Supernatural 3x01 'The Magnificent Seven'
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meteordustI should probably post about the season premiere of Supernatural before the next episode airs tonight. Just like with Heroes, we're a mere ten days behind the US. Normally I would be full of squee at this - but, well.
All I can say is that it hasn't been a very good week for TV.
Many years ago, I went to the movies with some friends to watch Se7en. It was a year I was dragged along to see a number of serial killer movies, which pretty much turned me off them for life. However, none of them traumatised me as much as Se7en did. It was a brilliantly done movie, yes, but so bleak and brutal and empty that I felt like soaking my head in a bucket of water afterwards.
Anyway. Sitting through it once was bad enough. I never expected to have to sit through it again.
Because that's what watching 'The Magnificent Seven' felt like. Supernatural is supposed to be a horror show, but it's not supposed to be horrific. And some of what happened that episode crossed that line. The car windscreen bashing, the drain cleaner drinking, the acidic holy water - this isn't the Supernatural I'm familiar with. I don't know what happened, but I'm hoping it doesn't happen again.
That said, there was a glimmer of the show I love at the very end, when Sam and Dean are having it out about Dean's decision to give up his life and Sam's refusal to let him. This is what I want more of. We'll see if the show delivers.
All I can say is that it hasn't been a very good week for TV.
Many years ago, I went to the movies with some friends to watch Se7en. It was a year I was dragged along to see a number of serial killer movies, which pretty much turned me off them for life. However, none of them traumatised me as much as Se7en did. It was a brilliantly done movie, yes, but so bleak and brutal and empty that I felt like soaking my head in a bucket of water afterwards.
Anyway. Sitting through it once was bad enough. I never expected to have to sit through it again.
Because that's what watching 'The Magnificent Seven' felt like. Supernatural is supposed to be a horror show, but it's not supposed to be horrific. And some of what happened that episode crossed that line. The car windscreen bashing, the drain cleaner drinking, the acidic holy water - this isn't the Supernatural I'm familiar with. I don't know what happened, but I'm hoping it doesn't happen again.
That said, there was a glimmer of the show I love at the very end, when Sam and Dean are having it out about Dean's decision to give up his life and Sam's refusal to let him. This is what I want more of. We'll see if the show delivers.
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Date: 2007-10-25 12:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-29 11:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-29 11:44 am (UTC)(Actually, all those"new, SCARIER! season of SPN ads had had me thinking that your worries about excessive horrificness might be how they were planning to do it? A likelier explanation is they're generally full of it, though)
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Date: 2007-10-29 12:08 pm (UTC)Hey now, this episode did grab my attention more than the little kid, and the random mystery blonde.