I have this (rather weird) idea that the bunker has been created as their "home" so that by the end of the series it can be destroyed and they will be back to where they started - but not so they are "desperately" on the road (looking for John, a way out of a deal, a way solve messes they have made etc), but because theychose to be there. It will almost be full circle - only this time the road is home because they want it to be, not because it has to be.
I think because the show needs to do more than have them constantly travel from motel to motel they had to create a space that's almost like a "Bobby". - a wealth of information - a treasure trove of answers. It should also become a place that they need to defend in a major way some day - it's set up to be destroyed one day.
It could be because I still love the show (and want to keep loving it *g*) that I accept what they are doing at the moment. I think the bunker is an inspired choice for this time in the series. I am even coming to grips with the angel story - purely because of the idea of them being "other".
I dunno. I still hang onto hope that they are going somewhere with it all. There are seriously crappy episodes and some not so crappy ones. I hang onto the not so crappy ones and sam's hair (though I preferred S8 Sam's hair to S9 hair).
I think that's a nice idea. It's not weird, it's just that the show would need to do some more setting up to get there.
I hope I don't sound like I'm trying to get in the way of anyone's love for the show. That's why I had my little rant here, in my own journal, instead of in anyone's episode review. :)
I certainly haven't hated all the bunker scenes - they're often adorable. I just think the bunker changes the core of the show in a way that Bobby didn't. Bobby was no different to Sam and Dean. He was just older, so he'd read more. There were undeniably times when he was poorly used as the font of all knowledge so a writer could get out of whatever hellish corner he'd backed the characters into, but he didn't intrinsically break anything. He wasn't rich. He could get in trouble with the law. He could be badly hurt. He could say the stupidest things sometimes.
The bunker is smooth. It's glossy. It's elite. It runs on problem-solving magic. Its computers are ridiculously high tech, even though they are big enough to fill a room. Bobby could be a bit much when seriously mishandled. The bunker is the best thing ever by design. It's not that I resent them having a semi-permanent set, or a few more books. It's that ... the whole thing feels a bit like an odd fantasy where a distant relative leaves you a fortune so you never have to work again. It doesn't feel like something that would actually happen.
But don't get me wrong - I want to be interested. If they do go somewhere interesting with this, I will be thrilled.
And Sam's hair ... Well, that's always there. Um. Except for that one scene in Everybody Loves a Clown where I think a rat died on his head and no one told him. :)
I hope I don't sound like I'm trying to get in the way of anyone's love for the show.
Oh no, not at all. I think that's exactly what our journals are for. :)) And I agree with what you are saying - the bunker has indeed changed the show. (and, yeah, I suppose comparing the bunker to Bobby wasn't a good example. I think I mostly meant - exists for knowledge and a sense of home, a bit like Bobby did - but that's where any comparison end *g*).
I think the bunker will create a laziness (well, more laziness) with the writers because as soon as they need a "fix" the bunker will provide it. (And Zeke of course - he's fixing all sort of things).
I love the thinky hun! I like being able to toss around ideas and nut out exactly what the problems are at the moment.
I think because the show needs to do more than have them constantly travel from motel to motel they had to create a space that's almost like a "Bobby". - a wealth of information - a treasure trove of answers. It should also become a place that they need to defend in a major way some day - it's set up to be destroyed one day.
It could be because I still love the show (and want to keep loving it *g*) that I accept what they are doing at the moment. I think the bunker is an inspired choice for this time in the series. I am even coming to grips with the angel story - purely because of the idea of them being "other".
I dunno. I still hang onto hope that they are going somewhere with it all. There are seriously crappy episodes and some not so crappy ones. I hang onto the not so crappy ones and sam's hair (though I preferred S8 Sam's hair to S9 hair).
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I hope I don't sound like I'm trying to get in the way of anyone's love for the show. That's why I had my little rant here, in my own journal, instead of in anyone's episode review. :)
I certainly haven't hated all the bunker scenes - they're often adorable. I just think the bunker changes the core of the show in a way that Bobby didn't. Bobby was no different to Sam and Dean. He was just older, so he'd read more. There were undeniably times when he was poorly used as the font of all knowledge so a writer could get out of whatever hellish corner he'd backed the characters into, but he didn't intrinsically break anything. He wasn't rich. He could get in trouble with the law. He could be badly hurt. He could say the stupidest things sometimes.
The bunker is smooth. It's glossy. It's elite. It runs on problem-solving magic. Its computers are ridiculously high tech, even though they are big enough to fill a room. Bobby could be a bit much when seriously mishandled. The bunker is the best thing ever by design. It's not that I resent them having a semi-permanent set, or a few more books. It's that ... the whole thing feels a bit like an odd fantasy where a distant relative leaves you a fortune so you never have to work again. It doesn't feel like something that would actually happen.
But don't get me wrong - I want to be interested. If they do go somewhere interesting with this, I will be thrilled.
And Sam's hair ... Well, that's always there. Um. Except for that one scene in Everybody Loves a Clown where I think a rat died on his head and no one told him. :)
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Oh no, not at all. I think that's exactly what our journals are for. :)) And I agree with what you are saying - the bunker has indeed changed the show. (and, yeah, I suppose comparing the bunker to Bobby wasn't a good example. I think I mostly meant - exists for knowledge and a sense of home, a bit like Bobby did - but that's where any comparison end *g*).
I think the bunker will create a laziness (well, more laziness) with the writers because as soon as they need a "fix" the bunker will provide it. (And Zeke of course - he's fixing all sort of things).
I love the thinky hun! I like being able to toss around ideas and nut out exactly what the problems are at the moment.
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