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[sonidofrustrante]

[youryurigoddess]

Gabriel’s (missing) cross

Let’s put everything we know about that spooky statue of the Archangel Gabriel in one thread to make the conversation about its possible meaning as a Good Omens 3 clue more structured. Starting off with the relevant part of the official commentary from X-Ray:

Douglas Mackinnon got one thing wrong in his part of the interview — Gabriel wasn’t carved by “some guy in Italy,” but a British sculptor and prop maker David Field working as a part of the team at 3DEye in London.

Technically speaking, it’s a gorgeous piece of hand-carved expanded polystyrene with a clay sculpted head on top of it — even if the Archangel’s smug likeness isn’t that pleasant to look at, all things considered. The scenic artists from 3DEye made it look like stone afterwards.

The body itself took ten days to sculpt and is a faithful copy of the famous statue on Ponte Sant'Angelo in Rome called Angel with the Cross by Ercole Ferrata. It stands on the inscription “Cuius principatus super humerum eius” (“Whose government shall be upon His shoulder”, Isaiah 9:16), and this quote makes much more sense for Gabriel than the cross in his hands. The usual iconography of the Archangel uses a trumpet or a white lily instead.

Ponte Sant'Angelo was originally used to expose the heads of those sentenced to death — each of the angelic statues on it carry Arma Christi, the Instruments of the Passion. Like the Second Coming, what seems to be a hopeful message to the Chosen Ones can also be a warning for the others.

The statue of Gabriel, first shown in full in the cemetery scene of the Good Omens 2 title sequence, reappears at the very end as a part of the bridge leading to the biggest Easter egg — at least according to Peter Anderson, the animator behind it — which is the lift in the background, implying how we’re getting closer towards the Second Coming. Notice how the cross broke down in half at some point between these two scenes!

And it disappears in the plot as well: Gabriel’s memory depicts it only from his point of view, with the camera deliberately moving slightly to the right and stopping at his eye level. The centered, establishing shots show the statue with empty hands as a bookend.

I believe that this cross is meant to serve as a foreshadowing, a reminder of the absolution of sins and eternal life through Christ’s sacrifice and Second Coming. We see it only through Gabriel and Aziraphale’s eyes — when Beelzebub looks at the statue, the cross is not there.

As seen in the BTS photos and videos, it’s not an editing error, but a deliberate positioning of the physical props on set. The cross was clearly meant to be a removable part of the statue and displayed in a specific way to convey a message to the audience.

The question remains: is it a reassurance, something to look forward to, or maybe rather a warning?

Not helpfully at all, the traditional use of angelic imagery in Christian cemeteries matches both interpretations.

[1braincell4rent]

I just confirmed it was made in London by 3DEye. Look at this pictures: One´s for the company´s ig account, the other I took it from the x-ray extras on amazon 👀

Same place. Case solved, your honor 😊

Hello, Mr. Gaiman! Hope you´re having a nice day :)

Okay, so my question here is, who made Gabriel´s statue?

Let me explain why I´m asking that: In one of the x-ray videos (to be precise, the behind the scenes of episode 3) it is mentioned the statue was made by someone in Italy.

But then, I read this coment here:

And I tried going back to the series to see if it was mentioned in the credits but I didn´t find anything (maybe it was still there, I´m a poor detective). So anyway, the thing is that I thought it´d be easier if I just asked myself.

I don't know. I wasn't involved in the property building side of things, and by the time that the X-ray stuff was being finalized I was on strike. But someone on the Good Omens side of things may know. (Certainly it always seems more likely that things were made in London than in Italy.)

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[davidfieldsculptor]

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[blazehedgehog]

Hey, I'm same guy who asked you about the GDQ recommendations a while back. First off, thanks for that! I've been watching them. As for the question: I undestand you may not have the time to do so, but are you going to review entries from SAGE as you have done before? Thanks in advance and keep up the awesome work!

I always forget that there are people on here who may not always follow me on Twitter. Yeah, I’ve been doing my usual write-ups over at TSSZ. There are a lot of games to cover this year, so it’s definitely a bigger test of endurance than usual. But I got it under control. Probably.

http://www.tssznews.com/2018/08/25/sage-2018-review-slew-1/Games talked about: Polyroll, Sonic J, Sonic Pursuit, Sonic Special Runner, Sonic the Hedgehog the Homesaver, Lake’s Sonic Worlds Resources, Sonic NEXT, Super Mario Flashback, Sonic Runners Reloaded, Sonic Explorers, Kirby Gamble Galaxy Stories, Sonic Frost

http://www.tssznews.com/2018/08/26/sage-2018-review-slew-2/Games talked about: Sonic Adventure Blast, Planet Oio, Sonic Chaos, Sonic Advance Revamped, Petit Hedgehog, Crash N. Tense Adventure, Sonic 3DEye, Dash Cats, Sonic Pangoture, Sonic Z-treme, Among the Others, Sonic: Battle for Station Square

http://www.tssznews.com/2018/08/28/sage-2018-review-slew-3/Games talked about: Kyle & Lucy, Lloyd the Monkey 2, Sonic All-Stars, LampMan, Petrichor, Blockoverse - Legend of the Pix, Kirby’s Dream Land Plus, Sonic Fever, Sonic Journey, Sonic Recharged, Sonic Dash Remastered 3, Unoriginal Space Shooter