OH yes!
The more I watch Supernatural, the more I fall in love with Erik Kripke. Be my Valentine, Kripke!
First of all, I didn't get to see the first ten minutes, but I hear it was really heartbreaking.
I want to talk about Jared and Jensen's acting and characters a little bit, since I'm really better at analyzing that than I am at analyzing writing. It was nice to see Jensen just being the funny man for one episode. He didn't have to take it very seriously, because he didn't have to live the same day over and over. It was just another job for him every Tuesday. I like how he still seemed to help Sam out in little and different ways even though it wasn't a long hunt for him (ex getting the poster from the girl). I also loved how he kept it so fresh. Enough on that. You can only talk so long about comedy.
Jared. Wow. Who had doubts about his acting ability? There shouldn't be anyone now. Everything about his performance fascinated me tonight. One slight bit that I noticed: each and every morning was different for him. When his eyes opened and he sat up on the bed, you could tell that he was feeling differently than the day before. I respect Jared so much for that. It has to be hard, to lie down in a bed, hear an alarm go off, then sit up at least twenty different times and try to make it different each time. But he did it. And then, of course there is the despondent Sam that I have come to really love.
Sam changing after Dean's death was so brilliant to me. First of all, I'm sure that all of you noticed how much he was like John: the gun case in the Impala, the clippings all over the walls, meticulous making of the bed with hospital corners (I assume he learned that from John because of his military background). I loved that because Sam is so like John in personality that it would make sense that he emulate him when a similar tragedy struck. John became the way he was because he lost Mary- obviously the most important person in his life. Sam lost Dean and was the same. The important difference is that John never became what Sam became- John had his boys, and they forced him to remain a person first and a hunter second. Sam had no one (except Bobby) and he had nothing to lose anymore. Desperation like that is scary, and everyone, from Jared to the writers to the directors, illustrated it perfectly.
I will say this about the writers: thank you thank you thank you thank you for not letting the Trickster storyline be forgotten. I watched Tall Tales a few days ago and thought, "Man. They need to bring him back. Surely they kept him alive for a reason. Surely they won't just leave that storyline. That would be like.... Smallville.
One last little item. Why is it so unbelievable that the Trickster would try to teach Sam a lesson? Isn't that what he did all through Tall Tales? He found people who were, well, pricks, and gave them what they "deserved." Sam isn't a prick by any means, but he does show some disregard for his own well-being (he knows that if Dean tries to get out of the deal he will die, but he tries anyway), and so the Trickster picks up on that and uses it against him. The same kind of poetic justice as Tall Tales. It reminds me a lot of the Saw movies. Acting deserving of the life you have.
Anyway, at least we know where Shelby went now. He had a cameo on Supernatural.
First of all, I didn't get to see the first ten minutes, but I hear it was really heartbreaking.
I want to talk about Jared and Jensen's acting and characters a little bit, since I'm really better at analyzing that than I am at analyzing writing. It was nice to see Jensen just being the funny man for one episode. He didn't have to take it very seriously, because he didn't have to live the same day over and over. It was just another job for him every Tuesday. I like how he still seemed to help Sam out in little and different ways even though it wasn't a long hunt for him (ex getting the poster from the girl). I also loved how he kept it so fresh. Enough on that. You can only talk so long about comedy.
Jared. Wow. Who had doubts about his acting ability? There shouldn't be anyone now. Everything about his performance fascinated me tonight. One slight bit that I noticed: each and every morning was different for him. When his eyes opened and he sat up on the bed, you could tell that he was feeling differently than the day before. I respect Jared so much for that. It has to be hard, to lie down in a bed, hear an alarm go off, then sit up at least twenty different times and try to make it different each time. But he did it. And then, of course there is the despondent Sam that I have come to really love.
Sam changing after Dean's death was so brilliant to me. First of all, I'm sure that all of you noticed how much he was like John: the gun case in the Impala, the clippings all over the walls, meticulous making of the bed with hospital corners (I assume he learned that from John because of his military background). I loved that because Sam is so like John in personality that it would make sense that he emulate him when a similar tragedy struck. John became the way he was because he lost Mary- obviously the most important person in his life. Sam lost Dean and was the same. The important difference is that John never became what Sam became- John had his boys, and they forced him to remain a person first and a hunter second. Sam had no one (except Bobby) and he had nothing to lose anymore. Desperation like that is scary, and everyone, from Jared to the writers to the directors, illustrated it perfectly.
I will say this about the writers: thank you thank you thank you thank you for not letting the Trickster storyline be forgotten. I watched Tall Tales a few days ago and thought, "Man. They need to bring him back. Surely they kept him alive for a reason. Surely they won't just leave that storyline. That would be like.... Smallville.
One last little item. Why is it so unbelievable that the Trickster would try to teach Sam a lesson? Isn't that what he did all through Tall Tales? He found people who were, well, pricks, and gave them what they "deserved." Sam isn't a prick by any means, but he does show some disregard for his own well-being (he knows that if Dean tries to get out of the deal he will die, but he tries anyway), and so the Trickster picks up on that and uses it against him. The same kind of poetic justice as Tall Tales. It reminds me a lot of the Saw movies. Acting deserving of the life you have.
Anyway, at least we know where Shelby went now. He had a cameo on Supernatural.