Supernatural Season 9 - Home Base

[colls]

- gif credit
- spoilers contained below
- criticism of show/characters welcome, but please don't be an asshat (ie. no character/actor bashing, no ship wars)
- general thread

- 9.01 I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here
- 9.02 Devil May Care
- 9.03 I'm No Angel
- 9.04 Slumber Party
- 9.05 Dog Dean Afternoon
- 9.06 Heaven Can't Wait
- 9.07 Bad Boys
- 9.08 Rock and a Hard Place
- 9.09 Holy Terror
- 9.10 Road Trip
- 9.11 First Born
- 9.12 Sharp Teeth
- 9.13 The Purge

Coming up:
- Feb. 25 - Captives

Enjoy the show!!! ♥

Comments

Re: 9.05 - Dog Dean Afternoon

[kate]

I think this is the way things are with shows we're invested in! And there's so many sides to Supernatural, it's easy to find that there's a divergence between the things you like and the things other fans do.

I have to agree Dean felt in character, but it's a part of his character I don't really like - so while I don't mind him acting that way, the show using it for laughs is the thing I don't really like. (Though in the end, I think basically I just agree with Jared: I was hoping for better animal voices.)

Re: 9.05 - Dog Dean Afternoon

[laisserais]

so while I don't mind him acting that way, the show using it for laughs is the thing I don't really like AH, yes, nice distinction. This.

lol Did Jared tweet about the animal voices? They were weird. Leslie Graham though! Or whatever that actor's real name is from Will and Grace and American Horror Story. I don't understand why they all sounded like they drove taxis in Manhattan.

Re: 9.05 - Dog Dean Afternoon

[kate]

Yeah, Jared tweeted that he was disappointed about the animal voices - and that the dog wasn't very well trained.

The accents were weird, definitely (and there were a lot of southern ones, which was odd, too)... just... why. Whyyyyyyyyyy. I'm trying to figure out where I place the blame for this ep. I think Jensen's acting of the silly bits was as good as it ever has been, so that leaves me with writing (I think that's A LOT of it for this ep, the jokes didn't hit home for me, the logic behind the villain was pretty fail, and the Sam/Zeke thing was over-the-top. Unless the showrunners have absolutely decided that Zeke is messing with Sam's perceptions of things all the time (instead of only when absolutely necessary), then Sam should have snapped. He had a fatal neck wound - you could see he knew that - and then he doesn't have a scratchon him?) and directing/editing - not of the actors but the overview of the whole ep. It just didn't come together for me.

Re: 9.05 - Dog Dean Afternoon

[laisserais]

Yes! Jensen is pretty much always going to act well I think, even if he doesn't understand the plot. I feel like he's suffering from Michael Rosenbaum syndrome (c season 6 and 7 of Smallville, Rosie was so checked out, and had no idea what the logic was anymore, but just read the words and pinched Tom's ass and collected his paycheck) at this point. ((As my friend tebtosca says: they have to keep themselves in diapers and gummi bears somehow.)) And he did a good job, I thought, but yes: Dean's been at times a bit schizophrenic in his characterization over the years--which I get, I mean, how many writers have there been?--but usually his grumpiness is more of the middle aged lady variety than downright mean. And I felt like some of the jokes were weak because they were mean.

And yeah, this villain just slid right off my mind, too.

then Sam should have snapped. He had a fatal neck wound Yep. Exactly!

I think it came down to editing choices. The last two eps have suffered the same thing: too much dead air in scenes that wouldn't have been as noticeably clunky if they'd moved faster. Especially when the animals talked, in this case, it was SO evident that Jensen and Jared were just standing there, waiting and pretending to hear things. It was awkward enough to pull me out of the narrative more than once. Why not just tighten it up a bit? It's hardly 30 Rock around here, where the jokes are so fast, you miss one because you're still laughing at the previous one. There's plenty of room for tightening things up.

It could be, I've heard of a thing, where they bring in newb crew on old shows to cut their teeth. Maybe there are new editors and first time directors?

Re: 9.05 - Dog Dean Afternoon

[colls]

As I was clipping this episode last night for vidding, I actually appreciate the lack of "talky face". Therefore, I can see where you're coming from about dead air.

Adding it to THINGS I DIDN'T NOTICE, huh.

Re: 9.05 - Dog Dean Afternoon

[colls]

And there's so many sides to Supernatural, it's easy to find that there's a divergence between the things you like and the things other fans do.
Yes, I find this is most definitely the case.


The animal voices didn't pull me out of the story too much, although I did notice they were off. I'm surprised there weren't more western drawls since they were supposedly in Oklahoma? Why Colonel sounded like he was from the Bronx did puzzle me a bit and seemed like lazy voice casting or something.
Still, I guess people come from all over so maybe dogs do, too. Maybe they were on an epic Homeward Bound journey and got nabbed by animal control. I kinda want fic now where the eldery pedigree lady with cataracts and the yappy teenager with the fence fixation are really looking for the same family.
/random tangent