0 comments on my sanity Listening to: Blue Oyster Cult
Mood: So obsessed.
There are certain entertainment related things which appear to have been made precisely with me in mind. I am well aware that most of the general population will not agree with my definition of "awesome" but still, out there, there are some wonderful writers, directors and producers making things which make me squee with unconcealed glee.
One of these things is Sahara, which you may or may not be aware of. :D
Another of these things is Supernatural. Oh my GOD how have I missed watching it for so long? How? How?
I had seen the rampant fangirlism about it on the internet but there was nothing in particular that made me say "that is something that I have to watch". However I caught sight of the DVDs for season 1 in the rental shop the other week and thought "what the heck... a thousand fangirls can't be wrong!"
They so aren't, though not for the reasons I had initially expected.
First off? The music. HELL YES. The first episode contained no less than three kickass songs and since then it has been no different. We have encountered Blue Oyster Cult, Boston, Bad Company, and even Joe Walsh and the James Gang, and Rush! RUSH! A band I *never* in a billion years thought I would hear on TV in a contemporary show despite their popularity.
Second? Dean. Dude. There are no words to describe how fricking cool Dean is. Dean has a kickass car, an awesome music collection (although his brother mocks him for listening to "the best of mullet rock" *shakes head at Sam's lack of taste*) and THE best expressions, one-liners, pseudonyms and pick up lines.
He is also secretly angsty in the best way possible- namely that you don't know about his angst most of the time and then he angsts quietly when he's alone because he's too manly (though not in the hairy Dirk Pitt way) to angst when anyone could, like, help him out.
His brother Sam, while perfectly non-annoying, sadly cannot reach the pinnacle of awesome that Dean has achieved. However Sam and Dean together are a joy to behold, because they bicker and banter in the most perfect way. At this point I do deviate from most of the fangirls because although they are terribly sweet, no slash is necessary, honest. They are absolutely perfect as they are.
Also, they're pretty. Shut up.
The show itself, while formulaic, manages to do it in a tongue in cheek way that means it hasn't thus far got annoying. They are well aware that some of the stuff that they have put in there is, frankly, stupid, and they are completely unashamed. In fact, by the end of the episode we're usually left going "hey, that wasn't so stupid after all!". They have been very cunning with the special effects too and thus far haven't ruined any of the creepiness of the monsters/ghosts with them.
.. Yes we have watched quite a scary amount of Supernatural this week, why do you ask?
("Crop circles are Dean Winchester's way of telling the world that sometimes corn has to lie the fuck down." I love that Dean is already reaching the status of Chuck Norris among fangirls on the internet. Given the episode we just watched, that pleases me. :D)
January 05, 2007 at 3:38 p.m.