tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post8813705584359797690..comments2024-03-19T07:27:06.216-04:00Comments on VOTARIES OF HORROR: Supernatural and Philosophies of Interference: Sam, Dean, and CastielKatherine Woodburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14364517253667798449noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-46967575539204818252015-07-18T08:51:41.220-04:002015-07-18T08:51:41.220-04:00I agree that the first few seasons (starting in th...I agree that the first few seasons (starting in the middle of Season 1) are superior to the later seasons. Almost all my favorite episodes (with notable exceptions) come in Seasons 1-4. <br /><br />The problem is that the brother's natural arc, culminating in Season 5 with the brilliant Lucifer/Michael storyline, is neatly paid off <b>by</b> Season 5. If the show was going to continue beyond that (which I'm glad it did), other characters had to be brought in to supply the ongoing internal and external conflicts. All the ordinary, familial, classical, and sublime reasons for the brothers to keep sacrificing had been exhausted. <br /><br />The other solution would have been to turn <i>Supernatural</i> into some soap opera show about two brothers, their girlfriends, their careers, their neighbors, their pets, their schooling: <i>Thirtysomething,</i> maybe. What's impressed me is how surprisingly focused the writers have kept the show: guys fighting scary things on the road. (One hilarious aspect of the first few seasons is how much the camera man loves that Impala; at one point, I said, "Wow, this is a show about a car . . . and two guys.")<br /><br />A cast of just four after 9 seasons is fairly impressive! Katherine Woodburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14364517253667798449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-19125157953501080582015-07-17T23:36:13.255-04:002015-07-17T23:36:13.255-04:00I recently rewatched Supernatural and Alyssa start...I recently rewatched Supernatural and Alyssa started rewatching about a month ago. We both agree that the problem with starting at Season 1 again is how much better the early seasons are versus the later. We also both agree that the moment Metatron shows up, the series takes a dive.<br /><br />What's interesting about Dean is how often he's right compared to Sam and Castiel. It's more than black and white, it's that Dean looks at actions, while Sam looks at motives. Judging people on what they do, not what they say or think is, overall, more reliable.<br /><br />BTW, I believe one reasons the earlier seasons work better is that the producer and writers were willing to kill off characters. It's the Sam and Dean show, not the Sam, Dean, Castiel and Crowley show. They've made the fatal error of falling in love with secondary characters.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04450897654318345683noreply@blogger.com