I've officially stopped watching. I sort of half-watched the first 20 minutes, then said to myself, "I SO don't care any more," and turned it off so I could read for a while. I think Kevin's death was the last straw, particularly coming after Sarah's death.
This isn't the show I loved, AT ALL. It's ridiculously repetitive, tramples all over its own canon, is completely dismissive of good supporting characters... it's just crap. So I'm out, and I'm going to pretend it was cancelled at the end of last season - when really, it should have been cancelled at the end of S5.
It isn't the show it was. I miss the show that it was. But I still enjoy watching it (though I don't re-watch stuff like I used to). I still enjoy Jensen's work, I still want to know what's going to happen with Dean and Sam. I'm much less invested than I was (fic-wise, discussion-wise, etc.), so I don't track the canon errors anymore, not like I probably would have, anyway. The repetitiveness gets annoying, but I still like watching the show.
The end-of-episode cliffhanger was such that if I had the next episode available, I would have watched it. For me, that's a good thing.
I figure I can find out what happened, just by checking in on my Friends page. That eliminates the frustration of actually spending an hour wading through an episode. I enjoy Jensen's work too, but it's gotten to the point where there's nothing new (in a positive sense) to be added to my headcanon for Dean Winchester, and I can't see spending an hour of my time watching somebody suffer. The show doesn't seem to have any sense that Dean will eventually WIN, and with a complete lack of hope... what's the point? Each episode feels like punishment, instead of something I can relax with and/or learn from.
But, hey, if you can still get something out of it, rock on!
Actually, some of the negativity with the show/character and my own identification with the character has gotten me to thinking about stuff that's been going on with me, and where I might need to make changes.
I've been going to a very difficult time the past few/several months, and while to someone else it might be "oh, you totally don't have it that bad" (and in a lot of ways I don't), the dissatisfaction and paranoia and fear have put me in a not fun headspace.
Being able to watch the show without any real "expectation" or the intense investment that I used to feel, while at the same time watching Dean's issues and saying hey, I need to let this go/move on/re-evaluate . . . I don't know, it's just weirdly helpful.
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Date: 2014-01-15 11:57 am (UTC)This isn't the show I loved, AT ALL. It's ridiculously repetitive, tramples all over its own canon, is completely dismissive of good supporting characters... it's just crap. So I'm out, and I'm going to pretend it was cancelled at the end of last season - when really, it should have been cancelled at the end of S5.
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Date: 2014-01-15 12:43 pm (UTC)The end-of-episode cliffhanger was such that if I had the next episode available, I would have watched it. For me, that's a good thing.
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Date: 2014-01-15 04:57 pm (UTC)But, hey, if you can still get something out of it, rock on!
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Date: 2014-01-15 05:37 pm (UTC)I've been going to a very difficult time the past few/several months, and while to someone else it might be "oh, you totally don't have it that bad" (and in a lot of ways I don't), the dissatisfaction and paranoia and fear have put me in a not fun headspace.
Being able to watch the show without any real "expectation" or the intense investment that I used to feel, while at the same time watching Dean's issues and saying hey, I need to let this go/move on/re-evaluate . . . I don't know, it's just weirdly helpful.
Maybe.
I'm not expressing myself well.