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cupiscent

Supernatural 2x0...8? "Crossroad Blues", anyway

Mar 06, 2007 09:30

Prompted by the reminder of that pithy newspaper review of Supernatural yesterday, I tuned into SPN on TV last night, because I'd heard that "Crossroad Blues" was a half-decent episode. Having nothing better to do or possibly just not having the energy to get out of his armchair after Top Gear (Sabine the crazy van-driver again! WHEE!) the Male ( Read more... )

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azewewish March 5 2007, 22:35:15 UTC

Dude, you & I are as one on this. Yeah, John's death fucked Dean up, but, man, where's the fucked up Dean from Everyone Loves A Clown & Bloodlust???? Where are THOSE layers of pain & anger & rage & love & frayed ends of sanity, man?

And it pains me, because, man, if I wanted bad emo-porn, I dunno, I'd watch Episode 3. *g*

cupiscent March 5 2007, 22:54:51 UTC

Well, quite. *G* It was way back in... I can't even remember which episode. But the one where Dean pulls over and gets out to sit on the hood of the Impala and emote at the fucking horizon. I threw the remote at the television (or I would have, if I'd been watching it on TV and not my computer). What the FUCK?

Of course, really, let's not glorify this. I just can't bear to watch because of the twitchy fingers of give-it-here-you're-doing-it-WRONG. *G* (Of course, if I were writing it, by now Dean would probably be the dark force of the galaxy or something. *snigger*)

azewewish March 5 2007, 23:21:16 UTC

Oh, dude, if I was writing this show, Dean would be FULLY in touch with his not-so-inner Dark Side. And Sam would stfu every once in awhile, good Lord. If you WANT to go to the dark, fucked up places of the psyche, man, GO THERE, don't just flirt with it, then emo-dump, then ignore it!!

cupiscent March 6 2007, 00:18:22 UTC

I just had such a welter of things go through my head. Like my Honours supervisor saying, "You become like that which you fight, always," and how good Dean looks in Implacable Bastard and possibly also a mote of Supernatural-Jedi! crack. *G* Really, it was like my life flashing before my eyes, except not at all.

But dude, fucking WORD. Do it sharp and direct, like a scalpel. Do not wallow around it.

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cupiscent March 6 2007, 00:20:58 UTC

See, I've heard everyone going on about it a lot recently, but I've been sneaking glimpses and I'm not really seeing anything different. Maybe it needs to be seen in context. Maybe I'm just a grumpy old woman. *G* Mediocre is a good word for it, though. Which is part of the sad, because I think there's real potential in there. They're just not working it for all its worth.

airgiodslv March 7 2007, 05:57:07 UTC

Dee my love, we are as one in this. This entire episode was so transparent I could call the shots ten minutes in advance, and the bad emo-ness and terrible, horrible writing physically pained me. Seriously, who did not see that second trap under the water tower coming? Anyone? ANYONE??

All I can say is give it up until the most recent of episodes, 14 and 15. Because until that point, I was despairing and agonized as well. But I think it may be starting to pick up. Slightly. I don't think it will ever be as good as you and I hope, because the writers just aren't up to par, and they're never going to give their actors the scripts they can totally pull off. Because they really are good, much better than the show highlights. It kind of makes me tear my hair out.

Anyway. It's not good yet, but I think it's improving, slowly and painfully. And I guess that's something? But maybe not enough.

cupiscent March 8 2007, 07:37:39 UTC

The writing pains my soul. I mean, maybe I tend to take the subtle too far, but still. STILL.

That whole kinda tearing my hair out about how the writers are just never going to be that good is why I can't really bear to watch the show. The soul-paining. *G* But yay for improvement. I stand by my intention to come back and watch once the whole season's done. Hopefully that won't hurt so.

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cupiscent March 12 2007, 11:00:36 UTC

I don't mind at all. *G* There's a bit of ep-summary/commentary and fic in my back catalogue (and tags for same, if you're curious) but to be honest, I'm not sure how Supernatural my future's going to be. I've been grievously underwhelmed by the second series, and haven't really been watching it. I vaguely intend to mainline it when it's complete and see how I feel then, so who knows. The bug may bite again. *G*

In any case, you're entirely welcome.