Here we are, after a few years of anticipation and needless to say, it was atrocious.
First off, you get a horrible script that feels like someone who has just basic knowledge on music, music industry, movie making and writing skills attempted to produce something that had potential but failed spectacularly.
The actors.. oh god I love the SOA actors, they were as good as they can be. Especially seeing one of them in American Satan, seeing the others in other shows, they can play but this was just so poorly written, no screen time to develop the characters, the only good performance was of Drea De Matteo and it's because she had enough screen time and felt genuine. Also Ben Bruce nailed the first interview and felt like he spoke from experience, although not having almost any lines (all the actors) felt like they just existed to have this drama going around. No metal music, not much time recording, not much time focusing on all these 3-4 storylines they tried to combine into one. Why start so many stories and just leave them halfway through? And oh god, music wise, the musicians didn't even look like they're playing whatever the audience is hearing and seeing. Bass when the bass wasn't playing? Same with the keyboards and guitars, needless to say drums too. You have actual musicians and you fail in such degree... Oh god. Also did anyone else notice that the TV show took videos from Ben Bruce's AA tours and Andy Biersak's BVB? Is that why it got taken down? Because as a photographer, I noticed, cannot fool me hehe. Anyway, what was even the devil's role (if it was the Devil not just a demon). The Devil had an awesome role in AS but here it's this.. joke. I liked Gabriel but it felt meh. Also why was Opie.. pardon, Oliver, being recorded only in his house? This guy had no role apart from being a part of his APARTMENT (get it?) And a father to Simon? Also RIP Cameron, he could have made a great performance with enough screen time and better script. Overall, if you can avoid watching it, please do, stick to American Satan, that at least made sense.
First off, you get a horrible script that feels like someone who has just basic knowledge on music, music industry, movie making and writing skills attempted to produce something that had potential but failed spectacularly.
The actors.. oh god I love the SOA actors, they were as good as they can be. Especially seeing one of them in American Satan, seeing the others in other shows, they can play but this was just so poorly written, no screen time to develop the characters, the only good performance was of Drea De Matteo and it's because she had enough screen time and felt genuine. Also Ben Bruce nailed the first interview and felt like he spoke from experience, although not having almost any lines (all the actors) felt like they just existed to have this drama going around. No metal music, not much time recording, not much time focusing on all these 3-4 storylines they tried to combine into one. Why start so many stories and just leave them halfway through? And oh god, music wise, the musicians didn't even look like they're playing whatever the audience is hearing and seeing. Bass when the bass wasn't playing? Same with the keyboards and guitars, needless to say drums too. You have actual musicians and you fail in such degree... Oh god. Also did anyone else notice that the TV show took videos from Ben Bruce's AA tours and Andy Biersak's BVB? Is that why it got taken down? Because as a photographer, I noticed, cannot fool me hehe. Anyway, what was even the devil's role (if it was the Devil not just a demon). The Devil had an awesome role in AS but here it's this.. joke. I liked Gabriel but it felt meh. Also why was Opie.. pardon, Oliver, being recorded only in his house? This guy had no role apart from being a part of his APARTMENT (get it?) And a father to Simon? Also RIP Cameron, he could have made a great performance with enough screen time and better script. Overall, if you can avoid watching it, please do, stick to American Satan, that at least made sense.