_MJ_ Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Why do you think Snyder's Watchmen fails? Curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 I still don't think you can do Preacher on AMC, and I stand by that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unholy Dragon Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Why do you think Snyder's Watchmen fails? Curious.It fails to make changes in scenes that need it then changes scenes in ways that screw with the context (the 'bomb', Silk Spectre I not being able to hate the Comedian 'because he gave me you') combined with a complete failure to understand or portray that every lead could be seen as a hero from the correct perspective. It villifies Comedian and Ozymandias, but not Rorschach. In general it just kind of turns it into a good/evil dichotomy instead of the more complex narrative Moore/Gibbons created (which was itself more of a celebration of potential than deconstruction).There's other reasons, but that's the big one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 For me, it just failed coz it wasn't fun. I agree with Dragon's criticisms, but my knee-jerk response is that the movie is a chore to get through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 "Fun" isn't really a word you'd use to describe Watchmen in the first place though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 Watchman? Fun? Oooooook. And yeah, Preacher likely works best on HBO, but HBO has already passed and the next best options are AMC or FX. Given the final season of Sons of Anarchy, FX is probably the better destination of the two, but I also think that last season of SoA was allowed to be so grossly violent because it was the last season of a successful show. I'm still cautiously optimistic and if it fails, then the book is finally closed on making Preacher happen in movie or tv series form and everyone can just move on. Not sure why, but Preacher makes me think of the Dark Tower, and of the two, I think it's far more important that the Dark Tower succeeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Speaking of Watchmen - Jackie Earl Healy has been cast as Odin Quincannon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistah Na1m4rk Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Speaking of Watchmen - Jackie Earl Healy has been cast as Odin Quincannon YES! SQUEEZE THE CHEESE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRGoldman Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 How have they cast that role already? It makes zero sense to bring him in anywhere close to the first season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 They aren't following the book, they're supposedly doing their own thing, with the book as a template. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 They aren't following the book, they're supposedly doing their own thing, with the book as a template. Yeah, I hate that idea. And with my interest in Into The Badlands going from Whoa! to Fuck This Show! in record time, I imagine that Preacher will get ITB's timeslot once it has been cancelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRGoldman Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 They aren't following the book, they're supposedly doing their own thing, with the book as a template. I understand they aren't following the comics. I still don't understand how the narrative is improved by bringing Odin in so early. Odin is fun, but having him be an initial antagonist seems like a bizarre choice. I could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Hey, DC is publishing Absolute Preacher Vol 1 in July. Why the fuck didn't they do that to tie with Lucifer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 So does this mean that Sivana in the eventual Shazam movie will also be Haley? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 The pilot screened at a con, getting great reviews from what I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Rogen tweeted a start date today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Yeah, May 22nd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 The pilot screened at a con, getting great reviews from what I've seen. Wasn't a con, it was an event at SXSW (aka that thing that triples my bus commute for 2 weeks a year) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Ah. Gotcha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 I imagine it was even worse this year, Cliff Hanger, with President Obama being the keynote speaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Ohhh yeah. The one weekday a month I have a social obligation I can't miss and my bus from south of the river to north is detoured so far that I literally can't get there from here. (Thankfully I was able to get a friend to drive me, but we took the very long way 'round.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 So AMC have a released a picture of a rather recognizable character from Preacher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaverJuk Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 I really hope if they ever do Jesus desaid its played by James franco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Well, I guess if you can't do "Go Fuck Yourself" this works okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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