It is a lot more popcorn-y (ah, the words I feel comfortable turning into adjectives these days), but I think it makes me think just as much as SPN does because there's so much more plot (on a per episode basis) and because there are more characters, especially more women. I flail more instinctively and a lot more often with TVD than with SPN.

That, or I've just gotten really egotistically used to writing reviews...