Good
Omens 8/10
Over
the weekend I checked out the new Amazon series Good Omens. This is
the story of an angel and the demon who are both not that good at
their jobs who over thousands of years become sorta friends and
coworkers even though they have to keep their contact secret or else
they will both face terrible ass consequences. That is the short
version. The long version is that this show was really good, funny,
and creative as fuck but it could have been weirder. I know that may
sound strange for a show featuring hell zombies, asshole angels,
aliens with duck bills, and the city of Atlantis rising. But it felt
like the show was getting weirder and then got on track when it
should've continued to be odd. The special effects were cheesy but in
a good way that fit and I got the vibe of Hitchhiker's Guide To The
Galaxy while watching.
The
series starts off with Eve being tempted by a snake on the Garden of
Eden. By the way, Eve was fine as fuck. I need to point that out.
Even looked up the actress. So she gives Adam a bite and they get
some clothes on (boo...) and head out into the world. This angel
Aziraphale gives Adam his flaming sword. This demon Crowley (formerly
known as Crawley because of his snake form) asks if it was a good
idea. Az thinks so until he witnesses Adam cut a lions head off. In
present day there is a plan to have the son of Satan switched with
this American diplomats kid and 11 years later he is supposed to help
start Armageddon. These crazy ass nuns end up mixing up the kids and
the son of Satan goes to this nice English family while who they
think is Satan's kid heads with the diplomat. Az and Crowley kinda
like living on Earth and do not really want shit to go down. Az and
Crowley takes job as the kid they think is Satan's kid named Warlock
nanny and gardener. They both teach him to be both good and evil.
This
post man is going around the world delivering packages to the
Horsemen of the Apocalypse. He finds war at a peace treaty signing
where she says she is a reporter. She gets her sword and the treaty
ends with everyone shooting one another. Famine is opening a chain of
restaurants where no actual food but “Chow” is served. Pollution
is the newest Horseman (and hot) after Pestilence retired after
penicillin was invented. Death arrives after the delivery guy kills
himself to deliver his package which was just a message. They all
gather on motorcycles and look badass as hell. Literally. Meanwhile
the son of Satan Adam is growing up pretty damned normal with his
friends until he meets this witch whose ancestor wrote a bunch of
prophecies gets him hooked on conspiracy theories. As he sleeps the
stuff comes true in the real world.
Az and
Crowley are in deep shit after it is revealed that the babies were
mixed up and that Az has been chumming around with a demon. There is
a lot of shit squeezed into six episodes and this actually may have
benefited from one or two more. The ending seemed kind of rushed
after such a big build up. I was hoping to see a huge cool battle but
got a bunch of annoying kids being annoying and saving the day. My
favorite parts were when any angel or demon was on screen. Not a huge
fan of the witch hunter stuff but they paced it well enough to not
wear out its welcome. This was a fun show and really weird. I would
suggest you check it out if you are a fan of the writers or any of
the actors and actresses in this.
David
Tennant as Crowley
Michael
Sheen as Aziraphale
Jon
Hamm as the Archangel Gabriel
Frances
McDormand as the voice of God
Ned
Dennehy as Hastur, Duke of Hell
Ariyon
Bakare as Ligur
Anna
Maxwell Martin as Beelzebub
Josie
Lawrence as Agnes Nutter
Adria
Arjona as Anathema Device
Michael
McKean as Witchfinder Sergeant Shadwell
Jack
Whitehall as Newton Pulsifer
Miranda
Richardson as Madame Tracy
Mireille
Enos as War
Lourdes
Faberes as Pollution
Yusuf
Gatewood as Famine
Brian
Cox as the voice of Death
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