Like BenderBukowski said, I can see why they included much of the iconic things strewn throughout the series - if the show never got a second season, at least they could expose us to some of the better aspects of the comic.

I'll say a definite "no" to that, but I won't say anything else.

I think the tapes he listens to are a clue. Having read the books, I doubt that they'll make his story *exactly* the same (they could, but they'd never have the balls), but it could still be very similar and make sense.

Oh right, you're another of those tedious people who make excuses for adaptations by pretending that the source material couldn't translate into a show, despite being less complicated and easier to follow than the show itself.

You don't watch a lot of TV or movies, do you? Those are the best shows, and the best movies. Especially considering this almost-Tarantino way they like to jumpcut to titles, you'd think they would have appreciated the original's style. All they've done is complicate things.

This is part of my point. We never get to that character for a while. We get bits and pieces, and the gaps are filled in eventually, but it happens more naturally, and at a slower pace. The show is choosing to wedge these moments in happenstance. That is yet another example of overcomplicating the show when it…

That old excuse doesn't work. It rarely ever has, it's an excuse for poor adaptations. It's not hard at all to follow Preacher. It's a weird story, an extraordinarily fucked up one, but it's incredibly easy to follow. Jesse's a rock of willpower and determination. Cassidy's a lovable scumbag. Tulip's a flawed…

We have no idea if those are Jody and TC. They SHOULD be, considering, but who knows who/what they'll be in the show. Even if they are named Jody and TC, who knows what they're going to be in this.

Then you missed the point of him entirely. He was the story's moral center. He was, in a way, the ideal that Jesus preached about. He loved EVERYONE. He was good to his CORE. Whatever caused him to try to kill himself, instead of making him worse, made him ultimately BETTER, and every single other character in…

That doesn't explain the butchering of the essences of the three main characters. Cassity's the closest, and he's still light years away from what Comic Cass was. Tulip isn't even 5% like Comic Tulip. Same for Jesse. And this isn't me whining "boo hoo, I want my characters." I do, but that's not the point. We're…

Nothing against Laurie Holden and Sarah Wayne Callies, but I can't stand them in any role they do. Sarah was a gradual thing as I watched Prison Break (yes, I admit to watching that show, forgive me). I've always had a natural dislike toward Holden, though. Nothing against them. I just can't stand them.

This, pretty much. I love a lot of what Frank Miller has done, but he's an absolute fool when it comes to just about everything. Alan Moore is a fucking genius, but he's also a raving lunatic and stuck in the past completely. Liking someone's work has nothing to do with agreeing what their *personal* tastes are.

This got a physical reaction out of me. Well played.

I don't remember the comic really getting into the details of the faith, because that was never the point. It's a morality tale in a way.

I'm just happy that they seem to be leading Show Jesse to a similar place as Comic Jesse in regards to his using The Word. Here's a quote of Jesse's in the comic:

The Word doesn't work the way that the show is making it seem to work. This might be the biggest disappointment of all (and this is a show that's turned Jesse Fucking Custer into a farce).

I'm actually happy for you. But you could have had an experience that is so much better, if they had just kept to the cores of the characters.

I was cautiously optimistic about the direction the show was heading at the start - confirmation that they're actually angels, and that Genesis is indeed the spawn of an angel and demon, etc, etc? Good! Now we're getting somewhere!

If the show maintains *any* connective tissue to the comics (which I hope it does, but fear that it won't), the one we're calling The Cowboy should indeed relate to the main story. I worry more and more about the direction of the show as I keep watching, though.

It can be hard to see the correlation between Haley's Odin and the comic one, considering that the comic one is easily 20+ years older. That casting bugs me. Haley's incredible, but it's just an odd choice.