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OMG SHOW IS ON TONIGHT OMG
*takes deep breaths*
Ahem, I thought I'd post now because I'm watching Show at FGC and I may not get a chance to do so afterwards. Though I may take over one of their computers and do so regardless. After all, how am I supposed to decompress without fandom to help me? ;-)
FYI The Last King of Scotland is not as good as everyone said it was. Yes, Forest Whittaker's performance was spectacular, he made you understand how people could believe in and follow Idi Amin, but the structure of the movie bothered me. The POV character is played by James McAvoy, who I love, but the character left me cold. It was like the filmakers felt that they had to use a white character to tell the story or else audiences wouldn't take it seriously so they created this generic wastrel-type who I guess we were supposed to root for? There were any number of other stories I would have loved to have seen rather than that jackass's. The movie did hang a hat on the conceit a couple times in an effory to show how ridiculous it was to have a man from Scotland telling us about Uganda but it was still deeply troubling.
I don't know. I just had a meh reaction all around. Though it is always nice to see Gillian Anderson and David Oyelowo being awesome. Because they are.
And, finally, a thought about SPN and taking sides. My fundamental question is why should we, as the viewers, choose one Winchester's side over another? While I am of the opinion that drinking demon blood is a bad idea and that there are any number of ways to accomplish the same objective without sacrificing one's humanity, that doesn't mean that I'm not on Sam's side. I am on Sam's side, I understand and empathize with everything he's going through and while I think he's made a bad decision that doesn't mean that I would side against him.
Frankly, I don't think anyone on the show's ever been able to phrase the argument against Sam's actions in a way that would be persuasive to Sam, mostly because all of the people who know what he's doing are either too close to him to view the situation objectively or they're angels/demons who are working from their own agendas. Sam's making the wrong choice for the right reasons, a lot like his old man used to do.
I'm betting that both Sam & Dean will be equally right and equally wrong about what is about to occur. And it'll hurt like hell.
Tangentially, I've been railing for months that Sam&Dean need to just sit down and realize they're coming from pretty much the same place about all of this stuff. However, I realized last week that the reason they can't do that is because it's pretty much a universal truth that you can't see clearly the people you love the most. I know I understand Sam&Dean a whole lot better than I understand my own brothers (or my parents). I mean, only now, after two years and an interlude in Hell, is Dean finally able to come to grips with who John Winchester really was.
I was really struck last week by the way Dean's admission at the end mirrored what hallucination!Dean said to Sam about Sam being a monster. And while I think Sam saw Dean's reply as vindication I don't think he really understood what Dean was saying. Because while Dean was saying the words he clearly didn't mean them in the same way that hallucination!Dean did.
The different ways that Sam&Dean communicate is fascinating. And I was about to analyze it but I realized that it needs a lot more thought before I do. Because they're the same but they're different but they're the same but they're different.
Man, it's no wonder that this show makes my brain spin. And I love it for it.
All right, here we go. *braces self for finale*
*takes deep breaths*
Ahem, I thought I'd post now because I'm watching Show at FGC and I may not get a chance to do so afterwards. Though I may take over one of their computers and do so regardless. After all, how am I supposed to decompress without fandom to help me? ;-)
FYI The Last King of Scotland is not as good as everyone said it was. Yes, Forest Whittaker's performance was spectacular, he made you understand how people could believe in and follow Idi Amin, but the structure of the movie bothered me. The POV character is played by James McAvoy, who I love, but the character left me cold. It was like the filmakers felt that they had to use a white character to tell the story or else audiences wouldn't take it seriously so they created this generic wastrel-type who I guess we were supposed to root for? There were any number of other stories I would have loved to have seen rather than that jackass's. The movie did hang a hat on the conceit a couple times in an effory to show how ridiculous it was to have a man from Scotland telling us about Uganda but it was still deeply troubling.
I don't know. I just had a meh reaction all around. Though it is always nice to see Gillian Anderson and David Oyelowo being awesome. Because they are.
And, finally, a thought about SPN and taking sides. My fundamental question is why should we, as the viewers, choose one Winchester's side over another? While I am of the opinion that drinking demon blood is a bad idea and that there are any number of ways to accomplish the same objective without sacrificing one's humanity, that doesn't mean that I'm not on Sam's side. I am on Sam's side, I understand and empathize with everything he's going through and while I think he's made a bad decision that doesn't mean that I would side against him.
Frankly, I don't think anyone on the show's ever been able to phrase the argument against Sam's actions in a way that would be persuasive to Sam, mostly because all of the people who know what he's doing are either too close to him to view the situation objectively or they're angels/demons who are working from their own agendas. Sam's making the wrong choice for the right reasons, a lot like his old man used to do.
I'm betting that both Sam & Dean will be equally right and equally wrong about what is about to occur. And it'll hurt like hell.
Tangentially, I've been railing for months that Sam&Dean need to just sit down and realize they're coming from pretty much the same place about all of this stuff. However, I realized last week that the reason they can't do that is because it's pretty much a universal truth that you can't see clearly the people you love the most. I know I understand Sam&Dean a whole lot better than I understand my own brothers (or my parents). I mean, only now, after two years and an interlude in Hell, is Dean finally able to come to grips with who John Winchester really was.
I was really struck last week by the way Dean's admission at the end mirrored what hallucination!Dean said to Sam about Sam being a monster. And while I think Sam saw Dean's reply as vindication I don't think he really understood what Dean was saying. Because while Dean was saying the words he clearly didn't mean them in the same way that hallucination!Dean did.
The different ways that Sam&Dean communicate is fascinating. And I was about to analyze it but I realized that it needs a lot more thought before I do. Because they're the same but they're different but they're the same but they're different.
Man, it's no wonder that this show makes my brain spin. And I love it for it.
All right, here we go. *braces self for finale*