It’s hard not to agree with him. Especially when it comes to the televisual feasts of Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead and the upcoming Stephen King Dark Tower television series - which will follow the film.
But the television launch that I’ve most been looking forward to is Neil Gaiman’s own American Gods which is being streamed on Amazon Prime.
And, with only two episodes in, this series is already looking like it’s essential viewing. Controversial, beautiful and through-provoking in every frame.
If you know Gaiman’s work, you’ll realise that this is a man with one of the most creative imaginations out there. He is the man who created The Sandman comics which managed effortlessly to weave mythology, theology and fantasy into one huge epic story that was as magnificent as it was brain-addling. And he did all of this but still made it immensely readable and at times very funny.
This is also something that is reflected in his other work like Neverwhere, Coraline, Stardust, The Graveyard Book, The Ocean at the End of the Lane and the fantastic Good Omens, which he co-authored with Terry Pratchett.
In all of these books he weaves the magical with the mundane creating a slightly off-kilter world that we can all relate to.
But it was his 2001 novel American Gods that got Hollywood frothing at the mouth (although The Sandman seems to be in perennial development hell) and finally we’re getting the big budget television series that I for one have always wanted.
Like with all Gaiman’s work it interweaves the mythical with real life as we tackle the weird and wonderful American dream and its immigrants’ belief systems as they come up against the ultra-modern.
I don’t want to give too much away here, having read and thoroughly enjoyed the book, but it all starts when an ex-con called Shadow Moon, named by hippy parents, becomes the bodyguard of a Mr Wednesday and they go on a bit of a road trip.
The thing that makes me smile the most is that they’ve got Ian McShane as Mr Wednesday and he’s on a full-on charm offensive channeling his Deadwood character Swearengen into the bargain.
Timing couldn’t be better especially in a time where America is struggling with its own identity as it’s a series that explores the US’s immigrant past with aplomb.
It’s already courted controversy in its early episodes, especially the already infamous scene featuring the Goddess Bilquis devouring a worshiper during a carnal act, this is definitely a series we should all be watching.