Comments | selenak: Certainly his day

selenak

Certainly his day

Mar 03, 2016 10:31

Ian McShane has been cast as Mr. Wednesday in Bryan Fuller's tv version of American Gods. This is a gift from the casting heavens, and I'm now at the "I WANT IT NOW WHY ISN'T IT 2017 ALREADY" stage about this show ( Read more... )

mythology, black sails, american gods, marvel, neil gaiman, dr. who, bryan fuller, fanfic recs, better call saul

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thedabara_cds March 3 2016, 18:42:12 UTC

So very glad I saw this in the popular posts list - fabulous Ian McShane casting news AND Dr Who fanfic recs - what more could a loyal fangirl ask for??? Thank you!!!!

selenak March 4 2016, 09:39:42 UTC

You're very welcome. :)

itsnotmymind March 3 2016, 20:50:00 UTC

That Doctor Who rec was really, really good. Of course, being the occasional watcher that I am, I didn't get most of the references. I think that just made it funnier, though.

I have not read American Gods. I have a very good friend who brings it up periodically as the example of the kind of book she wants to write. I really should probably read it.

selenak March 4 2016, 09:42:30 UTC

I'm glad you like the fabulous story!

Re: American Gods, it's probably my favourite of Gaiman's non-comics work, so I'm biased, but: yes, read it!

tebasile7 March 3 2016, 22:38:53 UTC

Not exactly how I pictured Mr. Wednesday but it clicked when I saw the picture and I thought, “ Yes, that`s him!“.
So looking forward to this!
I read American Gods having just been to the US for the first time and because of that very concious of how different it feels compared to Europe.
Had the same problem figuring out who Shadows cell mate really was while Wednesday himself was quite obvious for me because of the sentence you mentioned.
I`m all for people getting another picture of the Norse gods than the comic version *shudder* as I really have problems with those.
Haven`t seen any relevant movie fully because of it.
It also has side effects like people naming their dog Loki after the comics and getting the full blown trickster version that can open every door and drawers. ;-)

selenak March 4 2016, 09:45:25 UTC

Serves them right. :)

I think Neil Gaiman wrote American Gods Just after permanently moving to the US, so that inside-outside effect was probably authorial as well. (Plus of course all the "coming to America" sections have that theme...)