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American Gods |OT| You Had Me At Bryan Fuller - Sundays on Starz
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Alligatorjandro
Banned
Hopefully we can get more gods and less focus on Laura.
Book spoilers for the bolded part:
according to a storyboard sketch that Bryan Fuller shared on twitter, it's meant to be Mr. Wood
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
I think the technology boy would be in charge of stuff like Google and data; and a business god like Mr. World would naturally be in control of and depend heavily on him.
MrS
Banned
Worst episode of the season so far imo. Browning's and Anderson's acting was fucking awful. Like, really bad. Laura Moon is entirely loathsome and it's a shitshow whenever she's on screen. The kid who plays technical boy is shite too. At least McShane and Pablo Schreiber are consistently excellent.
Maintenance
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Laura is easily dragging this show down to me. I might just FF the next scenes with her.
Blackpanther25
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Hmmm makes sense. It would explain why he is powerful and why he is trying to rebrand Wednesday.
Least favorite episode of the bunch, so far. Not only did they spell out what was going on, they beat you about the head and shoulders with it. Seriously dumbed down to help those who can't parse storytelling, which is a shame, because they've done such a great job up until this point letting the ambiguity ride and letting it out a little at a time.
So I was disappointed when the bad guys turn up, tell everyone who hasn't figured it out who Wednesday is, and then proceed to explain the plot in explicit detail.
Gillian Anderson was also really off this episode, and the guy playing the Technical Boy is just irritating. Glover was fun, though.
Actually, my favorite scene in the whole thing was either the CGI side-story or Laura kicking the shit out of Mad Sweeney. I hope next week gets it back together.
So I was disappointed when the bad guys turn up, tell everyone who hasn't figured it out who Wednesday is, and then proceed to explain the plot in explicit detail.
Gillian Anderson was also really off this episode, and the guy playing the Technical Boy is just irritating. Glover was fun, though.
Actually, my favorite scene in the whole thing was either the CGI side-story or Laura kicking the shit out of Mad Sweeney. I hope next week gets it back together.
I liked that they told us what is going on not because the audiences needed to hear it but because Shadow did. I mean, even after seeing his dead wife, he was still wondering if a floating lady is "real", mothafucka, I think zombies are more unbelievable than floating. Hopefully he isn't so confused by everything and he'll actually be more proactive with what is happening.
Yeah. And the irony is, people still aren't getting it.
captjohnboyd
Member
I thought it was pretty obvious Mr.World was the Internet but some of these other suggestions seem valid as well. Either way what an amazing episode. LOVE me some Sweeny
Admiral Woofington
Member
The New Gods just steal every fucking scene they're in. All except for Anansi, who has yet to appear again. I love how Gillian Anderson was really playing it up since she was dressed as MM, and like overacting everything in her voice lmao
TheNatureBoy
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Show isn't fully clicking for me, but I remain somewhat interested in where it is going. Definitely operating on a different vibe though.
Technical Boy is the internet, Mr. World's background is a bit more complicated.
Admiral Woofington
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More_Badass
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So everyone understands who Wednesday is now, right?
He's some kind of god of space ships?
Maintenance
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Rocket Raccoon?
Lovejoy ?
I'm really happy with this adaptation so far. Probably one of the best book adaptations I've seen. As a book reader, I'm almost always dissatisfied with original, changed or filler material, but I'm liking a lot of what's been added and the straight book to screen translations like Czernobog or the Bank Heist are perfect.
My only complaints really are the ep2 Anansi scene feels completely out of character for the God he is and how he's protrayed in this and Anansi Boys and the sex scenes in ep2 & 3 drag on too long, plus the Bilqis stuff just feels like filler T&A considering her book subplot.
Which means they did a good job and it hit the right line.
My only complaints really are the ep2 Anansi scene feels completely out of character for the God he is and how he's protrayed in this and Anansi Boys and the sex scenes in ep2 & 3 drag on too long, plus the Bilqis stuff just feels like filler T&A considering her book subplot.
Which means they did a good job and it hit the right line.
I always thought Mr. World was
I guess he's probably updated for the show... like the living consciousness of information (satellites and government information). Suppose we'll find out eventually.
the living embodiment of modern globalization. The thing that keeps media and technology in line.
I guess he's probably updated for the show... like the living consciousness of information (satellites and government information). Suppose we'll find out eventually.
Curt Baboon
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- A|V Club Review: American Gods is full of honest answers and open deception.
- Guardian: American Gods recap: season one, episode five David Bowie rules the world.
- Vulture: American Gods Recap: A Whole New World.
- EW: American Gods recap: 'Lemon Scented You'.
- TVLine: American Gods Recap: New World Order.
- THR: 'American Gods': Gillian Anderson Discusses Her Many Media Roles.
- Guardian: American Gods recap: season one, episode five David Bowie rules the world.
- Vulture: American Gods Recap: A Whole New World.
- EW: American Gods recap: 'Lemon Scented You'.
- TVLine: American Gods Recap: New World Order.
- THR: 'American Gods': Gillian Anderson Discusses Her Many Media Roles.
Moff
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The god of satellites yuri gagarin
Beren the Empty-Handed
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Solid stuff, even if the show got super handholdy. Apparently some people needed it though, and were upset that everything wasn't given to them all at once.
Then he's doing it perfectly.
Then he's doing it perfectly.
Admiral Woofington
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Why are you surprised?
She's shown to be a cheater with borderline sociopathic tendencies that never truly loved her husband as he loved her, and on the day he was coming back couldn't help but be nice to the poor guy she was fucking by giving him a blow job.
Look ultimately doesn't matter how much they try to develop her character, fact of the matter is that most folks won't like her because beneath it all being cheated on is something many have experienced and can never forgive, and she's so nonchalant about it.
I can bet many are glad that shadow told her that he wasn't her puppy anymore.
Pretty much. I can sympathize with depression but it doesn't excuse what she did. Even in this episode she's just as selfish.
That said, she's still a more interesting character than Shadow and I'm somewhat interested in seeing how things will play out with her. I just think she's a terrible person.
I think the show plays with preconceptions well.
You get a one dimension start of the character (her death), then in the fourth episode, it is shown that she is the way she is because her life holds no meaning to her (rightfully so?).
In that episode, we can clearly see that for Shadow, her presence was more important than the other way around. Cheating or no cheating ,that relationship almost ended with her asking for the spray to kill herself with again. And if not that, it was clearly not a working relationship, other than them having sex.
She is a broken character, but not an evil one. And a very interestingly broken character.
What? It does not excuse? It would not have excused a suicide too? Psychology does not agree with you, tbh. She is selfish, just like the rest (99%) of the cast, with the sole exception of Shadow.
You get a one dimension start of the character (her death), then in the fourth episode, it is shown that she is the way she is because her life holds no meaning to her (rightfully so?).
In that episode, we can clearly see that for Shadow, her presence was more important than the other way around. Cheating or no cheating ,that relationship almost ended with her asking for the spray to kill herself with again. And if not that, it was clearly not a working relationship, other than them having sex.
She is a broken character, but not an evil one. And a very interestingly broken character.
What? It does not excuse? It would not have excused a suicide too? Psychology does not agree with you, tbh. She is selfish, just like the rest (99%) of the cast, with the sole exception of Shadow.
I feel like she's supposed to be hated. I mean, nothing against Browning's performance, she's doing a great job, but the character herself seems to be jumping straight to 'clean slate' without any real remorse for her actions, let alone any acts of contrition.
I actually enjoyed the character more before this episode, when her actions were justified by and an articulation of her numbing depression. Now, it's pretty much just "Shadow glows yellow, ergo I love him. Everything's cool, right?" It sort of just gutted her character, and not even the awesome-as-usual Mad Sweeney swooping in to share her scenes could save her.
molnizzle
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It was so fucking necessary, and honestly way too late. Should have happened in the first or second episode. I was glad they finally put the cards on the table and explained what the fuck was going on. The first few episodes were ridiculously obtuse and pretentious as hell.
Oh man. So happy.
I'm amazed that anyone doesn't. Something is seriously wrong with anyone who can empathize with a character like Laura.
RoyaleDuke
Banned
What I got of Mr.World was that he was
God.
captjohnboyd
Member
Is he though? I just assumed he was "tech", ipods, iphones, connected refrigerators, smart tvs etc
This is the ultimate issue I take with the perception that Laura's sin and morality take precedent over her place as a character in the show.
This isn't something that anyone applied to Wednesday when he's clearly using Shadow to his own ends, or Chernobog when he decided to put Shadow's life on the line in a game just because he wants to relive the good old days, or Bilquis whose eating innocent people alive through sex acts, and so on.
Hatred of Laura's immorality overshadows her perception when it doesn't with other characters. It comes off as a double standard for her. I don't try to excuse Laura's actions. I just don't see a reason why she should be judged via morality as a character. No one else is.
If this episode was supposed to make us more sympathetic towards Laura then they failed. I mean, she's a good character and she brings some interesting stuff to the table, but she's still a shit person who I've no sympathy for.
So, I dunno, I think she's gonna stay unlikable for a while if episode 4 was supposed to redeem her as a person to the audience.
Also, lol @ "this ho, get her out of here".
So, I dunno, I think she's gonna stay unlikable for a while if episode 4 was supposed to redeem her as a person to the audience.
Also, lol @ "this ho, get her out of here".
Something is seriously wrong with this kind of thinking. This is tribalism meeting sheep mentality cranked up to eleven.
What you are basically saying is: "if you have empathy, you are sick as well". Think that over, please, before repeating it.
I wouldn't call suicide a selfish act. It's the last resort of someone who thinks there is nothing left. It's different that how Laura acts, how she seemingly has no regret or remorse. She knows what she's doing and how it affects the people around her. I mean she just wants Shadow because he's a literally beacon of light to her.
Though yea, Wednesday is also self-serving but I guess it doesn't bother me as much because he's not masking that.