Every single line coming out of Ash's mouth on that trailer is bad. Like, astonishingly bad. Seriously, I'd be embarassed to be the writer who came up with those. Yeah, the fart joke is terrible and it's a type of humor that's not only out of character, but also doesn't belong in this franchise. Even the people who don't really mind it seem to admit to that. Yeah, it is just a silly fart joke. That's not the problem. The problem is that every single joke is made out of either sexual or bathroom humor. If it wasn't as constant, I'd probably wouldn't have a problem with the occasional one. Actually, I'm beginning to think that it isn't just a case of bad writing, but a case of having writers that simply aren't a good match for the property. It's a problem of misunderstanding what the property is about and of hiring the wrong people for the job. All this trailer (and the description of that scene from next episode) has done is make me even more worried about the direction their taking. "Could things get any worse?". Well, Ash... They can, apparently. So much worse. People here on the forums are actually coming up on the spot with a whole bunch of much more interesting ideas and plot developments they could have used, but instead, they choose to spend precious running time on fart jokes and having Ash get shoved up a corpse's ass.
But hey, that opening shot and the shot of Ash running his chainsaw against the side of the Classic are pretty cool. I also liked the shot of Ash in the straightjacket.
These last few posts made me think about what Evil Dead actually is supposed to be and what it is that fans love about it. I enjoy the blood and gore, seeing how outrageous they can get and Bruce Campbell being Bruce Campbell just as much as the next guy, but what made me love Evil Dead so much and stick with it for so long was actually the inventiveness of it all, how original and unpredictable it could get, the silly but very unique brand of humor and camerawork, the unusual character interactions, the incredible music and atmosphere, and seeing the character of Ash evolve from scared and weak nerd to tired common man hero. In my opinion, this show just has a lot of the former and not much from the latter. As crazy, outrageous and silly as it could get there was always a lot of care that went into this franchise, and if I may say, it actually had pretty high standards. This show just isn't Evil Dead enough to me. It's something else entirely and I'm having a really hard time recognizing it as Evil Dead. I guess people just love Evil Dead for very different reasons and that's why opinion on the show is so divided.
