stephenb's Replies
This is a joke... right? Ash vs Evil Dead is better than From Dusk till Dawn in almost every possible way. AVED brings back the original star & most of the creative team, and actually makes interesting additions that build on the original story, without just relying fanservice-y callbacks/references (as much as I love Tom Savini, his cameo in FDTD seemed really gratuitous/pointless). In other words, it's a proper sequel - while FDTD (especially the first season) seems more like a mediocre remake of the original film, but with mostly C-list TV actors & a 5-10x running time. Remove the occasional F-bomb & some of the gore from FDTD, and it wouldn't seem the least bit out of place as a CW show.
There also isn't a single actor in the cast of FDTD who can hold a candle to Bruce Campbell (except maybe Savini & Danny Trejo, and they only had fairly short cameos); and even if you removed Campbell, it would still be a close call. And while Sam Raimi isn't exactly at his peak, he hasn't fallen anywhere near as far as Robert Rodriguez (Spy Kids, anyone?).
The comparison isn't even fair. AVED is essentially a model of the right way to do a film-to-TV transition/adaptation, while FDTD is an almost perfect model of the wrong way to do it.
posted 7 years ago in From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series (2014)