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brightly_litActually, I loved it. (I think only one other person on my f-list did.) Sure, there were a couple of cringey moments--I was taken back to '70s shows like the Bionic Man with the cheesy "possessed" voices ... although I was pleasantly taken back to the '70s with Charlie coming back to life saying, "Merry Christmas"--just like Frosty the Snowman! And the wicked witch went a little over the top once or twice ("top"? what's this "top" of which you speak?), but hey, we needed a good evil witch cackle in there, I figure.
The part that got on my nerves the most was actually the whole "it's not sexist!!" speech--'cos if male writers put these words in the mouths of female actors, it MUST be true, right?? ("Well, of course it's sexy. What's the matter with being sexy?") Also, sadly, I have to agree with all the people saying Jarpad and Jackles were really phoning it in here--worse than I've ever seen them do before ... but I thought the direction was spectacular (I adore Singer's direction, in this case especially the shout-outs to old movies about intrigue, like the Men of Letters and their ritual at the beginning to turn on the bunker, the old lightbulbs and everything), some of the effects were cool, and the script had a beautiful symmetry. And, above all, props to Props!!
Recently I realized that one of the reasons I was so dissatisfied with S8 was because they seemed to completely throw the basic premise of SPN from ~1.05 through S7 out the window, which is, using the monster of the week as a metaphor for what's going on in the relationship between the brothers. When they started using it as a metaphor is when the show really impressed me and drew me in, and now that they barely do that anymore, it takes a really great story to make me feel fulfilled by an episode. This ep was the first time in a long time where you could say the MoW story was even in any way related to the issues between the brothers, so that pleased me.
Loved Dorothy, loved all we learned about the bunker and MoL history, enjoyed Charlie (even though I'm not the biggest Charlie fan), Sheppard was as awesome as ever, loved the clarity and precision in the way it was shot, love that Sam is getting suspicious ... I just loved it!
And next episode looks UTTERLY ridiculous ... but potentially awesome.
The part that got on my nerves the most was actually the whole "it's not sexist!!" speech--'cos if male writers put these words in the mouths of female actors, it MUST be true, right?? ("Well, of course it's sexy. What's the matter with being sexy?") Also, sadly, I have to agree with all the people saying Jarpad and Jackles were really phoning it in here--worse than I've ever seen them do before ... but I thought the direction was spectacular (I adore Singer's direction, in this case especially the shout-outs to old movies about intrigue, like the Men of Letters and their ritual at the beginning to turn on the bunker, the old lightbulbs and everything), some of the effects were cool, and the script had a beautiful symmetry. And, above all, props to Props!!
Recently I realized that one of the reasons I was so dissatisfied with S8 was because they seemed to completely throw the basic premise of SPN from ~1.05 through S7 out the window, which is, using the monster of the week as a metaphor for what's going on in the relationship between the brothers. When they started using it as a metaphor is when the show really impressed me and drew me in, and now that they barely do that anymore, it takes a really great story to make me feel fulfilled by an episode. This ep was the first time in a long time where you could say the MoW story was even in any way related to the issues between the brothers, so that pleased me.
Loved Dorothy, loved all we learned about the bunker and MoL history, enjoyed Charlie (even though I'm not the biggest Charlie fan), Sheppard was as awesome as ever, loved the clarity and precision in the way it was shot, love that Sam is getting suspicious ... I just loved it!
And next episode looks UTTERLY ridiculous ... but potentially awesome.
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Putting on our SPN pants one leg at a time
Date: 2013-11-05 07:45 pm (UTC)Re: Putting on our SPN pants one leg at a time
Date: 2013-11-17 03:14 am (UTC)Can I guess whine at you for a second? I'm gonna whine at you for a second, though you can opt out of reading through this at any moment, for sure. XD It was a very productive hiatus from LJ, if longer than I expected it to be. I think I've figured out why I'm so resolutely monofandom; I seriously couldn't transition from mindset to mindset adeptly enough to manage anything else. Because I boxed out LJ and SPN and all that from my life out of RL necessity, or "switched fandoms" so to speak, from SPN to RL (lol), but I did it so effectively that now I'm having trouble finding my way back all over again. WHICH MAKES ME SAD because fandom is one of those things where your level of participation determines how much you get out of it, so my wading around the edges thing I'm sort of doing really isn't doing a whole lot for me. But I can't figure out how to gettt baaaackkkkk sob.
THE MOST LAME OF ALL LAME PROBLEMS. This is, incidentally, what I meant about my SPN pants and not having them on. 'Cause right now I'm just like "BUT WHERE DID MY PANTS GO. BUT WAIT WHY DO I EVEN WANT TO WEAR THE PANTS." So frustrating!
Re: Putting on our SPN pants one leg at a time
Date: 2013-11-19 09:04 pm (UTC)I definitely relate! I was uninvolved for quite awhile myself, and had to learn that lesson of getting out of it what you put into it (except when you get back significantly less than you put into it). LOL, sometimes we all want to go pantsless for awhile, and WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT? ;-)
But I do find that my level of happiness is often really affected by my involvement in/reaction to fandom, perhaps to an unhealthy extent. :-) When that happens, I try to take a step back and remember it's all only for my enjoyment, so if I'm NOT enjoying it, I should, oh I dunno, go do something else. :-) So anyway, I definitely understand, but you'll put those magically tailored pants back on when you're ready, and hopefully they'll give you yards of sartorial pleasure. ;-)