Agreed, though that particular moment is a problem in the book as well. I mean, some of these problems are part of doing a very faithful adaptation of a not-flawless original. The ending of the show, IMO, feels if anything less anticlimactic than the book - the one big change they make is the epilogue of C&A switching bodies and going on trial for each other, and that's a huge improvement without cheating the spirit of the story. I really wish they'd had a few more moments like that.
I'm certainly glad of the body swap -- the only problem is that the "demon invulnerability to fire" was pretty unclearly set-up earlier, what with Hastur burning up when Crowley drove through the burning ring of fire ("I went down down down and the flames went higher") and all; I mean, Crowley survived the drive but I didn't know that meant he had permanent fire immunity or whatever.
Dog was great.
only back then we felt at the mercy of powers greater than us and now we feel responsible with every choice we make
Ugh yes. Actually we sort of get to feel both at once, huzzah.
for instance compared to the obvious successor The Good Place
Yeah, that's an excellent comparison. (Though I haven't seen season 3 yet. Shh!) This also makes me think how comparing Ted Danson as Sam Malone vs. Ted Danson as Michael also sort of gives a handy comparison of what the limits of the range of moral behaviour felt like in the late 80s/early 90s versus now -- then it's like the limits of behaviour were rakish selfish libertinism versus small-scale community togetherness, while larger events pass by without us having any effect whatsoever, and now we are supposed to lift ourselves out of a sucking pit of ancient perpetual evil and save souls by our bootstraps. I don't know whether "God's plan" is ineffable or not, but it sure is effed.
PS Watched Rolling Thunder Revue! I don't think I understood it though (like, the Sharon Stone, fake congressman stuff). Was Scorsese doing ~experimental documentary magical lying to make a point about...society???~ in his George Harrison doc too? I'm so confused.
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Date: 2019-06-25 05:53 pm (UTC)I'm certainly glad of the body swap -- the only problem is that the "demon invulnerability to fire" was pretty unclearly set-up earlier, what with Hastur burning up when Crowley drove through the burning ring of fire ("I went down down down and the flames went higher") and all; I mean, Crowley survived the drive but I didn't know that meant he had permanent fire immunity or whatever.
Dog was great.
only back then we felt at the mercy of powers greater than us and now we feel responsible with every choice we make
Ugh yes. Actually we sort of get to feel both at once, huzzah.
for instance compared to the obvious successor The Good Place
Yeah, that's an excellent comparison. (Though I haven't seen season 3 yet. Shh!) This also makes me think how comparing Ted Danson as Sam Malone vs. Ted Danson as Michael also sort of gives a handy comparison of what the limits of the range of moral behaviour felt like in the late 80s/early 90s versus now -- then it's like the limits of behaviour were rakish selfish libertinism versus small-scale community togetherness, while larger events pass by without us having any effect whatsoever, and now we are supposed to lift ourselves out of a sucking pit of ancient perpetual evil and save souls by our bootstraps. I don't know whether "God's plan" is ineffable or not, but it sure is effed.
PS Watched Rolling Thunder Revue! I don't think I understood it though (like, the Sharon Stone, fake congressman stuff). Was Scorsese doing ~experimental documentary magical lying to make a point about...society???~ in his George Harrison doc too? I'm so confused.