Random things about "After School Special"

[feliciakw]

Well, apparently I did like this ep overall, because I'm still thinking about it this morning.



Did anyone else notice that Sam must have skipped a grade to be in high school at the same time Dean was? (Hey, izhilzha. There's another topic of conversation for Dean and Don. Though of course Don's situation was much more extreme.) Dean was clearly a senior, and Sam, given Barry's comment about having 3 more years left, was a freshman. If they're 4 years apart in age, then Sam should have been in the 8th grade. Clearly, Sam is smart and skipped a grade to be a freshman when Dean was a senior. Also, he had not yet hit his growth spurt.

One of the things that kind of twigged me was the acting on the part of some of the supporting characters. Not Young!Sam, obviously, because Colin Ford is Young!Sam. He just is. Kudos to the casting department for getting him. But the gal whom Sam questions at the beginning of the ep? Yeah, something just . . . she wasn't bad, she just . . . didn't seem 100% natural, and I found it a little distracting. *shrug*

I'm still trying to figure out what exactly it was about Young!Dean that didn't click with me. Because really, I can't fault him for not being Jensen Ackles. There is only one Jensen Ackles. (Which is a good thing, because any more than one and the balance of the entire universe would be upset by the sheer over-awesomeness were there to be more than one of him.) But something . . . just didn't click. I'll have to ponder.

And I think I'll save the rest for when I re-watch in widescreen (thank you, kimmer1227).

In other news, I have The Sammy Song running through my head this morning. Bwah.

Comments

[kimmer1227.livejournal.com]

I bought the season pass from iTunes, so got an email about it being available. You say they raised the price per ep? That sucks!

[feliciakw.livejournal.com]

Actually, no. I was mistaken. The Hi-Def (which is apparently now the default when I do my search) is $1 more than the standard, which used to be the default--if not the only-- option. It confused me greatly. So, no. I don't think your season pass is affected. That's the purpose behind getting a season pass, yes?

Still, iTunes is *points to your icon*

[kimmer1227.livejournal.com]

iTunes has HiDef? I don't remember seeing that option. Will have to check it out.