catboyweyountoday’s tax evader of the day is garak from deep space nine
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Just ineffable husbands enjoying the sunset~
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rafaelafranzen
Can I just cry for a minute (in a good way) about Good Omens?
I mean, I'm always doing that, but today it's about costume design and the way women are shot.
I'm just...so tired of the way women are dressed and shot in popular franchises. Joss Whedon talks in his director's commentary on Avengers (2012) about how everyone cringed reading Natasha's opening scene because she had no sleeves, so they couldnt pad the stunt double for her stunts. J.J. Abrams and some of the Star Trek (2009) cast laugh about how Zoe Saldana was kind of uncomfortable with how short Uhura's skirt was, and he spends the first thirty seconds of her portion of the casting commentary talking about how sexy she is, even though none of the male actors appearances are commented on. Both of these men could have fixed the costumes to make it more comfortable (and safer!) for the actresses. They did not.
And that doesn't even cover gratuitous and unnecessary underwear shots and camera angles that linger creepily on body parts.
But Good Omens...oh, Good Omens. There is no creepy lingering. There are no weirdly tiny skirts or excessive bare skin. Anathena has a sex scene that doesn't put her on unequal footing with her male partner or feel exploitative. The canonical sex worker (Madame Tracy) is shot with more respect and dignity, even in lingerie, than most movies shoot professional scientists or business women (although Madame Tracy is a business woman in her own right).
If Good Omens were a Hollywood film, Anathema would be in a short skirt. Instead she gets a full length (and honestly gorgeous) one instead. Madame Tracy would be at least a decade or two younger, and shot in revealing underwear as much as possible. Instead she gets a robe and respect. Even Pepper, at eleven years old, would most likely be in pigtails and short shorts. Instead she dresses like an actual child (and I love her red raincoat). And that doesn't even touch on the female actresses playing genderless angels and demons!
And all I can do is to cry in relief and thank @neil-gaiman and his team profusely, because it's so hard to find female characters (or actors) who aren't treated like glorified pinup posters for male viewers to objectify. Good Omens is so far beyond that, and it's a more than welcome - and much needed - breath of fresh air.
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amira-zahirah
Crowley invented heelys because Aziraphale won't let him used his hoverboard, now let's race to the Ritz!
Love the branding on the hoverboard.
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moki-dokie
"Come on, Angel!"
If you like this style make sure to check out Crowley and Aziraphale on a park bench.
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izzyxhands asked:
in grade 3 my teacher read the wolves in the walls to our class and it made me cry and gave me nightmares. thank you.
Sorry.
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capn-foxy-of-pirate-cove asked:
Hello Mr. Gaiman. Something I was thinking about and was hoping to get clarification on. In the scene in the library where they're drinking and talking about "thwarting", were David Tennant and Michael Sheen actually drunk? Their natural accents seemed to sneak out a bit is why I ask. Thank you!
Not unless they can get drunk on Tesco’s red grape juice.
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leiathewarrior asked:
I love the Good Omens soundtrack and especially enjoyed the different variations of the main theme during the end credits of each episode. However, it seems like the official released soundtrack only includes 2 versions. Where can I listen to the full set (especially the one from episode 3)? Thank you!
If you buy the CD or vinyl of the Good Omens music, then you increase the chances of them putting out a second and a third CD of the music.
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lovethistoomuch asked:
Hello Mr. Gaiman, I have to say that as a German I was very impressed with the speaking of German in the church scene as it was actually really good pronunciation (compared to other movies/shows where you can barely guess what the person speaking German is supposed to be saying) However, it was still noticable that the actors were not native speakers. I always wonder why native speakers are not cast in these roles? Hopefully, this doesn't sound rude! I love the show and that scene in particular!
It’s an interesting question. We DID cast a native German speaker for the German we see on the screen in episode 6, when Anathema and Newt are in the bunker. But for the Nazi Spies scene, I wanted the actors we cast: their performances in English were more important to me than their German (although both are fluent German speakers). I felt that their delivery of their German lines was fluent enough that I didn’t do what we did with the French Executioner in the Bastille and have a native French speaker overdub him when he’s speaking in French; so it was a judgement call.
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