What I did hear, when he answered the question during the panel, is that the finale was 80% what he wanted. He also said (in an interview or a panel, I don't remember which), as I understand his answer, that they never intended Dean to be Michael's vessel.
I never saw or heard any specific answer about Dean being or not being Michael's vessel in particular in the different interviews (I could have missed one, though, I watched so many!). He did get very defensive when he admitted he went on line and saw almost nothing but negative responses after SS aired. And in the panel he said 70%-80%, but in some of the press room interviews, he said 50%. So he was definitely tap-dancing given the high amount of negative reaction he saw after the fact.
In the one long press interview I saw where Kripke was specifically asked about what he had to say to fans who thought Dean's story line got tossed under a bus - and he knew Dean was the big reason he got so many negative reactions - again, he didn't say anything about Dean not being Michael's vessel, but the answer he gave about Dean's "role" made me so angry that I honestly almost made the decision right there not to tune in at all next year. In the same interview he was pretty bitchy about the fans who didn't like the finale too, so clearly he was biting back against the backlash.
I do think overall season five was the most poorly executed season of the five - and that includes season three which, personally, I think looks inspired next to season five (though I genuinely do think there were many really good episodes that year). There were so many places I thought they could go this season that, at the end, when they went nowhere, I was flabbergasted.
I hope for better next year, I really do - beyond Dean, who I never have any problems with in terms of characterization. But I will be approaching with caution.
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Date: 2010-07-29 12:55 am (UTC)I never saw or heard any specific answer about Dean being or not being Michael's vessel in particular in the different interviews (I could have missed one, though, I watched so many!). He did get very defensive when he admitted he went on line and saw almost nothing but negative responses after SS aired. And in the panel he said 70%-80%, but in some of the press room interviews, he said 50%. So he was definitely tap-dancing given the high amount of negative reaction he saw after the fact.
In the one long press interview I saw where Kripke was specifically asked about what he had to say to fans who thought Dean's story line got tossed under a bus - and he knew Dean was the big reason he got so many negative reactions - again, he didn't say anything about Dean not being Michael's vessel, but the answer he gave about Dean's "role" made me so angry that I honestly almost made the decision right there not to tune in at all next year. In the same interview he was pretty bitchy about the fans who didn't like the finale too, so clearly he was biting back against the backlash.
I do think overall season five was the most poorly executed season of the five - and that includes season three which, personally, I think looks inspired next to season five (though I genuinely do think there were many really good episodes that year). There were so many places I thought they could go this season that, at the end, when they went nowhere, I was flabbergasted.
I hope for better next year, I really do - beyond Dean, who I never have any problems with in terms of characterization. But I will be approaching with caution.
If only I could give up The Ackles. Damn him. ;D