Individually these are some great moments, I adored the 'Fetch' a bright glimpse of the subtlety show made me fall in love with. It looks like a great beginning of a season, but I'm not sure Carver ties anything together well though and I still don't particularly care for his characterisation of the brothers.
For me he's taken Sam's despair and constant illness too far, I know many Sam fans are enjoying it, but it's gone too far for my tastes and I'm rapidly getting tired of not seeing actual 'Sam' unless he's out cold on the floor!
While I'm accepting that the choice Dean made was very much in character and very understandable for anyone in a life and death situation - (how far will you go for the one you love?) - again, it's Carver's ambiguity over what was real, what was only in Sam's head and was that ever Dean, is still grating and as you say, it's where he goes from here that's now important.
The less said about Dean right now the better. I just can't connect with Carver's Dean at all.
I think what I'm hoping for is more of the 'just us against the universe' feels I used to get, these days the major story lines seem to revolve around the secondary characters, leaving the two leads of the show with nothing much to do except react and bitch at each other. I'd like Sam to be Sam again, so he can interact with his brother on an even keel and other characters, it's seems as though some of the writers of the filler episodes have been struggling with including Sam much because Sam is never Sam, there's always that 'something' extra about him and they steer clear of it. I never used to worry so much about that, but to be honest, I'm not very impressed with the current writing crew at all. The slapstick and vaguely off colour jokes are wearing thin, as are some of the characters.
Definitely looking forward to more Abaddon, she was a breath of fresh air last year - hope they can keep that up, same goes for Jody, she's such a natural and her screen presence always feels honest and true. Charlie? Um, difficult, I have enjoyed her episodes, some more than others, stand out scenes immensely, but it's becoming more contrived to 'write an episode for fan favourite'; rather than organic need for Charlie. Jury is out on that one.
I'll miss Kevin very much, he developed so much over his guest stint and I enjoy his snarky arse remarks far more than Crowley. He became a joy to watch as you could never really guess exactly how much was bluff and how far he'd go, he'd become very much the 'human' character caught in the middle of this huge fantasy.
That's still a great list though, let's all keep our fingers crossed for more!
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Date: 2014-01-07 09:56 pm (UTC)For me he's taken Sam's despair and constant illness too far, I know many Sam fans are enjoying it, but it's gone too far for my tastes and I'm rapidly getting tired of not seeing actual 'Sam' unless he's out cold on the floor!
While I'm accepting that the choice Dean made was very much in character and very understandable for anyone in a life and death situation - (how far will you go for the one you love?) - again, it's Carver's ambiguity over what was real, what was only in Sam's head and was that ever Dean, is still grating and as you say, it's where he goes from here that's now important.
The less said about Dean right now the better. I just can't connect with Carver's Dean at all.
I think what I'm hoping for is more of the 'just us against the universe' feels I used to get, these days the major story lines seem to revolve around the secondary characters, leaving the two leads of the show with nothing much to do except react and bitch at each other. I'd like Sam to be Sam again, so he can interact with his brother on an even keel and other characters, it's seems as though some of the writers of the filler episodes have been struggling with including Sam much because Sam is never Sam, there's always that 'something' extra about him and they steer clear of it. I never used to worry so much about that, but to be honest, I'm not very impressed with the current writing crew at all. The slapstick and vaguely off colour jokes are wearing thin, as are some of the characters.
Definitely looking forward to more Abaddon, she was a breath of fresh air last year - hope they can keep that up, same goes for Jody, she's such a natural and her screen presence always feels honest and true. Charlie? Um, difficult, I have enjoyed her episodes, some more than others, stand out scenes immensely, but it's becoming more contrived to 'write an episode for fan favourite'; rather than organic need for Charlie. Jury is out on that one.
I'll miss Kevin very much, he developed so much over his guest stint and I enjoy his snarky arse remarks far more than Crowley. He became a joy to watch as you could never really guess exactly how much was bluff and how far he'd go, he'd become very much the 'human' character caught in the middle of this huge fantasy.
That's still a great list though, let's all keep our fingers crossed for more!