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i listened to the 2014 radio adaptation of Good Omens; some variations:
–so radio’s solution to all the important stuff in the narration was to cram it into dialogue, mostly. Crowley talks about himself ALL THE TIME because how else would you know he has a watch that can tell the time in 20 cities and also Hell. He casually tells Aziraphale about the time he slept all century including the part where he got up to go to the lav in 1832. (I am just picturing Aziraphale’s … face.) Also he talks himself through like all of his actions, from watering his plants to getting holy water out of his safe.
–in order to get Aziraphale’s rare Bible collection out of book narration into dialogue, he and Crowley quote the Buggre Alle This Bible at each other, including the bit about “where is the flaming sword I gave unto thee” which Crowley takes great glee in Aziraphale’s embarrassment about
–Agnes Nutter takes on part of the narration (and actually talks to Adam at one point). Also the opening bit about when the earth was created, those are Aziraphale’s notes in I don’t know what monograph he’s writing but, *snicker*
–Aziraphale has caller ID?? so there’s a bit where Crowley calls him (I forget which phone call it is; he doesn’t call from the road about Armageddon at the beginning, he just shows up at the shop the next morning). anyway Aziraphale answers the phone, “Crowley,” and Crowley asks how’d you know it was me, and Aziraphale snarks at him about his longstanding ability to anticipate his age-old enemy, and also that he has caller ID. (I’m so doubtful. I’d be more likely to believe Aziraphale never gave his phone number to anyone but Crowley, so Crowley is literally the only person who ever calls him.)
–their Arrangement seems much more “we do stuff with each other all the time, we’ve basically blown off Heaven and Hell entirely, we literally state our goal is to maintain the status quo” like there’s much less of the….? like? reticence/denial that shows up in the show. i mean also the huge chunk of how their relationship across history was expanded in the show was not in the radio version, because it’s not exactly spelled out that way in the book either. but like, Aziraphale needs much less convincing to go in on plan stop the antichrist, and weirdly their motivation about loving the world seems much more selfish?
–Aziraphale and Crowley spot the Dowling household’s ads in the paper for nanny and gardener, and Aziraphale dibs gardener. Crowley complains about “have you ever seen me in a dress” and Aziraphale replies “Culloden, 1745” so there’s a new one for the femme Crowley fan artists (please?)
–if you are into Nanny Ashtoreth/Brother Francis and/or how they basically raised Warlock, listen to the first episode at least! they are SUPER terrible at staying in character and just like directly bicker with each other over Warlock’s head
–Crowley is smart/pragmatic enough to just drop the ansaphone tape with Hastur on it into the Ligur-holy-water puddle, so no more Hastur
–Crowley complains about Hell not telling him the M25 was more than like, vandalism. he was not expecting it to burst into flames me thinks
–the other four horsepersons are in the radio adaptation, if you were missing them from the show. as far as I recall the book (having listened to it twice recently, lol) their scenes are very faithful.
–oh hey you know that scene in the book when Aziraphale is trying to find someone to possess before he finds Madame Tracy, he ends up in a televangelist talking about rapture and is very judgmental about that? crowley hears his broadcast interruption on the radio. it’s kind of sweet. (you have to assume the Bentley is just tuned to Aziraphale, because how else does its radio randomly pick up live tv from America.)
–Pepper gives Adam the pep talk that helps him overcome Satan! It is about choosing things for oneself and how she chose to be Pepper and not Pippin Galadriel Moonchild. It is super sweet.
–the audible version I listened to has a gag reel attached, including Crowley-actor’s completely inability to pronounce Crowley with the long-O sound as gneil intended.
cross-posted from tumblr
–so radio’s solution to all the important stuff in the narration was to cram it into dialogue, mostly. Crowley talks about himself ALL THE TIME because how else would you know he has a watch that can tell the time in 20 cities and also Hell. He casually tells Aziraphale about the time he slept all century including the part where he got up to go to the lav in 1832. (I am just picturing Aziraphale’s … face.) Also he talks himself through like all of his actions, from watering his plants to getting holy water out of his safe.
–in order to get Aziraphale’s rare Bible collection out of book narration into dialogue, he and Crowley quote the Buggre Alle This Bible at each other, including the bit about “where is the flaming sword I gave unto thee” which Crowley takes great glee in Aziraphale’s embarrassment about
–Agnes Nutter takes on part of the narration (and actually talks to Adam at one point). Also the opening bit about when the earth was created, those are Aziraphale’s notes in I don’t know what monograph he’s writing but, *snicker*
–Aziraphale has caller ID?? so there’s a bit where Crowley calls him (I forget which phone call it is; he doesn’t call from the road about Armageddon at the beginning, he just shows up at the shop the next morning). anyway Aziraphale answers the phone, “Crowley,” and Crowley asks how’d you know it was me, and Aziraphale snarks at him about his longstanding ability to anticipate his age-old enemy, and also that he has caller ID. (I’m so doubtful. I’d be more likely to believe Aziraphale never gave his phone number to anyone but Crowley, so Crowley is literally the only person who ever calls him.)
–their Arrangement seems much more “we do stuff with each other all the time, we’ve basically blown off Heaven and Hell entirely, we literally state our goal is to maintain the status quo” like there’s much less of the….? like? reticence/denial that shows up in the show. i mean also the huge chunk of how their relationship across history was expanded in the show was not in the radio version, because it’s not exactly spelled out that way in the book either. but like, Aziraphale needs much less convincing to go in on plan stop the antichrist, and weirdly their motivation about loving the world seems much more selfish?
–Aziraphale and Crowley spot the Dowling household’s ads in the paper for nanny and gardener, and Aziraphale dibs gardener. Crowley complains about “have you ever seen me in a dress” and Aziraphale replies “Culloden, 1745” so there’s a new one for the femme Crowley fan artists (please?)
–if you are into Nanny Ashtoreth/Brother Francis and/or how they basically raised Warlock, listen to the first episode at least! they are SUPER terrible at staying in character and just like directly bicker with each other over Warlock’s head
–Crowley is smart/pragmatic enough to just drop the ansaphone tape with Hastur on it into the Ligur-holy-water puddle, so no more Hastur
–Crowley complains about Hell not telling him the M25 was more than like, vandalism. he was not expecting it to burst into flames me thinks
–the other four horsepersons are in the radio adaptation, if you were missing them from the show. as far as I recall the book (having listened to it twice recently, lol) their scenes are very faithful.
–oh hey you know that scene in the book when Aziraphale is trying to find someone to possess before he finds Madame Tracy, he ends up in a televangelist talking about rapture and is very judgmental about that? crowley hears his broadcast interruption on the radio. it’s kind of sweet. (you have to assume the Bentley is just tuned to Aziraphale, because how else does its radio randomly pick up live tv from America.)
–Pepper gives Adam the pep talk that helps him overcome Satan! It is about choosing things for oneself and how she chose to be Pepper and not Pippin Galadriel Moonchild. It is super sweet.
–the audible version I listened to has a gag reel attached, including Crowley-actor’s completely inability to pronounce Crowley with the long-O sound as gneil intended.
cross-posted from tumblr
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