SPN: The Kids Are Alright
Oct. 11th, 2007 09:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
superbadgirlThe negative qualities of tonight's episode far outweigh the positives.
The Bad:
1) Dean and Sam doing the brother thing - all of, what, 3 minutes?
2) The mini-Dean. Barf.
3) Psycho kids will be done much better in my fic.
4) Ruby just showing up all over the place. She's like a stain on your carpet - even ifyou clean it, chances are it'll pop back up again. Bleh.
5) Did I mention lack of brother moments?
6) Anti-climactic end to the monster of the week, but then there wasn't really a build up, was there?
7) Ruby. BLEH!
8) I didn't even like the music.
9) I still don't buy Dean as he is, and frankly Sam keeping secrets isn't really making me happy either. Especially big ones.
10) Why do you hate me as a viewer, PTB?
The Good:
Er. They looked good?
*sigh* I'm afraid I'm not woman enough to stick around and hope this shapes up. The previews for next week looked dreadful. I'll give it 6 episodes, and if it's still made of suckiness, I think for my own love of Sam and Dean I will have to stop watching.
Yes, I know I'm apparently in the very tiny minority on how I feel about this episode.
The Bad:
1) Dean and Sam doing the brother thing - all of, what, 3 minutes?
2) The mini-Dean. Barf.
3) Psycho kids will be done much better in my fic.
4) Ruby just showing up all over the place. She's like a stain on your carpet - even ifyou clean it, chances are it'll pop back up again. Bleh.
5) Did I mention lack of brother moments?
6) Anti-climactic end to the monster of the week, but then there wasn't really a build up, was there?
7) Ruby. BLEH!
8) I didn't even like the music.
9) I still don't buy Dean as he is, and frankly Sam keeping secrets isn't really making me happy either. Especially big ones.
10) Why do you hate me as a viewer, PTB?
The Good:
Er. They looked good?
*sigh* I'm afraid I'm not woman enough to stick around and hope this shapes up. The previews for next week looked dreadful. I'll give it 6 episodes, and if it's still made of suckiness, I think for my own love of Sam and Dean I will have to stop watching.
Yes, I know I'm apparently in the very tiny minority on how I feel about this episode.
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Date: 2007-10-15 01:13 am (UTC)That's called "Our audience is too stupid to get subtle, so let's get out the sledgehammer." Wonder if it's on loan from Bridge Studios? ;)
It's just not very good storytelling. Some leaps are okay, because the audience isn't stupid, but some really just make me not know what the fuck.
The audience isn't stupid, but those making the shows tend to think we are.
I'm not heavy into Supernatural fandom, I just discuss it in LJ-land, but I have followed some links to "discussions" where anyone who complains about the new additions are quickly shouted down as not being "true fans" because they're not trusting TPTB.
Sorry, but I've been around the fandom block too many times to trust TPTB blindly, especially when it's been shown time and time again that it's not one person, but many, who make the final decision. I might trust the creative process of the writers, but I don't trust that it won't be interfered with by the studio.
Those who follow a leader without question tend to be the first ones in line for the Kool-Aid.
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Date: 2007-10-15 04:30 pm (UTC)I'm just so naive, because this mentality ALWAYS confuses me, whether it be in fandom or in real life.
Sorry, but I've been around the fandom block too many times to trust TPTB blindly, especially when it's been shown time and time again that it's not one person, but many, who make the final decision. I might trust the creative process of the writers, but I don't trust that it won't be interfered with by the studio.
Exactly. For the writers, it might be creative expression, but it's equal parts business. They, ultimately, write to get paid and if the payer of the bills says they want X, then that's what the creative team does.