formerlyfreedom April 2, 2017 Share April 2, 2017 A spot to speculate about the second season of American Gods without spoilers or book talk. Speculate away! Link to comment
Kanaloa June 21, 2017 Share June 21, 2017 East Asian deities or bust for Season 2 - they were singlehandedly the book's biggest weakness due to NG's lack of familiarity with the nation's western half. Given the rumours about a proposed setting in a Nissei internment camp, it would be the perfect opportunity to get Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa from "Man in the High Castle" (or even George Takei ) to portray Hachiman or Susano-o as the Shinto Vulcan/Hephaestus who endures. At the same time, there should be an Overseas Chinese "Coming to America" vignette in the late nineteenth century dealing with a concubine who beseeches Xi Wang Mu - as played by Lucy Liu of "Elementary" or Ming-Na Wen from "Agents of Shield" - to free her from the upcoming ghost wedding, in the process poisoning the other lasses on board as a tribute to the Taoist deity before docking in San Francisco. 2 Link to comment
WatchrTina June 23, 2017 Share June 23, 2017 I really enjoyed the Sprawl Trilogy by William Gibson (Neuromancer, Count Zero, and Mona Lisa Overdrive) wherein he explores the nature of the Haitian Voodoo deities, the loa, including Papa Legba. They would definitely have been carried onto the mainland of America by Haitians so I won't be surprised if they turn up later on in American Gods. 2 Link to comment
Eneya June 25, 2017 Share June 25, 2017 On 6/24/2017 at 1:08 AM, WatchrTina said: I really enjoyed the Sprawl Trilogy by William Gibson (Neuromancer, Count Zero, and Mona Lisa Overdrive) wherein he explores the nature of the Haitian Voodoo deities, the loa, including Papa Legba. They would definitely have been carried onto the mainland of America by Haitians so I won't be surprised if they turn up later on in American Gods. This needs to reach Gaiman... Link to comment
walnutqueen June 25, 2017 Share June 25, 2017 Dear Ian McShane: I will follow you to the ends of the earth, but I beseech you to quit this shitshow before I do ... Too late. Link to comment
SophieDelago June 27, 2017 Share June 27, 2017 On 24/06/2017 at 0:08 AM, WatchrTina said: I really enjoyed the Sprawl Trilogy by William Gibson (Neuromancer, Count Zero, and Mona Lisa Overdrive) wherein he explores the nature of the Haitian Voodoo deities, the loa, including Papa Legba. They would definitely have been carried onto the mainland of America by Haitians so I won't be surprised if they turn up later on in American Gods. I like the idea of getting some Voodoo Deities in there, especially Papa Legba. It could even be some sort of Old/New God hybrid - like the loa within the matrix, you could have a cyber voodoo deity that's teamed up with the Internet. I'd also love to see season 2 released on Netflix. I'm not the biggest fan of having to wait a week just to see one episode (you can tell I'm a millennial). That being said I was reading about a number of different other streaming services such as Amazon and Hulu and I'd be happy for the show to be picked up by any of them. I also think that these studios can allocate a higher budget and, because of that, write a lengthier and better story resulting in more than 10 episodes per season. Link to comment
Which Tyler June 27, 2017 Share June 27, 2017 Wasn't this already an Amazon production? Quite honestly though, I don't think this is a show that fits with binge-watching; it goes off on far too many tangents for that to really work. 1 Link to comment
vavera4ka June 29, 2017 Share June 29, 2017 (edited) On 6/27/2017 at 10:13 AM, Which Tyler said: Wasn't this already an Amazon production? Quite honestly though, I don't think this is a show that fits with binge-watching; it goes off on far too many tangents for that to really work. I actually think that it's much better without a week in between the episodes. It's probably not binge-it-till-you-drop show, but an episode or two per day every day - yes. I watched first 4 episodes as they came out, an then waited till the season was done to see how it flows without long wait. My verdict: much better. Idk if me having read the book proves or hinders my point lol Edited June 29, 2017 by vavera4ka Cause my browser is stupid, deciding that "enter" means "delete everything I just typed" 1 Link to comment
WatchrTina April 14, 2018 Share April 14, 2018 Well I just finished re-watching season 1. When episode 8 ended, here is where things stood: Easter/Ostara has just given a new gods a major thumb-in-the-eye by sucking everything green right back into the ground. We're not getting Spring this year until she gets her fair share of worship (or at least that seems to be the plan.) Bilquis is a double-agent, an old god who has been co-opted by the new, and she's on her way to "The House on the Rock" via bus. Easter's blight has reached there as well. Mad Sweeney's plan to get his coin back has failed because Ostara could not give her gift of re-birth to Laura. Ostara says she can't undo a death that was done by another god. Aaaand now Laura has squeezed the truth about her death (Wednesday/Odin was behind it) out of Mad Sweeney while squeezing his nuts into raisins. And now Laura would like a word with her husband. I cannot WAIT to see how Wednesday/Odin is going to explain his role in Laura's death while still holding on to Shadow's loyalty. I wonder if Shadow's new-found faith in Wednesday/Odin ("I believe!") will withstand the news that Odin had Laura killed. Link to comment
WatchrTina March 26, 2019 Share March 26, 2019 On 4/14/2018 at 3:28 PM, WatchrTina said: I cannot WAIT to see how Wednesday/Odin is going to explain his role in Laura's death while still holding on to Shadow's loyalty. I wonder if Shadow's new-found faith in Wednesday/Odin ("I believe!") will withstand the news that Odin had Laura killed. Well, here it is -- almost a year later -- and I'm still waiting. I am AMAZED that Odin's role in Laura's death was completely glossed over in the first few episodes of Season 2 (I've seen three now). For that matter, Ostara's god-level-hissy fit in the form of a blight upon the land also seems to have been completely forgotten. Damn, that is some really bad continuity (or lack thereof) 2 Link to comment
Nashville March 27, 2019 Share March 27, 2019 17 hours ago, WatchrTina said: For that matter, Ostara's god-level-hissy fit in the form of a blight upon the land also seems to have been completely forgotten. Damn, that is some really bad continuity (or lack thereof) In terms of the show’s continuity timeline, though, wasn’t Ostara’s demonstration of power only a couple of days ago? Link to comment
Pallas March 27, 2019 Share March 27, 2019 The blight was mentioned on the news in "The House on the Rock," but said to be local to only a portion of Kentucky. Not as it appeared to be in 2017. 1 Link to comment
WatchrTina March 27, 2019 Share March 27, 2019 9 hours ago, Nashville said: In terms of the show’s continuity timeline, though, wasn’t Ostara’s demonstration of power only a couple of days ago? That's true. And Pallas' observation that there was a mention of in on the radio is (I think) also true. But in Season 1 Easter's action was depicted as being HUGE. And now it's like, eh, that happened. Oh and Easter is boycotting the carousel get-together because she's mad Wednesday ran over some bunnies. Okaaaay. This show is all about the willful suspension of disbelief ("I BELIEVE!") but some of these plot discontinuities and rationalizations for missing-in-action deities are tough to swallow. 2 Link to comment
Nashville March 28, 2019 Share March 28, 2019 4 hours ago, Pallas said: The blight was mentioned on the news in "The House on the Rock," but said to be local to only a portion of Kentucky. Not as it appeared to be in 2017. You mean - “the news” as read by anchors off Technology-driven teleprompters, and distributed by Media? 😉 1 Link to comment
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