And if that isn't enough, they've still got Sunday to deal with. He's also totally invulnerable, and a nice kid. From the pens of literary wizards Sir Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman comes an adaptation like no other Good Omens, featuring Michael Sheen and David. Because he's eleven years old, loves his dog even though it's really a Satanic hellhound under all that hair, really cares about the environment and is the sort of boy anyone would be proud to have as a son. What if, for once, the predictions are right, and the Apocalypse really is due to arrive next Saturday, just after. Above all (or, in Aziraphale's case, below all) they need to find and kill the Antichrist, currently the most powerful creature on Earth. Good Omens Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman. So they've got no alternative but to stop the Four Motorcyclists of the Apocalypse, defeat the marching ranks of the Witchfinder's army* and - somehow - stop it all happening. According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch - the worlds only totally. They like it down here (or, in Crowley's case, up here). They dont let you go around again until you get it right. Which is a major problem for Crowley, Hell's most approachable demon and former serpent, and his opposite number and old friend Aziraphale, genuine angel and Soho bookshop owner. There will be seas of fire, rains of fish, the moon turning to blood and the massed armies of Heaven and Hell will sort it outonce and for all. Which means that Armageddon will happen on a Saturday night. According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter -the world's only "totally reliable" guide to the future - the world will end on a Saturday.
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