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[kindkit]

I am a cyborg now.

In the least dramatic way possible (during cataract surgery they implant a new corrective lens to replace the cataract-y old one) but nevertheless, a cyborg.

I can see much, much better out of my right eye. The other one is still crap (and before the surgery it used to be my "good eye"!), but I'll get surgery on that one in the next few months. In the meantime, I still have much improved vision overall. And I've got colors back, yay! Everything had been very dull, hazy, and yellowed.

In other news, the Good Omens miniseries is mostly great (I like it better than the book in some ways, not all to do with Aziraphale/Crowley). Has anybody else watched it yet?

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[tree_and_leaf]

I've only managed to watch the first episode so far, but I liked it over all and am looking forward to having time to watch more.

[kindkit]

Ooh, you have a lot of good stuff ahead.

It's not perfect, but I think there's a lot to love about it.

[sovay]

And I've got colors back, yay! Everything had been very dull, hazy, and yellowed.

Mazel tov! I'm so glad the surgery did what it was supposed to.

I have not yet seen Good Omens, but would love to read what you think of it.

[kindkit]

Thank you, on both counts. I don't think I have it in me to do a long, detailed GO post yet, and I'd want to rewatch it first anyway. But here's the short version: visually gorgeous, scarier and more serious than the book in some ways and less likely to flog a joke (e.g. the Them) to death, deeper and more consistent characterization for everybody including minor characters who needed it (like the Youngs), excellent performances (especially Michael Sheen as Aziraphale), and a willingness to write Aziraphale and Crowley as outright romance, although chickening out a bit at the end on that one.

Cons: too much explain-y voice over, a bit too cautious about possibly offending Christians, some tweeness about Family that isn't in the book, one small loose end that could be upsetting to people who don't know how it's resolved in the book.

But on the whole I think it's better than the book (and I like the book). The story has a stronger, clearer structure because consistency and characterization aren't sacrificed for the sake of cleverness or jokes.

[sovay]

The story has a stronger, clearer structure because consistency and characterization aren't sacrificed for the sake of cleverness or jokes.

Cool! I like but do not love the book; I have been hearing nothing but good things about Sheen and Tennant's performances but not as much about the rest of the miniseries; and that all sounds really attractive.

[kindkit]

I think it's well worth a look. My recommendation is to give it through the first half of episode 3. If it's not working for you by then, it probably won't.

[silveradept]

Congratulations on becoming a cyborg. Our hope is that when the revolution comes, you will spare is meatbags for your own entertainment.

[kindkit]

*considers*

[thawrecka]

Yay for cyborg vision!

[kindkit]

Now if only I had a telephoto lens. And some kind of memory chip so I wouldn't instantly forget people's faces

[thawrecka]

I'd like to have those upgrades, too!

[lilacsigil]

Go cyborg life! I think everyone I’ve ever met who has had cataract surgery says that their good eye wasn’t so good after all!

Just watched and loved the first episode of Good Omens - liked everything except possibly the voiceover, I’m still torn on that.

ETA: I love Michael Sheen's Aziraphale in particular - he really gets the affection and intelligence behind the fussy exterior.

[st_aurafina]

Yay! I am so glad it went well!

We're one episode into Good Omens, and I love so much about it. David Tennant and Michael Sheen are having the best time and it's lovely.

[halotolerant]

Huzzah for cyborg vision!

I fully love Good Omens. More or less completely for the Aziraphale/Crowley bits (it's been a long time since I read the book but I enjoyed the Adam-as-Just-William-AU element so much, which I don't think makes it onto screen - to be fair the style of Just William really never makes it onto screen, it's so narrator-voice-ish). Tennant and Sheen are clearly 100% into it as a Romance Thing and although, yes, I would have loved a handhold or something at the end just to provide an emotional climax, the more I rewatch it (on my third time through) the more I see of the depth their performances bring to the emotional journey of each moment, such that dining at the Ritz is practically NSFW... Or nearly, anyway *g* Aziraphale as a character hits me so square on the id it's ridiculous.

I want so much backstory about Aziraphale and his 'discreet gentleman's club' and his role as a bookseller in Soho over the years.

[kindkit]

Once again I'm replying to you ridiculously late. The problem is, I always want my replies to you to be intelligent and interesting, and so I wait until I have intelligent and interesting things to say. And wait, and wait.

Being now without anything especially intelligent or interesting, I'll just say that I'm still feeling the GO love very much. Especially since Michael Sheen has responded to a torrent of people's Aziraphale/Crowley feelings, and fic, and art, with both grace and enthusiasm.

so much backstory about Aziraphale and his 'discreet gentleman's club' and his role as a bookseller in Soho

Oh, yes. Have you seen any good new stuff? I'm a bit afraid to look at the fandom on AO3, because the task of finding the good among the awful will be . . . daunting.

(Do not currently have an Aziraphale icon, but I think Giles is close enough.)

[halotolerant]

I know well that feeling of 'ooh, I'll wait and reply to this PROPERLY' and then, as time passes, feeling less and less capable :( However you are always intelligent and interesting and I'm not just saying that <3

I am very delayed replying to you, but for another reason! Specifically that I have been at Worldcon (my first) and then in a post-worldcon internet-free retreat in Donegal (I say retreat, just people in a house party somewhere without signal or wifi). I am behind on all my onlines as a result, and just starting to poke it today. I looked at a few journals today to make sure I was caught up and saw your other health and life posts - I'm so glad things are broadly positive in balance *hugs*

Hmmm, GO has definitely exploded into one of the unmanageable fandoms. Marginaliana has a rec collection that I trust? https://archiveofourown.org/collections/MGOrecs although I've not read them all myself. I need to resort the list again soon, at one point I was up to date with it and checking daily but that was like 3 weeks ago. Enough people I follow anyway have written in it (e.g. Laura Shapiro) that a certain amount comes to my inbox without my looking.

[kindkit]

Ooh, I am envious over Worldcon and subsequent Donegal. Were you by the sea? I spent a couple of days in Glencolmcille once, years ago, and it was beautiful.

Thanks for the link! And many many many many *hugs*. I've missed you.