{"id":138130,"date":"2019-03-09T17:20:29","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T00:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=138130"},"modified":"2019-03-09T17:20:29","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T00:20:29","slug":"good-omens-drops-on-may-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/09\/good-omens-drops-on-may-31.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Good Omens&#8221; drops on May 31"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the end of the world as Gaiman and Pratchett knew it, and I feel fine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hUJoR4vlIIs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>I can&#8217;t expect the series to live up to the full onslaught of drollery, witty theologizing, and general amusement that was the original book &#8212; the difference in media alone stands in the way. I do expect, from what I see here and knowing of Gaiman&#8217;s deep involvement in it, for it to be a hell (and heaven) of a good (and evil) time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the end of the world as Gaiman and Pratchett knew it, and I feel fine. I can&#8217;t expect the series to live up to the full onslaught of drollery, witty theologizing, and general amusement that was the original book &#8212; the difference in media alone stands in the way. I do expect, from what &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/09\/good-omens-drops-on-may-31.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8220;Good Omens&#8221; drops on May 31&#8243;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[36,27,40],"tags":[699,1781,1782],"class_list":["post-138130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-books","category-religion","category-media-tv","tag-gaiman","tag-goodomens","tag-pratchett"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/8220-good-omens-8221-drops-on-may-31-hUJoR4vlIIs.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":130442,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/04\/16\/there-will-be-a-good-omens-tv-mini-series-after-all.html","url_meta":{"origin":138130,"position":0},"title":"There will be a &quot;Good Omens&quot; TV mini-series after all","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 16-Apr-16 9:13am","format":false,"excerpt":"Neil Gaiman had declined previously, as he and the late Terry Pratchett had agreed only ever to work on the material together. 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