Ethical Hedonism
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Her body is dead tissue.
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American Gods |OT| You Had Me At Bryan Fuller - Sundays on Starz
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Her body is dead tissue.
Don't need to spoiler tag. She's supposed to protect him and in that scenario needing a lot of strength to do so.
ShemhazaiX
Member
It's pretty much just because she's a zombie. Though I don't remember her explicitly being shown to have super strength in the book. The scene we're discussing didn't happen in the books (however, there is a similar moment much later) so it's mostly the writers / directors interpretation of it. She's not one of the gods,
it's just the coin he threw on her grave giving her life.
Well that's a rather interesting take away from the episode
whyamihere
Banned
Well. Huh.
I think the streaming app + spoiler issue needs to be clarified a bit. Cornballer? The videos don't seem to be early 'leaks' but instead a deliberate Starz release schedule. Even though I won't be watching the episodes on Sunday morning, I don't think those who do should put spoilers tags (I'll avoid the thread after Saturday night until I watch the episode...)
Anyway. This episode was an amazing adaptation, with great storytelling and characterization (even though, nobody actually likes Laura). This is just the grounding that the show needed imo after the disorientating first episodes. I can now recommend to friends that they stick around at least to the fourth and I'm fully onboard for the rest of the season
Anyway. This episode was an amazing adaptation, with great storytelling and characterization (even though, nobody actually likes Laura). This is just the grounding that the show needed imo after the disorientating first episodes. I can now recommend to friends that they stick around at least to the fourth and I'm fully onboard for the rest of the season
Alright thanks.
I do like the wife. The scene with the other woman was hilarious.
I don't expect to like everything. The show hasn't been "amazing" for me in the previous episodes either. It has an interesting setup but the show has been a bit slow for me and the flashback episode doesn't help. Might just be that the show is not for me even though I really wanted to like it, and I do kind of like it's setting but the show just isn't wowing me.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
It's TV GAF policy to spoiler tag everything until it airs linearly on the East Coast in its regular time slot. Most people aren't even aware that episodes sometimes go up early on demand (not just for Starz shows - HBO and Showtime occasionally do it as well), which would make every thread a minefield.
dead souls
Member
Let me guess, you were #TeamWalt when you watched Breaking Bad.
Laura is more interesting, and better acted, than Shadow.
I know but this doesn't appear to be occasional occurrence. Many TV Show threads have the air time in the title/OP, so perhaps we could update this one too say "released Sundays 12:00 AM". We already have spoiler bars for book stuff here and the thread might be come unreadable if there are blacked out pages of streaming discussion
ShemhazaiX
Member
To be fair, she's a movie actress, he's from Hollyoaks.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
It's pretty much a universal practice for Starz, but the vast majority of people aren't aware of that.
Sure, but no one reads the OP once a thread goes past the first page.
That's why people need to label their spoilers (and also have the courtesy not to go overboard with them)
Something to do with cats?
Nikodemos
Member
The jinn took his blue suit and sample case, leaving him his (well some guy's) taxi licence (and the cool sweater and shades). The subtext is that, to white Anglo Americans all Arabs are generic brown people (since the licence photo looks like neither of the two).
Grenouille
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krameriffic
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I broke down laughing during that scene. One of the most surreal scenarios I can possibly imagine a human mind inventing and then putting on film for other people to see.
molnizzle
Member
Huh. So like a permanent switch, or he's just helping home dude out?
I...uh...I don't know what to say about this post.
Chiaroscuro
Member
Well, he is a dog when he and Mr. Ibis met Laura. Very cool transition.
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NotTheGuyYouKill
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Laura was pretty dull in the novel, but this episode makes Laura a lot more compelling.
NoblesseOblige
Banned
[TW]Stone;237758913 said:
It's (kinda?) a spoiler, but if you're really curious then go look up the etymology of Wednesday on Wikipedia or Wiktionary or something.
Oathbreaker
Banned
Best episode so far.
Megalosaro
Banned
I thought it was the worst episode. It didn't haven Ian McShane.
Beren the Empty-Handed
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She was given the Sun, which affords a certain amount of protection and power. Shadow has the Moon, which is also a protection, but not as powerful. The daughter, not the father.
The rooftop scene in Chicago explains this more or less, but the idea is that you're as bewildered as Shadow, so it's difficult to parse.
It's also why Sweeney is having a rough time, and went to Shadow to get it back. But Shadow had already given it away.
ZackieChan
Member
Didn't care for this episode at all. Oh well. hopefully better next week!
ThLunarian
Member
If you haven't specifically studied the appropriate mythology in detail, you probably won't recognize the name. I've never heard it, so I didn't even notice he was called a name while watching the episode and only learned about it in this thread.
NoblesseOblige
Banned
Was episode 4 the first without a glimpse of a new god? Other than TB's henchmen I guess.
Mister Wolf
Gold Member
I could do without the wife as well.
Ragnarsson
Member
I finally watched episodes 2-4... What a glorious show this is. The episodes last an hour but it never feels like a chore to watch them. Great pacing, engaging subject and characters, some of the most arresting visuals in a series (as expected from Bryan Fuller). Everything feels right. So good.
molnizzle
Member
Yeah. Not sure why people keep bringing that up. That "name" went right over my head.
NoblesseOblige
Banned
Not knowing Wotan makes sense. But do also not look something up if you're not familiar with it?
ZackieChan
Member
I could barely make out what he said before reading it here. It really isn't that crazy that someone wouldn't understand it or the significance or feel compelled to look it up.
molnizzle
Member
I could barely understand half the shit coming out of his mouth. The women he was with too.
More_Badass
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Like he said, Wednesday is his day.[TW]Stone;237758913 said:
If you don't mind spoilers, check out the history of Wednesday on Wiki or Google
Chuckie
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Seriously? Maybe that is an American thing? I'd bet most people in Europe know Wotan
/Wodan/Odin
If this show featured a guy named Mr Thursday, and he was a god, would you not know he was supposed to be Thor?
Edit: By 'American thing' I meant that it could be that Nordic mythology might be more common knowledge in Europe.
More_Badass
Member
Greek mythology is the thing here, at least in my experience. Norse mythology is far less known than the Greek pantheon and stories
Chuckie
Member
Ah that could be it then.
When I heard Wednesday I was like 'heh!'. Wotan was just the confirmation.
But everybody's seen Thor 2 though. Surely they know some Norse mythology
. Actually even though they know the names the biggest [book spoiler]
misconception is thinking Odin is the kindly good father figure...
More_Badass
Member
But everybody's seen Thor 2 though. Surely they know some Norse mythologymisconception is thinking Odin is the kindly good father figure...
They may recognize Odin, Thor, Loki, and Asgard, but Tyr's day, Woden's day, Thor's day, and Freya's day? That's not common knowledge
Turin Turambar
Member
But everybody's seen Thor 2 though. Surely they know some Norse mythologymisconception is thinking Odin is the kindly good father figure...
Eww, no.
Thanks god(s).
QuiteWhittle
Member
Heh, inadvertently spoiled myself after looking up one of my favorite scenes on the Starz youtube channel because of the video's title.
spoilers probably
spoilers probably
Lessons from Low Key, huh, that's Louis Cypher levels of subtlety. Oh well, figured there was something like that going on with him anyway.