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meriwethersays Oct. 30th, 2009 03:35 pm)
meriwethersays Oct. 30th, 2009 03:35 pm)Testing the cross-posting from dreamwidth, since I'm going to make an actual effort to start posting at dreamwidth instead of livejournal.
Very, very mixed reaction to this episode. On the one hand, there were certainly funny bits. I thought old!Dean did a pretty decent job, and while I dislike Bobby's assertion that being in a wheelchair means you're useless, I understood where he's coming from - his life and conception of usefulness have centered around being a physically powerful and strong person, and so to him being paralyzed would certainly be a huge blow.
However. While I could enjoy the one-off episodes back when the boys were just trying to stop Lilith from breaking the seals, the apocalypse is here now. I'm ready to see them fighting. Standalone episodes are very weird, tonally speaking, when they come in the midst of mytharc-heavy episodes. Also, I found this episode a little confusing when it came to who was bad or good - which I suppose was the point, but given the usual lack of subtlety when it comes to drawing moral lines on Supernatural, it's confusing rather than subtle when they do something like create a witch who also does good. If the writers want to keep that up, though, I'm perfectly okay with it - it just needs to be consistent..
Poor, poor Jeremy. I feel so terrible for that kid. Which means, I suppose, that the actor is selling it. I was really appreciating Elena's admission that she, too, would like to forget, but can't - UNTIL it turned out that it was because she was in love with Stefan, not because she couldn't close her eyes to what's happening around her. Please, Elena. There are girls growing up today who have read Twilight and have never heard of Buffy. It's up to you to show them that just because a boy's a vampire, it doesn't mean you have to cave to his every whim.
God, that's a scary thought. Imagine those thirteen- and fourteen-year-old girls, reading the entire Twilight series and thinking they should model themselves on Bella Swann instead of Buffy Summers. That's really fucking sad.
New episode of White Collar tonight! If you're not watching this show, you should be. It's hilarious. And has the slash pretty much built in. Not quite as much as Vampire Diaries, but still.
Very, very mixed reaction to this episode. On the one hand, there were certainly funny bits. I thought old!Dean did a pretty decent job, and while I dislike Bobby's assertion that being in a wheelchair means you're useless, I understood where he's coming from - his life and conception of usefulness have centered around being a physically powerful and strong person, and so to him being paralyzed would certainly be a huge blow.
However. While I could enjoy the one-off episodes back when the boys were just trying to stop Lilith from breaking the seals, the apocalypse is here now. I'm ready to see them fighting. Standalone episodes are very weird, tonally speaking, when they come in the midst of mytharc-heavy episodes. Also, I found this episode a little confusing when it came to who was bad or good - which I suppose was the point, but given the usual lack of subtlety when it comes to drawing moral lines on Supernatural, it's confusing rather than subtle when they do something like create a witch who also does good. If the writers want to keep that up, though, I'm perfectly okay with it - it just needs to be consistent..
Poor, poor Jeremy. I feel so terrible for that kid. Which means, I suppose, that the actor is selling it. I was really appreciating Elena's admission that she, too, would like to forget, but can't - UNTIL it turned out that it was because she was in love with Stefan, not because she couldn't close her eyes to what's happening around her. Please, Elena. There are girls growing up today who have read Twilight and have never heard of Buffy. It's up to you to show them that just because a boy's a vampire, it doesn't mean you have to cave to his every whim.
God, that's a scary thought. Imagine those thirteen- and fourteen-year-old girls, reading the entire Twilight series and thinking they should model themselves on Bella Swann instead of Buffy Summers. That's really fucking sad.
New episode of White Collar tonight! If you're not watching this show, you should be. It's hilarious. And has the slash pretty much built in. Not quite as much as Vampire Diaries, but still.