These reviews make VERY HAPPY, not least because you have so much happiness still in front of you
I still have FOUR SEASONS!! I feel so lucky! And glad the reviews are still appealing. :)
I actually have Serious Issues with the way the show handled Nancy in JIB
It's funny because I have literally had this thread (http://snickfic.livejournal.com/179866.html?thread=2509978#t2509978) open on your journal for the past hour and was going to respond to it (because usually after I post my thoughts I go back and skim yours on the episodes). My little brother asked me to play a game with him, though, and so I've been playing Harry Potter trivia for the past hour instead.
I completely understand all of your complaints related to Nancy. I noticed Dean's refusal to carry out her decision while I was watching, too, but it didn't bug me the way it did you because it didn't seem to me like he was ignoring her wishes because she was a woman or a virgin. That probably played into it, but I got the impression that he would have objected if anyone had agreed to be sacrificed. Maybe not Henriksen because of the bad history there, but if, for example, the deputy sheriff had volunteered, I think Dean would have objected, too. And in that scenario Dean would still have been ignoring someone's decision, but I can understand not being willing to let someone sacrifice themselves; doesn't make his behavior right, but I can understand it.
I also didn't have an issue with the joke at the end because, well, I was thinking the exact same thing. If I were in that episode, I would be the eligible sacrifice, and if I managed to survive (in that world with those mystical rules), I would definitely want to have sex. Obviously not everyone would feel the same way, but I didn't think it was at all an unrealistic reaction for her to have.
As I said, though, I understand why you feel differently about both issues (and I hope it doesn't seem like I'm trying to diminish those feelings). I just interpreted it in different ways. Looking back at your reviews, we seem to have very different reactions in general to episodes- usually the things that enthuse me make you 'meh' and vice versa. :) I also, admittedly, have lower standards because I generally watch in a popcorn-movie-type of way rather than a sink-your-teeth-into-every-aspect-of-it-like-with-BtVS way. I think I also have lower expectations for the show, borne from having taken so long to get into it in the first place, so I'm inclined to be overly impressed when others are not.
I have seen from your journal that "Mystery Spot" is a favorite, and I assume that's the amazing, best S3 episode you mentioned a few weeks ago? That's great that the writer will be showrunner! I've heard that the show floundered directionally after Kripke left, so hopefully that will help (if floundering indeed happened in the first place).
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 still have FOUR SEASONS!! I feel so lucky! And glad the reviews are still appealing. :)
I actually have Serious Issues with the way the show handled Nancy in JIB
It's funny because I have literally had this thread (http://snickfic.livejournal.com/179866.html?thread=2509978#t2509978) open on your journal for the past hour and was going to respond to it (because usually after I post my thoughts I go back and skim yours on the episodes). My little brother asked me to play a game with him, though, and so I've been playing Harry Potter trivia for the past hour instead.
I completely understand all of your complaints related to Nancy. I noticed Dean's refusal to carry out her decision while I was watching, too, but it didn't bug me the way it did you because it didn't seem to me like he was ignoring her wishes because she was a woman or a virgin. That probably played into it, but I got the impression that he would have objected if anyone had agreed to be sacrificed. Maybe not Henriksen because of the bad history there, but if, for example, the deputy sheriff had volunteered, I think Dean would have objected, too. And in that scenario Dean would still have been ignoring someone's decision, but I can understand not being willing to let someone sacrifice themselves; doesn't make his behavior right, but I can understand it.
I also didn't have an issue with the joke at the end because, well, I was thinking the exact same thing. If I were in that episode, I would be the eligible sacrifice, and if I managed to survive (in that world with those mystical rules), I would definitely want to have sex. Obviously not everyone would feel the same way, but I didn't think it was at all an unrealistic reaction for her to have.
As I said, though, I understand why you feel differently about both issues (and I hope it doesn't seem like I'm trying to diminish those feelings). I just interpreted it in different ways. Looking back at your reviews, we seem to have very different reactions in general to episodes- usually the things that enthuse me make you 'meh' and vice versa. :) I also, admittedly, have lower standards because I generally watch in a popcorn-movie-type of way rather than a sink-your-teeth-into-every-aspect-of-it-like-with-BtVS way. I think I also have lower expectations for the show, borne from having taken so long to get into it in the first place, so I'm inclined to be overly impressed when others are not.
I have seen from your journal that "Mystery Spot" is a favorite, and I assume that's the amazing, best S3 episode you mentioned a few weeks ago? That's great that the writer will be showrunner! I've heard that the show floundered directionally after Kripke left, so hopefully that will help (if floundering indeed happened in the first place).
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.
Yes, I loved that!!