Today
Entertainment News:A US Christian group calling for the cancellation of Amazon’s
Good Omens have been lampooned after mistakenly sending a 20,000-strong protest
petition to Netflix.
The Return
to Order sect argue the show, about a demon and angel uniting to stop
Armageddon, normalises Satanism and “mocks God’s wisdom”.
Netflix
responded in jest with a “promise” to halt production.
Amazon
playfully said they would cancel Netflix hit Stranger Things in return.
The six-part
series is based upon the 1990 novel written by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
– who also wrote the screenplay and worked as a showrunner on the series.
Why the Good
Omens premiere had an empty seat
Fantasy author Pratchett dies aged 66
Fantasy author Pratchett dies aged 66
The
adaptation, fulfils, according to Gaiman, one of Pratchett’s last requests,
prior to his death in 2015.
It stars
David Tennant as the demon Crowley and Michael Sheen as the angel Aziraphale,
who must both work together to overcome humanity’s divisions.
But a
campaign by religious group Return to Order calls for the “blasphemous” show to
be pulled “at once”.
The
petition, promoted in a Facebook post since May 13, also expresses concern
that:
God is
“voiced by a woman” – two-time Oscar-winner Frances McDormand
The antichrist is “portrayed as a normal kid that has special powers”
The “four riders of the Apocalypse, God’s means of punishing sinful earth, are portrayed as a group of bikers.”
The antichrist is “portrayed as a normal kid that has special powers”
The “four riders of the Apocalypse, God’s means of punishing sinful earth, are portrayed as a group of bikers.”
However, the
group – inspired by the writings of biblical scholar John Horvat II – have
undermined the support of 20,000 signatories by addressing it to Netflix.
The blunder
over the show, in fact an Amazon and BBC co-production, has gone viral on
social media since Thursday.
“Get your
research right before making petition …I love the Lord and fully agree on your
point but have your ducks in a row before you accuse and start division where
it shouldn’t be,” wrote one follower in frustration.
Gaiman
responded to the petition on Twitter, writing: “I love that they are going to
write to Netflix to try and get #GoodOmens cancelled. Says it all really. This
is so beautiful … Promise me you won’t tell them?”
The user who
directed Gaiman to the petition joked: “I think Mr. Gaiman and Mr. Pratchett
would be very pleased with this complaint.”
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