Preacher show on AMC

[BrAinPaiNt]

Anyone watch it?

Did anyone follow the comics and have a clue what is going on?

If you have read the comic...does it get better and start to make more sense down the road as it was really kind of discombobulated and crazy in the pilot.

 

[Echo9]

Anyone watch it?

Did anyone follow the comics and have a clue what is going on?

If you have read the comic...does it get better and start to make more sense down the road as it was really kind of discombobulated and crazy in the pilot.

I have not read the comic, so I really can't answer the question, but I will say I thought the pilot was great. I read somewhere that they split off from being a direct copy of the comic right off the bat, but kept the feel of it so the comic writer is happy with it.

It didn't make a whole ton of sense, but I thoroughly enjoyed being confused. I feel that eventually certain parts will make more sense looking back on it. With a writer of Breaking Bad as one of the creators, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that future reveals with be satisfying. Breaking Bad was all about calling back to earlier actions.

There are some things I pretty much get, but I'm not entirely sure I should spoil too much here. Not sure what points to hit really. I also think most of the fun was the surprise (for example, the scene in the airplane) and don't want to ruin it. I'm looking forward to the next episode.

 

[The Ominous]

I've never read or even heard of the comics before the show but was intrigued. Was pretty much confused the whole time (not a pilot I suggest viewing under certain influences, actually yeah it is) and really enjoyed it. Read some Wikipedia stuff but still confused haha. I know fans of the comic that have read it numerous times and they are lost on some things. Should be part of the intrigue. I'm excited for the next episodes.

 

[Idgit]

I have not read the comic, so I really can't answer the question, but I will say I thought the pilot was great. I read somewhere that they split off from being a direct copy of the comic right off the bat, but kept the feel of it so the comic writer is happy with it.

It didn't make a whole ton of sense, but I thoroughly enjoyed being confused. I feel that eventually certain parts will make more sense looking back on it. With a writer of Breaking Bad as one of the creators, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that future reveals with be satisfying. Breaking Bad was all about calling back to earlier actions.

There are some things I pretty much get, but I'm not entirely sure I should spoil too much here. Not sure what points to hit really. I also think most of the fun was the surprise (for example, the scene in the airplane) and don't want to ruin it. I'm looking forward to the next episode.

I really liked it, too. It retained the comic book violence, and it set up the series nicely. It was confusing until pretty much the end of the pilot, but it all came together to more-or-less make sense in the end.

 

[Leadbelly]

Anyone watch it?

Did anyone follow the comics and have a clue what is going on?

If you have read the comic...does it get better and start to make more sense down the road as it was really kind of discombobulated and crazy in the pilot.

It's been a decade since reading it but discombobulated is what I felt as well. I thought the first episode looked really good visually but was pretty flat and inefficient in terms of setting up characters and relationships. It was a solid launch episode and I'm hopeful enough to watch some more.

Short answer: Too soon to say.

What's going on?
In the various church scenes around the world, a supernatural force was seeking an appropriate vessel that could contain it. It enters the body of various religious leaders. They are found wanting and they explode (RIP Tom Cruise). What we see in the scene at the end is it has finally found a home within Jesse Custer and this force provides Jesse with a power equivalent to the Word of God. This empowers Jesse to command others to his bidding. The mystery men that investigate the churches post-explosion are a secret society. Can't recall if they're an arm of the Vatican or a kind of Knights Templar or something else. In the comics they are tasked with the preservation of Christ's bloodline and preparing for the rapture I think.

Does it make more sense down the road?
In the comics, it made sense in issue 1. The reader is immediately introduced to the three main characters as an already established group. The reader is brought up to speed on who these characters are and what the stakes are within the first few pages. You get some backstory in the form of flashbacks. Jesse's a much more together anti-hero and more immediately accessible. He's a badass. They're on the move, in part because they have a purpose and in part because some folks are coming after Jesse. Some of the character changes concern me. Cassidy is not vampire James Bond. I'll also say it's much easier for me to understand Cassidy in print vs listening to him.

The comic is an Apocalypse Now of the American South & West kind of story with a supernatural element. It is a world spanning -- and otherworldly spanning -- story in the comics. They did it some in episode 1 but I don't know if they'll have that kind of budget to do it often. If they have to stay in one place more in order to work around the budget, it could get monotonous. They also might play down the supernatural aspects or keep them vague, which would undermine the show to me.

There's also significant social commentary and satire in the comics. Arseface is basically a tragicomic vehicle for skewering everything and anything that set off the writer, Garth Ennis. Unclear how much they'll do that on the show.

 

[BAZ]

I read the comic when it came out 20 years ago and reread it recently as a refresher. I didn't think the pilot was confusing but without reference I get it is. It all makes sense in the comics and for that platform had nice character development. Not sure if they can pull that off in the tv as Tulip is already some feminist wet dream. In the books she is a lot more realistic and doesn't do stupid crap like make bazookas.

The story is straight forward enough, I expect them to tease it out over the first season in small bits. Don't expect any Lost like shenanigans.

The mystery men that investigate the churches post-explosion are a secret society. Can't recall if they're an arm of the Vatican or a kind of Knights Templar or something else. In the comics they are tasked with the preservation of Christ's bloodline and preparing for the rapture I think.

That's not the grail they are the Adephi.

 

[Kevinicus]

Not sure how the show will turn out, but I'm glad someone called The Big Lebowski a "bad" film.

 

[jnday]

I have not read any of the comics, so I have no ideal how things would compare. It is hard watching the show right now. there are too many characters and not much backstory is being told.

 

[Leadbelly]

I read the comic when it came out 20 years ago and reread it recently as a refresher. I didn't think the pilot was confusing but without reference I get it is. It all makes sense in the comics and for that platform had nice character development. Not sure if they can pull that off in the tv as Tulip is already some feminist wet dream. In the books she is a lot more realistic and doesn't do stupid crap like make bazookas.

The story is straight forward enough, I expect them to tease it out over the first season in small bits. Don't expect any Lost like shenanigans.



That's not the grail they are the Adephi.

Thanks. Did not get that from the first episode.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

I am sticking with it for now because it has promise...but it is still discombobulated.

I am taking it that next the kid with the shotgun butt mouth (not sure what you call it) gets cured.

 

[BAZ]

I am sticking with it for now because it has promise...but it is still discombobulated.

I am taking it that next the kid with the shotgun butt mouth (not sure what you call it) gets cured.

That's arseface.

 

[Leadbelly]

I have a bad feeling they're going to stretch out the identity of the cowboy (in the flashbacks) so it goes on most of the season.