After the deep-seated abuse of Avengers 4, and the shock of Game of Thrones' ups and downs...
It's time to find an American drama at the bottom of the pressure box and let yourself breathe a sigh of relief!
As we all know, HBO has been sitting firmly in the position of the big brother of American dramas in recent years, and almost never loses his hand.
And the glory of all this must start from that year....
“it's not porn，it's hbo”
Since HBO changed its tagline, the ratings have been climbing steadily.
A grand worldview, a compelling plot, a well-made production, a yellow and violent bridge...
Such a conscientious company, there may not be many in the world!
It is estimated that for a long time after that, we will all be in the fear of being dominated by HBO!
However, some things are difficult to imagine, such as the subject matter that HBO does not dare to shoot...
So today is not a kind of position, but a comic drama:
Missionary Season 3 丨 2018
First of all, this title feels particularly meaningful.....
Since the first season began airing, Missionary has been critically acclaimed, and even more so in North America.
Definitely a divine drama that you will not regret after chasing!
The Preacher is based on the comic book of the same name by DC's subsidiary, Vertigo.
Everyone may be familiar with dc, but vertigo (vertigo manga) may be relatively unfamiliar.
In the 1990s, Vertigo specialized in publishing 18+ comics that were inappropriate for children.
Content often touches on sensitive topics, favoring social satire and a little black humor.
Even after listening to the brief introduction of the seventh brother, you are still not particularly familiar with it, then you must know its two masterpieces:
One is "V-Vendetta"; the other is "Constantine"
The former naturally needless to say, after being adapted into a movie, directly on the Douban top250. The latter's reputation in the comic book industry is even higher than that of most superheroes.
This time, the producer was AMC TV, who did not hesitate to take over in the face of the reluctance of HBO.
Because of the structure and details of "Missionary", even if it relies on a large number of popular American dramas as the driving force behind the scenes, the result has been tepid after the broadcast.
Such a long preparation is actually a very risky act, which may slow down a good drama to death.
But fortunately, "Missionary" survived!
The first season was 8.2 points, the second season was 8.5 points, and the third season was 9.2 points, and the setting was very interthing.
The story takes place in a chaotic town with angels, vampires, messengers of hell, and all sorts of wonders.
And our male protagonist, Jesse Custer, inherited the mantle of his father and became a full of mischievous missionaries.
Wearing a delicate black suit, he is doing things that are completely incompatible with his profession!
Smoking, drinking, perming, fighting..... I really don't believe it without a story!
It turned out that Jesse had been a little since he was a child, and he had not done less than the work of abduction, misguided and gone farther and farther.
He and his pregnant girlfriend, Tulip, plan to rob the bank, but are betrayed by their accomplices.
In the end, the emotional Tulip miscarried, and the two parted ways.
It is worth mentioning that the male protagonist of this play, Dominic Cooper, and the female protagonist Ruth Nega, are a couple inside and outside the play.
Dominique Cooper once played Iron Man and his father, Howard Stark, in "Captain America"
And Ruth Nega played the villain Little Black Sister in "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.".
Unfortunately, before the third season began, the two announced a peaceful breakup, ending an 8-year relationship.
The gossip is over, let's get back to the point!
However, under the erosion of material ideas, the residents of the town have lost their faith, and no one comes to the church to find Jesse to confess.
Unable to do anything about this, Jesse secretly decided to resign.
However, something strange happened, and a mysterious force invaded his body and changed his life.
Creation is the product of the union of angels and demons, and even God has to fear it for three points!
This force is very powerful, not everyone can control it, and those who can't stand it will "collapse" and be blown into a Rotten Tomatoes.
At the beginning of the film, many missionaries suffer, and even Brother Atang is spoofed....
After Jesse became the host of creation, he gained a power called the Word of God.
He is able to command sentient beings and control the behavior of others.
Jesse originally intended to use this ability to serve the townspeople. However, contrary to expectations, this force can only make people's behavior mechanically obedient, and cannot change the heart.
For example, if you ask her to "lose the flesh on her body", it originally meant losing weight.
But the other party can only obey mechanically, so she really runs to cut off the flesh on her body, which is completely inappropriate.
Whenever Jesse is angry or irritable, it is easy to trigger the use of the power of creation.
Jesse is here to prove the existence of God, but also to save this sick town. So I used the Heaven phone, and as a result, a white-haired "Santa Claus" was called.
Yes, this stick is a fake, and the real God has long since disappeared.
Upon learning of this shocking news, the residents of the town went crazy. They are like restless ants, caught in a frenzied riot.
In order to restore order to the town, the missionary takes his girlfriend Tulip and the "loyal dog" vampire Cassidy on a journey to find God.
At the same time, the biogas power reactor exploded, and the entire town was razed to the ground, leaving no one alive.
In the end, only the three of them knew the truth...
The heroine Tulip, Jesse's green plum bamboo horse. The two reunited after a long absence and are ready to continue the frontier.
She is hot, debauched, and unkind to her enemies, and wants to persuade Jesse to take revenge with her.
The two will join forces again, and they will be the most powerful male and female thieves in the jianghu!
Cassidy, the vampire, is a follower of missionaries and usually does odd jobs in churches.
He has a strong self-healing ability, and there is no injury that cannot be solved by a cup of blood. But he has always restrained his desire to suck blood, usually using animal blood to solve his own needs, and his only weakness is fear of sunlight.
If he had to go out during the day, he would either have an umbrella or apply sunscreen, or he would die of light.
They have something in common, they used to be bad people. In the search for God, he constantly redeems himself.
So the relationship between the three people got better and better, and finally staged a dog-blooded love triangle!
Therefore, in the play, you can often see a variety of hilarious plots, so that the audience is simply invincible.
Of course, such a "bunker" superpower will of course attract the covetousness of all forces.
The duo of tall and short angels received orders from their superiors and came to earth to take back the Creation. As a result, all kinds of methods were unsuccessful, and finally he was killed again and again and then resurrected.
Unable to make a deal with their superiors, they desperately went to Hell and hired the Holy Slayer to deal with the matter.
Holy Slayer, dc comics supervillain, but does not align with the justice league-led multiverse storyline.
Why is that? Because his superpowers are so perverted.....
He was immortal, no weapon could hurt him, not even the power of god's Word was ineffective against him.
The double gun in his hand does not need to be changed, and can be fired in a hundred shots, and even the angel with infinite life will be killed.
The first season is mainly a holistic account of the background of "Missionary", in the style of road travel, and most of the highlights fall on the holy slayer.
Overall, the plot is still relatively tight, but the development of the story is a bit delayed.
But with countless suspense repeatedly intertwined, a scene of absurdity is presented!
The story of the second season came to a "god" unfolded, and many mysteries were all uncovered in this season.
For example, "Where has God gone?" "Why is the Word of God ineffective against the Holy Killer?" Wait a minute.......
There are also countless Easter eggs in the same shot as "Breaking Bad", as well as many beautiful scenery, waiting for the audience who love this drama to dig deeper.
With the prevalence of comic book reform, many comic book characters have been brought to the big screen. Usually, most of these characters uphold absolute justice, take it as their duty to protect the masses, and after victory, do not punish their opponents with violence, but bring them to justice.
However, this type of superhero movie will inevitably make the audience aesthetically tired.......
The anti-hero is completely different, and the missionaries are one of them.
They are both good and evil, often wandering in the gray area of morality, but at the same time having a heroic temperament or committing heroic acts.
Plainly!
They have a more grounded personality and can do whatever it takes to uphold justice.
And "Missionary" as a comic film, it did not learn the "folk customs" of "Gotham" to the end, but the atmosphere was just right!
The fight scenes are exceptionally exquisite, with a sense of realism and violent aesthetics coexisting, and almost every frame is full of desolate apocalyptic colors, which can't help but be pleasing to the eye.
One of the most impressive episodes is called "Mumbai Sky Tower", which has gained 100% freshness in a single episode and is completely black humor.
By reinventing the architecture of heaven, hell, and earth, angels become emotionless machines. Hell is overcrowded, but there is no painful torture. Because of the lack of faith in the human world, it directly leads to disorder.
This kind of unruly, topic-sensitive cool drama, no wonder hbo does not dare to pick up this hot potato!
All in all, chasing this show is just right.