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Does anyone plan to watch the "Preacher" adaptation on AMC? The pilot (90 minutes) just aired this past Sunday.
I'm also thinking AMC is hoping this gets them some decent ratings that are not related to TWD or Breaking Bad. ("Into the Badlands" ended lower in the ratings from when it started.)
The show is based on a 75-issue comic series (Vertigo?) that concluded around 2000. I remember when it was running (Garth Ennis was writing), but I hadn't read any of it and I just know the basic characters. Curious to hear what people think if they are familiar with the actual comic series, once a few episodes get released. At the time, Preacher was known to be quite the mix of crazy language, crazy violence, and provocative comments on religion and social mores -- definitely an "adult" comic.
(There's also a famous character referred to as Arseface -- a kid who made a suicide pact with a friend but survived the attempt with a shotgun and whose remaining/"healed" face resembled, well, the more intimate areas of someone's bum; but the kid's character was far more positive, I think, to play against his appearance.)
As far as the pilot goes, I thought it was a decent setup in terms of the setting and characters, although it's not quite clear what the overall plot will be.
There were also three action set-pieces each to set the abilities and character of the three principals (Jesse Custer, the Preacher; Tulip; and Cassidy). They're all kind of bad-ass in their own way and can hold their own; and the violence quotient is kind of humorous/way over the top in a way that could approach Deadpool, aside from being on TV. Cassidy's got one trick up his sleeve by his very nature, which I'll include in the spoiler.
Anyway, I'm curious to see what they do with it. Seth Rogan is involved but not planning to appear in the series, and so there are some sensibilities there that remind me a bit of Pineapple Express while still actually being a pretty serious character exploration of Jesse trying to "go straight" and be a man of the cloth. In other words, some serious drama interspersed with some crazy action bits + wicked humor.
I'm also thinking AMC is hoping this gets them some decent ratings that are not related to TWD or Breaking Bad. ("Into the Badlands" ended lower in the ratings from when it started.)
The show is based on a 75-issue comic series (Vertigo?) that concluded around 2000. I remember when it was running (Garth Ennis was writing), but I hadn't read any of it and I just know the basic characters. Curious to hear what people think if they are familiar with the actual comic series, once a few episodes get released. At the time, Preacher was known to be quite the mix of crazy language, crazy violence, and provocative comments on religion and social mores -- definitely an "adult" comic.
(There's also a famous character referred to as Arseface -- a kid who made a suicide pact with a friend but survived the attempt with a shotgun and whose remaining/"healed" face resembled, well, the more intimate areas of someone's bum; but the kid's character was far more positive, I think, to play against his appearance.)
As far as the pilot goes, I thought it was a decent setup in terms of the setting and characters, although it's not quite clear what the overall plot will be.
There were also three action set-pieces each to set the abilities and character of the three principals (Jesse Custer, the Preacher; Tulip; and Cassidy). They're all kind of bad-ass in their own way and can hold their own; and the violence quotient is kind of humorous/way over the top in a way that could approach Deadpool, aside from being on TV. Cassidy's got one trick up his sleeve by his very nature, which I'll include in the spoiler.
Anyway, I'm curious to see what they do with it. Seth Rogan is involved but not planning to appear in the series, and so there are some sensibilities there that remind me a bit of Pineapple Express while still actually being a pretty serious character exploration of Jesse trying to "go straight" and be a man of the cloth. In other words, some serious drama interspersed with some crazy action bits + wicked humor.
