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Greetings, angels and demons—the time is nigh! After we were teased with a glimpse of Michael Sheen’s newly celestial-white locks, Amazon Prime Video’s second season of Good Omens is now officially in full swing.

In new pictures released today by Good Omens co-author and season two showrunner Neil Gaiman, we bear witness to visions of stars Michael Sheen (as the fussy angel Aziraphale) and David Tennant (as the slithery demon Crowley).

In the first shot, Sheen and Tennant are out of character and having an animated conversation on-set—the two are longtime friends and collaborators, most recently working on lockdown TV show Staged together.

You waited. And now you see @michaelsheen and David Tennant, being perfectly effable.

(On our Soho set. The bookshop is on the left. Could that be a pub on the right?)#GoodOmens Season 2 @PrimeVideo pic.twitter.com/LiqCGWT8Oh

— Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) November 2, 2021

Gaiman writes that the actors are being “perfectly effable,” a reference to Good Omens’ constant in-joke use of the word “ineffable” to describe, well, everything that cannot be explained. “Ineffable” was uttered so often in season one that the romantic ship of Aziraphale/Crowley is referred to online as “Ineffable Husbands.” (The shipping of this odd couple has been around since the book’s publication in 1990 but exploded in the wake of the show, which saw the characters written with the beats of a love story.)

Then we see our first shot of Sheen and Tennant truly back in character:

You waited. And here we see Crowley and Aziraphale, inside the bookshop talking to… well, that would be telling. Welcome to Season 2. This time it’s ineffable.#GoodOmens @PrimeVideo pic.twitter.com/ztm2fl9y3a

— Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) November 2, 2021

This is a fitting return to Aziraphale and Crowley. They’re in Aziraphale’s beloved bookshop. Aziraphale has his tartan bowtie and a dainty new teacup (replacing his iconic angel-wing mug?) and appears somewhat alarmed at what he’s hearing. Next to him, Crowley is wearing his trademark sunglasses (which hide his yellow snake eyes) and is in his customary black clothing.

Crowley’s reaction to the person (or entity) the pair are talking to is a toothy grin—or is that a menacing grimace? Either way, the picture captures both characters’ personalities pretty damn perfectly and plunges us straight back into the universe of Good Omens on television.

What makes this go-round so exciting (and for some fans, trepidatious) is that while a good deal of the plot of the first season closely hewed to the events of the book, Good Omens 2 will be exploring new ground. A few elements from a planned but unwritten sequel by the late Terry Pratchett and Gaiman made their way into the first season, and we expect many will appear in the second.

Much else remains a mystery, as Amazon’s official summary reminds:

The new season will explore storylines that go beyond the original source material to illuminate the uncanny friendship between Aziraphale, a fussy angel and rare book dealer, and the fast-living demon Crowley. Having been on Earth since The Beginning and with the Apocalypse thwarted, Aziraphale and Crowley are getting back to easy living amongst mortals in London’s Soho when an unexpected messenger presents a surprising mystery. 

Are Aziraphale and Crowley meeting that “unexpected messenger” in this very picture?

According to Empire, the series will feature some additional familiar faces from season one:

Also back are Paul Adeyefa, Michael McKean, Gloria Obianyo, Miranda Richardson, Maggie Service, Reece Shearsmith and Nina Sosanya, though some will be in entirely new roles (the Good Omens team is playing coy on that front for now.)

And Empire quotes Gaiman discussing the new production:

“I am so happy to be back here on the streets of Soho, watching, every day, the glorious performances of Michael Sheen and David Tennant. I miss having Terry Pratchett’s genius, but it does feel like we are still all walking around inside his head,” says Gaiman. “It’s been an absolute pleasure to have the brilliant John Finnemore co-write this season’s story shenanigans with me, and to work with director and my co-showrunner Douglas Mackinnon as he steers the ship, along with our astonishing crew, who have returned to do it again.

“In this season we get to have new adventures with old friends, to solve some extremely mysterious mysteries, and we encounter some entirely new humans (living, dead, and otherwise), angels, and demons. We were lucky in the first season to have so many outstanding actors taking part, so I took pleasure in inviting people back, wherever we could, some in the roles they played originally, some in new parts written just for them.”

Our corporeal bodies are ready.

(images: Amazon Studios/Neil Gaiman on Twitter)

Here are some other things we saw today:

• Charlottesville’s mayor has had enough. (via Politico)
• David Byrne and Stephen Colbert danced together, who could ask for anything more? (image: Pajiba)

• Our story: https://t.co/LoBdcDwAsD

  — Publishers Weekly (@PublishersWkly) November 2, 2021

• “Nintendo hacker Gary Bowser pleads guilty” (via Eurogamer)
• Eternals director Chloé Zhao may be eyeing a Dracula movie next! (via Slashfilm)
• Shockingly, the “SQUID coin” cryptocurrency, inspired by Squid Game, wasn’t great for those playing. (via Comicbook.com)

What did you see out there today?

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Howdy, folks! Let's jump right to it, shall we?  Listen to the new installment of Afronerd Radio's Mid Week in Review broadcast-airing every Wednesday at 8 p.m. eastern on BTalk 100.  Check out the musings of your "friendly neighborhood" AFROnerdist hosts deciphering this (mid) week chock full of the following topics:  is it true that black actress, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, featured in Warner-Media's Dune was omitted from the film's poster in China? Or is there an exaggeration or misinformation on the part of social media sites?; say it ain't so!  Is former Heavyweight champion, Mike Tyson really going to consider an exhibition fight against one of the Paul brothers from Youtube fame?;  spoiler-free reviews are coming in for Marvel's highly anticipated Eternals film and some are asserting that it's "OK" to "meh"....let's discuss; noted actor, Michael B. Jordan's HBO Max "Black Superman" project gets closer to reality with the announcement that two writers are now attached to the project; comedy legend, Dave Chappelle remains steadfast with the opinions he espoused during his Closer special at Netflix but he will meet with the Trans community with certain conditions:

The Millarworld-Netflix union continues with the expected release of his Magic Order comic to streaming TV series translation in the future;  Are NYC UPS trucks showing love for Disney's Mandalorian series?  Apparently so:

 

    

And if time permits, we will address some topics we failed to cover during Sunday's Grindhouse show.

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Aaron Coleman, the 21-year-old “progressive” state rep from Kansas with a history of both alleged and admitted abusive behavior, has been arrested on charges of domestic battery.

According to the Kansas City Star, “The victim in the case is either someone Coleman has dated, a relative or a household member, according to the complaint filed against him by an assistant district attorney. Further details of the allegations were not immediately known.” Charges involve allegedly “unlawfully, knowingly, or recklessly” causing bodily harm or physical contact with someone in a “rude, insulting, or angry manner.”

Coleman’s disturbing history

Coleman was elected to the state House last year, even after heaps of incredibly disturbing allegations came out against him. Coleman admitted to engaging in “revenge porn,” having blackmailed a twelve-year-old girl when he was 14, circulating nude pictures of her without her consent. He was arrested for threatening a school shooting and eventually pled guilty to a misdemeanor harassment charge. And at least one former ex-girlfriend of Coleman’s has accused him of hitting and choking her.

After these allegations came to light, Coleman—along with some bizarre allies like media heavyweight Glenn Greenwald—tried to argue that he’d learned and grown and changed. That was very obviously not true. Coleman briefly and angrily suspended his campaign, blaming feminism for “uphold[ing] the status quo.” He also allegedly continued to harass and stalk his primary opponent’s female campaign manager even after the general election.

Just last month, Coleman was banned from stepping foot in the Kansas Department of Labor’s headquarters after he reportedly berated a police officer in a “loud, demanding tone” while trying to enter the property.

Will Coleman ever face consequences?

Last year, when Coleman’s history of disturbing behavior was making national headlines, a number of Kansas legislators—all women—called for his resignation. After he took office, a Kansas House committee ended an investigation into Coleman’s alleged and admitted abuse with a short, tepid letter of reprimand. The committee took no disciplinary actions against Coleman and only suggested that he find a mentor.

Coleman was taken into police custody Saturday night and is expected to be arraigned in court Monday afternoon. According to the Star, Coleman’s arrest has “prompted new calls for his resignation,” but it’s not clear what that looks like and if he is any more likely to face any professional consequences this time around.

(via Kansas City Star, image: Aaron Coleman, YouTube)

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Happy Halloween, loyal AFROnerdists!  While tending to visiting trick-or-treaters, check out the latest installment of Afronerd Radio's Grindhouse airing this Sunday at 6 p.m. eastern on the BTalk 100 internet broadcasting platform.  The topics du jour are:  an interesting Bleeding Cool piece highlighting a 1970 DC readers survey posing questions concerning comic book purchase frequency, titles of interest, and stories about Black people.  Could this be considered first or second-wave wokeism?; legendary West Coast rapper/filmmaker/mogul, Ice Cube trends on Twitter for turning down a reported 9M dollar payday for a film co-starring comedic actor, Jack Black due to COVID-19 vaccination requirements; in deference to the Halloween celebration, perhaps it's time to take a look back (and forward) at Black Horror as a budding and financially competitive film genre:

And in the wake of  public safety allegations being levied against tech giant, Facebook, the social media juggernaut is now launching a VR rebrand entitled, "Meta." The team will discuss the who, what and why of the impending Metaverse;  well for Marvel fans and some canon soothsayers, it appears that the "Tarzanification" of the Iron Fist IP may be addressed with the white Danny Rand relinquishing the cowl to a character of Asian descent;           
    

Legendary SNL comedian, Garrett Morris (Martin, Jamie Foxx Show, 2 Broke Girls) is ready for his closeup, courtesy of a recent article in the Hollywood Reporter;  and lastly, so the Pixar spinoff franchising continues with the release of the Lightyear trailer:  

   

And yet Dburt asks when will Samuel L. Jackson's "Frozone" universe get the same spinoff treatment?

  

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