Subject: Radio for Crowley, Yank!Parcelforce for Az.
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Posted on: 2017-08-15 14:25:00 UTC
Michael Sheen is a superb actor, and I think he'll do well with the part. However, Peter Serafinowicz's day job is an impressionist; not only do I think he can do Crowley better than David Tennant, I'm pretty certain he could do David Tennant's Crowley better than David Tennant. =]
Did you remember that Amazon is doing a six-part/six-hour miniseries of Good Omens, with scripts written by Neil Gaiman? No? Well, they are and you should. And apparently, the series is being co-produced by both the BBC (who already did a brilliant Radio adaptation which I can't possibly recommend you find on DailyMotion), and Narrativia, Rhianna Pratchett's production company. This is pretty much the perfect storm of 'involvement by the right people', and if it goes wrong I will be very frownyface.
The first casting news has been announced, and we have our two angelic beings: Michael Sheen is playing Aziraphale, with - wait for it - David Tennant as Crowley.
Naturally, at this point, there was only one place my mind went. ...no, not there. ...no, not there either. ... come on, are you even trying? Ahem:
Angel-off!
(For the Imgur-deficient: Image of Peter 'Radio Crowley' Serafinowicz, David Tennant, Mark 'Radio Aziraphale' Heap, and Michael Sheen.)
So who do you think will make the better Crowley - Peter or David? And which of the Aziraphales do you prefer - Mark or Michael?
hS
...it seems to be a bit more obscure within my age group. I myself hadn't heard of it until I saw my friend reading it, and she was one of the only friends I knew who had heard of it. So I guess I should read it, maybe, and then tell my other friends about it. That'll fix your problem! :D
-Twistey
(I want a stern emoticon, but the only one I have is the furious one. Alas.)
(Also, I'm joking.)
(Though it's not really a joke. START READING.)
hS
The reality of "Huinesoron smash" aside, I don't know exactly where I could find a copy. I don't have it in my bookshelf, and my school schedule does not give me any free time to go look in the library. I guess I could eventually find time to go find an accessible library, though. Eventually. I'm still getting used to this new level of school, so cut me some slack, kay?
-Twistey
If your library has ebooks as well as print (possibly via OverDrive) and you don't mind reading a book on a screen, that's a great way to take out the book without finding time to go in. Assuming your library has a website, it shouldn't be too hard to find. My library has, among other things, ebook/audiobook access, which is especially amazing if you're traveling--so long as my card is active, I can take out online media from pretty much anywhere I have an internet connection. You also don't need an ereader to read what you take out: there's an app (if it's OverDrive, which does seem to be in America as well as Canada), and you can also just read in your internet browser. So if you think that's for you, I recommend checking to see if your library has the option and then if they have the book to begin with.
Alternatively, you can put the book on hold and then only have to find time to go to the library to pick it up. While libraries are awesome places and I certainly recommend spending time in them, (they can even be good places to do homework!) if your time is very limited (or feels very limited), that's a way around it. Holds can also, in my experience, be picked up by someone else so long as they have your card with them, so if you've got a family member who's going anyway (or is out for other things and doesn't mind another stop), you could ask them to pick up a hold.
And, of course, you can check your school library! Even if they don't have it, they may get it if you show up with interest in reading it...and school librarians are usually great people to know, so it's win-win :)
Really, though, don't feel pressured. Give school attention if it needs it, try to find a balance between academic life and personal life (believe me, you *need* that, unless all your hobbies are super academic and you have no trouble fitting in some time for friends/family/yourself already), and, well, good luck getting used to the new level of school. It'll happen.
And now I'm going to finish waking up and wonder when I started giving unsolicited student life advice within ten minutes of getting out of bed...which is not to say I think it's bad advice; I'm just a little surprised I ended up giving it while still yawning. Oh well. Hope it's useful, or at least not unhelpful?
~Z *wanders off chuckling about "Huinesoron smash", because really, that sounds funny and possibly something for his agent counterpart in the badfic games*
The part about doing this early in the morning and chuckling about "Huinesoron smash" is funny. But the rest is very useful nonetheless. Thanks!
-Twistey
If you've got the cash, it should be readily available at your Friendly Local Bookstore. If not, then yeah, finding time for a library visit is your best bet.
Michael Sheen is a superb actor, and I think he'll do well with the part. However, Peter Serafinowicz's day job is an impressionist; not only do I think he can do Crowley better than David Tennant, I'm pretty certain he could do David Tennant's Crowley better than David Tennant. =]
I really enjoyed Serafinowicz as Crowley. I can't really say 'I'm surprised they didn't keep him', since this is a completely different company, but it would've been nice. Kaitlyn has repeatedly said it would also be nice to see the kid from Merlin stick around as Newt, too; he certainly has the perfect face for the role.
I find it amusing that our two angelic beings are both non-English Britons - AziraSheen is Welsh, while can't-portmanteau-Crowley-and-Tennant is obviously Scottish. An internet did observe that it's very conservative casting - Tennant is super famous, and of course they're both white (and male - angels are sexless, of course!). Which may be a valid point, but on the other hand, we have no idea what the rest of the cast is going to look like. You can't even say they've relegated diversity to the secondary characters, because (at minimum) Adam, Newt, and Anathema are all leads. In a movie, they couldn't be, but... six hours!
hS
He probably can do slick, oily evil as well as twitchy, bug-eyed evil, and I'm happy to give him the chance, but I'm sure there are people who would be more likely candidates?
Still, happy for a GO movie. ^_^
~Neshomeh
Back when he was still the Doctor, my family watched Secret Smile, a TV drama where he was actually really scarily creepy.
Of course, on the flip side, Crowley's evil isn't all that... y'know... evil. I'm trying to come up with a way to describe him, and actually, I can't do better than his initial character: he's a snake. A snake in a snazzy jacket and a nice car, but still at the base of it all a snake.
I agree that I can't quite see that as Tennant's forte - I can mostly imagine him playing 'charming right up until the moment he sticks the knife in' - but on the flip side (there's lots of flipping in this post), it's David Tennant, and he does act well.
hS
I'd forgotten about that. And yeah, he was scary as hell.
But then again, Crowley isn't totally on board with Hell. He's really an oddball.
But so is Tennant, so heck, it might just be a match made in Heaven. {= D
~Neshomeh
Because I just wanna say: hey, dese guys look like good choices for the roles.
hS
I do know Tennant was the villain, but I assume he wasn't a Crowleyesque figure of dark comedy? ;)
Crowley is very hard to pin down, actually.
*A capital-Evil character...
*...in a comic setting...
*...who isn't the villain...
*...but also isn't redeemed.
I guess he's got a lot of similarities to the MCU Loki, except that he doesn't have Loki's fondness for betraying the heroes.
hS does not have enough backing in writing theory to know the words for this discussion
But my point in bringing up JJ is that Tennant absolutely can nail slimy, creepy villains as well as more conventional pop-eyed screaming villainy.
Well, in voice maybe. But I doubt he could do it for the cameras. He'd have to spend a good while practicing the bug-eyed stare, in any case.
Honestly, I have no clue who'll do better. I haven't even gotten 'round to reading Good Omens yet. Although I do love Tennant. I'm not obsessive (he's not even my favorite Doctor), but he's been good in everything I've seen him in.