Jon Hamm is an amnesiac archangel lost in Soho in <em>Good Omens</em> S2 trailer

Aziraphale: "I think I may have just started a war...."

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[nimelennar]

I don't even know who Gaiman is

You've likely heard of at least a few of the things he's written, from adaptations if nothing else: in addition to Good Omens and American Gods (already mentioned), there's also the Sandman comics, Stardust, and Coraline.

 

[nimelennar]

The book was way better than the TV series. I think some lead roles may have been miscast.

Oh, christ... And I'm a "the book was better" guy now? Shit.

The TV series was fine, IMO. It didn't measure up to the book, but I never expect an adaptation to.

I definitely wouldn't recommend anyone watch it, though, because they picked the single most "downer ending" moment in the entire book to cancel the show on.

 

[nimelennar]

I also found it interesting how strongly the new trailer played up the idea that the basis of Crowley and Aziraphel's relationship might be... a little more than just friendship.

I mean, it's pretty clear that the two of them love each other deeply, even if that love isn't romantic or sexual in nature. The two of them have basically been life partners for dozens of human lifetimes at this point. The two of them stood together against the combined forces of both Heaven and Hell. It's pretty clear that what they have is more than a simple friendship.

There was a particularly good fanfic I've read, titled Demonology and the Tri-Phasic Model of Trauma: An Integrative Approach, which is about Crowley going to therapy for PTSD from Aziraphale's bookstore burning down with (as far as Crowley knew at the time) Aziraphale inside. I really like the way it explores the relationship between the two of them.

 

[nimelennar]

LOL, Neil Gaiman wrote Lucifer , which as as close to brilliant as a TV format series could be in the internet age....

Where is Gaiman credited?

He created that instance of the character (as a side-character in The Sandman), but then Mike Carey ran with the idea in the Lucifer comic series, and it looks like Tom Kapinos was the showrunner for the TV series. I don't see any writing credits for Gaiman on individual episodes, either.

It seems like Gaiman can claim credit for being the inspiration for the brilliance of the TV series, at best.