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astri13Seeing as I`m better today, I thought I could give my reasoning for not being so down on 3.02.
There were even bits I liked:
- the scenes that had Dean/Sam together - all 6 or so minutes of it. :-p
- the rescue and end battle in the half-build house - cool fight
- the mother-daughter subplot, I thought was well-acted and creepy
- most of the Dean/Ben interaction, especially the way Dean lifted Ben out of the cage and then stroked his head, also the park scene
- final scene Dean/Lisa
Now for nitpick-me
- everything is too bright, bring back the blue filters
- I know there are reasons why Dean and Sam are separated right now but stay true to the characters somewhat:
Case in point? Dean walks into the restaurant and catches Sam OBVIOUSLY lying to him, on the phone and with his laptop open. Now it`s pretty clear - and would be to Dean as well - that Sam is researching the stupid deal. So he should effing remark on that. Questioning, threatening, anything.
- the story construct, so Dean goes to look up some chick he had one weekend with 9!!! years ago. Now I get that he might think back fondly on the sex BUT it`s still nine years ago and he just assumes that she still lives there, is not married or otherwise not available or has maybe gotten fat AND will simply hop in the sack with him once he shows up. Right.
Predictably when he shows up at her door, she seems weirded out and wanting him to leave. If he wasn`t as hot as he is, his self-inviting ass would have been ON THE LAWN OUTSIDE.
Why not, instead, have them go for a case first - mysterious deaths in the paper - and there he stumbles upon Lisa. MUCH less contrived.
- Dean the oversleaze which is actually a trademark of Sera Gamble. Me? Not likey.
Usually Jensen tones it down but I don`t know if it was the extremely uncharming writing "gumby girl" or if he thought "ha fuckers, you want sleaze? I give you sleaze" but he hammed it up for all he was worth, overmugging and everything. Don`t succumb to the Gamble, man. Fight it.
- The Five Deanly Anvils. For heaven`s sake, show, I get it, Ben is JUST LIKE DEAN. As in he is a mini-clone of Dean-traits. Subtlety is your friend.
- and it would have been nice to bring Sam into the story a little bit as in I`d have LOVED to see Sam`s reaction to maybe Dean`s kid
- Ruby continues to be a non-entity for me, since she is a demon which was pretty clear from one of Kripke`s earliest interviews in combo with the Season Premiere - if there is an awesome twist about her, then it could only be that in one she seems to be a demon but turns out a hunter or the other way around - I don`t mind her being smug, condescending or Superfighter but I envision her as the ultimate cheat code. We need secret demonic info? She`ll provide it. Magical weapons? She`ll provide them. Etc. I realize Bobby has done that to a degree as well but hm the old greeks had a word for that, writers. See that you use it sparringly.
- "It`s all about you, Sam" - that makes me go cross-eyed. Did the YED off all the friends of the other mothers of Psy-Kids too? If not, why was Mary so special? Why was Sam so special? Not special enough apparently to lift a finger for him whenever he was about to die, YED. Not enough to help him win the Evil Overlord Beauty Contestant. If not for Dean, he`d be dead. Which means Sam CAN`T have been the predestined, mythical, unique ruler of demonkind. Because if you only have one of those, you treat them with frigging care.
I really care about Sam on a personal level right now but if they plan on making him some Superspeshul Chosen One, my mind checks out. Sick of those.
Also, what about Dean in this storyline? Right now he doesn`t know about it and seemingly isn`t connected to it AT ALL. Now that might change but if it doesn`t, take your myth-arc and shove it, show.
So, I`ll give it one step up from the Premiere but still not exactly my cuppa tea. Now, shows need to change, I realize that, but they should never change their core, their heart because that is what attracted viewersto it in the first place.
There were even bits I liked:
- the scenes that had Dean/Sam together - all 6 or so minutes of it. :-p
- the rescue and end battle in the half-build house - cool fight
- the mother-daughter subplot, I thought was well-acted and creepy
- most of the Dean/Ben interaction, especially the way Dean lifted Ben out of the cage and then stroked his head, also the park scene
- final scene Dean/Lisa
Now for nitpick-me
- everything is too bright, bring back the blue filters
- I know there are reasons why Dean and Sam are separated right now but stay true to the characters somewhat:
Case in point? Dean walks into the restaurant and catches Sam OBVIOUSLY lying to him, on the phone and with his laptop open. Now it`s pretty clear - and would be to Dean as well - that Sam is researching the stupid deal. So he should effing remark on that. Questioning, threatening, anything.
- the story construct, so Dean goes to look up some chick he had one weekend with 9!!! years ago. Now I get that he might think back fondly on the sex BUT it`s still nine years ago and he just assumes that she still lives there, is not married or otherwise not available or has maybe gotten fat AND will simply hop in the sack with him once he shows up. Right.
Predictably when he shows up at her door, she seems weirded out and wanting him to leave. If he wasn`t as hot as he is, his self-inviting ass would have been ON THE LAWN OUTSIDE.
Why not, instead, have them go for a case first - mysterious deaths in the paper - and there he stumbles upon Lisa. MUCH less contrived.
- Dean the oversleaze which is actually a trademark of Sera Gamble. Me? Not likey.
Usually Jensen tones it down but I don`t know if it was the extremely uncharming writing "gumby girl" or if he thought "ha fuckers, you want sleaze? I give you sleaze" but he hammed it up for all he was worth, overmugging and everything. Don`t succumb to the Gamble, man. Fight it.
- The Five Deanly Anvils. For heaven`s sake, show, I get it, Ben is JUST LIKE DEAN. As in he is a mini-clone of Dean-traits. Subtlety is your friend.
- and it would have been nice to bring Sam into the story a little bit as in I`d have LOVED to see Sam`s reaction to maybe Dean`s kid
- Ruby continues to be a non-entity for me, since she is a demon which was pretty clear from one of Kripke`s earliest interviews in combo with the Season Premiere - if there is an awesome twist about her, then it could only be that in one she seems to be a demon but turns out a hunter or the other way around - I don`t mind her being smug, condescending or Superfighter but I envision her as the ultimate cheat code. We need secret demonic info? She`ll provide it. Magical weapons? She`ll provide them. Etc. I realize Bobby has done that to a degree as well but hm the old greeks had a word for that, writers. See that you use it sparringly.
- "It`s all about you, Sam" - that makes me go cross-eyed. Did the YED off all the friends of the other mothers of Psy-Kids too? If not, why was Mary so special? Why was Sam so special? Not special enough apparently to lift a finger for him whenever he was about to die, YED. Not enough to help him win the Evil Overlord Beauty Contestant. If not for Dean, he`d be dead. Which means Sam CAN`T have been the predestined, mythical, unique ruler of demonkind. Because if you only have one of those, you treat them with frigging care.
I really care about Sam on a personal level right now but if they plan on making him some Superspeshul Chosen One, my mind checks out. Sick of those.
Also, what about Dean in this storyline? Right now he doesn`t know about it and seemingly isn`t connected to it AT ALL. Now that might change but if it doesn`t, take your myth-arc and shove it, show.
So, I`ll give it one step up from the Premiere but still not exactly my cuppa tea. Now, shows need to change, I realize that, but they should never change their core, their heart because that is what attracted viewersto it in the first place.
