![]() ![]() That’s when you know a script is really working. The other wants him to be the good man of God that he’s trying to be. So when this man is beating the shit out of him, we’re right there on the edge of our seats going, “What is he going to do?” Part of us wants him to tear the man apart. But he’s chosen this new peace-preaching lifestyle and he wants to stay true to that. He could turn this man into maggot food within 3 seconds. My favorite subplot of the pilot is Jesse confronting the man who’s abusing his wife and child. When Preacher is at its best is during its simplest scenes when we’re with Jesse trying to find some sort of beacon to guide his life. It doesn’t pull me into the story or the people inside of that story. There’s a battle on a plane with crossbows.īut… none of it moves me. We’re watching women kill men by jamming full cobs of corn down their throat. We’re jumping to Uganda where men are bursting into goop. And I’m not completely sold on if it will.Īs much as I enjoyed the outrageousness of it all, let’s strip away all the bells and whistle, all the “style over substance” and get into what’s really going on in Preacher. ![]() This is something where if it all pays off, we could be looking at a show that rivals Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead.īut it still has to pay off. Like AMC has stated, this show is visual, it’s outrageous, it’s got characters you’d have to have a lobotomy to forget. If I worked at a television network, I would put Preacher on my slate in a second. Let’s start off by putting our producer hats on. But Jesse has no idea just how intense his new power really is. Finally, all the doubts fade away, and Jesse becomes the man he’s always wanted to be. These sparrows happen to be the voice of God, which Jesse now possesses. And they thought giving Walter White’s son cerebral palsy was going to be a risk.Īs all of these things start to descend in on Jesse in one way or another, Jesse’s life is turned upside-down by a gaggle of sparrows who shoot down into his throat. And let’s not forget the requirement of any good show – a disfigured teenager who can’t stop drooling all over himself. We take visits to the Himalayas and Uganda, where we meet people bursting into goo. We meet Jesse’s old partner in crime, Tulip, who spends her days building homemade bazookas and using them to shoot down Blackhawk helicopters. We meet a hedge-fund billionaire named Cassidy who also happens to be a vampire. This story isn’t only about Jesse though. To be honest, I don’t know what he did but it’s clear it involved lots of illegalities and violence. Before being a preacher, Jesse travelled the world as some sort of crime enforcer black ops specialist. It’s so much easier to open another beer, to pour another drink. But just like all of us who want to better our lives and the way we exist within them, he can’t seem to find the motivation to actually do it. He cares about people and wants to help the community. You’d be lucky to find even one person paying attention to what Jesse has to say.īut Jesse’s a good guy. Unfortunately the old saying, “You get what you project” is on full display. Jesse starts his sermons off with his best friends Jim Beam and Jack Daniels, and usually ends them that way too. ![]() The script follows a small-town Texas preacher named Jesse Custer. I’d never heard of the Preacher universe before this teleplay and now that I have, I wish someone would’ve given me some warning ahead of time. But this script is also a bit overwhelming. Sam Caitlin, who wrote 10 episodes of Breaking Bad, knows what he’s doing. That means this pilot script must be really good, right? Well, that’s where some debate may be in order. If I had to take a guess, I’d say that Preacher, more than any other project coming out this year, has the chance to become a breakout phenomenon. And of all the big TV announcements, this one seems to be the most talked about. It’s no coincidence that AMC is very high on this. It’s a stylistic smorgasbord of wild characters and deep mythology that has “hit” written all over it. You look at this bold new TV dominated entertainment universe and wonder why it’s taken so long to put something like Preacher onscreen. This is Rogen and Goldberg’s favorite comic ever and they consider it a huge blessing to be able to bring the project to life. And Sam Caitlin (Breaking Bad) wrote the pilot. It looks like Rogen’s producing partner Evan Goldberg is directing the pilot. Recently, Seth Rogan’s team snatched up the rights to turn the series into a TV show for AMC. Premise: An alcoholic preacher in a small West Texas town becomes the true voice of God.Ībout: Preacher was originally a comic book series created by writer Garth Ennis and artist Steve Dillon. ![]()
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