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Preacher [AMC] [** Spoilers **]

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  • #122
    channelsurfer2
    Registered Users Posts: 2,582 ✭✭✭channelsurfer2


    didn't really take to it. I gave it 3 episodes but with the horrible attempt at an irish accent etc. I will pass on watching the rest of it. It did seem promising.


  • #123
    Potatoeman
    Registered Users Posts: 4,202 ✭✭✭Potatoeman


    cronin_j wrote: »
    As a reader of the comics I just cant buy into Ruth Negga as Tulip

    They've changed the character aswell as her look. Gilgun does a very good Cassidy and does kinda looks like him. Cooper looks like Jesse and seems to be doing an okay job. Megga does not look like the origional Tulip but also the character has been changed. The rocket launcher made of tin cans was a poor intro. They seem to be going for the 'good at everything' root with her which will make her unrelatable. They have her being kind of a d*ck too but she is not charasmatic enough to pull it off.

    The accents seem okay. Gilguns hasn't bothered me yet.


  • #124
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,924 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Caught up on the last 2 eps there. I don't know... it feels like we're still pretty much where we were after the pilot?

    Preacher has a power, some people want it back, Tulip wants Jesse back, Cassidy is a vampire, Emily(?) fancies Preacher, Arseface has an arse for a face. I knew all this after the pilot, apart from learning that Tulip's mission was a revenge one I don't know what exactly has happened over the other 4 episodes.


  • #125
    Mr E
    Registered Users Posts: 55,446 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    I don't like it. I think I'll stop.

    I'll watch this thread and see if it gets any better by the end. Could be worth a binge later this summer.


  • #126
    Duggy747
    Registered Users Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    This weeks episode was a bit better, felt like there was an actual story there instead of it meandering about aimlessly.


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  • #127
    Skerries
    Registered Users Posts: 12,297 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    they really to hurry the fúck up with the
    Killer of Saints
    plot line
    Untitled Image




  • #128
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users Posts: 28,786 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    I'm in the same boat. Got Sunday's episode sitting waiting for me but I can't be bothered watching


  • #129
    Bandana boy
    Registered Users Posts: 4,325 ✭✭✭Bandana boy


    I am struggling to see " do Gods Work " equate to shooting dead 4 people , does it wear off or can his interpretation allow him to still do evil ****


  • #130
    Bandana boy
    Registered Users Posts: 4,325 ✭✭✭Bandana boy


    Skerries wrote: »
    they really to hurry the fúck up with the
    Killer of Saints
    plot line

    I suspect his arc will be for Season 2 and we will get snippets leading to him becoming
    Saint of Killers
    through out this season


  • #131
    endacl
    Registered Users Posts: 22,223 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Ahem.
    Saint of Killers

    :pac:

    I must say, I'm enjoying it.


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  • #132
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,924 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Bandana boy wrote: »
    I am struggling to see " do Gods Work " equate to shooting dead 4 people , does it wear off or can his interpretation allow him to still do evil ****

    I'd assume it's down to individual interpretation of what God's work entails. Fundamentalist terrorists think they're doing "God's work".


  • #133
    Venom
    Registered Users Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭Venom


    Skerries wrote: »
    they really to hurry the fúck up with the
    Killer of Saints
    plot line

    I think that's going to be in the season finale due to the amount of CGI/special effects required if they stick anyway close to the source material.

    Overall an improvement on previous episodes as stuff actually happened but still to slow a burn.


  • #134
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    I find it really enjoyable and initally I was wholly against Gilgun's Cassidy but as the show goes on I've started to make peace with the fact that it's a very targeted performance and it really does actually work quite well.

    Dominic Cooper is great as Jesse, Gilgun equally so as Cassidy, and Earle Haley puts in an excellent Quincannon...but the script is just incredibly lacking, it feels like it's just coasting along - almost filler material despite the richness of the source material.

    Ep4 was a marked improvement though and the Saint of Killers segment was excellent. They need to do more though, big time, because they'll kill it through indifference.


  • #135
    Nervous Wreck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,115 ✭✭✭✭Nervous Wreck


    Mr E wrote: »
    I don't like it. I think I'll stop.

    I'll watch this thread and see if it gets any better by the end. Could be worth a binge later this summer.

    Yeah I'm 2 eps behind now cos I just wasn't enjoying it. I'll keep an eye.


  • #136
    budhabob
    Registered Users Posts: 4,811 ✭✭✭budhabob


    TerrorFirmer wrote: »
    I find it really enjoyable and initally I was wholly against Gilgun's Cassidy but as the show goes on I've started to make peace with the fact that it's a very targeted performance and it really does actually work quite well.

    Dominic Cooper is great as Jesse, Gilgun equally so as Cassidy, and Earle Haley puts in an excellent Quincannon...but the script is just incredibly lacking, it feels like it's just coasting along - almost filler material despite the richness of the source material.

    Ep4 was a marked improvement though and the Saint of Killers segment was excellent. They need to do more though, big time, because they'll kill it through indifference.
    I'm thoroughly enjoying it I must say.


  • #137
    squonk
    Registered Users Posts: 8,427 ✭✭✭squonk


    This week's episode was an improvement but I use that term relatively. It did start to feel like th show was going somewhere and the ending was pretty good. It didn't make a lot of sense but at least something happened. The two guys from heaven would want to get the hell on with what they're trying to do. The weakest piece was Tulip this week. She was just there. Not really sure what the point of her scenes were. Jesse wasn't always a preacher and we learned he was a badass. So what? Not a lot happened but just enough things went down to keep it interesting. Much improvement needed though. For a new show with obvious potential it's lost it's gloss very quickly.


  • #138
    Travis Victorious Luck
    Posts: 0 ✭ Travis Victorious Luck


    Having no previous knowledge of the comics, I'm enjoying it.


  • #139
    Mr E
    Registered Users Posts: 55,446 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Renewed for a second season.

    *shrug* :o

    http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/699275-preacher-renewed-for-second-season-by-amc


  • #140
    Maurice Hot File
    Posts: 0 ✭ Maurice Hot File


    Would it just f@cking do something!!
    Has there even actually been a mention of that "terrible band" yet?


  • #141
    Travis Victorious Luck
    Posts: 0 ✭ Travis Victorious Luck


    It seems that most of the people that dislike it have read or have experience with the comic. I really do think it's quite enjoyable. Good acting, interesting characters, a surprisingly good Irish accent, and a decent level of gore.


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  • #142
    squonk
    Registered Users Posts: 8,427 ✭✭✭squonk


    I haven't read the comic. I didn't actually know anything about the comic until the show started so I did a quick scan of Wikipedia on it but that's all. I'd still class myself as a pair of fresh eyes really watching the show. All I'm seeing though is a show just chugging along doing the absolute minimum it must each week to progress the story. I'm starting to watch just so I can come away impressed with how they manage to pad 10 minutes of actual story out to 42 minutes of showtime.


  • #143
    Grayditch
    Registered Users Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭Grayditch


    This feels like... Preacher: Anville Stories.


  • #144
    Duggy747
    Registered Users Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Barely know anything about Preacher as well beside having seen it on shelves but GF and I are struggling with it. For me the show just feels like it's dragging too slowly for it's first few episodes, despite having good production values.

    But will hold out until the end of the season before I make my mind up as this week's episode was an improvement.


  • #145
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,924 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Travis Victorious Luck wrote: »
    It seems that most of the people that dislike it have read or have experience with the comic. I really do think it's quite enjoyable. Good acting, interesting characters, a surprisingly good Irish accent, and a decent level of gore.

    I think it's more that people who have read the comics are frustrated about something specific, as in they know what it is they're waiting to see happen.

    For the rest of us we're not sure what's even going on never mind where it's going, or even if it's going anywhere.


  • #146
    Grayditch
    Registered Users Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭Grayditch


    It's moving extremely slowly considering how much goes in in the comics.


  • #147
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users Posts: 28,786 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    I've read the comics but the reason I'm not fond of the series is more to do with the fact that it's so slow moving. I haven't watched the latest episode but for a show with only 10 episodes in a season, it seems to be treading water as if it was a full 22 episode season.
    They say they want to tell the story before the comic but clearly there wasn't much to tell so they're dragging it out.

    I'd say the reason for the renewal is more that they don't want to admit they got it wrong than it's doing well. Maybe they'll take the criticism on board and move quicker next season.


  • #148
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,274 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    It has a very strong season 2 of TWD being stuck on the farm doing nothing vibe coming off it.


  • #149
    Travis Victorious Luck
    Posts: 0 ✭ Travis Victorious Luck


    It might be because I've gotten used to other series like Bloodlines, which also was incredibly slow moving, that I've had no issue with the pacing of this.


  • #150
    Grayditch
    Registered Users Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭Grayditch


    Bloodline didn't really have a huge story, it was just told well and peppered with great performances. If people knew just how huge Preacher gets in the comics they'd know that this would wanna get a move on soon.


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  • #151
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,924 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Travis Victorious Luck wrote: »
    It might be because I've gotten used to other series like Bloodlines, which also was incredibly slow moving, that I've had no issue with the pacing of this.

    I think slow moving is fine if you can watch it all in one go, or at least a few episodes at a time. Preacher might be better if watched all at once after it airs on TV.

    I've said this before about a few shows, and I'm not sure it applies entirely to Preacher, but, the Scandi/Nordic TV shows all have that slow burn feel to them and they've been hugely successful in the English speaking world and seem to have influenced a lot of more recent British and US TV shows. The problem is that it's not as easy as just feeding a story slowly through 6 or 10 episodes. Things like Happy Valley, Rectify, Bloodlines, River get it right. I can't think of the names of any shows that get it wrong right now but that's because I stopped watching them after one or two episodes. There was one on BBC a while ago with Anne Marie Duff in it, was rubbish.

    But getting back to Preacher, given there's a lot of source material to work with, it seems to me it would have been better taking the approach of something like The 100, that burns through a lot of story very quickly but still manages to build a world and have some great character driven stuff in it too.


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