but now I have to wait for the next disk!
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snick_backupMore Supernatural thoughts.
Apparently this show thinks it's about Sam? Jared Padalecki comes first in the credits, and the show's clearly from his POV, for the most part. Dean's doing what he's been doing for years, and Sam's the one through whose eyes we watch Dean's antics. Also, Sam's the one with an arc.
All of which strikes me as peculiar, because of the two, clearly Dean's the one with all the entertainment value.
I do appreciate, though, that there's no inducting-the-newcomer in this show. Sam knows the score; he and Dean already have a ton of history fighting the things they fight. There's an occasional as-you-know-Bob moment, but by and large this show skips the introduction to its premise and jumps right in to the action.
Also, I'm not sure I'd realized how much this show plays as straight horror. Whereas BtVS parodies the hoary old horror tropes and pokes fun at them, this show is more interested in horror for its own sake. On the one hand, I miss that built-in humor of BtVS; on the other, this show has more worldbuilding mythos in one episode than Buffy managed in half a season. I know it's possible to have both humor and mythos; Terry Pratchett does it, after all. But I do not expect everyone to do what Pratchett can do.
So another thing about Dean I like is how tuned in he is to what Sam's feeling. There's not a lot of emotional distance there, however much Dean mocks the Hallmark moments. Sam, now, Sam's got the manly stoicism going on - much less interesting, to my mind.
And another thing about Dean: he always comes across as just a little bit off, a little bit... manic, maybe? Or just a sort of earnest insincerity, like he's acting the part everyone's expecting him to play. I can't decide, though, whether that's clever characterization or just wonky acting.
Dead in the Water
Amy Acker! Somewhere along the way I've become an Amy Acker fan, despite the fact that Fred drives me crazy. Seriously. Anyone but Fred, and I love her.
And she totally pwns Dean and his silly pick-up line. Bwah!
So is it a fannish game to figure out where each of Dean's "Agent ** and Agent **" pairs come from? Because this time it's Ford and Hamill, which clearly refers to Star Wars.
Phantom Traveler
My favorite of the first four, I think - fewer jump moments and more character moments.
I have to say, security on that airplane is awfully lax. Also, even given what the stewardess knew, if I saw someone hold down the copilot, tape his mouth shut, and splash stuff on him that burned his skin, my first thought would not be, "Oh my God, something's wrong with him." My thought would be "WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU DOING TO HIM?!?"
It occurs to me that once the brothers Winchester have exorcised the flight and landed wherever they landed, they still have to take another flight to get back to Dean's car. Poor Dean.
Apparently this show thinks it's about Sam? Jared Padalecki comes first in the credits, and the show's clearly from his POV, for the most part. Dean's doing what he's been doing for years, and Sam's the one through whose eyes we watch Dean's antics. Also, Sam's the one with an arc.
All of which strikes me as peculiar, because of the two, clearly Dean's the one with all the entertainment value.
I do appreciate, though, that there's no inducting-the-newcomer in this show. Sam knows the score; he and Dean already have a ton of history fighting the things they fight. There's an occasional as-you-know-Bob moment, but by and large this show skips the introduction to its premise and jumps right in to the action.
Also, I'm not sure I'd realized how much this show plays as straight horror. Whereas BtVS parodies the hoary old horror tropes and pokes fun at them, this show is more interested in horror for its own sake. On the one hand, I miss that built-in humor of BtVS; on the other, this show has more worldbuilding mythos in one episode than Buffy managed in half a season. I know it's possible to have both humor and mythos; Terry Pratchett does it, after all. But I do not expect everyone to do what Pratchett can do.
So another thing about Dean I like is how tuned in he is to what Sam's feeling. There's not a lot of emotional distance there, however much Dean mocks the Hallmark moments. Sam, now, Sam's got the manly stoicism going on - much less interesting, to my mind.
And another thing about Dean: he always comes across as just a little bit off, a little bit... manic, maybe? Or just a sort of earnest insincerity, like he's acting the part everyone's expecting him to play. I can't decide, though, whether that's clever characterization or just wonky acting.
Dead in the Water
Amy Acker! Somewhere along the way I've become an Amy Acker fan, despite the fact that Fred drives me crazy. Seriously. Anyone but Fred, and I love her.
And she totally pwns Dean and his silly pick-up line. Bwah!
So is it a fannish game to figure out where each of Dean's "Agent ** and Agent **" pairs come from? Because this time it's Ford and Hamill, which clearly refers to Star Wars.
Phantom Traveler
My favorite of the first four, I think - fewer jump moments and more character moments.
I have to say, security on that airplane is awfully lax. Also, even given what the stewardess knew, if I saw someone hold down the copilot, tape his mouth shut, and splash stuff on him that burned his skin, my first thought would not be, "Oh my God, something's wrong with him." My thought would be "WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU DOING TO HIM?!?"
It occurs to me that once the brothers Winchester have exorcised the flight and landed wherever they landed, they still have to take another flight to get back to Dean's car. Poor Dean.
