Supernatural

[flake_sake]

Thought I'd do a small Supernatural poll this sunday:

Poll Supernatual surveyAnd finally a question that doesn't really fit into the poll:

How does gender imbalance affect your enjoyment of a show?

Comments

[flake_sake]

I get where you're coming from. It's a bit like complaining that Tolkien is racist about orcs.

Women are not acteurs in that kind of story, they are objects that hold a function. And yes, it is the genre. It's also the way I watch the show. I see the women on it more as the things they are supposed to represent in the character's lives, not really as people. But at times the ickyness of it gets to me.

But I'm not completely sure if the genre justifies everything, because some of the best genre productions broke with the sexism (Buffy, Veronika Mars)and even on Supernatural itself I found they got to higher levels of storytelling when they did.

[probablecylon]

I watched much of the first two seasons as they were broadcast. I like Jared Padelecki & was glad they found a vehicle for him. The stories were well done even if not brilliantly scripted -- I usually liked the de-centered plotting -- and the cinematography was visually intriguing. But the eps felt just too cramped, the atmosphere too claustrophobic, and I didn't feel like this was a world I wanted to stay with.

[flake_sake]

I was also happy to see Jared Padelecki again (though the whole Dean not being Dean thin was very confusing at first).

I thought it had some really good lines sometimes and I liked both the leads, but I really got into it during the later seasons when they focused less and less on the one off episodes.

[ladypeyton]

I adore Supernatural, but avoid much of the fandom because my experiences with it tend to be fairly rabid. Plus I am in no way shape or form a slasher and that seems to dominate the group.

I love the show for what it is. A deep exploration of fraternal love told through "biblical" mythology. The women are incredibly underdeveloped, but I accept this because they are completely extraneous to the basic purpose of the show which is to explore the relationship between Sam and Dean.