Supernatural

[Kurosawa Fan]

I decided to make a thread for this show because I'm starting it up from the beginning. I'll be working from home for the foreseeable future, and while I'm working I've decided to have this going at the same time.

I'm five episodes in, and while it's heavily flawed, I'm having fun. It's a nice mix of funny and creepy. The dialogue is way too expository and the show is really oddly repetitive. It's not just the monster-of-the-week repetition, but the details within each story, such as the fake id that gets them access only to get them caught later, and the attractive female that gives Dean a kiss before the credits roll after he and Sam save the day, etc. I'm hoping this stuff works itself out as the show picks up steam. I can only assume it does considering the praise being given to the latter seasons.

[number8]

Oh good, cause I should probably stop clogging the TV thread with my posts.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Oh good, cause I should probably stop clogging the TV thread with my posts.

Was it you that said the show is just littered with beautiful people? Because, obviously, that is spot on. Every episode has at least one ridiculously attractive actor filling a one-time role.

Also, the familiar faces have been fun. The pilot had Tyra from FNL, the second episode had the QB from Glee, and the fourth had Tess from Eureka.

[Raiders]

Hey, me too! Just watched the pilot yesterday. I'm kinda excited. I have been meaning to watch some of this for years.

[Dead & Messed Up]

Hah! I watched the pilot over the weekend. Those two leads have a great chemistry together, and the show carries over a lot of X-Files style thanks to producers John Shiban and Kim Manners.

[number8]

Why, hello, fellow noobs. I'm almost halfway through Season 4. Do catch up.

[number8]

If only so you get to see the context of this video.

[Watashi]

I watched this show before it was cool.

[Fezzik]

I just added this to NetFlix instant on the recommendation of friends. I am going to start on this sometime this week, so thanks for starting the thread, KF!

[Mara]

I watched this show before it was cool.

I watched it before that, and Amberlita watched it EVEN BEFORE THAT.

I think its sudden popularity on the boards is amusing, actually. I said in a thread a few years ago that it was secretly one of the best shows on television, and I believe I was poo-poo'd.

[ledfloyd]

I think its sudden popularity on the boards is amusing, actually.

the power of netflix instant.

[Ezee E]

What channel is it on ?

[Kurosawa Fan]

What channel is it on ?

CW

[Mara]

If only so you get to see the context of this video.

Off the top of my head, the funniest scenes in the entire series involve an 8 foot teddy bear attempting suicide, and an alien slow-dancing with an obnoxious college kid to "Lady in Red."

I mean... that's kind of the show in a nutshell.

[number8]

Off the top of my head, the funniest scenes in the entire series involve an 8 foot teddy bear attempting suicide, and an alien slow-dancing with an obnoxious college kid to "Lady in Red."

I mean... that's kind of the show in a nutshell.

YES. Holy shit that was hysterical. But I laughed even harder at the exchange between Dracula and the pizza delivery guy.

"Isss zere... Garlic, on ze peetza?"
"I don't know, did you order it with garlic?"
"NO."
"Look, buddy, I have three more deliveries tonight. Can you just give me the money so I can go?"
"Of course! Vut I have... a coupon."

[number8]

I'm starting to think this show has more torture scenes than 24.

[Scar]

I'm somewhere in Season 2 and am enjoying the Hell out of it.

I started watching it when I saw a Teefury shirt that I liked. Figured I had to start watching the show to see whether or not I should get the shirt.

[MadMan]

Back when it first started airing on CW, I began watching the show, then lost interest. Since its available on Netflix IV I might give the show another chance. Also so I can find out why in one episode (which I saw a clip of thanks to The Soup) [

Show Spoiler

a guy gets killed by a unicorn. Hilarious and awesome.

]

[number8]

I said in a thread a few years ago that it was secretly one of the best shows on television, and I believe I was poo-poo'd.

I'm in the middle of Season 5 now, and I'm absolutely boggled how this show has stayed so under the radar with most people. It's like a cabal of fangirls have found the fountain of youth and hid it in plain sight, like some sort of Tumblr pond.

[number8]

"It's kinda funny talking to [spoiler] on a cell phone. Like watching a Hell's Angel ride around in a moped."
"This isn't funny, Dean! The voice tells me I'm almost out of minutes!"

:lol:

[Kurosawa Fan]

Well, this first season is really mediocre, and that might have something to do with it. It's getting kind of tiresome, because the flaws I mentioned before are sticking around, but not only that, the show's "influences" are turning into borderline plagiarism. The poltergeist episode was a pretty egregious offender, but really, it's been happening all season. The show is riding the coattails of other shows and films' successes without adding much of its own. I'm going to push on because it's easily digestible while I'm working and so many people rave about seasons 3-4-5, but I'm ready for improvement, and I can fully understand why anyone would have given up early on.

[number8]

I think the problem with the first season is that there's not much of an arc. They just go through the episodic shit with just a general goal of "find Dad." Starting with Season 2, there's more of a piece-by-piece progression, where each episode devotes as much time solving the weekly monster as it is building the great seasonal storylines. And yeah, seasons 3-4-5 is when they got really ambitious by building one huge storyline told in 3 "acts."

[Kurosawa Fan]

I think the problem with the first season is that there's not much of an arc. They just go through the episodic shit with just a general goal of "find Dad." Starting with Season 2, there's more of a piece-by-piece progression, where each episode devotes as much time solving the weekly monster as it is building the great seasonal storylines. And yeah, seasons 3-4-5 is when they got really ambitious by building one huge storyline told in 3 "acts."

This is also a problem. We were genuinely surprised when we hit "Home" because it actually progressed a continual storyline. The episode still failed to impress, but at least it was more than just a monster-of-the-week filler.

[Kurosawa Fan]

My apathy for the show can best be seen in how little I'm involved in this thread. When I started on Buffy, I was posting brief thoughts on a per episode basis. With this one, I find I have nothing much to say. I can't wait for that to change.

[Mara]

Well, this first season is really mediocre, and that might have something to do with it.

I maintain that if number8 made it through the dumb stuff in Supernatural, he could totally make it through the bad first-season-and-change of BtVS.

Not to knock Supernatural-- I totally enjoy it-- but the pay-offs are never quite as great. And it is certainly, as you mentioned, deeply influenced by both BtVS and The X-Files.

By the way, 8, you have now met my favorite character in the show, and one of my favorites of all time. "This isn't funny, Dean." He and Dean have mad chemistry, too.