Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle) is in prison and is told about the death of his wife Laura (Emily Browning). Upon his release, he is recruited by Mr. Wednesday (Ian McShane) into a world of Gods. Laura is an undead. They are joined by leprechaun Mad Sweeney (Pablo Schreiber). Wednesday's origin is revealed as he declares war on the new Gods.
This is adapted from work by Neil Gaiman. It is visually stunning. Its subject matter is imaginative and original. That is its greatest asset. It is a world of a singular vision. I love all the ideas. The characters are great and the actors are terrific. As for the story, it needs a better narrative flow. Sometimes, it feels like it's meandering. There is no singular lead to follow. There are essentially three main characters with a lot of main-ish characters. By far, Ian McShane is the most compelling actor and quite frankly, he is one of the greats of our times. His problem is that his character is a very selfish. It's not the character to lead. Whittle's character is more the lead but his acting can't really match the others. Then there is Emily Browning who exits the main narrative with Schreiber. It would help the show if these characters form a group and work together. They need to be a Scooby gang but they work at cross-purposes. They interact well but that doesn't happen enough. That makes the flow disjointed as the narrative skips from one story to the next. The war is always coming but is never here. The story just meanders around. Starz! Cancels the show after three seasons although the producers are looking to continue the series elsewhere. It would be a shame to end it here with a cliffhanger when the story finally is getting somewhere with the impending war. Maybe they can finish off the series with a movie, 3 seasons and a movie.
This is adapted from work by Neil Gaiman. It is visually stunning. Its subject matter is imaginative and original. That is its greatest asset. It is a world of a singular vision. I love all the ideas. The characters are great and the actors are terrific. As for the story, it needs a better narrative flow. Sometimes, it feels like it's meandering. There is no singular lead to follow. There are essentially three main characters with a lot of main-ish characters. By far, Ian McShane is the most compelling actor and quite frankly, he is one of the greats of our times. His problem is that his character is a very selfish. It's not the character to lead. Whittle's character is more the lead but his acting can't really match the others. Then there is Emily Browning who exits the main narrative with Schreiber. It would help the show if these characters form a group and work together. They need to be a Scooby gang but they work at cross-purposes. They interact well but that doesn't happen enough. That makes the flow disjointed as the narrative skips from one story to the next. The war is always coming but is never here. The story just meanders around. Starz! Cancels the show after three seasons although the producers are looking to continue the series elsewhere. It would be a shame to end it here with a cliffhanger when the story finally is getting somewhere with the impending war. Maybe they can finish off the series with a movie, 3 seasons and a movie.