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Preacher |OT| The Beginning Is Nigh - Sundays 10/9c on AMC
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Freewheelin'
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I don't necessarily understand why you guys who are such big fans want a direct adaptation of the comic. You have the comic for that. Let this be its own thing and supplement that, rather than just directly translate. Watchmen did that and it had no agency unto itself.
blainethemono
Member
really enjoyed the pilot. loved the cast and the overall atmosphere. feels like it's been a decade or more since i read the comics and i don't remember all that much of it now
if i had known this ahead of time i probably would have just waited until next Sunday to watch it
if i had known this ahead of time i probably would have just waited until next Sunday to watch it
Isn't that how it is in the comic, though? I don't recall finding out anything else until the Arseface special.
Octavianus
Banned
But... The problems with Watchmen are the parts where it didn't directly translate the comic.
And Snyder, but yeah, pretty much.
HellBlazer
Member
But now he didn't vanish, she knows exactly where he is... Which would kinda imply the reason he accepted to be a preacher is also completely different.
I don't like this change at all... but I suppose I'll try to do my best to take the show as its own thing and see where it goes. There were some good parts for sure, but overall a bit disappointing to me so far. I'll give it a few episodes.
Freewheelin'
Member
The problems with Watchmen is that it basically recaptured comic panels and didn't give any thought to the motivation behind them.
Citizen_Insane
Member
I really liked what they did with Cass and Tulip, but I'm still not sold on some of the other parts of the show. Especially Jesse's choice at the end. Just gotta separate the show from the comic and see where this ride takes us, I guess.
I liked how crazy the whole episode felt. Definitely nailed the weird energy of the source material.
felt like something the comic would have done lol
I liked how crazy the whole episode felt. Definitely nailed the weird energy of the source material.
Tom Cruise exploding
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Yup, I think the material that diverges in Watchmen is either innocuous or in some cases an improvement.
If this wants to go off on its own path, fill in gaps, and only follow major story beats, I'm cool with it. It's tonally faithful, and doesn't detract from how much I enjoyed the comic.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Is that what the map said? I missed that. SD cable.
Also really loving the perplexed curiosity at how a teenager could want to blow his brains out if Kurt Cobain isn't on the table anymore. Lmfao
No, that's a character's name from later in the series. And as for the Cobain thing - I'm dancing around it because I don't want to spoil the comic, but Cobain specifically was a major trigger for Arseface.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
I know, I read it. But again, there's a zillion reasons a high school kid could want to do that.
Totally forgot about that name thing, lol.
So what did the map say?
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Tom Cruise exploding was hilarious. I guess his body couldn't handle Genesis.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
god damn i forgot about all the awful shit in preacher. lol, jesus John Wayne you are a terrible person.
I'm Irish, its pretty easy to pronounce. Proin-chus. I've read preacher a couple of times and really liked it, well the first 3/4 at least. I'll check this out later.
It's just from "outer space" so far.
Dude is perfect.
Loved the first episode. And knowing this is loosely a prequel before the shit hits the fan of the comic book is pretty cool - S1 finale is going to be batshit insane.
Also, Dominic Cooper is criminally underrated. Going from Howard Stark to this is some razor sharp acting.
Ruth is perfect too.
Don Draper's Hat
Member
His Irish accent is pretty iffy, but he's good. There is a LOT of British actors in this. Every scene had me going "Oh, look, it's so and so off such and such."
Lucy Griffiths is so god damn pretty.
The show itself is very fetching. Goldberg and Rogen did good. That plane sequence was fantastic.
Prahn-chiss
ElectricThunder
Member
Well, I reckon I'll be keeping up with this then if this pace and style generally holds up from here.
It's not anywhere as good as the comic series.Even with all the violance in this first episode it's still too tamed down especially when it comes to religious stuff.Still it seems like this can be a preety good show on it's own. I will keep watching but won't expect super disturbing-mind blowing stuff from comic series.
But gotta say they truely nailed Cassidy.
But gotta say they truely nailed Cassidy.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
I'm surprised at how much I loved it since I've long felt that the first four issues of the comic are literally a perfect filmed narrative. No need to change a thing, shoot it as is.
But going back to it, I realized it's a perfect comic book story and this pilot did so many delightful things in a visual medium that I am totally on board with whatever the show develops into. The important thing, that still remains, is the thrilling and elemental combination of these three characters. I'm very excited to see what comes next.
DJ Lushious
Member
I totally forgot about the Fear midseason finale, as well as Preacher. I don't even know how I spaced it. Thank you, PS Vue, though, as I get to watch last night's showing. I was surprised to see the episode is 90 minutes long!
Moff
Member
that was damn good
love the characters
love the setting
love the themes
I think I might have a new favourite show of the week
just one question: will this thread continue to have unmarked comicbook spoilers or can I unsubscribe?
and yeah, I know, it's far from the comicbook material, but some things are still in it and I don't want to know about any differences either
love the characters
love the setting
love the themes
I think I might have a new favourite show of the week
just one question: will this thread continue to have unmarked comicbook spoilers or can I unsubscribe?
and yeah, I know, it's far from the comicbook material, but some things are still in it and I don't want to know about any differences either
styl3s
Member
I have never been a fan of any movie or DC animated film that just did the exact same thing as the comic i have the comics to get that experience. I want someone to take the characters and stories and do their own spin while staying partly faithful to the source material and that's why i love the Walking Dead. Yeah, it does some similar things especially in the pilot but other than that it's taking the characters i like, the stories i like and changing them up some.
There is no surprise or freshness factor when you just do a frame-frame show or movie. I love the Preacher comics but some of that stuff just doesn't translate well today and i absolutely don't want arseface to have the same origin, i mean, he can't but i don't want it anything like in the comics i want something new.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Yeah I agree. I realized I was just playing a movie in my head of a perfect comic. Let the show be the show.
KingHenrik30
Member
Not really sure what I just watched, but whatever. Preacher was 100% unfilmable from jump street.
Dandy Lyin
Member
Never read the comic, and had no idea what was going on... But I'll definitely be tuning in to see where it goes.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Sorry for the late reply. Yes it is!
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
That's what I'm going to do. I don't want to wait two weeks for episode 2, so I think I'll just wait until next week to watch the pilot.
the_firewithin
Member
I've only read the first volume so I'm not hardcore like some. I enjoyed the premier. Cast was good with some twisted humor. Cassidy was great as expected and tulips intro scene was fun
This aired? I need to watch it.
REALLY curious how they will adapt some of the crazy shit in the book. Pretty much everything involved in Preacher's past alone...well I suppose they could infer a lot without actively showing what goes on with his 'famly'.
REALLY curious how they will adapt some of the crazy shit in the book. Pretty much everything involved in Preacher's past alone...well I suppose they could infer a lot without actively showing what goes on with his 'famly'.
FaustsBoon
Member
Big fan of the graphic novels, and I am in the camp of it being significantly changed, but also feeling so very right.
Yes it seems like a mountain of changes will keep it from being a relatively straight adaptation, but the best compliment I can give it, is that it still felt like Garth Ennis was writing it. There were a ton of beats which felt right out of the comic, and the tone was absolutely in place. Some great casting bolstered that.
I honestly feel like this could be a big hit for AMC if word gets around to non-comic fans, in the way Walking Dead did, and I am largely ok with it being its own thing as long as it always feels as much like Ennis, and Preacher, as this did.
Yes it seems like a mountain of changes will keep it from being a relatively straight adaptation, but the best compliment I can give it, is that it still felt like Garth Ennis was writing it. There were a ton of beats which felt right out of the comic, and the tone was absolutely in place. Some great casting bolstered that.
I honestly feel like this could be a big hit for AMC if word gets around to non-comic fans, in the way Walking Dead did, and I am largely ok with it being its own thing as long as it always feels as much like Ennis, and Preacher, as this did.
dead souls
Member
I'll probably watch the rest of the season but I wasn't particularly impressed with the pilot.
Mildly entertaining at best.
Mildly entertaining at best.