Ash vs Evil Dead (new tv series)

[Redfern]

Who directed the season finale? It had some Raimi-esque elements, such as the flipping background while the camera was "locked" onto Ash as he tumbled into the root cellar, but I get the impression it was someone else. (No, I didn't DVR the episode so I couldn't freeze the credits.)

Sincerely,

Bill

 

[Cyke101]

Who directed the season finale? It had some Raimi-esque elements, such as the flipping background while the camera was "locked" onto Ash as he tumbled into the root cellar, but I get the impression it was someone else. (No, I didn't DVR the episode so I couldn't freeze the credits.)

Sincerely,

Bill

It was Rick Jacobson, another Hercules/Xena alumnus, but also more recently for Spartacus and Dominion. This was his first episode for the show.

 

[Teelie]

The show was great overall. I remember reading how the second episode "suffered" from no Raimi which was a concern until I saw it. The entire season was nicely done. No complaints from me except the cliffhanger finale but that's only because I generally hate cliffhangers when they don't know they'll be renewed or not. Ash was given a second season early on so it will feel more like an extended break than an abrupt end.

Oh, and we did see at least three different "children" running around. One Ash killed, one outside where Kelly was and a third one lurking about the house before leaving (the one Kelly encountered with the flashlight in the basement). There might be more or that might be all of them.

 

[davejames]

But to me, the first episode is arguably the most fun, and it's no coincidence -- Raimi's the most experienced director, and knows the material the best, so naturally he'd create the best episode of the bunch, imo.

Yeah people like to focus on Raimi trademarks like the extreme close ups and POV shots, but it's clever things like the suspense created from a spinning flashlight that I would have liked to have seen more of on the show. Or the comic book style silhouette of a deadite getting it's brains blown out.

 

[Redfern]

Right, the flashlight. that bugger must have been insanely balanced to spin as long as it did! Must have used a lot of "Mop'n'Glow" on that floor!

A tad more seriously, that side angle with Fisher and the blond Deadite had a very distinctive "Sin City" quality to it and caught my eye the first time I saw the premiere.

Sincerely,

Bill

 

[Arrrrgggh]

I'm actually rather disappointed that Raimi isn't directly more of them, or even most. I know TV is often considered to be beneath movie directors, but it's still his brain child for the most part.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

STARZ throws AvED fans a bone.

http://www.slashfilm.com/ash-vs-evil-dead-season-2-script/

ETA: The comment re Freddy Krueger's glove not only went over my head, I never realized that particular Easter egg is a long running gag between Sam and Wes.

http://movieweb.com/ash-vs-evil-dead-nightmare-on-elm-street-easter-egg/

ETA II: Bruce and Lucy play "would you rather..."

https://www.facebook.com/moviepilotdotcom/videos/942272002477902/

 

[Cyke101]

I'm actually rather disappointed that Raimi isn't directly more of them, or even most. I know TV is often considered to be beneath movie directors, but it's still his brain child for the most part.

Well, it's not that he thinks TV is below him. A large chunk of his fortune comes from the Hercules/Xena franchise, after all. It's just that as much as he loves Evil Dead, like any Hollywood big shot, he's still probably focused on producing that (which is already a huge job) and juggling any number of other projects. So he's in charge of Evil Dead but can delegate directing duties, writing, casting, etc. And he probably has final say on the episodes anyway. Directing would be nice, but a show needs a visionary to bring all the pieces together, including the director. Thus, he serves a greater role of responsibility as the overall head than as director.

It's almost as if he directed the first episode just to tell his staff, "See, this is how you do it. This is the instruction manual. Now get to it."

 

[Mr. Adventure]

^ This interview touches on Raimi's participation a bit:
http://www.blastr.com/2015-11-3/may...ash-vs-evil-dead-and-his-own-future-filmmaker

 

[Kelthaz]

I'm actually rather disappointed that Raimi isn't directly more of them, or even most. I know TV is often considered to be beneath movie directors, but it's still his brain child for the most part.

Well, it's not that he thinks TV is below him. A large chunk of his fortune comes from the Hercules/Xena franchise, after all. It's just that as much as he loves Evil Dead, like any Hollywood big shot, he's still probably focused on producing that (which is already a huge job) and juggling any number of other projects. So he's in charge of Evil Dead but can delegate directing duties, writing, casting, etc. And he probably has final say on the episodes anyway. Directing would be nice, but a show needs a visionary to bring all the pieces together, including the director. Thus, he serves a greater role of responsibility as the overall head than as director.

It's almost as if he directed the first episode just to tell his staff, "See, this is how you do it. This is the instruction manual. Now get to it."

He should still direct all the season premieres and finales. The two most important episodes of the season.

 

[RJDiogenes]

STARZ throws AvED fans a bone.

The cast list in that article includes Fisher-- I wonder if that means she's coming back, too, or if they're just using the first-season credits.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

I think that was just a blurb about the season 1 premiere, hence the cast list contains that "disgraced Michigan trooper."

 

[RJDiogenes]

Yeah, it probably is.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

A little something during the break: Evil Dead 2 !
FRI 1/15 6PM El Rey Network
FRI 1/15 11PM Syfy
SAT 1/16 3PM Syfy
Eastern Standard Time

I watched recently on El Rey and appeared to be uncut but I'm not sure during daytime hours. I think Sam Raimi is probably at his low budget creative peak and green enough to throw everything but the kitchen sink into the film. Evil Dead 2 fearlessly takes the franchise into comedic territory while keeping one foot in the grave. And Bruce Campbell is game not to mention handsome as hell back in his prime.

 

[Sparkle Fabulosa]

I might have to do a re-watch of season one. I miss Ash, Pablo, and Kelly

I hope they made it to Jacksonville okay.

 

[RJDiogenes]

I'm hoping the DVD has a "play all" button. I can see myself kicking back for four hours with a couple of plates of TGIF's loaded fries and a six-pack of Twisted Tea and watching it all straight through.

 

[Aldo]

I've had the final sitting on my DVR since it aired but I just finally got around to it today.

I loved it, when it started I really thought it was written and directed by Raimi, it felt that close to his style. Reading that this is the first episode directed by this director, I really hope he is more prominent in the next season. As I felt this was easily the best episode since the Raimi directed premiere. Not that I didn't enjoy what came between, but as good as the other episodes were, they just seemed to be missing that magic that I felt was recaptured in the finale.

I've been meaning to ask a question though. For those who recently watched the second film, how accurate were they to replicating the layout of the Cabin from the films?

 

[JanewayRulz!]

Here's a podcast with a series of interviews with the cast from last October, they just weren't released until now.

The interviews were from the NY comic con, prior to the release of the premiere.

http://geekdad.com/2016/01/hey-you-geeks-48/

Alas, neither of them obviously NEVER WATCHED Spartacus on STARZ since they think that too was a half hour show.

 

[Arrrrgggh]

I've been meaning to ask a question though. For those who recently watched the second film, how accurate were they to replicating the layout of the Cabin from the films?

I honestly didn't notice a single difference, though to be equally honest I don't pay close attention to that sort of thing anyway. And I had rewatched Evil Dead 2 again just a few days ago.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

I'm not one to notice too well either but I know the production team worked to match a lot of the details of the original. One thing that throws me a little is just the color correction and lighting and what not. In the movie, the cabin is very gray but in the series it's more yellow which throws me in comparing them.