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Demons, Supernatural...
So, a quick round-up of recent TV:
Demons - I'm still not on board. I think it's the language as much as anything; I just can't hear the word "smite" and take the speaker seriously. This weeks episode seemed so much blah. Galvin was incredibly wooden considering the angsty subject matter.
Mina remains the hottest thing I've seen for a while and if anyone's writing Mina/Ruby please point me to it!
Supernatural - It seems to be a rule with SPN: they come back from hiatus with utter crap. This episode was a real disappointment to me because it's a plot I've wanted to see for a long time: something that turns out to be completely non-supernatural. There's so much potential in that idea, in the moral dilemmas, in how the boys would handle it... But this was a plot that made very little sense.
They've done that before: devoted an ep to a very poorly sketched plot in order to make a point or end with a revelation about the brothers. But if that was the plan here, I'm afraid it failed. Were we supposed to be surprised by Dean's "revelation" at the end? Were we supposed to be shocked that he enjoyed torturing souls in Hell? 'Cause I'm not. It's been a part of Dean's character since the beginning: when he believes he's justified, he's capable of quite horrific things. And that's before he went to Hell. Even if we didn't have past precedent, no one tortures for ten years straight unless they get off on it. That's basic psychology. Someone in Dean's position who didn't get off on the torture would have gotten back "on the rack". He didn't. The conclusion was obvious; what he said in this episode added nothing.
And that's so not the way to do it! Show, don't tell is the basic rule of good fiction and it applies even more to television, which is supposed to be all about showing. So there should have been an episode in which the boys were compelled to torture something for information, in which Dean got to use what he learned in the pit, so we could see what it's done to him. See what he's lost of himself. And see the fallout. Or something. Instead we get cryptic angel crap and tearful confessions...
But it's becoming clear that Dean is Kripke's Mary Sue, so we'll never actually get to see him doing wrong by Kripke's lights. Shame.
And I am so, so sick of The Dean Show. He has always been third place for me, except in season two when he was fifth. I am beginning to wish they'd left him in Hell. Can I have my show back now, plz?
Battlestar Galactica is back! I'd forgotten. Though I was underwhelmed by the episode as a whole I'm looking forward to what the rest of the season will reveal. The twisty Starbuck plot is really intriguing. Not much more to say...just I'm looking forward to the rest.
Demons - I'm still not on board. I think it's the language as much as anything; I just can't hear the word "smite" and take the speaker seriously. This weeks episode seemed so much blah. Galvin was incredibly wooden considering the angsty subject matter.
Mina remains the hottest thing I've seen for a while and if anyone's writing Mina/Ruby please point me to it!
Supernatural - It seems to be a rule with SPN: they come back from hiatus with utter crap. This episode was a real disappointment to me because it's a plot I've wanted to see for a long time: something that turns out to be completely non-supernatural. There's so much potential in that idea, in the moral dilemmas, in how the boys would handle it... But this was a plot that made very little sense.
They've done that before: devoted an ep to a very poorly sketched plot in order to make a point or end with a revelation about the brothers. But if that was the plan here, I'm afraid it failed. Were we supposed to be surprised by Dean's "revelation" at the end? Were we supposed to be shocked that he enjoyed torturing souls in Hell? 'Cause I'm not. It's been a part of Dean's character since the beginning: when he believes he's justified, he's capable of quite horrific things. And that's before he went to Hell. Even if we didn't have past precedent, no one tortures for ten years straight unless they get off on it. That's basic psychology. Someone in Dean's position who didn't get off on the torture would have gotten back "on the rack". He didn't. The conclusion was obvious; what he said in this episode added nothing.
And that's so not the way to do it! Show, don't tell is the basic rule of good fiction and it applies even more to television, which is supposed to be all about showing. So there should have been an episode in which the boys were compelled to torture something for information, in which Dean got to use what he learned in the pit, so we could see what it's done to him. See what he's lost of himself. And see the fallout. Or something. Instead we get cryptic angel crap and tearful confessions...
But it's becoming clear that Dean is Kripke's Mary Sue, so we'll never actually get to see him doing wrong by Kripke's lights. Shame.
And I am so, so sick of The Dean Show. He has always been third place for me, except in season two when he was fifth. I am beginning to wish they'd left him in Hell. Can I have my show back now, plz?
Battlestar Galactica is back! I'd forgotten. Though I was underwhelmed by the episode as a whole I'm looking forward to what the rest of the season will reveal. The twisty Starbuck plot is really intriguing. Not much more to say...just I'm looking forward to the rest.
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And it's true, not many people would handle a gun well, or be able to just shoot it the first time without emotions getting in the way. The bomb bit annoyed me though. She didn't even try to move it, or take Mina and get out or something. And waiting for 2 seconds to cut the wire? It wasn't a well put together scene in any case.
But Mina would definitely be good for her. I can see it working.