Axis Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 So Preacher premiere's on AMC tomorrow night. Here's the trailer:It's based on a series I absolutely loved as a teenager, but have more complicated feelings about as an adult. I have to say, everything I've seen so far from this adaptation looks excellent -- particularly the casting of Joe Gilgun as Cassidy. While watching him on Misfits I practically yelled out at my TV "That's Cassidy!" So I'm very pleased to see someone else thought so too.Has anyone else read the series? If so, what do you think of what we've seen so far? What about people who haven't read it? What does this look like to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Read the comics of course and loved them. Read the pilot script and thought it was decent-- some promos look good, some reviews are bad. I'll definitely check it out though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceheart Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Thank you for the reminder, setting my dvr now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Loved the comic but the previews aren't gripping me. SOMEONE slipped me the pilot script and i wasn't really into it. We don't have cable anyway so I'll have to wait to watch it no matter what, but I'm pretty cautious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 SOMEBODY OMG WHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 SOME SELLOUT HOLLYWOOD DOUCHE BAG WHO IS PROBABLY A HOMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 PROBABLY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerina Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 When are we gonna have another sleepover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axis Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 Wow. Yeah. That was rough. The pilot was totally unfocused. Pretty boring in parts. Joe Gilgun's terrible Irish accent completely diffuses his charisma. Tulip's introduction went from fun...to totally, cartoonishly absurd. The dialogue wasn't much to speak of. I'm willing to strap down for the whole season to give it a chance...but, man. This was a pretty bad pilot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pong Messiah Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Wow. Yeah. That was rough. The pilot was totally unfocused. Pretty boring in parts. Joe Gilgun's terrible Irish accent completely diffuses his charisma. Tulip's introduction went from fun...to totally, cartoonishly absurd. The dialogue wasn't much to speak of. I'm willing to strap down for the whole season to give it a chance...but, man. This was a pretty bad pilot.Agreed. Huge mess, though on the bright side, if it manages to congeal into something coherent, the ingredients are there to make it worth watching. Unlike you, I don't think I can take a whole season -- will stick around for now, but if it doesn't improve soon, won't stay. I'm already in it for the long haul with the infuriatingly uneven Fear the Walking Dead. Don't need two torture shows. I can't get over the fact that this had 90 minutes and still couldn't make its point -- and somehow the last 20 minutes simultaneously felt slow-mo and super rushed. My god, man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pong Messiah Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Reviews of Preacher have been schizophrenic (in the informal, offensive, non-medical definition) to say the least. Apparently it's the wildest, most colorfully entertaining and brilliant pilot in the history of cable TV... or the biggest, smuggest, stinkingest cowpie in the history of adaptations. Pick one and fight to the death. Axis: I'm not familiar with the series, but why did you love it before and why are your feelings conflicted now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDog Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Reviews of Preacher have been schizophrenic (in the informal, offensive, non-medical definition) It thinks it's dog is talking to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pong Messiah Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 rewatching the premiere because Sunday night is my "TV Night" and nothing else is on Gotta say, it's a lot less incoherent this time around and I can really appreciate how it is aesthetically unified... but it still bugs me. It still takes too much of its sweet time unfolding the story, and like Robin Williams or David Lee Roth (or to a lesser extent, Jim Carrey or anybody who wears sunglasses at 11pm), I can like a lot of things about them, but there's this nervous, groping "Look at MEEEEEee!" energy that really turns me off. So, the verdict has changed:I like it both more and less than the first time through, am both more hopeful and more put off... even if the net positive/negative total out to the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceheart Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 I finally watched the pilot with my dad last night. It was incomprehensible, but a whole lot of fun. I'll keep watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axis Posted June 12, 2016 Author Share Posted June 12, 2016 Axis: I'm not familiar with the series, but why did you love it before and why are your feelings conflicted now? The last time I read it in full was probably almost 15 years ago (I'm re-reading it now for a book club), and as a teenager I was really into all the edgy humor. But, I don't think I can say here what really made me love the series, because it's a pretty big spoiler. I think it's the best reason to read the book and the thing that makes it a really significant piece of literature. When I read it now, I still think that thing is as potent as ever, and I enjoy the rest of it for the most part. Despite Steve Dillon's bad case of "same face" in his art, his stuff is very affecting and hilarious. Ennis takes that juvenile humor a bit too far sometimes though (Arseface?) and that's where I get a little put off. I have to say though, I liked the second episode more. My only criticism so far is that it feels like all the major characters -- Tulips, Cassidy, Arseface -- are just kind of....there...with nothing to do while every other character actually has a role to play. I'm gonna stay on for the rest of the season for sure. It's strikes me as the kind of show where they don't really know what they're doing for the first season, but figure it out for the second and the rest of the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 I really wanted to like this show, but I think it just sucks. All shock value, no substance. Oh, well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceheart Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Like it or not, it's been renewed for a second, expanded season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoLA Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Yay! I don't care what anyone says, I'm liking it! But I never read the comic it was based on, so maybe my opinion would've been different if I had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceheart Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 I'm a few eps behind right now because of vacation and post-vacation catch-up, but I've liked what I've seen. I also never read the comics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDog Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Same here in both respects. I plan to catch up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoLA Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 The hotel fight scene in the opening of the last episode was great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceheart Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 YES. I think that whole episode was the strongest yet. Poor Eugene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDog Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Finally caught up and yes, this is EXCELLENT foolishness. The only downside is how slowly paced the angel storyline has been so far. Now that they're finally talking to him, yay, but that was a brutal grind for about three episodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceheart Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Okay, I finally caught up and finished the season. What. Was. That. So, does that mean Jesse, Tulip, Cassidy, Eugene, the angels, and the gunslinger are the only characters from this season moving forward? ... I think I might miss Emily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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