Promo!

Wow, the last moment of that is worrisome.

I'm glad the the idea that the angels would fall with powers didn't occur to many people. More relaxing summer that way, given what we know we know.

Wow, the last moment of that is worrisome.

But also oh Death is back !

Eight years ago today, The Woman in White aired on the WB. Nobody thought it would last!

That's a lot of meta discussion, fic, and vids under the bridge. I look back now and go, who are those guys? And then, I miss those guys. Hell, I miss *me* eight years ago.

Happy Anniversary, Show!

My discs arrived today. Order of actions:

• tear open the packaging
• rub them on my body
• bemoan that it's the same photo shoot as the S7 cover
• plan SATURDAY

Check!

Then I went back to a fic I had been enjoying. A page came across tumblr that advised writers to skip telling the audience stuff they already know. So, you know, in the real life AU you're wasting time using the phrase "psychic powers" about Missouri, and having Dean imagining fangs on Benny outside of a shroom trip (hell, even in it) is wasted time on both our parts--STOP AT PHLEBOTOMIST. That's just cute enough for your hospital AU.

And then, I miss those guys.

I do, too, sort of. But I love the way they've both grown and changed. Their characters now really illustrate how much they've faced over the last eight years.

Oh, I've enjoyed watching the growth and change, for sure--for the actors as well as the characters. It just struck me as kind of odd to feel nostalgic for a show that's still running. There's a kind of disconnect between those sharp, hungry actors and boyish characters of early first season, and the beat-down heroes of Season eight--a "WB show" that took an unexpected turn for the really serious. At least that's how it feels to me.

Are the special features under a spoiler window? I'm only on the first one, and I have some comments about it specifically, but it's also made me want to list the genre/"gimmick" (used non-derogatorily) or maybe trope (but more gimmick) episodes.

• paranormal reality
• the show is a story
• the show is a show
• found footage
• black and white monster movies
• time travel
• dream world
• WHAT THE FUCK IS CHANGING CHANNELS?
• cartoons
• body swap
• western
• virtual reality
• groundhog day

I think I'm not thinking of anything as specific as zombie movie...I think. Having a hard time with the bright line. And although I am not thinking of homages to specific movies, I consider Groundhog Day/Life Serial a genre/gimmick of its own by now.

What am I missing?

Bev, SPN struck me as way more serious than Buffy or Angel from the pilot. Mary was bad enough, but when Jess died? I remember being completely floored.

Hell House was the lightest episode of S1 for me, and even though Simon Said had a lot of funny, I remember being struck by Tall Tales as the first really broad comedy of the series.

I think SPN always felt a little more serious to me than Buffy, at least for a while, until Angel turned anyway, because the premises weren't that different, but the structure supporting them was. Buffy was in high school, Buffy was still going to dances and on dates and trying out for cheerleading, and she had the Scoobies from really on.

Whereas from the beginning, Sam and Dean had lost their mother violently, their dad was missing, and Sam was the only one living anything close to a normal life -- and that only lasted until the end of the pilot. They were so isolated and so alone and so rootless, it always felt grimmer to me, I guess.

What am I missing?

I'd have to look episode by episode. What you have there seems pretty comprehensive.