I even got one of the "everything sucks since Kripke" fanboys to admit it looks promising for the season as far as it goes. But he also wants the Sam, Dean, and Cas show to be more racially diverse--I guess I should be on top of how many episodes Kevin was in to compare to Cas, but for a show that rarely has regulars outside of the brothers-with-the-same-parent, it seems the main way to fix it is to cast the Winchester boys as PoC.
We gotta go to the crappy town where I'm the hero!
Wash ,'Jaynestown'
Supernatural 2: Why is it our job to save everybody?
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§ ita § - Sep 15, 2014 2:08:04 pm PDT #29773 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Strix - Sep 15, 2014 2:09:50 pm PDT #29774 of 30002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I would cast Aldis Hodge as Sam, but I'm blanking on a good PoC Dean and Cas.
Juliebird - Sep 15, 2014 2:35:07 pm PDT #29775 of 30002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I can't stop reading Deanmon as DeanMom.
Part of me wants to fuck up the modus operandi of past seasons and have Demon!Dean be more than one season. I can definitely see an arc for him within that. Wait, when was soulless!Sam re-souled, what episode?
§ ita § - Sep 15, 2014 3:27:34 pm PDT #29776 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I keep reading Deanmon as "Dean, man..." in a bad Jamaican accent.
All the black guys I can think of are too old for the roles of both Dean and Sam, unfortunately. I hit a block. But I think Aldis would make a great Dean too! There's so much of Misha that's shaped Cas decisions that....as much as I'd love to see, say, Morris Chestnut in the role, I just can't.
Oh, wait--Aldis as Sam, and Michael Ealy as Dean? I could handle that. In fact, it even seems a bit literal a translation. Mary is Angela Basset, and John...probably needs to be lighter skinned and I'm blanking again.
Wait, when was soulless!Sam re-souled, what episode?
Appointment in Samarra, episode 11. Huh--I thought it was earlier than that. Please don't keep Dean a demon for half a season. As much as I ended up enjoying RoboSam for both comedy and angst, I do regret taking away that much DeanAndSam time from them.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 15, 2014 4:03:57 pm PDT #29777 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Michael Jai White? He's only a couple years younger than Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
§ ita § - Sep 15, 2014 4:24:13 pm PDT #29778 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think real ages are as important as apparent age difference, and I wouldn't cast him as Michael Ealy's dad, although I think JDM worked as JA's dad, despite reality.
Strix - Sep 15, 2014 6:19:39 pm PDT #29779 of 30002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I hate to be so "well-known Black actor" but I can see Denzel Washington playing John W.
I like the Aldis/Sam and Micheal Ealy/Dean, though...
And the "Dean Mom" and the Jamaican accent "Deanmon" totally cracked my shit up!
Amy - Sep 15, 2014 6:28:39 pm PDT #29780 of 30002
Because books.
Five-minute S10 preview: [link]
§ ita § - Sep 15, 2014 7:03:36 pm PDT #29781 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Michael Ealy is totally a high yellow Jensen Ackles. They both make me stare in bewilderment at their beauty the same way.
I would miss Sam towering over Dean, though. But way to go to restrict your casting pool.
Hey, Orlando Jones could play their father...I don't know how old he is, but for some reason I buy that more than Michael Jai White.
I can't think of a proper black recast for Cas, but I've had two white guys of similar type rattling around in my head forever--Matt Bomer and Ciliian Murphy. Murphy especially, distractingly, so.
Man, that sneek peak had more than I wanted to know, but I couldn't stop watching once I started (figuring that there would be no more TMI, d'oh). I don't think it's spoilery that the official line on re-appearing characters is "if there's a will there's a way" regardless of whether or not they're dead but I'll whitefont it just in case.
Strix - Sep 15, 2014 8:10:18 pm PDT #29782 of 30002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Hodge is 6'1', Ealy 5'10. 4 inch difference, so not so bad.
Jared's 6'4' and Jensen's 6'1', so only a 3 inch difference.
What about Nate Parker for Cas?