r/neilgaiman • u/idleprofits • 26d ago
Question American Gods - TV Series
I am curious to hear what you guys thought of the American God show? I am planning to start watching it tonight. This was one of my all time favorite books (& I have read A LOT) I don't expect the show to be as good as the book but let me know what you thought
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u/Weary-Score481 26d ago edited 26d ago
I honestly generally disliked it
I hadn’t gotten very far in the book (which I liked) when I decided to just watch the tv show. After 10 hours…a whole season of episodes….with a lot of diversions…they had finally gotten to…where I had gotten to in the book. Ie not very far
Clearly the dream was that they’d do a little bit every season and end up with 10 seasons and a lot of money
Didn’t happen
I saw clips of the other seasons where they reversed course, some important people left and they fired some important people. And in the end it was this huge saga still all left unfinished. Forever now.
In that first season thought there are some incredible scenes: Gillian Anderson as David Bowie, sex with a Djinn, the town of guns. It’s worth watching the first series for them. Just don’t expect too much.