General thoughts on Supernatural

[moonshayde]

Just have a few thoughts on the show so far this season, including tonight's episode...



I really love the monster angle in Season 6 and how these monsters are out recruiting and turning people. That is the kind of stuff I love (obvious from most of my fic) and I'm glad they're exploring it this year. Makes the XF person in me happy :)

In general, I've been happy. I feel like the writing is pretty tight, the acting is great, and the characters have grown and changed (and stayed the same in many ways) without becoming OOC. There have been a couple of eps where I think TPTB could have done better with the characters, but overall I've been very satisfied.

I think my big complaint this season for the first half was that I felt they did the soulless Sam thing for too long. I know why they did it, but I still think it was too long. Glad his soul is back.

But I am a little disappointed. And this is just MY opinion. Sam will obviously be having flashbacks and some massive issues from coming back from Hell. If they swept that all under the rug, I'd get annoyed. I'm more disappointed in that this was exactly what I wanted to see with Dean in S4. I expected flashbacks. I expected fallout. I expected him to totally zone out or have fits. They built up how bad it was in Hell, and how Dean wouldn't be the same. All we got was emo!Dean who whined and had some angst.

I'm glad they are doing it for Sam since it makes sense. They SHOULD do it for Sam. I'm just annoyed they didn't do it for Dean as well. Maybe one day I will get my wish that something really cool will happen to Dean that we can actually see and Sam can angst about it.

Or maybe I'm just discouraged because my dog is sick.

Comments

[jessm78.livejournal.com]

You know, I'm so glad to hear another fan who doesn't hate this season. So many comments I've read are from people who want the show canceled. Especially in one particular comm that I had to stop visiting. But my thoughts in general on the season are pretty much like yours.

As much of a Sam girl that I am, I was a bit disappointed about how they handled the fallout from Dean's time in hell, too. I wanted to see him have fits and things like that. The emo angle really annoyed me.

Sorry to hear doggie is sick. :( *hugs*

[meg-tdj.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm still waiting for Dean to hit rock bottom over everything. He's been through enough just since coming back from hell to send him "howling to the nuthouse", let alone what happened IN hell. The alcoholism and the few breakdowns he had in season 4 were great, but where'd it go? I'm kind of hoping they do a flashback ep for Dean where we at least get to see him dealing with Sam's death when he first went to Lisa.

I think they're just trying to ram it home that what Sam went through was a thousand times worse for ten times as long, which is understandable. But it's SO GOOD to finally see inside his head for a while. It probably won't last for long. ;)

*hugs* I'm sorry your dog is sick. :(

[jedishadowolf.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear the dog is sick. And I'm right there with you and completely agree.

[sanalayla.livejournal.com]

I'm loving this season. I also agree that the "Sam with no soul" arc played for too long. However, there were some hilarious moments we got from that plot, so I can't complain too much. The only false note for me this season was the shapeshifter/dog episode. I thought that was rather boring.

Other than that, I think this season is going incredibly well and each episode flows into other with a good continuity that I don't see it a lot of other shows (yes, I mean you, SV).

[vella-amor-dm.livejournal.com]

i'm one of those who aren't happy with s6 but i like the plot ideas that are coming out.

Sam will obviously be having flashbacks and some massive issues from coming back from Hell. If they swept that all under the rug, I'd get annoyed. I'm more disappointed in that this was exactly what I wanted to see with Dean in S4.
MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY! i wanted to KNOW what they did to Dean, not just hear about it from various demons >:|