These reviews make VERY HAPPY, not least because you have so much happiness still in front of you (and also a fair bit of not-happiness, but, you know).
I actually have Serious Issues with the way the show handled Nancy in JIB, the two biggies being 1) that her virginity was reduced to a joke at the end, when she decides she wants to fix this virginity thing the first chance she gets, and 2) that Dean somehow felt that as a virgin she was ~innocent or whatever to make her own decision about sacrificing herself to save a bunch of people. If it were a question of sacrificing the woman against her will, then I would be all Dean, but that's not what was happening; Ruby had a plan, Nancy was down with the plan (courageous girl she), and Dean acts like he somehow has the final say.
SO MAD.
Anyway. Um. I share your Henriksen squee! And your Sam squee! (I don't know whether you're aware, but Mystery Spot is a fandom favorite; it's widely considered one of the show's very best. Factoid: the guy who wrote it is coming on showrunner for next season.)
I hated Ghostfacers a lot. I agree with all your concerns about exploitation and such, and also we just spent so much time with people I actively dislike. (However, the Ghostfacer actors apparently really enjoyed their parts and even had a little webseries for a while; there's one where they meet Castiel which is Not To Be Missed.)
The one thing that I did like from that ep was the fact that in "real life" (LOL this show) apparently Dean swears like a sailor.
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I actually have Serious Issues with the way the show handled Nancy in JIB, the two biggies being 1) that her virginity was reduced to a joke at the end, when she decides she wants to fix this virginity thing the first chance she gets, and 2) that Dean somehow felt that as a virgin she was ~innocent or whatever to make her own decision about sacrificing herself to save a bunch of people. If it were a question of sacrificing the woman against her will, then I would be all Dean, but that's not what was happening; Ruby had a plan, Nancy was down with the plan (courageous girl she), and Dean acts like he somehow has the final say.
SO MAD.
Anyway. Um. I share your Henriksen squee! And your Sam squee! (I don't know whether you're aware, but Mystery Spot is a fandom favorite; it's widely considered one of the show's very best. Factoid: the guy who wrote it is coming on showrunner for next season.)
I hated Ghostfacers a lot. I agree with all your concerns about exploitation and such, and also we just spent so much time with people I actively dislike. (However, the Ghostfacer actors apparently really enjoyed their parts and even had a little webseries for a while; there's one where they meet Castiel which is Not To Be Missed.)
The one thing that I did like from that ep was the fact that in "real life" (LOL this show) apparently Dean swears like a sailor.
Anyway. More SPN. \o/