Random cursory thoughts on promo/spoiler
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feliciakwSo I watched the 2 minute promotional clip from tomorrow's episode . . .
The promo clip is of the brothers discovering a secret lair, which I assume was located at the coordinates that Larry from last week's ep gave them.
Stream-of-conscious thoughts:
1. Ooh, cool. Followed closely by . . .
2. Mixed feelings about moving away from the blue collar, back roads, gritty feel of the show to highly organized and formalized, sleek and spiffy hidden lairs.
3. I want to tell these elitist* Men of Letters, "You think this is something special? There are repositories like this all over the country. Sure, they're crammed into storage lockers, or stacked up in basements and underground bunkers, but they're there. And they're being kept by guys who aren't afraid to get their hands dirty."
5. It looks like Lex Luthor's lair from Superman: The Movie. Or a war room, which is probably more their intent.
6. So . . . are we totally disconnecting from the first half of the season? Was that just marking time until we could get to the second half of the season? WT??? Are you trying to be like a cable series or and import series? Do we get no connection or resolution to everything you've put us through up to this point?
7. OH!!!!! Unless the mysterious shadowy figure watching Sam and Amelia's house was a Man of Letters (possibly an elder?), who tracked down the only remaining legacy known to be alive--Sam Winchester.
7.5. OH!!!!!! What if Frank--in all his conspiracy theorizing--ran across information regarding the MoL, and that shadowy figure was put onto Sam's trail by Frank Devereaux? (I know, now I'm just dreaming. But still . . . )
8. Wouldn't that Man of Letters be floored to know that Dean escaped Purgatory, so that there are now two legacies alive and kicking?
9. This mysterious, shadowy elder-ish person better not try to step in and start telling Dean and Sam what to do without earning their trust first. They've been through more than any hunter or elder could fathom, so just back off, dude, until you prove yourself.
10. Okay, now I'm just off on my own little tangent.
11. I'm going to miss the lived-in feel of Bobby's house and Rufus's cabin. But I'll try to assimilate this shift of events.
I get that they are now into their 2nd or 3rd, maybe even 4th, generation of writers, and that everyone who was there when it started is probably gone (with the exception of Edlund and the occasional one-off writers). So yeah, they're going to start re-shaping and re-defining the SPN universe to keep it fresh and going. I just hope they don't totally lose its signature feel and atmosphere. And that they don't start mitigating the importance of things like the Roadhouse, or Ellen, Jo, Bobby, Rufus, and the other stand-out characters we've met over the course of the past 8 years by supplanting them with this formal, elite organization. Remember where you came from, writers. Remember where you came from.
Also, really random. From the preview clip, it looks like the guy who's playing the golem (it's about time they had a story about a golem) was also Sam "The Mangler" Miller, whom Alec defeated in a cage match in Dark Angel, and also played the ghost (Freeman Dagget) in "Ghostfacers."
Looking forward to tomorrow night's ep.
*Yes, Henry's initial attitude toward hunters really grated on me. I'm sure some of his elders wouldn't hold such prejudicial views. Henry was, after all, an initiate, not even initiated, actually, so I can sort of understand his foolishly limited view in that regard. However, hunters are still people, and the guys and gals who are actually out there putting your knowledge to work on the front lines. Hm . . . perhaps it would be a good idea if part of your training was to shadow a hunter for a year, so that you can learn from experience rather than strictly theory. Like an apprenticeship. *nods* Or maybe that's required in order to become an elder. Hm . . .
The promo clip is of the brothers discovering a secret lair, which I assume was located at the coordinates that Larry from last week's ep gave them.
Stream-of-conscious thoughts:
1. Ooh, cool. Followed closely by . . .
2. Mixed feelings about moving away from the blue collar, back roads, gritty feel of the show to highly organized and formalized, sleek and spiffy hidden lairs.
3. I want to tell these elitist* Men of Letters, "You think this is something special? There are repositories like this all over the country. Sure, they're crammed into storage lockers, or stacked up in basements and underground bunkers, but they're there. And they're being kept by guys who aren't afraid to get their hands dirty."
5. It looks like Lex Luthor's lair from Superman: The Movie. Or a war room, which is probably more their intent.
6. So . . . are we totally disconnecting from the first half of the season? Was that just marking time until we could get to the second half of the season? WT??? Are you trying to be like a cable series or and import series? Do we get no connection or resolution to everything you've put us through up to this point?
7. OH!!!!! Unless the mysterious shadowy figure watching Sam and Amelia's house was a Man of Letters (possibly an elder?), who tracked down the only remaining legacy known to be alive--Sam Winchester.
7.5. OH!!!!!! What if Frank--in all his conspiracy theorizing--ran across information regarding the MoL, and that shadowy figure was put onto Sam's trail by Frank Devereaux? (I know, now I'm just dreaming. But still . . . )
8. Wouldn't that Man of Letters be floored to know that Dean escaped Purgatory, so that there are now two legacies alive and kicking?
9. This mysterious, shadowy elder-ish person better not try to step in and start telling Dean and Sam what to do without earning their trust first. They've been through more than any hunter or elder could fathom, so just back off, dude, until you prove yourself.
10. Okay, now I'm just off on my own little tangent.
11. I'm going to miss the lived-in feel of Bobby's house and Rufus's cabin. But I'll try to assimilate this shift of events.
I get that they are now into their 2nd or 3rd, maybe even 4th, generation of writers, and that everyone who was there when it started is probably gone (with the exception of Edlund and the occasional one-off writers). So yeah, they're going to start re-shaping and re-defining the SPN universe to keep it fresh and going. I just hope they don't totally lose its signature feel and atmosphere. And that they don't start mitigating the importance of things like the Roadhouse, or Ellen, Jo, Bobby, Rufus, and the other stand-out characters we've met over the course of the past 8 years by supplanting them with this formal, elite organization. Remember where you came from, writers. Remember where you came from.
Also, really random. From the preview clip, it looks like the guy who's playing the golem (it's about time they had a story about a golem) was also Sam "The Mangler" Miller, whom Alec defeated in a cage match in Dark Angel, and also played the ghost (Freeman Dagget) in "Ghostfacers."
Looking forward to tomorrow night's ep.
*Yes, Henry's initial attitude toward hunters really grated on me. I'm sure some of his elders wouldn't hold such prejudicial views. Henry was, after all, an initiate, not even initiated, actually, so I can sort of understand his foolishly limited view in that regard. However, hunters are still people, and the guys and gals who are actually out there putting your knowledge to work on the front lines. Hm . . . perhaps it would be a good idea if part of your training was to shadow a hunter for a year, so that you can learn from experience rather than strictly theory. Like an apprenticeship. *nods* Or maybe that's required in order to become an elder. Hm . . .
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Date: 2013-02-05 05:58 pm (UTC)My personal theory--upon which I have only my own speculation to base it--is that Show started getting dicey with the loss of Kim Manners, and the apparent loss of anyone who could or would put the reigns on Kripke. It seemed like there came a point when the self-nods and overtly blatant meta pointed to Kripke believing in his own cleverness, and no one telling him, "Hey, dude? That's not really quite as clever as you think it is." Or when they did (such as the phone call from Jensen, Jared, and Misha), Kripke overrode them, and we're given some uncomfortably embarrassing childish humor that doesn't fit the tone of the rest of what's going on.
But we're over and done with that stuff now, so I'm very willing to move forward with them.