Preacher
6/10
A
British guy, and English guy, and an Irish/Ethiopian woman star as a
Texas preacher, an Irish vampire, and a Southern woman in the new AMC
series Preacher based off of the comic books. I am a fan of the comic
but not super attached to it so I don't mind the shit ton of changes
that were done in this pilot episode. Dominic Cooper who I think is a
great actor stars as Jesse Custer who is given the power of The Word.
If he tells you to do something you will. Joe Gilgun is Cassidy, the
Irish vampire. And Ruth Negga is Tulip O'Hare. There will be some spoilers.
The
episode starts off well but there are some parts that slow it down to
a screeching halt. It starts off in Africa with a preacher suddenly
being hit by Genesis and shouting for everyone to shut up. They do
and moments later he explodes all over everyone. Meanwhile Jesse is
at his crumby church preaching to people that don't give a damn. Out
of everyone I think his introduction and character are the least
compelling so far. First episode, I get it. He got better by the end.
Jesse Custer has a great introduction. He is getting fucked up drunk
and high on an airplane with a bunch of businessmen. After heading to
the bathroom and seeing a bible wit notes scribbled in it he realizes
that he is being set up. All the guys are hunting him down and he
kills them quite creatively. He dives out the plane, lands in Texas
exploding, and yanks a cow into the hole to get blood back.
Tulip
has the best debut. She shoots a guy in the head and fights off
another before stabbing him and sticking corn on the cob down his
throat in front of some kids. She ends up blowing up a helicopter
with some moonshine, metal army men toys, and coffee canisters. The
three main characters end up meeting in Texas while a team is
searching wherever these church attacks have happened finally landing
where Jesse is.
This
show is nothing like what I know of the comic but it was still
watchable. Not sure if I will be clamoring to check it out every week
if it doesn't yank me in by the third episode. They have only ten
planned for the first season which is good so that they don't wear
out their welcome the way The Flash has been this current season. I
can't wait to write about that shit tomorrow night. I don't have the
patience for shows to get better the way I use to. I am afraid that there will be too many hunters between the angels, the upcoming Killer of Saints, and some secret organizations.
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