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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 06:35 PM Jun 2019

Thousands petition Netflix !! to cancel Amazon Prime's Good Omens

More than 20,000 Christians have signed a petition calling for the cancellation of Good Omens, the television series adapted from Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s 1990 fantasy novel – unfortunately addressing their petition to Netflix when the series is made by Amazon Prime.

The six-part series was released last month, starring David Tennant as the demon Crowley and Michael Sheen as the angel Aziraphale, who collaborate to prevent the coming of the antichrist and an imminent apocalypse. Pratchett’s last request to Gaiman before he died was that he adapt the novel they wrote together; Gaiman wrote the screenplay and worked as showrunner on the BBC/Amazon co-production, which the Radio Times called “a devilishly funny love letter to the book”.
But Christians marshalled by the Return to Order campaign, an offshoot of the US Foundation for a Christian Civilisation, disagree. More than 20,000 supporters have signed a petition in which they say that Good Omens is “another step to make satanism appear normal, light and acceptable”, and “mocks God’s wisdom”. God, they complain, is “voiced by a woman” – Frances McDormand – the antichrist is a “normal kid” and, most importantly, “this type of video makes light of Truth, Error, Good and Evil, and destroys the barriers of horror that society still has for the devil”. They are calling on Netflix to cancel the show.

Gaiman responded to the petition on Twitter, writing: “I love that they are going to write to Netflix to try and get #GoodOmens cancelled. Says it all really. This is so beautiful ... Promise me you won’t tell them?”
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/20/petition-netflix-cancel-amazon-prime-good-omens-christian-neil-gaiman-terry-pratchett


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Goodheart

(5,327 posts)
1. Another step to make satanism appear normal?
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 06:40 PM
Jun 2019

What were the previous steps?

I'm petitioning Amazon to bring us a second season! This next season I want AntiChrist boy to vote for donald trump. What will they think of him then?

Liberal In Texas

(13,556 posts)
3. Finished last episode this week. It was a great show.
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 06:51 PM
Jun 2019

Reminded me a bit of the BBC production of "Hitchhikers Guide..."

These fundies need to get a life. Or something.


Ford_Prefect

(7,901 posts)
10. Both groups are christian extremists.
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 09:08 PM
Jun 2019

I recall when Life of Brian was a big deal with the same people. They stood outside the theater and told us all the bad things the movie said about Christ, which curiously were not in the movie.

I find it classic that they attacked Netflix for Amazon's program. But that is an example of how they try to intimidate everyone over cultural issues.

tclambert

(11,087 posts)
12. They should have addressed a petition to the late Terry Pratchett and asked him to unwrite the book.
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 09:27 PM
Jun 2019

My favorite Terry Pratchett gag was the reverse phrenology shop, where they would use hammers of various sizes to give people lumps on their heads corresponding to the skills they wanted.

ChoppinBroccoli

(3,784 posts)
16. I Knew As Soon As I Saw Adam & Eve Portrayed As Black.........
Thu Jun 20, 2019, 10:51 PM
Jun 2019

............that the religious wackos would all have their magic panties in a bunch over this series.

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