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Good Omens

Good Omens

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Good Omens is the title of a fantasy novel and television series by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. A television adaptation of the 1990 novel was produced by Amazon Prime in 2019.

History

Book

On May 1st, 1990, Neil Gaiman's book Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch was released. The book was nominated for a 1991 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel.[1]

Television Series

On May 31st, 2019, a teleivision adaptation of the series premiered on Amazon Prime. The six-episode series stars Michael Sheen, David Tennant and Jon Hamm and was written by Neil Gaiman.[2]


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Reception

Netflix Protest

On May 12th, 2019, a petition to cancel Good Omens was published on the website Return To Order.[3] In the original posting, however, the petition called for Netflix to cancel the series, despite it being a part of Amazon Prime's original library.

On June 19th, Twitter [4] user @wdebruinjr posted a screenshot of the petition and corrected the errors, which was originally posted on the fleetof-fandoms Tumblr [5] tagging Neil Gaiman in the caption. The post received more than 2,400 likes and 300 retweets in 24 two days (shown below, left).

Gaiman retweeted[6] the post and wrote, "I love that they are going to write to Netflix to try and get #GoodOmens cancelled. Says it all really." The post received more than 23,000 likes and 4,400 retweets in two days (shown below, center).

On June 20th, 2019, The Guardian[7] reported that more than 20,000 people had signed the petition. Netflix responded to a tweet about the article. They wrote,[8] "ok we promise not to make any more." The post received more than 49,000 likes and 9,600 retweets in 24 hours (shown below, right).


@neilhimself fleetof-fandoms Volgen accidently discovered a petition to cancel the "blasphemous" Good Omens for the following reasons (+my side notes) THEY ARE IN LOVE An angel and cemon are gacd frends, and are meant to be earths ambsssedors for Good and Evl respectively. This pair tries to stop the coming of the PLOT Antichnsl because they are comlortable and like Ihe eanth so much. Gcd is voiced by a waman wISH CAME TAVE The Anlichrist, wha wil oppose Ihe Kingdam of God, is portrayec as a normal kid nat has SHOCK special powers and a mission to desiray the warid which he dpesnt neally want lo dr. There are graups af Salanic 'nuns Ihat are- chosen o raise ihe Amchvist, ThEs DIPN T The lour nders ol the Apocalypse. Gods LEGENDS means of purishirg snful earth, are partrayea as a graup of bikers in the end, Ihs is a denial of Good and Evil: BEST SHOW EVER??? moralty and natural law do not exist, just humanitarianism and an utimalely useless creed. This is anoher slep lo make Satansm appear normal, ight and acceptable We must show our rejeclion. Please sign cur pelition, teling Netflox thal we wil nat stand slent as they destroy the barriers of norror we sil have for evi. u And I think Mr Gaiman and Mr Pratchett would be very pleased with this complain (Also the whole thing is directed to Netflix instead of Amazon and it only makes it funnier) Im not making this up 11:33 AM 19 Jun 2019 Neil Gaiman @neilhimself I love that they are going to write to Netflix to try and get #GoodOmens cancelled. Says it all really. Walter de Bruin @wdebruinjr @neilhimself am m EVER??? 11:37 AM - 19 Jun 2019 N Netflix UK & Ireland @NetflixUK ok we promise not to make any more The Guardian @guardian Thousands petition Netflix to cancel Amazon Prime's Good Omens theguardian.com/books/2019/jun... 3:19 PM - 20 Jun 2019

That day, Amazon Prime's Twitter account posted, "Hey @netflix, we'll cancel Stranger Things if you cancel Good Omens." The tweet received more than 66,000 likes and 16,000 retweets in 24 hours (shown below).


Amazon Prime Video US prime video @PrimeVideo Hey @netflix, we'll cancel Stranger Things if you cancel Good Omens. Thousands of Christians Demand That Netflix Cancel a Show It Does Not Air A Christian group that once protested a "blasphemous" ice cream now demands that Netflix ax Good Omens, which they believe constitutes "another step to mak... vanityfair.com 6:03 PM-20 Jun 2019

Following reports of the mistake, the petition was updated to read:

"Due to an oversight by Return to Order staff, this petition originally listed Netflix as responsible for the offensive series "Good Omens." Amazon Video released the series on May 31. We regret the mistake, and the protests will be delivered to Amazon when the campaign is complete.

Search Interest

External References

[1] Wikipedia – Good Omens

[2] Wikipedia – Good Omens

[3] Return to Order – Cancel the Blasphemous 'Good Omens' Series

[4] Twitter – "@wdebruinjr's Tweet":

[5] Tumblr – fleetof-fandoms' Post

[6] Twitter – @neilhimself's Tweet

[7] The Guardian – Thousands petition Netflix to cancel Amazon Prime's Good Omens

[8] Twitter – @NetflixUK's Tweet

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I'm Christian, probably on the conservative end depending on what you think that means. (Evangelical?)

I read about half the book, Niel Gaiman wasn't really to my taste though (Pratchett fan) so I never finished it.

There's no truly horrific content in it. It was just a well written parody of the Omen, The Screwtape Letters, and various interpretations of the Book of Revelations.

No Christian I know cares.
This is like that one guy who protests Starbuck's Coffee cups every Christmas. Some media companies will write a quick article because controversy. Some people on social media will make fun of it because it's ridiculous to propose that this could be cancelled on the whim of people who wouldn't be watching it.
Maybe some older people on Facebook will like and share a denouncement post, but they also don't care.

Please don't assume that normal people are running around trying to cancel media projects.
Just like when SJWs try to get things cancelled, the reality is that only a tiny number of people with too much time on their hands is making a stink. Most people, even people who share beliefs with the cancellation advocates, do not care.

I hope the Good Omens fans are able to enjoy the mini-series.

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(((Richard Cheese; 妹妹 Master)))
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(((Richard Cheese; 妹妹 Master)))

Wait, but why though? What about Good Omens is offensive or even heretical? If anything, Young Pope can be considered more offensive, and yet from what I've seen most Catholics either don't mind or like it. Either way, I've said it before and I'll say it again: You cannot and should not try to censor or restrict the media people create unless in violation to the law.

TL;DR: What part of "Kingdom of God or Kingdom of Heaven" don't you understand?

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