Preacher...
 

Mentioned in the bigger comic book thread, but figure it probably deserves it's own thread.

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AMC? I'm in.

Even thought he artwork is pretty terrible, the book itself is great.

Agreed. About 10 issues in, the storyline was good enough to keep the artwork from being distracting. Although most issues I really liked the cover art.

I love that it's being made but I see no way it works without HBO/Cinemax/Starz backing it.

It's so far beyond normal TV...

That was my take exactly in the other thread. They'll have room to operate on AMC, but the story will have to still be pretty heavily edited to be told on a non-movie channel.

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And I do love the casting.

The guy that plays the Irish vampire was excellent in Misfits.

Ok except for the ending of the book. I want to check this out.

I have no idea what this is about, but the trailer was solid. Im in!

I've liked Dominic Cooper in everything I've seen him in.

I will definitely give this a look...so it will almost certainly be cancelled.

I fully expect this show to have creeper-ratings like Mr Robot. Towards the end of season 1 it will probably have great press and hype...

Looks good. I'll watch.

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Can't wait!

So the Pilot airs Sunday but I didn't see the rest of season one air dates, anyone know?

Gonna be good.

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I love this show!! :thumb:

I really liked the pilot and have not read the comics. In the bar fight scene, notice the little smile he kinda gives as he is punching the hell out of dudes.

Also Cassidy is extremely cool, so far all the main characters are well written and Spoiler alert.....Tom Cruise died. :P

I absolutely love the actor playing Cassidy.

My guess is he'll steal the show most eps...

Rausch, not sure if you have watch a British show named "Misfits" but he is the crazy character that took over for a beloved crazy character and held the show together for awhile.

Also, for those "Non-Believers" (HA!!) here is the Bar fight.

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So...this was a comic book as well right? is it ongoing like TWD or is it a known story?

I watched it last night, didn't hate it but it was weird as hell. I'll hang on to it for a bit. Seems like there will be lots of explaining going on.

Freaking awesome! OK, definitely one of my top 3 shows on TV right now. After just the pilot.

And yes, comic book. Single story. Think 75 issues, or thereabouts.

episode 1 (last night) rebroadcasts next weekend (holiday), then starts up the following sunday.
i didn't look deep enough to see how many episodes the season has, one of you smart guys will look it up tho.

slow start, good finish. i know nothing about this comic, so i'll be surprised as i follow.

Great start to the series. Plenty of action.

It has my attention.


How in the **** is AMC getting away with this level of graphic violence? ROFL

Preacher is done and has been for 16 years.

Ultra violence on its shows? Acceptable
Swear words up to but not including "****"? Acceptable
Basically pissing on religion of all kinds? Acceptable
BUT NO NAKED BOOBS WE ARE NOT ANIMALS AND HAVE MORALS

"You ready for that noise yet?"

WTF?! Steve Dillon is a genius. The covers were cool and all, but that book was way too tongue in cheek for that serious of a tone. The art adds to the camp and lightens the book perfectly.

Watched it this afternoon. Good stuff. Looking forward to the season.

You ain't seen nothin' yet...

I just didn't enjoy most of the artwork. Especially the facial expressions. Every mouth he draws looks like a clueless buck-toothed inbred idiot trying to figure out what 2 + 2 equals. I would say the best thing about the artwork is that it didn't distract me from the story as I was rarely inclined to pause and admire a panel.

The special effects in Army of Darkness were cheap and crappy. They definitely added to the campy and humorous tone of the movie. That doesn't mean they weren't cheap and crappy.

That said, my one disappointment is that Arseface isn't as off-putting as the artwork made him out to be. The scene where he hugged Jesse would have been fantastic if they cut from Jesse's face to Arseface to show some of that raw meat concoction dribbling down and onto Jesse's back.

How about spoiler tags guys? Thank you. DVRed first episode. Episodes return June 5!

I read all of Preacher in one weekend. This week I found myself going back to read summaries because I didn't retain a lot of the detail about the characters and I think part of the reason why was that I could cruise through the issues because the art was pretty meh. It didn't really click with me how horrible it was until I started reading the Punisher run he drew.

It's so bad.

Everyone dies!!!!!

Stay away from the thread until you've seen the episode.

What's to spoil at this point? Other than the death of Tom Cruise.

I lept out of my chair when I saw that. Well done and so funny.

That was awesome. ROFL

Wow. I mean everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Just never encountered someone who didn't ****ing love Dillon's work on Preacher.

They weren't 'crappy' because they were an intentional choice that served the film. Dillon's work on Preacher served the book in a similar way. I get that it didn't work for you, but this point doesn't really hold up.

This, exactly.

Arseface was constantly slobbering and spilling food out.

And there was a point to the art. A point to the constant drooling 'tards (as you would liked to have put it.)

Loved the pilot. Howard stark and Raina bringing the mcu together!

Are people not watching/loving this show? WTF?

Yes. Patiently waiting for episode 2.

Can't wait for the next episode.

watched it, keeping it for now, but it didn't blow me away. Not a big comic/graphic novel fan, so the over the top stuff is what I struggle with.

Watched it; never really got into it. :shrug: The only character I really enjoyed was Tulip (she seemed just crazy enough to be very entertaining). I've never read the comics so it's all new to me. I will watch the next episode or two at least because these shows can definitely grow on you once you get used to the characters.

Had one of the songs Johnny did I'm most torn about. It's perfect for him, but it had been such a favorite of mine by Nick for so long, I think I still prefer the original.

Recall, this was the closing song of the pilot of The Sopranos

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Watched it last night. Haven't seen the comics, but I can honestly say I didn't know wtf I was watching. Is that goofy assed comet thing still in Cooper or did he transfer it to the dude that cut his heart out?

Other than that can somebody tell me what the **** is going on?

It is still in Jesse. It is the Word of God and it makes people do whatever he tells them when he uses it. Literally, as you can tell.

I am going to put some spoilers here:

I'm still laughing about the "Did Jesus take your wheel?" line.

That was great. I liked this episode more than the pilot.

I'm not sure if I should spoiler this or not, so I'll just err on the side of caution since spoilers are such a potential shitstorm these days...

Great episode. I'm also surprised they introduced Saint of Killers, Fiore, and deBlanc so soon. I'm guessing next week we get the reveal of what's going on.

So far I'm loving the show. Cassidy, Custer, and Tulip were cast perfectly. Looking forward to more Saint of Killers.

Great ep.

The casting in this show is excellent.

And props for bringing in Rorschach! :D

Another episode, another Johnny Cash cover [Rusty Chain].

Gotta be honest, I'm intrigued but not wowed yet. Ruth Negga is easy on the eyes [liked her since she was in Misfits with Ramsey Bolton]. Cassidy has potential as a Mick version of Buffy's Spike. But that's the thing, I feel like I'm watching a casserole. Everything's a mix of genres and archetypes, but I see the source material more than the new ground thus far. Even the 'Genesis' reminds me of the asteroid from 'You, Me and the End of the World' earlier this year. Hopefully it bakes into something decent.

I liked how the comic began much better but I see their point about having to introduce it to general audiences.

And there were a lot of great actors in Misfits. I'm surprised Robert Sheehan hasn't gotten more work here in the states...

Hated Buffy. Cassidy is already better than anything on that craptastic, overrated shitshow. :D

Not sure what you mean with the rest of this? I enjoyed You, Me and the End of the World, but I don't see any similarity. The story was a pretty good mix of different genres, but settled down quite a bit once all the main characters were introduced.

I can't imagine what it's like for someone who hasn't read the source material. They are introducing the characters much faster than the comics, but still much slower than a typical TV series.

When I read it I immediately thought of a Johnny Cash soundtrack.

The man in black.

Also, in the 2 eps so far I've counted 3 references to Stephen King...

Yeah, I love the use of Cash songs. Hope it continues.

Didn't catch the King references, what were they? I pretty much missed Raina, Stark, and Rorschach too until people pointed them out in this thread. Raina and Stark are insanely obvious, and I have no idea how I missed them!

I'm sure some youtube guy will put out a top 10 on that at some point.

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I assume you guys caught the FNL reference as well.

****. No.

Regale me...

I've erased the episode, but if you still have it go back to the sermon he gave in the pilot.

Ah, the Cowboys. Yeah, that's not much of an easter egg...

That's why 'I assume'd.

You've been doing that a lot today.

You tired?...

WTF?

I was just saying that I phrased my initial observation 'I assume you guys caught . . .' to indicate that it wasn't a mind-blowing observation, in keeping with your subsequent assessment.


I was trying to be agreeable.

**** me, man.

Calm down Nancy, I'm giving you $3it.

You're one of the 20 or so I still have respect for on here.

And to be honest, a great deal of respect for.

These things happen.

[QUOTE=Bowser;12262400]That was great. I liked this episode more than the pilot.

I'm not sure if I should spoiler this or not, so I'll just err on the side of caution since spoilers are such a potential shitstorm these days...

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EERRRRMAHGAAAWD I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU MADE ME CLICK ON THE SPOILERS!!!!!! YOU DIRTY RAAAAAAAAAAT!!!!!
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i've heard of this series, but i never got into it. seems like there is a whole lot of stuff going on. i'm sure it'll start tying together in the next week or so.
kinda cool, so far.

Okay one episode in and I didn't read the comic and quit reading this thread after the posts about ep. 1. That being said......

The Preacher(Jesse Custer) looks like phobia when I first met him over a decade ago.

Oh, man...you're right. Enlarge the head a bit and that's him.

I should take my photoshop out of mothballs and put Phil's head and some pink sox on the preacher...

Slow episode this week. Still good, but missed the action of the first two episodes.