@spicoli - I'm talking about Shadow in terms of his mythological analogue and the point of that cycle—which I believe was Gaiman's intention. What I don't get, or what didn't work for me, more properly, was that I had no sense of Shadow's persona other than as you say, a projection of the plot.

No, Greenspan Dan, I did not "miss the point" of the small-town sections of the story. I did resent the fuck out of them for dragging on interminably to no relative consequence of the larger narrative. They slogged the action far too much, and it felt like a betrayal of Gaiman's inability to bring things to a…

So much so that it undercut the impact of the reveal, I thought.

I would like to see more attention devoted to the epic climax itself. It would have been far more interesting to see more of it instead of just snippets in the background of Shadow's own travails.

That's because the pun was abominable.

It's not "amazing." It is enjoyable, interesting, and doesn't happen to live up to its full potential. But there's a lot to recommend about it, namely the setup of the plot and the central idea of the novel (new versus old gods and what the land and the people take as their own signifiers and offer as tribute) is a…

My oversight!

I just don't get the "oh, she's SO HOT" thing. She mumbles out of the side of her mouth and looks like she's going to retire to a Swoosie Kurtz face in her twilight years.

I will continue to laugh at Ren Fairers.

And then your eyes popped out!

There ain't no time for that now

Ahhhh, one post lower!

How about "My Side of the Mountain" or "Z For Zachariah"?

So is it worth watching? I'm in the same boat: saw it available on Netflix Watch Instantly, held off because I remember some cheesiness…

Oh, you'll be far too busy falling into chasms to be doing any raping:

FWIW, as a tyke, I was profoundly frightened of the White Mountains series, especially the final chapter/prequel, "When the Tripods Came."

@hollyhox: too soon…

Crichton was amazingly prescient in his plot conceits, which went a long way to establishing his near-dominance of the pop-sci-fi genre for years. Sorry to hear he went too soon, but he was also a vengeful fuck. That well-known takedown of one of his critics as being a baby-rapist whose infantile genitalia were too…

Ugh, Emma Stone…

Thank you betterforsome. A more realistic (?) approach could be found in the Max Brooks section of your local zombrary.