Yeah, he still remained alive, I was trying to think of a scene that involved mass murder and sex at the same time, but which one did escapes me.
The followup made no sense though -- it seemed like the Jinn possessed the cabbie and consumed his soul or something, but the next time we see the cabbie, he's back to his ol' self like nothing happened.
Jinn also aren't "gods" is the Islamic religion, nor are Leprechauns in Irish folklore, so it makes no sense for either to be on a show about "gods" walking the earth.
In any case, back to the topic at hand. A glance at Gaiman's bibliography and his other works include books like Stardust, The Silver Dream,The Ocean at the End of the Lane, M Is for Magic, A Little Gold Book, and picture books for very young children with names like The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, Blueberry Girl, and Crazy Hair.
"American Gods" had material that would make Striptease look like lighthearted kiddie fare in comparison, and Striptease is an R-rated film for adults only, based around Demi Moore getting naked.
If "American Gods" is indeed faithful to the source material, it would be like turning the latest adaptation of "Shel Silverstein" of "The Giving Tree" fame, to discover the movie is Cannibal Holocaust.
Nobody was surprised to see the TV show Ash vs. Evil Dead (also on Starz) was filled with massive carnage and evil demons, since the movies they are based on use the exact SAME format.
To go from Coraline to American Gods is like switching from Pinocchio to Requiem for a Dream.
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exatera (3942)
7 years ago
You seem to be oddly invested into this, and expending a lot of energy in your zeal. Whereas I still don't understand how any of this is even an issue. Since you are not answering my questions, I will let this go. You seem to be more interested in soapboxing than any actual conversation, in any case.
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7 years ago
Easiest explanation would be to quote F. Scott Fitzgerald from The Crack-Up in Esquire Magazine February 1936.
"The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function."
Neil was perhaps testing himself to see if he could do just that.
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naDaht (1087)
7 years ago
A common theme in Gaimans works are "duality". Many of his novels deals with parallell worlds and things that are very strange to us who only know the "normal" world.
And let's face it, real life is full of things that makes Hellraiser blush.
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7 years ago
Yep and that's why I like him, he pushes himself to extend beyond what was before or even at the time in the one novel; why I think he was challenging himself with the two opposing novels.
Also yep, some things that happen in the real world I have thought that if that was a movie people would be on messages boards saying how unrealistic it was.
Even going back, imagine if in a Movie a victim of a serial killer escaped, was found naked, bleeding from the rectum and heavily under the influence of drugs. Then those police officers hand him back to the serial killer as the serial killer is able to convince them that the person is his lover. The officers even helping him get the victim back to the the killers apartment and noticing a strange smell and not investigating any further.
Such was the case of Jeffrey Dahmer: https://blackbutterfly7.wordpress.com/2015/08/08/the-jeffrey-dahmer-victim-who-did-not-have-to-die/ a man who had already spent time in prison for drugging and sexually fondling a 13-year old boy, the brother of the one who had escaped and been returned by Police.
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