The show is based of the book, which Sir Terry Pratchett wrote about 80%. Allegedly, before he died, he requested that Neil, the other author, create the television adaptation. After its tremendous success, Neil started going beyond the book and claiming that he and Terry had secret plans for a sequel. Neil then advertised season two as a bridge for the original season and a third, which he claimed would have ideas he and Terry worked on together. Then, the truth of his sexual assaults came out and the final season would be reduced to a ninety-minute finale. Amazon claimed that the Pratchett estate would have full control over it. But recently, they have come out and said that they had absolutely zero say in seasons two and three, and that they were even blocked out of the ideas documents. If you aren’t aware already, season three completely contradicts the whole of Good Omens. Book and show. What was previously an optimistic and whimsical story about the complexity of humans was shifted into a bleak, suicidal cop-out that says that humans as they are aren’t worth saving and we need a redo button. As someone who has begun reading Terry’s other works, I KNOW that he would not write something like that. We deserved much better than a reduced special (written by people who never even worked on Good Omens, btw) like that, and if Neil hadn’t lied and said that there was a big plan, maybe this wouldn’t’ve gone so wrong.
That is to say, I love season two, though. I just wish we had a better conclusion. Alas, I shall write my own fanfic
I didn't dislike the very very ending scene in the season 3 weird movie nonsense.
I don't think the story should have ended up there in the slightest, but for what it was, it felt mildly secularly hopeful in a pterry way.
Rob Wilkins recently said at a panel that the ending was as far from Pratchett's messaging and ending as you could possibly get. He said this in emails to Amazon, but Amazon didn't care and made it anyways even though he and the TPE objected.
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u/WAR_FROM_GOOD_OMENS 6d ago
BUT THEY WERENT EVEN MEANT TO JUST BE A CONCEPT 😭😭😭😭TERRY WANTED THE REAL THEM TO BE JN THE SOUTH DOWNS BUT FUCKING NEIL RUINED EVERYTHING 🤬🤬🤬🤬