Constantine: What I Know Going In

NBC

Of the three new DC shows that would premiere in Fall 2014, NBC's Constantine was undoubtedly the one about which I knew the least. Fox's Gotham--if not about the Caped Crusader himself as audiences had come to know him from the Christopher Nolan trilogy--was at least going to be set in the Batman universe and feature some familiar faces. I had less knowledge about The Flash over on The CW, but the character's iconic red suit with yellow lightning bolts was plenty recognizable, and star Grant Gustin's appearance as Barry Allen in Season 2 of Arrow (also on The CW) at least provided some background.

But Constantine?

Constantine was something else entirely, and if I had not been aware of the DC panel at this year's San Diego Comic-Con, I wouldn't have even known that it was based on a comic series. So, as I now sit down to watch the series premiere(a week and a half late), these are the things that I think that I already know:

• There was a Constantine film released several years ago, that
• I did not see,
• Starred Keanu Reeves, and
• I heard was kind of awful
• Constantine's outfit was the same as Castiel's from Supernatural
• There probably won't be any crossover episodes
• The show is probably not about the Roman emperor

And that's about it. 

So here goes!