So, coming late to the Supernatural party, this evening I purchased my THIRD set of pirate DVDs and these seem to be the least crappy ones so far. I've now watched Monster Movie and Yellow Fever. Enjoyed both of them quite a lot (Dean in leiderhosen, and Sam's response to same, and Dean's attempt to be threatening whilst looking like Hansel, was worth the admission price), but I have to say, Yellow Fever kind of lost me with Bobby and Sam being so fucking calm about Dean being two hours away from dying. Which - especially when they have the well observed character note of Bobby refusing a beer at the end (recalling his descent into the bottle after Dean's death), struck me as an extraordinary directorial choice. I mean, yes, okay, it's a funny ep, Jensen is goofing around, I'm laughing, ho ho - but if your premise is that Dean is genuinely on the brink of death here, then surely to fuck these two people who had been so gutted by his death are going to be at least A BIT worried? For fuck's sakes? Instead of all 'Hey, it's a teevee show, we know it'll all be cool, let's just be blase,' like it was the fucking A Team or something. I mean, Bobby speaking Japanese was charming, bless (and well done clever actor dude for knowing Japanese - most impressive), but I was too busy going "But...WHY ARE YOU BOTH SO UNSTRESSED????" to enjoy it.
Grrrr.
It's The Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester looks a bit more promising (why hello there, angel of the Lord!), but I'm going to go to bed now, I think, rather than stay up for another hour. Time's winged chariot, and all that.
Man, I do have a mighty love for the brothers Winchester. And Dean's little feathered friend.
And by love I mean porn.