It's kind of funny that the vampire is the most decent character on the show.
An interesting grounding for the most morally complex character in the books.
Still, after enjoying the pilot tremendously, there have only been a few real flashes of wonder or interest in the show and we are 7 episodes deep. For the first 4 episodes I found myself sat in front of the TV early on Monday mornings to watch the new episode on Amazon Prime, and now... I am struggling to find the will to watch the 7th episode, and with S4 of The Americans, S2 of 12 Monkeys, S2 of Outlander and S3 of Penny Dreadful on the box to watch, I fear the remainder of this season will slip well down the pecking order.
After all my gusto and interest to begin with, I find myself in
Mr Light's camp where little of the character of the characters from the comics are up on screen. I never wanted a slavish adaptation, however, for all his rough edges and high mindedness the comic version of Jesse was likeable. I find little interesting or agreeable about his current interpretation. Couple this with fractured, slow-developing storytelling and I struggle to engage with it all (barring the occasional bout of superviolence that briefly overloads the senses).
Given how the comic kicks the story domino-line straight over on page 1 of issue one and almost never relents, I can understand the want to try and ground the show in a sense of reality, before the unreal submerges everything. But what they have offered about the characters, Annville and the Divine plot, hasn't clicked for me.
The creators wanted to use S1 as a prequel of sorts, so one can hope that the recently commissioned S2 will fold in the comic's story more fully and allow more of the insanity of Ennis' work come through and more importantly, the fun of it all.
A pity, because it still
looks amazing and all of the cast are offering up strong performances, just most of them are saying and doing little of note or interest.
Hugo - One look at their faces, and I could tell the Good Lord was using my prayers to wipe his ass.
