10.13 Poll

[ash48]

What did ya think of that one?

[Poll #1998747]



I felt like I had been transported back in time (it reminded me of Hookman and Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things). Aside from the lol!canon with them talking about what Dean would do if he died and Sam drove the car (because - um, he's actually already done that. Twice I think), it was the kind of episode that reminded me of why I fell in love with this show in the first place. Clever Sam, food loving!Dean, brothers working seamlessly together, a MoTW that subtly reflected the boys situation, LOTS of SamnDean, heaven and hell free and a fun (and rather modern!) twist on a ghost. Damn you SPN! Stop dragging me back in! (or not. I love it when I love it...*g*).

Comments

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

It was kinda nice to have an ep without anvils dropping, yeah. We've been clamoring for old school SPN for a while and welp, this was pretty much it!

I think the discontent felt by some over the characterization of millennials was due to fact they were caricatures and not believable, which is something the show has done previously this season. (See 'Ask Jeeves'.) But because none of us are wealthy slackers, no one took offense, heh. I have a soft spot in my heart for Towel dude, brah.

Overall, I liked it! Smart Sammy, gruff Dean, a few nice scary ghost moments, and I think if there had been better attention paid to the details--the aforementioned lol canon, pretty sure college students would know who Groll and Cobain are, did Dean forget everything Frank taught him?--this would have felt even more classic. Dean's earnest and heart-melting speech and the way the sunset backlit Sam's hair in the last scene was really lovely.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

I think the discontent felt by some over the characterization of millennials was due to fact they were caricatures and not believable

Ah. Hmmm, I see. That's a tricky one. Namely because I've never really felt that the characterisations of any of the characters (especially the MoTW victims) particularly realistic. It's like they in habit a supernatural world so they are, well, super-natural. Bit like Sam and Dean. Their characterisations are long past realistic. Ever since Dean spent 40 years in hell I was like..um. No, we've gone past the realistic now (even with all the monsters…). I felt it was old school characterisations and I suppose that in itself could be problematic. But *shrugs* beats attempts to give Sam (or Dean) meaningful story arcs that fail miserably.

(Oh dammit!! I got heavy there for a minute….)


But yeah - there were some glaring inconsistencies. Dean acting like he doesn't know a think about the internet is just wrong. I really wish writers would check their canon before putting a script in. There's SO MUCH info out there they could easily get it right. That dialogue about Sam driving the Impala when Dean dies was just so weird. We all remember that seen when Sam gives Dean back the keys when he returns from Hell in S4 (and I think Sam was driving it when Dean was in Purgatory...). It could have easily been changed to reflect what had gone before.

[tebtosca.livejournal.com]

HDU! Heddy and Beverly and Dash are *flawless*

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

Long. Fingers.