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07. [SPOILERS for Good Omens]
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[(Anonymous)]

It's been a little while since I read the book, but wasn't it deliberately underwhelming in the book? That's how I remember it, like there was setup for a dramatic moment, but instead it went flat on purpose?

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, this

[(Anonymous)]

I think that's why it didn't bother me. It's not like in the book it was this ~*~EPIC~*~ showdown that we got cheated out of in the series.

[(Anonymous)]

I'd say understated, not underwhelming.

[(Anonymous)]

OP of the original comment, here—the book has its hokey moments, but the confrontation between the Them and the four bikers doesn’t have the whole cringeworthy “say what you believe” part. And Adam being so powerful he banishes Satan before he shows up was a really fitting end to the Apocalypse. Basically, and I know this is a weird thing to object to considering the subject matter, both scenes felt really overtly preachy in a way the book scenes didn’t, and I found it annoying.

[(Anonymous)]

Well... no? I mean, the whole point is that the big set up of Armageddon fails, but it's not "deliberately underwhelming". Authors try not to write endings that are deliberately underwhelming, because disappointing your audience is a bad way to get them to read your next book.

[(Anonymous)]

Not everything has to have some grand epic final battle. I actually found this a breath of fresh air, especially the "you're not my real dad" because Satan was just a sperm donor. Adam's dad was who'd put time and effort into raising him, not who spawned him by fucking something for five seconds.

[(Anonymous)]

Comment OP here—I shouldn’t have said underwhelming, because it sounds like I’m objecting to the absence of a huge CGI fight scene and lots of witty one-liners, which, hell no. I liked that the book confrontation between the Them and the Bikers was way shorter and lacked the hokey dialogue, and I loved that Adam waved one hand and poofed the incoming Satan volcano out of existence before he ever showed up.

[(Anonymous)]

I loved that Adam waved one hand and poofed the incoming Satan volcano out of existence before he ever showed up

That just wouldn't have looked like anything on the screen, though. It wouldn't have been clear what was going on.

[(Anonymous)]

I just thought it was stupid that they made Satan huge. Really stupid.

And I ended up hating the character design for the Horsepersons. It just looked like they had done a color run, but hours ago.

[(Anonymous)]

I agree, I hated Satan's design. It looked fake, dumb, and really stereotypical.

[(Anonymous)]

Scrolling past this I honestly thought it was Stranger Things, now I'm half wondering if it was on purpose.

[(Anonymous)]

Good Omens was published in 1990, anon.

[(Anonymous)]

only stranger things has ever showcased kids on bicycles. nothing else for sure.

[(Anonymous)]

How old you? I promise you that kids on bikes were a really common sight back when people let their kids have more unsupervised play time AND kids rode bicycles more. Lots of 80s adventure movies with kids have a bike scene - E.T., The Goonies, etc.

[(Anonymous)]

Nah it's British. Lots of British kids living in country villages ride their bikes for transportation. They were doing it in 1990 and they'll still be doing it in another fifty years.

[(Anonymous)]

It's just kids on bikes (and they aren't even on bikes for most of the show), which is not exclusive to Stranger Things, or any media.

[(Anonymous)]

I liked Adam's 'you're not my real dad!' moment, but I do wish that the Them vs the horsepersons had gone down like it did in the book, which I really liked...

[(Anonymous)]

The way it is in the book isn't nearly as visual as the way the did it in the show. It make sense to alter it when adapting it this way. How do you show rather than tell the audience about Adam banishing Satan before Satan even shoes up? It's far more clear what's going on this way, and gives the kids more to do. It shows that Adam toed the edge but has really gone back to aligning himself with his friends and humanity.