IMO, Kripke frankly doesn't seem to know his hands from his feet when it comes to plot and characterization.
I think he is rather childish in a way, plotwise, he doesn't have a big attention span - I wasn't a fan of the psy-kids storyline in the least but "eh, they got boring so I dropped them" is not exactly inspired writing - and character-wise, I found some of his interviews and views espoused in the show downright disturbing. The culmination of his five-year "plan"? Could have been an angry diary entry from a moody teenager, reading "I'll show them all." Geeze, grow up.
and the show seemed determined to dwell lovingly on things I thought were not only uninteresting, but actively repelling
It was like a certain brand of fanfiction that makes me hit the back button immediately.
I have to say, I can't believe the show lasted this long. I'm actually rather sorry in some ways, because Jensen is way too good an actor for this trainwreck, and ought to be on a far better show.
It also makes me mad. They only get by because they have tolerable ratings for the shitty, shitty network they're on. Where the other shows do even worse. So the producers see no reason to put any effort in it but rest in complacency. Urgh.
Meanwhile, other shows have to really struggle for survival. I was lucky this year as the ones I truly liked and would have been disappointed to lose, new and old, were renewed.
And totally agreed on Jensen. I guess having to play the same emo scene and making it seem different for about 100 episodes in a row is its own acting challenge but I'd LOVE to see him in a quality project. Or at least one that is fun.
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Date: 2012-07-02 10:07 pm (UTC)I think he is rather childish in a way, plotwise, he doesn't have a big attention span - I wasn't a fan of the psy-kids storyline in the least but "eh, they got boring so I dropped them" is not exactly inspired writing - and character-wise, I found some of his interviews and views espoused in the show downright disturbing. The culmination of his five-year "plan"? Could have been an angry diary entry from a moody teenager, reading "I'll show them all." Geeze, grow up.
and the show seemed determined to dwell lovingly on things I thought were not only uninteresting, but actively repelling
It was like a certain brand of fanfiction that makes me hit the back button immediately.
I have to say, I can't believe the show lasted this long. I'm actually rather sorry in some ways, because Jensen is way too good an actor for this trainwreck, and ought to be on a far better show.
It also makes me mad. They only get by because they have tolerable ratings for the shitty, shitty network they're on. Where the other shows do even worse. So the producers see no reason to put any effort in it but rest in complacency. Urgh.
Meanwhile, other shows have to really struggle for survival. I was lucky this year as the ones I truly liked and would have been disappointed to lose, new and old, were renewed.
And totally agreed on Jensen. I guess having to play the same emo scene and making it seem different for about 100 episodes in a row is its own acting challenge but I'd LOVE to see him in a quality project. Or at least one that is fun.