Yes - I don't know why anyone would trust anything Alastair has to say on the subject.
And contrary to what was said upthread - this episode actually gave me hope that there was some way that they could get John back on the show.
Does anybody else miss the Mayor? 'I just want to be a big snake.'
Xander ,'End of Days'
Supernatural 2: Why is it our job to save everybody?
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sumi - Mar 23, 2009 4:05:32 am PDT #1472 of 30002
Art Crawl!!!
Ailleann - Mar 23, 2009 8:43:01 am PDT #1473 of 30002
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
I know that Constantine was already mentioned, but was anyone else reminded of Loki and Bartleby in Dogma?
Polter-Cow - Mar 23, 2009 8:47:32 am PDT #1474 of 30002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Not until now! That's a very similar dynamic, you're right.
P.M. Marc - Mar 23, 2009 9:15:53 am PDT #1475 of 30002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I threadsucked, so no meara, but I headdesked at the corner they painted themselves into while lovingly caressing their copies of The Prophecy and stealing boldly from it plotting this out.
I don't actually think casting a white actor would have twisted the story they were trying to tell: instead, it would have avoided the hamfistedness. I mean, I've seen it done. I *own* a copy of The Prophecy myself, after all. C. Walken is a pretty pale white guy. It still worked, and worked better.
Agreed that having Anna as the bad angel would have been just as problematic, just differently problematic.
It's... proportional representation? Is that the term, Suela? Where I'd be less irked if, you know, there was a balance. It's not that they don't cast white men as antagonists (they do, often): it's that they don't cast *non-white men* as recurring allies. The only non-white male recurring characters have all been adversaries. (Victor turns ally, but then he dies.)
At this point, as I'm convinced that *anyone* the Winchesters interact with has DOOM DOOM DOOM in invisible ink on the forehead, I'm actually okay with the idea of a recurring, non-white male ally who, like Pamela, gets caught up in the fatal hot mess that is Sam and Dean. So long as, like Pamela, the death has weight and agency and makes narrative sense and feels organic rather than tacked on. *cough*Victor*cough*
Is Principal Hotass from Buffy doing anything right now? He'd be awesomecakes.
But other than THAT (and other than Anna and Uriel calling Castiel Cas, which irked and felt OOC), I loved the episode.
Strix - Mar 23, 2009 10:24:36 am PDT #1476 of 30002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
IIRC, Principle Hotass (hee) is POTUS on 24.
tiggy - Mar 23, 2009 11:42:25 am PDT #1477 of 30002
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
not anymore. there's a woman President now.
-t - Mar 23, 2009 11:44:14 am PDT #1478 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That was a couple seasons ago. I don't know what he's doing now, but he's not on 24.
P.M. Marc - Mar 23, 2009 11:45:14 am PDT #1479 of 30002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
So, CLEARLY, he needs to come over and help save the universe. While being really, really ridiculously good looking.
-t - Mar 23, 2009 11:47:06 am PDT #1480 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Can't argue with that.
Strix - Mar 23, 2009 11:49:31 am PDT #1481 of 30002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I'm am way behind on 24! Hmmm...DB Woodside with the bros....
That's totally droolworthy.