Various stuff
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sailorhathorGod I hate it when I'm right in the middle of a conversation with someone and my computer freezes up, and it takes two million years to get back online after I reboot. Sorry Rekka!
Anyway... I can finally freely use this icon!
WARNING! SPOILERS AHOY!!
I read spoilers for the SPN season premiere, so I knew how it was going to come out. I think killing off John was an idiotic decision. Unless they have some surprise up their sleeves, why kill off that character when there was still so much to do with him? They could have had him run off again so John would only be on the show sporadically, then JDM could do his dumb little lawyer show or whatever. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I watch for Dean, not for some of the writing decisions they make.
That being said, there was a lot of nice dialogue. I teared up when John told Dean he was proud of him. Jensen's acting was just... wow. His reaction to John's goodbye speech was just so impressive to me. The way Dean was caught off guard, like, "Dad, you're scaring me." I can't put into words why I thought it was so good; it just made me go wow, that was right on, Jensen.
Not sure why, but Dean walking around barefoot so much really turned me on, rrrreow. It's just so human. I hate it when tv characters walk around the house in their shoes; who does that? Doesn't anyone want to be comfortable? So now I have a barefoot Dean fetish.
Much love for the correct usage of supernatural terms. Bravo, and FINALLY. After misusing "poltergeist" and still using "telekinesis," they're finally getting it right. I squee'ed at every one. OBE! And crisis apparition, that was a total surprise! YAY!
Must say it before I forget. Dean was in the hospital, so it makes sense that he wouldn't be wearing his amulet this week, but where is it? I'm worried that this is going to be one of those stupid tv things where they just expect us to be too stupid to notice that Dean never wears the amulet anymore. If that's the case, they're freakin' idiots. Fans of these kinds of shows are the most obsessive anywhere! EXPLAIN IT SOON if you know what's good for you, Kripke.
What happened to Tessa's hair? I have seen pictures of the actress with longer hair which was much prettier on her. But either way, she's a very good little actress and I thought she did well as the reaper.
The "omg Dean's a goner" atmosphere kind of bothered me, for some reason. I knew he would live, but I still got all tense and protective and wanted to say to the screen NO, Dean will NOT die! I mean, come on, you can't tell me that Sam would really be out of ideas on how to save Dean that early. Ceiling Demon is the only one John can think of to go to on this? Hello plot holes! I find it hard to believe that John wouldn't get his hunter friends together to come up with a solution. There has to be another faith healer somewhere who can really do it. Or, if we're delving into dark solutions, how about a necromancer? It's really disappointing and uneven writing when the boys are spouting supernatural buzzwords in one scene, and going, "Duuuuuuh, we haven't consulted even one person in the enormous wealth of demon hunting friends we have for a possible solution to save Dean, but might as well give up anyway!" in the next. Yeah, whatever, Sam probably asked Bobby, but there had to be more hunters they could've asked than that. Meg only killed two.
I want more Dean snark next week. He had a few really fun lines, like, "I totally Swayzed that mother," or whatever it was. This episode pretty much convinces me that, at least at this point, they do not intend to make Sam be a medium. He should have been able to see something of Dean wandering around if he was.
Ooh, wonder what John whispered in Dean's ear. He probably told him this secret about all the psychic children like Sam, whatever that is. That had better be a cool secret; otherwise, I'm gonna be pissed at them for teasing with it like that. I don't understand, though, how John could be all weird like that, whisper something cryptic in Dean's ear, and then just leave the room without Dean following him or something. "Well, now that we've had our little talk, I'll see you later, Dean. You just stay right here. I'm going off to die now. Hum tee dum tee dum..." *leaves the room* (????)
Loved the scene with the Ouija board! Nice to see them using more actual supernatural objects in their supernatural show. I liked how Dean sat on one side and moved it. Sam probably should have taken more care with using it, though - he just instantly believes it's really Dean? He doesn't ask the board a question only Dean would know the answer to? Something? Throw us a bone? Ouija boards are notorious for making contact with badness, something SAM SHOULD KNOW. Oh well. TV is flawed. I can deal with it, I guess, I just wish they'd take more time to put in a line or two to solve stuff like this. But it seemed like they had a lot to do in this episode; the line where Dean comes on to Tessa was edited out, for instance.
Hey, Ceiling Demon! If Sam isn't much of a threat, then why did you murder his mother and girlfriend just to get them out of the way? And why is John more of a threat than Dean, who you tried to kill? Make sense!
Speaking of making sense, tell me why, if John knew how to summon Ceiling Demon, WHY DID HE SPEND 22 YEARS CHASING IT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY?! Why didn't he just learn how to summon it, summon it, and take his revenge before he RUINED HIS SONS' CHILDHOODS?!?!?! That plot hole could definitely use some explanation. Is this something he just figured out? I can accept that he didn't know that at first, but really, the knowledge seemed to come awfully easily to him, out of nowhere, all of a sudden. WTFH? How long has he known how to do this?
Though I didn't want him to die yet, John's still a raging asshole. "Sam, how could you NOT kill your father?! Have I taught you NOTHING?!" The way he practically blamed Dean being at death's door on Sam for not shooting his own father?! MAN he needs a good ass kicking. Oh wait, dead. *kicks the shit out of his corpse*
That wasn't even correct anyway, since Dean was already fucked up before Sam had the chance to shoot Demon!John.
The best part about this episode? (Best as in funniest.) Dean is in a coma, dying of his injuries, yet HIS HAIR IS STILL SPIKED. XD XD XD
Even though it had its problems, it was still a good episode with lots of nice woobie family moments. And Dean.
Now to "Jericho." I love Skeet. I really do. But this show needs help. First of all, could they PLEASE give Jake a flaw before I completely lose interest? He's a total cookie cutter hero. His mean ol' father and his mean ol' brother just don't understand him. They're too busy being assholes to see how perfect he is. It's nice to watch Jake interact with his mother, very sweet. But it isn't enough to hold my interest. If Skeet wasn't on the show, I wouldn't be watching it anymore. And they need to stop teasing me with the possibility of Jake getting back together with Emily, because I already hate her. The actress plays her so whiny and stupid. I already can't stand her. I'm sure next week while they're trapped together in the storm cellar, we'll be treated to lots of UST as they talk about why they broke up. Ugh. I'd rather Jake hook up with Heather. So I guess I'm mildly interested.
It's a real shame, because Skeet plays grey area good/bad characters with expertise. I feel his talents are being underused on Jake so far. I know we're supposed to be wondering what he's been doing for the last five years, but I've already figured that out, so it's no secret to me. Apparently, during that time, he was MacGuyver. Where else would you learn emergency medical techniques and gain knowledge about explosives? They don't exactly go together.
Or Skeet could just join the cast of SPN! As some kind of supernatural dude with ambiguous motives. Ooh, I would think I'd died and gone to heaven!
I did like the scene where the one guy who knows morse code started marking cities on a map, which we can assume were bombed. He was running out of pushpins! And still, he did not mark Dallas. We're always bombed in the second or third wave. Stop underestimating us! We are a threat! Bomb us first! I'm getting an inferiority complex.
I'd still like the show better if it was about the world being bombed by aliens.
Finally, Whispering Corridors. This is a series of Korean spook movies. I would say horror movies but they're just not scary enough... though that's probably the best term for them. Anyway, I adore the title. Soooo poetic. Whispering Corridors. Oooh. I've seen the first movie now, and the third, WC 3: The Wishing Stairs. The first one was eh. Really slow and not so special. The male teacher who pretty much beat the shit out of his students drove me insane; do they really let teachers hit their students in Korea?! I mean, why were there no parents reaming this guy out for his outrageous behavior? Totally ruined the movie for me. The ghost couldn't have killed his ass sooner or less painfully. I was disappointed with how easy he got off. Kill him again. Harder.
What made the movie good for me was the premise. They could have carried it out much more scary, but it's an interesting idea. The basic premise is that a girl dies during a hazing incident and comes back to haunt her school as an avenging spirit. She punishes bad teachers and bullies and such. As a kid who was teased unmercifully from 2nd thru 8th grade, it hits close to home. There's a lot more to each individual story, but that's the basic idea. The third one, The Wishing Stairs, was the best one I've seen so far. I've talked about it before. I just can't say enough how much I loved the imagery of that movie.
Phew. That was a lot of stuff to type. I think I'm done now.
Anyway... I can finally freely use this icon!
WARNING! SPOILERS AHOY!!
I read spoilers for the SPN season premiere, so I knew how it was going to come out. I think killing off John was an idiotic decision. Unless they have some surprise up their sleeves, why kill off that character when there was still so much to do with him? They could have had him run off again so John would only be on the show sporadically, then JDM could do his dumb little lawyer show or whatever. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I watch for Dean, not for some of the writing decisions they make.
That being said, there was a lot of nice dialogue. I teared up when John told Dean he was proud of him. Jensen's acting was just... wow. His reaction to John's goodbye speech was just so impressive to me. The way Dean was caught off guard, like, "Dad, you're scaring me." I can't put into words why I thought it was so good; it just made me go wow, that was right on, Jensen.
Not sure why, but Dean walking around barefoot so much really turned me on, rrrreow. It's just so human. I hate it when tv characters walk around the house in their shoes; who does that? Doesn't anyone want to be comfortable? So now I have a barefoot Dean fetish.
Much love for the correct usage of supernatural terms. Bravo, and FINALLY. After misusing "poltergeist" and still using "telekinesis," they're finally getting it right. I squee'ed at every one. OBE! And crisis apparition, that was a total surprise! YAY!
Must say it before I forget. Dean was in the hospital, so it makes sense that he wouldn't be wearing his amulet this week, but where is it? I'm worried that this is going to be one of those stupid tv things where they just expect us to be too stupid to notice that Dean never wears the amulet anymore. If that's the case, they're freakin' idiots. Fans of these kinds of shows are the most obsessive anywhere! EXPLAIN IT SOON if you know what's good for you, Kripke.
What happened to Tessa's hair? I have seen pictures of the actress with longer hair which was much prettier on her. But either way, she's a very good little actress and I thought she did well as the reaper.
The "omg Dean's a goner" atmosphere kind of bothered me, for some reason. I knew he would live, but I still got all tense and protective and wanted to say to the screen NO, Dean will NOT die! I mean, come on, you can't tell me that Sam would really be out of ideas on how to save Dean that early. Ceiling Demon is the only one John can think of to go to on this? Hello plot holes! I find it hard to believe that John wouldn't get his hunter friends together to come up with a solution. There has to be another faith healer somewhere who can really do it. Or, if we're delving into dark solutions, how about a necromancer? It's really disappointing and uneven writing when the boys are spouting supernatural buzzwords in one scene, and going, "Duuuuuuh, we haven't consulted even one person in the enormous wealth of demon hunting friends we have for a possible solution to save Dean, but might as well give up anyway!" in the next. Yeah, whatever, Sam probably asked Bobby, but there had to be more hunters they could've asked than that. Meg only killed two.
I want more Dean snark next week. He had a few really fun lines, like, "I totally Swayzed that mother," or whatever it was. This episode pretty much convinces me that, at least at this point, they do not intend to make Sam be a medium. He should have been able to see something of Dean wandering around if he was.
Ooh, wonder what John whispered in Dean's ear. He probably told him this secret about all the psychic children like Sam, whatever that is. That had better be a cool secret; otherwise, I'm gonna be pissed at them for teasing with it like that. I don't understand, though, how John could be all weird like that, whisper something cryptic in Dean's ear, and then just leave the room without Dean following him or something. "Well, now that we've had our little talk, I'll see you later, Dean. You just stay right here. I'm going off to die now. Hum tee dum tee dum..." *leaves the room* (????)
Loved the scene with the Ouija board! Nice to see them using more actual supernatural objects in their supernatural show. I liked how Dean sat on one side and moved it. Sam probably should have taken more care with using it, though - he just instantly believes it's really Dean? He doesn't ask the board a question only Dean would know the answer to? Something? Throw us a bone? Ouija boards are notorious for making contact with badness, something SAM SHOULD KNOW. Oh well. TV is flawed. I can deal with it, I guess, I just wish they'd take more time to put in a line or two to solve stuff like this. But it seemed like they had a lot to do in this episode; the line where Dean comes on to Tessa was edited out, for instance.
Hey, Ceiling Demon! If Sam isn't much of a threat, then why did you murder his mother and girlfriend just to get them out of the way? And why is John more of a threat than Dean, who you tried to kill? Make sense!
Speaking of making sense, tell me why, if John knew how to summon Ceiling Demon, WHY DID HE SPEND 22 YEARS CHASING IT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY?! Why didn't he just learn how to summon it, summon it, and take his revenge before he RUINED HIS SONS' CHILDHOODS?!?!?! That plot hole could definitely use some explanation. Is this something he just figured out? I can accept that he didn't know that at first, but really, the knowledge seemed to come awfully easily to him, out of nowhere, all of a sudden. WTFH? How long has he known how to do this?
Though I didn't want him to die yet, John's still a raging asshole. "Sam, how could you NOT kill your father?! Have I taught you NOTHING?!" The way he practically blamed Dean being at death's door on Sam for not shooting his own father?! MAN he needs a good ass kicking. Oh wait, dead. *kicks the shit out of his corpse*
That wasn't even correct anyway, since Dean was already fucked up before Sam had the chance to shoot Demon!John.
The best part about this episode? (Best as in funniest.) Dean is in a coma, dying of his injuries, yet HIS HAIR IS STILL SPIKED. XD XD XD
Even though it had its problems, it was still a good episode with lots of nice woobie family moments. And Dean.
Now to "Jericho." I love Skeet. I really do. But this show needs help. First of all, could they PLEASE give Jake a flaw before I completely lose interest? He's a total cookie cutter hero. His mean ol' father and his mean ol' brother just don't understand him. They're too busy being assholes to see how perfect he is. It's nice to watch Jake interact with his mother, very sweet. But it isn't enough to hold my interest. If Skeet wasn't on the show, I wouldn't be watching it anymore. And they need to stop teasing me with the possibility of Jake getting back together with Emily, because I already hate her. The actress plays her so whiny and stupid. I already can't stand her. I'm sure next week while they're trapped together in the storm cellar, we'll be treated to lots of UST as they talk about why they broke up. Ugh. I'd rather Jake hook up with Heather. So I guess I'm mildly interested.
It's a real shame, because Skeet plays grey area good/bad characters with expertise. I feel his talents are being underused on Jake so far. I know we're supposed to be wondering what he's been doing for the last five years, but I've already figured that out, so it's no secret to me. Apparently, during that time, he was MacGuyver. Where else would you learn emergency medical techniques and gain knowledge about explosives? They don't exactly go together.
Or Skeet could just join the cast of SPN! As some kind of supernatural dude with ambiguous motives. Ooh, I would think I'd died and gone to heaven!
I did like the scene where the one guy who knows morse code started marking cities on a map, which we can assume were bombed. He was running out of pushpins! And still, he did not mark Dallas. We're always bombed in the second or third wave. Stop underestimating us! We are a threat! Bomb us first! I'm getting an inferiority complex.
I'd still like the show better if it was about the world being bombed by aliens.
Finally, Whispering Corridors. This is a series of Korean spook movies. I would say horror movies but they're just not scary enough... though that's probably the best term for them. Anyway, I adore the title. Soooo poetic. Whispering Corridors. Oooh. I've seen the first movie now, and the third, WC 3: The Wishing Stairs. The first one was eh. Really slow and not so special. The male teacher who pretty much beat the shit out of his students drove me insane; do they really let teachers hit their students in Korea?! I mean, why were there no parents reaming this guy out for his outrageous behavior? Totally ruined the movie for me. The ghost couldn't have killed his ass sooner or less painfully. I was disappointed with how easy he got off. Kill him again. Harder.
What made the movie good for me was the premise. They could have carried it out much more scary, but it's an interesting idea. The basic premise is that a girl dies during a hazing incident and comes back to haunt her school as an avenging spirit. She punishes bad teachers and bullies and such. As a kid who was teased unmercifully from 2nd thru 8th grade, it hits close to home. There's a lot more to each individual story, but that's the basic idea. The third one, The Wishing Stairs, was the best one I've seen so far. I've talked about it before. I just can't say enough how much I loved the imagery of that movie.
Phew. That was a lot of stuff to type. I think I'm done now.
