Oh me too on all fronts! I love talking about Show and getting insights from other fans about what the heckfire is going on. You for example, pointing out stuff I never even thought of, like the lack of stuff indicating their lack of hope. Plus, yeah, still on a high that we got Season three AND we're going to have season 4 AND the news about Bela, cause she won't be back next year!!! I worry too. I pace. I chew my nails. I eat ice cream. It's needless worry because A) there ain't a damn thing we can do about it and B) Kripke will save us and the boys.
Normally, yeah, like you, I'd be giving Show the benefit of the doubt, and I normally do, right? I'll say something like, "Well, that doesn't make sense but I'll let it go on account of Sam and/or Dean is so freaking Awesome and Beautiful!!!" But this time, I couldn't do it. I just couldn't let it go unremarked upon. My bad mood, a pinched nerve, and some awfully sloppy work on Show's part all combine into my review this week.
As to Mr. Carver...let's see what I can say that's incredibly diplomatic and pointed at the same time without pulling the temple walls down on top of my head. I don't normally pay attention to which writer wrote what or which director directed what with one exception and that is the ep "Heart." Still my all time top fave, on account of the tremendous impact it had on the boys and on me, and I thank Kim Manners from the bottom of my heart forever and for all eternity. Otherwise, I can't recognize anyone's stamp on a particular ep, though I fancy I can recognize a Kripke-written ep a mile off, because there's always such power in them.
So let's just say Carver writes a good ep, a decent ep, which I believe he can and he has. It could still be ruined by a myriad of things, such as bad direction, or even the boys being off their stride that week. Conversely, a badly written ep can be saved by good direction and by the boys rising to the occasion and putting in the missing texture that has come to represent the typical excellence of this show.
But, When I saw the little bits from Buddy TV, where they filmed the J's backstage practicing an argument from this ep, I thought, wow, do they always run through their lines like this? Without any feeling behind it? I'm not an actor, so I don't know how it's done, or if this is their usual method. Certainly getting the lines right is important, but I had the funny feeling that the run-through lines had the same emotional impact as the lines did when they were filmed. That's what hit me, the sense this week that they were just getting the job done, basically phoning it in. Maybe that swayed me in my review, I can't be certain.
On the other hand, yeah, the boys work HARD, they work long hours, and they are brilliant at bringing Sam and Dean to life. My word, how my life would be so different without Show, and how much I adore it - so to actually say something critical this week just about KILLED me. My fingernails are gone and there is no more ice cream in the house. Had this ep appeared earlier in the season? Or had it appeared when I was not in a bad mood? Or even, if I were to see this ep this summer, without being under duress, or with the expectation of a clever review? I'll wager I might (MIGHT) be singing a different tune, but I doubt it. Given the story arc, it's a little late in the game for the lack of emotion and angst we got.
Yeah, the acronyms are HIL-arious!!! I'm always making stuff up that happens off screen, I know I'm not alone in this! But when I have to make stuff up for the ENTIRE ep to explain everything? Wow. Not good.
Good luck with Communion! Are you doing it for the big bang?
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Date: 2008-05-06 05:30 pm (UTC)Normally, yeah, like you, I'd be giving Show the benefit of the doubt, and I normally do, right? I'll say something like, "Well, that doesn't make sense but I'll let it go on account of Sam and/or Dean is so freaking Awesome and Beautiful!!!" But this time, I couldn't do it. I just couldn't let it go unremarked upon. My bad mood, a pinched nerve, and some awfully sloppy work on Show's part all combine into my review this week.
As to Mr. Carver...let's see what I can say that's incredibly diplomatic and pointed at the same time without pulling the temple walls down on top of my head. I don't normally pay attention to which writer wrote what or which director directed what with one exception and that is the ep "Heart." Still my all time top fave, on account of the tremendous impact it had on the boys and on me, and I thank Kim Manners from the bottom of my heart forever and for all eternity. Otherwise, I can't recognize anyone's stamp on a particular ep, though I fancy I can recognize a Kripke-written ep a mile off, because there's always such power in them.
So let's just say Carver writes a good ep, a decent ep, which I believe he can and he has. It could still be ruined by a myriad of things, such as bad direction, or even the boys being off their stride that week. Conversely, a badly written ep can be saved by good direction and by the boys rising to the occasion and putting in the missing texture that has come to represent the typical excellence of this show.
But, When I saw the little bits from Buddy TV, where they filmed the J's backstage practicing an argument from this ep, I thought, wow, do they always run through their lines like this? Without any feeling behind it? I'm not an actor, so I don't know how it's done, or if this is their usual method. Certainly getting the lines right is important, but I had the funny feeling that the run-through lines had the same emotional impact as the lines did when they were filmed. That's what hit me, the sense this week that they were just getting the job done, basically phoning it in. Maybe that swayed me in my review, I can't be certain.
On the other hand, yeah, the boys work HARD, they work long hours, and they are brilliant at bringing Sam and Dean to life. My word, how my life would be so different without Show, and how much I adore it - so to actually say something critical this week just about KILLED me. My fingernails are gone and there is no more ice cream in the house. Had this ep appeared earlier in the season? Or had it appeared when I was not in a bad mood? Or even, if I were to see this ep this summer, without being under duress, or with the expectation of a clever review? I'll wager I might (MIGHT) be singing a different tune, but I doubt it. Given the story arc, it's a little late in the game for the lack of emotion and angst we got.
Yeah, the acronyms are HIL-arious!!! I'm always making stuff up that happens off screen, I know I'm not alone in this! But when I have to make stuff up for the ENTIRE ep to explain everything? Wow. Not good.
Good luck with Communion! Are you doing it for the big bang?