I have now watched the first 5 episodes of this show, and I have to say that it's not really grabbing me. There are too many things that seem to refer to something outside the series, which remains unexplained. Perhaps viewers are expected to read the graphic novel first, but that doesn't really seem to help, as the back-stories are completely different.
For example, (**spoilers**) we are told several times that Wolff "ate" Diamond's powers, but no such thing happened in the novel. In Episode 5 of the series, we are subjected to several "flashbacks" (or maybe hallucinations) that show Diamond and Wolff, Diamond and a young Wolff, and the two of them with a young girl cowering in the grassy field where all this is taking place. I have no idea what any of this is supposed to mean, except that (in the series) Diamond and Wolff have been linked because Diamond took a drug made from Wolff's blood. And considering that, in the graphic novels, Diamond and Wolff have known each other (and fought each other) for thousands of years, none of it really makes any sense.
I get the feeling that the show was made for some sort of rabid fan, but I don't know of what. Playstations? The graphic novels? Superheroes in general? Whatever the answer, I guess I'm not one of them.
For example, (**spoilers**) we are told several times that Wolff "ate" Diamond's powers, but no such thing happened in the novel. In Episode 5 of the series, we are subjected to several "flashbacks" (or maybe hallucinations) that show Diamond and Wolff, Diamond and a young Wolff, and the two of them with a young girl cowering in the grassy field where all this is taking place. I have no idea what any of this is supposed to mean, except that (in the series) Diamond and Wolff have been linked because Diamond took a drug made from Wolff's blood. And considering that, in the graphic novels, Diamond and Wolff have known each other (and fought each other) for thousands of years, none of it really makes any sense.
I get the feeling that the show was made for some sort of rabid fan, but I don't know of what. Playstations? The graphic novels? Superheroes in general? Whatever the answer, I guess I'm not one of them.