American Gods (Neil Gaiman)

Yeah the Jesus/Easter episode was the finale.

I think it was a pretty decent one. Right at the height of one of Odin's biggest victories so far, Laura shows up who can mess up his entire plan just by talking to Shadow for five minutes. And we're shown just how powerful the Gods actually are.

On season 2:

American Gods season 2 will be longer and "a little different" - with a faster pace

"Shadow will have a much more exciting arc in season 2 than he did in season 1."

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Odin calling down lightning was a bit surprising, I assumed he was much weaker due to a lack of worshippers.

I think he probably got a decent supercharge in killing Vulcan and dedicating it to himself. Plus plenty of nordic folk still worship Odin. Not to the extent of the old times but enough that he's not forgotten.

Just goes to show that even weakened, the head of the pantheon is there at the top for a reason.

Was hoping for a larger confrontation with the New Gods, but the episode was sti good.

This is a pretty mediocre show so far. So much build up and filler for nothing.

t'was a little disappointed with the season finale, but overall I enjoyed the 1st season

Best show to watch when relatives walk in.

"What are you watching.....?"

"Oh, just middle eastern soft-core gay porn, you know, the usual."

Pretty alright season though, I wasn't fussed that that's the season finale we got. Just surprised at the low episode count. Looking forward to season 2.

Originally posted by KingD19
I think he probably got a decent supercharge in killing Vulcan and dedicating it to himself. Plus plenty of nordic folk still worship Odin. Not to the extent of the old times but enough that he's not forgotten.

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Shadow's convo with White Jesus and the white buffalo telling him to believe likely gave Odin some "juice", as Technical Boy calls it.

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the one thing i wonder about is, why Odin isn't more powerful seeing as there have been large scale wars taking place for the better part of two decades. In the book it makes sense because it was written before 9/11 happened.

But this show takes place in modern day where we've had wars in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, various parts of Africa... among many others. Is it simply a matter of Odin not figuring out how to "franchise" war the way Vulcan did with bullets?

Does Odin's old way of worship require war to be waged specifically with "the swords, the hammers and knives and stone axes"?

btw, how many people have read the book?

i don't want to spoil anything for those who haven't. Although, some of the future "twists" should be fairly obvious.

Originally posted by marwash22
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Shadow's convo with White Jesus and the white buffalo telling him to believe likely gave Odin some "juice", as Technical Boy calls it.

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the one thing i wonder about is, why Odin isn't more powerful seeing as there have been large scale wars taking place for the better part of two decades. In the book it makes sense because it was written before 9/11 happened.

But this show takes place in modern day where we've had wars in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, various parts of Africa... among many others. Is it simply a matter of Odin not figuring out how to "franchise" war the way Vulcan did with bullets?

Does Odin's old way of worship require war to be waged specifically with "the swords, the hammers and knives and stone axes"?

I can see that. Shadow already subconsciously believed in Odin enough to make it snow through an entire city.

And as far as I know, it's not that Odin couldn't figure out a way. It's that he didn't want to, and it seems only the New Gods are interested in a "brand new lemon-scented you". They're the ones who were born of branding, etc... and simply offer it to the Old Gods to win them over. The Old Gods seem to want/need the ancient forms of worship.

season 2 info

march 10th cannot get here quick enough

Cool, been waiting ages for this (feels like I should say no pun intended as Odin has had to bide his time too.) tried to read the book a couple of years ago but couldn't really get that far into it TBH.

yeah I just came off of reading asoiaf when I tried to get into this... same thing for me but i'll try again later

Originally posted by marwash22
btw, how many people have read the book?

i don't want to spoil anything for those who haven't. Although, some of the future "twists" should be fairly obvious.

Season two has begun, first ep aired Sunday. I am going to watch it later today.

Off to a good start, sucks Gillian Anderson won't be on anymore.

Watched in on Sunday, was decent; not great for a season starter. I really hope they do a lot of backstory and character building with the Leprechaun; he's the best character in this

The last 20 minutes or so were pretty good I thought.

Loved the newest episode

Was better than the first, liked that we got some more character development with Shadow. The train on the train was good too.

We need more of this for mad Sweeney and definitely more scenes with Mr. Nancy/Anansi. Two best characters on the show.