Hey, James Van Der Beek and Luke Perry are going to be in an NBC mini-series together. Isn't that amusing?

is it called "Attack of the Fiveheads"?

Maybe it's The Sunshine Boys.

I caved and read the TV Guide article. I don't feel too sullied. I don't think there was anything in there that I didn't know except for one bit at the end, but it wasn't earth shattering. That being said, I'm not spoiler-averse WRT SPN, so...

Staying vague, I think for viewers who have strong feelings regarding certain things, there a strong holy shit quotient to stuff in that article that does not strike you and I as that big a deal. I won't be more specific, but depending on your take on the show, what is in there may indeed may be a big deal that is more fun when it comes as surprise. There are people who have only mild spoiler aversions who I think may find this the strong type of spoiler they wish to avoid. It is one of those spoilers that is strong or mild depending. I can't be more specific, and I think a lot of us will find it a mild spoiler. But there is a minority I'm pretty sure will find it otherwise. You have been warned.

Yeah, no, I'm not arguing that it isn't spoilery or encouraging anyone to read it. Just... random comment, really.

And continuing with the random comments - there's a Dollhouse interview w/ Joss up there now, too. Also sort of spoilery, as it happens. One fun bit, though - looks like there will be more Dr. Horrible. Er, not on Dollhouse.

I caved, and read the Kripke interveiew linked above. And then I clearly lost all sanity and read through the comments posted by other readers. Good God, the spitting and hair pulling going on over there! I admit to some reservations about character development myself, but there's no way I'd post there and inadvertently ally myself with any of those people.

::nods::

Other people are crazy. Stay here. It's safer here.

So I'm more or less watching "Heaven and Hell." And it occurs to me that I really didn't mind Anna the traumatized, damsel-in-distress so much, despite the way she cocks her head to the side as though her neck had been broken whenever she's listening to the angels. What I don't buy is the transition to Anna the ex-Angelic Commander. She doesn't convey the gravity of a being who has been wandering about for 2000 years and getting tired of not taking part in the world around her. It would have worked so much better if she could have changed her vocal tones, or her mannerisms or something to indicate a shifted personality. (Hey, they just did the Titanic hand on the window! Of course, this follows the "grace embedded in a tree," and precedes the "grace in a bottle." Oh yeah, and the torture porn. This episode really sucks.)

Oh Dean, defending Anna's right to think for herself against the heavenly hierarchy. But Sam wasn't supposed to be allowed to think for himself against John Winchester's dictates, right? Because that made him "selfish."