Season 6, episode 6, "You Can't Handle The Truth." A very necessary episode, as it got Sam to confess he was different and led to Cas finding out he had no soul, and mostly a very good episode (for season 6). We had the standard mythology variations (one of these days I will address those), a nice plot, absolute proof that Sam wasn't Sam anymore, ( Read more... )

So in The Mummy, Imhotep was tortured and buried in such a way that if he was ever resurrected, he would bring all the plagues of Egypt with him. One problem with this.

The punishment he went through, and the concept of magical resurrection, is a very pagan one. The punishment is a very ancient pagan one. (I have no idea if it's at all faithful to ( Read more... )

I hate Crowley. At best, he's my favorite demon in the Supernatural universe, which isn't saying a lot. But I do agree with him on one point: The Winchester brothers are frequently functional morons. Like in the episode "99 Problems."

Okay. So there's an entire town being attacked by demons. This town is aware of the apocalypse and is fighting back ( Read more... )

Now we get into the meat of this. The reason why this movie isn't really Christian and anyone can enjoy it (except actual hardcore Christians). The reason is: The Saints.

The boys get their inspiration to become vigilantes when they're woken up from whatever they were dreaming at the same time, having had the same inspiration: "Destroy all that ( Read more... )

First off--whoo, double digits!

Second, I am Protestant now and was never a really devout Catholic, so take this post with a grain of salt.

Third, I just watched Boondock Saints. I've been meaning to watch it for a while, since before I reaffirmed my faith, and I'll admit I was basically watching for the pretty and the Irish and the action, because ( Read more... )

Okay, show. You can stop pretending. Really. We all know your universe isn't Judeo-Christian, or Abrahamic, or panreligious, or anything like that. It's Christian. So you can admit it.

In "Hammer of the Gods," one of the gods referred to the Apocalypse as "Judeo-Christian." The Apocalypse is predicted in the Book of Revelations. The Book of ( Read more... )

I'm not talking about The Dark Knight. That movie was fantastic. I love it. No, I'm going back to the classic Batman movie with Jack Nicholson as the Joker. His plan was much... weirder than Ledger!Joker's. Not least because we never really found out what the point was. He just sort of liked killing people, I guess.

His plan, for those whose only ( Read more... )

Just in case anyone out there thought I secretly hated Supernatural and it was only my favorite show because I hated everything else more... this post is going to be pure, unadulterated squee-age.

BIBBING. Where to begin? The Leviathans have officially come up with the greatest punishment in fiction. Anywhere. Ever. It is totally awesome in a ( Read more... )

How much of an idiot is Peter Petrelli? Let me count the ways.

First, he meets the father he thought was dead. And he trusts that father. Sure, he might be skeptical, but when his father says "Come give your father a hug," what does he do? He goes and gives his father a hug. Um, Peter? Your father may well be a zombie. You can copy abilities; it ( Read more... )

Let's talk about "My Bloody Valentine," also known as the Famine episode. We all know why Dean wasn't affected by Famine: He's so dead inside nothing will fill the void. But apart from him, everyone was affected. Cas ate so many hamburgers he lost count (after it got into "the low hundreds"). And Sam, well. Sam acted like a drug addict if the ( Read more... )