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KilGrey posted:Okay, I'll play. I'll watch the first two seasons of Game of Thrones. One character the show definitely treats better is Cersei as she gets extra scenes in the first season that better go over her motivation. Personally I guess I've decided to go big and will watch the first five seasons of Supernatural.
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Jun 28, 2014 01:33
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Five seasons of 22 episodes is a lot of show but I have quite a bit of free time and this will just replace my random afternoon TV watching.
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Jun 28, 2014 01:39
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Watched the first two episodes and here are some stream of consciousness reviews/impressions. Supernatural: Episode 1, June 28th quote:Hey, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, whatever happened to him? Adrienne Pa-something or other with her mole and Sarah Shahi as the bad guy? You can see a lot of set up stuff with talk of credit card fraud and pretending to be federal agents. Also the over-arcing plot of “looking for dad.” Hey, where did Dean get that gun? I mean, he was just in jail and I doubt they let him keep it. The drag to hell special effects are kind of goofy but this was a network show from 05. Heard there were music rights issues with the Netflix version but can’t really tell from just this episode. Discovered that my laptop doesn't have Office and that this free program I’m using loving sucks. For example, the spellcheck doesn't recognize “doesn't’” or “spellcheck.” Episode 2, June 28th quote:Netflix, maybe don’t skip the start of the episode the very first time they have a start of the episode. I mean, sure, it was just a recap but still. 2005 moments, playing original fat DS, lovely camera phone, puka shell necklace. Bonus points for playing an actual DS game, negative points for one that nobody actually ever played. Filmed in Canada indicator, the presence of Callum Keith Rennie. Another missing persons plot? Maybe they should have done something a little different for the second episode. Doc Cottle! This episode is kind of dark, I don’t mean that metaphorically, I mean literally dark. They keep saying “Wendigo” weird and now I’m not sure if I was pronouncing it right. Two keep out signs seems a little much. I think my only real problem with the show so far is my problem with a lot of “secret monster” stories, there isn’t really a good reason for the monster stuff to be kept secret.
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Jun 29, 2014 04:18
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I'm up to episode 8 of season 1 of Supernatural and so far it hasn't been wowing me. Its been enjoyable but nothing special so far.
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Jun 30, 2014 21:56
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The thing about episode 8 "Bugs" is that I'm not sure you can blame the bugs for the realtor lady dying. Its not like they pushed her through the shower door. Also they really didn't sell how long they were in the house.
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Jun 30, 2014 22:03
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I've got to be careful watching Supernatural on Netflix in a row because the next episode thing is usually way too detailed.
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Jul 6, 2014 19:14
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Kind of funny how Sam pretty much becomes instantly suspicious of Meg the second time she shows up.
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Jul 7, 2014 20:55
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I'm actually a couple of days behind where I should be since I didn't get any episodes in from Thursday through Saturday as I was at my parents' house for the holiday.
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Jul 8, 2014 00:28
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Its been forever since I watched the show but I never really understood the Francis stuff. Mostly in how he was just basically off in a different show that didn't really connect to the main cast in any real way.
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Jul 8, 2014 12:06
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Other than the holiday last week I'm trying to keep to at least two episodes a day of Supernatural. Yesterday I watched the first two episodes of season 2. While I enjoyed the first season as a whole I did think it was kind of weird how often the person they were helping would be a young woman. I'm also not sure why/how normal people don't know about the various monsters what with all the demonstrable proof out there.
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Jul 11, 2014 12:01
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I just finished the first Trickster episode. That was great! Especially the part in the professor's office where Dean got progressively bigger and bigger cheeks. Also, alien slow dance.
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Jul 15, 2014 23:53
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Episodes written by Ben Edlund are pretty much the best.
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Jul 20, 2014 00:03
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Finished season 2 of Supernatural. Kind of funny but right when at the start of the 2 part finale I was just thinking to myself how the Roadhouse kind of just vanished after the first half of the season.
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Jul 20, 2014 19:49
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Is it me or is season 3 of Supernatural a lot more gory than before?
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Jul 21, 2014 22:24
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Its kind of bizarre how much better Katie Cassidy is on Supernatural than she's ever been on Arrow.
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Jul 23, 2014 04:01
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Why was Season 3 of Supernatural so short? Every other season was 22 episodes but 3 is only 16.
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Jul 28, 2014 02:56
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Needless to say I finished season 3. I don't really look ahead so I was super surprised when the episode ended and Netflix popped up the next episode was S4Ep1.
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Jul 28, 2014 04:11
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"Criss Angel is a Douchebag"
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Aug 4, 2014 21:53
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The guy they got to play teenage Dean did a pretty good job.
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Aug 5, 2014 22:58
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Speaking of good casting, the guy they got for Alistair 3 did a pretty good job with the voice/mannerisms of the first time you saw Alistair.
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Aug 6, 2014 23:25
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Thinking back on it, the roadhouse stuff in season 2 is kind of weird. Sam and Dean start hanging out there in between hunts for a couple of episodes, then after the 6th episode they stop going there. In the season finale demons burn it down and kill Ash but he was barely in the show so it was hard to care, Ellen plays a big part in the finale but vanishes in the season break. I don't think they even explain where she went.
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Aug 8, 2014 22:52
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SUPER glad I'm watching this on streaming and wasn't watching this as it aired because that season 4 finale was some straight up bullshit and gently caress having to wait months for that.
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Aug 10, 2014 01:40
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As for me, I'm about a third of the way through season 5, almost there!
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Aug 19, 2014 01:20
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I loving HATED "Swap Meet," the one where a teenager switches bodies with Sam.
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Sep 1, 2014 18:28
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Thea gets even more interesting in season 2 because they actually give her something to do other than drugs and sitting around the mansion.
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Sep 4, 2014 20:50
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Toxx completed. I probably could have finished it faster but once I got to season 5 with about a month left I kind of slowed down. Have they ever said what was going to be different if the show actually did end at season 5? Like, would it have just ended with Dean moving on and Sam stuck in the cage? All in all I'll probably just keep on going with the series, no longer in a hurry and probably get around to watching the season that's about to start when it gets added to Netflix. Maybe this time next year I'll be ready to watch it live.
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Sep 9, 2014 20:44
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Wrap up reviews: "Swan Song" This is kind of an interesting season finale, especially as the culmination of the "Apocalypse" story arc. Instead of a titanic battle between the forces of Heaven and Hell it mostly boils down to conversations between brothers, Sam with Dean and Lucifer with Michael. While it worked as a whole I think the scenes with Sam and Lucifer probably could have been fleshed out a little more in a separate episode since the show had to kind of rush through that part to get to the final confrontation. One problem with watching this after the show has been running for a while is that the two deaths didn't really hit me too hard since I knew those characters were still on the show after this season. I was still surprised in the moment but after a beat or two I realized that it wouldn't be permanent. Of course that's kind of been a problem with the show as a whole, characters die and come back to life fairly regularly so it's hard to take deaths super seriously. I liked that they did make sure to resolve the "where's God?" subplot, which could have easily been pushed off until later. I am a little sad that the reveal takes that character off the board seeing as it will be kind of hard to keep bringing them around now that the audience is aware they're God with a capital G. Series review: I've enjoyed the series so far. There were a couple of problems watching so many episodes in a row as you notice some repeating plot points, but nothing too egregious in the long run. Although there are only so many times you can hear Dean say "I'm tired" and then bounce right back a couple of episodes later. Looking back I think I preferred the humorous episodes more than the super serious ones. Oddly enough, the one episode I absolutely, positively HATED (Swap Meat) was a comedic one so take that as you will. It was kind of weird how long the show took to develop an actual supporting cast, with Bobby barely showing up in the first two seasons and Cas not even joining the show until 4. I was also kind of glad that after the first season they mostly dropped the "not gay" subplots where they felt like they had to constantly pair off either Sam or Dean with random case of the week women. I mentioned this in my previous post but I will continue to watch the show, even knowing that the planned out metaplot is over. I enjoy the adventures of Sam, Dean and Castiel too much to just give up now.
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Sep 9, 2014 22:26
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