I'm torn between wanting to watch more because of pretty!Jensen and grinning!Jared and wanting to stay away to preserve the integrity of the characters in my mind (frex, with BtVS, I'm almost always aware of the actors these days when I watch, seeing SMG as much as Buffy or JM as much as Spike, etc., and that doesn't worsen the viewing experience, necessarily, but it does make it different). I'll probably try to restrain myself until I finish the series and then go nuts on YouTube (and hit you up for recommendation!).
it occurs to me now that that ep is to SPN what Buffy vs. Dracula is to BtVS
Huh, that is an interesting comparison. In that case I think I'd actually have to say that SPN did the novelty!episode better. BtVS has so many more characters to deal with, and the individual stories distract from the central conceit, which becomes hokey rather than amusing. SPN had some nice character moments like Dean talking about his renewed belief in the value of his job, but attention to the atmosphere of the episode, the homage it was trying to be, was first and foremost.
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<i>I watch an interview or something AND I REMEMBER.</i>
I'm torn between wanting to watch more because of pretty!Jensen and grinning!Jared and wanting to stay away to preserve the integrity of the characters in my mind (frex, with BtVS, I'm almost always aware of the actors these days when I watch, seeing SMG as much as Buffy or JM as much as Spike, etc., and that doesn't worsen the viewing experience, necessarily, but it does make it different). I'll probably try to restrain myself until I finish the series and then go nuts on YouTube (and hit you up for recommendation!).
<i>it occurs to me now that that ep is to SPN what Buffy vs. Dracula is to BtVS</i>
Huh, that is an interesting comparison. In that case I think I'd actually have to say that SPN did the novelty!episode better. BtVS has so many more characters to deal with, and the individual stories distract from the central conceit, which becomes hokey rather than amusing. SPN had some nice character moments like Dean talking about his renewed belief in the value of his job, but attention to the atmosphere of the episode, the homage it was trying to be, was first and foremost.
<i<EVEN DEAN/BELA, I WILL READ.</i>
♥ ♥ ♥ That means a lot.
<i>Bela is one of the very few semi-developed recurring female characters on this show that I never connected with</i>
She is pretty difficult to relate to. I liked her more or less from the get-go simply because she could pwn Dean, which happens so rarely and especially by a female, and because I have a huge girl crush on Lauren Cohan (I think she is so, <i>so</> pretty). I was really frustrated by the lack of backstory and how the show couldn't seem to decide whether it wanted her to be an antihero or a villain, but I figured eventually they would settle on antihero, so I stayed invested (and frex, was always more excited when I saw her name in the credits rather than Ruby's). And then I found out her backstory and combined with the fact that (according to Wiki), the writers killed her off (in a horrid way no less) <i>just because fans didn't like her</i> (which was their own damn fault for not writing her consistently), I got so offended on her behalf from both a Watsonian and Doyleist perspective that she was suddenly my favorite female character. I feel like I'm cheating on Jo, but oh well...
<i>But yes, if you look me in the afternoons/evenings and would like to chat, you should totally poke me!</i>
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Date: 2012-07-09 01:13 am (UTC)I'm torn between wanting to watch more because of pretty!Jensen and grinning!Jared and wanting to stay away to preserve the integrity of the characters in my mind (frex, with BtVS, I'm almost always aware of the actors these days when I watch, seeing SMG as much as Buffy or JM as much as Spike, etc., and that doesn't worsen the viewing experience, necessarily, but it does make it different). I'll probably try to restrain myself until I finish the series and then go nuts on YouTube (and hit you up for recommendation!).
it occurs to me now that that ep is to SPN what Buffy vs. Dracula is to BtVS
Huh, that is an interesting comparison. In that case I think I'd actually have to say that SPN did the novelty!episode better. BtVS has so many more characters to deal with, and the individual stories distract from the central conceit, which becomes hokey rather than amusing. SPN had some nice character moments like Dean talking about his renewed belief in the value of his job, but attention to the atmosphere of the episode, the homage it was trying to be, was first and foremost.
I'm torn between wanting to watch more because of pretty!Jensen and grinning!Jared and wanting to stay away to preserve the integrity of the characters in my mind (frex, with BtVS, I'm almost always aware of the actors these days when I watch, seeing SMG as much as Buffy or JM as much as Spike, etc., and that doesn't worsen the viewing experience, necessarily, but it does make it different). I'll probably try to restrain myself until I finish the series and then go nuts on YouTube (and hit you up for recommendation!).
<i>it occurs to me now that that ep is to SPN what Buffy vs. Dracula is to BtVS</i>
Huh, that is an interesting comparison. In that case I think I'd actually have to say that SPN did the novelty!episode better. BtVS has so many more characters to deal with, and the individual stories distract from the central conceit, which becomes hokey rather than amusing. SPN had some nice character moments like Dean talking about his renewed belief in the value of his job, but attention to the atmosphere of the episode, the homage it was trying to be, was first and foremost.
<i<EVEN DEAN/BELA, I WILL READ.</i>
♥ ♥ ♥ That means a lot.
<i>Bela is one of the very few semi-developed recurring female characters on this show that I never connected with</i>
She is pretty difficult to relate to. I liked her more or less from the get-go simply because she could pwn Dean, which happens so rarely and especially by a female, and because I have a huge girl crush on Lauren Cohan (I think she is so, <i>so</> pretty). I was really frustrated by the lack of backstory and how the show couldn't seem to decide whether it wanted her to be an antihero or a villain, but I figured eventually they would settle on antihero, so I stayed invested (and frex, was always more excited when I saw her name in the credits rather than Ruby's). And then I found out her backstory and combined with the fact that (according to Wiki), the writers killed her off (in a horrid way no less) <i>just because fans didn't like her</i> (which was their own damn fault for not writing her consistently), I got so offended on her behalf from both a Watsonian and Doyleist perspective that she was suddenly my favorite female character. I feel like I'm cheating on Jo, but oh well...
<i>But yes, if you look me in the afternoons/evenings and would like to chat, you should totally poke me!</i>
:)