Supernatural
May. 17th, 2009 07:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
auntiemeeshI finally made myself sit down and watch the season finale of SPN. And it was surprisingly not horrible.
I don't know. I'm not entirely sure yet if I liked it or not. But I didn't hate it, and it wasn't nearly as painful as I was expecting it to be. It was much easier to watch than last week's ep. I think my favorite part was Bobby giving Dean the 'boo hoo, poor little you,' speech. Bobby hasn't had as much to do this season so it was good to see him having a crucial role, even if it was a pep talk and not demon-killing.
I expected the symmetry of Sam and Dean bookending the breaking of the seals, although I thought it might happen in a slightly different way. And of course Azezel and Ruby and Lilith were all working towards the same end, that was no surprise whatsoever.
It bugs me that Sam was so gullible and trusting of a demon (all these last two seasons), that he'd let himself get to that point with Ruby where even though he knew that what they were doing was wrong, he wouldn't let himself see it. But the ending allowed room for hope. Dean isn't John, and he went to Sam, so Sam isn't alone with his guilt. Dean's going to give him a hell of a rough time, I'm sure, but he's also not going to let Sammy destroy himself over this. I have a lot more hope now that season five might be a good one. The one where they can start to put themselves back together a little bit, in between trying to save mankind from Armageddon.
These last two seasons have been so hard to watch, so dark and unhappy, even in the 'comedy' episodes, that I've almost given up on the show multiple times. I don't see any way in which it can go back to how it was before, but I'm going to hold out hope that some of that darkness is lifted next season. That the brothers will find a way to be brothers again, and that it will be a season of them fighting evil, not themselves. Only time will tell, however.
And let me just take a moment to express my love for Castiel. This has been every bit as much of a journey for him as for the brothers Winchester. Whether he's been influenced by his human host or just giving in to his own deeply repressed feelings, he grew so much from start to finish. It may be in vain, but I hope he wasn't destroyed by the archangels. In the fight to come, Sam and Dean are going to need all the friends and allies they can get, plus, I just really want to see more of him.
I also watched T2 today. So, I know I saw this movie, probably on tv, at some point. And I remember liking it. But there were only about two scenes that I remembered, both with Robert Patrick doing cool morphing stuff (wow, how did I not remember how hot he was back in the day?). And the one scene that I thought I remembered from the movie apparently doesn't exist. Don't know where I got it from, because it wasn't in the first movie and I'm pretty sure I never saw the third movie, so that doesn't leave many options. Maybe a trailer for the third movie? Who knows, certainly not me. But the Sarah Connor Chronicles flows from the movie very nicely. And I suppose I'll have to see the new Terminator movie at some point this summer, too, since I seem to be immersing myself in this particular world.
Now, for a fandom trifecta, I'm off to watch the season finale of Numb3rs.
I don't know. I'm not entirely sure yet if I liked it or not. But I didn't hate it, and it wasn't nearly as painful as I was expecting it to be. It was much easier to watch than last week's ep. I think my favorite part was Bobby giving Dean the 'boo hoo, poor little you,' speech. Bobby hasn't had as much to do this season so it was good to see him having a crucial role, even if it was a pep talk and not demon-killing.
I expected the symmetry of Sam and Dean bookending the breaking of the seals, although I thought it might happen in a slightly different way. And of course Azezel and Ruby and Lilith were all working towards the same end, that was no surprise whatsoever.
It bugs me that Sam was so gullible and trusting of a demon (all these last two seasons), that he'd let himself get to that point with Ruby where even though he knew that what they were doing was wrong, he wouldn't let himself see it. But the ending allowed room for hope. Dean isn't John, and he went to Sam, so Sam isn't alone with his guilt. Dean's going to give him a hell of a rough time, I'm sure, but he's also not going to let Sammy destroy himself over this. I have a lot more hope now that season five might be a good one. The one where they can start to put themselves back together a little bit, in between trying to save mankind from Armageddon.
These last two seasons have been so hard to watch, so dark and unhappy, even in the 'comedy' episodes, that I've almost given up on the show multiple times. I don't see any way in which it can go back to how it was before, but I'm going to hold out hope that some of that darkness is lifted next season. That the brothers will find a way to be brothers again, and that it will be a season of them fighting evil, not themselves. Only time will tell, however.
And let me just take a moment to express my love for Castiel. This has been every bit as much of a journey for him as for the brothers Winchester. Whether he's been influenced by his human host or just giving in to his own deeply repressed feelings, he grew so much from start to finish. It may be in vain, but I hope he wasn't destroyed by the archangels. In the fight to come, Sam and Dean are going to need all the friends and allies they can get, plus, I just really want to see more of him.
I also watched T2 today. So, I know I saw this movie, probably on tv, at some point. And I remember liking it. But there were only about two scenes that I remembered, both with Robert Patrick doing cool morphing stuff (wow, how did I not remember how hot he was back in the day?). And the one scene that I thought I remembered from the movie apparently doesn't exist. Don't know where I got it from, because it wasn't in the first movie and I'm pretty sure I never saw the third movie, so that doesn't leave many options. Maybe a trailer for the third movie? Who knows, certainly not me. But the Sarah Connor Chronicles flows from the movie very nicely. And I suppose I'll have to see the new Terminator movie at some point this summer, too, since I seem to be immersing myself in this particular world.
Now, for a fandom trifecta, I'm off to watch the season finale of Numb3rs.
