and complete before the series is shown on TV.

So all the episodes of a UK TV series are essential, and there are no 'filler' episodes by guest writers, or the 'B' writing team that do not advance the plot or character development in any significant way.

I'd also make a distinction between TV series that tell a specific story (eg a book adaptation), and those which are simply episodic in nature. An adaptation of a book should tell the story in as few episodes are necessary to do the job properly, whereas an episodic series (eg something like "Death in Paradise" - a police series set on a Caribbean island) can essentially go on as long as it has fresh stories to tell.

[ottdmk]

I may actually get a Prime membership just because of this...

[ZodWallop]

I know it may get me chased off the board, but I remember not really caring for Good Omens. I haven't read any other Pratchett novels and while I like Neil Gaiman, I do think he's over-rated.

While I'm kicking sacred cows, I never could manage to get into The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy either.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

I know it may get me chased off the board, but I remember not really caring for Good Omens. I haven't read any other Pratchett novels and while I like Neil Gaiman, I do think he's over-rated.

While I'm kicking sacred cows, I never could manage to get into The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy either.

It's OK. Not everyone can have good taste and a sense of humour.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by ottdmk

I may actually get a Prime membership just because of this...

It would be an awful lot cheaper to buy the DVD .

[maddz]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

I know it may get me chased off the board, but I remember not really caring for Good Omens. I haven't read any other Pratchett novels and while I like Neil Gaiman, I do think he's over-rated.

While I'm kicking sacred cows, I never could manage to get into The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy either.

Reading HHGttG, I’d agree. I think it’s best as an audio experience; the TV and film were spoilt for me as I found myself speaking the dialogue a beat before the soundtrack.

I liked Good Omens, but I didn’t care much for much of Discworld - but it’s probably because I don’t find slapstick funny. I preferred the City Watch and Unseen University to the rest.

Gaiman I enjoy, but he can be a bit hit-or-miss.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

It's OK. Not everyone can have good taste and a sense of humour.

True. I'll have to continue to get by on my good looks and charisma

[ottdmk]

Originally Posted by HarryT

It would be an awful lot cheaper to buy the DVD .

True. However, there are a few other things available only on Prime that I've been meaning to check out. Good Omens would be more of a tipping point than a sole reason. (The main thing is that I'll confess to wanting to get into the resulting conversations about the adaptation on a timely basis.)

[gwynevans]

From the Radio Times web-page (https://www.radiotimes.com/news/on-d...ime-video-bbc/)

"All six hour-long episodes of the series are set to be released on Amazon Prime Video globally on Friday 31st May 2019.

According to Gaiman it will then air weekly on BBC2 in the UK around six months later (as it is a co-production between Amazon and the BBC). That’s expected to be followed by terrestrial TV broadcasts around the world."

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by HarryT

It would be an awful lot cheaper to buy the DVD .

Um...DVD needs to go the way of the dodo. It's low resolution and the time has come for DVD to go away. Blu-Ray is what should replace DVD and UHD DVD should replace Blu-Ray. And the prices should be adjusted as well so Blu-ray gets DVD prices and no longer come with a DVD and UHD DVD should get Blu-Ray prices.