...I am not that impressed. I feel that certain parts of the story were chopped out. For example, there was not enough of The Them and their childhood shenanigans to make me sympathize with the series' version. The use of Queen music was not explained in the show, whereas it was a pretty big point in the book. We didn't get any of the "Other 4 Horsemen." Stuff like that. I think a longer series might have worked better, taking the initial episodes to delve more deeply into each character or group. If I hadn't already known the story so well, I would have had no idea what was going on.
I didn't personally like Frances McDormand's voice; it was very soft and slushy and I had a hard time understanding what she was saying.
And my personal beef with the sets is that Crowley's apartment looked like the narrow, dark utility hallway of a Gothic church, where I'd always pictured it as a sleek, open, expensive-looking 'executive penthouse' type of thing.
For the first 4 episodes I basically sat and waited to see how they would handle familiar scenes, and it wasn't until the last 2 that I began to enjoy the show. I probably wouldn't watch it again, but will continue my annual reread of the book.
I didn't personally like Frances McDormand's voice; it was very soft and slushy and I had a hard time understanding what she was saying.
And my personal beef with the sets is that Crowley's apartment looked like the narrow, dark utility hallway of a Gothic church, where I'd always pictured it as a sleek, open, expensive-looking 'executive penthouse' type of thing.
For the first 4 episodes I basically sat and waited to see how they would handle familiar scenes, and it wasn't until the last 2 that I began to enjoy the show. I probably wouldn't watch it again, but will continue my annual reread of the book.