This TV series offers some interesting interpretations of scripture. The array of flawed characters are almost believable. The twists are often confusing, yet there is a sort of old school charm. I wish the writers did more than google the bible...
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marcusturner-653306 June 2015Whether this show was totally amazing or grade A dog moo-moo. I believe no show should be canceled until the season is concluded and you get the full picture of what the show is truly about. The acting is pretty corny I admit, but the concept is actually interesting. I bet when this show ends up on Netflix its going to have 4 or 5 stars lol. People nowadays hardly watch television and mostly watch Hulu, Netflix or even download what they watch. I've seen it time and time again. The show "Jericho" for instance was canceled after 2 seasons due to low rating. Jercho is rated 4 1/2 Stars on Netflx now. Another CW Show "The Tomorrow People" Canceled after 1 season is rated 5 Stars on Netflix and is in the most popular section. Television is slowly dying from the Internet's ever growing grip.
Now a moment of silence for all the shows that were taken from us too soon.... -
SnoopyStyle12 June 2020A meteor crashes onto the Trinity nuclear test site and a man rises from the crater. A shockwave is released and a few selected individuals are knocked unconscious. The man turns out to be the devil. The people hit by the shockwave are strangers who become angels with special individual powers tasked with stopping the rise of the four horsemen and the Apocalypse.
This CW traffics in the Biblical Apocalypse although it may be sacrilegious to turn angels into X-Men. Some of it is simplifying. I'm willing to root for the show which has a couple of familiar faces. It's not until the devil do something more complex and the Angel of Death reveal that the show gets better. It's too little too late as the show gets cancelled after 13 episodes. There is another problem with the story telling since the four horsemen are always expected to rise. If they don't rise, there is no show. It's trying to be a battle but some parts of the outcome are never in doubt. That keeps the tension at a lower level. Overall, it's a good enough, but not great show. -
Dr_Sagan27 April 2015They didn't get the Message. I mean the producers and network executives.
This is another messed up series *designed* (so to speak) to appeal in younger audiences. After vampires, werewolves, heroes, originals, 100s, specials, mutants etc. etc. TV producers decided the last couple of years to give ...the apocalypse a go. Soooo Angels it is! This is the story of 5 (and maybe later 7) young reluctant heroes who are supposed to find the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse and stop the devil from ...well...his devilish evil plans.
God is present, but he likes to give strange ...visions and signs (even to his own ....angels) who must collaborate to stop the ...Rapture, (an act of God by definition). You see Rapture is when all true believers (dead and alive) will be taken from the earth by God into heaven. Seems like a good thing. Why God himself wants to prevent his own doing? Anyway...
The actors are all unknown to me and they seem really uncharismatic and forgettable. Except one who looks like a young version of "The mentalist". Vest and all. Their acting is really bad. No uprising stars here, sorry.
The visuals are the usual CGI with the devil having red eyes (sometimes, when the episode cuts to the next scene) and the angels having wings (when they look each other in the mirror), but they can't fly.
The plot is ridiculous in every way. It basically gets down to small detectiv-ish subplots, move there, find that man, prevent that, save this. Small things considering this is ...the Apocalypse.
Oh! And by the way all these happen to the ...U.S. because...well...I don't know...all the righteous people are there ?....or the filming is too expensive to shoot abroad....something like that! . -
aresklen29 December 2015I've been reading all the critic reviews and all. First of all I'm a fantasy genre lover. Looking at this series all I see is the message, whatever the plot entails, religious or whatever... From the beginning Lucifer falling down to earth and then 7 messengers connected, and then their destiny is connect; has been kind of like the story floating on my mind for a long time now since knowing about the book of apocalypse. sometimes movies/series carry a lot of messages that might be helpful to us one way or another; this whole story springing out from the holy bible merging the prophecy with modern event and sizing it out to what (maybe) how the end of the world may seem.
It actually entails how humans can survive any threatening situation and the pending hope that always see us through. From the plot it somehow seem going against the Christian teachings (which is a big 'bad code') but it significance or message is entertaining. In the bit of it religious personnel (like me) will tend to pin out points... Why don't just let the series roll, a work that took much energy and insight to produce, its quite sad. No matter how bad it is there are many others that would love it. -
ibanezman11 July 2015I actually like this show and DVR it. Considering I'm an atheist, that's a pretty good review. Yeah, it's not for everybody, but if you kept an open mind and just enter the storyline with a grain of salt, it wasn't a bad show. The character building progressed with each episode and became more informative as the show progressed. Unfortunately, the shows shelf life is a little under the gun, do to its nature, unless of course they followed the "7 years" which would have made for a great rewrite of the bibles revaluations story. In short, I liked it, I watched it and enjoyed it. When I seen it was being canceled, I was disapproving. Everybody loves a good story about the end of the world.
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parsagolzade31 July 2021First when I watched the first episode, I thought it's something special, something creative; a show that have a potential to be different from other supernatural TV SERIES. But it gets more and more boring as you watch the next episodes. Very normal acting of the cast. However, the "Devil" himself carried this show. Maybe if it didn't get canceled, it could get much better.
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temporaldisturbance18 April 2015It's one of those shows.
You know, the ones where extraterrestrial or supernatural or other-dimensional stuff happens, and then we watch flat and uninteresting characters navigate contrived plot twists for the rest of the season while some sort of "conspiracy" unfolds.
It didn't forget to include teenagers in the mix, because, you know, the committee which designed this show wanted to appeal to all possible demographics.
At the end of the season there will be a stupid cliffhanger which the writers won't know how to resolve, and then the show will be mercifully canceled and free up the air slot for something far more entertaining, such as a show about optimal ways to fold laundry.
Who greenlit this derivative, soulless schlock in 2014 and thought it was a good idea? -
please give the messenger a chance... so many negative reviews . i don't know why. i really found the show interesting. this show never board me till now and allows me to eagerly wait for the next episode. i was shocked to see so less rating of this show in IMDb.. i am here to support the messengers .it is actually about demon and angels on earth with great superpowers. actually their super powers are quite interesting and all guys together makes them a real team with invincible superpowers. well i don't wanna give spoilers but i just wanna say its actually good. can't believe they ain't gonna give the second season. don't judge it too early. give it a chance.
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Shopaholic356 November 2015I initially wasn't sure what the point of this show was. I mean how can the blast radius of a meteor seek out specific individuals. But as I continued to watch, things started to make a little more sense. I was really excited about the direction this show could go. It was a new and intriguing idea and if done well could be really entertaining.
Unfortunately as I got halfway through the season the show began to lose it's way and got progressively predictable. I knew they only made one season before I started watching it and now I know why. Even the cast became clichéd and I felt like I was watching a soap opera instead of a supernatural drama.
It did start to get better before the end but it wasn't enough to save this show. -
drael6418 April 2015Just as a heads up, this show is not about technology, or aliens, or anything of a sci-fi nature. It's religious. And not particularly well acted, good religious either, its bad acting, emphasis on special effects, slow dumbed down plot are the sort of fare one would expect to be for children, or the slow minded.
Basically, its not very good. Will not be watching. CW's the 100 is much much better.
If you want something religious, that is actually good (which I don't), it seems like you don't have a lot of good options. The TV shows are usually terrible, hackneyed, bad acting, the movies are often contrived, preachy. Just seems like no one can get this formalae right in a way that appeals to every day people. Which is weird, because charmed was a huge hit, and none of its viewers were witches. -
Canada77717 May 2015Some reviews for this show were prematurely critical as: A) In spite of the fact that the geography and historical facts of the book of Revelations could be more accurately depicted and improved representation in this show over time ...as the writers take note of complaints of discrepancies that were not caught before filming new episodes and correct them as the show goes on. Sure the show could be more historically and Biblically accurate to appeal to literally millions of Christians world wide (*hint* hello market demographic shares), but it is laughable that an ineffective small percentage of reviewers for this show that are clearly antisemitic and negative and just looking to give cranky rant reviews on this page to vent some unhappiness in their own personal inadequacies --and clearly from small minded people who fear what they don't understand and do not see the moral encouragement to viewers and good entertainment that could be given to viewers globally from this show just makes them seem cynical and petty.
***The network is foolish if they cancel this show after one season...cause lets face it: the same old passé vampire, ware-wolf, and blasé and cheesy zombie shows their network has been putting out for a while now that us and literally hundreds of our friends never bother to watch- it is refreshing that this network is making the Messengers.
B) one reviewer of this show here in IMDb made a premature assumption about the horseman of war from only watching episode two, but if he had the patience to watch episode 3 - he would have realized that his assumptions about where the writers were leading viewers was the exact opposite of what he thought they were leading to in episode 2, and no racial profiling was made at all....that reviewer just opened his mouth to rant before getting all the facts.
C) There are many of us that like The Messengers show from US and Canada that watch the show weekly on cable or online and think that it should get at least a second season, though the writers need to cross reference more of their material from The Book of Revelations and other historical documents like the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Two Silver Scrolls. CW Keep The Messengers for another season. Our whole family watches every week:) -
milleniumlive12 June 2015the beginning of TV show was promising, but its became ridiculous after the end of 8th episode.
i mean, really? Don't let the episode see the world if you didn't master it.
you, guys, are digging your own graves by rushing the show into production.
the story is so damaged now by this rush, actors, who doesn't know how to bring the right feelings into the play, because they were not given enough time. it became impossible to watch. i don't believe the story anymore. -
jcessar22 April 2015I usually don't judge after one episode, but this one is really bad.
But lets start at the beginning.
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1. Genre
This pilot is called a Sci-Fi Movie, which it is not. Obviously! Sci-Fi contains the word Science in it. So it's not sci-fi.
2. Story
An objects crashes on earth and gives a bunch of persons super ability. Super strength, mind reading, healing and so on...and each one of them get also their angel wings. So, I think the next episodes are about how they come together and they will know what their mission is.
3. Acting
The actors are really bad. They are so bad, at first I thought that I was watching a fan made movie on YouTube. The story lines connected to the characters are also not thought thorough. Same cheese stories as seen before. There is this Woman, who is an astrophysicist who is looking for extraterrestrial life. A cheap copies of Jodie Foster Contact character. Then there is a boy in high school who is in love with the pretty girl and gets in trouble with the girls ex boyfriend/bully. An other woman who is on the run, I think, from her ex husband who wants to see his daughter. A guy who is somehow involved in drug cartel thing. And the other guy who is, wait for it... a TV preacher. I think he can see the future. So, all in all if you are in to cheap storyline then go for it. -
makem2014-143-6085817 April 2015The critic's review, IMO, is way off course. Critics are always the first to jump on the bandwagon if its not something that keeps their attention. However, this is my opinion as fan......I was super impressed of how the first episode blended everyone's story together yet kept them apart. It will be interesting to see how the story goes and what their abilities may be. I have been super excited to watch this episode and finally got to watch it tonight. I will say this first episode leaves you dangling and you end up saying.... "gosh now I have to wait until next Friday" I really hope more people tune-in to get attached. SO, for those of you wondering if there is too much GOD in it, NOPE, just enough. So watch it, otherwise you'd be lost.
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ronyewpg26 April 2015The devil himself hits the planet as a meteor? At the same time God chooses 6 strangers to become angels and fight The Devil? With wings? The Devil knows exactly what's his own mission, while the angels have to figure out what to do through some clues, visions, etc? Then a guy dies because a bloody atheist scientist (one of the angles) doesn't believe in all that "magic"? I can pretty much watch anything! Really! But couldn't watch 20 minutes of that awful show. Maybe they can capture the audience attention with pretty actresses and actors, but it didn't work for me. Don't waste your time on that attempt to a Bible modern fairy tale!!
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iwillrv18 April 2015I have been watching new shows and have not been impressed with the new series. However, I like The Messengers. It has potential. I had no trouble keeping up with the different messengers. I have seen the beginning of their "Powers". I am anxious to see how they react when pulled together. I hope they work together and not separately. And "the Man"?? Surely he is not alone in his mission. I want to know who tells them who they are and how do the do their mission and continue with their families. So many questions. I liked Dominion and was sorry to see it end. And now I have to worry that this show may not make it because of negative reviews. I say watch it and decide for yourself.It is one of those series that are going to take time to get the back story. Don't want things handed to me so easy and this is not going to just hand you the story.
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jfloydian3 June 2019I found this show very entertaining. Nearly everything about it could have been better, but I found it very entertaining anyway. The religious angle is not heavy handed, and there were some clever plot twists that I did not see coming. Like a good B movie, I felt that this show's shortcomings actually added to its charm.
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MrHarley26 April 2015First, I wanted to like this. CW's "I, Zombie" has been a truly clever new series, and "The Flash" understands the fine line between Super Hero Fantasy versus Super Hero Science Fiction, favoring the latter. Both series have likable characters who you grow to care about, and they become deeper and more nuanced as the series progresses.
This delivers none of that. Instead you are immediately confronted as to why Lucifer needs to show up via a Meteor Impact, or why God has chosen the actions of these six people to stop the Apocalypse. He's VERY unhappy with us, but what's really mysterious is why He chooses any of these characters to give us one last chance!?!. Trust me, none of them are Noah nor Lot.
The series suffers from trying to bring too many main players too quickly onto the screen for you to develop that much attachment to them. What is supremely annoying though is that instead of cleverly weaving the characters to ending up at the same place, evidently God is heavy handed and just pushes them all to the same locations with the subtlety of a Political Attack Ad. This happens both at the beginning, sort of, and then at the end of the second episode. Since nothing terribly significant come from this it's not even a plot spoiler. THAT'S an even bigger problem.
The acting ranges from decent to more than a bit over the top, though I don't know if the latter is due to the script, director, or the actors involved. It's not a good sign when the viewers ask themselves that question. Plus the series cannot make up it's mind about Science versus Divine and Infernal meddling, with an unhealthy does of conspiracy theory thrown in for either paranoia or simple stupidity.
So you have heavy-handed, disjointed, and lazy script writing combined with multiple weakly acted/scripted/directed characters who appear more or less central to the series, and whom you don't care about particularly. I figure I'm only out less than two hours of my life, and I'll forgive CW after their other good series debuting this year. Everyone gets to screw up occasionally. If Apocalyptic is your preference, "Sleepy Hollow" is a much better alternative. -
kerlyfrize14 May 2016As I got home, my cousin told me to watch this show that it was so freaking cool, so i decided to watch it.. I've been reading the comments on this show. an Personally i think this show was pretty dope depending who is watching it.. Not everyone gonna like what other people like, an half of this comment is usually comment bad cus other comment bad an just want to fit in. an other there were being honest. point made this show was pretty dope just because I enjoy watching shows like this.
i'm not gonna go rate this scary movie horrible just because i didn't get what i expected , knowing i'm not fan of scary movies. just like how people expected spider-man to be this such comic dud of Hollywood, but don't even read the comics, so when they decided to go with what the comics say, everyone starting saying this movie sucks.. like really.
i think this show deserved a second chance, there was some bad mistake but everyone makes mistake an second season could be fix an be better than the first. -
I was interested in this when I first read about it, and I enjoy films along this line, I really enjoyed Legion, giving it a high score, so if anything I am biased in favor of this genre. But oh my goodness! After a fairly interesting start, it went down hill fast. The acting went from OK, to by episode 2, just wooden. But, I can't blame the actors for that really, how could they ever make this dialog sound believable?
The dialog.
Okay, sweetie, you want to play a little game, okay? You mean, I'm not going crazy? Something's really happening here, am I right? God is angry, so he's giving us a test. I am so not down with that. Well, you'd better be, because this is prophecy we're talking about.
and it goes downhill from that.
The Messengers are running around doing who knows what, none of which has anything to do with their mission. There are flash backs to things that don't add to the story, just to add time and stretch out the episode I think. The Devil stands around looking evil and not doing much of anything.
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I like this show. Don't love it. Don't hate it. It's accurate but not very and puts a cool new spin on a cool apocalypse story. I know it's religious as I am too but I have to say it's not as biblically accurate as they say. Kind of like the movies Noah, Exodus and the Bible TV show. None of those were accurate. At all. Try got names and situations right but sometimes farced those too. Same here. But it is still interesting. A show to get better with time. If they rescind the cancellation. (Veiws can still skyrocket) Its is getting better all ready once all the haters stop giving it bad reviews because of religion prejudices. Like seriously. It's religious. Not very but religious. Some things will be. If you can't handle a religious show I suggest burning your TV as every thing on it has some type of religious aspect. Just saying. (Hint: Twilight= Mormon Veiws)
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My main issue is that this show is advertised as a sci-fi. It is not! Ironically the two most unscientific characters on the show, are the two people supposed to be scientist. The writing is absolutely horrible, it's still to early to really judge the actual story, seeing how we only have the first episode thus far. But I don't have high hopes for this show, the plot just sounds really boring.
If you want good sci-fi, you need to create an interesting universe, in which you can experiment with different aspects of reality. WALL- E, what if the earth died - GATTACA, what if we could genetically improve our lives before they even began - and so on. It's all about asking what if - and this show completely fails to ask any interesting questions. Honestly I would deem it pure fantasy, but even as a fantasy story it fails, see how fantasy stories are supposed to be relatable metaphors for life - often coming of age stories. But this show is neither, it is just bad. -
This might contain a spoiler as far as the theme wise..
I read the other reviews I felt the need to write this.. being that only people that don't like the genre wrote a post?? I hate cop TV dramas, if I watch one thinking it was a science-fiction show. I would not review it.. just me..
Its a fallen angel TV show so if you where looking for a science-fiction or alien TV show yes of coarse its not that.
Awesome!!! If you like the idea of all that crazy religious mumbo-jumbo then this is for you..
I am not religious at all but I get a kick out of the theme of fallen angels. And this show delivers.
And It looks like it will get even better as the story develops.
Semi Spoiler ----- A few awesome kill scenes in the first few minutes of the show...
Spoiler
Story line a bunch of different people die during a event something crashing into the earth.
They wake up with powers and head toward Texas to meetup.
Each character in this pilot has a unique storyline that is so far interesting.
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Usually I can deal with most CW shows regardless of how over the top they are with character torment and how they love B rated acting emotion porn. But this one gave me nothing to really hold on to. The show skipped all "Sci-fi" topics and went straight into a (Under- the-radar) mid apocalyptic Earth where no one knows whats going on besides the main cast which who are chosen Angels to stop the Devil. Of course they chose as many attractive actors and actresses as they could and introduce little to no backstory to who they are except their severe torment from a severely heart wrenching bad luck in their life. (Like finding out your wife you've been with for 7+ years is pregnant carrying your Dad's baby and you find out on the wedding day she is going to have your brother).
The show really has no good things about it except decent to mediocre production value. I could see the appeal, but as a man of critique and realism the Evangelistic agenda behind the whole story really threw me off too. (walking into a bar named the last supper). I hope CW learns from these mistakes and I hope you watch the first episode. Because you won't make it past the 2nd episode. And for that I give it a 2/10