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zam Since: Jun, 2009
#26: Nov 2nd 2015 at 10:35:35 AM

Probably to draw in a more 'mainstream' audience.

I fully expect the reveal of Genesis to be played as a total suprise.

edited 2nd Nov '15 7:52:24 PM by zam

dawnmarie Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Filling the world with silly love songs
#27: Nov 7th 2015 at 4:54:34 PM

You can see Cassidy playing with fire quite literally as he sits on the porch in one scene (his fingers catch on fire as he sits on the porch).

Austin Since: Jan, 2001
#28: Dec 12th 2015 at 6:25:54 AM

Y'know what would be godly?

Patrick Stewart playing Herr Starr.

TheWanderer Student of Story from Somewhere in New England (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
Student of Story
#29: Dec 12th 2015 at 12:00:15 PM

Especially since they made that joke in the comic? wink

| Wandering, but not lost. | If people bring so much courage to this world...◊ |
Grahf Since: Jan, 2001
#30: May 23rd 2016 at 2:53:45 PM

So the pilot was last night. Looks like there's going to be quite a few differences from the comic. Still looks good though.

artfulscruff Since: Apr, 2010
Halberdier17 We Are With You Zack Snyder from Western Pennsylvania Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
We Are With You Zack Snyder
#32: May 24th 2016 at 6:28:33 AM

[up]Next episode is two weeks away.

The first episode will air again this Sunday at 9 PM.

Batman Ninja more like Batman's Bizarre Adventure
thatindiantroper Since: Feb, 2015
#33: May 24th 2016 at 9:47:25 AM

Only about 30 minutes in and I've gotten what I expected. A pretty loose adaption by the looks of it but shapin' up to be a good show.

But it makes me miss Constantine.

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#34: May 24th 2016 at 10:52:38 AM

Yes, this show is what I wanted Constantine to be - dark, bloody, and stylish.

lackofsense Since: Jan, 2013
#35: May 25th 2016 at 5:11:16 AM

I can honestly say that I feel like this adaptation missed the point. Either that or it just wasn't what I wanted it to be. It ended up being exactly what I thought it was going to be based upon the trailer. Andrews will survive and I'm not sure if I will continue to watch this show. The sardonic feel of the comics is there, but I just don't think it will be nearly as interesting with the setup put forward.

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#36: May 25th 2016 at 8:37:28 AM

"Andrews"? Who are you talking about?

lackofsense Since: Jan, 2013
#37: May 26th 2016 at 6:10:37 AM

The town the show is set in is called Andrews.

edited 26th May '16 6:11:42 AM by lackofsense

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#38: May 26th 2016 at 7:18:42 AM

No, it's called Annville, Texas.

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Hi
#40: Jun 8th 2016 at 6:18:22 AM

Having not read the original (it's on my "I'll eventually get to it" list along with From Hell, Bone, and The Walking Dead), but having seen the first episodes, I'm definitely hooked.

yellowturtle from Nowhere Important Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
#41: Jun 8th 2016 at 7:07:11 AM

I came upon the first episode on youtube yesterday. I think it's great.

Jesse should have told Tracy to 'wake up', not 'open your eyes'.

You've got to be specific.

edited 8th Jun '16 7:07:27 AM by yellowturtle

Crow: There's a plot?
Grahf Since: Jan, 2001
#42: Jun 8th 2016 at 1:29:21 PM

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Fair warning for if/when you do read the comics. They are quite different.

Like, I'm not sure what overall plot elements this series is retaining aside from the obvious ones, but the tone and story of the comic is quite a bit darker.

Most obviously, the congregation gets nuked by the thing that gives Jesse The Word. So pretty much 90% of the characters on the show with the exception of Arseface are dead in canon.

lackofsense Since: Jan, 2013
#43: Jun 12th 2016 at 7:26:28 PM

It's like they wanted to do every arc in the comics at the same time.

zam Since: Jun, 2009
#44: Jun 12th 2016 at 8:06:39 PM

[up]Right? I'm really confused on what the creative crew is trying to do here.

Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#45: Jun 13th 2016 at 7:55:15 PM

So yeah, it seems like they wanted the show to be more episodic and tied to a sense of place, with a big ensemble cast. I can see where they're coming from, with hits like Breaking Bad and AMC's own The Walking Dead in recent memory (I could see the story moving out of Anvil, TX eventually, but not before the end of the current season).

I'm missing those elements of Walking the Earth from the comics, though, in part because there aren't many series in any medium using what used to be a pretty standard premise. Seriously, just because Supernatural did it doesn't mean no one else can.

Also, what nobody seems to mention about the comic, and Garth Ennis's work in general lately— it was dark, violent, deliberately offensive, sure, but it was also very funny, and not just Cassidy, either. The degree to which the comic was gory, vulgar, and irreverent was always a big stumbling block to why it was considered unfilmable, after all. They seem to have gotten around that by treating the subject matter more seriously, treating its subjects with greater sympathy rather than mockery. Which isn't bad in and of itself, but Preacher was made with shock value in mind, to laugh in the face of horror, to be entertaining rather than grim— and then to be surprisingly, poignantly humane beyond that. I have to wonder if it all won't collapse under its own weight without that release valve. Especially given that they're seemingly trying to combine every single arc of the comic into a single season.

Seriously, I kinda love this cast, but this is not the tone I'd hoped for (yet).

yoshimickster Since: Nov, 2012
#46: Jul 3rd 2016 at 9:41:18 PM

Anyone who liked the comics-DON'T WATCH THIS! Especially if you liked how much of a stand-up guy Jesse was.

lackofsense Since: Jan, 2013
#47: Jul 4th 2016 at 7:11:28 PM

I have to say I don't like drunk with power Jesse.

n341100 The stuff that dreams are made of. from R'lyeh Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: What is this thing you call love?
The stuff that dreams are made of.
#48: Jul 7th 2016 at 3:24:43 PM

I'm really loving this show so far, though I never read the comics.

[up] Don't worry, I'm sure that a Jerk Ass Realization is coming soon.

Shoo her in, Effie darling, shoo her in.
Grahf Since: Jan, 2001
#49: Jul 19th 2016 at 10:06:08 PM

Apparently this season was supposed to serve as a prologue of sorts to the story written in the comics. A different perspective of sorts, and still a much different continuity.

Still, this was a drastic departure from the comics, that's for damn sure.

I'm not sure that I like the rather huge shift in that Jessie feels responsible for his father's death because he prayed for it. When then gets him all bent out of shape about everything. When you look at Jessie in the original comic he does come off as a Flat Character in some regards in that he's portrayed as very much above the influence in some regards, but this might have been too hard of a 180 for some people to stomach.

TheBoop Since: May, 2016
#50: Jul 21st 2016 at 10:19:07 AM

Is the vampire really dead? I hope not-I really liked that character...


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