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