Friday miscellany including Supernatural 5.08 comments

[darkemeralds]

Supernatural 5.08: My overall assessment is "dumb episode": no forward plot motion, still more uncomfortable and shark-jumping-esque self-referential hilarity, and another new player in the Apocalypse Games.

I laughed, I admit it. And seeing Jensen shot in bright, colorful light for a change was interesting and strange and made his eyes very, very green (though frankly, he and Jared are both far more beautiful in the greyed-out Supernatural world). It was amusing, but come on, let's get on with it! Stop with the fanservice already, Kripke.

In other miscellany, I NEED A CAMERA. Mine was stolen months ago, and I'm about ready to splurge on a replacement. I miss taking my unartistic little illustrative photos.

Oh, and I liked this, from Warren Ellis by way of Wil Wheaton:

At least half of all writing involves just sitting and staring into space. Letting your brain out to hunt down ideas, bringing them back all warm and bloody between its teeth.

Comments

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

Yes to everything you say about the Trickster (though I didn't notice the plot holes--I NEVER notice plot holes on first watching unless they're gigantic), but on the other hand, I do like the way the story is blurring the lines between other pantheons and the big God/Angels/Demons thing. An AWOL God and "angel-on-angel violence" are satisfyingly Big-Religion-bashing enough to ease my discomfort with the religious aspects of the show.

The degree to which SPN hates women and girls, however, continues to astonish me, almost to the point of thinking about considering not watching it anymore. There's an example in every ep, and in this one it was the tie between bad television and menopause, all rolled into an unquestioned insult to a manly young white man.

Aaargh. I hate that I love this show so much.

[lyr]

The degree to which SPN hates women and girls, however, continues to astonish me, almost to the point of thinking about considering not watching it anymore.

I hear you. There are times when I just want to stage some sort of intervention with the writers and confiscate the characters.