#ashanimus

commander koolaid: okay commander koolaid: the bone orchard? me: yup commander koolaid: okies commander koolaid: ready? me: Ready commander koolaid: play! me: :D me: Oooh starting off with Mr ibis! commander koolaid: Holy crap me: That was a little bit silly commander koolaid: Also holy shit me: Wheeee commander koolaid: This is a lot silly commander koolaid: Omg no one talks like this me: My goodness commander koolaid: What me: Nothing it's just funny me: Well that phonecall sounded more natural me: Probs cuz it's something Gaiman wrote as dialogue, not narration commander koolaid: The tone visually here is remarkably cartoonish xD commander koolaid: No not cartoonish commander koolaid: Graphic novel ish commander koolaid: You dig? me: Yeah me: I mean, I kinda already knew it was gonna be like this from the trailers? me: Ah I dunno, I guess it's just hard to translate mystical stuff like this to the screen without it looking goofy commander koolaid: there is, I just dont think they knew how to do it because they had conflicting visions commander koolaid: whats weird is this is making zero effort to reach a TV audiece, its obviously only speaking to the bookreaders commander koolaid: and damn does this story lose a lot so far without shadow's narration :'/ me: Mmhm me: Though, I guess I get that they don't want it to be TOO narration heavy, what with ibis already narrating the flashbacks commander koolaid: oh no Im not advocating that solution, no commander koolaid: bahahaha me: Omg that was great commander koolaid: omg commander koolaid: what perfect casting me: I love this guy commander koolaid: WASDLAKJGSKJ commander koolaid: "YOURE LOOKIG AT ME LIK I FUCKED YOUR OM" commander koolaid: WOW commander koolaid: wowwwwww commander koolaid: XDDDDD me: Super real lookin buffalo right thar commander koolaid: xD commander koolaid: this man is baeutiful commander koolaid: what is with these soundtrack choices tho me: *shrug emoji* me: Omfg me: Holy shit commander koolaid: wow me: Y he scream :V commander koolaid: so we're jumping right into this one okay me: Oh hey if you move the mouse around it tells you the names of the actors on screen me: Neat commander koolaid: like we have BARELY met shadow and youre showing us bisquis me: Jump right in commander koolaid: this is scary me: :0 me: She eated him with her vagganiaga commander koolaid: well she did that in the book XD me: I was very curious how they'd pull that one off visually me: I might be a couple seconds behind you my stream keeps stuttering commander koolaid: nooooo me: Not more then a couple seconds no worries commander koolaid: mad sweeny is way hotter than he should be me: Oh jeez I got a pic I gotta show you when this is over me: Wow what a dick me: She was deed commander koolaid: holy shit commander koolaid: they didnt do that commander koolaid: holy shit commander koolaid: thats messed up as hell jesus me: Dang Audrey me: Kinda saw that coming tho commander koolaid: im mad :c gaiman could have said no to that shit commander koolaid: hisses commander koolaid: >:C me: Y'know he might've I'm remembering an interview where Bryan fuller said Gaiman only ever have a hard no on one thing commander koolaid: ohhhhh commander koolaid: 8/ commander koolaid: I wonder what it was me: And it was specifically about how shadow reacted to one thing that Gaiman was adamant he wouldn't react to that way me: I'm wondering if the original plan was to have shadow go with it commander koolaid: That was so innesecaru tho commander koolaid: That entire exchange me: Yeah commander koolaid: It added nothing and just wasted time like commander koolaid: It's rare I see a scene so superfluous and the dialogue was just so stupidly hateful me: Oh jeez me: What about what's happening right the fuck now commander koolaid: Man. I really really don't like this director commander koolaid: I hated him in Hannibal and I don't like him here commander koolaid: He is so up is own ass commander koolaid: It's like if sack Snyder ate a college philosophy textbook me: I'm guessing that was Laura commander koolaid: That was a rocky start commander koolaid: Wanna watch another? me: Sure, when it comes out next week commander koolaid: Okies commander koolaid: What did you think? me: Okay me: What did I think me: I didn't hate it me: But it didn't blow me away me: And I think I was laughing a bit too much at parts I'm pretty sure weren't intended to be funny me: Like I'm Yell At State Park me: And All The Arrows At Once me: And Wife Suddenly Appears In Ceiling to say Goodnight me: Like there were a lot of really goofy moments me: And unnecessary shock value added me: And I'm not sold on the visual style yet, as you said it's very comic-book-y which doesn't quite match the gravitas of the source material me: But I like shadow, and I like Ricky Whittle as shadow, and I like Wednesday commander koolaid: ye that's my summation me: I'm down to see this through It hasn't really put me off too much yet commander koolaid: oh I am too! commander koolaid: I'm just very 8/at a lot of choices so far me: uhuh me: what would you have done differently? commander koolaid: I would have to think about it hmmmm >:/ commander koolaid: I would have decided ona tone tho me: ye? commander koolaid: naturalistic vs illustrative commander koolaid: I would have done the former commander koolaid: because it was the natural environment contrasted with the mystical bullshit that gave the book power me: yeah me: No yeah definitely i think that's why i'm not enjoying the style me: If the "real world" is already this crazy then what makes the god stuff stand out commander koolaid: yeah that's why I'm like commander koolaid: if everything is a reaity trip then the fantasy has no impact me: mmhm