What an amazing concept whose time has come! In today's age of "Smart Phones" and tablet computers on the go, the time has come for mobile internet programming and Divine: The Series fits the bill perfectly. Little snippets of about 10-15 minutes each that you can watch on your smart phone while waiting at the bus stop or taking a taxi across town without killing your battery. The show is done in a non-linear fashion so that it doesn't really matter what order you watch the episodes in but the order the Producers, Writers, and Director have placed the episodes gives you a maddening amount of questions in each episode, the next episode answers a few questions and leaves you with a lot of new questions.
From the very first episode Divine: The Series graphically reaches out and grabs you and makes you say "What in the world was that?" and then makes you ravenous to see the next episode so you can try and figure out what you just saw and watch the episode again to see what little 'easter eggs' you might have missed. The acting is excellent and the lighting and visual effects are superbly done with a very small budget. This show is a labor of love for many people and the graphic novel/comic book feel of the show's lighting and story can be seen throughout.
The plot of the story revolves around Cesar Divine (played by Dan Payne), Deacon Jim (played by Allen Sawkins), Father Andrew (played by Ben Hollingsworth), Father Christopher (played by Misha Collins) and Jin (played by Chasty Ballesteros). We see Divine in different situations battling the powers of evil and the miracle of his continued existence. We have yet to fully receive the answers of exactly who or what Divine is only that he is a tortured soul who tries to protect the innocent in the world without regard to his own pain and suffering. We have a mysterious antagonist, Scorn (played by John Emmet Tracy), we've only seen briefly in Episode 5: Bestiality along with the beautiful hawk (Mohave) that seems to be his ever watchful eyes. Then we have Father Andrew who seems to be our young priest trying to come to terms with his own crisis of faith and faced with the reality that is Divine! Also notable is a voice only appearance by Teryl Rothery playing the mother of Father Andrew in Episode 3: Feed Him For Life. I feel Episode 6: Lips of Men was the best of all the episodes as we get a lot more hints into what this series will show us in the future and some of the things that have already happened. This is also the episode where we find out more about the series namesake Divine and really get into the nuts and bolts of the story. Of course, it wouldn't be an episode of Divine: The Series if it didn't also raise a whole crop of new questions for us! Episode 6 shows us a very quiet and somber part of our story; the simple act of a man going to confession, but this isn't just any man, Cesar Divine is far from ordinary. The lighting at the beginning of the episode is absolutely stunning with the image of light shining through a cross cutout in a door perfectly placed across the face of Divine as he asks his god for forgiveness (in Latin even!).
All I can say is great acting and scripts, wonderful casting, fabulous crew, amazing visual effects and lighting effects (they even made cleaning a fresh fish for dinner something cool to look at) and an idea for an internet only series whose time has come! The best part, I feel, about this entire "experience" that is Divine: The Series is that you have many opportunities to relate to and correspond with the actors, cast and crew of the show through bloging, twitter, facebook and their YouTube page and they do take the time to interact with us on a very regular basis. My thanks to Maple Blood Productions, Divine: The Series, and Kirk Jaques and Ivan Hayden for bringing us this provocative and insightful series that will delve into all the beliefs you have, shake them around a bit, and make you look at them in an entirely different manner! Convert the World, Divinites!
From the very first episode Divine: The Series graphically reaches out and grabs you and makes you say "What in the world was that?" and then makes you ravenous to see the next episode so you can try and figure out what you just saw and watch the episode again to see what little 'easter eggs' you might have missed. The acting is excellent and the lighting and visual effects are superbly done with a very small budget. This show is a labor of love for many people and the graphic novel/comic book feel of the show's lighting and story can be seen throughout.
The plot of the story revolves around Cesar Divine (played by Dan Payne), Deacon Jim (played by Allen Sawkins), Father Andrew (played by Ben Hollingsworth), Father Christopher (played by Misha Collins) and Jin (played by Chasty Ballesteros). We see Divine in different situations battling the powers of evil and the miracle of his continued existence. We have yet to fully receive the answers of exactly who or what Divine is only that he is a tortured soul who tries to protect the innocent in the world without regard to his own pain and suffering. We have a mysterious antagonist, Scorn (played by John Emmet Tracy), we've only seen briefly in Episode 5: Bestiality along with the beautiful hawk (Mohave) that seems to be his ever watchful eyes. Then we have Father Andrew who seems to be our young priest trying to come to terms with his own crisis of faith and faced with the reality that is Divine! Also notable is a voice only appearance by Teryl Rothery playing the mother of Father Andrew in Episode 3: Feed Him For Life. I feel Episode 6: Lips of Men was the best of all the episodes as we get a lot more hints into what this series will show us in the future and some of the things that have already happened. This is also the episode where we find out more about the series namesake Divine and really get into the nuts and bolts of the story. Of course, it wouldn't be an episode of Divine: The Series if it didn't also raise a whole crop of new questions for us! Episode 6 shows us a very quiet and somber part of our story; the simple act of a man going to confession, but this isn't just any man, Cesar Divine is far from ordinary. The lighting at the beginning of the episode is absolutely stunning with the image of light shining through a cross cutout in a door perfectly placed across the face of Divine as he asks his god for forgiveness (in Latin even!).
All I can say is great acting and scripts, wonderful casting, fabulous crew, amazing visual effects and lighting effects (they even made cleaning a fresh fish for dinner something cool to look at) and an idea for an internet only series whose time has come! The best part, I feel, about this entire "experience" that is Divine: The Series is that you have many opportunities to relate to and correspond with the actors, cast and crew of the show through bloging, twitter, facebook and their YouTube page and they do take the time to interact with us on a very regular basis. My thanks to Maple Blood Productions, Divine: The Series, and Kirk Jaques and Ivan Hayden for bringing us this provocative and insightful series that will delve into all the beliefs you have, shake them around a bit, and make you look at them in an entirely different manner! Convert the World, Divinites!