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brightly_litI liked this episode. It wasn't quite as tight and every-line-better-than-the-last as some of SPN's finest comedic moments, but it was right up there.
Speaking of SPN's finest comedic moments, that "previously on" was EPIC. I was rolling by the time the giant teddy bear made his appearance. I love SPN comedy, and it was like being strafed with the funniest moments of the funniest episodes in thirty seconds flat. It was worth the price of admission right there.
Taxidermy: So ... I house- and cat-sat for someone who had WAY MORE TAXIDERMY THAN THAT, including zebras, big cats, and *gulp* an elephant foot.
There's just not a whole lot of actors who can pull off acting like a dog, and Jackles turned it into an art form. Utterly priceless.
I like my crack (and my porn) to have a point, so it was EXTRA satisfying that they managed to use this ridiculous premise to illuminate some important themes, foreshadowing, and to develop character. THEY FOLLOWED UP ON THE YOU-ARE-WHAT-YOU-KILL theme I was so hoping they would get into!!! AND ... they used the MoW as a metaphor! Huzzah!
I see that a lot of you didn't like Dean giving the "how you doin'" to the poodle, but as long as he doesn't get down and start humping the thing, I thought it was awesome, because it was ALL DEAN, and ALL DOG.
I felt like the animal voices could have been less cartoony, and the first fifteen minutes or so could have been way tighter and funnier. Editing is of vital importance in making comedy work, and I felt like a few scenes would have been infinitely funnier if they'd been cut a second or two earlier.
Did anyone else have the thought that this is a deliberate attempt to redeem "Man's Best Friend"?
Just mentioning here for my own sake: for the longest time, I felt like I only saw mentions of Jackles's beauty and acting genius and Jarpad's almost never came up, and just lately, I'm seeing Jarpad's acting skill and OTHERWORLDLY BEAUTY get lots of mentions, and it's making me happy!! Truly, our cup runneth over with both of these guys. All three of these guys. OKAY, JUST BASICALLY ALL THE GUYS EVER ON THE SHOW.
Speaking of SPN's finest comedic moments, that "previously on" was EPIC. I was rolling by the time the giant teddy bear made his appearance. I love SPN comedy, and it was like being strafed with the funniest moments of the funniest episodes in thirty seconds flat. It was worth the price of admission right there.
Taxidermy: So ... I house- and cat-sat for someone who had WAY MORE TAXIDERMY THAN THAT, including zebras, big cats, and *gulp* an elephant foot.
There's just not a whole lot of actors who can pull off acting like a dog, and Jackles turned it into an art form. Utterly priceless.
I like my crack (and my porn) to have a point, so it was EXTRA satisfying that they managed to use this ridiculous premise to illuminate some important themes, foreshadowing, and to develop character. THEY FOLLOWED UP ON THE YOU-ARE-WHAT-YOU-KILL theme I was so hoping they would get into!!! AND ... they used the MoW as a metaphor! Huzzah!
I see that a lot of you didn't like Dean giving the "how you doin'" to the poodle, but as long as he doesn't get down and start humping the thing, I thought it was awesome, because it was ALL DEAN, and ALL DOG.
I felt like the animal voices could have been less cartoony, and the first fifteen minutes or so could have been way tighter and funnier. Editing is of vital importance in making comedy work, and I felt like a few scenes would have been infinitely funnier if they'd been cut a second or two earlier.
Did anyone else have the thought that this is a deliberate attempt to redeem "Man's Best Friend"?
Just mentioning here for my own sake: for the longest time, I felt like I only saw mentions of Jackles's beauty and acting genius and Jarpad's almost never came up, and just lately, I'm seeing Jarpad's acting skill and OTHERWORLDLY BEAUTY get lots of mentions, and it's making me happy!! Truly, our cup runneth over with both of these guys. All three of these guys. OKAY, JUST BASICALLY ALL THE GUYS EVER ON THE SHOW.
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Date: 2013-11-07 06:36 pm (UTC)*melts* Sam DID look like hell last season, but ... somehow he looked absolutely just as hot to me as ever, even so. When it comes to Sam's looks, there can be no wrong as far as I'm concerned, apparently. (Actually, that SUPER-ripped scene with the pull-ups was so buffed and perfected it took it too far, to my taste; I'd rather he looked less inhumanly perfect. Still, it's not like I'm complaining!!)
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Date: 2013-11-07 08:10 pm (UTC)Yeah, I like my Sammy a little more subtle. The grey v-neck t-shirt is just about perfect.
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Date: 2013-11-07 10:28 pm (UTC)LOL about "distracted by the icon". Yeeeeah, baby...
I'm with brightly-lit here-- sick!Sam was a big turn-on for me. I can't count the number of times in S8 when I clutched my bosom and cried "Oh, SAM!" *sigh* I must take him home and give him many cuddles and feed him soup. Then more cuddles. Um, and then...
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Date: 2013-11-07 10:30 pm (UTC)Mmmm, one of my favorites is f-ed up, sleep-deprived Sam in white scrubs in S7, The Born Again Identity... pretty much every moment of that ep was PURE DROOL TIME.
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Date: 2013-11-07 11:01 pm (UTC)OH DEAR GOD YES. Another ep i can watch until my eyes bleed. I love any form of damaged Sam, especially this one. But we haven't seen good old healthy Sam in a while and I missed him!
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Date: 2013-11-07 11:13 pm (UTC)(I always fail to create links the way I want them to look in comments; hopefully this at least works). :-)
I know what you mean, though; I am very glad to see healthy Sam again, for both emotional and visual reasons.