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Supernatural: Cas Makes Three

October 13th, 2010 | by | supernatural, tv shows

Oct
13

Now that was a lot of goodness! Naked!Dean, Naked!Sam, the boys in suits, disgustingly gross deaths, shiny black cars, hilarity and Castiel. I am a happy woman.

While the past season or so of Supernatural was pretty good, one of my gripes was all that angst between the beautiful brothers. I watch this show for the camaraderie between Sam and Dean (and yes, for the pretty), so watching all those episodes where they were so far from each other was tough. I am guessing that Sera was feeling the same way, because she didn’t take long to get that slap happy vibe back between our lovely Winchesters. Yes, there is some trepidation on the part of Dean, which is totally fair considering his experience in the pit, but the scenes in the motel room and at the morgue were peppy and those two seemed to be having more fun together than they had had in ages. It made me all gooey inside.

So. The Angels up in heaven, and down here on Earth. I am glad to see the repercussions of Castiel helping to end the Apocalypse, and I am always up for a civil war among the angels. We had some good smiting and some fun twisty turns with Raphael and Balthazar. Loved the pillar of salt gag. Nice how Sam and Dean’s knowledge can let them contribute to the fight. This struggle makes me wonder if we will be encountering many demons this season. I am kinda demon-ed out, and the warring angels give us a whole new host of tricks and treats. Plus, any reason to have more Castiel on my TV!

Speaking of our fair Cas, I like how he has become more solemn. By the end of last season, the fish-out-of-water trope was veering awfully close to camp. I adore that side of Cas, but he is a warrior, he needs to have that strength and resolve to set him apart from the humans. I hope this balance continues. I also enjoy being introduced to new angels, and look forward to seeing who else is on their way.

So far, it looks like we are gonna have a pretty good balance of monster episodes and what’s-up-with-heaven episodes, which is fine with me. My favorite SPN eps. are the ones that are both funny and scary, something I think the writers have been pretty adept at through the years. I am also a sucker for myth arcs and continuing stories in my shows, so I am hoping Ms. Gamble can get those parts of the show back in balance after the myth heavy season five. I am happy with most everything so far. Next week is monsters (and Bobby!), and I am excited.

Lastly, while Sam’s car sure was pretty, I loved it being crushed by a couple of falling angels, because Metallicar just ain’t the same without both of those beautiful boys riding inside.

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Supernatural: It Takes Two

October 5th, 2010 | by | new season, new shows, science fiction, supernatural, tv shows

Oct
05

I was nervous about the newly run-by-Sera-Gamble Supernatural. Not because I don’t have confidence in her, I surely do, but because after five years of Kripke!, who knew if anyone else could do it? So far, I think she has done a fine job.

Episode one: No one is surprized (except for Dean, I suppose), that Sammy is back and out killing him some monsters. The real surprize is the resurrection of Grandpa Winchester, the lovely and buff Mitch Pileggi. So, we have two reanimated Winchesters, and a slew of cousins off fighting monsters, as a good family should, when the genie from season two(?) offspring decide to come after Dean.

Whatever. The episode is all set-up for the season, so I wasn’t expecting anything too awesome. New season, new show runner, new season arc, blah blah blah. At least we got a glamor shot of Metallicar, the savior of the world!

Episode two: Muuuuch better!! With all the exposition out of the way, I think I see where we are headed this season. Sera Gamble had said that they were gonna go back to hunting, and monsters, and so far we have gotten souped up versions of old monsters we thought we knew. I am hoping this trend continues. The Alpha shape-shifter freaked me right out, and that is how I like my Supernatural. A nice dash of silly Dean/Sammy & baby shape-shifter riding shotgun made me giggle. Plus, as much as I was annoyed that Lisa and kiddo seemed to be kind of shoe-horned into Deans conscience, I have really enjoyed her character these first two episodes. Could a strong, loving and understanding woman for Dean be the influence of our new show runner? Very possible.

And, of course, Grandpa Winchester ain’t necessarily what he seems to be, and I predict we will lose at least one Winchester cousin an episode until we are back down to our lovely duo. Fine with me, because next week? Castiel!!

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Revamping the Tyrant

June 29th, 2010 | by | 24, battlestar galactica, canceled, eureka, jack bauer, lost, science fiction, season finale, series finale, supernatural, warehouse 13

Jun
29

You probably noticed the site looks a little different today. I just upgraded to WordPress 3.0 and upgraded my theme and decided I wanted to get away from the old snow in the background I used to have, as it was rather harsh on the eyes anyway. I haven’t decided what background to go with yet, but it made no sense to reinstall that old background.

I’m not fond of this neon orange, so don’t worry – it’s not here to stay. :-)

I’ve been rather lax in updating the blog in the past month, as you’ve likely noticed.

The end of two of my all-time favorite shows – Lost and 24 – left me unsure about what I wanted to blog on next. June is a pretty crappy month for TV anymore and though I love Burn Notice and In Plain Sight, I just don’t have a lot to talk about. I’d gotten so used to the analysis of Lost and Battlestar and the mocking of or cheering on for 24 that I don’t really want to go back to the recap route.

Fortunately, Warehouse 13 and Eureka start up soon, and I think both will provide plenty of fodder for good TVT posts.

Erika is hiding in a corner, crying out of sheer joy that there will be more Jensen Ackles next season. Seriously, though, I didn’t think they could get another decent season out of Supernatural after the apocalypse this season, but that final scene last month convinced me otherwise.

I’m also watching some stuff via Netflix, so I might start blogging about that. And I still have Season 2 of Torchwood to plow through. But I don’t want TVT to become an archival TV blog. Or, wait – that might be kinda cool.

Anyway, as you can see, I’m trying to figure out the direction to go in. I love TV (well, certain TV shows anyhow) and I do enjoy writing about it. I appreciate all the discussions and comments and everything we’ve had here, and they will continue, I promise.

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Supernatural: Metallicar FTW!

May 19th, 2010 | by | season finale, supernatural, tv shows

May
19

I have no idea what other SPN fans thought, because I have been out of town and have spent the week playing catch-up. I was lucky I got to see the finale on Saturday. You know what? Kripke brought it!

A few shocking, horrible, awful deaths; some brotherly love; a hot car that saves the world; and an Angel gets his mojo back. Nice.

I was sure Samifer was a terrible idea, and I was sure the whole Sam/Lucifer talking in the mirror thing was gonna suck, but they didn’t dwell and Jared pulled off the two characters quite well. Seeing Lucifer swallow our darling Sammy up was hard to see, and I can’t believe I was rooting for a damn car to pull him out of it. A car!!

I am also a sucker for this style of storytelling, and it helped that I am a big fan of Chuck the Prophet. The one thing I do know, is that a lot of people are supposing that Chuck is GOD. I am back and forth on this, and may need to watch again to get a more solid opinion. He was wearing white… but would Kripke be that obvious? Honestly, I wouldn’t put it past him.

So, the ending. If this was the verylastSupernaturalever, I would have been satisfied. It would have sucked to think that Dean wouldn’t have his brother, but it would have made sense to me. It would have felt final and tied up and bittersweet and gratifying. But we all know there is another season to come, and Samifer standing under the street lamp, glaring at Dean and Lisa was not only clique, but kinda cheap. And let me tell you, if we have to endure another season of those stunning boys at odds, I am gonna be pissed. I watch this show for the the pretty, the gore and the brotherly love. A few episodes of Sam trying to get back to the world is fine, but not a whole season! Plus, I am not sure how much more of Dean’s suffering I can take.

And who are we gonna blame when things go awry next season? I am so used to “Damn you, Kripke!”, but will it now have to be “Damn you, Sera!”. Just doesn’t have the same ring to it.

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Supernatural: That’s more like it!

May 12th, 2010 | by | supernatural, tv shows

May
12

I am sensing a pattern here, and I just hope that it means from now on that if the third-to-last episode of the season/series bores me (I’m looking at you, Lost), then the penultimate episode will be awesome, as occurred here.

All the goodness! Castiel came back to save those beautiful Winchesters from Pestilence, even though he is less angel-y and more human-y. How awesome is Castiel? Anyhoo, Bobby actually did sell (or lend?) his soul to Crowley, sealed with an iPhone documented kiss, and for his trouble, got the use of his legs back. Which was great as he and Sammy headed to firebomb the warehouse full of the Vaccine That’s Really Croatoan, where Sammy proceeded to be a BigDamnHero saving all the non-zombied workers from the Croatoaned zombies. Meanwhile, Dean finds Death at a diner in Chicago eating yummy pie. Turns out Death is just as sick and tired of Lucifer’s antics as everyone else, so he gives Dean a few tips about the rings, and makes him promise to throw his darling bother Sammy into the void. Which turns Dean into a liar as he agrees, because we all know he would never do that. Right?

I love how this show continues to tweak the presumptions we have about myth and religion, and much like Lost, has been toying with the idea of Good vs. Evil, and all those hues in between. I wonder if Darlton and Kripke are cursing each other for stealing each others ideas. Hee.

So, what can only be seen as the stupidest plan in the world seems to have been hatched. Sammy will let Lucifer use his vessel-ness and then, THEN! Sam will use his demony powers to make Lucifer jump back into whence he came, so the rest of the crew can seal him back in with the Horsemen rings. It seems like a really bad idea, although I certainly don’t have a better one, so I guess we’ll go with this.

I have no idea how it will all play out, but after this episode, I am very excited to find out.

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Supernatural: Mr. Crowley

May 3rd, 2010 | by | supernatural, tv shows

May
03

I love Mark Sheppard. He has shown up on every single one of the shows I love, starting with The X-Files way back in the way back, and including shows like 24, BSG, Dollhouse, Firefly, White Collar, Chuck, and on and on. I think the only one he has missed is Lost. I suppose the island was just to much for him, eh?

Regardless of my love for the man, and his character of Crowley here in Supernatural is fun, I found this last episode a little… unnecessary? I mean, we are going back to Sam’s college life, and flogging that dead girlfriend Jessica yet again? Really show? We get it, Sam has been in the pipeline for a while.

I am sick of the show giving us a reason to worry about Sam and Dean’s relationship. I was very happy to have those delicious boys back in each others good graces, and that look Dean gave Sam after he killed Brady (or whatever his stupid name was), made me worry for those boys all over again.

Plus, after that wondrous introduction to Pestilence the week before, we get nothing of him. A totally Matt Frewer free episode! How unfair…

So, it took a whole episode for us to get to anything worthwhile and relevant to the coming apocalypse. Crowley talks Bobby into selling his soul (Oh boy, I DO NOT want Bobby to die, Kripke!!), and that nasty Croatoan virus may be the death of us all. Two episodes to wrap up the apocalypse? We shall see how that goes (do you sense a little bitterness this week? Sorry about that).

Also, if you saw the promo for the penultimate episode, you now know that you don’t want to be walking down the street and brush up against Death. Because that would be bad.

eta: I forgot to mention that Misha Collins will be tweeting during this week’s episode of Supernatural. He will be tweeting like mad from 9-10pm EST. Thanks to Lisi for the heads up!

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Supernatural: Kiss and Man Up

April 19th, 2010 | by | supernatural, tv shows

Apr
19

I would like to admit up front that I have always felt that Supernatural is really Dean’s story. Don’t get me wrong, Sam is vital, but I feel like the whole story of the Winchester’s is all about Dean’s journey more than anything.

So this week, we had to put up with sad, vaguely annoying Dean for half of the episode, as he whined about how useless it all was, and how he was just gonna let Michael have his way with him. Quite frankly, feeling-sorry-for-himself Dean is no fun. Imagine my happiness when Castiel showed up and kicked Dean’s ass all over that dark alley!

I like the addition of making BabyWinchester Adam part of the mix. Once he was dead, it never occurred to me that he might be brought back, but that Zachariah is a wily one! I thought it was pretty clever, because Dean just can not resist the family thing, especially someone he sees as an innocent.

So, we end up in Van Nuys, of all places, in the Angel room. After Castiel once again shows us his mad Angel skillz, Dean and Sam crash in on Adam and Zach, and all kinds of gory business takes place, resulting in the spectacular ganking of Zachariah, and the mildly unexpected taking of BabyAdam by Michael (who is a big, loud Angel, it seems!).

The best part of this episode, is that Dean finally stops feeling sorry for himself, and it looks like he is ready to embrace Sam again. Hooray! Hopefully, this is gonna be a race to the finish line of this apocalypse, our brothers fighting shoulder to shoulder.

I know that Lucifer is busy being Jacob over on Lost, but I sure hope we get to see him again soon.

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Supernatural: One big problem!

April 13th, 2010 | by | supernatural, tv shows

Apr
13

As much as I love my shows, and end up obsessing over them, it does always annoy me when they shove in a minor character that we haven’t seen for years, and expect us to remember everything about them by a quick ‘previously’ snippet. You know, unless it’s someone I love, like Ash. Or The Trickster.

So anyway…

I have tried writing this post in my head a bajillion times, and I keep getting all hung up with the details. I keep trying to recap the damn thing, when all I want to do is talk about Dean. Please bear with me while I try and work through this.

I get it, Dean has put everything into his family. He feels like Sam has betrayed him, that Bobby can’t help the same way he used to be able to for physical and emotional reasons. Let’s not even get into Daddy Winchester. Even Dean’s latest man crush, Castiel, probably didn’t do Dean any favors by showing up LOADED. BTW, LoadedCastiel was awesome. Misha Collins has done such a great job with that character. So everyone is gone, Dean finds out that he has the Hand of God – or whatever – after killing the Lying Liar Who Lies (and I think I was just as surprized as Dean was, actually), and he runs off to give himself up to Michael? I mean, that’s where we’re going with this, right?

Sam made a comment like “Wow, so that’s what it’s like to have back up.” after their fight at the farmhouse with the townspeople. To me this was a very telling moment between those pretty Winchester boys. For all of Dean’s bellowing about how they had to fight Lucifer, no matter what, Sam seems to be the one who is willing to change their M.O. While Sam was marveling at the thought of having an actual army to fight the demons, Dean was shutting down in his misery and alone-ness and self pity. Just when Sam seems to really be getting the idea to truly be on board for the fight, Dean is at his end. Why can’t these two ever be on the same page at the same time? It’s all so sad, my friends.

So Dean takes off, in some kind of last ditch craziness, and shows up at the door of the woman who gave birth to the NotDean kiddo we met a few seasons ago (or was it last season? I can’t remember, show!). Apparently setting himself up a potential happy and normal life if he lives through housing Michael and dealing with, no doubt, the shenanigans of Zachariah. Not to mention Lucifer. OMG, we are headed right for it people! Sam v. Dean in the showdown of the ages.

Awful if you love these beauteous boys named Winchester, but compelling. I just hope Kripke can pull it off.

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Supernatural: How to kick a man when he’s down, Kripke style

April 6th, 2010 | by | supernatural

Apr
06

I dare any Supernatural fan to have walked away from this week’s episode without their heart torn out of their chest. “Oh”, Kripke said, “you’d like to see Heaven would you? Well, let’s have a stroll then, shall we?”

After last week’s zombie fest – a perfectly gory and horrifying, if apocalypse light episode – I was ready for some movement on the continuing story of the Winchesters v. Lucifer. But after ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ is it actually Winchesters v. God? Will it ultimately be Dean/Michael v. Sam/Lucifer? Or are we still just plain old Good v. Evil? Like my other deep thinkin’ show, Lost, this one has blurred the lines of good and evil, sometimes to a frustrating end. If you grew up being taught that you were either a good person or a bad one, it is quite disconcerting when you find out that the world is actually a big vat of grey. Each step we take with the Winchesters their world grows more grey and bleak.

Not to mention that Kripke loves to torture us, right along with our Beautiful Brothers Winchester. Even when they were slogging through, fighting their familial demons along with the demon-y demons, we were given Castiel to help sheppard them, and to give us, the viewers, some semblance of hope. But now, even Castiel’s unyielding faith is being slowly pounded out of him. Our boys step daddy, Bobby, has been knee-capped and taken out of the fight, and his heart broken yet again. Honestly, how much more can we take? Watching Dean get his heart broken again and again, while in Heaven of all places, was rough. It in turn became almost unbearable when he tossed the amulet necklace that was arguably the one last connection he had that proved the love he so desperately wanted from his brother. How sad is it that while Dean has spent his life protecting, nurturing and raising Sam, only to find out that Sam’s happiest memories involved anything but his own family. At least Dean had Metallicar up there with him, because he certainly didn’t get any relief or joy.

I gotta say, I am enjoying the hell outta these episodes. Nothing like angsty existential drama with a dash of absurdism to keep me entertained. Egotistical Angels and gleeful Demons? I am in. Happy to see Ash and Pam again, and the whole concept of Kripke’s Heaven, everyone’s own little cell of heaven, but connected to each  other, spanning out from The Garden. The idea that even in your own heaven, an Angel can come and ruin your day appeals to me, especially if the Angel is as deliciously horrible as Zachariah. Speaking of Zach, how many of you out there think this version of Heaven may just be another trick? He obviously manipulated the scene where he was hitting on Mary, so who’s to say that the whole thing wasn’t a fevered version of the ‘real’ thing. In the end, though, that doesn’t really matter. Dean is heart broken, Sam is guilty, Castiel is dejected, Bobby is helpless, God is missing and I just want my boys to be happy again.

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