Good Omens

It's excellent and so close to being nearly flawless, if only the kids were better actors and Adam's evolution was handled with more care. But it's just lots of fun any time Sheen and Tennant are on screen together.

Sheen and Tennant are wonderful, and I would welcome a shorter version that shifted the focus onto their characters, where it belongs. But for the rest, it is almost insanely tedious and un-funny. Around five episodes in, when they have been teasing the end of the world for what feels like nine hours, you begin to wish they would just get on with it already, especially given that there isn't One Single Character in this thing worth saving. Sheen and Tennant are marvelous -- the rest not so much.

It's just too cutesy and urban, pop-culture UK vibes. The names are too cute. It reminds me of Berenstain Bears or Blues Clues with these names and "wacky" characters. Like the story was written based on prompts from an internet story generator with only 10 plots to algorithmically remix. Or like he got challenged by a friend to write a script based on their last game of Scrabble. Just too damned whimsical, yet tedious.

I really enjoyed the first 3 episodes, but the last 3 and specially the last one didn't match them. The ending seems rushed, too absurd even considering the comedy element of the series and sort of pointless. The children part was probably the worst and Anathema/Newt line seemed a bit irrelevant for the main story (though not bad itself). Acting is great, specially for the 2 main characters, whose part of the story is also the one less affected by the lower quality of the last episodes,

Thoroughly winning adaptation bounces along nicely, quite faithful to the novel with just a few (mostly welcome) additions or changes here and there. Smashing cast - Sheen and Tennant have great chemistry, I could watch McKean in anything, McDormand as the narrator/God is a mini masterstroke and even the kids are impressive. Some surprising cameos, a fine score by David Arnold and fabulous title animation that you will rewind and watch again, and again.

Unravels a bit in the final 3 episodes, but Tennant and particularly Sheen just about keep this ticking over.

Good Omen, the book, is the fruit of a collaborative effort between Gaiman and Pratchett. This TV mini-series is a 'nice and accurate' adaptation that captures the quirkiness, humour and fantasy delightfully. Sheen and Tennant are perfect. Arjona is great, as are the litany of English actors. The kids are a little annoying but alright. McKean does a good job, but at times both his character and Scottish accent are a wee bit grating. The narration is my only real qualm. Otherwise a great ride.

1x; Stopped watching after S1E4.

Season 1: overall interesting plot and characters but cheesy at times. Especially the ending

Honestly no clue how anyone can watch this unironically