American Gods

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Add me to the list of those who really didn't like the book. Got about 2/3 of the way through and then just stopped when I realized I didn't care about any of the characters or story. It was becoming just a slog.

Probably going to give the show a shot since the premise isn't bad necessarily.
 
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Cybsled said:
Shadow got a nice one with that hot night sister lol
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Yeah she was smoking hot and that accent was just the perfect amount of Russian.

Yeah I like marshmallows.

EDIT: And yeah the casting in this show is the best casting I have ever seen. They have gotten every character so spot on it is ridiculous.
 
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ronne

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The djinn scene was too much wasted screen time for a side-story that ultimately means absolutely nothing, but otherwise the show continues to be pretty great.
 
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Pretty sure all these characters will be expanded upon once they get where they're going. This was already the second time we saw the jinn.
 
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I too tried to read the book. I lost interest in it like 1/4 the way through.

The show is keeping my interested, but this last episode was too fucking gay.
 
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The astral molten djinn moneyshot had me roaring. Goddamn they dragged that scene out.
 
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Zaara said:
The astral molten djinn moneyshot had me roaring. Goddamn they dragged that scene out.
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It was overdone. The repeated cuck hand-touching over and over again, the lingering shots. The huge 20 inch dick. Too much. Expect a loss in viewership next week.

Just not a good idea to get THAT homoerotic. Game of Thrones was very wise to start phasing out the gratuitous gay stuff prior to last season, and the GoT stuff was very mild and well-tolerated by everyone. So I still credit D&D for having the nerve to say "how about a little less in 2015-2016", which became "how about none".
 
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Namon

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Probably gonna be some rustled jimmies after this one. Or maybe I should say some sand in some ... oh never mind.

Beyond that they're definitely slow boiling this thing with lore building. Which, as someone who hasn't read the book, is working for me so far. But I can see how some might be starting to get restless.
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The book was a slow boil too, almost to the point of meandering. I asked what is the point out loud a bunch of times. I thought the premise and the lore were really cool, but the actual plot was almost non existent in major chunks. I watched the first episode and it followed the book pretty faithfully, but the wife noped the hell out, as it was just too weird and over the top violent for her, and I haven't had time to watch online. I want to watch the show because I think the visual medium will help the pacing, so I will catch up at one point or the other.
 
bralkan

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Still digging it.

Based on comments I'm glad I know nothing about the books.

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Soygen

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Shit went full gay porn last night. Almost nothing sexual makes me uncomfortable, but something about two bearded Muslims banging it out had me cringing. What exactly happened at the end there? Did the Djinn take over the sales guy's body? I didn't understand what happened when he woke up.
 
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bralkan

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Yea. I didn't see fire eyes so I assume his wish was to be a cab driver?

Hell of a way to "rub the lamp"
 
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Sylas

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Going to have to join araysar and nope out of this one. Haven't read the books but black Egyptian And Muslim gay porn? Nope and nope.
 
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Royal

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So the ID in the djinn's pants means he had taken over someone else previously?
 
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Cybsled

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The way they presented it, it looks like he basically transferred himself into the salesman guy while they were having sex, so the salesman guy is no more and now it is just the djinn.

Moral to the story: Don't have casual sex with fire demons lol
 
Royal

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Sylas said:
Haven't read the books but black Egyptian And Muslim gay porn? Nope and nope.
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Well the black Egyptian is supposed to be Anubis and jackals are frequently black in Egyptian artwork.
 
Royal

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Cybsled said:
The way they presented it, it looks like he basically transferred himself into the salesman guy while they were having sex, so the salesman guy is no more and now it is just the djinn.

Moral to the story: Don't have casual sex with fire demons lol
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So if the djinn fucks Bilquis does reality just collapse into a vortex of fire and cooch?
 
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To be clear, that is the gayest the book ever got.

Although if you think it's slow now, just wait until Shadow is chilling out in Northern Wisconsin for two or three episodes.

Hell, I'll put it this way: while I liked AG, I only read it once. Anansi Boys I've gone through three times.
 
ronne

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He doesn't take over his body, he just swapped identities with him. The sales kid hated what he was doing and wanted out, so he gets to be a cab driver now and is happier for it.

Djinn gets a nice suit and a new official identify to try and do bigger and better things than driving a cab with.
 
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