[Stormcat]

Can AMC handle Preacher?

http://variety.com/2...f7a81e1d57b77ae

[Aptorian]

I am really curious to see how they handle arseface.

Oh and I want that epic battle with the Saint of Killers but they'd probably need Game of Thrones levels of money for that,

[Illuyankas]

It's probably going to mirror the comics and be pretty great right up until the fucking stupid terrible series-destroying awful very bad no good shitty horrendous bile-encrusted assfest Cassidy moment.

[Gnaw]

That seems like a really stupid concept. But then again I thought an angel out to save the soul of an Oklahoma City detective was idiotic and that turned out quite well.

Of course they had Holly Hunter.

[Abyss]

The comic series lost its direction... Went from holding God accountable for shit to redeeming Cassidy for no particular reason. Also took a turn for the worse when sex went from being a plot driver to potty humour comic relief. Also, the Meat Goddess.
That said, it had moments of brilliance, Tulip and Jesse were glorious characters and the supporting cast... notably the Saint but some of the others as well at least before Ennis turned them into self parodies....were fairly solid. There's good stuff to work with if AMC can keep some solid writers with a love for the series engaged.
Arseface...meh... I got the joke but it wasn't all that funny.

[amphibian]

There is no way the writing staff slips the Meat Goddess part because it ties directly into the only part that has actual black people and social commentary.

The skip part is probably the rich people mansion orgy as that's too risqué for cable tv. The nuke detonation also probably gets pared down to something less action movie.

Arseface needs to stay in and the entire ending needs to change from the dumbass Alamo thing.

Kevin Nash should be the Saint of All Killers though.

And the guy who played Lionel Luthor in Smallville should be God. He can do charismatic yet weasly very very well.

[Coco with marshmallows]

Kevin Nash as the saint?

He'll blow out his knee walking across the desert.

[Aptorian]

First trailer?



I am not sure what this trailer is going for. Maybe it's meant to appeal to a broader audience but I don't really remember any of this from the Preacher.

Like Cassidy introduction though.

[Abyss]

Apt, on 02 November 2015 - 02:18 PM, said:

First trailer?



I am not sure what this trailer is going for. Maybe it's meant to appeal to a broader audience but I don't really remember any of this from the Preacher.

Like Cassidy introduction though.

The 'i want you to hurt my dad' thing is entirely new, but there was a clip trailer a few days ago (io9 has it) that had some of the more comic-familiar scenes, notably from 'ALAMO'.

Considering the comic series is over a decade old and was fairly subversive/under the mainstream radar, they're going to have to make some updates and changes.

I admit to being VERY curious and cautiously optimistic. Done right, there's some great great source material there. Jesse and Tulips's story is a true 'epic love story' in every sick twisted sense.
Done wrong, there's Arseface and the Meat Goddess.

[QuickTidal]

I mean we are talking about a story where

Spoiler

a Texan preacher is bonded to a baby demon-angel hybrid with the full power of both good and evil which has not only caused massive upset in the supernatural world, but has caused god to leave heaven altogether. And said character goes across the country with his sharpshooter girlfriend and a crazy Irish vampire in tow.

That's a tough sell to ANY audience. As far as that is concerned, this trailer seems to do a decent job of riding the line...but I'm not sure how interested I am at this point.

[Aptorian]

I just want good dialogue and disturbing violence and I will be okay.

[Abyss]

QuickTidal, on 02 November 2015 - 03:30 PM, said:

I mean we are talking about a story where

Spoiler

a Texan preacher is bonded to a baby demon-angel hybrid with the full power of both good and evil which has not only caused massive upset in the supernatural world, but has caused god to leave heaven altogether. And said character goes across the country with his sharpshooter girlfriend and a crazy Irish vampire in tow.

That's a tough sell to ANY audience. As far as that is concerned, this trailer seems to do a decent job of riding the line...but I'm not sure how interested I am at this point.

The thing is, it shouldn't be a tough sell.

Violence, vampires, hot looking cast, Church conspiracies, redneck ninja, angels, demons.... FFS it's 9/10ths of everything the genre fans want more of minus zombies (and really, we have enough zombies tnx).

I suspect that large chunks of the main storyline from the comics will be left aside and im genuinely curious how much of the main theme of 'holding God accountable for the shite state of the world' actually survives.
In the comic...

SPOILERS

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God supposedly goes on the run because Jesse/Child is looking for him (which makes no sense considering, but uhkay), but that's revealed to be a ploy by God to get Jesse and the hybrid power child to worship him, possibly out of fear (which made more sense), which in turn is revealed to be Ennis didn't know wtf to do next and had the Saint of Killer just shoot the plot to death and hey, lets just redeem Cassidy because reasons hey look Jesse and Tulip are literally riding off into the sunset to live happily ever after and fuck.... not that i'm bitter but ...

...the end of that series will never live up to what it could have been in my head.

Apt, on 02 November 2015 - 03:31 PM, said:

I just want good dialogue and disturbing violence and I will be okay.

Don't forget the sodomy!

[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 02 November 2015 - 03:45 PM, said:

...the end of that series will never live up to what it could have been in my head.

Well, you could port in the ending of Pullman's Dark Materials series...which does a solid (if imperfect) job of finishing up a storyline that deals with such heavy subject matter.

[Abyss]

QuickTidal, on 02 November 2015 - 03:49 PM, said:

Abyss, on 02 November 2015 - 03:45 PM, said:

...the end of that series will never live up to what it could have been in my head.

Well, you could port in the ending of Pullman's Dark Materials series...which does a solid (if imperfect) job of finishing up a storyline that deals with such heavy subject matter.

I've never been one of the haters of that series, but if your point is that God turned out to be a pathetic old man hiding behind a curtain, than yeah, that would work, albeit not nearly as cool.


SPOILERS COMIC END SPOILERS

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It's not that i had a problem with the Saint of Killers storming Heaven, taking on the entire Host of Heaven by himself and then and shooting God between the eyes (i do resent them not drawing that sequence) so much as they way they got there ... it was like they forgot the plot for almost two years, then suddenly remembered what was supposed to happen and made it so in the most half-assed tacked on way possible that in no way flowed logically from anything at all other than the Saint being the ultimate badass who, go figure, decided that he hated God more than he hated Jesse - but not because of anything that the Saint hadn't already been mulling over for a few centuries.


It had nothing to do with the Child, nothing to do with holding God accountable for the state of the world, nothing to do with anything other than - implicitly because certainly not made clear - Jesse deciding that God was such an asshole that the world was better off without him and the Saint agreeing. ...and that's me interpreting because it's sure as fuck not clear from the comics.


And then Cassidy and Jessee fight... ok, fine, that made sense... the entire Redeen Cassidy Plot wasn't bad, it's just that it evolved as tho they had nothing better to do and suddenly became the point of the story, and then Jesse and Tulip go do sex on a horse.

[Illuyankas]

No sunglasses, no sale.

[Abyss]

Illuyankas, on 02 November 2015 - 07:47 PM, said:

No sunglasses, no sale.

And those little metal things on the shirt collar tips. Can't forget those.
Also, a FUCK COMMUNISM lighter.

[Abyss]

Watched the premiere.Solid. It's a massive departure from the source comics in many ways, but it works and the cast really nails it.
A little bummed that the road trip aspect may be lost or delayed, but not enough to be off put.
Tulip is pretty much perfect. Cassidy is close.. Not quite selfish enough but he works. Arseface was too coherent. Cooper works as Jesse, remains to be seen if he can raise it.

[Aptorian]

I need the UN to pass a law that really cool TV shows have to made available in all parts of the world at the same time for all people. I don't want to wait 2 years for this to show up on Netflix or something.

[Whisperzzzzzzz]

Abyss, on 25 May 2016 - 02:43 AM, said:

Watched the premiere.Solid. It's a massive departure from the source comics in many ways, but it works and the cast really nails it.
A little bummed that the road trip aspect may be lost or delayed, but not enough to be off put.
Tulip is pretty much perfect. Cassidy is close.. Not quite selfish enough but he works. Arseface was too coherent. Cooper works as Jesse, remains to be seen if he can raise it.

Where?

[amphibian]

AMC