Because ABC pays better than the CW? Because he likes Shonda and is really grateful to her? I think JDM would be happy to come back for a guest shot or two, but his business people find him better money and more exposure elsewhere, and unless you don't need the money, you have to go where the money is.
Hey! What do you two think you're doing? Fightin' at a time like this. You'll use up all the air!
Jayne ,'Out Of Gas'
Supernatural 1: Saving People, Hunting Things - the Family Business
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Beverly - Nov 15, 2008 4:52:15 pm PST #9735 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Theresa - Nov 15, 2008 5:42:46 pm PST #9736 of 10002
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
Yes. What Bev said. I'm betting he has nothing against doing a John reprise, but how would that help his career? He'd be moving backwards. He can do ABC and still retain street cred.
le nubian - Nov 15, 2008 6:10:30 pm PST #9737 of 10002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I was watching True Blood and when Bill popped out of the ground all naked and grimey, then proceded to have sex with Sookie, and that grossed me out.
You know what> I was completely grossed out by this too, but it was more that he was dirty than the fact he was dead. I just couldn't imagine having sex with someone who was covered in dirt. That just gives me the ick. I cannot believe I prioritize that over "being alive."
quester - Nov 15, 2008 6:10:37 pm PST #9738 of 10002
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
but how would that help his career?
It will make us love him more? It would make us really happy?
Theresa - Nov 15, 2008 6:53:14 pm PST #9739 of 10002
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
Yeah, I guess I don't mind the dead as long as it's freshly showered? I don't understand myself either.
It will make us love him more? It would make us really happy?
I wondered about this the other day when the Jim Beaver thing happened. Is the character of John too built up now to be even playable?
Beverly - Nov 15, 2008 10:14:58 pm PST #9740 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Honestly, I think Sam and Dean have moved on. They've faced so much more since John's death than they--or he--ever imagined they would, and they're really no longer youngsters in need of his guidance.
I would *love* to see John fighting on his sons' side--whether that's on the side of the angels or a whole other stand. But I don't think it's a practical story at this point, not with the plotlines and the arc as they seem to be unspooling.
I've mentioned before, too, JDM is at the age break point in film right now. He can be a known lead actor with a dues-paid background at 40 or so. But playing 50-60? Not going to do his image any good to be remembered by casting offices in roles older than he is. If anything, he'll go for younger.
None of which are meta reasons why we don't get John Winchester on our screens. But sometimes the meta is thin and reality calls the shots.
Ailleann - Nov 16, 2008 5:14:12 am PST #9741 of 10002
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I would *love* to see John fighting on his sons' side--whether that's on the side of the angels or a whole other stand. But I don't think it's a practical story at this point, not with the plotlines and the arc as they seem to be unspooling.
Although.... ::makes fic notes::
Beverly - Nov 16, 2008 5:30:38 am PST #9742 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
\\o/ SPNfic!
Beverly - Nov 16, 2008 6:41:37 am PST #9743 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Things that make you go hmmm. Off my flist, food for thought:
Alastair/Alistair/Alisdair? How about Alastor?
(from various sources)
Alastor is chief executioner to the monarch of Hell.
Alastor is likened to Nemesis and the destroying angel and is known as The Executioner. He is exceptionally cruel.
Alastor ("avenger") in Greek mythology, was the personification of familial feuds. He was also associated with sins that pass down from parent to child. As a genius, or spirit of the household in Roman mythology, he incited people to murder and other sins. The name became a generic term for a class of evil spirits.
Theresa - Nov 16, 2008 8:14:48 am PST #9744 of 10002
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
I came out of the episode earwormed with Animal House and Donald Sutherland...
"Now, what can we say of John Milton's Paradise Lost? It's a long poem, written a long time ago, and I'm sure a lot of you have difficulty understanding exactly what Milton was trying to say. Certainly we know that he was trying to describe the struggle between good and evil, right? Okay. The most intriguing character, as we all know from our reading, was...Satan. Now, was Milton trying to tell us that being bad was more fun than being good?
OK, don't write this down, but I find Milton probably as boring as you find Milton. Mrs. Milton found him boring too. He's a little bit long-winded, he doesn't translate very well into our generation, and his jokes are terrible. But that doesn't relieve you of your responsibility for this material. Now I'm waiting for reports from some of you... Listen, I'm not joking. This is my job!"
I can't help it. I can even picture him taking a bite of the apple and I want brain bleach!
Every time they said or showed "Milton", I went there. I wonder what Karen Allen is doing these days?