About the only thing I'm caught up on is Marvel, which took a miracle because I had not stepped into a theater since Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire. Let's just say I'm a workaholic homebody who doesn't like crowds or strangers. However I got to that episode of Agents of Shield where I felt I couldn't watch any more until I'd seen AoU, and I didn't want to wait a year for the movie to be on Amazon/DirecTv. So, I actually told my PM that I was taking the afternoon off. :D Theaters sure have changed! Though, there's no still no closed caption or way to rewind when you don't understand what someone said or did.
I will say that I wasn't as happy with AoU as the others. I think there were too many characters and too much going on. After seeing the cast list for Captain America: Civil War, I think it will have the same issue. In fact, I don't think they should continue to market it as a Captain America movie now that Robert Downey Jr has insisted he get a bigger role in it (because, you know, he is Tony Stark's ego) and the movie is really about Cap vs. Stark and everyone taking sides.
Anyway, I really dropped by to talk about Supernatural. I know you couldn't have guessed from all that rambling.
So...Supernatural. I haven't had the guts yet to watch the entire season finale. I have no idea what happens past the first 15 min which is all I watched before my stomach hurt so bad that I had to turn it off. I'm not kidding. I did the same thing at the end of season 5 with the final 3 episodes. I waited until the day before season 6 started. After Bobby was killed, I put off watching for a good month or two. I couldn't bear it and I suppose part of my current mental state has to do with my favorite non-Winchester's unexpected demise. It really p*$$@d me off because seriously? I realize it's a dangerous career choice but at this rate by the end of next year, the Winchesters are going to be the only hunters left on the planet. Can we please have some reoccurring characters that aren't supernatural or children or comic relief?
Plus, I'm like you, while season 10 was better than seasons 8 and 9, I kind of felt like we were on repeat. Instead of dealing with Sam's tainted blood, we had Dean's Mark -- both are basically the same thing, causing blood lust and anger management issues while the other brother fights to find a cure. Though admittedly, Sam was way less judgmental than Dean had been back when. Neither of them seemed to notice the similarity of the situation.
The other thing that really bothered me was Sam making a deal with Rowena. After everything they've been through, all the Deals and the reaping of those dealt seeds, I just don't see it. I still don't think he would have gone that way at the end of season 9 either when he tried to save his brother after Metatron ran him through. After he returned from Hell, Sam has said more than once that Deals have never gotten them anything good. He's been the victim of Deals gone bad over and over. He knows first hand that the price isn't worth it --
Mary's Deal not only cost her life but cursed Sam
John's Deal saved Dean cost his life and the Winchester's chance to kill Azazel
Dean's Deal to bring Sam back led to Dean going to Hell and both boy's unwitting participation in starting the Apocalypse
Cas's Deal with Crowley led to angel deaths, including Balthazaar, an insane god-like Cas massacring millions, and Leviathans on earth
Dean's Deal with Death re-souled Sam but led to Sam's complete mental breakdown
Dean's Deal with Ezekiel/Gadriel saved Sam's life but led to Kevin's murder and the deaths of so many others, including Tessa
Dean's Deal with Cain was meant to help him defeat Metatron but in the end, all it did was spectacularly curse him and turn him into a demon for a while.
You know if the shoes were reversed, Dean would chain Sam in the basement of the bunker and demand that Cas "fix his brother".
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Date: 2015-07-03 02:24 am (UTC)About the only thing I'm caught up on is Marvel, which took a miracle because I had not stepped into a theater since Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire. Let's just say I'm a workaholic homebody who doesn't like crowds or strangers. However I got to that episode of Agents of Shield where I felt I couldn't watch any more until I'd seen AoU, and I didn't want to wait a year for the movie to be on Amazon/DirecTv. So, I actually told my PM that I was taking the afternoon off. :D Theaters sure have changed! Though, there's no still no closed caption or way to rewind when you don't understand what someone said or did.
I will say that I wasn't as happy with AoU as the others. I think there were too many characters and too much going on. After seeing the cast list for Captain America: Civil War, I think it will have the same issue. In fact, I don't think they should continue to market it as a Captain America movie now that Robert Downey Jr has insisted he get a bigger role in it (because, you know, he is Tony Stark's ego) and the movie is really about Cap vs. Stark and everyone taking sides.
Anyway, I really dropped by to talk about Supernatural. I know you couldn't have guessed from all that rambling.
So...Supernatural. I haven't had the guts yet to watch the entire season finale. I have no idea what happens past the first 15 min which is all I watched before my stomach hurt so bad that I had to turn it off. I'm not kidding. I did the same thing at the end of season 5 with the final 3 episodes. I waited until the day before season 6 started. After Bobby was killed, I put off watching for a good month or two. I couldn't bear it and I suppose part of my current mental state has to do with my favorite non-Winchester's unexpected demise. It really p*$$@d me off because seriously? I realize it's a dangerous career choice but at this rate by the end of next year, the Winchesters are going to be the only hunters left on the planet. Can we please have some reoccurring characters that aren't supernatural or children or comic relief?
Plus, I'm like you, while season 10 was better than seasons 8 and 9, I kind of felt like we were on repeat. Instead of dealing with Sam's tainted blood, we had Dean's Mark -- both are basically the same thing, causing blood lust and anger management issues while the other brother fights to find a cure. Though admittedly, Sam was way less judgmental than Dean had been back when. Neither of them seemed to notice the similarity of the situation.
The other thing that really bothered me was Sam making a deal with Rowena. After everything they've been through, all the Deals and the reaping of those dealt seeds, I just don't see it. I still don't think he would have gone that way at the end of season 9 either when he tried to save his brother after Metatron ran him through. After he returned from Hell, Sam has said more than once that Deals have never gotten them anything good. He's been the victim of Deals gone bad over and over. He knows first hand that the price isn't worth it --
You know if the shoes were reversed, Dean would chain Sam in the basement of the bunker and demand that Cas "fix his brother".