Kripke managed a good Ellen, improved Jo, decent Ruby (at least 1.0), Tamara, decent Pamela, great Mary, rocking Missouri.

That's not why I'd count him out.

I see your point, ita. He can pull off good female characters.

At the same time, though, I worry that he would exacerbate the changes that happen when page characters move to screen (e.g.--my standing Hermione rant) that women should be hot and, if not victimy, then literally kickers of ass.

Now I'm picturing my ideal adaptation, and I think I want the Creature Shop involved.

I think whoever does it, we're going to get hot. That's standard comic adaptation. I don't know who I'd pick, honestly. I think Kripke's a decent start. We know he's Vertigo-sympathetic. It's something.

Someone on another board does a photo treasure hunt every day. I've been amusing myself coming up with something SPN-related for every prompt. It's sadly easy. "Leaning"--Dean against the car in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid. "Coffee"--"Your half-caf, double vanilla latte is getting cold over here, Francis" screenshot. "Puppies"--JP with that dog with the legs in a cart...it's really kind of sad how many related pictures I can think of easily.

It is something, yes. And I resolve to be glass-half-full person on it.

I just got into an argument with someone who started out by saying S1 SPN was a weak Hellblazer ripoff, and then went on to say S1-3 were Charmed with dudes. Which totally makes no sense, because 4 & 5 are more Hellblazer like (with an explicit Constantine riff for Castiel's look), and Charmed? Really? You're just trying to pick a fight.

It's the Internet. I should know when to walk away. But I sniff at the people who only like 4 & 5, and the people who think angels ruined everything. Fie on them all.

I don't know what Hellblazer is, so that's beyond me. But Charmed, really? Not even close.

The Constantine look for Cas is pretty obvious. I think Kripke has more or less admitted he's a fan.

It's the Internet. I should know when to walk away.

If we knew did that, it wouldn't be the Internet.

But those people were just wrong.

Hellblazer==Constantine

What is this crazy talk? 1 & 2 were fab, 3 was pretty frickin' good, 4 & 5 were also fab, and they all had their weak points. 5 suffered from Sam's hair and the dropping of the Dean/Cas friendship for the final two eps.

I swear, where once there were long loving intimate shots of Castiel, scenes where he was present would go out of their way to crop him from the shot or barely catch him in frame. I'm not making this shit up. (I bitch about this because it's freshest in my memory).

Hellblazer==Constantine

Oh! I didn't know they were the same thing, I've only seen the movie.

Another admission, though -- I'm only assuming double equal signs still mean *does equal*, so.