A&E's "Damien" (Season 1) - Blu-ray Forum

SlayersCouncil · 03-10-2016, 02:57 PM

I've been sick this week so I was fortunate enough to watch the original movie right before watching this. They do a great job connecting it to the first movie (ignoring all sequels). The only thing off from the continuity is that The Omen (1976) has Damien's birthday as June 6, 1970 whereas this show has the story start on his 30th birthday. Unless this show takes place in the year 2000, they are taking liberties with the dates. Judging by the technology shown, I doubt it is supposed to be 2000. I can understand why they played with the timeline though; the TV Damien needs to be 30 to

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Overall, I liked it and look forward to episode 2. I also like how they play homage to the original score.

Right now his character seems like a good guy just trying to live his life. It will be interesting to see how/if he tries to fight the evil inside him and if/when he embraces who he was born to be. This show has a lot of potential as long as the writers and this actor can pull it off.

BTW: I'm still pissed that The Returned was cancelled. I really enjoyed it and wanted to see what would happen next. I guess I can check out the French version that came before it.

03-10-2016, 02:57 PM	#11
SlayersCouncil Blu-ray Guru Member since:Apr 2011 Location:Katy, TX Home Theater Gallery:8 4K collection:26 Blu-ray collection:934 DVD collection:240 Digital collection:100 iTunes collection:10 Prime collection:16 Trading Score:4	I've been sick this week so I was fortunate enough to watch the original movie right before watching this. They do a great job connecting it to the first movie (ignoring all sequels). The only thing off from the continuity is that The Omen (1976) has Damien's birthday as June 6, 1970 whereas this show has the story start on his 30th birthday. Unless this show takes place in the year 2000, they are taking liberties with the dates. Judging by the technology shown, I doubt it is supposed to be 2000. I can understand why they played with the timeline though; the TV Damien needs to be 30 to [Show spoiler] Overall, I liked it and look forward to episode 2. I also like how they play homage to the original score. Right now his character seems like a good guy just trying to live his life. It will be interesting to see how/if he tries to fight the evil inside him and if/when he embraces who he was born to be. This show has a lot of potential as long as the writers and this actor can pull it off. BTW: I'm still pissed that The Returned was cancelled. I really enjoyed it and wanted to see what would happen next. I guess I can check out the French version that came before it.

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