{"id":11206,"date":"2017-05-05T15:31:44","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T03:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/?p=11206"},"modified":"2019-11-23T09:53:56","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T20:53:56","slug":"american-gods-just-blew-my-doors-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/like\/american-gods-just-blew-my-doors-off\/","title":{"rendered":"AMERICAN GODS JUST BLEW MY DOORS OFF"},"content":{"rendered":"
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AMERICAN GODS JUST BLEW MY DOORS OFF<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

Yesterday we sat down and watched episode one of the new American Gods TV series. We’ve been anticipating it for a while, but I was a bit uncertain that it was going to be possible for any TV show to capture the brilliance of Neil Gamain’s astonishing book.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Right from the opening credits I got the feeling that this one totally got it. There is only one other time that I can remember watching anything that had this much visual impact, and that was the first time I saw The Matrix, 18 years ago.<\/p>\n

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The photography is breathtaking, the acting is bang on, the violence is really gory, and even just dipping the end of a fountain pen into some ink is totally graphic. Watching it all looks something like what I was imagining the first time I read the book, but much more amazing.<\/p>\n

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On occasion I’ve said that I think the age of rock music lasted 30 years from 1968 to 1998, and now the age of rock music is over. Watching this episode I felt the same way I did when I first heard “Paul’s Boutique” by The Beastie Boys (1989) or “London Calling” by The Clash (1980) – and I started thinking, maybe we live in a TV age now.<\/p>\n

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Anyway, that episode is burned across my brain, it blew my doors right off. A little voice in my head said “can they possibly follow that episode up with another one as good?”, but then I remembered that yesterday that same voice was saying “how could anyone film American Gods?”<\/p>\n

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Must see, highly recommended, five stars, 10 out of 10, and all the other TV reviewer crap. I can’t believe I’ve almost written a TV review… Here is a real one: https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2017\/05\/american-gods-review\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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https:\/\/steemit.com\/photography\/@sift666\/american-gods-just-blew-my-doors-off<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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AMERICAN GODS JUST BLEW MY DOORS OFF Yesterday we sat down and watched episode one of the new American Gods TV series. We’ve been anticipating it for a while, but I was a bit uncertain that it was going to be possible for any TV show to capture the brilliance of Neil Gamain’s astonishing book. 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