I wouldn't go as far as to say that this episode was bad. Boring, definitely. Save for the revelatory Winchester Family Dynamics-scenes.
Not a picspam.
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This is one of my favorite eps, but there is one aspect of SPN that drive me nuts, cause they usually do well with details/or maybe its just my thing... anything medical and Anthro based. (ok, biased, Post grad medical anthro was by thing
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That's curious. The subtitles I fiddled with claimed the tribe's name was written as "Euchee"...
I'm willing to forgive this show quite a lot, because what comes across loud and clear is that the people behind the show have had fun while doing it, that they're winging stuff on occasion, making educated guesses and just thanking their lucky stars when the fans fall in love... And I love the resourceful, informed fandom this show has. *hugs*
Dean is indeed like a cockroach. And *glee* that's what comes out of the ground just before the boys park in front of the Pikes' doorstep... ;)
That is how Yuchi is pronounced...but the tribe name is Yuchi. There is no Euchee. I'm hoping it was a legal reason they went with it... if they picked a tribe that still exists, its risky... could get sued for slander/hate crime 'red man cursing white man' stuff
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If I've gotten anything out of the RPGs I've been subjected to over the years, then it's definitely the idea that whenever Rules/Reality get in the dramatically appropriate idea's way, then the Rules/Reality can go take a break. :) If it's enough to suspend disbelief and most of the folks are having fun, then it's okay. Unfortunately, the larger the venues, the likelier it is to step on someone's toes.
I'd be willing to guess that legality has at least something to do with it. And I fixed the tribe's name: thank you for correcting it! :)
Oh, full frontal male nudity...! *glee* Though that would probably push the show's rating too far for CW...;)
The biggest issue I had with this eppy was that I actually have relatives in Sapulpa, so I know the lanscape/area well. So seeing "sapulpa" the way it was portrayed kind of broke the fourth wall for me.
Sapulpa is actually a bedroom community of Tulsa, Oklahoma. So it's not so reservation-y. and the Cherokee, while present, aren't noticibly different from any other ethnic groups in the area (since most of that part of oklahoma is in the middle of the cherokee territory).
In fact, a lot of that area is pretty prosperous, because of the oil wells in the area.
Native america is on the licence plate of Oklahoma. It replaced the old state motto: Oklahoma is OK.
If you're going to have a show 'set' in America, use real locations (or at least their names), you're bound to step on toes, apparently. Remember Hell House (1x17)? The place where it's all happening is Richardson, Texas...save for how it's nothing like Richardson. :)
My issues were primarily that they took so many pains to make it look like Sam and Dean were 'on the res,' So to speak. If that's the feel they were going for, they probably should have set the eppy further into the southwest. Or at least further away from a major metro area.
Considering that Jensen is from Richardson, I wonder if he had those "My hometown is nothing like this," moments, too ;)
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I'm willing to forgive this show quite a lot, because what comes across loud and clear is that the people behind the show have had fun while doing it, that they're winging stuff on occasion, making educated guesses and just thanking their lucky stars when the fans fall in love...
And I love the resourceful, informed fandom this show has.
*hugs*
Dean is indeed like a cockroach. And *glee* that's what comes out of the ground just before the boys park in front of the Pikes' doorstep... ;)
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If it's enough to suspend disbelief and most of the folks are having fun, then it's okay.
Unfortunately, the larger the venues, the likelier it is to step on someone's toes.
I'd be willing to guess that legality has at least something to do with it. And I fixed the tribe's name: thank you for correcting it! :)
Oh, full frontal male nudity...! *glee*
Though that would probably push the show's rating too far for CW...;)
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Sapulpa is actually a bedroom community of Tulsa, Oklahoma. So it's not so reservation-y. and the Cherokee, while present, aren't noticibly different from any other ethnic groups in the area (since most of that part of oklahoma is in the middle of the cherokee territory).
In fact, a lot of that area is pretty prosperous, because of the oil wells in the area.
Native america is on the licence plate of Oklahoma. It replaced the old state motto: Oklahoma is OK.
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Remember Hell House (1x17)? The place where it's all happening is Richardson, Texas...save for how it's nothing like Richardson. :)
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Considering that Jensen is from Richardson, I wonder if he had those "My hometown is nothing like this," moments, too ;)
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