Preacher TV series
This AMC series based on the comic book should be interesting, shouldn't it? The plot of a human preacher with a dark past being the host of an offspring of an angel and a demon, with a heavily Irish accented best friend who happens to be a vampire and a girlfriend who is an inventive badass, with supporting antagonist characters like Assface and a sociopathic meat producer, such elements have potential to create good stories.
Too bad season one is half assed. I get it the producers had to limit Preacher to his small town, which was not the case in the comics. But, damn the episodes are dragging worse than a full sack of potatoes on a hot day.
The worst part of it is the waste of good characters. When the protagonist is doing little more than scuffing his shoes on the dust, that is not a good sign. Even Eugene AKA Assface is a better rounded character than Preacher. Cassidy, the vampire, is being wasted as a monr supporting character and Preacher's old girlfriend is on a standstill when her characte ris clearly one who takes action.
The show does have a few good points. The problem between his Genesis fueled commands versus human faults creaing more harm than good, for example. Preacher having to face his "chosen by God" self importance with the consequences of his power. And some dark, dry humor.
But seriously, even with the limiting it to one location area, this could be a lot better. The local Texas town people are portrayed as quasi ignorant hicks, Even the antagonist, the meat packer owner, seems one dimensional at times.
Too bad season one is half assed. I get it the producers had to limit Preacher to his small town, which was not the case in the comics. But, damn the episodes are dragging worse than a full sack of potatoes on a hot day.
The worst part of it is the waste of good characters. When the protagonist is doing little more than scuffing his shoes on the dust, that is not a good sign. Even Eugene AKA Assface is a better rounded character than Preacher. Cassidy, the vampire, is being wasted as a monr supporting character and Preacher's old girlfriend is on a standstill when her characte ris clearly one who takes action.
The show does have a few good points. The problem between his Genesis fueled commands versus human faults creaing more harm than good, for example. Preacher having to face his "chosen by God" self importance with the consequences of his power. And some dark, dry humor.
But seriously, even with the limiting it to one location area, this could be a lot better. The local Texas town people are portrayed as quasi ignorant hicks, Even the antagonist, the meat packer owner, seems one dimensional at times.