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!@#$%! · 10.09.2018, 10:07 AM

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To me, the book feels far more understated. I never would have assumed that the “real” scenes of Shadow in prison, or chillin’ with Wednesday would be rendered in such maximal/saturated visual detail... Honestly, not even the “dream” scenes like the meeting of Techno Boy felt that way to me.

which is what im saying. the creativity of the visual team rules all here. their job is not to reconstruct how severian felt the book. their job is to make something awesome. and they DID. forget the book, or you for a moment. this teevee show is glorious.

In my mind, while reading, it all feels quite “normal” looking until this certain point in the book (they haven’t arrived there in the show yet) where the “real” and the “dream” stuff become one and the same very clearly. After that it’s anything goes, but I always expected the story to look quite normal until that point.

eh

But... I also thought Shadow should be played by either Clive Owen (or, if they wanted an older energy, Bruce Willis), and that Wednesday NEEDED to be played by the dude in Jurassic Park... the dead Attenborough... know the one? With the white beard, yeah?
And I thought Anansi should be a “The Shining”-age Scatman Crothers... sooooo, obviously I did not have the same vision, but you can tell I’ve been thinking about this for a LONG ass time.

ha ha ha. am i ever so glad you did not cast this show, white man

OH, and I thought Terry Gilliam was *fucking born* to direct this thing.

nah. gilliam is too much gilliam. one diva per couple.

Anywho... I do think it’s worth a read. You like Sandman, yes?
Well, Gaiman was still in kind of a Sandmany place when he wrote the book, so a lot of those themes are present in it, and there’s a simialar writing and pacing style.

well sure it is evident gaiman likes to fuck with myth. it’s his thing isn’t it? not a surprise.

i happen to like myths too which is why gaiman appeals to me in the first place. yeah.

Gotta read it before you die. Solid book. I prefer it to “Neverwhere” even if he perfected his style and tone even more later on with “The Ocean at the End of the Lane.”

i like his stories. his PLOTS. his style and tone are fine, but do not blow me away. his plots blow me away. hence, sandman, and now this.

Also calling it “early” Gaiman as I did in my last post is kind of misleading. It’s not that early.

yeah 2001 publication

but this show!!

apparently gaiman himself is now showrunner for next season

10.09.2018, 10:07 AM	#2211
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,479	having a hard time with the quote codes in mobile, so, will italicize you instead To me, the book feels far more understated. I never would have assumed that the “real” scenes of Shadow in prison, or chillin’ with Wednesday would be rendered in such maximal/saturated visual detail... Honestly, not even the “dream” scenes like the meeting of Techno Boy felt that way to me. which is what im saying. the creativity of the visual team rules all here. their job is not to reconstruct how severian felt the book. their job is to make something awesome. and they DID. forget the book, or you for a moment. this teevee show is glorious. In my mind, while reading, it all feels quite “normal” looking until this certain point in the book (they haven’t arrived there in the show yet) where the “real” and the “dream” stuff become one and the same very clearly. After that it’s anything goes, but I always expected the story to look quite normal until that point. eh But... I also thought Shadow should be played by either Clive Owen (or, if they wanted an older energy, Bruce Willis), and that Wednesday NEEDED to be played by the dude in Jurassic Park... the dead Attenborough... know the one? With the white beard, yeah? And I thought Anansi should be a “The Shining”-age Scatman Crothers... sooooo, obviously I did not have the same vision, but you can tell I’ve been thinking about this for a LONG ass time. ha ha ha. am i ever so glad you did not cast this show, white man OH, and I thought Terry Gilliam was fucking born* to direct this thing.* nah. gilliam is too much gilliam. one diva per couple. Anywho... I do think it’s worth a read. You like Sandman, yes? Well, Gaiman was still in kind of a Sandmany place when he wrote the book, so a lot of those themes are present in it, and there’s a simialar writing and pacing style. well sure it is evident gaiman likes to fuck with myth. it’s his thing isn’t it? not a surprise. i happen to like myths too which is why gaiman appeals to me in the first place. yeah. Gotta read it before you die. Solid book. I prefer it to “Neverwhere” even if he perfected his style and tone even more later on with “The Ocean at the End of the Lane.” i like his stories. his PLOTS. his style and tone are fine, but do not blow me away. his plots blow me away. hence, sandman, and now this. Also calling it “early” Gaiman as I did in my last post is kind of misleading. It’s not that early. yeah 2001 publication but this show!! apparently gaiman himself is now showrunner for next season
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