Ha ha you talked yourself from squee to woe impressively quickly there! I started with dissatisfaction and ended up thinking I will probably like it a lot better on a second pass through, so - who knows! LOL
I really hope Jody and Alex aren't going to parallel Jo and Ellen because I'd love for them to have a happy-ish ending not be sacrificed on the altar of Fate.
I agree about Dark!Dean, they aren't really selling it to me at the moment, it's more like depressed!Dean turning his sadness to anger and using it to kill the bad guys without the joy he used to have in doing the job and doing it well. Man I miss that childlike glee of his.
Ha ha you talked yourself from squee to woe impressively quickly there!
I did! Not sure how that happened! This damn show and making me think!
I really hope Jody and Alex aren't going to parallel Jo and Ellen because I'd love for them to have a happy-ish ending not be sacrificed on the altar of Fate.
Oh me to. I mean more that we have another mother and daughter relationship - who could potentially be hunters. Though I doubt that would happen. And I really hope we don't have to see them die.
Man I miss that childlike glee of his.
Oh missing it so much! I know it's an interesting story/myth arc for him but that wonderful element that makes Dean Dean is sadly missing. It will be nice when we get to see it again.
im glad Jody didnt die, (i was also worried too. ) the rest of it ... i dont know. Sam tied up yet again, :(! that's about it. the Mark of Cain storyline is boring now :(, or not living up to my expectations(i saw that similarity too with Dean at the beginning of season 2) i will not be watching the spinoff episode this tuesday, i fear it will be like 8x04 Bitten and i just cant. i will be back the next week for the last 3 episodes, which you got me worried for after reading this, im worried the finale wont be satisfactory :(. i will be watching til the end though its been very hard to watch and understand, i hope season 10 has a big 180 turnaround because i still love this show so much even when its again, so hard to watch at times.(Season 8, and now 9 :() i am a longtime fan and i want it to end on a good note when it ends so that i can own the series when its done; i need the next 2 seasons to be complete. I have not been obssessed with a show so much since Buffy the Vampire Slayer and now own Supernatural seasons (and Buffy). im
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I have no idea what Bloodlines will be like but I'd be surprised if it's like Bitten. I might be wrong but I'm really looking forward to seeing what it's going to be like. I doubt I'll fall in love with it like I have SPN, because it's Sam and Dean I fell for.
i just want there to be a change in the next season
I think Carver will be completing his 3 year arc so we might have much of the same. Though I'm hoping it will gradually be less angsty and focus more on the the positives of their relationship and not the negatives.
My main reaction to this episode is that I got a whiplash from Show going from angels and demons to a MotW episode with absolutely no signs of demons or angels.
--even though the wibbly wobbly, unsteady-cam was beginning to make me feel a bit sea sick.
It's interesting that you mentioned this, because I seem to have some kind of issue with the direction but I just don't know what it is (or I'm just imagining things which is entirely possible). It could be something like this but I didn't consciously notice it, so I'll have to rewatch the ep with this in mind. Although I didn't find the ep creepy at all, because the story went ahead like a train on tracks: the vamps tracked Alex from A to B to C to D and the boys tracked the vamps.
I didn't realize that Jody might not make it - I just assumed she would. But I was happy that Jody got to mother Alex or at least make the offer, because there's potential for them to start healing which doesn't happen often on this show. :)
My main reaction to this episode is that I got a whiplash from Show going from angels and demons to a MotW episode with absolutely no signs of demons or angels.
It's like when they are dealing with a MoTW nothing else exists. Sometimes they do mention a little something of what's happened in the past (namely why they aren't going after the current Big Bad) but they didn't in this one at all.
because I seem to have some kind of issue with the direction but I just don't know what it isI started of having major problems with it. The hand held camera was very noticeable and not something we see on the show often at all (other than in Bitten). I was very concerned it was going to continue but after that interview scene I stopped noticing it. After that I enjoyed the shot choices - I think it created an atmospheric episode - a typical horror style way of filming (I'd really love to have the time to look at this closer - see what choices were made that added to the creepiness of it all. Aside form the soundtrack). Hee - though
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The hand held camera was very noticeable and not something we see on the show often at all (other than in Bitten).
I just rewatched the ep with this in mind and it seems like most of the shots in the first 25 minutes were shaky hand-held stuff - sometimes very shaky. The shots in the nest were less shaky, especially the ones in the basement were steady, but there was some shakiness as well even if not quite as noticeable as in the beginning. Also, there were quite a few shots that utilized rack focusing but the blurred part seemed to be perhaps more out of focus than usual. There were some nice shot angles, though. :)
Awesome recap as usual, and I love how positive everything is! (Tumblr can use some of that.) Old school MoTW episodes are great, especially when they include favorites like Jody. I like your speculation they can be the new Ellen and Jo, I can see that. I'm looking forward to what the MoC will bring. I like it when the brothers are pitted against each other; so both of your theories are intiguing.
Thank you hun! I was so happy to be able to be positive about this one!
(I dread looking at tumblr after an episode. especially one that I liked *g*)
I like it when the brothers are pitted against each other.
I think this is on the cards! It feels like they really haven't had it "out" yet. Dean seems on the verge of exploding and Sam seems like he's just going to take it. I don't know - I'm nervous! ;)
As for the Dean killing the vampire at the end not being a signifier of his decent into darkness (though I too don't know how far they'll go), I do think that is was a bad sign. Dean wanting the vampire to look at him as he killed him--wanting to see the look in his eyes as he died--that seemed pretty dark for me. Dean's never done that before that I can recall especially when that meant wasting time when Sam was in danger (bloodloss) and apparently forgetting about Jodi altogether...
Dean wanting the vampire to look at him as he killed him--wanting to see the look in his eyes as he died--that seemed pretty dark for me.
Yeah, you're right. I think that was the difference. He wanted to see him die - it was a level of sadism that we haven't seen yet in this version of dark!Dean.
Dean's never done that before that I can recall especially when that meant wasting time when Sam was in danger (bloodloss) and apparently forgetting about Jodi altogether...
Oh yes. He was so focused on that moment and nothing else. Forgetting about Jody was an major oversight and I think he recognised that when Sam mentioned it. It was good that Sam still had mind enough to bring it up.
Ok. So maybe we will be seeing something different this time from dark!Dean spnmonster mentions that he's becoming alienated from humanity (below), which I think is very true. He's violent and driven, but he's turning his focus inward and not to the world around him.
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I really hope Jody and Alex aren't going to parallel Jo and Ellen because I'd love for them to have a happy-ish ending not be sacrificed on the altar of Fate.
I agree about Dark!Dean, they aren't really selling it to me at the moment, it's more like depressed!Dean turning his sadness to anger and using it to kill the bad guys without the joy he used to have in doing the job and doing it well. Man I miss that childlike glee of his.
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I did! Not sure how that happened! This damn show and making me think!
I really hope Jody and Alex aren't going to parallel Jo and Ellen because I'd love for them to have a happy-ish ending not be sacrificed on the altar of Fate.
Oh me to. I mean more that we have another mother and daughter relationship - who could potentially be hunters. Though I doubt that would happen. And I really hope we don't have to see them die.
Man I miss that childlike glee of his.
Oh missing it so much! I know it's an interesting story/myth arc for him but that wonderful element that makes Dean Dean is sadly missing. It will be nice when we get to see it again.
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i just want there to be a change in the next season
I think Carver will be completing his 3 year arc so we might have much of the same. Though I'm hoping it will gradually be less angsty and focus more on the the positives of their relationship and not the negatives.
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--even though the wibbly wobbly, unsteady-cam was beginning to make me feel a bit sea sick.
It's interesting that you mentioned this, because I seem to have some kind of issue with the direction but I just don't know what it is (or I'm just imagining things which is entirely possible). It could be something like this but I didn't consciously notice it, so I'll have to rewatch the ep with this in mind. Although I didn't find the ep creepy at all, because the story went ahead like a train on tracks: the vamps tracked Alex from A to B to C to D and the boys tracked the vamps.
I didn't realize that Jody might not make it - I just assumed she would. But I was happy that Jody got to mother Alex or at least make the offer, because there's potential for them to start healing which doesn't happen often on this show. :)
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My main reaction to this episode is that I got a whiplash from Show going from angels and demons to a MotW episode with absolutely no signs of demons or angels.
It's like when they are dealing with a MoTW nothing else exists. Sometimes they do mention a little something of what's happened in the past (namely why they aren't going after the current Big Bad) but they didn't in this one at all.
because I seem to have some kind of issue with the direction but I just don't know what it isI started of having major problems with it. The hand held camera was very noticeable and not something we see on the show often at all (other than in Bitten). I was very concerned it was going to continue but after that interview scene I stopped noticing it. After that I enjoyed the shot choices - I think it created an atmospheric episode - a typical horror style way of filming (I'd really love to have the time to look at this closer - see what choices were made that added to the creepiness of it all. Aside form the soundtrack). Hee - though ( ... )
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I just rewatched the ep with this in mind and it seems like most of the shots in the first 25 minutes were shaky hand-held stuff - sometimes very shaky. The shots in the nest were less shaky, especially the ones in the basement were steady, but there was some shakiness as well even if not quite as noticeable as in the beginning. Also, there were quite a few shots that utilized rack focusing but the blurred part seemed to be perhaps more out of focus than usual. There were some nice shot angles, though. :)
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(I dread looking at tumblr after an episode. especially one that I liked *g*)
I like it when the brothers are pitted against each other.
I think this is on the cards! It feels like they really haven't had it "out" yet. Dean seems on the verge of exploding and Sam seems like he's just going to take it. I don't know - I'm nervous! ;)
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As for the Dean killing the vampire at the end not being a signifier of his decent into darkness (though I too don't know how far they'll go), I do think that is was a bad sign. Dean wanting the vampire to look at him as he killed him--wanting to see the look in his eyes as he died--that seemed pretty dark for me. Dean's never done that before that I can recall especially when that meant wasting time when Sam was in danger (bloodloss) and apparently forgetting about Jodi altogether...
Well we'll continue to see how it develops...
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Yeah, you're right. I think that was the difference. He wanted to see him die - it was a level of sadism that we haven't seen yet in this version of dark!Dean.
Dean's never done that before that I can recall especially when that meant wasting time when Sam was in danger (bloodloss) and apparently forgetting about Jodi altogether...
Oh yes. He was so focused on that moment and nothing else. Forgetting about Jody was an major oversight and I think he recognised that when Sam mentioned it. It was good that Sam still had mind enough to bring it up.
Ok. So maybe we will be seeing something different this time from dark!Dean spnmonster mentions that he's becoming alienated from humanity (below), which I think is very true. He's violent and driven, but he's turning his focus inward and not to the world around him.
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