So... that was the one where we learned that the Trickster was Michael? explodedteabag was infuriated by that; she loved the Trickster and wanted him to be the Trickster god, not a Christian simulacrum. We both wanted the Trickster to be a powerful wild card, not part of the angel conspiracy. So that was a disappointment. That may be why I forgot about it. Comfort levels.
Don't remember Sam in the detox room. Hmm. Yeah, should watch again, if I find the time.
I don't think Supernatural is entirely lost - there've been episodes this year I really liked - and one really good episode would pull be back and make me love it again. But I fear to hope it will happen, and a few more plot developments that I don't like, and stories that seem incidental, and I'll lose patience. I like dark fantasy and I like dark fantasy that uses Christian myth, but I don't like horror.
And maybe the thing that has truly dimmed my enthusiasm is something quite different: the (fairly subtle) changes in the characterization of Dean. I loved him so much in season 4, where he was focussed and desperate and fighting for Sam's soul, but in season 5 he keeps hitting the wrong notes. I can rationalize it, but it doesn't foster my love and it isn't what I'm watching for.
And I must remember: each season has had a weak start compared to a powerful denouement. This may be the same.
Actually, the Trickster is Gabriel. I didn't much like that episode, well, not the let's-make-idiots-out-of-people part of it. Michael we met when he possessed the younger version of John Winchester
That's one of the reasons I like the last two episode, Dean is back to desperate. Except, he has so little to focus on, right now. The boys are both drifting. The only way 'out' of the situation that they know, they are not willing to take up. But it's been episode after episode and no alternative has been shown.
That said, I'm really looking forward to some things. Up to and including the return of Mark Sheppard.
Gabriel! Okay, now I realize how much I've really forgotten... I'm confusing my angels. Yes, now that you tell me, I remember Michael possessing the young John, and I liked that. Powerful acting. But it didn't pull me back so well that I remembered it. I really should watch it again. I remember now that I really liked the interaction between Sam and John, and between Dean and Mary.
it's been episode after episode and no alternative has been shown.
The problem with showing the characters as directionless is that it makes the story directionless, too. And I lost a lot of love and respect for the Winchesters because of this. C'mon, boys, get your groove back!
*g* That's okay. AND you're confusing your archangels, of which there are only four. (Michael, Raphael, Gabriel, Lucifer) as per an interview.
But, yes, on all of that. I mean, maybe the hiatuses give me a skewed perspective and it's not been that many episodes since the Colt was shown to be inefficient. And there were things that needed to be told. But they're... stuck. They should at least start finding clue as to how to fix the damn thing. Ahem.
So... that was the one where we learned that the Trickster was Michael? explodedteabag was infuriated by that; she loved the Trickster and wanted him to be the Trickster god, not a Christian simulacrum. We both wanted the Trickster to be a powerful wild card, not part of the angel conspiracy. So that was a disappointment. That may be why I forgot about it. Comfort levels.
Don't remember Sam in the detox room. Hmm. Yeah, should watch again, if I find the time.
I don't think Supernatural is entirely lost - there've been episodes this year I really liked - and one really good episode would pull be back and make me love it again. But I fear to hope it will happen, and a few more plot developments that I don't like, and stories that seem incidental, and I'll lose patience. I like dark fantasy and I like dark fantasy that uses Christian myth, but I don't like horror.
And maybe the thing that has truly dimmed my enthusiasm is something quite different: the (fairly subtle) changes in the characterization of Dean. I loved him so much in season 4, where he was focussed and desperate and fighting for Sam's soul, but in season 5 he keeps hitting the wrong notes. I can rationalize it, but it doesn't foster my love and it isn't what I'm watching for.
And I must remember: each season has had a weak start compared to a powerful denouement. This may be the same.
July for new White Collar? Wonderful!
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That's one of the reasons I like the last two episode, Dean is back to desperate. Except, he has so little to focus on, right now. The boys are both drifting. The only way 'out' of the situation that they know, they are not willing to take up. But it's been episode after episode and no alternative has been shown.
That said, I'm really looking forward to some things. Up to and including the return of Mark Sheppard.
Ahem.
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Gabriel! Okay, now I realize how much I've really forgotten... I'm confusing my angels. Yes, now that you tell me, I remember Michael possessing the young John, and I liked that. Powerful acting. But it didn't pull me back so well that I remembered it. I really should watch it again. I remember now that I really liked the interaction between Sam and John, and between Dean and Mary.
it's been episode after episode and no alternative has been shown.
The problem with showing the characters as directionless is that it makes the story directionless, too. And I lost a lot of love and respect for the Winchesters because of this. C'mon, boys, get your groove back!
Up to and including the return of Mark Sheppard.
Yay!
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But, yes, on all of that. I mean, maybe the hiatuses give me a skewed perspective and it's not been that many episodes since the Colt was shown to be inefficient. And there were things that needed to be told. But they're... stuck. They should at least start finding clue as to how to fix the damn thing. Ahem.
:D
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Maybe they have. Maybe they will. I hope so! Because this was my favourite American show six months ago.
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