Supernatural squeeage of the public variety.
Until recently, I'd pretty much refrained from watching Supernatural for two reasons. One, I couldn't be arsed to fit in another hour of weekly television-watching when I have trouble keeping up with the three hours that I already have scheduled, and two, I couldn't get past the fact that Jared Padalecki, whom I have a perfectly reasonable dislike of, plays one of the main characters.
Despite my apprehensions, I decided to watch a few episodes to see what it was all about. That was kind of stupid of me because I'm a sucker for - and I can't think of a better word - supernatural shows. Ever since Buffy and Angel went off the air, I've been floundering. Where are the demons? Where are the ghosts? What kind of world am I living in? I'd become desperate for my fix of the oogly boogly, so I got my hands on the rest of the epsides and now I'm hopelessly addicted. The show's not quite on par with the gems of the Whedonverse, which was to be expected because nothing ever is, but it's totally crackalicious and I love it.
Watching eighteen episodes in such a short period of time means that all of the thoughts I have about the show are crammed into my brain, shoving each other around and knocking each other down. There's no way to resume peace and order, so I'm just going to talk a bit about the episodes I liked a lot and the episodes I liked...not so much.
The one episode that stands a cut above the rest in my mind is Asylum, mainly because it hits all of my freaky, supernatural kinks. Haunted hospital? Check. Ghosts of crazy people? Check. Mad doctor who invented strange experiments? Check. One main character going homicidal on the other? Check. It doesn't get any better than that.
I also really liked Dead in the Water. This time it wasn't the situation (re: plot) that reeled me in, though it wasn't uninteresting, but the fact that Amy Acker guest starred. Amy Acker, looking so pretty and acting so well. Dean/Andrea? Love! Love, love, love. BRING ANDREA BACK! DO IT! NOW! Other guest stars that had me peeing my pants were Sarah Shahi and Julie Benz.
The worst episode so far, in my opinion, was Bugs. I have an extreme fear of insects. It's so extreme that I'm afraid of ants. Regular old ants, for crying out loud! So one would think that this episode would freak me out, but no. Bugs are scary in real life; however, they're a hard thing to make scary on the big/little screen despite whatever evil they're up to/being controlled by. Most of the time they're just annoying.
And now, I gift you with some of my favorite quotes. Hopefully they're something close to the original.
Sam: You need to relax.
Dean: Dude, stow the touchy-feely, self-help yoga crap! It's not helping.
Sam: Admit it, man. You gotta update your cassette collection.
Dean: Why?
Sam: Well for one, they're cassette tapes.
[Dean walks into a motel]
Kid: King or two queens?
Dean: Two queens.
Kid: [Looks out the window and sees Sam] Yeah, I bet.
Dean: Eat me. No, wait, forget it. You actually might.
Dean: Your, uh, half-caf, double-vanilla latte's getting cold over here, Francis.
Sam: Bite me.
Web Geek: Remember - WWBD. What would Buffy do?
Sam: It says Morticai only goes after girls.
Dean: Well that explains why it went after you, but why me?
Last night my computer started giving me grief again. Blue screens of death are never good, hence the name. It's been fine today, so far, but my instinct tells me that this isn't over yet. Stupid friggin' piece of crap! (I love you. Please don't die.)
Despite my apprehensions, I decided to watch a few episodes to see what it was all about. That was kind of stupid of me because I'm a sucker for - and I can't think of a better word - supernatural shows. Ever since Buffy and Angel went off the air, I've been floundering. Where are the demons? Where are the ghosts? What kind of world am I living in? I'd become desperate for my fix of the oogly boogly, so I got my hands on the rest of the epsides and now I'm hopelessly addicted. The show's not quite on par with the gems of the Whedonverse, which was to be expected because nothing ever is, but it's totally crackalicious and I love it.
Watching eighteen episodes in such a short period of time means that all of the thoughts I have about the show are crammed into my brain, shoving each other around and knocking each other down. There's no way to resume peace and order, so I'm just going to talk a bit about the episodes I liked a lot and the episodes I liked...not so much.
The one episode that stands a cut above the rest in my mind is Asylum, mainly because it hits all of my freaky, supernatural kinks. Haunted hospital? Check. Ghosts of crazy people? Check. Mad doctor who invented strange experiments? Check. One main character going homicidal on the other? Check. It doesn't get any better than that.
I also really liked Dead in the Water. This time it wasn't the situation (re: plot) that reeled me in, though it wasn't uninteresting, but the fact that Amy Acker guest starred. Amy Acker, looking so pretty and acting so well. Dean/Andrea? Love! Love, love, love. BRING ANDREA BACK! DO IT! NOW! Other guest stars that had me peeing my pants were Sarah Shahi and Julie Benz.
The worst episode so far, in my opinion, was Bugs. I have an extreme fear of insects. It's so extreme that I'm afraid of ants. Regular old ants, for crying out loud! So one would think that this episode would freak me out, but no. Bugs are scary in real life; however, they're a hard thing to make scary on the big/little screen despite whatever evil they're up to/being controlled by. Most of the time they're just annoying.
And now, I gift you with some of my favorite quotes. Hopefully they're something close to the original.
Sam: You need to relax.
Dean: Dude, stow the touchy-feely, self-help yoga crap! It's not helping.
Sam: Admit it, man. You gotta update your cassette collection.
Dean: Why?
Sam: Well for one, they're cassette tapes.
[Dean walks into a motel]
Kid: King or two queens?
Dean: Two queens.
Kid: [Looks out the window and sees Sam] Yeah, I bet.
Dean: Eat me. No, wait, forget it. You actually might.
Dean: Your, uh, half-caf, double-vanilla latte's getting cold over here, Francis.
Sam: Bite me.
Web Geek: Remember - WWBD. What would Buffy do?
Sam: It says Morticai only goes after girls.
Dean: Well that explains why it went after you, but why me?
Last night my computer started giving me grief again. Blue screens of death are never good, hence the name. It's been fine today, so far, but my instinct tells me that this isn't over yet. Stupid friggin' piece of crap! (I love you. Please don't die.)