Not having access to any of the premium channels I have not seen so many of the comic related programmes and am only now catching up on them via DVD box sets. The first season of Preacher cost me a mere £2.99 (plus postage) on Amazon though the other three series are at normal price points. I have to say after a bit of a bumpy beginning I have really taken to the television adaptation.
I have read Preacher in it's entirety but later than most since I collected all the trade paperbacks. A wonderful story but it's been more than a while so I am not held back (at this stage anyway) by worries of how much the story deviates from the original.
For those not familiar with Preacher (there must be many out there) this is the tale of Jesse Custer a flawed Preacher with a criminal past who upon receiving a power though a cosmic accident tries to bring God to his townsfolk.
His companions the vampire Cassidy and ex-girlfriend Tulip still in criminal mode watch and try and both discourage and help the way Jesse goes around conducting himself. Throw in a couple of Angels trying to cover their error, a psychotic member of the Seraphim, a totally insane meat baron and his thugs, a corrupt wimp of a mayor and a woman ignored but supportive of Custer and the cast of Season One is born.
The show an 18 Cert is violent as was the comic and that's anything to go by future seasons (there are four to collect) the gore and deviancy should increase exponentially.
Highly recommended.
Meanwhile I have just started Season Three of Lucifer. Marvel may have the better movies but DC rules the TV.
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