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Good Omens reaction post
Jun. 20th, 2019 07:54 pmI have now finished watching Good Omens. The thing is, Good Omens was one of my first fandoms. I mostly lurked there, inhaling all of the fic, but I also wrote my very first piece of fan fiction there. So it has a special place in my heart.
I simultaneously loved the miniseries while also having issues with it, namely: I feel weird about actors. I don't want to think about the characters being played by actors, I just want them to be them. *facepalm* My issue is mostly with Crowley. I watch very little TV/movies, so I have not actually watched David Tennant in anything (except Hamlet, actually, years ago). But he's an actor who's in various stuff that people are fannish about, so I am aware of him as an actor. It's not that I have a detailed picture of Crowley in my head that he's not matching up with--it's just that I look at him and see David Tennant, not Crowley. I mean, I do think he did a good job! Sigh. Maybe I'll get used to it.
Aziraphale, on the other hand. I don't know the actor beforehand, which is maybe what makes the difference, but I think he was a perfect Aziraphale! His smile, wow, he just lights up the room. I totally buy that he is an angel. And the way he talks and his whole body language, yesss. That is Aziraphale. ♥
Like everyone else, I loved the flashback sequence. Can we have a whole spin-off series like that, please? And wow, they really leaned into the slash. That is not even subtext any more; it is text. ♥
I was a little bothered by the pronunciation of both Crowley and Aziraphale's names not matching up with my own pronunciation (and given podfic, I have put my own pronunciation out there). I don't know that I can change the way they're pronounced in my head.
...how have I made only one Good Omens podfic, though??
I simultaneously loved the miniseries while also having issues with it, namely: I feel weird about actors. I don't want to think about the characters being played by actors, I just want them to be them. *facepalm* My issue is mostly with Crowley. I watch very little TV/movies, so I have not actually watched David Tennant in anything (except Hamlet, actually, years ago). But he's an actor who's in various stuff that people are fannish about, so I am aware of him as an actor. It's not that I have a detailed picture of Crowley in my head that he's not matching up with--it's just that I look at him and see David Tennant, not Crowley. I mean, I do think he did a good job! Sigh. Maybe I'll get used to it.
Aziraphale, on the other hand. I don't know the actor beforehand, which is maybe what makes the difference, but I think he was a perfect Aziraphale! His smile, wow, he just lights up the room. I totally buy that he is an angel. And the way he talks and his whole body language, yesss. That is Aziraphale. ♥
Like everyone else, I loved the flashback sequence. Can we have a whole spin-off series like that, please? And wow, they really leaned into the slash. That is not even subtext any more; it is text. ♥
I was a little bothered by the pronunciation of both Crowley and Aziraphale's names not matching up with my own pronunciation (and given podfic, I have put my own pronunciation out there). I don't know that I can change the way they're pronounced in my head.
...how have I made only one Good Omens podfic, though??
