American Gods
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Whats the lesson everyone should have learned, especially now that weve seen the season-two premiere?
They should have just paid Fuller and Green.
Watching House on the Rock is not unlike watching Brett RatnersRed Dragonright after watching Michael MannsManhunter.
Both come from the same source material and feature the same characters and plot points.
Theres something depressingly hollow about the newAmerican Gods.
The heart is missing.
Even Mad Sweeney (Pablo Schreiber) looks bored.
From the very first scene, its easy to tell that this is moreHeroesthanHannibal, now.
Theres no time for symbolism.
This is where the great meeting that Mr. Wednesday has been trying to coordinate will go down.
Mr. Wednesday has a brief encounter with Bilquis, who was not invited, but he allows her in.
Somehow, this convinces Wednesday, and everyone retreats to a Wisconsin buffet restaurant to discuss further.
Shots ring out and people in the restaurant start getting killed in a mass shooting.
Shadow gets to the gunman, but hes sucked up into the sky as in anX-Filesabduction.
As the Gods survey the carnage, they discover that Zorya is dead.
I feel her pain.
Further Prayers
The name of the spy program in theBournemovies was Blackbriar.
Coincidence that its an underground surveillance/communication op here, too?
Theres another interesting real-world connection to those scenes.
Wondering what that is?Read on.
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The shooters bullets say Deus Mortuorum, which translates to God is dead.
Where do we go from here?
Ill be here to see if it does.
